Comment /. has ads?!? (Score 1) 214
Who would pay to buy ads on
Doesn't everybody know that slasdotters use Adblock?
I guess if it's pay-per-click they're OK.
Comment Re:NO TYPING! (Score 1) 204
Strange, they should only have gotten negative results if they had multiplied.
Comment Re:When the leaves change.... (Score 1) 454
* smart *
Dang!
Comment Re:When the leaves change.... (Score 1) 454
You shouldn't have pointed it out, we might have thought you were trying to be smert.
Comment Re:Huh (Score 1) 750
Which country is that county part of now? Canada?
Comment Re:Obvious option that's missing (Score 1) 311
Mod parent up!
He/she/it is actually paying attention to even this totally bogus example.
Comment Re:42 (Score 1) 342
No, we got that answer; it's the question that is still missing - or not, I get confused, things keep changing in the plural zones.
Comment Re:Up (Score 1) 342
Uhh, no, I'm pretty sure it's 7-up.
I should know, my designation is also 7
Comment Re:1337 (Score 1) 342
We're a fairly small company and even if they offered me to change to 1337, I'd refuse.
My designation is 7 (of 9).
What Questions Should a Prospective Employee Ask? 569
Mortimer.CA writes "Even though things aren't great in the economy, it's prudent to plan ahead to when things (hopefully) pick up. In light of that, I'd like to update a previously asked question in case things have changed over the last four years: What do you ask every new (prospective) employer? When you're sitting in the interview room after they've finished grilling you, there's usually an opportunity to reciprocate. There will be some niche questions for specializations (sys admin, programming, PM, QA, etc.), but there are some generic ones that come to mind, such as: what is the (official) dress code?"
Similarly, what questions should you avoid? Read on for the rest of Mortimer.CA's thoughts.
Comment Re:What needs to be done (Score 2, Insightful) 712
"Face it, Grandma doesnt want to run linux and have to find someone that can do local tech support on her laptop wireless driver when Grandson moves away to college."
Actually, my 74 year old mom is quite happy running Linux (Slackware of all distros), *especially* since I moved to the other end of the continent, because ever since I switched her from Windows to Linux, she hasn't needed support, no new strange (or pornographic) pop-ups, no malware, no unexplained degradation of performance, it just works (TM).
Actually, my 74 year old mom is quite happy running Linux (Slackware of all distros), *especially* since I moved to the other end of the continent, because ever since I switched her from Windows to Linux, she hasn't needed support, no new strange (or pornographic) pop-ups, no malware, no unexplained degradation of performance, it just works (TM).
