Comment Re:Say what? (Score 1) 555
I dunno, compared to the rate if you haven't a plan at all ($0.001 per kb, if memory serves, or about $20 or so per mb), $50/gb data is still pretty good.
Comment Re:Only if you make over $250,000 (Score 1) 784
Only tax revenues are going up. The tax isn't going up, its collection is just being enforced.
Comment Re:Notes on New Features (Score 1) 465
For ABP, there is a (Mac-side) replacement: GlimmerBlocker. There's another one out there called Safari Adblock as well.
Comment Understaffed (Score 1) 385
The educational institution that I work for has an IT staff of 5 to support a faculty/staff of 500 and about 3,000 students. Counting auxiliary IT bits (web folks, information systems and other non-support IT roles), we have a total of 10.
Submission + - Better communication with non-technical people?
tinpan writes: I've got a communication problem. When non-technical managers ask me to explain technical choices, they often make choices I recommend against and they later regret. I can tell that they do not understand their choice because of how they are explaining things to each other, but they usually refuse further explanation.
So it's time for some education. I want to get better at communicating technical subjects to non-technical people. More accurately, I want to get better at helping non-technical people make better technical decisions and I'm willing to accept it may include some understanding of "selling your idea."
What books, online courses and/or seminars do you recommend and why?
So it's time for some education. I want to get better at communicating technical subjects to non-technical people. More accurately, I want to get better at helping non-technical people make better technical decisions and I'm willing to accept it may include some understanding of "selling your idea."
What books, online courses and/or seminars do you recommend and why?
Submission + - How far should screening go?
SlashSquatch writes: My sister is getting screened for a programming position with a financial firm. I was alarmed to hear she'll be getting fingerprinted at the sheriff's office as part of the screening process. Instantly I conjure up scenes of frame-ups and corporate scandals. I want to know, should this raise a flag? Would you submit to fingerprinting, blood tests and who knows what else (genetic code screening etc), for a programming position?
Submission + - Handling Interviews after being a Fall Guy
bheer writes: "Salon's Since You Asked column is carrying an interesting question right now — what do you say in interviews after getting fired as a fall guy at your last job? Cary Tennis, who writes the column, admits he may not be the best person for this sort of question. So I thought I'd ask Slashdotters what they thought about this. Software developers are sometimes able to get away blaming the business requirements/analysis process, but anyone with any experience in this business probably has had nightmares about being the fall guy and may even have a strategy or two up their sleeve. How would deal with being in such a crummy position?"
State Bans Texting While Driving 329
netbuzz writes "The state of Washington yesterday became the first in the nation to ban text-messaging while driving. The law could use sharper teeth, but it's a natural and necessary progression of the movement to clamp down on those who find the need to constantly communicate more important than the safety of their fellow travelers."
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