ambushing. camping. minefields.
That is what some of the webpages have become. Open this url
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/idea2006/index_01.htm?campaign_id=ds1
Now the minute, you move your cursor over the ad on the top, up comes this HUGE flash ad. If its not intrusive and irritating then what else is it? Is THIS what is the new age of advertisement? Who is the idiot who came up with this idea in the first place?
Note: This is not the first website where I have seen these ads. Its just that this ad happens to be on the top and when I use the mouse to click the tab on the top and move it down to take it out of the view, I get this horrible horrible ad.
Dogs
Do not chain a dog. Consider a fence. In India @least we have compound walls, that will be good enough. Incase you cannot afford one, please consider a "Trolley". Its a cheaper alternative to fencing.
Trouble with C++
C/C++ have the philosophy that you must divide the code into manageable parts. Classes, methods/functions are services that are provided.
However there are times when I cannot use these methods/functions primarily because a method/function call has some overhead. In some cases this overhead, though pretty small for a single call, adds up to large enough that it becomes imperetive to avoid using functions.
I would however, like to still break the code up into readable pieces. I am not aware of any construct that would do something like what #define does, only much cleaner. inline keyword is only a request to the compiler, not a command. So how do I solve this? If you have seen the code that I saw, you would faint. I am not blaming the programmer who wrote it, just feeling pity for him for having to go through all this just because C++ does not provide a decent construct to do that.
hilarious
4n3rds
http://www.gamerevolution.com/goodie/movies/phone_sex_for_nerds
News from the bonded labourers
2 yrs or 5 lakhs INR bond.
4 yrs or 10 lakhs INR bond.
That sounds astonishing to people who do not belong to this generation of the IT labour force. Possibly the single most taboo subject as of today is bonded labour.
Yes companies recruit students from universities and ask them to sign a bond before joining in. Its a different subject that many of them do not enforce it, but the very fact that this system exists is proof of what globalisation is doing to India. Companies call it retention policy. The real reason is that these companies do not offer enough incentive to stay back. If I work on a no brainer project for 2 yrs, I end up being one. For the people who need to think sharp, working on nonsense projects will only make them dumb.
Strangely though, I am not aware of even a single case which was fought. I am sure there are some cases out there. Having non-compete agreements is one stupidity, but having this bond policy is **@#$.
Where does this concept originate in the first place? Is it the slave mentality of the Indians? Is it that the law does not function properly? Is it that the politicians who bicker about office of profit do not care about the well being of the people?
The company does have a right to be profitable. Does that mean that its @ any cost? After being recruited, what if the company slashes the salaries? What if you cannot get a pay hike? How will an employee ever get out of it?
Contrary to the picture being painted by these companies, if an employee jumps ship often, why then do they hire him in the first place? Its not that they fear losing business, but they fear that employees will soon realise that the kind of work they are doing is full of bullcrap. Boring with no possible scope for career advancement.
Does the company's right to profit over rule my right to earn?
beating RIAA
http://www.ghacks.net/2006/06/16/how-to-boycott-the-music-industry-and-still-enjoy-music/
