Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-20 Thread Ronald L Fox
Jim, I think that you misunderstood Stan's comment (and explanation). The voice saying If you don't like it, don't let the door hit your butt... is not Stan's advice to you but his description of the basic attitude of potential employers in Hawaii. Email sure has a way of being taken the

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-20 Thread Jim Thompson
Well, if thats true, then I apologize. On Mar 19, 2007, at 10:06 PM, Ronald L Fox wrote: Jim, I think that you misunderstood Stan's comment (and explanation). The voice saying If you don't like it, don't let the door hit your butt... is not Stan's advice to you but his description of the

Re: [LUAU] Ian Murdock’s Weblog » Joining Sun

2007-03-20 Thread Julian Yap
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 20:39 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: Ian Murdock (the Ian in Debian) has gone to work at Sun Microsystems. I wonder if Sun has talked to Daniel Robbins of Gentoo recently. - Julian ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-20 Thread Peter Besenbruch
Jim Thompson wrote: Well, if thats true, then I apologize. It is. It was clear Stan wasn't happy with the situation either. -- Hawaiian Astronomical Society: http://www.hawastsoc.org HAS Deepsky Atlas: http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky ___

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-20 Thread Eric Hattemer
Jim Thompson wrote: Where are the exports for Hawaii? I think this is the key question. You can't pay people with money you don't have. It's not so much about how much are they paying as who is there that can actually pay? I think the only way to solve this problem would be to get more

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-20 Thread Jim Thompson
On Mar 20, 2007, at 7:42 AM, Eric Hattemer wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Where are the exports for Hawaii? I think this is the key question. You can't pay people with money you don't have. It's not so much about how much are they paying as who is there that can actually pay? I think

[LUAU] Vista: thin edge of the wedge

2007-03-20 Thread Jim Thompson
http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html Note the patent mentioned here (heck, most of the article is worth your time) where Microsoft is making moves to put the choke hold on as soon as you attempt to load Vista, Office 2007 or IE7 onto your machine.

Re: [LUAU] Vista: thin edge of the wedge

2007-03-20 Thread Peter Besenbruch
Jim Thompson wrote: http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html Do you not like Microsoft, or something? ;) Seriously, you probably are preaching to the choir here. I bailed from Windows when XP started keying their copy protection to the specific machine it was installed on. Sure, there were

Re: [LUAU] Vista: thin edge of the wedge

2007-03-20 Thread Jim Thompson
On Mar 20, 2007, at 2:12 PM, Peter Besenbruch wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html Do you not like Microsoft, or something? ;) Seriously, you probably are preaching to the choir here. I think they're playing a very dangerous game. Consider this ammo for

[LUAU] AMD 500 CPU

2007-03-20 Thread HawaiiDakine.com
Aloha. Does anyone know where I can pick up a AMD 500 CPU. (Cheap I hope). There used to be a couple of Used Computer places on the Island but the ones I know of don't seem to be around any longer. I need to put together a FreeBSD box so a friend can run an old DOS program on top of it. He

Re: [LUAU] AMD 500 CPU

2007-03-20 Thread wilson
Aloha. Does anyone know where I can pick up a AMD 500 CPU. (Cheap I hope). There used to be a couple of Used Computer places on the Island but the ones I know of don't seem to be around any longer. Check out ebay. Just did a search and found a few for cheap.