Several months ago it seemed like my monitor quit working after a reboot. It had been working just fine before that, so, naturally I was perplexed. My ViewSonic VG2030wm had never failed me before, and it “seemed” like it should be working. I swapped out the video card for another card with DVI port and had some odd display. OpenSuSE told me the monitor was not responding with its type which seemed quite strange. Both … It May Not Be Your RAMRead more
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Intermittent Amped Wireless Failures
Is there anything more infuriating than intermittent failures? They happen time and again until you finally find a pattern. Usually you “upgrade” to something different long before you find the failure pattern. I’ve been tracking down Amped Wireless failures for about a month. Things would work great for hours, sometimes days, then, it would just lose connection. You could reconfigure it and see 61% signal strength from the base unit, but still not be able … Intermittent Amped Wireless FailuresRead more
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Billing Rate vs. Effective Rate
This question just keeps coming up. In fact, just today I had a “ discussion” about it with a pimp who had no concept, he was just trying to get someone to take a technical writing contract at way below market rate. What shocks and appauls me is the number of supposed consultants who do not understand this concept. Effective Rate has nothing to do with “cost of living.” When you used the formula I … Billing Rate vs. Effective RateRead more
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Did You Ever Wonder Why Billing Rates in Florida are Criminally Low?
No, it’s not due the massive “import/export” business running through Florida, it’s Senior Abuse. That and the fact that the FBI hasn’t bother putting anyone in prison for violating the DOL prevailing wage law which went into effect with the H1-B reforms. You know, the laws that made it a federal crime to pay an H1-B less than the DOL prevailing wage and made it an even bigger federal crime to hire an H1-B when … Did You Ever Wonder Why Billing Rates in Florida are Criminally Low?Read more
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Calculating Your Minimum Billing Rate Pt. 3
If you travel for at least six months at a time. You want enough time to get a good feeling about the area, and to find a housing situation which “pays you to stay” enough to want to stay there. Yes, Corporate Housing is more expensive, in many cases, than the bottom price range of extended stay or two star hotels, but it has a comfort level those places cannot provide. (Unless, of course, you … Calculating Your Minimum Billing Rate Pt. 3Read more