Re: OT: Going rate for LAMP jobs

2009-10-25 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Oct 26, 2009, at 7:09 AM, Amos Shapira wrote: Speaking of a global market, and NOT to put you off, good luck competing with the rates that can be found at http://www.google.com.au/search?q=hire+a+programmer&ie=UTF-8 The nature of employment is that until you go low enough to reach zer

Re: can the BIOS be changed from Linux? - failed overcl ocking with new computer

2009-10-25 Thread lior
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:44:17 +0200, Gabor Szabo wrote: > I just bought a new computer, install Ubuntu 9.10 beta (not the RC as > it was not out yet) > and after I try to reboot, the computer does not even reach the BIOS > boot sequence. > (blank screen). > After letting it rest for some time I ca

Re: OT: Going rate for LAMP jobs

2009-10-25 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/10/26 Geoff Shang : > My question is, what is the going rate for work like this?  The person > asking is in the US but obviously they're happy to go off-shore for this so > it's not just the US I need to worry about.  I'm of course prepared to be > flexible but I don't want to under-sell mysel

can the BIOS be changed from Linux? - failed overclocking with new computer

2009-10-25 Thread Gabor Szabo
I just bought a new computer, install Ubuntu 9.10 beta (not the RC as it was not out yet) and after I try to reboot, the computer does not even reach the BIOS boot sequence. (blank screen). After letting it rest for some time I can turn it on, then it gets to the BIOS boot and displays the followin

Re: OT: Going rate for LAMP jobs

2009-10-25 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:05 PM, sammy ominsky wrote: In short, DO NOT undersell yourself if you're worth it. But you do have to sell yourself, and explain patiently and clearly why it's worth it for them to spend real money for real work. And to add the flip side, don't sell yourself if y

Re: OT: Going rate for LAMP jobs

2009-10-25 Thread sammy ominsky
On 25/10/2009, at 19:15, Geoff Shang wrote: I've been offered work on a (presumably) one-off project, writing some PHP code to collect data from devices out in the field and store it in a MySQL database, to provide information/updates (as yet not fully specified) back to these devices, and w

OT: Going rate for LAMP jobs

2009-10-25 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, I've been offered work on a (presumably) one-off project, writing some PHP code to collect data from devices out in the field and store it in a MySQL database, to provide information/updates (as yet not fully specified) back to these devices, and web pages to allow users to track the infor

Last Minute Location Change [was Re: [Weekend Reminder] Re: [Telux] Next Meeting: "CMake" on 25-October-2009]

2009-10-25 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all! This is a last minute announcement that we are going to have a last minute location change to: < שריינתי את אולם הולצבלט 007 למועדון הלינקס בימי ראשון בין השעות 18:00-20:00 החל מה-25.10.09 (אחת לשבועיים) עד חופשת סמסטר (ז"א ה-17.01.10). > Or in English - the Hol

[HAIFUX LECTURE] Social and Cultural perspective on the Israeli FOSS community

2009-10-25 Thread Eli Billauer
On Monday October 26th at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear a talk by Liora Shlomi: Social and Cultural perspective on the Israeli FOSS community Abstract (To be published) = We meet in Taub building, room 6. For instr

Re: OT Electronics recycling

2009-10-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
> There's a snunit collection spot in the Technion: >  http://green-asat.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post.html > > It's in a bit obscure location but I managed to find it > and used it a couple of times. > Very nice that they explicitly mention that monitors cannot be recycled there, yet in the phot