mr_genius

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 06:00 PM) Link seems unlikely he runs for president, but you never know i suppose

QUOTE (soxman352000 @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 11:30 PM) I also was sleeping on half a couch, no idea where the other half was haha

go into anything that has something to do with health care. you'll be a frickin millionaire.

haha

it's saying something when the new governor is actually worse than Rod Blagojevich

QUOTE (Texsox @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 10:43 PM) People keep wanting the greatest service from their government and pay bottom barrel prices. i like the current format. pay super high prices and get lousy service

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 10:07 PM) This data is from 2005 so slightly out of date but it's illustrative. It does not take in to account cost of living or the amount paid by the federal government (i.e. you kind of expect CA to have a higher tax burden than some other states because simply running a school out here costs more, and places like MI get more tax dollars back from the Feds than us) but it is illustrative. The %age given is an attempt to average out over everything, not just income taxes but income, sales, property, hotel, fuel, etc. Ah, here's the new data. In 2008 Illinois was still 30th. some guy was in this thread ranting about how illinois had the lowest tax rates. illinois is only 30th on the high tax list. lets go for #1!

QUOTE (Scwible @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 10:16 AM) Question, do you fellows here who are in the field have a degree that is related to what you do? computer science, etc.... i do, has worked well for me. depends on what you want to do. for someone who is going to push click their way through their career, the computer science education is merely for additional salary and job opportunities. more and more companies want a computer sci/related degree even for easy stuff.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 12:12 PM) I don't know about that. How many of us still refer to the Aon Center as the Standard Oil Building? I never hear that. I call it the Amoco building

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 09:48 AM) No one likes tax increases, but how do we plug a $9 BILLION hole? Not many options. needs to be big spending cuts too. can't just tax our way out of it. people will spend less, business will look to relocate due to higher tax rates, economy will suffer.

http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/income.tax...e.2.958201.html i don't approve

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 04:36 AM) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479904,00.html What kind of idiot names children those names? you notice the douchebag names his kids this, doesn't change his name to Adolf Hitler. Wonder why? oh yea cause he's a douche and is fine with screwing his kids over for his crazy beliefs; not ready to take that step with his own name.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) Everyone's having trouble in this environment. Trust me. This is the longest I have not worked since high school (20 years). That sucks man, best of luck finding a new position. You're right, the job market is really terrible for most everything except some heatlh care industries from what I've been reading.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 03:18 PM) I posted this somewhere else as well. Well, without too much detail, I'm interested a ton in computers and networking. I enjoy fixing computers because it saves money, but I enjoy almost anything that has to do with them, especially networking. With that said, I've had people suggest to me that maybe I should get into the IT field. So I was wondering Soxtalk, how do I go about gaining education in IT? How would I obtain a job? What's the job outlook? I heard about certifications, what are the best ones to gain? Where do you guys suggest a n00b like me start? What are some projects at home that I could do to test to see if I would actually like it? What are the most popular certifications? Any more information would be accepted as well. In the current market I'm not sure a cert alone will get you a job, but it's worth a try if you really like technology. It's not that big of an investment to buy the books and study up and pay for the test. If you have time, I would suggest trying to get into a good computer science program. The University of Illinois has a top notch one. Starting school at a community college is good too, just make sure you take a good mix of the math and foundation type classes for computer science. However, I heard even some computer science grads are having a little trouble in the current environment. Of course, nothing is for sure.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 12:20 PM) I believe financial "experts" on CNBC said the same thing it's all Rush Limbaugh's fault

"These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.''

damn, if you can't trust random emails from the interwebs what can you trust? the world has gone mad

you need to be more selective to whom you give your email address to

McCain, after rushing back to Washington to give the banks a trillion dollars during is campaign, has decided that they should be allowed to fail. Uh yea, maybe mr.McCain should have thought of this before he voted to give them a blank check. http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/08/business/shelby.php

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 03:33 PM) most janitors don't get $15-16/hr plus benefits. yea, $12 an hour would probably only have 400 applicants

So much for the "no Americans want these jobs" 700 show up for 1 janitor position http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x1569321039/...est-job-Janitor

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/od_af..._20090307074740 wow, talk about stupid.

oh man, baseball season is coming back. visual confirmation stirring up the blood the header pic on soxtalk now is top notch.

judging from many of the other posts here, you're not the only one that goes to comedy central shows for guidance

I approve. good job Barack