I only type about 35 WPM.. So I make my functions as concise as possible. In general, if typing speed is impaoring your ability to code, you're doing it wrong. Lines of code is a measure of maintainence cost, not programmer effiency
Ironically, teachers in Oregon are required to have a MA in Education in most circumstances (though you can get by with just a BA if you live out in the boonies). Not just any Master's will do, it has to be in Education. Of course, they don't increase the pay to offset the tens of thousands it costs to go to grad school with a higher salary..
I would have thought that, on a website full of people in programming and engineering (both fields where proper syntax and precision are critical), those people would understand the need for precise, standardized communication.
I guess I was wrong.
My faith in humanity dies a little more every day...
And I'd like to point out that the compiler points out your spelling errors. You already have this advantage, and thus don't have to think much about it. I really don't give a crap if a developer mistypes a variable or two, and has to correct it before it will compile. I do care, however, if a developer doesn't understand the difference between O(n) and O(logN).
I agree on the DDOS example, however I would say that you don't really need to prioritize the others, because all that's left is people surfing the net, and that doesn't take up much bandwidth. The basic problem here is that the cable companies decided they would rather up their rates than improve their infrastructure. There is no legitimate reason that we shouldn't all have gigabit-to-the-home, other than the fact that the cable companies would make less in profit.
Wasting cycles on spelling is asinine. If they're truly illiterate, they probably won't do well on the test anyway. It's not like our spelling rules REALLY make sense, nor were they enforced until the last century or two.
I hope most of you realize that this is the first time Net Neturality is being tried in the US. At all. Anyone spending more than 5 minutes looking into Net Neutrality realize its a complex issue that can't be solved with "Don't discriminate."
No, I'm pretty sure that's exactly all there is to it. All packets are equal, and all ISPs are common carriers. If there's some major fatal flaw here (aside from "but the establishment won't get as much money"), I'd like to hear it.
It wasn't really unnecessary. In the context of the original work, the Scouring of the Shire represents the violability of the entire world. It meant that the evil that passed through the Third Age of Middle Earth affected it in such powerful ways, that it touched everything and everyone, including the sheltered and good-natured Hobbits. Thus, nothing hence would ever be the same.
This is a very fundamental lesson to be learned about the world: the most innocent and pure are just as vulnerable to the whims of fate as the rest; and that that innocence may be the necessary price to pay to overcome strife or worse evils, and by it achieve the greater good.
-dZ.
That may be, but it still reminded me a lot of Ewoks.
Yes, they plot against you in smoky back rooms. Whatever. I know several people who have become very successful. They quite honestly have better things to think about.
You mean like screwing the country over for 900 billion dollars that will eventually bankrupt the country, just to get a tax break for themselves so they can buy a nicer private jet? Yeah, I'd say that's plotting against me, when you take "me" to mean an ordinary citizen without the means that these people have.
But you see, it does, because the rich use their wealth and power to screw over the middle class and poor. The divide between rich and poor in this country is the worst it has been in over a hundred years, and we're headed toward medieval serfdom. Hard work doesn't make you rich. Being willing to screw people over is what (generally) makes you rich.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to working 60 hours a week as a software developer to pay for the mortgage on my house and the food for my child, without a dime left over at the end of the month.
Cripes, how many rags to riches success stories (or just people living their lives normally and comfortably because they act like responsible adults) does this country need before you class warriors give up?
One for each person who acts like a responsible adult? Just sayin'.
Okay, I guess I wasn't explicit enough here.. I see no reason to vilify people for checking Facebook at work, as that is the kind of 'abuse' that 57% of workers are likely to be involved in. I agree that you should filter for porn, warez, etc.
Okay, so I work for the U.S. government, not the Aussies, but I'm betting it's similar there; as a fed, you spend a ridiculous amont of time waiting on things. I see no reason to vilify people who honestly can't do anything but twiddle their thumbs waiting for something else to happen.
What you know means almost nothing. What's important is how fast you learn. A solid theoretical foundation is more beneficial in that regard than a few VB6 classes you get fron the local VoTech.
Meh, it's been years since then, and I've never had the greatest memory, though if I was at home I could look it up in my old textbook. It was something named after the guy who developed the math behind it.. The only other detail I can remember is that the dude who came up with it worked for a European car company and used it to determine how to build the curves on the bodies of cars.
A good math class will include some research projects of some kind. For instance, I remember back in Calc 1 I wrote a report on the math behind fonts that allows them to scale (can't remember the name for it anymore), complete with code to draw and scale using the squiggly lines.
No, that $4.99 bottle of lube isn't compatible, or at least not supported. Oracle recommends their own Oracle Intestinal Lubricant (OIL), which will cost you somewhere in the tens of thousands of dollars.
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I only type about 35 WPM.. So I make my functions as concise as possible. In general, if typing speed is impaoring your ability to code, you're doing it wrong. Lines of code is a measure of maintainence cost, not programmer effiency
Ironically, teachers in Oregon are required to have a MA in Education in most circumstances (though you can get by with just a BA if you live out in the boonies). Not just any Master's will do, it has to be in Education. Of course, they don't increase the pay to offset the tens of thousands it costs to go to grad school with a higher salary..
Wow.
Just wow.
I would have thought that, on a website full of people in programming and engineering (both fields where proper syntax and precision are critical), those people would understand the need for precise, standardized communication.
I guess I was wrong.
My faith in humanity dies a little more every day...
And I'd like to point out that the compiler points out your spelling errors. You already have this advantage, and thus don't have to think much about it. I really don't give a crap if a developer mistypes a variable or two, and has to correct it before it will compile. I do care, however, if a developer doesn't understand the difference between O(n) and O(logN).
I agree on the DDOS example, however I would say that you don't really need to prioritize the others, because all that's left is people surfing the net, and that doesn't take up much bandwidth. The basic problem here is that the cable companies decided they would rather up their rates than improve their infrastructure. There is no legitimate reason that we shouldn't all have gigabit-to-the-home, other than the fact that the cable companies would make less in profit.
Wasting cycles on spelling is asinine. If they're truly illiterate, they probably won't do well on the test anyway. It's not like our spelling rules REALLY make sense, nor were they enforced until the last century or two.
But why should we have to make a hack to circumvent the system that's supposed to be "by the people, for the people"?
I hope most of you realize that this is the first time Net Neturality is being tried in the US. At all. Anyone spending more than 5 minutes looking into Net Neutrality realize its a complex issue that can't be solved with "Don't discriminate."
No, I'm pretty sure that's exactly all there is to it. All packets are equal, and all ISPs are common carriers. If there's some major fatal flaw here (aside from "but the establishment won't get as much money"), I'd like to hear it.
Most americans DON'T want government ordering them around like a Jew in 1935 Germany. (Yeah I know - they are soooo dumb to think that way.)
I call Godwin!
I'm not sure, but I think GP was referring to the fact that the world economy is screwed beyond any hope of recovery.
It wasn't really unnecessary. In the context of the original work, the Scouring of the Shire represents the violability of the entire world. It meant that the evil that passed through the Third Age of Middle Earth affected it in such powerful ways, that it touched everything and everyone, including the sheltered and good-natured Hobbits. Thus, nothing hence would ever be the same.
This is a very fundamental lesson to be learned about the world: the most innocent and pure are just as vulnerable to the whims of fate as the rest; and that that innocence may be the necessary price to pay to overcome strife or worse evils, and by it achieve the greater good.
-dZ.
That may be, but it still reminded me a lot of Ewoks.
I think the happy ending GP was referring to was the Hobbit ending, which I'm actually very glad they removed, as it seemed entirely unnecessary.
Yes, they plot against you in smoky back rooms. Whatever. I know several people who have become very successful. They quite honestly have better things to think about.
You mean like screwing the country over for 900 billion dollars that will eventually bankrupt the country, just to get a tax break for themselves so they can buy a nicer private jet? Yeah, I'd say that's plotting against me, when you take "me" to mean an ordinary citizen without the means that these people have.
But you see, it does, because the rich use their wealth and power to screw over the middle class and poor. The divide between rich and poor in this country is the worst it has been in over a hundred years, and we're headed toward medieval serfdom. Hard work doesn't make you rich. Being willing to screw people over is what (generally) makes you rich.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to working 60 hours a week as a software developer to pay for the mortgage on my house and the food for my child, without a dime left over at the end of the month.
Cripes, how many rags to riches success stories (or just people living their lives normally and comfortably because they act like responsible adults) does this country need before you class warriors give up?
One for each person who acts like a responsible adult? Just sayin'.
Okay, I guess I wasn't explicit enough here.. I see no reason to vilify people for checking Facebook at work, as that is the kind of 'abuse' that 57% of workers are likely to be involved in. I agree that you should filter for porn, warez, etc.
Okay, so I work for the U.S. government, not the Aussies, but I'm betting it's similar there; as a fed, you spend a ridiculous amont of time waiting on things. I see no reason to vilify people who honestly can't do anything but twiddle their thumbs waiting for something else to happen.
What you know means almost nothing. What's important is how fast you learn. A solid theoretical foundation is more beneficial in that regard than a few VB6 classes you get fron the local VoTech.
Except that all of those "original innovations" were built upon many previous smaller innovations. It's just how things work.
But was there a Prime Innovator, or an infinite sequence of infinitely small innovations?
He's only going to live to be 6?
Okay, so here's what I think... The Beatles music should be public domain. As in, it's owned by society as a whole. We're all familiar with it.
Obviously you're not running Gentoo.
That was it!! Thanks!
Meh, it's been years since then, and I've never had the greatest memory, though if I was at home I could look it up in my old textbook. It was something named after the guy who developed the math behind it.. The only other detail I can remember is that the dude who came up with it worked for a European car company and used it to determine how to build the curves on the bodies of cars.
A good math class will include some research projects of some kind. For instance, I remember back in Calc 1 I wrote a report on the math behind fonts that allows them to scale (can't remember the name for it anymore), complete with code to draw and scale using the squiggly lines.
No, that $4.99 bottle of lube isn't compatible, or at least not supported. Oracle recommends their own Oracle Intestinal Lubricant (OIL), which will cost you somewhere in the tens of thousands of dollars.