Yes.NET is a bit better then compiled binary. But you are stuck to Microsoft platform. Mono is hit or miss you are almost better off running it in Wine.
Granted.Net combines the Speed of Java with the Platform Independence of just compiling a binary file.
However it is actually good for software development as it has already good libraries for a lot of useful functions that we do a lot of.
I have actually surprised some development teams how quickly I was able to write an interface for their systems in days vs. weeks that it took others in different languages.
At least with "Real" Sports they go to college to play before they go pro most of the time. They may not get the best degrees however they are still learning new stuff, and if they don't go pro they at least have a degree to get a better job. But not going to college to focus on Video Games to go pro is just plane stupid. As your chances of being that good is slim. And just like what is happening you have no fall back.
Technology sways back and forth, and there is nothing wrong with that.
1980s 2400/9600 bps Serial connections displayed the data that the people wanted fast enough for them to get their work done. And the computer had a lot of processing that can handle a lot of people for such simple tasks. And computers were expensive heck it was a few thousand bucks for a VT terminal.
1990s More graphic intensive programs are coming out, Color Displays, Serial didn't cut it, way to slow. Cheaper hardware made it possible for people to have individual computers and networks were mostly for file sharing. So you are better off processing locally and allowed more load per demmand
2000s Now people have high speed networks across wide distances Security and stability issues begin to happen so it is better to have your data and a lot of the processing done in one spot. So we go back to the thin client and server where the client actually still does a lot of work but the server does too to give us the correct data.
They also seem to take criticism as a call for technical support.
Ask: Why doesn't Linux do X
Response: Sure Linux can do X all you have to do is go to the kernel, Change some define lines (yea those are outside the normal kernel installer), then go to etc/something/something/else and add these line in the middle of this and that.
Recompile the kernel
apt-get install some other app that has a name and description that seems nothing to do what you want it to do.
Reboot your system, It will fail the first time, but fsck the disk and copy this file over the other and reboot and Boom there you have it it works like a charm... Man you newbies are so lame.
Improvements are not about Bug Fixes. There are a lot of things that needs to be improved that are not bugs.
Here is a quick example. In OS X there is a handy shortcut where say you had a Word File Open. You save it and need to attach it to an email. I can take the Document Icon that is in the Title Bar and Drag it into my email App and it automatically attaches it. It is quite handy and much easier then Hunting down your Documents folder.
There are a lot of details like this that Linux is missing that are not necessary bugs or Missing Features per say but just a different way of doing things, that tend to get poo-pooed as Eye Candy, A big wast of time, and only Wimps use WIMP.
There is a Gap for skill sets for Linux. Between Grandma and Administrator that creates the problems for people and when they use Linux they feel like they are 10 years in the past.
I think the fact that people want a bunch of cool special effects is hurting the story.
The Old Star Trek up to Star Trek II space battles were more like submarines in battle. Hide and fire, avoid fire, target fire. Try to find a mistake from you enemy take advantage of it. It makes a lot of drama during the fighting and a lot is going on except for shooting and flying.
The new ones when they try to put more effects have became more like Fighter Planes in close combat where it is basically if you shoot more you win, everything is going on so fast there is no drama, just action.
Also with man to man fighting. The old Star Trek hand to hand was because either they were caught so off guard that they didn't have phasers, or they were not trying to kill the guy, or they were captured and lost their phasers. However with todays effect it is way to easy to kill a guy with a phaser. Have you ever used a laser pointer and found how easy it was to hit a target. Opps you missed well I have a less then a second to adjust my hand 2 degrees to be right on.
I agree I haven't read something so funny in a long time.
RIKER: Dim red light makes everything look more foreboding. WORF: But didn't they say that the Remans see really well in the dark and can't stand bright lights? Why don't we crank up the lights to fullbright and blind 'em? RIKER: Shut up and just try to look dramatic.
Part of the problem is the fact that it is easier to get diagnoses as Autism. In the past minor forms of Autism were ignored or just considered bad behavior, Even Moderate-High Autism the person was just considered Stupid. So the past records are faulty. Espectially before the age of Vinyl flooring.
Whatever language you choose to be uniform there will be a majority who hates that language. English language has the few advantages over the other ones though.
1. Geographical Spread. The English during the colonial times spread across the world and taught their language to it. Also set up colonies in different areas of the world. England, North America, Australia, New Zealand... Most every other language is localized to a particular region (Spanish and Portuguese do however are strong in South America)
2. Those Crazy missionaries. Love them or hate them a bunch of them have spread across the world and taught English to a lot of countries so if they had a chance to learn a second language it would most likely be English.
3. USA/UK kicked butt in WWI/WWII so we had influence in many of the countries when rebuilding so they learned English as a second language as well.
4. Cold War You had a choice join the Ruskies and wait in bread lines, or join the US and "Live Well". The world was quite polarized so if you needed to work with the US being able to speak English helped.
5. Hollywood being a major cultural factor for about 100 years, people are use to our media.
English may not be the most popular however it is the best one that we have as most of the world knows it as a second language.
Nothing can make your laptop look cool and tough and tough and cool like some Duct Tape. Yea my laptop is small but I am so tough that I need to put duct tape on it to keep it together. A cat may be cute, But an ally cat with its fur riped off and its ear chewed up isn't
Why do you always assume that we only have Evolution and Intelligent Design. There can be more then 2 theories. I would welcome debate on evolution. Just as long as they stay with the roots of science and without pointing to a religious text and say because it is in there. We haven't found a way to Prove or Disprove G/god(s) so as for science we need to look at natural causes not supernatural ones. So if you believe in God then it is the question on How did he do it by playing with the own rules he created. Or if you don't then it how is it. Having faith doesn't stop from good science, pointing to God as the answer and stop all further investigation is bad science.
Granted Evolution is the strongest theory with the most proof however it could be wrong there is always a possibility. Life could have diversified from cross breading, or large mutations, then there is the Alien Arch theory where Aliens populate earth with genetically created animals, their similarity is due to the incremental approach they put into their creation. I expect to see a super intelligent cow in the near future who will take over man kind.
Umm Usually Real Pros have Education & Experience. I agree with your second paragraph though. However Experience without Education often provides derivative work, or bad coding, your app may run and look good on the outside however keeping it running other then by yourself is much harder if you don't learn good practices, not necessarily as they are always better, but people know what to expect when they look at it. Education without Experience you don't know when it is better to break the rules. Sometimes you need to say TO HELL with good form, this way runs faster and is easier to change. Real IT Pros don't have anything to prove, they know their stuff, not afraid to ask questions to learn new things, don't get emotionally attached to their code when it is time to hand it off to someone else. Even people with Education & Experience are not always IT Pros but still hacks too, there is a lot of growing up and maturing you need to do before you can be a real Pro. Sometimes a Guy in his early 20s gets it. Sometimes in there 40's and others never get it no matter how much education and experience they have.
There is often a point as your sills increase it gets to a point where the usefulness of those skills begins to level out. After about a decade of a decade in a half most good techies have gotten to a point where they can face technical challenges given to them and produce good work. Getting a Masters in the same degree will not help you out professionally, yes you may learn some cool stuff, and if you want a masters purely for education not for work advancement thats great, but for the most parts it will not help you much in business unless you are looking for R&D type work, or something that focuses on you area of study. However other see education as a means to a better job, which is also a good use of education, the MBA is often the best route, having an MBA doesn't mean you a not technical or have no tech skill however it does mean you have knowledge of business so the bigger bosses will come to you to work out the big picture, as you can understand their business needs and translate it to a technical requirement.
However not all MBA's have the technical background and are still in such a position, and knowing the technology helps and hurts at the same time. It helps as you can really translate the problem to a technical solution, it may hurt as the big picture gets clouded with the technical details. So some companies love getting a strong Tech MBA others, like a low Tech MBA.
Real business is actually a lot more complex then most guys in the tech field think. There are a lot of opposing forces going on that needs to be balanced. For example selling more widget X is considered good as you can get more money. However if you sell to much you will need to open an other plant to make more, the plant costs money and could take years for production levels to utilize the plant profitability.
Yes but if the Democrats Pay your bills, you may be a little more likely to let some negative reporting on the democrats slide while be harsher on the republicans. Such as Public TV and Public Radio, they are sure not to bite the hand that feeds it. The advantages that the news papers had was the fact there were so many of them in the past that in essence if you read multible papers chances are you got a good understanding of the issues. Having all of them being Paid by the government means they will be friendly to those to pay their bills.
Or mores simply a Unix Shell geek who instinctively hits a space after echo and didn't reread what he wrote. Who missed the first time and caught it the second time.
While the young may be sharper. Age brings wisdom (not that you can't find wisdom in the young) which is often more useful in a work environment. When I started out I was very eager to "prove myself". I had to be the best developer Code Fast, Make No Bugs, Follow perfect form. When ever I failed on any of those objectives I kicked myself and treated myself much harsher then I deserved. Now as I have gotten older I have became more comfortable with my skills, I know I can solve most any problem that comes to me, I know how to talk myself around or prove to others what can't be done, or at least they won't be happy with it (EG. using OCR to automatically determine when a document should be shredded. (A BAD idea no matter how good OCR gets)). Over time I learned when to find help and ask the right questions. I am no longer afraid to make me look like an idiot to an other developer for stuff that I am not an expert in, just as long as I can get the answer back. A lot of this "Sharpness" that the younger people have is partly due to the fact that they are bluffing to make themselves look better, IT Chest Thumping, so the difference in sharpness is actually a little more narrow for the change in ages. There really isn't a big drop between someone who is 22 and someone who is 32 at 32 your mind is still sharp and you are still young, But you begin to mature and get use to being a full adult, and you know you get in more trouble by acting like you know it all then you do by asking some dumb questions to get the correct understanding on what is going on.
That was true back in 1991. The VGA monitor was 320x200 8bit color, A Large Hard Drive was about 80Megs. External Loading of data via Floppy Disks were slow. Modems were very slow 2400bps. Having 4GB of RAM for the current usage seemed excessive. As the speed to fill the memory would take so long that it wasn't worth using it.
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Yes .NET is a bit better then compiled binary. But you are stuck to Microsoft platform. Mono is hit or miss you are almost better off running it in Wine.
Granted .Net combines the Speed of Java with the Platform Independence of just compiling a binary file.
However it is actually good for software development as it has already good libraries for a lot of useful functions that we do a lot of.
I have actually surprised some development teams how quickly I was able to write an interface for their systems in days vs. weeks that it took others in different languages.
At least with "Real" Sports they go to college to play before they go pro most of the time. They may not get the best degrees however they are still learning new stuff, and if they don't go pro they at least have a degree to get a better job. But not going to college to focus on Video Games to go pro is just plane stupid. As your chances of being that good is slim. And just like what is happening you have no fall back.
Technology sways back and forth, and there is nothing wrong with that.
1980s 2400/9600 bps Serial connections displayed the data that the people wanted fast enough for them to get their work done. And the computer had a lot of processing that can handle a lot of people for such simple tasks. And computers were expensive heck it was a few thousand bucks for a VT terminal.
1990s More graphic intensive programs are coming out, Color Displays, Serial didn't cut it, way to slow. Cheaper hardware made it possible for people to have individual computers and networks were mostly for file sharing. So you are better off processing locally and allowed more load per demmand
2000s Now people have high speed networks across wide distances Security and stability issues begin to happen so it is better to have your data and a lot of the processing done in one spot. So we go back to the thin client and server where the client actually still does a lot of work but the server does too to give us the correct data.
They also seem to take criticism as a call for technical support.
Ask: Why doesn't Linux do X
Response: Sure Linux can do X all you have to do is go to the kernel, Change some define lines (yea those are outside the normal kernel installer), then go to etc/something/something/else
and add these line in the middle of this and that.
Recompile the kernel
apt-get install some other app that has a name and description that seems nothing to do what you want it to do.
Reboot your system, It will fail the first time, but fsck the disk and copy this file over the other and reboot and Boom there you have it it works like a charm... Man you newbies are so lame.
Improvements are not about Bug Fixes. There are a lot of things that needs to be improved that are not bugs.
Here is a quick example. In OS X there is a handy shortcut where say you had a Word File Open. You save it and need to attach it to an email. I can take the Document Icon that is in the Title Bar and Drag it into my email App and it automatically attaches it. It is quite handy and much easier then Hunting down your Documents folder.
There are a lot of details like this that Linux is missing that are not necessary bugs or Missing Features per say but just a different way of doing things, that tend to get poo-pooed as Eye Candy, A big wast of time, and only Wimps use WIMP.
There is a Gap for skill sets for Linux. Between Grandma and Administrator that creates the problems for people and when they use Linux they feel like they are 10 years in the past.
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Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
My guess is Torbjorn Granlund coded it and RMS takes the credit
Once it realizes that everything that Google stands for is wrong.
I think the fact that people want a bunch of cool special effects is hurting the story.
The Old Star Trek up to Star Trek II space battles were more like submarines in battle. Hide and fire, avoid fire, target fire. Try to find a mistake from you enemy take advantage of it. It makes a lot of drama during the fighting and a lot is going on except for shooting and flying.
The new ones when they try to put more effects have became more like Fighter Planes in close combat where it is basically if you shoot more you win, everything is going on so fast there is no drama, just action.
Also with man to man fighting. The old Star Trek hand to hand was because either they were caught so off guard that they didn't have phasers, or they were not trying to kill the guy, or they were captured and lost their phasers. However with todays effect it is way to easy to kill a guy with a phaser. Have you ever used a laser pointer and found how easy it was to hit a target. Opps you missed well I have a less then a second to adjust my hand 2 degrees to be right on.
I agree I haven't read something so funny in a long time.
RIKER: Dim red light makes everything look more foreboding.
WORF: But didn't they say that the Remans see really well in the dark and can't stand bright lights? Why don't we crank up the lights to fullbright and blind 'em?
RIKER: Shut up and just try to look dramatic.
Part of the problem is the fact that it is easier to get diagnoses as Autism. In the past minor forms of Autism were ignored or just considered bad behavior, Even Moderate-High Autism the person was just considered Stupid. So the past records are faulty. Espectially before the age of Vinyl flooring.
Whatever language you choose to be uniform there will be a majority who hates that language.
English language has the few advantages over the other ones though.
1. Geographical Spread. The English during the colonial times spread across the world and taught their language to it. Also set up colonies in different areas of the world. England, North America, Australia, New Zealand... Most every other language is localized to a particular region (Spanish and Portuguese do however are strong in South America)
2. Those Crazy missionaries. Love them or hate them a bunch of them have spread across the world and taught English to a lot of countries so if they had a chance to learn a second language it would most likely be English.
3. USA/UK kicked butt in WWI/WWII so we had influence in many of the countries when rebuilding so they learned English as a second language as well.
4. Cold War You had a choice join the Ruskies and wait in bread lines, or join the US and "Live Well". The world was quite polarized so if you needed to work with the US being able to speak English helped.
5. Hollywood being a major cultural factor for about 100 years, people are use to our media.
English may not be the most popular however it is the best one that we have as most of the world knows it as a second language.
Pay for content, Burden on Google where Google isn't the good guy.
Opposing idea's of the popular opinion isn't a Troll. You can disagree with it. But a Troll. Come on.
I didn't say all of the add revenue, I said some of it. There is a Value add for Google's code.
However a lot of the time people will not click threw to the full story they will read the headlines and a paragraph and go on.
Google is Making Money from Google News, Some of that money should go to the people who actually did all the work and make/record it.
Just as TV stations should pay Newspapers for when they get their news from them.
Nothing can make your laptop look cool and tough and tough and cool like some Duct Tape. Yea my laptop is small but I am so tough that I need to put duct tape on it to keep it together. A cat may be cute, But an ally cat with its fur riped off and its ear chewed up isn't
Why do you always assume that we only have Evolution and Intelligent Design. There can be more then 2 theories. I would welcome debate on evolution. Just as long as they stay with the roots of science and without pointing to a religious text and say because it is in there. We haven't found a way to Prove or Disprove G/god(s) so as for science we need to look at natural causes not supernatural ones. So if you believe in God then it is the question on How did he do it by playing with the own rules he created. Or if you don't then it how is it. Having faith doesn't stop from good science, pointing to God as the answer and stop all further investigation is bad science.
Granted Evolution is the strongest theory with the most proof however it could be wrong there is always a possibility. Life could have diversified from cross breading, or large mutations, then there is the Alien Arch theory where Aliens populate earth with genetically created animals, their similarity is due to the incremental approach they put into their creation. I expect to see a super intelligent cow in the near future who will take over man kind.
Umm Usually Real Pros have Education & Experience.
I agree with your second paragraph though. However Experience without Education often provides derivative work, or bad coding, your app may run and look good on the outside however keeping it running other then by yourself is much harder if you don't learn good practices, not necessarily as they are always better, but people know what to expect when they look at it. Education without Experience you don't know when it is better to break the rules. Sometimes you need to say TO HELL with good form, this way runs faster and is easier to change. Real IT Pros don't have anything to prove, they know their stuff, not afraid to ask questions to learn new things, don't get emotionally attached to their code when it is time to hand it off to someone else. Even people with Education & Experience are not always IT Pros but still hacks too, there is a lot of growing up and maturing you need to do before you can be a real Pro. Sometimes a Guy in his early 20s gets it. Sometimes in there 40's and others never get it no matter how much education and experience they have.
There is often a point as your sills increase it gets to a point where the usefulness of those skills begins to level out. After about a decade of a decade in a half most good techies have gotten to a point where they can face technical challenges given to them and produce good work. Getting a Masters in the same degree will not help you out professionally, yes you may learn some cool stuff, and if you want a masters purely for education not for work advancement thats great, but for the most parts it will not help you much in business unless you are looking for R&D type work, or something that focuses on you area of study. However other see education as a means to a better job, which is also a good use of education, the MBA is often the best route, having an MBA doesn't mean you a not technical or have no tech skill however it does mean you have knowledge of business so the bigger bosses will come to you to work out the big picture, as you can understand their business needs and translate it to a technical requirement.
However not all MBA's have the technical background and are still in such a position, and knowing the technology helps and hurts at the same time. It helps as you can really translate the problem to a technical solution, it may hurt as the big picture gets clouded with the technical details. So some companies love getting a strong Tech MBA others, like a low Tech MBA.
Real business is actually a lot more complex then most guys in the tech field think. There are a lot of opposing forces going on that needs to be balanced. For example selling more widget X is considered good as you can get more money. However if you sell to much you will need to open an other plant to make more, the plant costs money and could take years for production levels to utilize the plant profitability.
You must have always lived in fear. As this has happened for Millions of years, and will happen for millions afterwards.
I think most of this is from self proclaimed IT Pros, vs. Real ones.
Yes but if the Democrats Pay your bills, you may be a little more likely to let some negative reporting on the democrats slide while be harsher on the republicans. Such as Public TV and Public Radio, they are sure not to bite the hand that feeds it. The advantages that the news papers had was the fact there were so many of them in the past that in essence if you read multible papers chances are you got a good understanding of the issues. Having all of them being Paid by the government means they will be friendly to those to pay their bills.
Or mores simply a Unix Shell geek who instinctively hits a space after echo and didn't reread what he wrote. Who missed the first time and caught it the second time.
While the young may be sharper. Age brings wisdom (not that you can't find wisdom in the young) which is often more useful in a work environment. When I started out I was very eager to "prove myself". I had to be the best developer Code Fast, Make No Bugs, Follow perfect form. When ever I failed on any of those objectives I kicked myself and treated myself much harsher then I deserved. Now as I have gotten older I have became more comfortable with my skills, I know I can solve most any problem that comes to me, I know how to talk myself around or prove to others what can't be done, or at least they won't be happy with it (EG. using OCR to automatically determine when a document should be shredded. (A BAD idea no matter how good OCR gets)).
Over time I learned when to find help and ask the right questions. I am no longer afraid to make me look like an idiot to an other developer for stuff that I am not an expert in, just as long as I can get the answer back.
A lot of this "Sharpness" that the younger people have is partly due to the fact that they are bluffing to make themselves look better, IT Chest Thumping, so the difference in sharpness is actually a little more narrow for the change in ages. There really isn't a big drop between someone who is 22 and someone who is 32 at 32 your mind is still sharp and you are still young, But you begin to mature and get use to being a full adult, and you know you get in more trouble by acting like you know it all then you do by asking some dumb questions to get the correct understanding on what is going on.
That was true back in 1991. The VGA monitor was 320x200 8bit color, A Large Hard Drive was about 80Megs. External Loading of data via Floppy Disks were slow. Modems were very slow 2400bps. Having 4GB of RAM for the current usage seemed excessive. As the speed to fill the memory would take so long that it wasn't worth using it.