I browse the web using telnet. Sometimes I do have to break out my calculator to handle https sites.
You jest, but having written several web server applications in the past, I have essentially had to browse web sites via a console interface in order to debug my programs. You actually get used to reconstructing the web page in your head, much like web developers can see their sites when writing code.
You know, I never thought I would comment on an idle story but this just pisses me off. I'm 6'5", does this mean that I'm entitled to always sit in the emergency exit row where there is more leg room, or 2 seats so I can stretch out? Does this mean I'm functionally disabled by my height? Not only that, I was born with this 'affliction', and as much as people may say the are pre-disposed to obesity, If you ass is too big to fit in a single seat it is your own damned fault. I would guarantee my metabolism is slower than most (I can easily put on 10lbs of real weight in a week), which is why I eat healthy and exercise 3-4 times a week.
Don't give me this functionally disabled by obesity bullshit. Put down the god damned jelly doughnut and the cheetos and go for a walk for fucks sake.
I would agree that the large number of uses for a personal computer are completely unnecessary in order to teach the content of most classes. I think however that it would be beneficial to give the students a touchscreen computer built into desks that the teachers can push content to in order to annotate problems, allow the kids to all workout there own solutions without sending anybody to the board, pass out digital copies of a book turning the machine into an e-book reader or direct students to a particular website for research. You could also have the entire library digitized so that students can do all of their research from their desk.
This seems like something that could be implemented fairly cheaply given the scope of the XO laptop project and continuing decrease in the price of technology, and it would give students and teachers a new interactive learning tool, one which the teacher controls from a simple interface, unlike scattered PCs throughout the classroom.
Maybe not at today's prices, but soon. Anybody want to give me VC funding for this?
The "stretching reduces injury" canard has been disproven in study after study. Warming up may have some benefit, but stretching isn't the way to go if you're worried about injuries.
Well, as a rock climber I would have to disagree. You have to realize that pulling a muscle is not the only way to injure yourself while exercising. If I don't stretch adequately before I climb, I will be prone to cramping. If my hand cramps 30 foot of the ground while lead climbing and I can no longer hold the wall, bad things happen. The same is also true of other sports. If a runner experiences a severe cramp while running, there is a very good chance of them taking a face full of asphalt.
First, as another poster stated, you just made those numbers up. Second, don't presume to know what others believe just because they happen to disagree with you.
I don't need to try and disprove God, because the idea of trying to disprove God is completely nonsensical. As evidenced by the many differing opinions on God, God can not and will not ever be defined. The concept of God is such that no mere mortal will ever be able to fully understand God, and with out a clear definition of what something is, you can not argue whether or not it exists.
And for the record, I am not an Atheist, nor do I fit into any other convenient category people would like to place me in to make themselves feel more comfortable.
A President does not need to know nor ever will know every answer. How many Presidents have we had who have a medical degree? Should the lack of one disqualify him/her for the POTUS position because any legislation or policy regarding healthcare will not be understood by him/her? The same goes for a law degree and anything else. We're not talking about an electrical engineering degree or a CS degree here, only whether a person knows how to use a PC, and you think that should disqualify McCain from running a country based on technology?
I don't need to have a medical degree to understand the huge failings of our current health care system, and see logical solutions. I don't need to have a law degree to be able to read and understand the constitution and make informed decisions that could enact or deter legislation with possibly catastrophic consequences (such as the Patriot Act). And I certainly don't need my CS degree to be able to understand computers or technology. I would however need to have fundamental knowledge of such things in order to make good decisions on something like net neutrality or defense of our nations computerized infrastructure. Smart advisers mean nothing if I just 'don't get' the fundamentals. So yes, I believe that is one of the many things that should disqualify McCain.
You need to rethink your position (and logic) because it is obviously too far to the left to be unbiased.
It's amazing how you have me all figured out. You're either a genius or just plain psychic./sarcasm Seriously, the biggest problem in this country is morons like you that think politics are either left or right and you must chose a candidate based on said affiliation, rather than making an informed decision based on the merits of the individual.
I myself am very moderate and agree with certain aspects of both parties. I have voted (early voting in TX) for Obama in this campaign because I believe his capacity for rational thought and intelligent decision making is far superior to that of McCain's. I did however vote for John McCain in the 2000 republican primary, and possibly would have voted for that man again in this election if he were still around. Sadly though, John McCain is nothing more than a shill of his former self and does not merit even a passing consideration in this election.
A person running for the highest office in the land, who is expected to adapt and change as the world does[emphasis mine -mi]
Actually, no, I'd like to know, that who I'm voting for will be who hands the power over to the next president-elect. I don't want an opportunist, who "adapts and changes" with the latest breeze.
Really, you're big flip-flop citation is about baseball teams? Very important stuff that is.
And yes, we would never want a candidate who could adapt his views based on new knowledge and insight, because the opposite has worked so well over the last 8 years.
There is a big difference between 'can't physically' and 'doesn't know how' which is what McCain explicitly stated. Which is back to my original point, if a person does not understand technology, they can not reasonably be expected to run a country based largely on said technology.
Agreed. I attended Full Sail myself, and I can say that the program was very grueling and taught me quite well. The first programming class is a 2-month 8 hour/day C++ class. The class began with 50 students, and by the end, 10 moved on. I had minimal C++ experience before hand, but it was not all that necessary. The main problem was the script-kiddie / 20 hour-a-day WOW player who though, 'Hey I wanna make games for a living' without realizing that it actually required hard work and talent.
I went when it was only an associate degree, but within 2 years I worked my way to a Lead Programmer position in a non game related field, and am now a Sr. Game Engine Programmer in the industry. I also work with at least 8 other Full Sail grads out of about 50 programmers, and when I interviewed for the job they said they have always had good luck with Full Sail grads.
The only bad thing I can say about Full Sail is that my student loans suck pretty damn hard.
Now imagine 50 million baby boomers with similar level of non-expertise trying to use a PC-based machine
I'd like to see Barack Obama ridiculing these 50 million voters' computer (il)literacy, the way he ridiculed John McCain. Wouldn't that be sure vote-winner, uhm?
Those 50 million other Americans who may or may not need to use a computer in their daily lives shouldn't be ridiculed. A person running for the highest office in the land, who is expected to adapt and change as the world does, should be.
One thing Tesla could do in this market is to ally it self with one of the big US car makers, one of the ones that has no kind of experience in making 4-6 seat passenger cars that weigh in at below 5 metric tons and pack less than a 250 hp engine. These companies must be desperate to acquire expertise and engineering talent on how to make the kind of car that will sell in times of recession and toughening environmental legislation. That, IMHO, will be cheap and light electric or plugin-hybrid cars.
While I want Tesla to survive, and I want the major car companies to adopt more green engineering talent, I hope that would never happen.
The reason I love Tesla and the reason their Roadster is so great, is because they are not burdened by all that red tape and ignorant executive banter like the big companies are. They are innovative and in a certain sense reckless, which is what makes them great. This world would be a lot cooler if more people where a little more reckless and willing to go out on a limb for a great idea.
Dude, I was just kidding, but now that I've seen that, and the sites that article was talking about... damn. I don't know if you should be modded (+6, Informative) or (-11, sending me to the poor house).
BTW, I can't say I'm surprised that some slasdotter has already modded you informative.
It's funny because I was just talking to a friend about a 'hobby' I and some friends do and he was floored at the cost. Got me thinking it might be time to find a new, cheaper hobby lol...
By 'hobby' I assume you mean hookers. Hookers are a hobby now? Fuck stamp collecting, I'm doing that!
As mentioned above, this is a private institution and an expensive one at that. Giving students a free iPod is the least they could do. I know a married couple that goes there and I constantly wonder how they will ever possibly be able to pay back their very large student loans with their undergraduate degrees.
:/ Sounds like she just made that up... Cannabis/Psychedelic hallucinogens/Opiates(perscription meds?) typically don't cause that sort of thing...
Actually, you're probably right and just a little wrong. The drugs you mentioned don't cause people to see those things, but they do cause people to come up with weird stories like that which sound cool at the time and make them think it is a good idea to share them. So yes, she made it up, but the drugs probably did cause her to actually make it up in the first place. But yes, funny story.
Let me just say, after 26 years in this business, of hearing this every year, the systems just keep getting more complex and harder to maintain, rather than less and easier.
I agree, and this is a good thing for the IT industry as it is now, but this can also have negative side effects. My father has been a mechanic for over 30 years and has nearly every certification you can get. The problem is that, much like the IT environment, cars are continually becoming more complicated to work on and requiring more and more specialized tools and equipment. This is fine for my dad who has a lot of experience and is regularly continuing his education, but it limits the number of new young mechanics coming into the field. This is due to the higher requirements of education and the need to purchase newer and more expensive tools just to get started.
The same could start happening to the IT world as well. When I first started working professionally with computers and networks, the majority of the IT staff were all self taught. Now most IT departments will require at least a 4 year MIS degree. Could the future require IT professionals to have degrees on the level of an engineer just to break into the field? I don't know, but it could present problems as the number of IT openings increases as the number of qualified applicants decreases.
Of course, the upside of this is that my father is now in very high demand and is paid accordingly. Quite a bit more than me as a Sr. Software Programmer.
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I browse the web using telnet. Sometimes I do have to break out my calculator to handle https sites.
You jest, but having written several web server applications in the past, I have essentially had to browse web sites via a console interface in order to debug my programs. You actually get used to reconstructing the web page in your head, much like web developers can see their sites when writing code.
If you're on the internet, you're vulnerable. Period.
You know, I never thought I would comment on an idle story but this just pisses me off. I'm 6'5", does this mean that I'm entitled to always sit in the emergency exit row where there is more leg room, or 2 seats so I can stretch out? Does this mean I'm functionally disabled by my height? Not only that, I was born with this 'affliction', and as much as people may say the are pre-disposed to obesity, If you ass is too big to fit in a single seat it is your own damned fault. I would guarantee my metabolism is slower than most (I can easily put on 10lbs of real weight in a week), which is why I eat healthy and exercise 3-4 times a week.
/flame
Don't give me this functionally disabled by obesity bullshit. Put down the god damned jelly doughnut and the cheetos and go for a walk for fucks sake.
I would agree that the large number of uses for a personal computer are completely unnecessary in order to teach the content of most classes. I think however that it would be beneficial to give the students a touchscreen computer built into desks that the teachers can push content to in order to annotate problems, allow the kids to all workout there own solutions without sending anybody to the board, pass out digital copies of a book turning the machine into an e-book reader or direct students to a particular website for research. You could also have the entire library digitized so that students can do all of their research from their desk.
This seems like something that could be implemented fairly cheaply given the scope of the XO laptop project and continuing decrease in the price of technology, and it would give students and teachers a new interactive learning tool, one which the teacher controls from a simple interface, unlike scattered PCs throughout the classroom.
Maybe not at today's prices, but soon. Anybody want to give me VC funding for this?
The "stretching reduces injury" canard has been disproven in study after study. Warming up may have some benefit, but stretching isn't the way to go if you're worried about injuries.
Well, as a rock climber I would have to disagree. You have to realize that pulling a muscle is not the only way to injure yourself while exercising. If I don't stretch adequately before I climb, I will be prone to cramping. If my hand cramps 30 foot of the ground while lead climbing and I can no longer hold the wall, bad things happen. The same is also true of other sports. If a runner experiences a severe cramp while running, there is a very good chance of them taking a face full of asphalt.
First, as another poster stated, you just made those numbers up. Second, don't presume to know what others believe just because they happen to disagree with you.
I don't need to try and disprove God, because the idea of trying to disprove God is completely nonsensical. As evidenced by the many differing opinions on God, God can not and will not ever be defined. The concept of God is such that no mere mortal will ever be able to fully understand God, and with out a clear definition of what something is, you can not argue whether or not it exists.
And for the record, I am not an Atheist, nor do I fit into any other convenient category people would like to place me in to make themselves feel more comfortable.
It isn't like we really care who you elect in your country.
That's because the majority of other countries don't usually fuck up the rest of the world like we do.
I think I found a helpful link for you here.
Personally, I'm writing in Not Sure. He is the smartest person in the world after all.
A President does not need to know nor ever will know every answer. How many Presidents have we had who have a medical degree? Should the lack of one disqualify him/her for the POTUS position because any legislation or policy regarding healthcare will not be understood by him/her? The same goes for a law degree and anything else. We're not talking about an electrical engineering degree or a CS degree here, only whether a person knows how to use a PC, and you think that should disqualify McCain from running a country based on technology?
I don't need to have a medical degree to understand the huge failings of our current health care system, and see logical solutions. I don't need to have a law degree to be able to read and understand the constitution and make informed decisions that could enact or deter legislation with possibly catastrophic consequences (such as the Patriot Act). And I certainly don't need my CS degree to be able to understand computers or technology. I would however need to have fundamental knowledge of such things in order to make good decisions on something like net neutrality or defense of our nations computerized infrastructure. Smart advisers mean nothing if I just 'don't get' the fundamentals. So yes, I believe that is one of the many things that should disqualify McCain.
You need to rethink your position (and logic) because it is obviously too far to the left to be unbiased.
It's amazing how you have me all figured out. You're either a genius or just plain psychic. /sarcasm Seriously, the biggest problem in this country is morons like you that think politics are either left or right and you must chose a candidate based on said affiliation, rather than making an informed decision based on the merits of the individual.
I myself am very moderate and agree with certain aspects of both parties. I have voted (early voting in TX) for Obama in this campaign because I believe his capacity for rational thought and intelligent decision making is far superior to that of McCain's. I did however vote for John McCain in the 2000 republican primary, and possibly would have voted for that man again in this election if he were still around. Sadly though, John McCain is nothing more than a shill of his former self and does not merit even a passing consideration in this election.
Actually, no, I'd like to know, that who I'm voting for will be who hands the power over to the next president-elect. I don't want an opportunist, who "adapts and changes" with the latest breeze.
Really, you're big flip-flop citation is about baseball teams? Very important stuff that is.
And yes, we would never want a candidate who could adapt his views based on new knowledge and insight, because the opposite has worked so well over the last 8 years.
There is a big difference between 'can't physically' and 'doesn't know how' which is what McCain explicitly stated. Which is back to my original point, if a person does not understand technology, they can not reasonably be expected to run a country based largely on said technology.
Agreed. I attended Full Sail myself, and I can say that the program was very grueling and taught me quite well. The first programming class is a 2-month 8 hour/day C++ class. The class began with 50 students, and by the end, 10 moved on. I had minimal C++ experience before hand, but it was not all that necessary. The main problem was the script-kiddie / 20 hour-a-day WOW player who though, 'Hey I wanna make games for a living' without realizing that it actually required hard work and talent.
I went when it was only an associate degree, but within 2 years I worked my way to a Lead Programmer position in a non game related field, and am now a Sr. Game Engine Programmer in the industry. I also work with at least 8 other Full Sail grads out of about 50 programmers, and when I interviewed for the job they said they have always had good luck with Full Sail grads.
The only bad thing I can say about Full Sail is that my student loans suck pretty damn hard.
I'd like to see Barack Obama ridiculing these 50 million voters' computer (il)literacy, the way he ridiculed John McCain. Wouldn't that be sure vote-winner, uhm?
Those 50 million other Americans who may or may not need to use a computer in their daily lives shouldn't be ridiculed. A person running for the highest office in the land, who is expected to adapt and change as the world does, should be.
Wow, I think that was one of the best explanations of our sociopolitical system I have ever seen. Well done sir.
One thing Tesla could do in this market is to ally it self with one of the big US car makers, one of the ones that has no kind of experience in making 4-6 seat passenger cars that weigh in at below 5 metric tons and pack less than a 250 hp engine. These companies must be desperate to acquire expertise and engineering talent on how to make the kind of car that will sell in times of recession and toughening environmental legislation. That, IMHO, will be cheap and light electric or plugin-hybrid cars.
While I want Tesla to survive, and I want the major car companies to adopt more green engineering talent, I hope that would never happen.
The reason I love Tesla and the reason their Roadster is so great, is because they are not burdened by all that red tape and ignorant executive banter like the big companies are. They are innovative and in a certain sense reckless, which is what makes them great. This world would be a lot cooler if more people where a little more reckless and willing to go out on a limb for a great idea.
Dude, I was just kidding, but now that I've seen that, and the sites that article was talking about... damn. I don't know if you should be modded (+6, Informative) or (-11, sending me to the poor house).
BTW, I can't say I'm surprised that some slasdotter has already modded you informative.
It's funny because I was just talking to a friend about a 'hobby' I and some friends do and he was floored at the cost. Got me thinking it might be time to find a new, cheaper hobby lol...
By 'hobby' I assume you mean hookers. Hookers are a hobby now? Fuck stamp collecting, I'm doing that!
You might want to stop using big words on Slashdot. You must be new here.
As mentioned above, this is a private institution and an expensive one at that. Giving students a free iPod is the least they could do. I know a married couple that goes there and I constantly wonder how they will ever possibly be able to pay back their very large student loans with their undergraduate degrees.
:/ Sounds like she just made that up... Cannabis/Psychedelic hallucinogens/Opiates(perscription meds?) typically don't cause that sort of thing...
Actually, you're probably right and just a little wrong. The drugs you mentioned don't cause people to see those things, but they do cause people to come up with weird stories like that which sound cool at the time and make them think it is a good idea to share them. So yes, she made it up, but the drugs probably did cause her to actually make it up in the first place. But yes, funny story.
Well, as some guy (probably an elitist son of a bitch) once said, "Common sense is not all that common."
Yes, except we won't get paid this time.
Don't you mean we won't get beat up if we don't?
Way to go, Dad. You just saved $25k on college expenses for your little angel.
So nowadays that's what, like one semester minus books?
Let me just say, after 26 years in this business, of hearing this every year, the systems just keep getting more complex and harder to maintain, rather than less and easier.
I agree, and this is a good thing for the IT industry as it is now, but this can also have negative side effects. My father has been a mechanic for over 30 years and has nearly every certification you can get. The problem is that, much like the IT environment, cars are continually becoming more complicated to work on and requiring more and more specialized tools and equipment. This is fine for my dad who has a lot of experience and is regularly continuing his education, but it limits the number of new young mechanics coming into the field. This is due to the higher requirements of education and the need to purchase newer and more expensive tools just to get started.
The same could start happening to the IT world as well. When I first started working professionally with computers and networks, the majority of the IT staff were all self taught. Now most IT departments will require at least a 4 year MIS degree. Could the future require IT professionals to have degrees on the level of an engineer just to break into the field? I don't know, but it could present problems as the number of IT openings increases as the number of qualified applicants decreases.
Of course, the upside of this is that my father is now in very high demand and is paid accordingly. Quite a bit more than me as a Sr. Software Programmer.