I'd say the aerospace industry is dealing with it a lot better than the software industry. Perhaps we should get held up to the same standards, maybe then we could earn the title of "(Software) Engineer".
The problem is that there are subsystems on a aircraft can be transparently seen to be critical or non-critical. A loose latch on door to the garbage bin in the galley is not likely to take the entire plane down.
The same can't be said of a computer system. Any program that breaks security breaks it for the entire system.
REAL REASON ==> HS girls don't want to take a class filled with Slashdot types.
REAL REASON #2 ==> AP Computer Science classes are mostly offered in the wealthy suburbs where few minorities live.
REAL REASON #3 Very few high schools in the US offer AP classes in CS. My high school only had AP classes in English, History, and Mathematics. In fact, no school in my entire state offered AP classes in CS when I was a student.
REAL REASON #3a It's difficult to fund and find competent teachers for AP classes in CS. The old saw "Those who can't do teach" is pertinent here. The intersection of "those who can do CS" and "those willing to take a salary cut to a teacher's salary" and "those willing to put up with the BS that a high school teacher does" is not quite the empty set, but must be pretty close.
I've always^H^H^H^H^H^H often been told to ignore people that talk in absolutes. I have quite a few problems with Windows 7. Most of them are fixable, but it's a pain in the ass. Also, someone at MS keeps resetting my registry settings that turn off libraries because they feel like forcing it down my throat on OS Updates for some reason.
Fixed that for you. -- Now people can pay attention to your post.
Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made. -John Godfrey Saxe frequently misattributed to Otto Von Bismark
Does this mean that the founding fathers of the USA have all gone to hell? They did effectively disobey secular authority... the King of England.
The Gadsden flag (a snake saying "don't tread on me") was the flag of the US before the Stars and Stripes. Read Genesis 3, especially verses 13-15 to understand the theological significance. God does the treading. Those who were flying the flag were identified themselves with Satan. The founding fathers may or may not have been Christian, they certainly were theologically literate. They understood (or would have except for willful blindness) the symbolism.
Whether they went to hell or not, the roots of that disobedience are bearing bitter fruit in today's U.S.
A couple of areas where you can see this fruit are gun control and health care. Both of those are rooted in the resulting view that authority is something that you have to protect yourself against (with your own assault rifle) and is totally incapable of nurturing you (providing basic universal health care).
The rejection and hatred of authority results in the impasse where horrific mass murders occur frequently -- but authority is incapable of dealing with the danger of widespread gun ownership.
Almost all other developed countries recognize the greater effectiveness of universal public health care and benefits that a government healthcare system can provide. Because of fear of authority, the U.S. citizens pay too much for too little. Bloomberg recently published a ranking of the world's most efficient health care. The U.S. ranked right up there at #47, just after Iran and just before Serbia.
That has two (at least) effects. One effect is the decrease in the amount of testosterone flowing through men's veins. Less testosterone, less risk taking.
Another effect of aging is the increasing awareness of mortality. Awareness of mortality leads to risk aversion.
We really need to do something about the much more serious Aurora Borealis. When those "Northern Lights" get turned on, even the brightest stars are hidden.
Relativity: A grook with no reference whatever to the two-party system
To wear a shirt that's relatively clean,
You needn't ever launder off the dirt
If you possess two shirts to choose between
and always change into the cleaner shirt.
-- Piet Hein
Yes. I just downloaded a Kobe book - so far, half way into it, I'm finding it a much better experience. Every. Single.Amazon.Book. that I've purchased has numerous, obvious typos. . . .
Slashdot Mirror
I'd say the aerospace industry is dealing with it a lot better than the software industry. Perhaps we should get held up to the same standards, maybe then we could earn the title of "(Software) Engineer".
The problem is that there are subsystems on a aircraft can be transparently seen to be critical or non-critical. A loose latch on door to the garbage bin in the galley is not likely to take the entire plane down.
The same can't be said of a computer system. Any program that breaks security breaks it for the entire system.
Legalizing weed would take some money/power away from cartels which is always a good thing.
Sure. But it would also take money/power from the police, police unions, prison guards unions, etc.
I perceive that you are paraphrasing the parent.
2003 called, they want your Microsoft back.
If only we could.
That's easy:
fromdos *.txt
(Would we crash their email server?)
Not after the beta
Heh.
REAL REASON ==> HS girls don't want to take a class filled with Slashdot types.
REAL REASON #2 ==> AP Computer Science classes are mostly offered in the wealthy suburbs where few minorities live.
REAL REASON #3 Very few high schools in the US offer AP classes in CS. My high school only had AP classes in English, History, and Mathematics. In fact, no school in my entire state offered AP classes in CS when I was a student.
REAL REASON #3a It's difficult to fund and find competent teachers for AP classes in CS. The old saw "Those who can't do teach" is pertinent here. The intersection of "those who can do CS" and "those willing to take a salary cut to a teacher's salary" and "those willing to put up with the BS that a high school teacher does" is not quite the empty set, but must be pretty close.
I've always^H^H^H^H^H^H often been told to ignore people that talk in absolutes. I have quite a few problems with Windows 7. Most of them are fixable, but it's a pain in the ass. Also, someone at MS keeps resetting my registry settings that turn off libraries because they feel like forcing it down my throat on OS Updates for some reason.
Fixed that for you. -- Now people can pay attention to your post.
That disease everybody was so panicked over because you had only a 97% chance of survival.
You also have to ask what permanent damage is done to the survivors.
If the Belize police really thought McAfee was behind the murder they would request extradition, no?
They want him for questioning not for murder. Not answering questions is not an extraditable offence (unless your last name is Assange)
Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.
-John Godfrey Saxe frequently misattributed to Otto Von Bismark
That's right. It's always better to know where you are going in life
I'd really like to know where and how to get GPS instructions on "where you are going in life"
Dyslexics of the World -- Untie!
Perhaps this is evidence that the Higgs is getting more subtle.
And a lot richer.
Does this mean that the founding fathers of the USA have all gone to hell? They did effectively disobey secular authority... the King of England.
The Gadsden flag (a snake saying "don't tread on me") was the flag of the US before the Stars and Stripes. Read Genesis 3, especially verses 13-15 to understand the theological significance. God does the treading. Those who were flying the flag were identified themselves with Satan. The founding fathers may or may not have been Christian, they certainly were theologically literate. They understood (or would have except for willful blindness) the symbolism.
Whether they went to hell or not, the roots of that disobedience are bearing bitter fruit in today's U.S.
A couple of areas where you can see this fruit are gun control and health care. Both of those are rooted in the resulting view that authority is something that you have to protect yourself against (with your own assault rifle) and is totally incapable of nurturing you (providing basic universal health care).
The rejection and hatred of authority results in the impasse where horrific mass murders occur frequently -- but authority is incapable of dealing with the danger of widespread gun ownership.
Almost all other developed countries recognize the greater effectiveness of universal public health care and benefits that a government healthcare system can provide. Because of fear of authority, the U.S. citizens pay too much for too little. Bloomberg recently published a ranking of the world's most efficient health care. The U.S. ranked right up there at #47, just after Iran and just before Serbia.
Another factor is the aging of our society.
That has two (at least) effects. One effect is the decrease in the amount of testosterone flowing through men's veins. Less testosterone, less risk taking.
Another effect of aging is the increasing awareness of mortality. Awareness of mortality leads to risk aversion.
where do you live?
We really need to do something about the much more serious Aurora Borealis. When those "Northern Lights" get turned on, even the brightest stars are hidden.
There's going to be pros and cons to any financial system.
Problem is that the cons keep getting more and more pro.
Why do people on slashdot feel the need to make points about things of which they have no information?
'Cause they don't have wikireaders
A pox on both your frickin' houses.
Relativity: A grook with no reference whatever to the two-party system
To wear a shirt that's relatively clean,
You needn't ever launder off the dirt
If you possess two shirts to choose between
and always change into the cleaner shirt.
-- Piet Hein
Yes. I just downloaded a Kobe book - so far, half way into it, I'm finding it a much better experience. Every. Single.Amazon.Book. that I've purchased has numerous, obvious typos. . . .
s/Kobe/Kobo/ ... Every.Single.Slashdot.Post ...
Also rip the Type R badging off an old Honda. That'll add a least 25 HP to your laptop.
But my laptop is a Dell. Why would I want to add Hewlett-Packards to it?
And the gravity of the Sun, Jupiter, Mars, and your neighbor's Honda Civic... and that's just the tip of the iceburg
I knew Dirk Gently was right about "the fundamental interconnectedness of all things"!
If you re-read the post you will find that it was the drunk driver not the victim who was using a cell phone.
"How many of each kind did Moses bring on the Ark?"
Well, there were 2 cherubim. And although Poland hadn't been invented yet, there were also 2 Poles.
You've clearly never gone camping in the winter. Winter is much easier to deal with; just grab a snowball. Cleaner than toilet paper.
I don't think you know what "easier to deal with" means.