Just because somebody pirates something doesn't mean they would pay for it if that was the only way. They would instead just NOT BUY IT. The entire premise that if you are losing so much in taxes is bunk. Pirating may cause harm in disrupting some tax money, just not that much.
I mean, honestly, could people even raise that kinda of tax money if they had the cash to buy the software?
how much data Google actually collects. The amount of data they must collect and analyze could really reveal how we act when "no one" is watching and who knows what kinda of ads or content will be directed at us?
I mean, think about videos that just have a hot frame in the middle to serve as the video's thumbnail? You know what I'm talking about, you/.'ers you.
Seriously though, with a gold pot like this, what (un)respectable advertiser wouldn't want to strike at it?
they manage to capture the spirit behind the voice-overs of max and the sound track, I will be thoroughly impressed. The cello solo from the intro/menu of Max Payne II still haunts me. That dark, gaping noiresque(?) feeling just permeates off the strings.
While I do admire that a company would go as far to help the gov't under the imperative and guise of security, I wonder if they thought about the slippery slope wiretapping domestically can do. Add on top of that the right of not being searched without a warrant and you may begin to wonder how it can ever be considered legal to aid, let alone do such actions.
I'm all for helping out, just not when it happen to be aiding something illegal.
To fulfill it's balance power. Oh...what? um..They support it? Who would appoint judges that would?.....Oh....Dang. Guess it'll be up to the next wave of judges to do the right thing.....if that even it exists by the time they get there.
Heh. I believe a Computer Scientist is a programmer, but a programmer is not always a computer scientist.
A programmer or software developer knows that the quick sort function is better than the bubble sort. A computer scientist knows why.
Now, ask a computer scientist how to implement that in language X and they may go "huh? Why would I use a language for that?" The Computer Scientist IS a programmer, just that the only language the may know is their own.
This difference is not to the detriment of a developer though. A developer trained in the ways of software engineering will make mince work of a most projects. They know how to integrate modules of code, manage concurrent developments and how to ACTUALLY use best practices.
I find it a little difficult how you made it through a CS degree without working on code. Then again, "programming" is not experience in one language or expertise in using pre-built functions. If you know algorithms, logic and how a piece of generic code works, you are already a programmer. You just haven't done it long enough to become biased on one language. That will come in time.
So, do just not enjoy programming or do you not know enough?
A System Admin or "plumber" is your best bet for getting a job. It really depends then on your experience with certain platforms, programs, System tools, etc. Same goes for a Network Admin, email admin, etc.
I still wonder how you hacked it through a Computer Science degree without loving code. Why didn't you get a Business IS or Business degree instead?
Exactly. I fought tooth and nail at times to get my C.S. Degree. I didn't realize it at the time, but our professors would actually get us to think out the wrong solutions then point on the failure in our logic. We'd then analyze how the code failed and think about how we would do a better job. The learning it enforced pulled the weaker students out and kept the ones who wanted interested.
I think what they mean is.... "yeah it's '80%' done. But of the '80%', we're not sure if it's reliable. Additionally, we're not sure what is needed to finish the remaining 20%."
It could be a car analogy where 80% of the car is done, but they don't know if they still want the engine the car was designed for in. Trying to figure out if you could fit another engine can take a long time.
Side note, since I started reading/., people have told me my analogies have made less and less sense. Anyone else seeing this?
At first, yes, but as you zoom in further and further, it draws you in. I have a picture of a infinite spiral as my background at work. It was produced by a program I did indeed program entirely on my own, so I guess it adds to the nostalgia.
Each his own indeed though. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
A Mandelbrot set is very easy and very cool. I've always been fascinated with the set and have wondered what would be the best way to make a nice big landscape printout of it.
With the Intarwebz, learning a new language no longer relies on getting an expert to teach it. The only programmer that refuses to use the best language for the job is pretty dumb given the resources at their disposal. Luckily, almost all of the programmers I've worked with/met that are around my age have been forced to take higher maths.
The only stumbling block I can see is the tools or basic libraries for the language itself *coughmicrosoftcough* being held at a premium.
Anyways, I fully agree that a programmer is not one who plays word tetris, but can see the objectives and envision how the code will come together and fulfill that objective in terms of functions, objects and a keen mind on how it will all fit.
Hmmm...usually I think we would see this as book review. But honestly, how many times would a direct link to the product page not produce a rage of criticism of how/. is selling out?
Then again, us, non-professionally trained chemists that happen to be geeks would love to learn more about practical and interesting science, including and but not limited chemistry. This book hits right at what I'd want on my bookshelf, next to my "Good Eat's" cookbook and 60-70's era DIY books.
So what do y'all think it is? Slashvertisment or a stab at the modern sterile environment that is public school science?
Throw your knowledge down on paper/docs first. Then, spend the next 3 weeks getting ready for your new job. It sounds like you already know what the game plan is, but if your current job is not allowing you to do you current work, at least get ready to be rockstar when you land at your new job. It does suck but hey, I, as a state contract employee, only get paperweight days on days like today.....or tuesday....or when my boss takes 3 months leave....say, where is this manufacturing company's IT going to be?
Great idea! I'll give it a try as the summer heat drives them inside for water and such.
I also try to look where they are coming from in the floor/outside brick. I then pour borax all over and sweep it into the cracks. Not the most, um, safe way but I don't have to worry about children (well, maybe my room mates...).
Good luck guys! Don't forget the crucial "Ballmer Peak" when getting started. http://xkcd.com/323/
I had applied and got some very positive comments on my proposal but none of the project guys would mentor me due to time constraints or lack of knowledge in the area I was coding.
Mentor organizations, in the future, if you have a idea page, make sure there is a mentor behind every item. It was a pain emailing/harassing everyone just to get an answer if they'd mentor me. Not fun when the deadline was a day or so away.
I am glad to hear that there is free swag if I do work on it though, so perhaps I'll give it a go anyways.
It can handle down to the freezing point (0 degrees F), too. TFA can't be right. Though I got an American education, I'm pretty sure freezing is 0 C/32F. Looks like the article writer didn't read the specs.....sounds like somebody in Norway.
I agree on the error count. Accidentally misnaming a constant and using it throughout a moderately complex program could easily pull of that amount of errors.
However, what about the 17MB(MiB??)? Uh, why the heck is the file output so large? TFA didn't say if it was saving a document that said "Hello World!" or some other obscure work. So yeah. That's where I'm really worried/confused. Outputting such a crapload of metadata on a simple document....scary.
Actually, if I was in PopCaps shoes, I'd wait for them to get married, and have a few kids. Then BAM you've seize the house, the kids, the wife, the card. Especially given their nerduliness, I'd say the kids have some programming potential.
Don't take this the wrong way, I think the guys are doing a great job getting Linux to the folks (maybe not masses, yet). I'm still surprised when a live cd managed to find my hardware faster and get it working.
I am impressed depsite not getting compiz on my dual screen/x-server with nvidia driver running.
The community is doing a great job and I think they'll keep sharpening their edge as they move onward. It'll get more folks, were like me, are on the opposite side of the linux divide to try it.
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Wow. I wonder if mods could actually look at time stamps before modding redundant. Ah well.
Just because somebody pirates something doesn't mean they would pay for it if that was the only way. They would instead just NOT BUY IT. The entire premise that if you are losing so much in taxes is bunk. Pirating may cause harm in disrupting some tax money, just not that much.
I mean, honestly, could people even raise that kinda of tax money if they had the cash to buy the software?
how much data Google actually collects. The amount of data they must collect and analyze could really reveal how we act when "no one" is watching and who knows what kinda of ads or content will be directed at us?
I mean, think about videos that just have a hot frame in the middle to serve as the video's thumbnail? You know what I'm talking about, you /.'ers you.
Seriously though, with a gold pot like this, what (un)respectable advertiser wouldn't want to strike at it?
Forgot an if in that first sentence. Anyways, per Kotaku's posters, his a youtube of the music. No, not rick rolled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5uC_my4Vy4
they manage to capture the spirit behind the voice-overs of max and the sound track, I will be thoroughly impressed. The cello solo from the intro/menu of Max Payne II still haunts me. That dark, gaping noiresque(?) feeling just permeates off the strings.
While I do admire that a company would go as far to help the gov't under the imperative and guise of security, I wonder if they thought about the slippery slope wiretapping domestically can do. Add on top of that the right of not being searched without a warrant and you may begin to wonder how it can ever be considered legal to aid, let alone do such actions.
I'm all for helping out, just not when it happen to be aiding something illegal.
To fulfill it's balance power. Oh...what? um..They support it? Who would appoint judges that would?.....Oh....Dang. Guess it'll be up to the next wave of judges to do the right thing.....if that even it exists by the time they get there.
that this is in idle. For a moment, I was preparing to think I would have to show my papers for entry into the USSA.
While, um, probably effective, what happens when one gets attached to the pilot and he gets shocked instead of the "terrorist"?
I guess if we actually allowed, the gov't would herald it as a prevention by taking down a whole plane of "terrorists".
Heh. I believe a Computer Scientist is a programmer, but a programmer is not always a computer scientist.
A programmer or software developer knows that the quick sort function is better than the bubble sort. A computer scientist knows why.
Now, ask a computer scientist how to implement that in language X and they may go "huh? Why would I use a language for that?" The Computer Scientist IS a programmer, just that the only language the may know is their own.
This difference is not to the detriment of a developer though. A developer trained in the ways of software engineering will make mince work of a most projects. They know how to integrate modules of code, manage concurrent developments and how to ACTUALLY use best practices.
I find it a little difficult how you made it through a CS degree without working on code. Then again, "programming" is not experience in one language or expertise in using pre-built functions. If you know algorithms, logic and how a piece of generic code works, you are already a programmer. You just haven't done it long enough to become biased on one language. That will come in time.
So, do just not enjoy programming or do you not know enough?
A System Admin or "plumber" is your best bet for getting a job. It really depends then on your experience with certain platforms, programs, System tools, etc. Same goes for a Network Admin, email admin, etc.
I still wonder how you hacked it through a Computer Science degree without loving code. Why didn't you get a Business IS or Business degree instead?
Exactly. I fought tooth and nail at times to get my C.S. Degree. I didn't realize it at the time, but our professors would actually get us to think out the wrong solutions then point on the failure in our logic. We'd then analyze how the code failed and think about how we would do a better job. The learning it enforced pulled the weaker students out and kept the ones who wanted interested.
I think what they mean is....
/., people have told me my analogies have made less and less sense. Anyone else seeing this?
"yeah it's '80%' done. But of the '80%', we're not sure if it's reliable. Additionally, we're not sure what is needed to finish the remaining 20%."
It could be a car analogy where 80% of the car is done, but they don't know if they still want the engine the car was designed for in. Trying to figure out if you could fit another engine can take a long time.
Side note, since I started reading
At first, yes, but as you zoom in further and further, it draws you in. I have a picture of a infinite spiral as my background at work. It was produced by a program I did indeed program entirely on my own, so I guess it adds to the nostalgia.
Each his own indeed though. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
A Mandelbrot set is very easy and very cool. I've always been fascinated with the set and have wondered what would be the best way to make a nice big landscape printout of it.
What the heck are you talking about?
With the Intarwebz, learning a new language no longer relies on getting an expert to teach it. The only programmer that refuses to use the best language for the job is pretty dumb given the resources at their disposal. Luckily, almost all of the programmers I've worked with/met that are around my age have been forced to take higher maths.
The only stumbling block I can see is the tools or basic libraries for the language itself *coughmicrosoftcough* being held at a premium.
Anyways, I fully agree that a programmer is not one who plays word tetris, but can see the objectives and envision how the code will come together and fulfill that objective in terms of functions, objects and a keen mind on how it will all fit.
Hmmm...usually I think we would see this as book review. But honestly, how many times would a direct link to the product page not produce a rage of criticism of how /. is selling out?
Then again, us, non-professionally trained chemists that happen to be geeks would love to learn more about practical and interesting science, including and but not limited chemistry. This book hits right at what I'd want on my bookshelf, next to my "Good Eat's" cookbook and 60-70's era DIY books.
So what do y'all think it is? Slashvertisment or a stab at the modern sterile environment that is public school science?
Throw your knowledge down on paper/docs first. Then, spend the next 3 weeks getting ready for your new job. It sounds like you already know what the game plan is, but if your current job is not allowing you to do you current work, at least get ready to be rockstar when you land at your new job. It does suck but hey, I, as a state contract employee, only get paperweight days on days like today.....or tuesday....or when my boss takes 3 months leave....say, where is this manufacturing company's IT going to be?
So i guess something are not always certain! Guess the IRS won't buy that though...
Great idea! I'll give it a try as the summer heat drives them inside for water and such.
I also try to look where they are coming from in the floor/outside brick. I then pour borax all over and sweep it into the cracks. Not the most, um, safe way but I don't have to worry about children (well, maybe my room mates...).
Good luck guys! Don't forget the crucial "Ballmer Peak" when getting started. http://xkcd.com/323/
I had applied and got some very positive comments on my proposal but none of the project guys would mentor me due to time constraints or lack of knowledge in the area I was coding.
Mentor organizations, in the future, if you have a idea page, make sure there is a mentor behind every item. It was a pain emailing/harassing everyone just to get an answer if they'd mentor me. Not fun when the deadline was a day or so away.
I am glad to hear that there is free swag if I do work on it though, so perhaps I'll give it a go anyways.
http://www.plathome.com/products/microserver/oms/oms_spec.html
I agree on the error count. Accidentally misnaming a constant and using it throughout a moderately complex program could easily pull of that amount of errors.
However, what about the 17MB(MiB??)? Uh, why the heck is the file output so large? TFA didn't say if it was saving a document that said "Hello World!" or some other obscure work. So yeah. That's where I'm really worried/confused. Outputting such a crapload of metadata on a simple document....scary.
Actually, if I was in PopCaps shoes, I'd wait for them to get married, and have a few kids. Then BAM you've seize the house, the kids, the wife, the card. Especially given their nerduliness, I'd say the kids have some programming potential.
Free developers!
I'm pretty sure that we've heard this before. http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/17/055201 Fiesty is what I actually cut my linux teeth/popped my linux cherry.
Don't take this the wrong way, I think the guys are doing a great job getting Linux to the folks (maybe not masses, yet). I'm still surprised when a live cd managed to find my hardware faster and get it working.
I am impressed depsite not getting compiz on my dual screen/x-server with nvidia driver running.
The community is doing a great job and I think they'll keep sharpening their edge as they move onward. It'll get more folks, were like me, are on the opposite side of the linux divide to try it.