If people spent as much time thinking about the human activities supported by programming, they would realize that programming is a pretty easy human behavior. The world is not constrained by the von Neumann bottleneck.
The reason that techies are not changing the world for the better, is because the problems in the world are not simple problems of technology.
We are engineers. If we do not know what the problem is, how can we possibly craft a solution?
Yeah, if something is hard, let's drop it from the curriculum. Oy.
I taught my children and now my grandchildren: You must study to learn, learn to know, know to understand, understand to judge.
I don't know about journalists. I was a Astronomy/Physics major back in the 70's. I remember coming to study at one of the largest and most well funded universities in the nation. It wasn't very long that I learned that the scientists with whom I studied were flawed men. There was a variety of cheating and falsification in the papers being published. I saw one physics professor hold back a peer-review because it was too similar (and ahead of) his own work. In another place, I saw a physicist alter data to fit more closely his theory.
Science cannot function without a fanatical adherence to truth. As I think on it, I rather doubt that journalism can either.
That's great! I am appreciative that the president now knows about what I have done for a living the last 42 years.
It looks like googling "US CONSTITUTION TUTORIAL" that there are some things of more immediate value.
I am Jewish and the antisemitism that I see on the Internet goes way beyond reason. Sheesh. We are no more than 22M people. Do other minorities experience this kind of stuff? Not that I can see.
I use PowerTerm the majority of the time; although I sometimes use SmarTerm; and Putty once in a while.
The think I like the post about PowerTerm is the ease of cut and paste. Also it is quite easy to add function key definitions.
Resources are in finite supply... to build anything... or to travel anywhere... consumes resources. This is what we call cost. For something to be worthwhile, one must gain a return on the investment of resources. We cannot change these fundamental principles. As long as resources are finite, we will always and ever be deciding how to allocate those resources in order to maximize our return. This is equation is built into the fabric of our universe.
There are wonderful benefits behind the freedom of the voter to choose not to vote: (1) the person may use his lack of vote as a statement; (2) anyone who lacks the interest to learn about the issues is not someone whose opinions matter.
I once thought that the Washington leadership were worse than fools and scoundrels. I now realize that such an view is far too dishonoring of fools and scoundrels.
Sheesh... kids...
The proscription of GOTO was a general principle. Some languages did not adequately accommodate single-entrance-single-exit. Therefore, branching to an exit statement was never considered a violation of structured programming. Of course, if the language in question DOES have the appropriate construct -- as does C and its variants -- then the use of GOTO would be frowned upon. As one of my instructors, back in the day, used to say, "If you have to GOTO, then ask yourself why you aren't there already."
If I remember correctly, James Bond didn't trust a man who used anything except a Double Windsor to tie his tie.
But that was a long time ago... I think about the time I stopped reading Ian Fleming.:-)
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My view on UFO sightings is always blurry.
Let us hope that the US will continue to provide a good example to the rest of the world!
If people spent as much time thinking about the human activities supported by programming, they would realize that programming is a pretty easy human behavior. The world is not constrained by the von Neumann bottleneck.
Would a truly humble person ever accept a leadership role? Just sayin.
The reason that techies are not changing the world for the better, is because the problems in the world are not simple problems of technology. We are engineers. If we do not know what the problem is, how can we possibly craft a solution?
Yes, religion is far more of value to me than cell phones... or all tech for that matter... and I'm a technologist. So this was very good news!
LOL
Yeah, if something is hard, let's drop it from the curriculum. Oy. I taught my children and now my grandchildren: You must study to learn, learn to know, know to understand, understand to judge.
The title claims a causal connection. How might we prove that it is not the other way around?
I don't know about journalists. I was a Astronomy/Physics major back in the 70's. I remember coming to study at one of the largest and most well funded universities in the nation. It wasn't very long that I learned that the scientists with whom I studied were flawed men. There was a variety of cheating and falsification in the papers being published. I saw one physics professor hold back a peer-review because it was too similar (and ahead of) his own work. In another place, I saw a physicist alter data to fit more closely his theory. Science cannot function without a fanatical adherence to truth. As I think on it, I rather doubt that journalism can either.
That's great! I am appreciative that the president now knows about what I have done for a living the last 42 years. It looks like googling "US CONSTITUTION TUTORIAL" that there are some things of more immediate value.
I am Jewish and the antisemitism that I see on the Internet goes way beyond reason. Sheesh. We are no more than 22M people. Do other minorities experience this kind of stuff? Not that I can see.
Hmmm... now, I wonder if this is the fault of Pfizer or the fault of onerous taxation?
I use PowerTerm the majority of the time; although I sometimes use SmarTerm; and Putty once in a while. The think I like the post about PowerTerm is the ease of cut and paste. Also it is quite easy to add function key definitions.
A correlation does not mean there is a causal connection.
Resources are in finite supply... to build anything... or to travel anywhere... consumes resources. This is what we call cost. For something to be worthwhile, one must gain a return on the investment of resources. We cannot change these fundamental principles. As long as resources are finite, we will always and ever be deciding how to allocate those resources in order to maximize our return. This is equation is built into the fabric of our universe.
There are wonderful benefits behind the freedom of the voter to choose not to vote: (1) the person may use his lack of vote as a statement; (2) anyone who lacks the interest to learn about the issues is not someone whose opinions matter. I once thought that the Washington leadership were worse than fools and scoundrels. I now realize that such an view is far too dishonoring of fools and scoundrels.
Teach her that until we individually deal with death we cannot adequately deal with life.
Sheesh... kids... The proscription of GOTO was a general principle. Some languages did not adequately accommodate single-entrance-single-exit. Therefore, branching to an exit statement was never considered a violation of structured programming. Of course, if the language in question DOES have the appropriate construct -- as does C and its variants -- then the use of GOTO would be frowned upon. As one of my instructors, back in the day, used to say, "If you have to GOTO, then ask yourself why you aren't there already."
Duh. They are, like, just seeing this today? We knew this back in the seventies... and I am sure that earlier programmers knew it too.
Luck is not the cause of anything. Doesn't anyone read Aristotle anymore?
Sheesh, I wonder if accountants can prove the existence of numbers?
If I remember correctly, James Bond didn't trust a man who used anything except a Double Windsor to tie his tie. But that was a long time ago... I think about the time I stopped reading Ian Fleming. :-)
Wow, do the Environmentalists actually have fifty gigabucks? Oh... I suppose they are wanting someone else to pay for it.
I think there is a reason we distinguish between fiction and non-fiction.