A good programmer is a bit of a polymath. He (or she) needs a broad scope of knowledge, not just to do a specific task, but to analyze and discover ways to get that task done using a specific set of tools. The best comp sci schools don't just teach pure computer science, but also teach how to improvise, how to improve, how to manage, and how to think. Comp sci folks need to know not only how to fix a problem given a set of instructions under a specific scenario, but how to recognize the nature of the problem in the first place and tackle it in the right direction. That is why computer science is considered a four or six year degree program, instead of a vocation like a PC technician is.
UGA did this with the State Botanical Gardens last year. Massive protests and outrage from the alumni and the surrounding community made the state budget restore the funding, about three million dollars, back to the school.
Prions are primarily present in nerve tissue. The major concentration of nerve tissue is in cuts of meat like the T-Bone, which by their nature may still have traces of the spinal cord. Stick with cheaper, lesser cuts of meat (that aren't pink slime...) such as chuck, shank, and brisket, and you'll be fine.
Isn't that like 90% of tuberculosis infections? Many people are infected, but only ten percent or so ever develop an active infection, and the rest of them never develop the diseased form at all.
Although he's not a licensed nutritionist, he IS an accredited biochemist, and that lecture was given to a room full of biochem students, not people seeking medical advice.
Actually, most of the 99%ers I know are equally pissed at the Democrats and a large number of them are Ron Paul supporters (or at least they are based on his official platform, not his actual voting history or beliefs.) Their biggest target isn't the political parties at all, but Wall Street speculators who caused the housing crash with their fantasy math and are currently in the process of speculating gas prices towards four dollars a gallon.
But they have no way to check it's a real boarding pass. It could be one you scanned from a month ago, changed the dates on and picked a flight to match one that is taking off that day, and otherwise tweaked to look legit to get passed the gates. Human eyeballs don't have the ability to read barcodes or QR codes and check them against the database of registered flyers for all airlines for that date. You still won't be able to sneak a bomb past security, but you can probably sneak onboard a plane without paying using this method if you're careful about it.
It died out because not even hippies like to camp out in the winter. The current reboot of it is calling itself "The American Spring" or "the 99% spring" and they're back to protesting now that the weather is warm again.
And that's why the Appleverse is taking embarrassingly long to clean up this particular mess. It deliberately targeted the weakest users and infected them all before the more savvy users could catch on.
I for one welcome our Mac brethren to the world of Real Computing, where your device will get infected if you don't have any anti-virus protection, and will still get infected even if you do have anti-virus protection if you're ignorant.
They also have to fight and squabble for that money in ways they never had to do before, and they're under severe pressure to produce results, any results, within a certain length of time. Not that any scientist at a research institute should automatically get full funding, but they should be funded on a per project basis, instead of for a specific amount or a specific length of time. A hundred thousand dollar grant sounds great, but that's money the scientist doesn't see - it goes to pay the graduate assistants (who are eking out a living at near minimum wage while they finish their own degrees), the materials, the lab fees to the university, etc. A hundred thousand dollar grant will cover perhaps a year of research. The researcher is thus pressured to publish the results of the experiment within that one year, even if the experiment isn't actually done.
If all you're doing is resumes, term papers, etc, then Libre office is fine. But I'm managing thousands of pages of documentation, and I've found that I just prefer what Word 2010 can do compared to Open Office or Libre Office. Fortunately, my business paid for it, so it's no skin off my nose.
The pay wasn't even that bad. Indoor work, no heavy lifting, and all you do is talk to people when you're on the phones and do paperwork when you're not. What was terrible was the fact that you were not allowed to do anything that wasn't related to the task you were assigned, even when it wasn't active. Because I was good at technical stuff, I was often put on specific inbound programs for tech support where we'd get one or two calls in the entire four hour shift. When that first started, I was allowed to bring a book, or to chat quietly with my coworkers, or draw or write or even do homework. But then management decided that was not being productive and forbade us from doing anything besides staring at the walls of the cubicle for hours on end. I was promoted to a supervisory role shortly after that which was a lot busier, thankfully, but that had all the added stress of sales and numbers and being harassed by middle management for not enforcing the "no outside activities" policies. Human beings don't function that way - if you are not actively engaged in a task, your mind is programmed to shut off and you'll fall asleep. During all those long, boring nights, I was paid to sit in a chair and prop my eyes open with toothpicks. I'm much happier where I am now, as I'm at least allowed to surf tech sites like Slashdot when we don't have any open tickets!
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A good programmer is a bit of a polymath. He (or she) needs a broad scope of knowledge, not just to do a specific task, but to analyze and discover ways to get that task done using a specific set of tools. The best comp sci schools don't just teach pure computer science, but also teach how to improvise, how to improve, how to manage, and how to think. Comp sci folks need to know not only how to fix a problem given a set of instructions under a specific scenario, but how to recognize the nature of the problem in the first place and tackle it in the right direction. That is why computer science is considered a four or six year degree program, instead of a vocation like a PC technician is.
UGA did this with the State Botanical Gardens last year. Massive protests and outrage from the alumni and the surrounding community made the state budget restore the funding, about three million dollars, back to the school.
Going to go poking around the Tor archives and grab myself a couple books as soon as this comes to fruition. Reward good behavior.
Nothing. At. All.
Prions are primarily present in nerve tissue. The major concentration of nerve tissue is in cuts of meat like the T-Bone, which by their nature may still have traces of the spinal cord. Stick with cheaper, lesser cuts of meat (that aren't pink slime...) such as chuck, shank, and brisket, and you'll be fine.
Isn't that like 90% of tuberculosis infections? Many people are infected, but only ten percent or so ever develop an active infection, and the rest of them never develop the diseased form at all.
You're not charging us $97 an hour to read it.
Anyone can discuss it, but not everyone should be allowed to charge for it.
Although he's not a licensed nutritionist, he IS an accredited biochemist, and that lecture was given to a room full of biochem students, not people seeking medical advice.
It's also because no one young is learning COBOL, and they still haven't ported some of the most ancient systems.
Actually, most of the 99%ers I know are equally pissed at the Democrats and a large number of them are Ron Paul supporters (or at least they are based on his official platform, not his actual voting history or beliefs.) Their biggest target isn't the political parties at all, but Wall Street speculators who caused the housing crash with their fantasy math and are currently in the process of speculating gas prices towards four dollars a gallon.
But they have no way to check it's a real boarding pass. It could be one you scanned from a month ago, changed the dates on and picked a flight to match one that is taking off that day, and otherwise tweaked to look legit to get passed the gates. Human eyeballs don't have the ability to read barcodes or QR codes and check them against the database of registered flyers for all airlines for that date. You still won't be able to sneak a bomb past security, but you can probably sneak onboard a plane without paying using this method if you're careful about it.
It died out because not even hippies like to camp out in the winter. The current reboot of it is calling itself "The American Spring" or "the 99% spring" and they're back to protesting now that the weather is warm again.
And there's nothing to say they can't add those capabilities in a patch later down the road if enough people complain.
They'll be thwarted once they discover all the measurements are in Imperial and not metric.
And that's why the Appleverse is taking embarrassingly long to clean up this particular mess. It deliberately targeted the weakest users and infected them all before the more savvy users could catch on.
The problem is that all the cheap science has been done already. We're left with nothing but the really expensive science.
I for one welcome our Mac brethren to the world of Real Computing, where your device will get infected if you don't have any anti-virus protection, and will still get infected even if you do have anti-virus protection if you're ignorant.
It's also possible that it's not that the amount of fraud has increased, its that we've gotten a lot better at catching it.
They also have to fight and squabble for that money in ways they never had to do before, and they're under severe pressure to produce results, any results, within a certain length of time. Not that any scientist at a research institute should automatically get full funding, but they should be funded on a per project basis, instead of for a specific amount or a specific length of time. A hundred thousand dollar grant sounds great, but that's money the scientist doesn't see - it goes to pay the graduate assistants (who are eking out a living at near minimum wage while they finish their own degrees), the materials, the lab fees to the university, etc. A hundred thousand dollar grant will cover perhaps a year of research. The researcher is thus pressured to publish the results of the experiment within that one year, even if the experiment isn't actually done.
Oh, I read it, hoping it would point out all the features I need in Word were actually incorporated into Libre Office now too. Nope.
If all you're doing is resumes, term papers, etc, then Libre office is fine. But I'm managing thousands of pages of documentation, and I've found that I just prefer what Word 2010 can do compared to Open Office or Libre Office. Fortunately, my business paid for it, so it's no skin off my nose.
I changed Clippy over to the kitty cat and never minded it again.
I like the Ribbon layout. Go figure. After an initial "what the hell?" week I got used to it, and now I don't even notice it or think about it.
The pay wasn't even that bad. Indoor work, no heavy lifting, and all you do is talk to people when you're on the phones and do paperwork when you're not. What was terrible was the fact that you were not allowed to do anything that wasn't related to the task you were assigned, even when it wasn't active. Because I was good at technical stuff, I was often put on specific inbound programs for tech support where we'd get one or two calls in the entire four hour shift. When that first started, I was allowed to bring a book, or to chat quietly with my coworkers, or draw or write or even do homework. But then management decided that was not being productive and forbade us from doing anything besides staring at the walls of the cubicle for hours on end. I was promoted to a supervisory role shortly after that which was a lot busier, thankfully, but that had all the added stress of sales and numbers and being harassed by middle management for not enforcing the "no outside activities" policies. Human beings don't function that way - if you are not actively engaged in a task, your mind is programmed to shut off and you'll fall asleep. During all those long, boring nights, I was paid to sit in a chair and prop my eyes open with toothpicks. I'm much happier where I am now, as I'm at least allowed to surf tech sites like Slashdot when we don't have any open tickets!