You know what else makes people indifferent and uncaring... living in New York city. Nobody can ignore a bum on the street nearly as well. Should we ban living there too?
I don't think Google has any interest in messing with what Wikipedia does, or it's day to day operations. But they could certainly show them how to technically do what they do on a leaner/meaner budget, getting more from the same hardware. And maybe that's the win for Google, a case study in integrating Google technology on a very large third party web site.
I agree with the overall statements, and the OP obviously doesn't understand the purpose of an endowment, but what's the deal with all the [citation needed] stuff. This is/., not Wikipedia. People are allowed to wear tin-foil hats with out backing up their facts.
The 30 years of COBOL, RPM, FORTAN, etc. with no other technologies says to me this is a one trick pony programmer. They did one thing, were likely okay at it, but the fact they never took an interest in new technologies is a huge red flag. I start to question how good they really were at programming in the first place if they didn't have any other interests. You can't just throw that guy like that into a new programming language, in particular if they don't have OO experience. A college hire is a clean slate and already has the basics of OO design patterns.
I recently hired an older fellow for a new language job. He brought in sample apps he'd written on his own time, walked through a code review and was able to talk about core elements of many languages with authority. That guy is the exception and not the rule of old programmers.
I'm talking Apples, you're talking Oranges. NewEgg? Seriously? Why would they care? Maybe you could make a case for Google but they don't have nearly as many customers in the Android Marketplace as Apple has in iTunes store. Fact is Apple makes a lot of money from the iTunes store. They have a vested interest in making sure people buy stuff not steal it.
Well, let's break this into a couple concepts. Starting from the end, the conversion rate of pirate to legitimate software is 0.043%. If the number of people pirating software keeps growing I'm not sure how much of a loss they are to App sellers.
I would say Apple protecting IP is entirely about self interested of the iTunes store. I don't think the blocking about thwarting hard core pirates. I think it's about the creation of a barrier to discourage casual users from jail breaking the phone.
Is it a perfect solution? Far from it. But it's the expected corporate solution to a problem like piracy.
I'm quite sure that if pirating wasn't so prolific with jail breaking it wouldn't have been worth Apple's time to take counter measures.
As of oct 09 38% of jail broken iPhones had pirated apps on them. The number is rising. It's more or less a case that the pirates ruined it for the free software folks.
The move isn't designed to scare people who are already do regular pirating. It scare off mainstream users who may only be casually interested in pirating the apps. At $0.99 to 3.99 an app they just have to have a bar, they don't have to make it all that high.
Back in Oct 09 there were 4 million jailbroken iphones, of those at 38% have at least one pirated application. The numbers are real and growing. In order for the app store to be a viable business Apple has to protect the IP of the app holders. It's really sad, because there are great free uses of jail broken phones. It's too bad the pirate community ruined things for the free software community.
The problem isn't people jailbreak phones to install free apps. The problem is the very real and growing problem of pirated paid apps on jailbroken phones.
They aren't turning off the device, they are removing your access to the iTunes store. Which is a service. Apple has a real and growing problem with people stealing the paid apps. It would be one thing if jail broken phones were just used for loading free software. But it's not.
Well, older machines you could run linux with out much hassle. But locking out the Hypervisor meant that Linux based software was locked out of the accelerated graphics. Which is why the common uses for the PS3 on linux has been more for computational activities. In theory this makes it possible to make home brew games and DVRs, etc.
I don't know if this has any effect on things like copy protection.
You're making the assumption that savings IdeaScale gets from offshored work is reflected in the cost the US Gov't will pay for the services. If you look at the GSA schedules the contractual rate for entry level programmers is $38/hr minimum.
In the context of the thread [advanced math for programmers] you never got close to answering the question at hand. How does advanced math really help a programmer?
There are small subset of low paying programming positions where one may apply that craft. The majority of programming jobs simply don't need advanced math. And it's a sad state that the ones that do often pay subpar rates.
Re: Actuaries. Companies that have them only need a handful to maintain actuarial tables. They aren't programmers by any means. Experienced actuaries make a tidy six figure salary. Then again, so do senior level programmers like myself. There's only about 25,000 accredited actuaries in the US there's over 800,000+ programmers in US.
So yes, there are certainly cases where advanced math pays. I bet a mathematician at Fair Issac does just as well for instance. But you've failed to show where advanced math and programming really intersect in being beneficial to the career.
My advice to the original poster is take the math your comfortable with to get your degree, but focus on understanding the fundamentals of the technology and how to apply the craft of programming.
The programmers I know who do serious math, such as very complex DSP algorithms, game programming, complex statistics analysis, etc. get paid a fraction of what a I do for business/consumer web apps. That's not to say there aren't some brilliant folks out there getting paid a lot of money to do complex mathematical program, but they seem to be the exception, not the rule. Most of my work tends to be logic monkey stuff. Algebra I and II would cover it the stuff I do. I say current with tech, know how to talk to business folks, and get paid very well for my services.
Even when I do things like insurance rating and underwriting application; the Actuary has already done the hard math and distilled it into a fairly very simple table of rating factors that are handled using simple arithmetic.
It's kind'a sad to see Advanced Math only pays for a small percentage of programmers.
The problem is you assume there is some clause in the contract that says the investors are going to try to take your company. There simply isn't. The fact is whenever you give people a significant interest in a company, even if it's not anywhere near a controlling share, they have legal rights. Taking over a company from the founder is about carrot and stick legal maneuvering not gotcha' contracts.
Basically Monty fell into the classic pitfall technical people with great ideas fall into. In order to have the successful project they need money. Money in these situations typically comes from venture capital firms (investors). The stated strategy of many firms is to remove the founders (in particular when they come from a technical background) from the business side of the organization. Once a VC and their slate of investors is on the board with a significant share of the equity the downfall of the founders is assured. Sometimes they allow the technical folks to be in charge of R&D, more often than not they are shown the door (with a large chunk of money and stock in-hand).
Products based on Open Source encourages VC firms to play nicer with company founders, but make no mistake, most VC firms want to make as much money as they can off a deal, and that usually involves selling it to a larger fish. Once a sale has occurred the stock a company founder would have is seriously diluted where at most they are a mid-tier shareholder.
Steroids have many acceptable medical uses. Since it's only a Schedule III drug in the US the oversight into medically accepted use would be by a board of licensing/practices. Nothing is illegal about it, but a doctor could loose their license.
Who needs DIY when you could get your local Dr. Nick Riviera to do a little neurosurgery! Perma Coke high? I can see some rich folks paying to have that done.
Look at something like steroids. For professional athletes that have to go to the black market it's illegal. But if you're an actor that needs to bulk up for a movie you can get a doctor to create a roid regiment and prescription for you. Perfectly legal.
The really good coders are the ones that can talk the talk to the business then translate that to something the rest of the team can use. They have vision and have design skills. A good coder just doesn't start writing things. They think about the problems, think about the solutions. They know when to apply the large sledgehammer to a problem and when to apply a small Ball Pein Hammer. They inspire confidence with the business and the developers. A good coder knows why Architects suck, but has the skills that are most sought after in an Architect.
It's somewhat surprising because there are a couple simple features apple doesn't seem to want to implement. The biggest one is IC. You would think by now there would be a Suica or PASMO option by now.
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You know what else makes people indifferent and uncaring... living in New York city. Nobody can ignore a bum on the street nearly as well. Should we ban living there too?
Sounds like the seeds for an April Fools joke.
Essentially yes. The stated emission is 50% of a natural gas generation. Most likely because it uses 50% less gas for the same power.
I don't think Google has any interest in messing with what Wikipedia does, or it's day to day operations. But they could certainly show them how to technically do what they do on a leaner/meaner budget, getting more from the same hardware. And maybe that's the win for Google, a case study in integrating Google technology on a very large third party web site.
I agree with the overall statements, and the OP obviously doesn't understand the purpose of an endowment, but what's the deal with all the [citation needed] stuff. This is /., not Wikipedia. People are allowed to wear tin-foil hats with out backing up their facts.
The 30 years of COBOL, RPM, FORTAN, etc. with no other technologies says to me this is a one trick pony programmer. They did one thing, were likely okay at it, but the fact they never took an interest in new technologies is a huge red flag. I start to question how good they really were at programming in the first place if they didn't have any other interests. You can't just throw that guy like that into a new programming language, in particular if they don't have OO experience. A college hire is a clean slate and already has the basics of OO design patterns.
I recently hired an older fellow for a new language job. He brought in sample apps he'd written on his own time, walked through a code review and was able to talk about core elements of many languages with authority. That guy is the exception and not the rule of old programmers.
I'm talking Apples, you're talking Oranges. NewEgg? Seriously? Why would they care? Maybe you could make a case for Google but they don't have nearly as many customers in the Android Marketplace as Apple has in iTunes store. Fact is Apple makes a lot of money from the iTunes store. They have a vested interest in making sure people buy stuff not steal it.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_iphone_app_piracy_statistics_reveal_try_before_you_buy_myth.php
Well, let's break this into a couple concepts. Starting from the end, the conversion rate of pirate to legitimate software is 0.043%. If the number of people pirating software keeps growing I'm not sure how much of a loss they are to App sellers.
I would say Apple protecting IP is entirely about self interested of the iTunes store. I don't think the blocking about thwarting hard core pirates. I think it's about the creation of a barrier to discourage casual users from jail breaking the phone.
Is it a perfect solution? Far from it. But it's the expected corporate solution to a problem like piracy.
I'm quite sure that if pirating wasn't so prolific with jail breaking it wouldn't have been worth Apple's time to take counter measures.
As of oct 09 38% of jail broken iPhones had pirated apps on them. The number is rising. It's more or less a case that the pirates ruined it for the free software folks.
The move isn't designed to scare people who are already do regular pirating. It scare off mainstream users who may only be casually interested in pirating the apps. At $0.99 to 3.99 an app they just have to have a bar, they don't have to make it all that high.
Back in Oct 09 there were 4 million jailbroken iphones, of those at 38% have at least one pirated application. The numbers are real and growing. In order for the app store to be a viable business Apple has to protect the IP of the app holders. It's really sad, because there are great free uses of jail broken phones. It's too bad the pirate community ruined things for the free software community.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_iphone_app_piracy_statistics_reveal_try_before_you_buy_myth.php
The problem isn't people jailbreak phones to install free apps. The problem is the very real and growing problem of pirated paid apps on jailbroken phones.
They aren't turning off the device, they are removing your access to the iTunes store. Which is a service. Apple has a real and growing problem with people stealing the paid apps. It would be one thing if jail broken phones were just used for loading free software. But it's not.
Well, older machines you could run linux with out much hassle. But locking out the Hypervisor meant that Linux based software was locked out of the accelerated graphics. Which is why the common uses for the PS3 on linux has been more for computational activities. In theory this makes it possible to make home brew games and DVRs, etc.
I don't know if this has any effect on things like copy protection.
I use bing. When I go to buy something. I've collected hundreds of dollars from their cash back program. Outside of that, google is superior.
You're making the assumption that savings IdeaScale gets from offshored work is reflected in the cost the US Gov't will pay for the services. If you look at the GSA schedules the contractual rate for entry level programmers is $38/hr minimum.
In the context of the thread [advanced math for programmers] you never got close to answering the question at hand. How does advanced math really help a programmer?
There are small subset of low paying programming positions where one may apply that craft. The majority of programming jobs simply don't need advanced math. And it's a sad state that the ones that do often pay subpar rates.
Re: Actuaries. Companies that have them only need a handful to maintain actuarial tables. They aren't programmers by any means. Experienced actuaries make a tidy six figure salary. Then again, so do senior level programmers like myself. There's only about 25,000 accredited actuaries in the US there's over 800,000+ programmers in US.
So yes, there are certainly cases where advanced math pays. I bet a mathematician at Fair Issac does just as well for instance. But you've failed to show where advanced math and programming really intersect in being beneficial to the career.
My advice to the original poster is take the math your comfortable with to get your degree, but focus on understanding the fundamentals of the technology and how to apply the craft of programming.
The programmers I know who do serious math, such as very complex DSP algorithms, game programming, complex statistics analysis, etc. get paid a fraction of what a I do for business/consumer web apps. That's not to say there aren't some brilliant folks out there getting paid a lot of money to do complex mathematical program, but they seem to be the exception, not the rule. Most of my work tends to be logic monkey stuff. Algebra I and II would cover it the stuff I do. I say current with tech, know how to talk to business folks, and get paid very well for my services.
Even when I do things like insurance rating and underwriting application; the Actuary has already done the hard math and distilled it into a fairly very simple table of rating factors that are handled using simple arithmetic.
It's kind'a sad to see Advanced Math only pays for a small percentage of programmers.
The problem is you assume there is some clause in the contract that says the investors are going to try to take your company. There simply isn't. The fact is whenever you give people a significant interest in a company, even if it's not anywhere near a controlling share, they have legal rights. Taking over a company from the founder is about carrot and stick legal maneuvering not gotcha' contracts.
Basically Monty fell into the classic pitfall technical people with great ideas fall into. In order to have the successful project they need money. Money in these situations typically comes from venture capital firms (investors). The stated strategy of many firms is to remove the founders (in particular when they come from a technical background) from the business side of the organization. Once a VC and their slate of investors is on the board with a significant share of the equity the downfall of the founders is assured. Sometimes they allow the technical folks to be in charge of R&D, more often than not they are shown the door (with a large chunk of money and stock in-hand).
Products based on Open Source encourages VC firms to play nicer with company founders, but make no mistake, most VC firms want to make as much money as they can off a deal, and that usually involves selling it to a larger fish. Once a sale has occurred the stock a company founder would have is seriously diluted where at most they are a mid-tier shareholder.
Steroids have many acceptable medical uses. Since it's only a Schedule III drug in the US the oversight into medically accepted use would be by a board of licensing/practices. Nothing is illegal about it, but a doctor could loose their license.
Who needs DIY when you could get your local Dr. Nick Riviera to do a little neurosurgery! Perma Coke high? I can see some rich folks paying to have that done.
Look at something like steroids. For professional athletes that have to go to the black market it's illegal. But if you're an actor that needs to bulk up for a movie you can get a doctor to create a roid regiment and prescription for you. Perfectly legal.
The really good coders are the ones that can talk the talk to the business then translate that to something the rest of the team can use. They have vision and have design skills. A good coder just doesn't start writing things. They think about the problems, think about the solutions. They know when to apply the large sledgehammer to a problem and when to apply a small Ball Pein Hammer. They inspire confidence with the business and the developers. A good coder knows why Architects suck, but has the skills that are most sought after in an Architect.
It's somewhat surprising because there are a couple simple features apple doesn't seem to want to implement. The biggest one is IC. You would think by now there would be a Suica or PASMO option by now.