Editing Java in vi is one of the biggest waste of time I can imagine.
Perhaps for experienced developers, but for those just getting familiar with Java, you can't beat a text editor. IDEs obscure too much of what's actually going on. If you learn java with an IDE, you'll likely find it difficult without one. But then, "graphical programmers" seems to be the big rage these days.
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n this scenario I was a terrible teacher (until I realised what I was doing) because I would either, if I knew the answer, react by putting them down or if I didn't know the answer, I reacted defensively.
Interesting - In this sense, I see an effective teacher's role (or that of a manager) more as a facilitator than some omnicient force. It's hard for people to accept that they can't know everything, and even harder when students (or employees) make this apparent. My own approach might entail taking this information and simply building on it, if possible, through the contributions of others that may be able to provide even more information. That way, we all learn.
I don't use an ATM any more, and haven't for several years. It's no sweat off my back to stop off at the bank and cash a check- a tiny bit less convenient, yes, but certainly not undoable. The main issue is that I got tired of seeing these ATM transaction fees on my statement each month - they add up. Of course, now the banks have come up with other ways to extort money from their "customers". I've noticed that lately, my monthly service charge is based on a percentage of the overall transaction total. It looks like some banks are positioning themselves to become financial brokers of sorts, charging a commission on each transaction (which really, truly sucks).
Overall, I'd say these kinds of things are happening for two reasons: a) customers allow them to happen, and b) market saturation...they need to invent new ways of extracting money from their "customers" in order to maintain positive growth - or at least the appearance thereof.
But: the very same people that like to bitch about the government are also happy to spend thousands and thousands of all of our dollars doing what amounts to Denial Of Service Attack on the agency they're nagging.
I wonder if you truly have any idea of the cost involved in an FOIA search. I don't. Here's the key though- the government wastes so much money in so many different ways- this particular form of waste, assuming it even exists, is one I'm certainly willing to tolerate. The day we can't find out what our own government is doing because it "costs too much" is the day that we should start planning to live with a very different notion of what it means to be "free".
So now we had 30 people thrown at a project, only one of which REALLY loved the work.
I love reading stuff like thie. If you remember the age-old adage, "Garbage in, garbage out," the results shouldn't be any surprise. The company has, or hires inept management, who then has or hires inept employees, and somehow out of all this chaos expects some kind of magical force to take over and produce something great. It doesn't happen.
Before a company beings lamenting over a bad experience with custom software development, they sould really focus on how much they contributed to the problem. Before they even begin, they should ascertain how much they are willing to contribute to a positive outcome. There are so many ways a software project can be derailed, and I'd guess the inability to manage it effectively is one of the most prevalent.
Also, I can't help but wonder...how many of the people, OTHER than the one who loved his work, had four-year degrees?
If you're referring to the fact that I mistakenly left out the word "I", you should probably concentrate on a more substantive rebuttal. There's a big difference between a simple omission, and several rather glaring grammatical defects. If you'll look at my signature, it's there for precisely that reason. Had I been able to fix it, I surely would have.
Your "methodology" is every bit as error-prone as the one used by the programmer you describe if you think this is the mark of all self-taught programmers. It would be just as bad if concluded that everyone with a four-year degree writes as terribly as the article's author.
I still have my Trinity, and I will say that the tabs are probably a very nice improvement. The Trinity, as awesome as it is, does most of its navigation through buttons off to the side. There are tabs, but only for specific pieces of the UI.
As far as "instrument-like" goes, I'm not sure that has ever been the intent of an "electronic" keyboard. Electronic musicians are very very much used to dials and buttons. The tabs are already a dramatic departure from the older analog stuff.
If you want to outsource? Fine, then go outsource. But please don't come back whining and crying when things go horribly wrong. Perhaps one of the questions people will be asking more and more often: "is it worth the risk?"
I went 'round and 'round with tech support rep once because I was having trouble connecting with a friend's computer so that we could play Warcraft 3. Oh perish the thought!! The guy was VERY adament about the fact that one of our machines was acting as a "server," and that as such, it was against TOS. I asked him what the hell the difference was between a direct connection, and connecting through Battle.net - the bandwidth would be exactly the same. He, of course, had no reasonable answer, but continued to insist that direct connections were a violation.
The way I see it, until Comcast changes it's TOS, they can increase the speed to 1MB/second, and it won't much matter because the restrictions are so tight that you can't do much with it. They're more interested in technicalities, than practicalities and common sense.
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There's a big difference between John Q. Hacker, and perhaps some waywardly curious employee somewhere spying on what I do, and the government doing the same thing. Because the government makes and enforces the rules, it is held to a higher standard. That standard is elaborated in the 4th Amendment- there has to be a REASON for the the government to be looking at anyone's mail, and that reason must suggest that they have either broken the law, or there is good reason to believe that they are about to break the law. If neither exists, they have business looking at it, even if it's not "private".
Don't you understand how it works yet? As long as a congressthing brings home enough cash from Washington to satisfy the monied interests, he/she will continue to have a nice warchest come time for re-election. Since American voters are either to entrenched in the entitlements they receive, or they are just too stupid to understand what's going on, these people keep getting re-elected. It's a systemic problem- a cancer of sorts, and it will take something fairly significant to clean it up.
I think it's probably more the end the Ivy-leaguers are after, and time at the university is only the a means to that end. It's possible that the means might be worthy of more sonsideration than people have given them in the past.
I think the idea Ivy-leaguers are somehow "special" is complete BS. Some might be, but I think most probably aren't. It's mostly a social/status game.
On one hand I agree that stereotypes relieve the average person from having to exert any effort thinking about who or what they are actually dealing with. On the other hand, when it comes to selling, my opinion is that products don't sell because they are accompanied by stereotypes, but because of the stereotypes being used. I dare say that many male gamers wouldn't find it nearly as titillating if the large-breasted, nearly-naked female characters were replaced with the stereotypical representation of a geek or nerd.
If you're running a local service, it might not be too difficult, but if you're tapping into a wholesalier network for long distance, determining who gets billed what can be a nightmare. This is it might be a good idea to use a clearing house- they take care of all the out-of-local-network billing issues, and send you a bill for the cost. You in turn, bill your customers based on whatever arrangement you have set up. Also, don't forget that as traffic increases, you might have need for other components, like gatekeepers. If you want to provide reliable service, you'll want to double up on everything so that you'll have a failover plan if your primary goes down. This will definitely add some to the cost.
Who says? First, I think you can record anything you want - you just can't use it as legal evidence if the other party is unaware that he/she is being recorded. Second, what's to stop you from using a recording device that will emit a periodic tone, TELLING them that they're being recorded? (I've heard that when talking to a brokerage a few times).
I've this is inaccurate I hope someone will correct me.
If you aren't interested, and you're just spitting back the information to pass a test, you aren't taking advantage of the learning. You're jumping hoops, and then you might as well just quit school.
You're forgetting the reason many people attend in the first place...for that certificate of entitlement they get at the end- more commonly known as a diploma.
Let's say, however, you were taking a class in a subject that interested you. You'd learn much, much faster taking that class than you would by yourself, reading from a book.
What is it that makes you think this is an accurate assessment? Are you familiar with the notion that different people have different learning styles? If I'm a visual learner, and I'm forced to sit through a bunch of boring, dry lectures, how is that going to help me learn faster?
When it's taken advantage of, collegiate learning is much, much more efficient than learning it on your own.
I'm not so sure. I spent part of my time in college at a metro campus, and I can't tell you the amount of time wasted driving to and from the campus, finding a place to park, walking half a mile to the classrooms, etc., etc., etc. Then, I'd sit in a clasroom for a couple of hours, only to repeat the same process afterward, except in reverse. This is not an efficient process at all.
Another point to consider...if someone is learning something because they want to learn it, I'd be willing to bet that they'll retain the information long after someone who has assimilated the information just long enough to spit it back out on a test.
Now, reaching my 30's, I am kicking myself in the rear working towards obtaining a college degree to build upon and further my career goals.
This pretty much says it all. It seems to echo what many think about college these days...it's not about getting an education as much as it is about getting something that will allow you to "further your objectives."
Negative. This is not the same as guided education.
I'd say that there's a difference between those who are motivated to discover on their own, and those to need the structure imposed by a college curriculum. Some say that the current educational system is a complete failure when it comes to real education- that is, where the process of real learning is involved, rather than the process of being taught.
These days, with few exceptions, there's nothing someone can learn in college, that they can't learn outside of college. The information is out there- all it takes is someone motivated enough to get it.
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Editing Java in vi is one of the biggest waste of time I can imagine.
Perhaps for experienced developers, but for those just getting familiar with Java, you can't beat a text editor. IDEs obscure too much of what's actually going on. If you learn java with an IDE, you'll likely find it difficult without one. But then, "graphical programmers" seems to be the big rage these days.
n this scenario I was a terrible teacher (until I realised what I was doing) because I would either, if I knew the answer, react by putting them down or if I didn't know the answer, I reacted defensively.
Interesting - In this sense, I see an effective teacher's role (or that of a manager) more as a facilitator than some omnicient force. It's hard for people to accept that they can't know everything, and even harder when students (or employees) make this apparent. My own approach might entail taking this information and simply building on it, if possible, through the contributions of others that may be able to provide even more information. That way, we all learn.
Show me an American consumer with a sense of discipline and self-reliance, and I'll show you a much freer market.
They'll still charge for it!
I don't use an ATM any more, and haven't for several years. It's no sweat off my back to stop off at the bank and cash a check- a tiny bit less convenient, yes, but certainly not undoable. The main issue is that I got tired of seeing these ATM transaction fees on my statement each month - they add up. Of course, now the banks have come up with other ways to extort money from their "customers". I've noticed that lately, my monthly service charge is based on a percentage of the overall transaction total. It looks like some banks are positioning themselves to become financial brokers of sorts, charging a commission on each transaction (which really, truly sucks).
Overall, I'd say these kinds of things are happening for two reasons: a) customers allow them to happen, and b) market saturation...they need to invent new ways of extracting money from their "customers" in order to maintain positive growth - or at least the appearance thereof.
But: the very same people that like to bitch about the government are also happy to spend thousands and thousands of all of our dollars doing what amounts to Denial Of Service Attack on the agency they're nagging.
I wonder if you truly have any idea of the cost involved in an FOIA search. I don't. Here's the key though- the government wastes so much money in so many different ways- this particular form of waste, assuming it even exists, is one I'm certainly willing to tolerate. The day we can't find out what our own government is doing because it "costs too much" is the day that we should start planning to live with a very different notion of what it means to be "free".
So now we had 30 people thrown at a project, only one of which REALLY loved the work.
I love reading stuff like thie. If you remember the age-old adage, "Garbage in, garbage out," the results shouldn't be any surprise. The company has, or hires inept management, who then has or hires inept employees, and somehow out of all this chaos expects some kind of magical force to take over and produce something great. It doesn't happen.
Before a company beings lamenting over a bad experience with custom software development, they sould really focus on how much they contributed to the problem. Before they even begin, they should ascertain how much they are willing to contribute to a positive outcome. There are so many ways a software project can be derailed, and I'd guess the inability to manage it effectively is one of the most prevalent.
Also, I can't help but wonder...how many of the people, OTHER than the one who loved his work, had four-year degrees?
In what sense?
If you're referring to the fact that I mistakenly left out the word "I", you should probably concentrate on a more substantive rebuttal. There's a big difference between a simple omission, and several rather glaring grammatical defects. If you'll look at my signature, it's there for precisely that reason. Had I been able to fix it, I surely would have.
Your "methodology" is every bit as error-prone as the one used by the programmer you describe if you think this is the mark of all self-taught programmers. It would be just as bad if concluded that everyone with a four-year degree writes as terribly as the article's author.
I still have my Trinity, and I will say that the tabs are probably a very nice improvement. The Trinity, as awesome as it is, does most of its navigation through buttons off to the side. There are tabs, but only for specific pieces of the UI.
As far as "instrument-like" goes, I'm not sure that has ever been the intent of an "electronic" keyboard. Electronic musicians are very very much used to dials and buttons. The tabs are already a dramatic departure from the older analog stuff.
As an adjunct to what you've stated...
If you want to outsource? Fine, then go outsource. But please don't come back whining and crying when things go horribly wrong. Perhaps one of the questions people will be asking more and more often: "is it worth the risk?"
I went 'round and 'round with tech support rep once because I was having trouble connecting with a friend's computer so that we could play Warcraft 3. Oh perish the thought!! The guy was VERY adament about the fact that one of our machines was acting as a "server," and that as such, it was against TOS. I asked him what the hell the difference was between a direct connection, and connecting through Battle.net - the bandwidth would be exactly the same. He, of course, had no reasonable answer, but continued to insist that direct connections were a violation.
The way I see it, until Comcast changes it's TOS, they can increase the speed to 1MB/second, and it won't much matter because the restrictions are so tight that you can't do much with it. They're more interested in technicalities, than practicalities and common sense.
There's a big difference between John Q. Hacker, and perhaps some waywardly curious employee somewhere spying on what I do, and the government doing the same thing. Because the government makes and enforces the rules, it is held to a higher standard. That standard is elaborated in the 4th Amendment- there has to be a REASON for the the government to be looking at anyone's mail, and that reason must suggest that they have either broken the law, or there is good reason to believe that they are about to break the law. If neither exists, they have business looking at it, even if it's not "private".
Don't you understand how it works yet? As long as a congressthing brings home enough cash from Washington to satisfy the monied interests, he/she will continue to have a nice warchest come time for re-election. Since American voters are either to entrenched in the entitlements they receive, or they are just too stupid to understand what's going on, these people keep getting re-elected. It's a systemic problem- a cancer of sorts, and it will take something fairly significant to clean it up.
I think it's probably more the end the Ivy-leaguers are after, and time at the university is only the a means to that end. It's possible that the means might be worthy of more sonsideration than people have given them in the past.
I think the idea Ivy-leaguers are somehow "special" is complete BS. Some might be, but I think most probably aren't. It's mostly a social/status game.
On one hand I agree that stereotypes relieve the average person from having to exert any effort thinking about who or what they are actually dealing with. On the other hand, when it comes to selling, my opinion is that products don't sell because they are accompanied by stereotypes, but because of the stereotypes being used. I dare say that many male gamers wouldn't find it nearly as titillating if the large-breasted, nearly-naked female characters were replaced with the stereotypical representation of a geek or nerd.
Personally, I find the whole breast-obessive fixation by both men and women in our culture, quite hysterical.
If you're running a local service, it might not be too difficult, but if you're tapping into a wholesalier network for long distance, determining who gets billed what can be a nightmare. This is it might be a good idea to use a clearing house- they take care of all the out-of-local-network billing issues, and send you a bill for the cost. You in turn, bill your customers based on whatever arrangement you have set up. Also, don't forget that as traffic increases, you might have need for other components, like gatekeepers. If you want to provide reliable service, you'll want to double up on everything so that you'll have a failover plan if your primary goes down. This will definitely add some to the cost.
Problem is that YOU can't recorde THEM.
Who says? First, I think you can record anything you want - you just can't use it as legal evidence if the other party is unaware that he/she is being recorded. Second, what's to stop you from using a recording device that will emit a periodic tone, TELLING them that they're being recorded? (I've heard that when talking to a brokerage a few times).
I've this is inaccurate I hope someone will correct me.
The Java API supports complete customization of the L&F (look and feel) of any application. You don't have to use the default appearance.
If you aren't interested, and you're just spitting back the information to pass a test, you aren't taking advantage of the learning. You're jumping hoops, and then you might as well just quit school.
You're forgetting the reason many people attend in the first place...for that certificate of entitlement they get at the end- more commonly known as a diploma.
Let's say, however, you were taking a class in a subject that interested you. You'd learn much, much faster taking that class than you would by yourself, reading from a book.
What is it that makes you think this is an accurate assessment? Are you familiar with the notion that different people have different learning styles? If I'm a visual learner, and I'm forced to sit through a bunch of boring, dry lectures, how is that going to help me learn faster?
When it's taken advantage of, collegiate learning is much, much more efficient than learning it on your own.
I'm not so sure. I spent part of my time in college at a metro campus, and I can't tell you the amount of time wasted driving to and from the campus, finding a place to park, walking half a mile to the classrooms, etc., etc., etc. Then, I'd sit in a clasroom for a couple of hours, only to repeat the same process afterward, except in reverse. This is not an efficient process at all.
Another point to consider...if someone is learning something because they want to learn it, I'd be willing to bet that they'll retain the information long after someone who has assimilated the information just long enough to spit it back out on a test.
Funny - is your boss one of the uber l33t's with a college degree?
Now, reaching my 30's, I am kicking myself in the rear working towards obtaining a college degree to build upon and further my career goals.
This pretty much says it all. It seems to echo what many think about college these days...it's not about getting an education as much as it is about getting something that will allow you to "further your objectives."
Negative. This is not the same as guided education.
I'd say that there's a difference between those who are motivated to discover on their own, and those to need the structure imposed by a college curriculum. Some say that the current educational system is a complete failure when it comes to real education- that is, where the process of real learning is involved, rather than the process of being taught.
These days, with few exceptions, there's nothing someone can learn in college, that they can't learn outside of college. The information is out there- all it takes is someone motivated enough to get it.
Remember: if you walk around in fear, then the terrorists have already won.
The irony here is that it's not the terrorists I'm afraid of, it's our own government. Seems the terrorists have won either way.