This is almost identical to management by objective, where every quarter you're given some tasks to complete, and your quarterly bonus depends upon how many you get done. Where I work, the tasks include getting certified in something new, writing white papers, or performing "health checks" for our customers' data centers.
Surely Python is the language to start with these days? It's straightforward, doesn't force any particular model, i.e., can use for procedural, OOP, functional style. Most importantly it's not a toy language.
I've been struggling to teach programming to my kids using Python (and other languages), and have never been completely satisfied. I'm thinking that I need to start by teaching a restricted subset that looks a lot like BASIC. Two character variables are missing, but OTOH python doesn't use '$' to indicate string variables. The big thing is to include a GOTO statement, such as http://entrian.com/goto/, to be used until other flow control mechanisms are taught. I wonder if I can extend Entrian's code to include a GOSUB?
After reading the article, I was able to port my entire Java repository to Android in just a few minutes. Of course, that consists of three versions of "Hello, world!"
According to http://aws.amazon.com/s3/#pricing, S3 will cost you about $150/month per TB. OTOH, it appears that all data transfers into S3 are free until June 30th, 2010, after which transfer fees will be about $100/TB. So if you want to do it, do it now. Be prepared to spend to get your data back out, if you ever need it.
For comparison, this week I bought a 1TB USB 2.0 external HD for under $100, so a DIY RAID should save you money in the long run.
I do have to ask one question: Exactly how is a tape library more impractical than storing a RAID set in a safe deposit box?
A quick search for a torrent (http://www.google.com/search?q=King's+Quest+Silver+Lining+filetype:torrent) yields nothing! All of the official KQ games are out there, but not this one. How can I independently evaluate the quality of the game, and thus the depth of Activision's transgression, if I can't find a torrent?
Who the hell tagged this story 'astroturf' and 'flamebait'? It's neither. Several different games are compared, and Heaqvy Rain is only mentioned once. I'm submitting the opposite (see my subject line) and would urge everyone else to do so as well.
I've seen web sites that present an assortment of algorithms for the visitor to write in the language of their choice; if someone has a link, please reply with it. However, my first search query turned up an interesting variety of links that are relevant. While I didn't find my objective, I found lots of sites discussing interview questions (hopefully, useful in the future) and reviews of various books (some Java, some other languages).
I echo those suggesting learning a new, different language. I'd suggest Python (which has a varient, Jython, that is written in and is useable with Java) and C (because I agree that it will quickly teach you what really goes on during memory management).
These days, "netbook" has come to mean any computer powered by an internal rechargeable battery and lacking any optical media drives. You know, like this one.
Well, the law does say it has to be "by force or violence or other unlawful means".
"What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms." -- Thomas Jefferson
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their Constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it." -- Abraham Lincoln
Would this be covered? "What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms." Sounds like a plan to overthrow by violent means to me.
I'm running version 4.0.249.78 on WinXP. Clicking on "[monkeywrench]/Options" brings up a dialog box. Clicking on the third tab and scrolling to the bottom of the presented list shows a button, "Manage certificates". Clicking on that button brings up the "Trusted Certificates" dialog box. Clicking on the "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" tab reveals a long list of certificates. Scroll down to "CNNIC ROOT" and double-click on its entry to bring up your third dialog box, "Certificate". Click on the "Details" tab and then the "Edit Properties..." button to open the final dialog, "Certificate Properties". Click on "Disable all purposes for this certificate" and then "OK", "OK", "Close" and "Close".
It is unfortunate that this does not preserve the various check-marks on the individual purposes. I would have liked to have that information retained for future reference.
Before WWII, managers and other company leadership took "adverse actions" such as hiring gunmen to kill union activists and strikers. Let's not get too dewy-eyed about "work ethics" often driven by desperation and coerced by threat and force.
I used to work in the coal industry, so I'm well aware of the history of union-management strife. Situations back then were (to me, anyway) more reminiscent of modern ideological/ethnic conflicts, where the enemy (who may be your neighbor) is painted as evil and both sides work to desensitize violence against the other.
The other problem is that the work ethic has slipped off quite a bit
The work ethic has been slipping since WW2 ended. Organizations (not just companies) got so large that a manager could take actions adversely affecting thousands of anonymous employees with impunity. As managers were rewarded for these actions, others copied and amplified their actions. In the 70s, the phrase became popular, "Don't love your company because it can't love you back." This is true; the only time to love an organization is if it has fewer than ~150 people. Any larger and it becomes impossible for a person to know everyone, meaning that it's impossible to care about everyone. Since the 70s, the process has only accelerated. To chose just one example, Bernie Madoff was, by all accounts, a decent man. The only people he swindled were strangers, so he tried to protect his family and friends as things fell apart. Had he only been allowed to invest the money of his friends, I doubt he would have even started his scheme. As it is obvious that the people at the top don't care about the people at the bottom, the people at the bottom have reciprocated. No one cases about doing a good job, just about doing whatever's needed to avoid getting fired.
On a more positive note, there was a recent TED Talk about new social organizations starting to emerge. The speaker (I can't find the talk via Google right now) was mostly discussing NGOs, but his remarks also apply to Open Source and other movements. New organizations are being created that are remaining small and tightly focused. The membership is committed to their organization's ideals, and everyone in the organization knows everyone else well enough that no one can hide misbehavior. Because of this, these new organizations are able to accomplish things (humanitarian or coding) that larger ones cannot.
Mod parent up! I've resisted the idea, but between this and China overtaking the U.S. as the world's biggest market for automobiles, I'm about convinced that America is not only in decline but is well down the slope. OTOH, it's still way better than Russia (I've been there) which is only barely surviving thanks to its vast resources being able to overcome frightening inefficiencies.
You should give America's Army a try, it's totally free via direct download and Steam. Plus there are custom peripherals available (http://vae.americasarmy.com/), to enhance the experience.
And they appear to be on sale! A fine belated Xmas present for someone.
That said, they're not wide spread because, like most gaming peripherals, they're not a standard and don't actually add to your ability to succeed.
That and I guess that most people that play games aren't into the whole "learn through pain of failure" thing (or at least literally).
When I learned to use nunchunks (real ones, not the Wii accessory), it only took a few seconds for me to ask my instructor why we weren't wearing helmets. His response was basically that, only more NSFW.
I want an accessory that is worn on your torso (as a vest) and delivers a paintball-like punch when an in-game bullet strikes your avatar. That would teach stealth tactics better than anything.
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This is almost identical to management by objective, where every quarter you're given some tasks to complete, and your quarterly bonus depends upon how many you get done. Where I work, the tasks include getting certified in something new, writing white papers, or performing "health checks" for our customers' data centers.
Surely Python is the language to start with these days? It's straightforward, doesn't force any particular model, i.e., can use for procedural, OOP, functional style.
Most importantly it's not a toy language.
I've been struggling to teach programming to my kids using Python (and other languages), and have never been completely satisfied. I'm thinking that I need to start by teaching a restricted subset that looks a lot like BASIC. Two character variables are missing, but OTOH python doesn't use '$' to indicate string variables. The big thing is to include a GOTO statement, such as http://entrian.com/goto/, to be used until other flow control mechanisms are taught. I wonder if I can extend Entrian's code to include a GOSUB?
Of course, there's always Perl.
After reading the article, I was able to port my entire Java repository to Android in just a few minutes. Of course, that consists of three versions of "Hello, world!"
Don't even think about using USB hard drives for this, the performance will be atrocious.
See the title? "Long-Term Storage of Moderately Large Datasets?" Performance isn't an issue if the data is only accessed once a year.
"Unlimited space with several accounts." (Emphasis added.)
By my count, a few thousand accounts should do the trick. Maybe this guy could help you set them up: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/201252/hacker-takes-50-000-a-few-cents-at-a-time
According to http://aws.amazon.com/s3/#pricing, S3 will cost you about $150/month per TB. OTOH, it appears that all data transfers into S3 are free until June 30th, 2010, after which transfer fees will be about $100/TB. So if you want to do it, do it now. Be prepared to spend to get your data back out, if you ever need it.
For comparison, this week I bought a 1TB USB 2.0 external HD for under $100, so a DIY RAID should save you money in the long run.
I do have to ask one question: Exactly how is a tape library more impractical than storing a RAID set in a safe deposit box?
A quick search for a torrent (http://www.google.com/search?q=King's+Quest+Silver+Lining+filetype:torrent) yields nothing! All of the official KQ games are out there, but not this one. How can I independently evaluate the quality of the game, and thus the depth of Activision's transgression, if I can't find a torrent?
Who the hell tagged this story 'astroturf' and 'flamebait'? It's neither. Several different games are compared, and Heaqvy Rain is only mentioned once. I'm submitting the opposite (see my subject line) and would urge everyone else to do so as well.
I've seen web sites that present an assortment of algorithms for the visitor to write in the language of their choice; if someone has a link, please reply with it. However, my first search query turned up an interesting variety of links that are relevant. While I didn't find my objective, I found lots of sites discussing interview questions (hopefully, useful in the future) and reviews of various books (some Java, some other languages).
I echo those suggesting learning a new, different language. I'd suggest Python (which has a varient, Jython, that is written in and is useable with Java) and C (because I agree that it will quickly teach you what really goes on during memory management).
And once again we see why HTML should have included a <humor> tag.
These days, "netbook" has come to mean any computer powered by an internal rechargeable battery and lacking any optical media drives. You know, like this one.
Well, the law does say it has to be "by force or violence or other unlawful means".
"What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms." -- Thomas Jefferson
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their Constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it." -- Abraham Lincoln
Would this be covered? "What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms." Sounds like a plan to overthrow by violent means to me.
Good catch. I just opened IE 7 for the first time in a long while, and CNNIC is disabled there as well.
I'm running version 4.0.249.78 on WinXP. Clicking on "[monkeywrench]/Options" brings up a dialog box. Clicking on the third tab and scrolling to the bottom of the presented list shows a button, "Manage certificates". Clicking on that button brings up the "Trusted Certificates" dialog box. Clicking on the "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" tab reveals a long list of certificates. Scroll down to "CNNIC ROOT" and double-click on its entry to bring up your third dialog box, "Certificate". Click on the "Details" tab and then the "Edit Properties..." button to open the final dialog, "Certificate Properties". Click on "Disable all purposes for this certificate" and then "OK", "OK", "Close" and "Close".
It is unfortunate that this does not preserve the various check-marks on the individual purposes. I would have liked to have that information retained for future reference.
Before WWII, managers and other company leadership took "adverse actions" such as hiring gunmen to kill union activists and strikers. Let's not get too dewy-eyed about "work ethics" often driven by desperation and coerced by threat and force.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newcentury/5168
I used to work in the coal industry, so I'm well aware of the history of union-management strife. Situations back then were (to me, anyway) more reminiscent of modern ideological/ethnic conflicts, where the enemy (who may be your neighbor) is painted as evil and both sides work to desensitize violence against the other.
The other problem is that the work ethic has slipped off quite a bit
The work ethic has been slipping since WW2 ended. Organizations (not just companies) got so large that a manager could take actions adversely affecting thousands of anonymous employees with impunity. As managers were rewarded for these actions, others copied and amplified their actions. In the 70s, the phrase became popular, "Don't love your company because it can't love you back." This is true; the only time to love an organization is if it has fewer than ~150 people. Any larger and it becomes impossible for a person to know everyone, meaning that it's impossible to care about everyone. Since the 70s, the process has only accelerated. To chose just one example, Bernie Madoff was, by all accounts, a decent man. The only people he swindled were strangers, so he tried to protect his family and friends as things fell apart. Had he only been allowed to invest the money of his friends, I doubt he would have even started his scheme. As it is obvious that the people at the top don't care about the people at the bottom, the people at the bottom have reciprocated. No one cases about doing a good job, just about doing whatever's needed to avoid getting fired.
On a more positive note, there was a recent TED Talk about new social organizations starting to emerge. The speaker (I can't find the talk via Google right now) was mostly discussing NGOs, but his remarks also apply to Open Source and other movements. New organizations are being created that are remaining small and tightly focused. The membership is committed to their organization's ideals, and everyone in the organization knows everyone else well enough that no one can hide misbehavior. Because of this, these new organizations are able to accomplish things (humanitarian or coding) that larger ones cannot.
Seriously, the document in question should have been uploaded to WikiLeaks.
Anyone have a copy or linkage? I can't find it.
How hard did you look? Their homepage says this:
To concentrate on raising the funds necessary to keep us alive into 2010, we have very reluctantly suspended all other operations, until Jan 6.
Seems pretty self-explanatory.
Mod parent up! I've resisted the idea, but between this and China overtaking the U.S. as the world's biggest market for automobiles, I'm about convinced that America is not only in decline but is well down the slope. OTOH, it's still way better than Russia (I've been there) which is only barely surviving thanks to its vast resources being able to overcome frightening inefficiencies.
You should give America's Army a try, it's totally free via direct download and Steam. Plus there are custom peripherals available (http://vae.americasarmy.com/), to enhance the experience.
They exist.
And they appear to be on sale! A fine belated Xmas present for someone.
That said, they're not wide spread because, like most gaming peripherals, they're not a standard and don't actually add to your ability to succeed.
That and I guess that most people that play games aren't into the whole "learn through pain of failure" thing (or at least literally).
When I learned to use nunchunks (real ones, not the Wii accessory), it only took a few seconds for me to ask my instructor why we weren't wearing helmets. His response was basically that, only more NSFW.
So, where does America's Army (http://www.americasarmy.com/) fit into your list?
I want an accessory that is worn on your torso (as a vest) and delivers a paintball-like punch when an in-game bullet strikes your avatar. That would teach stealth tactics better than anything.
I for one welcome my new beowolf clustered meme overlords from Soviet Russia!
(Doesn't look like it gets funnier if you add more of them, does it?)
In Soviet Russia, new beowolf clustered meme overlords welcome YOU!
Looks like you're stuck until the Nexus One comes out, then you can just move your SIM card over.