I used to be an electrical engineer, working strictly with hardware. Then, a layoff and lousy job market forced me to make a career change. I went back to school for a grad degree in Computer Science. It was difficult for someone like me who started out without a software background but I've been working as a Software Engineer III for 1 1/2 years now. I'm now working with Java, Groovy, Spring, Hibernate, Solr...just to name a few. IT is a thriving market now and in the foreseeable future.
Linux is just a kernel. Naming the whole system after a kernel seems a bit excessive to me
Its actually GNU/Linux because desktop and laptop systems mostly use GNU software with the Linux kernel. For simplicity sake, the family of operating systems is referred to as "Linux". Most distros refer to it the same way.
Indeed...and most of the population fails to understand the concept of open source or how something that is freely available and isn't commercial and proprietary can be any good. Its also hard for people to understand exactly what Linux is when there are more than a half dozen desktop environments for it. Most people identify Windows 7, Windows 8 or OSX by how they look and act on the surface, not by what's under the hood.
They'll ban toy guns. Then I wonder what they'll use next as a scapegoat after the next mass shooting. Lets see....anything but guns. When it comes to pinpointing and admitting to the full cause of these shootings, the gun advocates just keep missing the target.
I HATED the JJ Abrams reboot of Star Trek. Now he's teaming up with Disney to do the next Star Wars trilogy? I'll pass. In fact, I'll wait until its available on Amazon Prime AND at a low price...and that probably wont happen soon since Disney has a deal with Netflix.
As for Harrison Ford, I respect him but The Crystal Skull was an abomination in an otherwise excellent Indiana Jones franchise. Can't he see that this new Star Wars trilogy will sink as low, if not lower?
At home, all I have is LibreOffice. I used it through all of my time as a Computer Science major in grad school. The word processing and spreadsheet software was up to snuff for all the work I needed to do. The presentation software (Powerpoint equivalent), not so much.
At work, I'm forced to use MS Office 2007/2010. I've been using it infrequently for a year but every time I see the Ribbon interface, I'm totally lost and frustrated. Doing things as simple as an Undo is a chore.
I'll take LibreOffice over MSOffice any day, except when doing slide presentations.
They should only be selling phones as stock Android if the carriers are unwilling to manage changes whenever a security update or new version of the Android OS is available.
Aside from L. Ron Hubbard being cuckoo for Coca Puffs, he had a similar idea for dissolving circuits in his novel Battlefield Earth. He wrote some great Science Fiction, however I do not endorse Scientology, Dianetics or any of his other cult ideologies.
According to Ray Kurtzweil, we'll reach the singularity by 2030. That's when machines are supposed to be nearly as smart as people and when people will have to meld with technology in order to keep pace. Fortunately for me, I'll be old enough to retire by then:-)
As a profanity-spewing Watson...
It'd be funny if Watson developed Tourette Syndrome.
Also, it would be funny to see him pose as 13 yr-old in a chat-room full of pedophiles.
I'm sure obesity has something to do with the lower life expectancy in the U.S. I didn't actually read the article. I'm surprised chronic lung disease is a major factor in the U.S...is that due to pollution?...because fewer Americans supposedly smoke than in European countries.
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I used to be an electrical engineer, working strictly with hardware. Then, a layoff and lousy job market forced me to make a career change. I went back to school for a grad degree in Computer Science. It was difficult for someone like me who started out without a software background but I've been working as a Software Engineer III for 1 1/2 years now. I'm now working with Java, Groovy, Spring, Hibernate, Solr...just to name a few. IT is a thriving market now and in the foreseeable future.
Understood. we are the trailer-trash of the universe.
Consider an extremely long-lived race with a very slow metabolism. Unlike humans, they might very well have the patience for such a long trip
space sloths?
The aliens would come here because they want us as specimens for their intergalactic zoo, a la Slaughterhouse Five!
Linux is just a kernel. Naming the whole system after a kernel seems a bit excessive to me
Its actually GNU/Linux because desktop and laptop systems mostly use GNU software with the Linux kernel. For simplicity sake, the family of operating systems is referred to as "Linux". Most distros refer to it the same way.
Indeed...and most of the population fails to understand the concept of open source or how something that is freely available and isn't commercial and proprietary can be any good. Its also hard for people to understand exactly what Linux is when there are more than a half dozen desktop environments for it. Most people identify Windows 7, Windows 8 or OSX by how they look and act on the surface, not by what's under the hood.
You're an idiot. And probably a Democrat. But I repeat myself...
You are an idiot and a wingnut for spinning this into a political discussion
LoL....Singularity....SkyNet. Just use your imagination
They'll ban toy guns. Then I wonder what they'll use next as a scapegoat after the next mass shooting. Lets see....anything but guns. When it comes to pinpointing and admitting to the full cause of these shootings, the gun advocates just keep missing the target.
No kidding. Do you think the New Star Wars trilogy will star Hanna Montana?
I HATED the JJ Abrams reboot of Star Trek. Now he's teaming up with Disney to do the next Star Wars trilogy? I'll pass. In fact, I'll wait until its available on Amazon Prime AND at a low price...and that probably wont happen soon since Disney has a deal with Netflix. As for Harrison Ford, I respect him but The Crystal Skull was an abomination in an otherwise excellent Indiana Jones franchise. Can't he see that this new Star Wars trilogy will sink as low, if not lower?
This story is total bullshit, if you ask me.
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At home, all I have is LibreOffice. I used it through all of my time as a Computer Science major in grad school. The word processing and spreadsheet software was up to snuff for all the work I needed to do. The presentation software (Powerpoint equivalent), not so much. At work, I'm forced to use MS Office 2007/2010. I've been using it infrequently for a year but every time I see the Ribbon interface, I'm totally lost and frustrated. Doing things as simple as an Undo is a chore. I'll take LibreOffice over MSOffice any day, except when doing slide presentations.
Newsworthy, yes. Slashdot newsworthy, no
and I thought Star Fleet Academy was the first.
They should only be selling phones as stock Android if the carriers are unwilling to manage changes whenever a security update or new version of the Android OS is available.
Obviously a Spaceballs fan, a Chinese man is even selling fresh air in cans.
Perri-Air. LOL
Aside from L. Ron Hubbard being cuckoo for Coca Puffs, he had a similar idea for dissolving circuits in his novel Battlefield Earth. He wrote some great Science Fiction, however I do not endorse Scientology, Dianetics or any of his other cult ideologies.
According to Ray Kurtzweil, we'll reach the singularity by 2030. That's when machines are supposed to be nearly as smart as people and when people will have to meld with technology in order to keep pace. Fortunately for me, I'll be old enough to retire by then :-)
Two degrees colder? Me, without my muff.
Nowadays, it makes a good fishtank for those waxing nostalgic
Apple II+ was what I started with, having a whopping 48kB of RAM. The IIe improved to 64kB.
As a profanity-spewing Watson... It'd be funny if Watson developed Tourette Syndrome. Also, it would be funny to see him pose as 13 yr-old in a chat-room full of pedophiles.
I'm sure obesity has something to do with the lower life expectancy in the U.S. I didn't actually read the article. I'm surprised chronic lung disease is a major factor in the U.S...is that due to pollution?...because fewer Americans supposedly smoke than in European countries.