Tell your boss that it's going to take some time for you to get an understanding of someone else's code.
I can't guarantee success in your case, but the last time I had to do that, my boss completely understood. If your boss is a programmer too (and didn't write the spaghetti code that you're tasked with understanding) then he or she will completely understand that it's not easy to pick up someone elses code and start at the point where they left off.
If programming was easy, everyone would be able to do it. I'm not a plumber. I can't do what they do. Plumbers charge a premium for their services because not everyone can do it. It's no different for most other specialized professions.
I avoid it at all costs. That's what would be so horrible about it.
If Elton John died with a hand mixer in his anus, it wouldn't be news for long but if Matt Damon died with a gerbil in his, that would be earth shattering news.
Seriously, as an undergrad you need to understand IT fundamentals. Like how data structures work. How memory allocation works. How sockets work. How debuggers work. If you understand the fundamental concepts, you can learn anything else.
Unless you have a rich uncle who will guarantee you employment when you finish school, you need to have as broad a base as possible. And something that's invaluable is getting yourself an internship. It's experience that means a lot on your resume. If you do a good job, it's a foot in the door. Many employers will give higher priority to someone who has interned with them and has a rapport with their existing employees.
Also, you'll do well to learn which professors know what in the hell they're talking about and try to only take classes that they teach. You will learn much more from a professor who knows more than you do.
I can't decide who's going to be marching on corporate america first with torches and pitchforks -- the early-adopters of HD, or those screwed out of TV when we switch to digital in Feb of 2009.
If you go and get the coupon it'll only cost you $10-15 to get a digital receiver for yout TV. The Government sold us out on that one. The FCC deserves the vitriol on this one.
How about some substantive reporting on actual world events?
There are few things in the world more important to me than getting my dick sucked. If the local news happens to report that Paris Nicole Spears Lohan is going to be in my city, I'm going to go to the most pretentious downtown night spot and try to get my dick sucked. If I'm successful, I'll be quite grateful to the local program director.
You want Unix and a production quality desktop with tons of high quality third party apps with a buttload of real-world usage? Stop waiting on Linux and switch to OSX... What you want is here, now.
If I could run OSX on whatever hardware I wanted, I'd consider it.
Try that and you'll get the GOP all up your ass about increasing the tax burden on the working class. Besides, CFLs have enough critical mass for the industry to innovate without requiring government subsidy, and the market for LED lighting is potentially so ginormous that industry will take the chance on the investment required.
If that were the case, you wouldn't need the ban. You don't have to put a gun to someone's head to get them to do the smart thing. That's exactly what this ban is.
What about people who can see the pulses from a 60hz lightbulb? Flourescent bulbs give me headaches, because I CAN see the pulses. So me, and millions like me are going to have to suffer headaches so you can feel better about yourself?
The average CFL today contains around four milligrams of mercury, and already several companies are making bulbs that contain about two milligrams. Meanwhile, the increased power consumption from billions of incandescent bulbs being burned puts out kilograms of mercury vapors into the atmosphere every year.
Not if the eco-whackos would stop trying to impede nuclear power. It's far cleaner than coal.
Then I could use an incandescent bulb and contribute no additional mercury to the environment.
You are not an idiot because you disagree with me.
You are an idiot because of the idiotic statements you've made.
Let me refresh your memory
There is no reason that they should be aliens, and there is no evidence that any UFOs are aliens other than "if we can't explain it it must be XXX" where God used to be in the XXX, but UFOs being angels isn't sexy anymore (and yes, long ago there were reports similar to UFOs that would be reported as angel sightings) so we make up new explanations.
For thousands of years, people reported seeing things in the sky that are nearly identical to the UFO reports of today, even in cultures that don't believe in the judeo-christian-islamic concept of angels. Google "flying earthenware vessel".
However, are you saying that they both would ignore the large groups of creatures they were interested in and instead would look for the lone creature off by itself to look at and photograph? No? Oh, you mean someone studying something would want to study as many as possible in the shortest time?
Not necessarily. IF aliens exist, IF they're coming here, IF they are studying us, we still have no concept of what their motivation is or why they do what they do. We can't apply human logic to the actions of a technologically superior species.
Well, when a UFO hovers over Times Square at noon, I'll think your explanation is something other than rationalization.
You're an uninformed idiot, why would I ccare what you think?
If they don't care if they are seen, as you say, why are most at night/twilight?
Why do flashlights seem to work better at night? Same reason, because a dark background makes a luminous object easier to see.
There is no reason that they should be aliens, and there is no evidence that any UFOs are aliens other than "if we can't explain it it must be XXX" where God used to be in the XXX, but UFOs being angels isn't sexy anymore (and yes, long ago there were reports similar to UFOs that would be reported as angel sightings) so we make up new explanations.
People STILL report sighting of winged humans. And 800 years ago people were reporting things that are similar to what we now call UFOs. Google for "flying earthenware vessel".
In fact, it is a religion. Belief in something that has no proof, no evidence, and isn't falsifiable.
Many religions believe in things that are demonstrably false. Like those people who still believe that men have one fewer rib than women.
Well, actually, I think less of them than that, but I'm just being polite.
As I said before, you are an uninformed idiot. It doesn't matter what you think.
Something that explains why these ultra-advanced aliens can fly here from far far away, sit in orbit or buzz the White House without ever showing up on radar, yet always find drunks in the middle of nowhere to fly real slow over.
Have you ever considered the possibility that those drunks in the middle of nowhere make more noise than the average person because they have less to lose? Influencial politicians from Jimmy Carter to Barry Goldwater have expressed interest in UFOs. Gordon Cooper, one of the early astronauts, described his numerous UFO sightings while working for NASA.
IMO, most recent UFO sightings are more likely to be experimental though human piloted crafts than alien spaceships but from Ezekial's wheel in the Bible to the "flying earthenware vessel" sighted over Japan ~827 years ago strange objects in our skies are nothing new.
If they didn't have mal intent, why haven't they revealed themselves and announced their presence? Is it because they want to remain unknown, but their advanced technology is incapable of concealing them from a bunch of monkeys, or is it because they don't exist?
How much effort did Jacques Cousteau undertake to hide his presence from ocean fish? It didn't matter if they saw him. It doesn't matter if we see them.
Think of it this way. In the 1980s the US sold chemical weapons and precursors to make chemical weapons to Iraq. Well, we've been looking for them in Iraq for four years and we haven't found the weapons that we sold them.
SETI has been searching for what, 35 years or so? The cosmos is much larger than Iraq. It shouldn't be a surprise if there is intelligent life out there, we wouldn't find it as soon as we start looking.
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Tell your boss that it's going to take some time for you to get an understanding of someone else's code.
I can't guarantee success in your case, but the last time I had to do that, my boss completely understood. If your boss is a programmer too (and didn't write the spaghetti code that you're tasked with understanding) then he or she will completely understand that it's not easy to pick up someone elses code and start at the point where they left off.
If programming was easy, everyone would be able to do it. I'm not a plumber. I can't do what they do. Plumbers charge a premium for their services because not everyone can do it. It's no different for most other specialized professions.
LK
Send him to a maximum secirity prison and pimp him out for $3.00 per trick. Let him out of prison when he's earned a million dollars for Novell.
Yeah...
LK
Easy : quit putting things up there now ;-)
I avoid it at all costs. That's what would be so horrible about it.
If Elton John died with a hand mixer in his anus, it wouldn't be news for long but if Matt Damon died with a gerbil in his, that would be earth shattering news.
LK
50 years after I'm gone, I'd rather be forgotten than remembered for dying with some foreign object in my anus.
LK
Sherry enema? I saw an episode of Law & Order SVU where someone did that.
LK
P-E-R-L, Perl Bitches!
Seriously, as an undergrad you need to understand IT fundamentals. Like how data structures work. How memory allocation works. How sockets work. How debuggers work. If you understand the fundamental concepts, you can learn anything else.
Unless you have a rich uncle who will guarantee you employment when you finish school, you need to have as broad a base as possible. And something that's invaluable is getting yourself an internship. It's experience that means a lot on your resume. If you do a good job, it's a foot in the door. Many employers will give higher priority to someone who has interned with them and has a rapport with their existing employees.
Also, you'll do well to learn which professors know what in the hell they're talking about and try to only take classes that they teach. You will learn much more from a professor who knows more than you do.
I can't decide who's going to be marching on corporate america first with torches and pitchforks -- the early-adopters of HD, or those screwed out of TV when we switch to digital in Feb of 2009.
If you go and get the coupon it'll only cost you $10-15 to get a digital receiver for yout TV. The Government sold us out on that one. The FCC deserves the vitriol on this one.
LK
One can reconcile them by recognizing that they're not competing interests.
Science can neither prove nor disprove the existence or actions of a supreme being.
Religion isn't about observation and experimentation, no thinking person would ever attempt to use religion as a replacement for science.
LK
"Your Honor, I looked at the access logs on my server and saw that I was attacked by the IP address that was assigned to the defendant at the time."
You need a PI license for that? It's bullshit. A PI license isn't about competency or ethics, it's about getting more money out of people.
LK
Just some dude who needed Lithium.
LK
When I saw that movie I wondered aloud "Where the fuck did they find these terrorists, Cirque de Soleil?"
LK
How about some substantive reporting on actual world events?
There are few things in the world more important to me than getting my dick sucked. If the local news happens to report that Paris Nicole Spears Lohan is going to be in my city, I'm going to go to the most pretentious downtown night spot and try to get my dick sucked. If I'm successful, I'll be quite grateful to the local program director.
LK
With both of the above alternatives available, I can't see any reason for using Linux on the desktop at all.
Better device driver support.
LK
You want Unix and a production quality desktop with tons of high quality third party apps with a buttload of real-world usage? Stop waiting on Linux and switch to OSX... What you want is here, now.
If I could run OSX on whatever hardware I wanted, I'd consider it.
LK
People are not stupid. They know that deep fried foods are not healthy. You're not supposed to eat them every day.
LK
All because a trace element (CO2 is .038% of the atmosphere).
You sir, apparently do not know what an element is.
LK
This is like when they dumbed science down to "Cholesterol is Evil" so MORE people started getting heart disease from transfats.
And now that KFC is no longer using transfats, their food tasted like it's breaded with sand.
LK
Try that and you'll get the GOP all up your ass about increasing the tax burden on the working class. Besides, CFLs have enough critical mass for the industry to innovate without requiring government subsidy, and the market for LED lighting is potentially so ginormous that industry will take the chance on the investment required.
If that were the case, you wouldn't need the ban. You don't have to put a gun to someone's head to get them to do the smart thing. That's exactly what this ban is.
What about people who can see the pulses from a 60hz lightbulb? Flourescent bulbs give me headaches, because I CAN see the pulses. So me, and millions like me are going to have to suffer headaches so you can feel better about yourself?
LK
The average CFL today contains around four milligrams of mercury, and already several companies are making bulbs that contain about two milligrams. Meanwhile, the increased power consumption from billions of incandescent bulbs being burned puts out kilograms of mercury vapors into the atmosphere every year.
Not if the eco-whackos would stop trying to impede nuclear power. It's far cleaner than coal.
Then I could use an incandescent bulb and contribute no additional mercury to the environment.
LK
trade in your stupid-ass SUV for something more efficient,
I own two SUVs. You try getting to work through six inches of fresh snow in your hybrid and I'll do it in my SUV. We'll see who's stupid then.
Oh what? You live in California or some other place where there is no show. Not all of us do.
LK
You are an idiot because of the idiotic statements you've made.
Let me refresh your memory
For thousands of years, people reported seeing things in the sky that are nearly identical to the UFO reports of today, even in cultures that don't believe in the judeo-christian-islamic concept of angels. Google "flying earthenware vessel".
LK
Your dealer's weed must be FANTASTIC!
LK
However, are you saying that they both would ignore the large groups of creatures they were interested in and instead would look for the lone creature off by itself to look at and photograph? No? Oh, you mean someone studying something would want to study as many as possible in the shortest time?
Not necessarily. IF aliens exist, IF they're coming here, IF they are studying us, we still have no concept of what their motivation is or why they do what they do. We can't apply human logic to the actions of a technologically superior species.
Well, when a UFO hovers over Times Square at noon, I'll think your explanation is something other than rationalization.
You're an uninformed idiot, why would I ccare what you think?
If they don't care if they are seen, as you say, why are most at night/twilight?
Why do flashlights seem to work better at night? Same reason, because a dark background makes a luminous object easier to see.
There is no reason that they should be aliens, and there is no evidence that any UFOs are aliens other than "if we can't explain it it must be XXX" where God used to be in the XXX, but UFOs being angels isn't sexy anymore (and yes, long ago there were reports similar to UFOs that would be reported as angel sightings) so we make up new explanations.
People STILL report sighting of winged humans. And 800 years ago people were reporting things that are similar to what we now call UFOs. Google for "flying earthenware vessel".
In fact, it is a religion. Belief in something that has no proof, no evidence, and isn't falsifiable.
Many religions believe in things that are demonstrably false. Like those people who still believe that men have one fewer rib than women.
Well, actually, I think less of them than that, but I'm just being polite.
As I said before, you are an uninformed idiot. It doesn't matter what you think.
L
Something that explains why these ultra-advanced aliens can fly here from far far away, sit in orbit or buzz the White House without ever showing up on radar, yet always find drunks in the middle of nowhere to fly real slow over.
Have you ever considered the possibility that those drunks in the middle of nowhere make more noise than the average person because they have less to lose? Influencial politicians from Jimmy Carter to Barry Goldwater have expressed interest in UFOs. Gordon Cooper, one of the early astronauts, described his numerous UFO sightings while working for NASA.
IMO, most recent UFO sightings are more likely to be experimental though human piloted crafts than alien spaceships but from Ezekial's wheel in the Bible to the "flying earthenware vessel" sighted over Japan ~827 years ago strange objects in our skies are nothing new.
If they didn't have mal intent, why haven't they revealed themselves and announced their presence? Is it because they want to remain unknown, but their advanced technology is incapable of concealing them from a bunch of monkeys, or is it because they don't exist?
How much effort did Jacques Cousteau undertake to hide his presence from ocean fish? It didn't matter if they saw him. It doesn't matter if we see them.
LK
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Think of it this way. In the 1980s the US sold chemical weapons and precursors to make chemical weapons to Iraq. Well, we've been looking for them in Iraq for four years and we haven't found the weapons that we sold them.
SETI has been searching for what, 35 years or so? The cosmos is much larger than Iraq. It shouldn't be a surprise if there is intelligent life out there, we wouldn't find it as soon as we start looking.
LK