Obviously a frustrated Accounting major who spent $500 per semester on books telling me how 'useful' his major was to business and who is still trying to get on the IT train.
Get a grip, Will. I'm not hiring you back, I don't care how well you read programming books.
Absolutely spot on. I was a Philosophy Major in College and I totally agree on the inherent problem solving nature that formal (symbolic) logic and critical thinking provide in determining solutions. Obviously, you don't need formal training to 'get it' (as you demonstrate.) In fact, I daresay, some Philosophers don't get it.
Curiously, Philology (study of language) was always closely aligned with Philosophy. Nietzsche was a Philologist. Studying human languages (Latin, Greek, French, etc.) and studying programming languages (can't think of any right now) are very similar. Objects (nouns) have methods (verbs) and properties (adjectives). Think back to diagramming sentences if you ever did that.
In fact, reading Bruce Eckels Thinking in Java, I was struck by his outlining of Classes and thought, "This is Aristotle". Sure enough, he says the same thing on the next page.
Finally, it's worth noting that just about every science has its roots in Philosophy. In fact, the Scientific Method is a Philosophic proof.;-)
Most Americans have no idea she's coming to the American Enterprise Institute. Brittany dropped a baby that day or something. OTOH, I happened to be in NL and was kind of surprised. Even more surprised when I found out most of my Dutch colleagues were up watching things until 2 a.m..
The problem with McCarthy was not that there were no communists, there were. The problem was he was a drunk asshole who overstepped his bounds and lacked any sense of proportion. His manner got in the way of any real investigation. Which is unfortunate both for him and the country. I see no corollary in the current situation.
Steve told me it was safe. There's no way dumb little Windows users could hack this beautiful, expensive machine of mine. I even bought the extended warranty!
You're a toe sucking pig and I'm willing to burn karma to say so. I told you in your JE how I thought this was a bad idea, and I still say so now. BTW, tell the wife I said "Hi".
Really, Oracle is the second biggest tech company in the world while Red Hat, er, uh, makes a Linux distro. Compared to JD Edwards or PeopleSoft, a pure RH acquisition by Larry would go faster than the could order his second Mamosa for breakfast.
I love when folks try to stir tech controversy that isn't there, like Apple threatening desktop share or OpenOffice beating Microsoft Office in features. Cute, but totally misses the point.
I mean, a known bug is exploited and it's using quoted text from the BBC site. If they do it again tomorrow with text from nytimes.com would that be another story?
Lessee here...Accoonna (or whatever it is) had 159,671 hits for Tiananmen, while Google had over 5.4 million. Yeah, the Chinese don't have history totally scrubbed, but they're working hard at it.
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Obviously a frustrated Accounting major who spent $500 per semester on books telling me how 'useful' his major was to business and who is still trying to get on the IT train.
Get a grip, Will. I'm not hiring you back, I don't care how well you read programming books.
Absolutely spot on. I was a Philosophy Major in College and I totally agree on the inherent problem solving nature that formal (symbolic) logic and critical thinking provide in determining solutions. Obviously, you don't need formal training to 'get it' (as you demonstrate.) In fact, I daresay, some Philosophers don't get it.
;-)
Curiously, Philology (study of language) was always closely aligned with Philosophy. Nietzsche was a Philologist. Studying human languages (Latin, Greek, French, etc.) and studying programming languages (can't think of any right now) are very similar. Objects (nouns) have methods (verbs) and properties (adjectives). Think back to diagramming sentences if you ever did that.
In fact, reading Bruce Eckels Thinking in Java, I was struck by his outlining of Classes and thought, "This is Aristotle". Sure enough, he says the same thing on the next page.
Finally, it's worth noting that just about every science has its roots in Philosophy. In fact, the Scientific Method is a Philosophic proof.
Go grab a copy of Hitchhiker's Guide, idiot.
Most Americans have no idea she's coming to the American Enterprise Institute. Brittany dropped a baby that day or something.
OTOH, I happened to be in NL and was kind of surprised. Even more surprised when I found out most of my Dutch colleagues were up watching things until 2 a.m..
Yes. With the telephone and cable companies. Look at your bill every month. What do you think those FCC charges are? Tips?
I've seen the results of this study before somewhere...
I was there.
There was no broken condom.
The problem with McCarthy was not that there were no communists, there were.
The problem was he was a drunk asshole who overstepped his bounds and lacked any sense of proportion. His manner got in the way of any real investigation. Which is unfortunate both for him and the country.
I see no corollary in the current situation.
Ascii pr0n, obviously.
*sheesh*
Anyone? Bueller?
The only official color announced thus far is that finger print ready white that seems so popular among the iPod set.
Just wipe your hands between eating Cheetos and playing your DS Lite. Tough concept requiring self restraint, but it works.
Steve told me it was safe. There's no way dumb little Windows users could hack this beautiful, expensive machine of mine.
I even bought the extended warranty!
Please, Steve, help us. You're our only hope.
You're a toe sucking pig and I'm willing to burn karma to say so.
I told you in your JE how I thought this was a bad idea, and I still say so now.
BTW, tell the wife I said "Hi".
Really, Oracle is the second biggest tech company in the world while Red Hat, er, uh, makes a Linux distro.
Compared to JD Edwards or PeopleSoft, a pure RH acquisition by Larry would go faster than the could order his second Mamosa for breakfast.
I love when folks try to stir tech controversy that isn't there, like Apple threatening desktop share or OpenOffice beating Microsoft Office in features.
Cute, but totally misses the point.
You're showing your inability to comprehend subtlety.
He's bringing the Twinkies.
I mean, a known bug is exploited and it's using quoted text from the BBC site.
If they do it again tomorrow with text from nytimes.com would that be another story?
Mac-a-damia, man.
Get it straight.
The legal term is bill of attainder.
This is why the Maryland legislature laws against Wal Mart will ultimately fail.
Incidentally, doesn't the French legislature have more pressing issues like say getting rid of their ill-conceived 'right to work' laws?
apt-get a clue
they're called 'folders'. you put 'paper' in them.
they can be 'boxed' or put in 'filing cabinets'.
Lessee here...Accoonna (or whatever it is) had 159,671 hits for Tiananmen, while Google had over 5.4 million.
Yeah, the Chinese don't have history totally scrubbed, but they're working hard at it.
Has didn't make the top 10? Or assassination?
What kind of list is this that forgets Hassan i Sabbah?
*ahem*, Yes they are.
Where have you been?
This is what makes the parent even funnier.