You missed the point, he is saying that certain cases a 20year old programmer with loads of raw talent is better than an average 40 year hold programmer with 20 years of experience
Buddy you taking their whole argument out of context. Their view is that people either shouldn't be having sex or should only be having sex while married.
Its got nothing to do with condoms not preventing the spread of HIV its about them trying to stop people sleeping around which in turn will stop people getting infected.
I personally think its a pretty naive approach but its not "incorrect". Their view on no contraceptives is idiotic.
Your problem is nothing to do with project managers having engineering abilities. Any project manager that allows scope creep without an impact assessment (i.e consulting with the engineers) on the schedule and budgets of the project should be fired for negligence/incompetence/stupidity.
Best project managers are those that know how to project manage, having technical knowledge is a bonus
Agreed but most people on this site have zero social skills - so they don't actually understand how to get society work correctly. They just get taken for granted and then complain about it afterwards
Big difference between the maintenance guy and the guy designing the new system. Same differentiation between an electrician and an electrical engineer
Designers/Architects still have work coming out of their ears, grunt level programmers not so much
You spot on! There are million ways to get kids interesting technology. Hell writing a facebook or iPhone/Android app should be a project for every school kid.
Disagree, for your average middle-schooler the type of access to the system has simply changed. Before you would play around configuring the OS and writing simple scripts to do things for you. Now its write an app and tinker with the available API.
Different process, but has the same affect in getting people interested and building that mindset of taking things a part to see how they work.
Have to disagree with you on this one. I agree that what your students are doing is extremely inefficient but if you writing a script in bash, you should be using grep and wc repeatedly. Bash scripts are supposed to be very quick to write scripts that do a job. If you need to to parse the logs faster and more efficiently then bash is the wrong choice for you and its time to look at perl.
30 to 2 mins? That never happens. Well maybe 10 years ago, but with the current JVMs GC is transparent and for most people not even noticeable.
Agreed java has memory bloat but the biggest problem i have is that not that the GC has "pause times" but that the GC is not aggressive enough in freeing up memory.
Huh?? Have you seen some of the enterprise level java solutions? I get better reliability out of JBoss(Java Based) than I do off the C++ database(MySQL) it connects to
Poor performance caused by a lazy developer is just that poor performance caused by a lazy developer, automatic memory management is just tool that can be used or misused. In a c++ world the lazy developer would have code with memory leaks and buffer problems
Your architect is an idiot, stop changing your framework every time you have you have a new facet to the project.
We picked Jboss seam 3 years ago for the new major version of our core solution and we haven't changed since. Yeah other frameworks do certain things better/worse but changing isn't worth the headache.
Your example of code professionals is wrong, the type of you developer you are describing next to useless in anything outside of academia. They will spend months/years optimizing code that could be done with a $10000 hardware upgrade. As a dev manager, these are most painful resources to manage because they have no idea on what to prioritize.
In terms of scalability of java, what are you talking about? In an enterprise high volume transactional environment I have seen nothing coming out of the C/C++ world that can even touch java.
Iran probably has ambitions of reestablishing the Persian Empire but they are not going by using Nukes - they nuke a neighbor or US/Israel and its game over the world declares war.
Now days nukes are used to stop countries from invading. You wonder why Iraq was invaded but North Korea hasn't?
The problem is people around here don't understand moderation and then complain that capitalism and monopolistic practices are out to get them! With exception of the streaming video anything over 50GB a month is excessive.
I agree that ISPs are screwing everybody over when it comes to streaming video. The ISPs should have some sort of peering agreement with the big video streaming providers and then charge a set fee ($5, $10 a month? ) for real unlimited streaming of video
Anything that teaches problem solving is incredibly valuable. Whether it is programming, studying math, fixing a car etc...
It is the number one problem in society today, people can't problem solve. I see it every day with companies I do work, nobody can solve the problems so they pay me as an external vendor/consultant to do it for them
While I am inclined to agree with you there is no evidence that jealous is learned. People/animals will always want stuff that somebody/thing else wants.
Watch family pets vying for attention from their owner. Jealousy is definitely not a human only thing.
Never made the same mistake in the first place? Haha, go back to your tree hugging. Nuclear is still infinitely better for the environment than any fossil fuels.
And while I am big fan of renewable energy, none of them are at technologically at the point were they are a viable option. So while we wait for the technology to become viable I will still pick nuclear over coal any day of the week!
Try actually reading his whole post. He said MODERN plants not Chernobyl or the rest - there were some really dumb design decisions around nuclear plants from way back when. Unfortunately all you idiot environmentalists always group the two together without really understanding the difference.
As for peddle bed reactors? When were they determined not be safe? They never even entered the main stream let alone had any problems.
What credibility problem? In the last 30 years how many people have died from a nuclear disaster or resulting fallout compared to fossil fuels? Take a look at http://www.the9billion.com/2011/03/24/death-rate-from-nuclear-power-vs-coal/ Hell throw in all the wars fought over fossil fuels and nuclear looks even better.
What? Of course nuclear power is safe. The BP gulf oil disaster was a far bigger catastrophe than the japan nuclear incident ever was, even with all the dumb design decision around the building and maintenance of the reactors. If the Japan reactors where latest generation reactor designs, nothing would have happened they would have just shut down.
And that is just oil, what about the ridiculous number of deaths in coal mines? Hydro plant dams bursting and killing 100 000s?
Seriously stop with the fear-mongering, nuclear power is not ideal and the waste is a serious problem but its still infinitely better than any other form of power at the moment.
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He never said the ends jusify the means, he said thatas a result of the horrors inflicted on the holocaust victims scientific progress was made.
He was never arguing right or wrong he was just stating a fact.
You missed the point, he is saying that certain cases a 20year old programmer with loads of raw talent is better than an average 40 year hold programmer with 20 years of experience
Buddy you taking their whole argument out of context. Their view is that people either shouldn't be having sex or should only be having sex while married.
Its got nothing to do with condoms not preventing the spread of HIV its about them trying to stop people sleeping around which in turn will stop people getting infected.
I personally think its a pretty naive approach but its not "incorrect". Their view on no contraceptives is idiotic.
Your problem is nothing to do with project managers having engineering abilities. Any project manager that allows scope creep without an impact assessment (i.e consulting with the engineers) on the schedule and budgets of the project should be fired for negligence/incompetence/stupidity.
Best project managers are those that know how to project manage, having technical knowledge is a bonus
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/f4f-mobile-ordering/id425143797?mt=8 Quick and nasty mobile ordering app to demo to customers. But PhoneGap is rubbish if you want a decent HTML5 native app solution use - http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-mobile-application-development/ its not free but the best product we have come across.
No apple supports PhoneGap, we have deployed HTML5 PhoneGap apps to the app store.
Its a lost cause, trying teach slashdotters basic social skills is impossible. They are like the trolls living under bridges from old fair tales.
Agreed but most people on this site have zero social skills - so they don't actually understand how to get society work correctly. They just get taken for granted and then complain about it afterwards
Big difference between the maintenance guy and the guy designing the new system. Same differentiation between an electrician and an electrical engineer
Designers/Architects still have work coming out of their ears, grunt level programmers not so much
You spot on! There are million ways to get kids interesting technology. Hell writing a facebook or iPhone/Android app should be a project for every school kid.
Disagree, for your average middle-schooler the type of access to the system has simply changed. Before you would play around configuring the OS and writing simple scripts to do things for you. Now its write an app and tinker with the available API.
Different process, but has the same affect in getting people interested and building that mindset of taking things a part to see how they work.
have you actually read a trashy/pulp novel? they require no more intelligence or imagination than a typical Hollywood movie
Have to disagree with you on this one. I agree that what your students are doing is extremely inefficient but if you writing a script in bash, you should be using grep and wc repeatedly. Bash scripts are supposed to be very quick to write scripts that do a job. If you need to to parse the logs faster and more efficiently then bash is the wrong choice for you and its time to look at perl.
Correct tool for the job.
30 to 2 mins? That never happens. Well maybe 10 years ago, but with the current JVMs GC is transparent and for most people not even noticeable.
Agreed java has memory bloat but the biggest problem i have is that not that the GC has "pause times" but that the GC is not aggressive enough in freeing up memory.
Huh?? Have you seen some of the enterprise level java solutions? I get better reliability out of JBoss(Java Based) than I do off the C++ database(MySQL) it connects to
Poor performance caused by a lazy developer is just that poor performance caused by a lazy developer, automatic memory management is just tool that can be used or misused. In a c++ world the lazy developer would have code with memory leaks and buffer problems
Your architect is an idiot, stop changing your framework every time you have you have a new facet to the project.
We picked Jboss seam 3 years ago for the new major version of our core solution and we haven't changed since. Yeah other frameworks do certain things better/worse but changing isn't worth the headache.
Buddy get off your high horse!
Your example of code professionals is wrong, the type of you developer you are describing next to useless in anything outside of academia. They will spend months/years optimizing code that could be done with a $10000 hardware upgrade. As a dev manager, these are most painful resources to manage because they have no idea on what to prioritize.
In terms of scalability of java, what are you talking about? In an enterprise high volume transactional environment I have seen nothing coming out of the C/C++ world that can even touch java.
Iran probably has ambitions of reestablishing the Persian Empire but they are not going by using Nukes - they nuke a neighbor or US/Israel and its game over the world declares war.
Now days nukes are used to stop countries from invading. You wonder why Iraq was invaded but North Korea hasn't?
The problem is people around here don't understand moderation and then complain that capitalism and monopolistic practices are out to get them! With exception of the streaming video anything over 50GB a month is excessive.
I agree that ISPs are screwing everybody over when it comes to streaming video. The ISPs should have some sort of peering agreement with the big video streaming providers and then charge a set fee ($5, $10 a month? ) for real unlimited streaming of video
"Only in the United States, where caps are popular." - Haha, come to the third world - I get a 10GB cap and think the ISP is being generous!
Anything that teaches problem solving is incredibly valuable. Whether it is programming, studying math, fixing a car etc...
It is the number one problem in society today, people can't problem solve. I see it every day with companies I do work, nobody can solve the problems so they pay me as an external vendor/consultant to do it for them
While I am inclined to agree with you there is no evidence that jealous is learned. People/animals will always want stuff that somebody/thing else wants.
Watch family pets vying for attention from their owner. Jealousy is definitely not a human only thing.
Never made the same mistake in the first place? Haha, go back to your tree hugging. Nuclear is still infinitely better for the environment than any fossil fuels.
And while I am big fan of renewable energy, none of them are at technologically at the point were they are a viable option. So while we wait for the technology to become viable I will still pick nuclear over coal any day of the week!
Try actually reading his whole post. He said MODERN plants not Chernobyl or the rest - there were some really dumb design decisions around nuclear plants from way back when. Unfortunately all you idiot environmentalists always group the two together without really understanding the difference.
As for peddle bed reactors? When were they determined not be safe? They never even entered the main stream let alone had any problems.
What credibility problem? In the last 30 years how many people have died from a nuclear disaster or resulting fallout compared to fossil fuels? Take a look at http://www.the9billion.com/2011/03/24/death-rate-from-nuclear-power-vs-coal/ Hell throw in all the wars fought over fossil fuels and nuclear looks even better.
What? Of course nuclear power is safe. The BP gulf oil disaster was a far bigger catastrophe than the japan nuclear incident ever was, even with all the dumb design decision around the building and maintenance of the reactors. If the Japan reactors where latest generation reactor designs, nothing would have happened they would have just shut down.
And that is just oil, what about the ridiculous number of deaths in coal mines? Hydro plant dams bursting and killing 100 000s?
Seriously stop with the fear-mongering, nuclear power is not ideal and the waste is a serious problem but its still infinitely better than any other form of power at the moment.