As a resident of Salt Lake City I can say we are the only ones in the nation importing waste from Italy, thanks to Energy Solutions (as in the Energy Solutions Erena, formerly known as the Delta Center, now known as the tox box among other nick names). I will say nothing other than victory is ours. Not in my back yard.
Where is Sim City 4 Deluxe? After 7 years of playing this game, with new buildings I can download all the time like the Burj Dubai, the Freedom Tower, Taipei 101, and canals with malls, new parks, utility buildings and anything you can think of this is the perfect game for anyone who is interested in city planning.
I would tend to agree with you, as far as the substances (after more than a few drinks I can't effectively write code, I would not even attempt such a thing if I still used acid or mushrooms and was on either one) but I am quite functional with some ganja.
I have been programming since I was 16, I didn't even have a drivers license when I was doing Visual Basic, C++, Java and HTML. I was self educated, I actually dropped out of school when I was 13. When I got into computers my parents were more than happy to buy me any textbook I ever asked them for (everything from basic electronics, to Stephen Hawking, but mostly programming books) I would stay up all night watching documentaries on PBS, reading science/programming books, tearing apart and building computers and smoking ganja the whole time.
Now I have a Bachelors in Computer Science. If I could go back and change my life, stay in school, stay away from substances which alter brain chemistry (I noticed you listed coffee, which contains caffeine which is a stimulant) I wouldn't because I may be a totally different person, probably a lot more average (no geek cred or street cred). For me though it may be a case of state based learning, I will admit. Different peoples brains work in different ways and different substances do different things to different people (you say stay away from substances but you list fresh coffee as your #1 need). When I smoke ganja it amplifies the geek in me (I can almost feel the neurons firing), but I started smoking it at a young age, years before I became a "geek". Right now I have been clean for 6 months, the longest since I started using over 13 years ago. The code I write now isn't any better, but it also is not any worse.
I am still working on a video game as a hobby still in the early stages, its a 2D side scrolling space shooter. All of the graphic work, the sound effects the music, event handling, the motion, and collision detection (Maya was used for all of the sprites which were created from 3D renders. the GIMP, Fruity Loops for music and sound effects, C++ and the Allegro library) was all done while I was stoned. Now the game engine is built, I have a working demo and just need to build the levels. In the end the game will only have one name in the credits; mine (unless I use some of my friends as voice actors for the story).
"We multitask like you breath, I couldn't think as slow as you if I tried" -- the Core
Unless you can handle it. this quote is from a dumb movie (the Core) but I liked the quote.
"we multitask like you breath, I couldn't think as slow as you if I tried"
For me its more than three things so I will list them in order. A bong (with the finest chronic, I tend to get "in the zone" not zoned out), Dr. Pepper, anything from Willy Wonka. South park or music (I prefer to listen to rap/hiphop, R&B, reggae. but when I am coding I prefer techno or classical. just gets my neurons firing) and frequent breaks. It may sound unproductive but I find that some of my best ideas come to me after just clearing my mind for a few minutes, walking around getting some fresh air. Sometimes I just over think the problem and the solution is simpler than I think, which is why taking frequent breaks works for me. Some of the best code I have ever written was not when I was working, but at home working on my own projects, when I could just do whatever, whenever. I believe freedom releases the creative mind.
I do believe the FBI will take anonymous tips, but it may not make a difference unless the people know about it. Use a fake name, go through some anonymous proxy servers and do host it in another country host it everywhere, Wikileaks as other people have mentioned. If you are worried about illegal search make sure you don't have anything in your possession they can use against you. If they violate your first amendment right I would take it all the way to the supreme court.
I agree, I don't think the hardware is as important as configuration, if you can configure the dev/test environment to match your production environment then you should be able to do development and testing without any surprises when you move your work into your production environment. The exception would be with load testing your older machines may not handle the same load as your production environment.
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As a resident of Salt Lake City I can say we are the only ones in the nation importing waste from Italy, thanks to Energy Solutions (as in the Energy Solutions Erena, formerly known as the Delta Center, now known as the tox box among other nick names). I will say nothing other than victory is ours. Not in my back yard.
To find these buildings and others goto: simtropolis.com
Oops I realize I misspelled economics.
Where is Sim City 4 Deluxe? After 7 years of playing this game, with new buildings I can download all the time like the Burj Dubai, the Freedom Tower, Taipei 101, and canals with malls, new parks, utility buildings and anything you can think of this is the perfect game for anyone who is interested in city planning.
I would tend to agree with you, as far as the substances (after more than a few drinks I can't effectively write code, I would not even attempt such a thing if I still used acid or mushrooms and was on either one) but I am quite functional with some ganja. I have been programming since I was 16, I didn't even have a drivers license when I was doing Visual Basic, C++, Java and HTML. I was self educated, I actually dropped out of school when I was 13. When I got into computers my parents were more than happy to buy me any textbook I ever asked them for (everything from basic electronics, to Stephen Hawking, but mostly programming books) I would stay up all night watching documentaries on PBS, reading science/programming books, tearing apart and building computers and smoking ganja the whole time. Now I have a Bachelors in Computer Science. If I could go back and change my life, stay in school, stay away from substances which alter brain chemistry (I noticed you listed coffee, which contains caffeine which is a stimulant) I wouldn't because I may be a totally different person, probably a lot more average (no geek cred or street cred). For me though it may be a case of state based learning, I will admit. Different peoples brains work in different ways and different substances do different things to different people (you say stay away from substances but you list fresh coffee as your #1 need). When I smoke ganja it amplifies the geek in me (I can almost feel the neurons firing), but I started smoking it at a young age, years before I became a "geek". Right now I have been clean for 6 months, the longest since I started using over 13 years ago. The code I write now isn't any better, but it also is not any worse. I am still working on a video game as a hobby still in the early stages, its a 2D side scrolling space shooter. All of the graphic work, the sound effects the music, event handling, the motion, and collision detection (Maya was used for all of the sprites which were created from 3D renders. the GIMP, Fruity Loops for music and sound effects, C++ and the Allegro library) was all done while I was stoned. Now the game engine is built, I have a working demo and just need to build the levels. In the end the game will only have one name in the credits; mine (unless I use some of my friends as voice actors for the story). "We multitask like you breath, I couldn't think as slow as you if I tried" -- the Core
Unless you can handle it. this quote is from a dumb movie (the Core) but I liked the quote. "we multitask like you breath, I couldn't think as slow as you if I tried"
I myself prefer smoking some chronic with my bong, filled with filtered water and ice cubes. but you my friend may have a problem.
For me its more than three things so I will list them in order. A bong (with the finest chronic, I tend to get "in the zone" not zoned out), Dr. Pepper, anything from Willy Wonka. South park or music (I prefer to listen to rap/hiphop, R&B, reggae. but when I am coding I prefer techno or classical. just gets my neurons firing) and frequent breaks. It may sound unproductive but I find that some of my best ideas come to me after just clearing my mind for a few minutes, walking around getting some fresh air. Sometimes I just over think the problem and the solution is simpler than I think, which is why taking frequent breaks works for me. Some of the best code I have ever written was not when I was working, but at home working on my own projects, when I could just do whatever, whenever. I believe freedom releases the creative mind.
I do believe the FBI will take anonymous tips, but it may not make a difference unless the people know about it. Use a fake name, go through some anonymous proxy servers and do host it in another country host it everywhere, Wikileaks as other people have mentioned. If you are worried about illegal search make sure you don't have anything in your possession they can use against you. If they violate your first amendment right I would take it all the way to the supreme court.
Personally I have never, and I mean never seen a senior citizen use a resolution higher than 800x600
I agree, I don't think the hardware is as important as configuration, if you can configure the dev/test environment to match your production environment then you should be able to do development and testing without any surprises when you move your work into your production environment. The exception would be with load testing your older machines may not handle the same load as your production environment.