Not quite what I would want but its a start in the right direction, give me a 17 inch capacitive touchscreen that can be plugged into a USB port. What IPad? (yes I know the IPad would be smaller than a laptop plus that display but its the functionality of the touchscreen I want, not the small package of an IPad).
Yep, a home is a place to keep the rain off my head and this nasty hot weather outside without having to depend on landlords to maintain anything. Plenty return on investment for me. Were you expecting cash or something?
...those of us that got suckered in with a mortgage...
Got suckered in with a mortgage or got suckered into buying a massive house? I bought a house about a third the value I could "afford", payed it off at the rate I could afford and now own a starter house, value being meaningless. True I went without health insurance and retirement funds for a couple years while working contract positions but when the economy crashes you do what you have to.
I'd be happy to invest Canadian but the local credit unions did fine in the crash too and those are just across the street (despite being in Michigan, maybe if I could just walk across the border without papers, guess that's probably not your fault...)
When the checks and balances aren't bypassed anyway?
I've heard it said, anarchy and monarchy/socialism are the perfect governments but the first requires perfect people and the second requires perfect leaders. So we have a perfect government to handle all of our imperfections (hopefully).
Interesting points but in my area (Michigan, US) a house large enough for a family of five within ten minutes of a large number of jobs is about $100k. Food from the grocery store can get you a meal for $2-4 which is less expensive than approximately equivalent fast food.
Not saying your points are invalid but determining the condition of the entire world doesn't work with just one or two sample points...
So its not a course book but Code Complete http://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Construction/dp/0735619670/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306930229&sr=8-1 is an excellent read to understand the overall programming process before getting into actual coding. Starting with language syntax and thinking you understand programming is backward to me when you first need to understand developing software and then you can use any language you want to for implementing the program you designed.
You can get information about the system that the specific lines of code doesn't cover. Is this code meant for an embedded system with low memory but high processor usage but you need the code for a netbook with a slow processor but fairly good memory (ok, those specific devices may not be ideal for the example but...).
Yes a good developer can figure out why something was implemented the way it was but with comments the intent can be clarified and anyone working from the code can focus on real issues rather than a portion of code that was implemented for a particular reason that was not immediately apparent.
Also just because a good developer can understand the code doesn't mean overall comments can't speed up figuring out what the whole of the code means without immediately having to dig in and read each line to determine overall functionality.
I need to sit down and work out a specific example of this some time so it can be clearer but its not coming to me while I'm at work...
Explanation as to why a certain sort type is preferred here, why linked lists were used instead of arrays, higher level pictures that explain how all the pieces go together (though proper uses of function calls likely make the last less necessary...).
Parent has it. You don't write comments to state what each line of code is doing, the code says that. You write comments as to the motivation of blocks of code. They give the reason why a particular implementation was chosen and enough information for the next developer to determine if the reason is still valid or the code should be refactored.
I agree with your thoughts about people learning what a programming language is but not how to use it. So many people who come out of college knowing C/Java but their eyes would glaze over if you asked them to learn Ruby or Ada. Since I've left college I've learned C,C++,C#,Java (ok those are all similar), some Basic variants, DOORS DXL, Torque scripting language, Ada, Perl and touched a few other languages and found programming is the same in all of them.
It may never happen but I'd like to get into teaching with the focus being teaching people programming concepts instead of programming languages. Get them to understand function calls, loops, branches, inheritance, etc and know that you first outline your program with these and then you implement it in your chosen language. In most cases that implementation is 90% identical for each language...
Which is great but have we ever correlated redshift to distance or speed with actual observations or just mathematical models? I'm all for mathematical models but when they don't have actual observational support I wonder a tad...
I got an e-mail about a free month and a half or something like that on all games I previously held an account on...
They going to bring the MxO server back up for a month and a half?
So we've basically taken a snapshot of the universe (since the time span we've been observing is a minute fraction just compared to a planet, much less the universe) and made definite measurements of movement from this still picture. I don't know, something always sounded wrong about this...
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Lacking any mod points, let me say someone give this poster an electronic cookie.
And then there are the people who start stalking you because they are insane and can't tell the difference between one name and another...
http://www.amazon.com/UM-710S-Powered-Swivel-Screen-Display/dp/B002RMPASG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311172395&sr=8-1
Not quite what I would want but its a start in the right direction, give me a 17 inch capacitive touchscreen that can be plugged into a USB port. What IPad? (yes I know the IPad would be smaller than a laptop plus that display but its the functionality of the touchscreen I want, not the small package of an IPad).
Yep, a home is a place to keep the rain off my head and this nasty hot weather outside without having to depend on landlords to maintain anything. Plenty return on investment for me. Were you expecting cash or something?
...those of us that got suckered in with a mortgage...
Got suckered in with a mortgage or got suckered into buying a massive house? I bought a house about a third the value I could "afford", payed it off at the rate I could afford and now own a starter house, value being meaningless. True I went without health insurance and retirement funds for a couple years while working contract positions but when the economy crashes you do what you have to.
You took us further than we could have imagined but not as far as some may have hoped. Here's to hoping the future will take us further.
Yay, I can digitize my Star Wars X-Wing collection... in a couple years when the prices are actually lower then when I first bought the books... um.
I'd be happy to invest Canadian but the local credit unions did fine in the crash too and those are just across the street (despite being in Michigan, maybe if I could just walk across the border without papers, guess that's probably not your fault...)
And just as likely to lead to some kids wanting those materials more...
Hey, stop bringing reality into my perfectly subjective view of geeks and nerds!
No trouble...? Are you one of those mythical female geeks?
The first thing that comes up with the Windows Phone... seems appropriate to the not so subtle hint here
When the checks and balances aren't bypassed anyway?
I've heard it said, anarchy and monarchy/socialism are the perfect governments but the first requires perfect people and the second requires perfect leaders. So we have a perfect government to handle all of our imperfections (hopefully).
Interesting points but in my area (Michigan, US) a house large enough for a family of five within ten minutes of a large number of jobs is about $100k. Food from the grocery store can get you a meal for $2-4 which is less expensive than approximately equivalent fast food.
Not saying your points are invalid but determining the condition of the entire world doesn't work with just one or two sample points...
Or lack thereof...
So its not a course book but Code Complete http://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Construction/dp/0735619670/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306930229&sr=8-1 is an excellent read to understand the overall programming process before getting into actual coding. Starting with language syntax and thinking you understand programming is backward to me when you first need to understand developing software and then you can use any language you want to for implementing the program you designed.
If I get the chance I'll grab some items from Code Complete http://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Practical-Handbook-Construction/dp/0735619670 which has some good entries for using comments not to explain each line of code but the overall operation a group of lines is written to perform.
You can get information about the system that the specific lines of code doesn't cover. Is this code meant for an embedded system with low memory but high processor usage but you need the code for a netbook with a slow processor but fairly good memory (ok, those specific devices may not be ideal for the example but...).
Yes a good developer can figure out why something was implemented the way it was but with comments the intent can be clarified and anyone working from the code can focus on real issues rather than a portion of code that was implemented for a particular reason that was not immediately apparent.
Also just because a good developer can understand the code doesn't mean overall comments can't speed up figuring out what the whole of the code means without immediately having to dig in and read each line to determine overall functionality.
I need to sit down and work out a specific example of this some time so it can be clearer but its not coming to me while I'm at work...
Explanation as to why a certain sort type is preferred here, why linked lists were used instead of arrays, higher level pictures that explain how all the pieces go together (though proper uses of function calls likely make the last less necessary...).
Parent has it. You don't write comments to state what each line of code is doing, the code says that. You write comments as to the motivation of blocks of code. They give the reason why a particular implementation was chosen and enough information for the next developer to determine if the reason is still valid or the code should be refactored.
I agree with your thoughts about people learning what a programming language is but not how to use it. So many people who come out of college knowing C/Java but their eyes would glaze over if you asked them to learn Ruby or Ada. Since I've left college I've learned C,C++,C#,Java (ok those are all similar), some Basic variants, DOORS DXL, Torque scripting language, Ada, Perl and touched a few other languages and found programming is the same in all of them.
It may never happen but I'd like to get into teaching with the focus being teaching people programming concepts instead of programming languages. Get them to understand function calls, loops, branches, inheritance, etc and know that you first outline your program with these and then you implement it in your chosen language. In most cases that implementation is 90% identical for each language...
Long live... ah never mind
Which is great but have we ever correlated redshift to distance or speed with actual observations or just mathematical models? I'm all for mathematical models but when they don't have actual observational support I wonder a tad...
I got an e-mail about a free month and a half or something like that on all games I previously held an account on... They going to bring the MxO server back up for a month and a half?
So we've basically taken a snapshot of the universe (since the time span we've been observing is a minute fraction just compared to a planet, much less the universe) and made definite measurements of movement from this still picture. I don't know, something always sounded wrong about this...