I picked up a left hand version one of those when I was entering a lot of numbers and needed the mouse at the same time. It worked really well for that application and I believe it would work great for standard typing if I took the time to learn the layout properly...
Maybe they are more focused on software that sends out data from the user as opposed to data the user can download. How many less techincal users understand that the P2P software not only allows them to download stuff but provides their stuff as downloadable by others?
Not to mention the space bar doing run, item action, take cover and vault over cover depending on context. I don't know how many times I've hit cover when trying to run, then tried to disconnect from cover only to vault it instead. Not to mention how often does run fail to work because there is a door way ahead.
I love the game too but I miss ME1's control layout...
Just like car insurance, if you total a car you can't upgrade to a new one you can buy one that is worth what you just destroyed. Are they really replacing instead of paying current value?
One of my college professors likes to tell the story about one of the Rational tools that was designed to find all possible paths to a destination.
They were testing it on software used to launch an air to air missile from a fighter and after a while the Rational people came back and said there are three possible paths to launch a missile.
The military people said their tool was wrong, there is only one path.
The Rational people pointed out the three distinct paths their tool found.
If I understand gyroscopes right, if its rotating flat like a top it will keep the car from rolling as much through the corners. This can cause the outside wheels to have more loading and reduce handling... I think.
Actually syntax is less important than the concepts of how to write programs. However what I'm talking about is the syntax that a compiler can tell you what you did wrong and understanding everything above that.
Last semester I was working full time and took two graduate school classes. During this time I was developing programs in Java, C++ and Ada. The differences in language meant nothing because the times when the syntax of one language leaked into my programs in the other language I could just look at compiler errors and catch my mistakes.
In this case knowing how to write a program was most imporant and how to write it in a specific language was secondary. Though you are correct that being able to learn syntax is important but when I miss things in Ada due to being more familiar with C++ I can ask a coworker how to format something I'd do in C++ in Ada.
I've been told at work that the best engineers are lazy. Thought its the kind of lazy where they spend a half an hour writing a program to replace days of manual entry as opposed to getting others to do the work for them...
After completing a 5 year engineering course in 4 years and now doing half-time master's degree while working a job that likes overtime... I'd agree the psychiatrist’s bills are probably offsetting the higher pay.
I agree with what you are saying and am not knocking web developers. What I didn't mention was I was discussing my point from the perspective of managers. To them a high school dropout who can whip up an HTML page is a web developer.
Embedded development on the other hand is harder for managers to just stick a high school drop out into a development position because of the regulations. So its not really a difference in skills, more a difference in what quality can the company get away with.
I wonder how many non-technical managers understand how much they would save in the long run by paying for an actual experienced web developer...
My line of work is a little different but same idea:
_Do you know what MCDC means and how to implement it?
_Do you understand what O(log n) means?
_Do you know the difference between ARINC 429 and 1553?
_Can you convert a packed unsigned value into a float? ...
Thats along the same lines as what I just posted above. I suspect "coding" is becoming a skill as opposed to a career, similar to writing is a skill that can be used in many different careers (journalist, author, etc). So the question is not can you code but what can you code.
If all you can do is write C programs, you may as well not even have a degree. On the other hand if you specialize in something (PID controllers, Embedded development, DO-178B software, robotic controllers) then you have a career that can have a good paycheck.
The downside to this is if you are specialized in one thing its hard to jump into another. I "specialize" (four years experience does not specialization make IMHO...) in DO-178B Embedded software and got rejected for a PID controller type job because the only PID work I've done is my senior project.
Just my $0.02 (which is supported by about 0.00015 yuan these days)
Pretty much correct there. I graduated with a Computer Engineering degree instead of a Computer Science degree so instead of developing web apps (which unfortunately high school drop outs can do even if they probably wont do it quite right) I started developing embedded avionics software starting at 55k.
Around here I don't spend much time staring at people trying to determine if they want to rob me since I've never had anything stolen, ever. Different experiences, different perspectives.
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Maybe its just me but I have a hard time with typing with no feedback. I like feeling where I'm at on a keyboard...
I picked up a left hand version one of those when I was entering a lot of numbers and needed the mouse at the same time. It worked really well for that application and I believe it would work great for standard typing if I took the time to learn the layout properly...
Or heat up water and circulate it through a generator... Not sure how much heat is necessary though.
Maybe they are more focused on software that sends out data from the user as opposed to data the user can download. How many less techincal users understand that the P2P software not only allows them to download stuff but provides their stuff as downloadable by others?
Not to mention the space bar doing run, item action, take cover and vault over cover depending on context. I don't know how many times I've hit cover when trying to run, then tried to disconnect from cover only to vault it instead. Not to mention how often does run fail to work because there is a door way ahead. I love the game too but I miss ME1's control layout...
At work anyway...
Not only viewing angle but how is the viewing distance? Does it work at any distance or just a narrow range?
Just like car insurance, if you total a car you can't upgrade to a new one you can buy one that is worth what you just destroyed. Are they really replacing instead of paying current value?
One of my college professors likes to tell the story about one of the Rational tools that was designed to find all possible paths to a destination.
They were testing it on software used to launch an air to air missile from a fighter and after a while the Rational people came back and said there are three possible paths to launch a missile.
The military people said their tool was wrong, there is only one path.
The Rational people pointed out the three distinct paths their tool found.
The military people said oh shit...
If it is at all possible to recover previously printed documents this could be a problem, otherwise I could see niche markets.
If I understand gyroscopes right, if its rotating flat like a top it will keep the car from rolling as much through the corners. This can cause the outside wheels to have more loading and reduce handling... I think.
Actually syntax is less important than the concepts of how to write programs. However what I'm talking about is the syntax that a compiler can tell you what you did wrong and understanding everything above that.
Last semester I was working full time and took two graduate school classes. During this time I was developing programs in Java, C++ and Ada. The differences in language meant nothing because the times when the syntax of one language leaked into my programs in the other language I could just look at compiler errors and catch my mistakes.
In this case knowing how to write a program was most imporant and how to write it in a specific language was secondary. Though you are correct that being able to learn syntax is important but when I miss things in Ada due to being more familiar with C++ I can ask a coworker how to format something I'd do in C++ in Ada.
Just my $0.02 from a few years in the buisness...
I've been told at work that the best engineers are lazy. Thought its the kind of lazy where they spend a half an hour writing a program to replace days of manual entry as opposed to getting others to do the work for them...
I have a Lenovo laptop that has something like 2G flash drive doing basically that. So I'd say its probably pretty much just a cache...
I am often bored at work and browse the internet. This means that the internet leads to... wait, what?
Yep but I didn't want to get that detailed :)
After completing a 5 year engineering course in 4 years and now doing half-time master's degree while working a job that likes overtime... I'd agree the psychiatrist’s bills are probably offsetting the higher pay.
I agree with what you are saying and am not knocking web developers. What I didn't mention was I was discussing my point from the perspective of managers. To them a high school dropout who can whip up an HTML page is a web developer.
Embedded development on the other hand is harder for managers to just stick a high school drop out into a development position because of the regulations. So its not really a difference in skills, more a difference in what quality can the company get away with.
I wonder how many non-technical managers understand how much they would save in the long run by paying for an actual experienced web developer...
Oops, entropy increased while we told you that. You now have 3 days.
No one has talked to you about this yet?
No you get more just like the universe but much smaller. Think super novas vs the big bang and how they get less frequent over time...
My line of work is a little different but same idea:
...
_Do you know what MCDC means and how to implement it?
_Do you understand what O(log n) means?
_Do you know the difference between ARINC 429 and 1553?
_Can you convert a packed unsigned value into a float?
Peak universe happened at the big bang, its all been down hill from there... reminds me of a marriage.
Thats along the same lines as what I just posted above. I suspect "coding" is becoming a skill as opposed to a career, similar to writing is a skill that can be used in many different careers (journalist, author, etc). So the question is not can you code but what can you code.
If all you can do is write C programs, you may as well not even have a degree. On the other hand if you specialize in something (PID controllers, Embedded development, DO-178B software, robotic controllers) then you have a career that can have a good paycheck.
The downside to this is if you are specialized in one thing its hard to jump into another. I "specialize" (four years experience does not specialization make IMHO...) in DO-178B Embedded software and got rejected for a PID controller type job because the only PID work I've done is my senior project.
Just my $0.02 (which is supported by about 0.00015 yuan these days)
Pretty much correct there. I graduated with a Computer Engineering degree instead of a Computer Science degree so instead of developing web apps (which unfortunately high school drop outs can do even if they probably wont do it quite right) I started developing embedded avionics software starting at 55k.
Around here I don't spend much time staring at people trying to determine if they want to rob me since I've never had anything stolen, ever. Different experiences, different perspectives.