For students who just want to get a job as a programmer. ..
I'd recommend a different major.
As with all the hard and applied sciences the undergraduate course is really just foundation building and the course of study should reflect that. CS is a life study, programming is a trade.
Even with that it's going to take you about 10 years to become a decent programmer; and 15 to become a decent CS; there's really no way around that. Why is everyone so fixated on becoming mediocre in a hurry? Learn the shit you need to learn, in a well ordered manner, instead of trying to cram half of everything into the arbitrary four years.
A charecter orginally from a different author, who was orginally a charecter from a different author (whose stories sometimes include a fictionalized account of right where I'm sitting. I can just about see the Illium Works from here). You don't get many of those and Callahan's seems just the place for a charecter like that to end up.
. ..when there is a new version of distro X and some OS News sites have nothing better to report than a 15 pages of hires screenshots of the default desktop etc.
You got something against technology, you insensitive luddite?
Could this also be accomplished by hypnosis and visualization?
They tried that first. Works sort of, for some people. About as well as it does for sea sickness, another area where unpleasant feelings are caused by a discontinuity in what the brain "knows" and what it "sees" ( your ear "sees" you are in motion, your eyes see you are not. This does not compute and smoke pours out of your ears; and your dinner out of your stomach).
The problem is one of creating a harmonic whole of the input of all the senses. You either need to shut down the "offending" sense, or supply it with input that compliments the input to the other senses.
This particular technique focuses on supplying complimentary input. As noted elsewhere in the thread, yes, this can be done without the expensive electronics.
Simply use the old standbys of the illusionist; smoke and mirrors.
Of course mirrors are not free, electronics are getting cheaper; and many of the necessary componants of the system are already found in people's homes these days (just as for mirrors. Just because you take them for granted does not mean they are not technology).
There's also the fact that people likely find this thing fun. Something not to be overlooked in any therapy strategy, even if it costs a few extra bucks.
P.S. If you live in California (especially San Francisco, but excluding L.A. which is just generally fucked), the same thing applies to East Coasters. The bastards.
Thousands of folks back east they say Are leaving home most every day And beating the hot old dusty way To the California line Across the desert sands they roll Getting out of that old dust bowl They think they're heading for a sugar bowl But here is what they find;
The police at the port of entry say You're number fourteen thousand . . . for today, hey
If you ain't ain't got the Do Re Mi boys If you ain't got the Do Re Mi Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennesee California's a Garden of Edan A paradise to live in or see But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the Do Re Mi.
-Woody
Ok, I'm from the East Coast, but we have the same problem with New Yorkers (the city, not the state). Boston, Lake Placid and most of southern Vermont have been overrun and largely ruined by these people. At least in Cape May they follow the state maxim (Welcome to New Jersey. Leave your money and get the fuck out), but much of south western Connecticut has been turned into one giant "dead worm" suburb of "The City." Now they're working on Duchess County upstate of Westchester.
And really, the north country is a hell hole full of redneck father rapers, man eating bears, bear eating crack hos and xenophobes who will shoot anyone with slightly brown skin on sight and God help you if you wear anything but a Yankees cap on your head.
Really. Stay in The City. Trust me on this one. I'll just stay here to hold down the line and protect ya'll from it moving south. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Then you need to practice until there isn't. Principle of Least Motion. Only contract those muscles which are actually necessary to perform the movement.
In this case the muscles that rotate the forearm, easily detected and entirely seperate from elbow movement.
Turns out this real virtual instrument is going to take a bit of training and practice to play well. Go figure.
How much money are you willing and able to pay for one hour more life? That's your price.
I am perfectly capable of conceiving of situations in which I would be willing to simply "toss away" all that remains of my life for no money at all. I can even conceive of situations in which I might pay someone to end my life.
I do not measure the value of either my time or my actions with a balance sheet, nor do I hold my mere life, in and of itself, to be the highest value.
In the long run we are all dead. Make your life worth something by dying well.
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According to these statistics internet porn will be down to 0% in just a couple of years. Save the porn before it goes extinct!
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KFG
For students who just want to get a job as a programmer. . .
I'd recommend a different major.
As with all the hard and applied sciences the undergraduate course is really just foundation building and the course of study should reflect that. CS is a life study, programming is a trade.
Even with that it's going to take you about 10 years to become a decent programmer; and 15 to become a decent CS; there's really no way around that. Why is everyone so fixated on becoming mediocre in a hurry? Learn the shit you need to learn, in a well ordered manner, instead of trying to cram half of everything into the arbitrary four years.
KFG
A charecter orginally from a different author, who was orginally a charecter from a different author (whose stories sometimes include a fictionalized account of right where I'm sitting. I can just about see the Illium Works from here). You don't get many of those and Callahan's seems just the place for a charecter like that to end up.
KFG
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't crawling your site.
KFG
I was hoping this was article was about the evolution of Dr Weird's phone spiders
It's a web spider, man; not a killer robot spider, but I'll tell you it's a web spider from South Jersey if it'll make you feel any better.
KFG
As I told the officer, "With all due respect, Sir, it isn't begging if I'm not soliciting."
KFG
This Ask Slashdot question just cries out for its companion question:
How do you get management not to implement a new standard or 'best practice.'
KFG
"Snark" is in the dictionary.
KFG
Open Source implies that the source is open; it does not imply that nobody is in charge of a project.
KFG
. . .when there is a new version of distro X and some OS News sites have nothing better to report than a 15 pages of hires screenshots of the default desktop etc.
You got something against technology, you insensitive luddite?
KFG
. . .showing pictures of the human body is taboo.
It wasn't even intended. It was just a GUI malfunction.
KFG
we're quite aware you're too busy posting on slashdot to do anything worthwhile.
Now you're just being silly. I game too.
KFG
Just so we're all perfectly clear on this point; I did not have anything to do with it.
KFG
That is supposed to be a poison-rejecting mechanism. . .
And pain is an injury-rejecting mechanism.
KFG
Smoke? Luxury!
In my day we had to throw bits of shit at each other.
That's right, monkeys invented digital communications. Insert your Al Gore joke here:
KFG
Could this also be accomplished by hypnosis and visualization?
They tried that first. Works sort of, for some people. About as well as it does for sea sickness, another area where unpleasant feelings are caused by a discontinuity in what the brain "knows" and what it "sees" ( your ear "sees" you are in motion, your eyes see you are not. This does not compute and smoke pours out of your ears; and your dinner out of your stomach).
The problem is one of creating a harmonic whole of the input of all the senses. You either need to shut down the "offending" sense, or supply it with input that compliments the input to the other senses.
This particular technique focuses on supplying complimentary input. As noted elsewhere in the thread, yes, this can be done without the expensive electronics.
Simply use the old standbys of the illusionist; smoke and mirrors.
Of course mirrors are not free, electronics are getting cheaper; and many of the necessary componants of the system are already found in people's homes these days (just as for mirrors. Just because you take them for granted does not mean they are not technology).
There's also the fact that people likely find this thing fun. Something not to be overlooked in any therapy strategy, even if it costs a few extra bucks.
KFG
And for Americans who want a taste of the third world without "leaving home," there's always Arkansas. Kinda reminds me of Mississippi.
KFG
Ok, I'm from the East Coast, but we have the same problem with New Yorkers (the city, not the state). Boston, Lake Placid and most of southern Vermont have been overrun and largely ruined by these people. At least in Cape May they follow the state maxim (Welcome to New Jersey. Leave your money and get the fuck out), but much of south western Connecticut has been turned into one giant "dead worm" suburb of "The City." Now they're working on Duchess County upstate of Westchester.
And really, the north country is a hell hole full of redneck father rapers, man eating bears, bear eating crack hos and xenophobes who will shoot anyone with slightly brown skin on sight and God help you if you wear anything but a Yankees cap on your head.
Really. Stay in The City. Trust me on this one. I'll just stay here to hold down the line and protect ya'll from it moving south. Yeah, that's the ticket.
KFG
I'd have to recommend that anyone new to Spider start with Stardance.
However, that said, reviewer's geek card is hereby revoked and he will not be returned to good standing until he knows who Ralph Von Wau Wau is.
KFG
I think the combo of Ellison and Gilliam could do it. The problem would be:
a)Getting the project financed
b)Getting it left alone
See the problems Gilliam had with Brazil after it was in the can.
KFG
There is movement there. . .
Then you need to practice until there isn't. Principle of Least Motion. Only contract those muscles which are actually necessary to perform the movement.
In this case the muscles that rotate the forearm, easily detected and entirely seperate from elbow movement.
Turns out this real virtual instrument is going to take a bit of training and practice to play well. Go figure.
KFG
. . .dropping it with a thunk!
Just so long as what they thunk was "Don't Panic!"
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go off in a minute and a huff, but how irrelevant got into my pajamas, I'll never know.
KFG
As I orginally typed it it was:
"Base 13, dude. Base thirteen."
But I ultimately decided, in the interest of safety, not to go for the strange loopy metametajoke. They tend to be explosively unstable.
KFG
How much money are you willing and able to pay for one hour more life? That's your price.
I am perfectly capable of conceiving of situations in which I would be willing to simply "toss away" all that remains of my life for no money at all. I can even conceive of situations in which I might pay someone to end my life.
I do not measure the value of either my time or my actions with a balance sheet, nor do I hold my mere life, in and of itself, to be the highest value.
In the long run we are all dead. Make your life worth something by dying well.
And you are in the process of dying right now.
KFG
I am not, however, averse to making metajokes in base 13.
KFG