As I only countered his alleged simile (...is like coding a new software with [one language] while...) with my experience showing that it isn't so impossible, I would conclude that you need to read a little more carefully. To be more explicit, he never said anything about anecdotal evidence at all, that was just you being fully snarky, but likely you knew that already.
Sadely making a new drug (that isn't just a generic copy of another) is like coding a new software with java while you only know C#.
As principally a Java programmer, I've only done one C# project, It ran quietly for more than five years, even was moved to a new machine without issue by someone who contacted me once with some basic questions because he saw my name associated with it. I'm sorry, your point was what exactly?
While I'd agree with you in general on your attitude about 'innocent until proven guilty' and I personally have never ran across this situation once IRL. However, I'd consider some life changes if I kept running across personal stories of such type, like you seem to have had.
Wow, this is the entire content of a +5 Insightful post.
Could you at least give us a single piece of technical evidence to back that up? However anecdotal?
The question is "Do you feel vindicated or victimized by the +5Insightful rating for your post?". As you must realize that your completely common place observation has been 'agreed to' as being 'Insightful'. Congratulations man, you're part of the 'problem':)
The only reason why people are even distributing such foolery is that right wing commentators have been filling the gullible with tales of Death Panels, Socialistic take over, etc. in a seemingly desperate effort to confuse people enough to vote for them again.
Reactionaries always whine about 'those dirty damn liberals' as an effort to distract from real policy discussions. Troll like, they are often spit out comments about how 'their liberal friends' are 'so stupid'.
Some already do. Almost any ecommerce site, and many 'support/help' sections will redirect based on specific searches. What you want to know is what they are, and for them to more often to support account function queries.
Organ donation can be a form of self sacrifice, not unlike falling on a grenade, or rushing into a suicide bomber. Surely, observant Jews don't condemn those people, why should organ donation be any different?
STS-133 is the mission designation, so while the obiter has a couple missions under it's belt, that mission will functionally end with the landing of the obiter.
Now, technology marches on, and all you need is a big pack of green chemlights from walmart... crack them, drip the liquid in a field, and instant, cheap, area denial..
Maybe for an hour or two, those glow sticks don't last that long. Mines have a much longer 'death span'.
In the business world you have hopefully more experienced programmers than the average undergrad.
You weren't talking about the 'average undergrad' reading the code, but the Professor, and his TAs. Somehow you seem to think that academics are the only people who need to understand code quickly.
Comments are integral to demonstrating that, knowledge, but there is no need for doing that in actual application development.
I read that as: "I don't comment code, it's only good for showing that you've learned your lesson". Sounds to me that you were taught properly in college, but just don't 'like' to do it in real life.
Truly good code is both 'easy to follow' (for a coder of appropriate skill) and well documented. Bad code is neither. Good code and bad documentation (inline and external) is generally acceptable, but harder to learn/fix/change (well, without errors).
I don't have the time/energy to produce documentation appropriate for everything that I do, but at least I don't lie and say that it is never needed.
. But that's because the professor (or rather, the TA:s) need to quickly read through 50 or so computer lab reports every couple of weeks, and doing so without comments takes ages
However in the business world we have all the time in the world?
It's almost like the people writing about the patent didn't bother to read it...
Well then, they have something in common with the overworked patent clerks.
Really something needs to be done about the system, while this patent might seem 'ok', many more over generalized business method patents are becoming land mines for real business innovation. We need to overhaul the system. At least we need to fund better examinations, and review processes. However I'd suggest eliminating the category altogether.
all of those people that are just encouraging Google to teach him a lesson, you are also encouraging Google to be Evil.
It's not 'evil' to look after your own otherwise benign business interests, and Google has no obligation to index anything they don't want to index. They should think of his speech as "don't index my sites".
...I've been around long enough to get excellent karma
Oh, wow excellent karma, can I have an autograph?
All that means is that you've made at least 10 intelligent comments without too many stupid/ignorant/controversial ones. Pandering comments can go either way, depending on who has mod points or interest at the time.
While it's true that some comments in this forum are 'over the top' or 'below the belt', most are well worth reading, and it's consistently one of the best forums on the internet for intelligent conversation.
BTW, "You must be new here" is a common meme, I added a little to it, just to be interesting.
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As best as I can tell it was 'Porky's' reference originally, and yes you are missing the joke. The replies are very 'tongue in cheek'.
As I only countered his alleged simile (...is like coding a new software with [one language] while...) with my experience showing that it isn't so impossible, I would conclude that you need to read a little more carefully. To be more explicit, he never said anything about anecdotal evidence at all, that was just you being fully snarky, but likely you knew that already.
Sadely making a new drug (that isn't just a generic copy of another) is like coding a new software with java while you only know C#.
As principally a Java programmer, I've only done one C# project, It ran quietly for more than five years, even was moved to a new machine without issue by someone who contacted me once with some basic questions because he saw my name associated with it. I'm sorry, your point was what exactly?
While I'd agree with you in general on your attitude about 'innocent until proven guilty' and I personally have never ran across this situation once IRL. However, I'd consider some life changes if I kept running across personal stories of such type, like you seem to have had.
Using a tech analogy to explain a car issue just doesn't have the same feeling as it does the other way around. Good try though.
Wow, this is the entire content of a +5 Insightful post.
Could you at least give us a single piece of technical evidence to back that up? However anecdotal?
The question is "Do you feel vindicated or victimized by the +5Insightful rating for your post?". As you must realize that your completely common place observation has been 'agreed to' as being 'Insightful'. Congratulations man, you're part of the 'problem' :)
Well, it's only 'insightful' in the meaning of 'I was thinking the same thing', which kinda works, but only in the absence of a proper choice.
Reactionaries always whine about 'those dirty damn liberals' as an effort to distract from real policy discussions. Troll like, they are often spit out comments about how 'their liberal friends' are 'so stupid'.
I wish websites would understand this.
Some already do. Almost any ecommerce site, and many 'support/help' sections will redirect based on specific searches. What you want to know is what they are, and for them to more often to support account function queries.
The only kind of place I've seen such tall ceilings have been in tropical climates, and never more than a couple of stories high.
Organ donation can be a form of self sacrifice, not unlike falling on a grenade, or rushing into a suicide bomber. Surely, observant Jews don't condemn those people, why should organ donation be any different?
"Where did you get that ring???" sob - slap slap
To that you're supposed to answer "I went to Jared", or at least that's what the TV says will make her and her closest friends happy.
Chances are that the cell phone equipment was the reason he could afford it.
I like to say that one needs to be 20% done before knowing how long it will take.
STS-133 is the mission designation, so while the obiter has a couple missions under it's belt, that mission will functionally end with the landing of the obiter.
Now, technology marches on, and all you need is a big pack of green chemlights from walmart... crack them, drip the liquid in a field, and instant, cheap, area denial..
Maybe for an hour or two, those glow sticks don't last that long. Mines have a much longer 'death span'.
In the business world you have hopefully more experienced programmers than the average undergrad.
You weren't talking about the 'average undergrad' reading the code, but the Professor, and his TAs. Somehow you seem to think that academics are the only people who need to understand code quickly.
Comments are integral to demonstrating that, knowledge, but there is no need for doing that in actual application development.
I read that as: "I don't comment code, it's only good for showing that you've learned your lesson". Sounds to me that you were taught properly in college, but just don't 'like' to do it in real life.
Truly good code is both 'easy to follow' (for a coder of appropriate skill) and well documented. Bad code is neither. Good code and bad documentation (inline and external) is generally acceptable, but harder to learn/fix/change (well, without errors).
I don't have the time/energy to produce documentation appropriate for everything that I do, but at least I don't lie and say that it is never needed.
. But that's because the professor (or rather, the TA:s) need to quickly read through 50 or so computer lab reports every couple of weeks, and doing so without comments takes ages
However in the business world we have all the time in the world?
It's almost like the people writing about the patent didn't bother to read it...
Well then, they have something in common with the overworked patent clerks. Really something needs to be done about the system, while this patent might seem 'ok', many more over generalized business method patents are becoming land mines for real business innovation. We need to overhaul the system. At least we need to fund better examinations, and review processes. However I'd suggest eliminating the category altogether.
Flame bait, probably, but I was wondering what people thought of Terracotta, and technology like it.
all of those people that are just encouraging Google to teach him a lesson, you are also encouraging Google to be Evil.
It's not 'evil' to look after your own otherwise benign business interests, and Google has no obligation to index anything they don't want to index. They should think of his speech as "don't index my sites".
...I've been around long enough to get excellent karma
Oh, wow excellent karma, can I have an autograph?
All that means is that you've made at least 10 intelligent comments without too many stupid/ignorant/controversial ones. Pandering comments can go either way, depending on who has mod points or interest at the time.
While it's true that some comments in this forum are 'over the top' or 'below the belt', most are well worth reading, and it's consistently one of the best forums on the internet for intelligent conversation.
BTW, "You must be new here" is a common meme, I added a little to it, just to be interesting.
Few of the Nobel Peace prize winner match that exactly. Two guys got one for repackaging payday loans into 'micro loan'.
he's managed to blame America for everything. He's good a pandering towards the hate that the world has towards us.
- citation needed
Right wingnut talking points have gotten into the ridiculous. Good luck keeping them up for the next 8 years.
This is the most ignorant comment I have ever read on slashdot.
You must be new here, like 'just signed up today' new.