There are some things COBOL will do better than any other language.
First, it can run through millions and millions of records very quickly. I expect that most payroll systems are done in COBOL. I can't imagine anyone doing it one in C or Java.
The language may be simple but I have not seen any other language that can slice and dice data as easily. But you have to be careful because the type checking is done at 3am when they are running production jobs!
If AT&T were to make a commercial like Verizon's, the subscribers would be followed around by a bunch of retards (apologies to all the retards that may read Slashdot).
I have calls that sound crystal clear one second and then get dropped the next...while both parties are stationary.
...they didn't fix the audio and video cut outs and glitches in the TWELVE hours between the real deal and the tape delay. They were too busy screwing with cutting and pasting the athletes.
any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant zero effect on oil production or prices for the next 9 years
It's ths kind of thinking, or lack of it, that got us into this problem in the first place. You folks can't think 6 inches in front of your dicks. IF it does take that long to get production started, then GET THE FUCK STARTED ON IT!
And despite the drugs you are on, if the situation was reversed, then ABCCBSNBCMSNBCCNN would have folks up there covering it like flys on horse crap.
Yes, but there is no appreciation of someone who is capable of learning new skills, development environments, and methods.
Try explaining to a recruiter, that you have done J2EE for 3 years and before that some other technology, etc. and that you could pick up.NET and be useful in less than a month.
Or try explaining that your Certification and extensive experience in database A, make you qualified to move into a position working with database B.
They would laugh at you and the clients wouldn't even want to talk to you.
Just look at Dice.com. Find a position that says anything like "Looking for individuals who can rapidly acquire new skills and work in a variety of environments".
All they want are hired guns that do one thing and do that very very well.
The Generalist is in a strange position. Obsolete, yet needed more than ever with the rapidly changing development tools and methodologies.
"until it completes an extensive environmental impact study."
The next time some greenie starts talking about how we should go solar, wind, whatever...they just need to look at what their own agenda has created...the need for the all exhaustive, all encompassing, progress killer called the Environmental Impact Study.
And don't start with "it's the Bush Administration" You KNOW that if they had not decided on their own to do it, someone, somewhere would have sued to have it done.
Now, when almost everything is in place, technological advances, economic environment, public opinion, Solar is stalled by bullshit.
I would hardly call the Blank Panthers a civilian population defending themselves from tyranny.
If anything, the other Oakland citizens not involved in criminal conspiracy, drug trafficking, and murder needed arms to protect themselves from the Black Panther Thugs.
Perhaps you missed the part where the libs, enviro-whackos, and "intellectuals" lobbied successfully against building any new reactors.
Why the hell should anyone research nuclear power generation technology when there was no way to build them and recoup the research costs?
You guys fucked it up big time in the 80s by shutting down nukes. Now you are all shitting bricks over "climate change" (not Global Warming anymore, is it?...at least not for another 10 years)
So the one thing that could have averted the latest end-of-the-world scenario is dead in the water because of a previous end-of-the-world scenario.
Because our school system *is* a socialist system. When you have the state provide something to everyone, it is almost assuredly going be be only adequate at best.
It is also capitalist because we have the *freedom* (and I think, a duty) to better ourselves. And since except for a few delusional people, there is always someone out there who can teach you a thing or two.
It is not the job of the government schools to produce the next Nobel Prize winner. It is their job to provide an *adequate* education to everyone. If the top performers have passing scores, then the government has done its job.
If you want a Nobel Prize winner, then it is your job as a parent to provide the extra instruction and encouragement, whether you do it personally, hire someone, or a mix of both.
Frankly, I would guess that if you would take an in depth look at real Nobel Prize winner (NOT fake ones like Algore) you would find that they were destined to succeed despite the schools they went to.
From TFA: "to substitute Americaâ(TM)s weekly oil consumption of 143 million barrels, you would need a facility that covered about 205 square miles, an area roughly the size of Chicago."
Or..intruders who are on meth, or other drugs, or are surprised in the act and simply react.
Generally, I think it would be a Bad Idea to not use the maximum practical amount of force available to you. And, you should continue to employ that force until the threat is neutralized.
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It will get warmer and then cooler. Repeat.
My Theory is infallible.
There are some things COBOL will do better than any other language.
First, it can run through millions and millions of records very quickly. I expect that most payroll systems are done in COBOL. I can't imagine anyone doing it one in C or Java.
The language may be simple but I have not seen any other language that can slice and dice data as easily. But you have to be careful because the type checking is done at 3am when they are running production jobs!
If AT&T were to make a commercial like Verizon's, the subscribers would be followed around by a bunch of retards (apologies to all the retards that may read Slashdot).
I have calls that sound crystal clear one second and then get dropped the next...while both parties are stationary.
It's Massachusetts, part of the Axes of Dumb asses in the U.S.
FL - Incompetent because they can't help it.
CA - Incompetent on purpose.
MA - Very competent at what they do which is to oppress it's citizens.
"Move close to your work (or get a job you can telecommute to)"
The modern day equivalent of "Let them eat cake".
In general, the cost of housing goes up exponentially the closer you get to the average workplace.
That the majority of their "cities" (5000 people)
are green already because they are rural and everyone walks or rides bikes.
Oil is a global commodity. Increase in supply anywhere will reduce the price.
Of course congress is free to mandate that oil recovered from America soil goes to America markets.
...they didn't fix the audio and video cut outs and glitches in the TWELVE hours between the real deal and the tape delay. They were too busy screwing with cutting and pasting the athletes.
Freaking morons.
any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant
zero effect on oil production or prices for the next 9 years
It's ths kind of thinking, or lack of it, that got us into this problem in the first place. You folks can't think 6 inches in front of your dicks. IF it does take that long to get production started, then GET THE FUCK STARTED ON IT!
And despite the drugs you are on, if the situation was reversed, then ABCCBSNBCMSNBCCNN would have folks up there covering it like flys on horse crap.
Because I wrote the patch and I gave it to him and I personally watched him install it.
What? You don't believe me?
Guess I should have posted anonymously.
will place an ad on Dice.com requiring 5 years in depth experience in all aspects of Cloud Computing.
Yes, but there is no appreciation of someone who is capable of learning new skills, development environments, and methods.
Try explaining to a recruiter, that you have done J2EE for 3 years and before that some other technology, etc. and that you could pick up .NET and be useful in less than a month.
Or try explaining that your Certification and extensive experience in database A, make you qualified to move into a position working with database B.
They would laugh at you and the clients wouldn't even want to talk to you.
Just look at Dice.com. Find a position that says anything like "Looking for individuals who can rapidly acquire new skills and work in a variety of environments".
All they want are hired guns that do one thing and do that very very well.
The Generalist is in a strange position. Obsolete, yet needed more than ever with the rapidly changing development tools and methodologies.
Just do a search on Dice.com for .net jobs.
The odds are good you will find someone who REQUIRES "8 years in depth .NET experience".
Now, go look at the .NET time line and see how long .net has been available.
What does that say about The company?
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Sorry man, you missed the boat on this crap. Been there, done that.
Paul R. Ehrlich,The Population Bomb...in the 1970s and 1980s... millions...starve to death". Blah Blah Blah Blah.
Some people simply are not happy without some world ending crises to obsess over.
Don't forget the millions upon millions that die from Malaria. Why? Because the only real effective measure, DDT, was outlawed.
"until it completes an extensive environmental impact study."
The next time some greenie starts talking about how we should go solar, wind, whatever...they just need to look at what their own agenda has created...the need for the all exhaustive, all encompassing, progress killer called the Environmental Impact Study.
And don't start with "it's the Bush Administration" You KNOW that if they had not decided on their own to do it, someone, somewhere would have sued to have it done.
Now, when almost everything is in place, technological advances, economic environment, public opinion, Solar is stalled by bullshit.
I would hardly call the Blank Panthers a civilian population defending themselves from tyranny.
If anything, the other Oakland citizens not involved in criminal conspiracy, drug trafficking, and murder needed arms to protect themselves from the Black Panther Thugs.
Fucking Minoans.
Someone file a lawsuit.
Hold Congressional Hearings!.
What does Obama think about this?
Perhaps you missed the part where the libs, enviro-whackos, and "intellectuals" lobbied successfully against building any new reactors.
Why the hell should anyone research nuclear power generation technology when there was no way to build them and recoup the research costs?
You guys fucked it up big time in the 80s by shutting down nukes. Now you are all shitting bricks over "climate change" (not Global Warming anymore, is it?...at least not for another 10 years)
So the one thing that could have averted the latest end-of-the-world scenario is dead in the water because of a previous end-of-the-world scenario.
Because our school system *is* a socialist system. When you have the state provide something to everyone, it is almost assuredly going be be only adequate at best.
It is also capitalist because we have the *freedom* (and I think, a duty) to better ourselves. And since except for a few delusional people, there is always someone out there who can teach you a thing or two.
It is not the job of the government schools to produce the next Nobel Prize winner. It is their job to provide an *adequate* education to everyone. If the top performers have passing scores, then the government has done its job.
If you want a Nobel Prize winner, then it is your job as a parent to provide the extra instruction and encouragement, whether you do it personally, hire someone, or a mix of both.
Frankly, I would guess that if you would take an in depth look at real Nobel Prize winner (NOT fake ones like Algore) you would find that they were destined to succeed despite the schools they went to.
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From TFA:
"to substitute Americaâ(TM)s weekly oil consumption of 143 million barrels, you would need a facility that covered about 205 square miles, an area roughly the size of Chicago."
I would have no problem with leveling Chicago.
Or..intruders who are on meth, or other drugs, or are surprised in the act and simply react.
Generally, I think it would be a Bad Idea to not use the maximum practical amount of force available to you. And, you should continue to employ that force until the threat is neutralized.