Go home, put your tin foil hat on, and protect your lawn. Java's not a great language, but it's an ok language for certain uses, and it's also one of the most frequently taught languages in universities. It's a decent way to teach the fundamentals of programming and object-oriented design, while also having the benefit of a C-like syntax which means it's easier for someone who knows Java to adapt to C or C++. "Creating the illusion" that anyone can develop computer software won't do a damn thing to help companies reduce wages unless they're able to easily find programmers willing to work for cheap. Given the extremely low unemployment rate for software engineers (in the US at least), this is obviously not yet a problem.
Seriously, how long would it take in the event of an actual launch detection to write a tweet? Doesn't seem like this "mechanism" is nearly worth the risk.
You're making the assumption that Google would change the pay for their employees without this benefit. Claiming tax avoidance doesn't explain the fact that the company might be paying tax on the food they're purchasing (I'm not familiar with CA's laws on this,but it's central to this argument as the GGP stated that Google employees not paying for food meant they were not contributing to sales tax), and tax on the additional employees who are hired to work the kitchen.
No, but it will be for Chrome 28. Even if only 10% of Chrome users upgrade right away, that will still be over 3 million people using the Blink renderer.
I think some of this problem could be alleviated if more universities made a clear distinction between computer science and software engineering. Most degree-holding programmers I know have at least a bachelor's in CS. The only folks I know with software engineering degrees get them at a master's level. From those I know who went into the workforce with a BS in CS, it seems like it took them at least a year or two to really become comfortable with being a software engineer. People complain about CS programs pandering to employers, but honestly that's the direction most of those students are going to go after graduation. Those pursuing academic or research careers belong in a "true" CS program, and those who plan on being software engineers should be treated in a different manner and given the education that produces engineers, not scientists.
I opted to take a more unusual route for my career; after 1 year at university I enlisted as a programmer for the US Air Force, and worked at my bachelor's degree while getting real-world software development experience. Even though I didn't complete it by the time my enlistment was up, having over 3 years of real experience while still being in my early 20's gave me a leg up over many of my peers when it came to finding a private-sector job. Software engineering is much more than knowing computing theory (although the topic is still interesting and I enjoy studying it). By forgoing a traditional CS education for real-world experience, I was exposed to the principals of software engineering, and the social and team-oriented challenges of the profession much earlier.
TL;DR: Universities need to make distinctions between the science and engineering of computing.
I get that, and I agree, but what I'm saying is I find it unlikely that anyone with the necessary funds would be willing to risk such funds by investing in a new Star Wars MMO right now (regardless of how good it should be). It really is unfortunate, because the Star Wars universe is so cool and could be so awesome to explore in an MMO. Unfortunately nobody seems to be able to get it right in an MMO setting. SWTOR's problem was that while the story experience was better than any other MMO, the exploration kind of sucked (seriously, no swimming?!), the worlds felt lifeless, and the gameplay felt like WoW-In-Space.
Waiting for someone to license and start production on a good star wars mmo.
There have already been two of those, and I don't think either of them did as well as was planned. I wouldn't expect another one to pop up for at least 5 years.
Domestic violence all but disappeared. Crime in general dropped dramatically
I would be interested in seeing data for that. All the data I've seen suggests a drastic increase in homicide and violent crime at the beginning of the prohibition.
We are talking about drugs where one bad decisions by a 15 year old will destroy his life.
When you were 15, did you refuse to take life-changing drugs because they were illegal, or because you understood the physiological risks? At least when I was 15, there didn't seem to be any shortage of my peers using dangerous substances, and most of them didn't care about the legality. Prohibition has failed to keep these substances away from kids, so why welcome the other dangers and damages it brings?
bitching by people who can't be bothered to click twice to read the original post in english
That'd be fine, if you could do it from the front page. Instead of being able to skim summaries and decide whether or not to go in and check out the comments (or even see if you want to read the article), you have to click to go to the story's page, thus leaving the front page, and then click for the translation. Or run a script that automatically deciphers the text. You can be an apologist for this worthless April Fool's joke if you'd like, but the fact of the matter is it actually made using the site more difficult, and wasn't even funny to begin with.
Absolutely. The point of a news portal such as Slashdot is that it makes it easier to find news. There should be a switch on the front page to turn off the encoder for all summaries, rather than having to go in to a summary and click the link each time.
New posts don't appear without refreshing the page. It's likely he loaded the page, and before he got to your comment and replied you had submitted your post acknowledging your mistake.
What about the genocides the god of the Israelites commanded? The murder of children and infants, essentially sentencing them to an eternity in hell, according to the rules laid out in the book.
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Go home, put your tin foil hat on, and protect your lawn. Java's not a great language, but it's an ok language for certain uses, and it's also one of the most frequently taught languages in universities. It's a decent way to teach the fundamentals of programming and object-oriented design, while also having the benefit of a C-like syntax which means it's easier for someone who knows Java to adapt to C or C++. "Creating the illusion" that anyone can develop computer software won't do a damn thing to help companies reduce wages unless they're able to easily find programmers willing to work for cheap. Given the extremely low unemployment rate for software engineers (in the US at least), this is obviously not yet a problem.
Also, anything that's come out of id during the last 10 years.
I feel like my signature is very relevant today.
Seriously, how long would it take in the event of an actual launch detection to write a tweet? Doesn't seem like this "mechanism" is nearly worth the risk.
Sorry, that should be over 30 million people (Google claims over 300 million people are using Chrome).
You're making the assumption that Google would change the pay for their employees without this benefit. Claiming tax avoidance doesn't explain the fact that the company might be paying tax on the food they're purchasing (I'm not familiar with CA's laws on this,but it's central to this argument as the GGP stated that Google employees not paying for food meant they were not contributing to sales tax), and tax on the additional employees who are hired to work the kitchen.
No, but it will be for Chrome 28. Even if only 10% of Chrome users upgrade right away, that will still be over 3 million people using the Blink renderer.
If Google's kitchens sold those lunches to the employees then the employees would pay tax on the purchase of those lunches.
Broken window fallacy. By not having to pay for lunch, those employees have more income to spend on other things, which will be taxed regularly.
( Well at least not in any form that would have.. er... value )
Unless your employer produces fertilizer!
I think some of this problem could be alleviated if more universities made a clear distinction between computer science and software engineering. Most degree-holding programmers I know have at least a bachelor's in CS. The only folks I know with software engineering degrees get them at a master's level. From those I know who went into the workforce with a BS in CS, it seems like it took them at least a year or two to really become comfortable with being a software engineer. People complain about CS programs pandering to employers, but honestly that's the direction most of those students are going to go after graduation. Those pursuing academic or research careers belong in a "true" CS program, and those who plan on being software engineers should be treated in a different manner and given the education that produces engineers, not scientists.
I opted to take a more unusual route for my career; after 1 year at university I enlisted as a programmer for the US Air Force, and worked at my bachelor's degree while getting real-world software development experience. Even though I didn't complete it by the time my enlistment was up, having over 3 years of real experience while still being in my early 20's gave me a leg up over many of my peers when it came to finding a private-sector job. Software engineering is much more than knowing computing theory (although the topic is still interesting and I enjoy studying it). By forgoing a traditional CS education for real-world experience, I was exposed to the principals of software engineering, and the social and team-oriented challenges of the profession much earlier.
TL;DR: Universities need to make distinctions between the science and engineering of computing.
I get that, and I agree, but what I'm saying is I find it unlikely that anyone with the necessary funds would be willing to risk such funds by investing in a new Star Wars MMO right now (regardless of how good it should be). It really is unfortunate, because the Star Wars universe is so cool and could be so awesome to explore in an MMO. Unfortunately nobody seems to be able to get it right in an MMO setting. SWTOR's problem was that while the story experience was better than any other MMO, the exploration kind of sucked (seriously, no swimming?!), the worlds felt lifeless, and the gameplay felt like WoW-In-Space.
Yes, I'm sure they bought the system from Microsoft for only the price of the cameras.
Waiting for someone to license and start production on a good star wars mmo.
There have already been two of those, and I don't think either of them did as well as was planned. I wouldn't expect another one to pop up for at least 5 years.
I think Freespace 2 still has a pretty active modding community.
Domestic violence all but disappeared. Crime in general dropped dramatically
I would be interested in seeing data for that. All the data I've seen suggests a drastic increase in homicide and violent crime at the beginning of the prohibition.
We are talking about drugs where one bad decisions by a 15 year old will destroy his life.
When you were 15, did you refuse to take life-changing drugs because they were illegal, or because you understood the physiological risks? At least when I was 15, there didn't seem to be any shortage of my peers using dangerous substances, and most of them didn't care about the legality. Prohibition has failed to keep these substances away from kids, so why welcome the other dangers and damages it brings?
As per the most common definition of "rob", no force or violence is involved.
bitching by people who can't be bothered to click twice to read the original post in english
That'd be fine, if you could do it from the front page. Instead of being able to skim summaries and decide whether or not to go in and check out the comments (or even see if you want to read the article), you have to click to go to the story's page, thus leaving the front page, and then click for the translation. Or run a script that automatically deciphers the text. You can be an apologist for this worthless April Fool's joke if you'd like, but the fact of the matter is it actually made using the site more difficult, and wasn't even funny to begin with.
Absolutely. The point of a news portal such as Slashdot is that it makes it easier to find news. There should be a switch on the front page to turn off the encoder for all summaries, rather than having to go in to a summary and click the link each time.
Wouldn't it be more like masochism? I thought Shadenfreude was the enjoyment of others' misery.
But you have to go in to the story page to get the toggle link. From the front page all you can see is the ROT13 text.
For the interest of people who may be looking for a better field within IT, what section of the computer industry do you work in?
New posts don't appear without refreshing the page. It's likely he loaded the page, and before he got to your comment and replied you had submitted your post acknowledging your mistake.
I think the bad influence comes not from the book
What about the genocides the god of the Israelites commanded? The murder of children and infants, essentially sentencing them to an eternity in hell, according to the rules laid out in the book.
But only by a small margin.