One of the best developers I know is over 50 years old, the second best programmer I know ( not me ), is 25 years old, age means nothing. What matters is natural talent, some programmers can sit down and write a great firmware in a night and some can't write one in a year, ( substitute firmware for program ).
I've used an iPhone and I couldn't give it up fast enough, it's a horrid platform that appears put together by children, this issue just backs that up.
That is not the same logic, it's not even close. Joining a project with multiple developers who QC your code and assist you in module development is far from the crappy VB auto-completion. As for memory, I don't know where you got that either, as I mentioned to get a uC and write firmware for it, that is a crash course in pointers, memory and architecture, which you need to know to be a good programmer.
Don't read any books on programming, they're a waste of time and money. To become a good programmer, join an open source project and start developing in an open community. If you want to buy the books as a learning experience then I suggest grabbing an arduino ( or other uC ) and just writing a firmware, logging system and web interface for it.
I've recently started to put a time tracking system in all my embedded firmwares that lock out the system after X amount of time ( usually in years ), the only way to clear the lock out is to send the part back to my company so we can inspect it. It's no longer suitable to use mean life expectancy of parts as the bench mark for the life of a product, this has made it almost impossible to calculate a real end of life date, instead it's much more practical to do what I've started and to require the products to get serviced by the engineer every X amount of time.
How much longer can the US keep rejecting scientific facts? Allowing a state to reject proven science because they just don't like it, is insane, no country which has any respect would allow it. The US really is the laughing stock, education wise, of the developed world, it's gotten to the point I'm scared for students who have to attend school in the US, because of bullshit like this. I think new laws need to be set on a world platform to help govern education ( yes I mean world wide! ), this should be the required standards ( at least in part ):
1. You MUST teach global warming is a threat and a very real danger. 2. You MUST teach that evolution is the best theory we have for the progression of life. 3. You MUST teach men and women are equal ( sorry middle east! ). 4. You MUST teach that religion is man made dogmatic superstition ( which it is ). 5. You MUST enforce high scientifical thinking and reasoning in ALL cases, before all else.
Any educator not willing to side with this should be jailed, it's time not only the US ( who have the worst education system in the world ), but for the world to support a proper education system.
Grab a C compiler like GCC and program a simple game, a torrent defense game us a good challenge, After that grab a micro-controller and write a simple real time operating system.
Actually you're completely wrong on that, the data suggests that no one can demonstrate long term photographic memory, which is true. If I read a book today, I can probably recall the content for about a week or so, after that it will start to slip and certainly by a mouth or two out I'll retain very little of the information I read over. However that also doesn't matter, usually is something is important enough to remember longer then a week out, you'll have to read it more then once.
I'm going to find the study if I can, I've been in several, the first was in grade 5, the second was in grade 9 and the last one was in university. If I can find the link to the study I'll share it with everyone, I have nothing to hide or worry about, hell I'll even redo the study if someone comp's my time for it.
As I've said in another post, you only have look at a page and remember it, there is no point to read phonically, it's much more efficient and practical to read from images. Most people read by going through a paragraph and reading it to themselves, I read by looking at the page and taking a snapshot of it in my head, it's hundreds of times more efficient as I don't have to process the information phonically at run time, I can "compile" it and store it for later.
If you're talking about reading a page phonically then yes you will run up to the 500 wpm limit, this is a major draw back to not reading using snapshots. I'm at work right now but when I have more time I'll search for the information I'm referencing.
I read from memorization, I only have to look over a page and I can break it down later when I need the information. I don't phonically go through and read the words in my head, I let that happen later. The only reason I even look at the page in the first place is to capture it's information. I'm not skimming, I'm actually "loading" the information into my head, I just appear to be skimming. I've read this way for years, starting in about grade 3 when I noticed that there was no reason to sit down and pronounce word by word when I could look at a page a remember it.
I know exactly what you're referencing, it's the same studies I've had quoted to me by my teachers, parents and family. I'm not saying I'm better then anyone else but I've never understand the purpose of reading and comprehending in one step. The only purpose to "read" is to move the words from the page to my memory, once I finish reading what ever I want I just process the information. You can easily break 500 words / min reading in this fashion, your brain can process so much faster then your eyes.
I've already been in a study for speed reading and proven it's not a joke.
I'm fully capable of reading at 1000+ words / minute and remembering the information, so next time you want to claim it can't be done, make sure you're not talking to someone who can. I was able to read 300 words / minute in grade 6 and retain information over a 90% level. I was fair and put the average at 200 words / minute, which is still pretty slow, you have to be crawling through a book at that pace.
The reason speed reading apps don't work is because you either know how to read fast or you don't. The average human should be able to read well over 200 - 1000 words a minute, any less and you have much bigger problems, more then an app can solve. This should be the chart for reading speed:
1. Fast: 1000+ words / minute 2. Normal 200 - 1000 words / minute 3. Slow 100 - 200 words / minutes 4. Unacceptably slow less then 100 words / minute.
People who read at less then 100 words per minute have a completely different problem that can't be solved from a simple app on a phone.
There is no good example of a CS book, well language references like "The C Book" are great for a single language, no CS book can cover all languages. Simply put, if you want a good CS book, pick a language and find the reference manual for that language.
Oh that's fair, but if you want stability you have to use either BSD or Linux / Unix. Mobile operating systems are designed for phone and not stability or rock solid operation. Windows 7 and 8 still blue screen more then an acceptable amount, also Androids crash logs are immensely powerful for debugging, they contain much more information then was ever shown from a blue screen.
1.2 Meters onto concrete or 2 Meters onto wood is not extreme by and standard, extreme would mean it could take a 40 cal bullet right to the screen and not break, or drop from 100 meters onto concrete. Also a tablet running Windows for field use dangerous on its own right. I would really hope I'm not the solder in the field who has to deal with blue screens on the battle field.
Fair enough, I was assuming a boundary towards electronics such as tablets and smart phones, but my point still holds. If your kids can't build a wicked lego castle ( or similar kind of idea ) but can play angry birds then maybe you need to look at how you're parenting.
It's true and sad, most parents are lazy and just frankly don't care about there kids. Why is a kid under the age of 7 even swiping a screen to begin with. Electronics are a bad idea to use as a substitute for interaction in childhood, any rational adult knows that to be a fact.
That would actually make the amendment read as it should and remove the incorrect assumption that everyone has the right to own guns. The problem with citizen gun ownership is that most citzens dont have the self control, maturity or intelligence to handle a gun correctly.
I'm all for equality but how does this make sense. If the same article appeared offering boys $1000 to learn programming and not girls it would make the news.
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One of the best developers I know is over 50 years old, the second best programmer I know ( not me ), is 25 years old, age means nothing. What matters is natural talent, some programmers can sit down and write a great firmware in a night and some can't write one in a year, ( substitute firmware for program ).
I've used an iPhone and I couldn't give it up fast enough, it's a horrid platform that appears put together by children, this issue just backs that up.
I don't even know how you get that from what I wrote.
That is not the same logic, it's not even close. Joining a project with multiple developers who QC your code and assist you in module development is far from the crappy VB auto-completion. As for memory, I don't know where you got that either, as I mentioned to get a uC and write firmware for it, that is a crash course in pointers, memory and architecture, which you need to know to be a good programmer.
Don't read any books on programming, they're a waste of time and money. To become a good programmer, join an open source project and start developing in an open community. If you want to buy the books as a learning experience then I suggest grabbing an arduino ( or other uC ) and just writing a firmware, logging system and web interface for it.
I've recently started to put a time tracking system in all my embedded firmwares that lock out the system after X amount of time ( usually in years ), the only way to clear the lock out is to send the part back to my company so we can inspect it. It's no longer suitable to use mean life expectancy of parts as the bench mark for the life of a product, this has made it almost impossible to calculate a real end of life date, instead it's much more practical to do what I've started and to require the products to get serviced by the engineer every X amount of time.
How much longer can the US keep rejecting scientific facts? Allowing a state to reject proven science because they just don't like it, is insane, no country which has any respect would allow it. The US really is the laughing stock, education wise, of the developed world, it's gotten to the point I'm scared for students who have to attend school in the US, because of bullshit like this. I think new laws need to be set on a world platform to help govern education ( yes I mean world wide! ), this should be the required standards ( at least in part ):
1. You MUST teach global warming is a threat and a very real danger.
2. You MUST teach that evolution is the best theory we have for the progression of life.
3. You MUST teach men and women are equal ( sorry middle east! ).
4. You MUST teach that religion is man made dogmatic superstition ( which it is ).
5. You MUST enforce high scientifical thinking and reasoning in ALL cases, before all else.
Any educator not willing to side with this should be jailed, it's time not only the US ( who have the worst education system in the world ), but for the world to support a proper education system.
Grab a C compiler like GCC and program a simple game, a torrent defense game us a good challenge, After that grab a micro-controller and write a simple real time operating system.
Actually you're completely wrong on that, the data suggests that no one can demonstrate long term photographic memory, which is true. If I read a book today, I can probably recall the content for about a week or so, after that it will start to slip and certainly by a mouth or two out I'll retain very little of the information I read over. However that also doesn't matter, usually is something is important enough to remember longer then a week out, you'll have to read it more then once.
If you seriously are calling out than vs then, well you're just a duck.
I'm going to find the study if I can, I've been in several, the first was in grade 5, the second was in grade 9 and the last one was in university. If I can find the link to the study I'll share it with everyone, I have nothing to hide or worry about, hell I'll even redo the study if someone comp's my time for it.
As I've said in another post, you only have look at a page and remember it, there is no point to read phonically, it's much more efficient and practical to read from images. Most people read by going through a paragraph and reading it to themselves, I read by looking at the page and taking a snapshot of it in my head, it's hundreds of times more efficient as I don't have to process the information phonically at run time, I can "compile" it and store it for later.
If you're talking about reading a page phonically then yes you will run up to the 500 wpm limit, this is a major draw back to not reading using snapshots. I'm at work right now but when I have more time I'll search for the information I'm referencing.
I read from memorization, I only have to look over a page and I can break it down later when I need the information. I don't phonically go through and read the words in my head, I let that happen later. The only reason I even look at the page in the first place is to capture it's information. I'm not skimming, I'm actually "loading" the information into my head, I just appear to be skimming. I've read this way for years, starting in about grade 3 when I noticed that there was no reason to sit down and pronounce word by word when I could look at a page a remember it.
I know exactly what you're referencing, it's the same studies I've had quoted to me by my teachers, parents and family. I'm not saying I'm better then anyone else but I've never understand the purpose of reading and comprehending in one step. The only purpose to "read" is to move the words from the page to my memory, once I finish reading what ever I want I just process the information. You can easily break 500 words / min reading in this fashion, your brain can process so much faster then your eyes. I've already been in a study for speed reading and proven it's not a joke.
HAHAHA well I can't juggle so I don't know, but if I could I'd figure that would slow me personally down to less then 100 w/min.
I'm fully capable of reading at 1000+ words / minute and remembering the information, so next time you want to claim it can't be done, make sure you're not talking to someone who can. I was able to read 300 words / minute in grade 6 and retain information over a 90% level. I was fair and put the average at 200 words / minute, which is still pretty slow, you have to be crawling through a book at that pace.
The reason speed reading apps don't work is because you either know how to read fast or you don't. The average human should be able to read well over 200 - 1000 words a minute, any less and you have much bigger problems, more then an app can solve. This should be the chart for reading speed:
1. Fast: 1000+ words / minute
2. Normal 200 - 1000 words / minute
3. Slow 100 - 200 words / minutes
4. Unacceptably slow less then 100 words / minute.
People who read at less then 100 words per minute have a completely different problem that can't be solved from a simple app on a phone.
There is no good example of a CS book, well language references like "The C Book" are great for a single language, no CS book can cover all languages. Simply put, if you want a good CS book, pick a language and find the reference manual for that language.
Oh that's fair, but if you want stability you have to use either BSD or Linux / Unix. Mobile operating systems are designed for phone and not stability or rock solid operation. Windows 7 and 8 still blue screen more then an acceptable amount, also Androids crash logs are immensely powerful for debugging, they contain much more information then was ever shown from a blue screen.
1.2 Meters onto concrete or 2 Meters onto wood is not extreme by and standard, extreme would mean it could take a 40 cal bullet right to the screen and not break, or drop from 100 meters onto concrete. Also a tablet running Windows for field use dangerous on its own right. I would really hope I'm not the solder in the field who has to deal with blue screens on the battle field.
Some open source projects will have better code then closed source projects and vice vesa, you can't just make a clean line.
Fair enough, I was assuming a boundary towards electronics such as tablets and smart phones, but my point still holds. If your kids can't build a wicked lego castle ( or similar kind of idea ) but can play angry birds then maybe you need to look at how you're parenting.
It's true and sad, most parents are lazy and just frankly don't care about there kids. Why is a kid under the age of 7 even swiping a screen to begin with. Electronics are a bad idea to use as a substitute for interaction in childhood, any rational adult knows that to be a fact.
That would actually make the amendment read as it should and remove the incorrect assumption that everyone has the right to own guns. The problem with citizen gun ownership is that most citzens dont have the self control, maturity or intelligence to handle a gun correctly.
Do the work yourself and make your programs secure. C und ASM are Still the kings of the hill and always will be.
I'm all for equality but how does this make sense. If the same article appeared offering boys $1000 to learn programming and not girls it would make the news.