Well the kid has to write an exam at the starting of the year including K. If the teacher gets a kid who is dumb as dog shit then call the parents up and tell them to deal with it, for the argument that parents need to work two jobs each and don't have time, well you shouldn't of had kids if you couldn't support them properly. If the kid's marks fall below lets say 70%, the kids gets sent home until the parents can get the kid up par.
I can understand not wanting to use revision control, personal I had a really bad perforce experience. However code reviews and all the other common practices are usually really useful. I would send a message up to manage asking for employees / teams to be given books on development practices and made to read them, then if he still doesn't want to listen you can take further action.
Patents are the worlds most ridiculous form of protection ever invented. If your a company and you make a great product that it doesn't matter if someone comes to the market with the same product, if your product is better it will win out. Patents are "But Mom", of the business and technology world. Right now some companies are more focused on getting the patents to market then the product they protect. Patents destroy open development and open collaboration and take everything to a closed tangled web of lawyers and judges instead of the open work bench of weekend builders.
Honestly, I would have an entrance exam for the kids, if they don't pass it they don't start school. That way the parents need to get the kids up to par before they can keep learning.
Oh sorry, I couldn't figure out what your reply meant, I thought it was an insult to the Ontario education system. I once got sent to the office for asking this question, "But how can we know that happened", I was kicked out of class, my parents were called and I was sent home. The next week the same thing happened, we were reading a something from a science book and I asked "Mrs. P, I'm pretty sure that's incorrect, this makes more sense....., so can you explain?" She looked up and said, "Get out of this classroom, the textbook isn't wrong you are", I was sent home again. That night I went to the library and looked up my question and brought it back into class the next day. I threw the book on her desk and said, "There you stupid POS, now read and listen", she tried to kick me out again but I said, "No, I demand the principal, asst principal and student rep get here." ( In my board we can have a rep from the board come down to defend us ), "She again said, no now get out, I'm not taking lip for you", I said "It's not lip, I'm showing you that your wrong, outright wrong and I want you to realize it and to update the class". I then sat down and didn't move for the next two hours, until she was forced to call in support for me. The result ended up being, "We're not sending you home but we're not accepted this answer, the textbook is right and that's final". It was and still is incorrect.
That's a good and valid point it didn't fail for you, but my teacher were horrible to the point of it being sad. They were in it for a paycheck, not for the kids.
No it doesn't, it teaches you that when you can't explain something say god did it. I went to a catholic school and it was horrible, every time I questioned the teachers about something not making sense I was told to sit down and stop asking questions. After going to catholic school I can say that I have lost all respect for organised religion.
And this is why we need good teachers in the school system when the kids are at a young age. This is how I would re-organize the Canadian school system in Ontario:
1) Religion in schools need to be cut. Replace Religion with math and science, math and science promote logic, God promotes making up stories because we want to.
2) Teach math and science harder, really push them as corner stones of education, if students aren't getting the concepts increase class length. I would say by grade 5 you should be comfortable with variables.
3) Every day should have a gym component where kids are FORCED to participate,
4) Science class should contain hands on experiments and labs. If you can't test it, don't teach it.
5) Find a way to make homework interactive, not just copy question out of a book.
6) Computer Programming should become a mandatory class starting in grade 4, get kids playing with visual languages, they massively help you learn and work out logical problems that be applied in other areas.
7) Music class, make kids learn instruments or at least get involved with Music, this will allow there creative abilities to expand.
8) Don't let the kids sit more then 1 hour at a time, make sure they're moving around and getting involved in the class.
Those would be the initial adjustments I would make, I'm sure it's not perfect but it's a FAR better system then one currently in place.
yes but it's a little different then how US self incrimination works. Now I'm not a lawyer so i could be completely misunderstanding what it says but from what I understand you can't stand witness against yourself once charged. This is the exert:
In Canada, similar rights exist pursuant to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section 11 of the Charter provides that one cannot be compelled to be a witness in a proceeding against oneself. Section 11(c) states:
11. Any person charged with an offense has the right c) not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in respect of the offense
An important distinction[dubious – discuss] in Canadian law is that this does not apply to a person who is not charged in the case in question. A person issued subpoena, who is not charged in respect of the offense being considered, must give testimony. However, this testimony cannot later be used against the person in another case. Section 13 of the Charter states:
13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
However with that being said, if your dumb enough to incriminate yourself through the use of email with out securing it before hand then you deserve it. To be clear, I'm also applying this to myself, if I don't secure my communication then I'm inviting people to read it with out my permission and with out a warrant.
No, they were school projects which I ported. I left the projects on the school GIT server because they let me, no reason to move them when I have no reason to. However you'll just argue me anyway so I don't care. Have fun rewriting every single piece of software you write because you want to upgrade something.
A signed 32 bit Int is bound by -2 147 483 648 and 2 147 483 648 and an unsigned int is bound 0 to 4 294 967 296. I don't get your point, 2^32 / 2 = 2^31 or is the same as giving the int a signed bit in the MSB.
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Sounds like a programmer who requires garbage collection, memory management and objects to make a hello world program.
Well the kid has to write an exam at the starting of the year including K. If the teacher gets a kid who is dumb as dog shit then call the parents up and tell them to deal with it, for the argument that parents need to work two jobs each and don't have time, well you shouldn't of had kids if you couldn't support them properly. If the kid's marks fall below lets say 70%, the kids gets sent home until the parents can get the kid up par.
Okay so you can print a gun, but when you think about it, you can turn most every day objects into weapons. So should we regulate everything then?
I can understand not wanting to use revision control, personal I had a really bad perforce experience. However code reviews and all the other common practices are usually really useful. I would send a message up to manage asking for employees / teams to be given books on development practices and made to read them, then if he still doesn't want to listen you can take further action.
In some cases yes, I'll agree that if you have 1B dollar investment.
I completely disagree.
Patents are the worlds most ridiculous form of protection ever invented. If your a company and you make a great product that it doesn't matter if someone comes to the market with the same product, if your product is better it will win out. Patents are "But Mom", of the business and technology world. Right now some companies are more focused on getting the patents to market then the product they protect. Patents destroy open development and open collaboration and take everything to a closed tangled web of lawyers and judges instead of the open work bench of weekend builders.
Honestly, I would have an entrance exam for the kids, if they don't pass it they don't start school. That way the parents need to get the kids up to par before they can keep learning.
Oh sorry, I couldn't figure out what your reply meant, I thought it was an insult to the Ontario education system. I once got sent to the office for asking this question, "But how can we know that happened", I was kicked out of class, my parents were called and I was sent home. The next week the same thing happened, we were reading a something from a science book and I asked "Mrs. P, I'm pretty sure that's incorrect, this makes more sense ....., so can you explain?" She looked up and said, "Get out of this classroom, the textbook isn't wrong you are", I was sent home again. That night I went to the library and looked up my question and brought it back into class the next day. I threw the book on her desk and said, "There you stupid POS, now read and listen", she tried to kick me out again but I said, "No, I demand the principal, asst principal and student rep get here." ( In my board we can have a rep from the board come down to defend us ), "She again said, no now get out, I'm not taking lip for you", I said "It's not lip, I'm showing you that your wrong, outright wrong and I want you to realize it and to update the class". I then sat down and didn't move for the next two hours, until she was forced to call in support for me. The result ended up being, "We're not sending you home but we're not accepted this answer, the textbook is right and that's final". It was and still is incorrect.
That's a good and valid point it didn't fail for you, but my teacher were horrible to the point of it being sad. They were in it for a paycheck, not for the kids.
To quote the Simpsons: "It took the kids 40 minutes to find Canada on the map", given who I know who lives in the US, it's true.
No it doesn't, it just makes you look like a complete idiot for caring about something so small.
Oh I know you can't do hands on testing all the time, but I'm saying when possible get hands on!
No it doesn't, it teaches you that when you can't explain something say god did it. I went to a catholic school and it was horrible, every time I questioned the teachers about something not making sense I was told to sit down and stop asking questions. After going to catholic school I can say that I have lost all respect for organised religion.
Just for the people who don't get it, Add in English, History and Comm courses where you can.
I would of brought up parents, but the parents all my friends and I grew up with were great parents.
And this is why we need good teachers in the school system when the kids are at a young age. This is how I would re-organize the Canadian school system in Ontario:
1) Religion in schools need to be cut. Replace Religion with math and science, math and science promote logic, God promotes making up stories because we want to.
2) Teach math and science harder, really push them as corner stones of education, if students aren't getting the concepts increase class length. I would say by grade 5 you should be comfortable with variables.
3) Every day should have a gym component where kids are FORCED to participate,
4) Science class should contain hands on experiments and labs. If you can't test it, don't teach it.
5) Find a way to make homework interactive, not just copy question out of a book.
6) Computer Programming should become a mandatory class starting in grade 4, get kids playing with visual languages, they massively help you learn and work out logical problems that be applied in other areas.
7) Music class, make kids learn instruments or at least get involved with Music, this will allow there creative abilities to expand.
8) Don't let the kids sit more then 1 hour at a time, make sure they're moving around and getting involved in the class.
Those would be the initial adjustments I would make, I'm sure it's not perfect but it's a FAR better system then one currently in place.
Object Oriented ....... That's just a scary word set to begin with.
That I can agree with, however it would still be nice to see programmers take bugs more seriously, as most don't.
Looks like eating spicy food and smoking cigars is good for you, thanks science :-)
Is this so they screw up another tablet?
In Canada, similar rights exist pursuant to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section 11 of the Charter provides that one cannot be compelled to be a witness in a proceeding against oneself. Section 11(c) states: 11. Any person charged with an offense has the right c) not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in respect of the offense An important distinction[dubious – discuss] in Canadian law is that this does not apply to a person who is not charged in the case in question. A person issued subpoena, who is not charged in respect of the offense being considered, must give testimony. However, this testimony cannot later be used against the person in another case. Section 13 of the Charter states: 13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
However with that being said, if your dumb enough to incriminate yourself through the use of email with out securing it before hand then you deserve it. To be clear, I'm also applying this to myself, if I don't secure my communication then I'm inviting people to read it with out my permission and with out a warrant.
No, they were school projects which I ported. I left the projects on the school GIT server because they let me, no reason to move them when I have no reason to. However you'll just argue me anyway so I don't care. Have fun rewriting every single piece of software you write because you want to upgrade something.
What?
2^32 = 4 294 967 296
2^31 = 2 147 483 648
A signed 32 bit Int is bound by -2 147 483 648 and 2 147 483 648 and an unsigned int is bound 0 to 4 294 967 296. I don't get your point, 2^32 / 2 = 2^31 or is the same as giving the int a signed bit in the MSB.
I think it actually started at 8:15 but in either case according to research that is to early for the normal teenager.