..... no, you program a linked list, which any first year computer student could do and use it to implement safe big number handling. C doesn't handle big numbers this way either, but you can still use it.
Do it right! They seem to miss that goal A LOT, They did it wrong for years, when they finally decide to change that it doesn't mean they all of a sudden become tthe new stunning example of productivity, it just means they finally decided to stop being horrible at one area and move up to where everyone else is.
Oh I agree that you need to scope check everything and using big data types can help. If I was working something as big and complex as a stock system I would make my own big data storage, sure a link list is over kill but if you ever think is it big enough then you need to make it bigger.
I'm a little confused as to why this is a big deal, Linux has been rolling out major updates and releases on the kernel and distributions much faster then 12 months and yet we don't see a big post about that. Big OS-X has the 12 month release, that is still slow, Ubuntu has a new release almost every 6 months, Gentoo roles a nightly build and the same goes for many Linux Distro's. So I fail to see why I'm going to be impressed when Microsoft is just copying a release system that's been done.
Personally if I had this task I would try to make a heuristic database that was able to talk and learn from those around it. That is how human morality works, you learn from those around you and you are always upgrading your knowledge of morality. You would have to be able to assign a weight to it and then have the machine know that a high weight or bad action is unacceptable. I'm NOT saying it would be easy or even that conceptually understandable but it would be how I would start to tackle the issue.
Open Source doesn't mean rape the bottom line. Explain to them that they don't understand how Open Source really works and if they would take the time to educate themselves they wouldn't look like a Homo neanderthalensis, then hang up! I'm not saying that to get rid of your customer base, I'm saying it because when you start only dealing with knowledgable customers your software and your company gets a better name for itself.
The teacher is dead. More and more we see that the best way to learn is by doing, having a teacher or prof stand at the front of the classroom and ramble on for hours is not an effective way to learn. When it comes to programming, you need to take a hands on approach, sitting in a chair and listening about how you should write code and how you should structure code will never be as effective as sitting down and programming.
When I learned C we had a prof stand at the front of the room and ramble twice a week for 2 hours, I came out of that class knowing 0% of the C language. I didn't start learning it until I sat down and started to program. Think about trying to teach a student about embedded programming without having them sit down and write embedded style C. I would be surprised if many / any students get there first, second or even third project to work out of the gate. Now instead take the same student, give them an Arduino and tell them to make a motor run, in the same amount of time that you will teach them on the board, they can have a little motor running and they will have acquired a million times as much knowledge.
Would you teach a chef to cook by having them sit in a classroom and never touch an oven? Would you have a firefighter learn to put a fire out by never having them hold a hose? It's pretty clear and obvious that learning by doing is a far more effective method of learning then the old outdated method of sitting there where your talked to.
It would be a much better case for her is they didn't quote religion.
“16. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17. and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or[a] the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” (New King James Version)
The second you bring religion in to the mix you open up the right for anyone to deny anything because it's written down. There is nothing stopping me from saying I shouldn't be harassed for drinking and driving because my "bible" says
Thou who shall drink before driving will live in the lords presence, thou's who shall not will burn in hell.
The issue is that your arguing based on the fact a random book tells you to do something, a random book can tell me to do a lot of things, I'm just smart enough to not do them.
The problem is most people don't know what there limit is, if they did then drunk driving wouldn't be an issue because people would know when they're to drunk.
Just play some Bob Marley and offer them a tray of cookie, the lightly stoned person will refrain, the heavily stoned person will start singing and eating.
What ever happened to the teacher with the clip board taking attendance and the call home? So much for this high tech solution, again another example of a system that was never broke and got a fix and a better example of lazy ass teachers not wanting to do any work.
Oddly enough it was software written by the best guys in the business: http://www.agilent.ca/labs/ . Among the multiple issues was one very annoying problem where Windows 7 couldn't properly communicate with the RS-232 port. We had issues running proper terminal emulators on top of 7 and we could not get the RF software to communicate with any of the GHz oscilloscopes and RF milling machines. So I'm going to say it was Windows 7, XP had none of these issues.
Actually XP is better then 7 in some regards. I just finished a university program where our lab had to be converted from 7 to XP because many of the telecommunication / radio frequency analysis and design packages just don't work on 7.
I upgraded from XP to Linux and never looked back, Microsoft is dead in the water, they will never be able to regain the popularity they once held. Every other OS on the market from BSD to Linux and Chrome is destroying Windows for every angle.
Okay I'll agree to that, personally I'm telling everyone not to upgrade. Everyone I know is finally getting very comfy with Windows 7 and they don't need the change, it's better to rock one OS version hard until absolute change is required.
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For recommended specs that is pretty low. None of that hardware is cutting edge, comparatively expensive or impressive.
..... no, you program a linked list, which any first year computer student could do and use it to implement safe big number handling. C doesn't handle big numbers this way either, but you can still use it.
Do it right! They seem to miss that goal A LOT, They did it wrong for years, when they finally decide to change that it doesn't mean they all of a sudden become tthe new stunning example of productivity, it just means they finally decided to stop being horrible at one area and move up to where everyone else is.
Oh I agree that you need to scope check everything and using big data types can help. If I was working something as big and complex as a stock system I would make my own big data storage, sure a link list is over kill but if you ever think is it big enough then you need to make it bigger.
HAHA Oh of course! Also NEVER check the scope of the value stored or initialize to 0.
This is why you always use dynamic storage like a link list when you potentially have to deal with numbers bigger then the address bus width.
I'm a little confused as to why this is a big deal, Linux has been rolling out major updates and releases on the kernel and distributions much faster then 12 months and yet we don't see a big post about that. Big OS-X has the 12 month release, that is still slow, Ubuntu has a new release almost every 6 months, Gentoo roles a nightly build and the same goes for many Linux Distro's. So I fail to see why I'm going to be impressed when Microsoft is just copying a release system that's been done.
Personally if I had this task I would try to make a heuristic database that was able to talk and learn from those around it. That is how human morality works, you learn from those around you and you are always upgrading your knowledge of morality. You would have to be able to assign a weight to it and then have the machine know that a high weight or bad action is unacceptable. I'm NOT saying it would be easy or even that conceptually understandable but it would be how I would start to tackle the issue.
Open Source doesn't mean rape the bottom line. Explain to them that they don't understand how Open Source really works and if they would take the time to educate themselves they wouldn't look like a Homo neanderthalensis, then hang up! I'm not saying that to get rid of your customer base, I'm saying it because when you start only dealing with knowledgable customers your software and your company gets a better name for itself.
A programming class should be taught in a lab on a computer.
The teacher is dead. More and more we see that the best way to learn is by doing, having a teacher or prof stand at the front of the classroom and ramble on for hours is not an effective way to learn. When it comes to programming, you need to take a hands on approach, sitting in a chair and listening about how you should write code and how you should structure code will never be as effective as sitting down and programming.
When I learned C we had a prof stand at the front of the room and ramble twice a week for 2 hours, I came out of that class knowing 0% of the C language. I didn't start learning it until I sat down and started to program. Think about trying to teach a student about embedded programming without having them sit down and write embedded style C. I would be surprised if many / any students get there first, second or even third project to work out of the gate. Now instead take the same student, give them an Arduino and tell them to make a motor run, in the same amount of time that you will teach them on the board, they can have a little motor running and they will have acquired a million times as much knowledge.
Would you teach a chef to cook by having them sit in a classroom and never touch an oven? Would you have a firefighter learn to put a fire out by never having them hold a hose? It's pretty clear and obvious that learning by doing is a far more effective method of learning then the old outdated method of sitting there where your talked to.
Good call! People put everything on facebook, I wouldn't be surprised for the clinch pin to be on the facebook wall or in a facebook message.
I actually support that, we should have more awareness of the amazon. Amazon the company can just use Am or Zon or something.
“16. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17. and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or[a] the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” (New King James Version)
The second you bring religion in to the mix you open up the right for anyone to deny anything because it's written down. There is nothing stopping me from saying I shouldn't be harassed for drinking and driving because my "bible" says
Thou who shall drink before driving will live in the lords presence, thou's who shall not will burn in hell.
The issue is that your arguing based on the fact a random book tells you to do something, a random book can tell me to do a lot of things, I'm just smart enough to not do them.
The problem is most people don't know what there limit is, if they did then drunk driving wouldn't be an issue because people would know when they're to drunk.
Just play some Bob Marley and offer them a tray of cookie, the lightly stoned person will refrain, the heavily stoned person will start singing and eating.
What ever happened to the teacher with the clip board taking attendance and the call home? So much for this high tech solution, again another example of a system that was never broke and got a fix and a better example of lazy ass teachers not wanting to do any work.
Why just ban the robots, a much better idea is to just outlaw war. We don't need it, it doesn't serve a purpose and we get nothing from it but death.
Oddly enough it was software written by the best guys in the business: http://www.agilent.ca/labs/ . Among the multiple issues was one very annoying problem where Windows 7 couldn't properly communicate with the RS-232 port. We had issues running proper terminal emulators on top of 7 and we could not get the RF software to communicate with any of the GHz oscilloscopes and RF milling machines. So I'm going to say it was Windows 7, XP had none of these issues.
Nice I get to turn my thermostat down.
I actually find my hardware support is almost better in Linux. However I've always hated Slackware, I mainly stick with Ubuntu and Gentoo.
Actually XP is better then 7 in some regards. I just finished a university program where our lab had to be converted from 7 to XP because many of the telecommunication / radio frequency analysis and design packages just don't work on 7.
I upgraded from XP to Linux and never looked back, Microsoft is dead in the water, they will never be able to regain the popularity they once held. Every other OS on the market from BSD to Linux and Chrome is destroying Windows for every angle.
Releasing a software update for shits and giggles is a horrible idea.
Okay I'll agree to that, personally I'm telling everyone not to upgrade. Everyone I know is finally getting very comfy with Windows 7 and they don't need the change, it's better to rock one OS version hard until absolute change is required.