I've come to realize that the code I wrote years ago could have been done better. There might be some truth to his words but he might not realize yet that as time goes on you get new deadlines, projects, etc that can keep you from going back and changing things. This is especially true if those things are working fine the way they are so why fix what isn't broken?
Note: This isn't saying that you never have to go back and fix things, just that the time isn't always there when you'd like it to be. One of many reasons why that person is at your desk since they got fewer deadlines and more time so to speak as the new guy.
Setting up Java.. 1. Download the JDK, not JRE. 2. Run the JDK installer. 3. Setup the class path. 4. Install an IDE and make sure it see's the JDK. 5. Install ANT. (optional) 6. Learn how to setup ANT build.xml files. (optional) and/or... 5 or 7. Figure out how to compile with the command line. 6 or 8. Start coding.
Back in the day... 1. Start up the computer. 2. Type Basica at the command prompt. 3. Start coding.
Which is less scarier for a new person to get started in?
The video and process was neat to watch, however part of me would have been way more impressed if he didn't use modern tools to make the knife because Vikings were certainly known for their pneumatic hammers and digital ovens.:)
I have it running on a VM right now at work to look it over and I tried using it a bit but the constant switching from tiles to standard desktop was too much for me. If I took over for Balmer on Windows I'd scrap 8 all together and just take Windows 7 and start cleaning that up big time so it runs even faster and is easier to use then it already is.
Usually I go out and buy a new version of Windows to look things over before upgrading family. This time I'm glad I didn't and even my family from what I told them don't want to touch it with a ten foot pole since it changes things so drastically.
Send the petition to the Chinese and see how they react. It's not like they'd actually think we'd believe that Kim Jung Un is the sexiest man alive or that the Australian Prime Minster knows the end of the world is coming.
Well we have privatized prisons now so it's easier to compete with places like China. Lets toss them in there for a while and let them live off 10-15 cents an hour. Lovely incarceration rate we have in the USA by the way.
I'm really looking forward to the day when America stops treating terrorists like terrorists and just treats them as common criminals. Then maybe this whole terrorist boogie man boondoggle can go away finally. It'd sure kill the romance of a terrorist as being something more then a common thug or crook.
FUNCTION fx_get_bar_from_foo ( p_foo IN MYTABLE.MY_FIELD%TYPE ) RETURN MYTABLE.MY_FIELD2%TYPE /** * This sample function is only an example with comments. * It may be right or it may be wrong but the comments in here * allow me to come back years later and understand what I did. * Yes it's a bastardization of Java and PL/SQL. Plus people * at work love my code so far so I must be doing something right. * * @PARAM p_foo IN MYTABLE.MY_FIELD%TYPE my FOO field. * * @RETURN MYTABLE.MY_FIELD2%TYPE my BAR result. */
BEGIN -- Check the parameter passed in. IF NOT p_foo IS NULL THEN -- Must be good, process it. SELECT MY_FIELD2 INTO v_return FROM FOOBARS WHERE MY_FIELD = p_foo;
-- Check it against the magic cursor. ...
-- Log the request. ... END IF;
-- Return it. RETURN v_return; EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN -- This isn't good, log and return nothing. ... RETURN NULL; END fx_get_bar_from_foo;
-- Use a good editor, either an IDE like eclipse or something like Notepad++, Kate, or Gedit. -- Easter Egg Comment: The yoke is on you!
News to me since my laptop at work runs it and I use it at meeting and other things to get stuff done. When it's not letting me do worky things I have it pumping out streaming media and video like a champ.
I have a paycheck, a house to live in that is paid for, and no debt. I may not have a wife and kids but that isn't as big of a deal really since I'm surviving. I think my gaming is just fine.
For all we know the developers could already be anonymous since we don't have an exact list of who anonymous is and the public arrests may have been just sacrificial lambs so to speak.
My mother started out on Windows XP. She did things she never did before and she's in the same age bracket as your mother. Windows 7 rolled along and it took her a while to re-learn where everything was again. I showed her a picture of Windows 8 and she said, "Why do people have to change things? It works fine as it is, why change it? Now I'm going to have to relearn everything again."
Lets see how your mother does in Gnome 4. I got a feeling if they change things drasticly again she'll be making the same comments my mother did.
I work to live, not live to work. I'm sure you can find some other person out there willing to put in double shift type work and not complain. I have better things to do with my health then beat it in to the ground working insane hours like that on a regular basis.
"Everyone on slashdot is about to become a UI expert."
I'll have you know sir that not only do I have 40 years of UI experience but also AOEs as well. So I'm more then qualified to talk about vowels. Now consonants on the other hand I'm always QQ'n about.
"Have you ever heard of, oh, say, Dropbox? Owncloud? (and probably tons of others.)"
Yes a ton others like Megaupload, amazing what happened to them. Makes me all warm and fuzzy about putting my stuff in the cloud when I think of people in general and what can happen to a business in the wink of an eye.
Since I run both Windows and Linux at home my beef is the fact that their phone interface is spreading to my desktop. It's the same basic problem I have with Gnome 3 and Unity on Ubuntu which made me switch to Xubuntu. I want a Desktop interface for my desktop systems. If I was looking for a tablet or phone interface I'd be happy as a clam right now.
Computer software products have a 5 year limit after it is released. If it's made public before release (outside the company employees) they have 2 years to release it and then 5 years of regular protection. In order to get the protection you must submit all source code and materials to make the product and after the 5 year period it's available for download from the Library of Congress or something. Full new versions of software products can be submitted for another 5 years protection but not patches and service packs..
People will have to innovate then in order to beat out the competition and keep raking in the cash instead of sitting on things forever and ever.
"I have to pay to subsidize social security and medicare, neither of which I will ever see, because they are both projected to go broke before I ever collect a cent, and fixing them is a political third rail."
I feel the same way but after my father died of a heart attack after working an 11 hour day in a boiler factory I figure it's money well spent since those things are taking care of her since he's gone. It's not as good as what he used to get for health insurance but it's better then nothing for a woman who's had 18 major operations in her life.
I can't use my insurance on her like her and Dad used theirs on me when I was little so that's all there is. If that stuff lasts till she passes on I'll be satisfied even if there isn't anything left for me.
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I've come to realize that the code I wrote years ago could have been done better. There might be some truth to his words but he might not realize yet that as time goes on you get new deadlines, projects, etc that can keep you from going back and changing things. This is especially true if those things are working fine the way they are so why fix what isn't broken?
Note: This isn't saying that you never have to go back and fix things, just that the time isn't always there when you'd like it to be. One of many reasons why that person is at your desk since they got fewer deadlines and more time so to speak as the new guy.
Today
Setting up Java..
1. Download the JDK, not JRE.
2. Run the JDK installer.
3. Setup the class path.
4. Install an IDE and make sure it see's the JDK.
5. Install ANT. (optional)
6. Learn how to setup ANT build.xml files. (optional)
and/or...
5 or 7. Figure out how to compile with the command line.
6 or 8. Start coding.
Back in the day...
1. Start up the computer.
2. Type Basica at the command prompt.
3. Start coding.
Which is less scarier for a new person to get started in?
Tablets and phones are where Unity should be, it seems like it would function best on those devices.
The video and process was neat to watch, however part of me would have been way more impressed if he didn't use modern tools to make the knife because Vikings were certainly known for their pneumatic hammers and digital ovens. :)
I have it running on a VM right now at work to look it over and I tried using it a bit but the constant switching from tiles to standard desktop was too much for me. If I took over for Balmer on Windows I'd scrap 8 all together and just take Windows 7 and start cleaning that up big time so it runs even faster and is easier to use then it already is.
Usually I go out and buy a new version of Windows to look things over before upgrading family. This time I'm glad I didn't and even my family from what I told them don't want to touch it with a ten foot pole since it changes things so drastically.
Send the petition to the Chinese and see how they react. It's not like they'd actually think we'd believe that Kim Jung Un is the sexiest man alive or that the Australian Prime Minster knows the end of the world is coming.
I think people noticed that hospitals don't want to invest in keeping equipment up to date. At least the virus guys did anyway.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429616/computer-viruses-are-rampant-on-medical-devices/
Well we have privatized prisons now so it's easier to compete with places like China. Lets toss them in there for a while and let them live off 10-15 cents an hour. Lovely incarceration rate we have in the USA by the way.
* Emacs vs. VI
* Windows vs. Linux vs. Mac
* Debian vs. Redhat vs. Suse vs. etc.
* Gnome vs. KDE vs. XFCE vs. etc.
And now for your geek fighting pleasure!
* Libre Office vs. Open Office!
Let the battle begin!
I'm really looking forward to the day when America stops treating terrorists like terrorists and just treats them as common criminals. Then maybe this whole terrorist boogie man boondoggle can go away finally. It'd sure kill the romance of a terrorist as being something more then a common thug or crook.
FUNCTION fx_get_bar_from_foo
...
...
...
...
(
p_foo IN MYTABLE.MY_FIELD%TYPE
) RETURN MYTABLE.MY_FIELD2%TYPE
/**
* This sample function is only an example with comments.
* It may be right or it may be wrong but the comments in here
* allow me to come back years later and understand what I did.
* Yes it's a bastardization of Java and PL/SQL. Plus people
* at work love my code so far so I must be doing something right.
*
* @PARAM p_foo IN MYTABLE.MY_FIELD%TYPE my FOO field.
*
* @RETURN MYTABLE.MY_FIELD2%TYPE my BAR result.
*/
-- Variables.
v_return MYTABLE.MY_FIELD2%TYPE = NULL;
-- Cursors.
BEGIN
-- Check the parameter passed in.
IF NOT p_foo IS NULL THEN
-- Must be good, process it.
SELECT
MY_FIELD2
INTO
v_return
FROM
FOOBARS
WHERE
MY_FIELD = p_foo;
-- Check it against the magic cursor.
-- Log the request.
END IF;
-- Return it.
RETURN v_return;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
-- This isn't good, log and return nothing.
RETURN NULL;
END fx_get_bar_from_foo;
-- Use a good editor, either an IDE like eclipse or something like Notepad++, Kate, or Gedit.
-- Easter Egg Comment: The yoke is on you!
News to me since my laptop at work runs it and I use it at meeting and other things to get stuff done. When it's not letting me do worky things I have it pumping out streaming media and video like a champ.
I have a paycheck, a house to live in that is paid for, and no debt. I may not have a wife and kids but that isn't as big of a deal really since I'm surviving. I think my gaming is just fine.
For all we know the developers could already be anonymous since we don't have an exact list of who anonymous is and the public arrests may have been just sacrificial lambs so to speak.
My mother started out on Windows XP. She did things she never did before and she's in the same age bracket as your mother. Windows 7 rolled along and it took her a while to re-learn where everything was again. I showed her a picture of Windows 8 and she said, "Why do people have to change things? It works fine as it is, why change it? Now I'm going to have to relearn everything again."
Lets see how your mother does in Gnome 4. I got a feeling if they change things drasticly again she'll be making the same comments my mother did.
I work to live, not live to work. I'm sure you can find some other person out there willing to put in double shift type work and not complain. I have better things to do with my health then beat it in to the ground working insane hours like that on a regular basis.
Gnome is going it's own way and that might not fit with what Debian wants to do.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/08/1323228/gnome-developers-lay-out-plans-for-gnome-os
"Everyone on slashdot is about to become a UI expert."
I'll have you know sir that not only do I have 40 years of UI experience but also AOEs as well. So I'm more then qualified to talk about vowels. Now consonants on the other hand I'm always QQ'n about.
"Have you ever heard of, oh, say, Dropbox? Owncloud? (and probably tons of others.)"
Yes a ton others like Megaupload, amazing what happened to them. Makes me all warm and fuzzy about putting my stuff in the cloud when I think of people in general and what can happen to a business in the wink of an eye.
Since I run both Windows and Linux at home my beef is the fact that their phone interface is spreading to my desktop. It's the same basic problem I have with Gnome 3 and Unity on Ubuntu which made me switch to Xubuntu. I want a Desktop interface for my desktop systems. If I was looking for a tablet or phone interface I'd be happy as a clam right now.
I want one for the cube farm I'm in. :)
I find the whole concept of Andromeda colliding with the Milkyway smashing!
Computer software products have a 5 year limit after it is released. If it's made public before release (outside the company employees) they have 2 years to release it and then 5 years of regular protection. In order to get the protection you must submit all source code and materials to make the product and after the 5 year period it's available for download from the Library of Congress or something. Full new versions of software products can be submitted for another 5 years protection but not patches and service packs..
People will have to innovate then in order to beat out the competition and keep raking in the cash instead of sitting on things forever and ever.
"taking care of her" > "taking care of my mother"
Sorry, bad edit job.
"I have to pay to subsidize social security and medicare, neither of which I will ever see, because they are both projected to go broke before I ever collect a cent, and fixing them is a political third rail."
I feel the same way but after my father died of a heart attack after working an 11 hour day in a boiler factory I figure it's money well spent since those things are taking care of her since he's gone. It's not as good as what he used to get for health insurance but it's better then nothing for a woman who's had 18 major operations in her life.
I can't use my insurance on her like her and Dad used theirs on me when I was little so that's all there is. If that stuff lasts till she passes on I'll be satisfied even if there isn't anything left for me.