we would be right back where we started, however with out the cluginess found in MS products, the closedness of Apple, and the many variants if "Unix".
We would probably also not have any Intel wierdness to deal with - Motorola would become dominant.
The whole topic is stupid. One would think that sociciety didn't exist in the 40's and 50's.
I recently turned down several offers in SLC (I was thinking of relocating there). The reason? Mormons, the liquor laws, and basically a beat social climate.
I think I better qualify things now.:)
Mormons: a) I am single. I like getting laid. Mormon women do not put out (or even go out) to/with unMormon guys. b) with that in mind, a very large portion of the populace out there is Mormon. c) Assuming I met someone and started a family there, I would rather not have my kids picked on in school and bombarded with propaganda because they are not Mormon.
Liquor laws aren't that big of a deal, but I do like Happy Hours. I do like to beable to by nonwatery beer at the supermarket. I do drink a beer or two on Sunday everyonce in a while.
I am from the Washington DC area, and it would be unrealistic to expect SLC to compare culturally. However it was very odd to not see a black face for over a week (I am white BTW). Also, I'll sum it up with some questions: what museaums? What symphony? What hip night clubs?
I am an avid mountin biker, camper, and skier - and in that respect SLC wins without a struggle. However I will note that it is easier to visit there than to stay.
Hopefully things will change after the Olympics attract some new blood into the area.
...or you'll be hitting the street. Immaturity prevents the junior programmer in this case from realizing that computer science purity is NOT the same thing as economic viability.
Case in point: any Microsoft product.
If you are given a task of optimizing a routine or fixing an array over run - do it. That is your job.
I am betting Defect #12332 in the bug queue doesn't say "redesign entire system (by person with 2 years professional experience).":)
Senior programmers have the job of revamping the design.... managers have the job of deciding to do it.
Remember, there are people at your company who are buying baby food with the pay check that this "horrible" software is generating.
This isn't to say "keep your mouth shut and toe the line" - definately point out where improvements could be made - but when given a task stick to it.
Most junior programmers start such rewrites b/c they haven't taken the time to understand the code.
I am betting it is pretty high. If the MS lawyers were smart, they would flaunt these numbers. Oh, I forgot... according the Queasy Mfume those Asian workers aren't the *right* race....
Oh really? Most employment is "at will". I happen to work for a software company that will fire a person at the drop of a hat (for non performance, or disiplinary issues). Everyone that has tried to fight their dismissal has failed.
...not the other way around. You can be as cocky as you want with a "my skills are in such demand I'll simply walk if I don't get to do what I want" attitude, but remember - you are very easily replaced (as much as you would like to think otherwise).
...to hear a bunch of children playing down the hall in a company sponsored daycare center, rather than the sounds of the air hockey and ping pong table that my company got to keep the programmers happy.
No, I don't have kids, and no I am not married.
It would be so cool to be able to visit your kids during lunch. To eat with them and take them outside - come on that is the bomb!
It might inspire the more geeky programmers to comb their hair and find that special someone - and that would make them happier than a 1000 foozball tables ever could.
The US studied the feasability if using nuclear devices for peaceful uses in the 60's - the Plowshares program it was called.
The Russians (read: Soviets) actually HAVE used nuclear devices dozens of times for use in excavation, natural gas extraction/storage, and siesmic study (to name a few uses).
I worked at IITRI's Joint Spectrum Center in Annapolis, Maryland for two years. Not only were there no college students running around, you needed a security clearance just to walk in the place.
AS noted in other threads, IITRI has several ties to the government.
Among other things they run the Joint (as in armed services) Spectrum Center in Annapolis, Maryland, are heavily involed at the Navy's David Taylor Research Lab, also in Annapolis, and the IRS Tax Modernization Insititute in Lanham, Maryland. Funny how an Illinois college has so many facilities in Maryland... so close to Washington DC.
Can we say "unbiased?" No? OK, try "biased."
The IRS center is a joke. You can read about their blunders on your own. As far as the JSC goes, I once worked there. The software development done there is a monument to hacked, undesigned code.
Any findings they come up with... well, I already question the technical veracity of such.
I am very sure. Terminal Control Protocol was designed by the U.S. Army for use with wireless teletype terminals.
It ofcourse under wnet many changes during the years (integration with NCP, changes to accomidate the OSI model), but it had its humble origins way back when.
...wireless environment, which you should know if you care to crack open any introductory text on the subject (I prefer Stevens , TCP/IP Architecture Vol.2).
Problems with signal degradation have already been solved. In fact, the U.S. military has been using wireless data communications for years. The speed isn't all there, but the basic problems have already been solved.
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...yeah you caught me...
...and yes, if you so annoy me I will post all of your source code on the net AND email it to every one of your competitors.
So do you still want to make an issue of this?
Go ahead and sue for damages - but remember you won't get amymore from me than what I have. Who will be hurting more after the dust has settled?
we would be right back where we started, however with out the cluginess found in MS products, the closedness of Apple, and the many variants if "Unix".
We would probably also not have any Intel wierdness to deal with - Motorola would become dominant.
The whole topic is stupid. One would think that sociciety didn't exist in the 40's and 50's.
I recently turned down several offers in SLC (I was thinking of relocating there). The reason? Mormons, the liquor laws, and basically a beat social climate.
I think I better qualify things now.
Mormons: a) I am single. I like getting laid. Mormon women do not put out (or even go out) to/with unMormon guys. b) with that in mind, a very large portion of the populace out there is Mormon. c) Assuming I met someone and started a family there, I would rather not have my kids picked on in school and bombarded with propaganda because they are not Mormon.
Liquor laws aren't that big of a deal, but I do like Happy Hours. I do like to beable to by nonwatery beer at the supermarket. I do drink a beer or two on Sunday everyonce in a while.
I am from the Washington DC area, and it would be unrealistic to expect SLC to compare culturally. However it was very odd to not see a black face for over a week (I am white BTW). Also, I'll sum it up with some questions: what museaums? What symphony? What hip night clubs?
I am an avid mountin biker, camper, and skier - and in that respect SLC wins without a struggle. However I will note that it is easier to visit there than to stay.
Hopefully things will change after the Olympics attract some new blood into the area.
...or you'll be hitting the street. Immaturity prevents the junior programmer in this case from realizing that computer science purity is NOT the same thing as economic viability.
:)
Case in point: any Microsoft product.
If you are given a task of optimizing a routine or fixing an array over run - do it. That is your job.
I am betting Defect #12332 in the bug queue doesn't say "redesign entire system (by person with 2 years professional experience)."
Senior programmers have the job of revamping the design.... managers have the job of deciding to do it.
Remember, there are people at your company who are buying baby food with the pay check that this "horrible" software is generating.
This isn't to say "keep your mouth shut and toe the line" - definately point out where improvements could be made - but when given a task stick to it.
Most junior programmers start such rewrites b/c they haven't taken the time to understand the code.
...."it's nothin' personal, jus' business...."
BANG!
I am betting it is pretty high. If the MS lawyers were smart, they would flaunt these numbers. Oh, I forgot... according the Queasy Mfume those Asian workers aren't the *right* race....
Ironic.
Oh really? Most employment is "at will". I happen to work for a software company that will fire a person at the drop of a hat (for non performance, or disiplinary issues). Everyone that has tried to fight their dismissal has failed.
...not the other way around. You can be as cocky as you want with a "my skills are in such demand I'll simply walk if I don't get to do what I want" attitude, but remember - you are very easily replaced (as much as you would like to think otherwise).
...but the U.S., U.K., France, U.S.S.R., and China developed such weapons with computers that a typical 8086 system would eat for lunch.
So what now... embargo sliderules?
.. working here!
Thank god the wheat can't reproduce. Think about it.
...to hear a bunch of children playing down the hall in a company sponsored daycare center, rather than the sounds of the air hockey and ping pong table that my company got to keep the programmers happy.
No, I don't have kids, and no I am not married.
It would be so cool to be able to visit your kids during lunch. To eat with them and take them outside - come on that is the bomb!
It might inspire the more geeky programmers to comb their hair and find that special someone - and that would make them happier than a 1000 foozball tables ever could.
The US studied the feasability if using nuclear devices for peaceful uses in the 60's - the Plowshares program it was called.
The Russians (read: Soviets) actually HAVE used nuclear devices dozens of times for use in excavation, natural gas extraction/storage, and siesmic study (to name a few uses).
I worked at IITRI's Joint Spectrum Center in Annapolis, Maryland for two years. Not only were there no college students running around, you needed a security clearance just to walk in the place.
AS noted in other threads, IITRI has several ties to the government.
Among other things they run the Joint (as in armed services) Spectrum Center in Annapolis, Maryland, are heavily involed at the Navy's David Taylor Research Lab, also in Annapolis, and the IRS Tax Modernization Insititute in Lanham, Maryland. Funny how an Illinois college has so many facilities in Maryland... so close to Washington DC.
Can we say "unbiased?" No? OK, try "biased."
The IRS center is a joke. You can read about their blunders on your own. As far as the JSC goes, I once worked there. The software development done there is a monument to hacked, undesigned code.
Any findings they come up with... well, I already question the technical veracity of such.
????
...he can clear out some temp files, delete some old games, and install a minimal installation of Linux over the net.
I am guessing he is loathe to delete any of his pirated software for which he has no installation media.
Well, I am a FreeBSD type personally. I really don't see OpenBSD going anywhere either.
.... he mentions Linux.com and gives thanks.
Wrong. Yorktown is an Aegis cruiser.
The can get such a thing at www.openbsd.org
....much faster than it is in air. A torpedo moving that fast underwater is probably an impossibility for the forseeable future.
Something to think about... Trident D-5 SLBMs don't move at 200 knots while submerged... so I am doubting that a torpedo would.
I am very sure. Terminal Control Protocol was designed by the U.S. Army for use with wireless teletype terminals.
It ofcourse under wnet many changes during the years (integration with NCP, changes to accomidate the OSI model), but it had its humble origins way back when.
Read Stevens.
...wireless environment, which you should know if you care to crack open any introductory text on the subject (I prefer Stevens , TCP/IP Architecture Vol.2).
Problems with signal degradation have already been solved. In fact, the U.S. military has been using wireless data communications for years. The speed isn't all there, but the basic problems have already been solved.