In my book, it is outputting code that works well and is maintainable that makes a good programmer
That's a little too simplistic, isn't it? What good is code that works well and is maintainable if the system it runs on has become obsolete? Development time must be taken into account as well and that's where the whole reuse vs from scratch really comes into play.
in the UK it's actually news when a murder happens. In the US it's only news if the victim is white
The US has only about 3 times the murder rate of the UK (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita) While that's a lot worse, it's not enough to justify such a holier-than-thou attitude.
homeowner's insurance (at least in the US) is that it, by default, does not cover damage due to flooding
When I was a kid our foundation wall caved in from too much water pressure after heavy rains (the yard sloped slightly down towards the house). The insurance ruled it a flood issue and didn't cover it because even though my parents told their agent they wanted coverage for "everything". He didn't include flood insurance because he thought since we weren't next to a river we didn't really want that. His response to not including it after we were flooded was to say you have to ask for flood insurance specifically, sorry. Guess he missed elementary school the day 'everything' was on the vocabulary quiz.
I encourage everyone who thinks they have 'everything' coverage to enquire specifically about flood insurance.
but I have never: *Seen a firewire device *Seen a firewire port on anything besides a faulty motherboard I once had *Seen anyone using a firewire device
WTF? You've never seen or seen someone using a Sony (and most other brands too) digital handycam? You've never seen a Macbook (prior to the model in the article) or desktop Mac or a Sony VAIO or Toshiba Satellite laptop?
The only way to get most digital camcorders to extract the high definition to computer via cable is to use FW. The USB connection refuses. Fine for people with the mini-DVD recorders but tape and hard drive cameras must use FW.
The problem is that they rip open all the bagged trash, paw through it, and leave a loose pile that blows into the yard. At least that's what I confront the same jerks about. I called the police a couple of times but they run off by the time the cops arrive.
- Refuse to move when more than 8 people are jammed into it.
Does that limit mean only up front? I only ask because we regularly fit 7 in the passenger compartment of my friend's Cutlass but there was one more who always wanted to tag along and we made him ride in the trunk.
You've taken it way too seriously - in reality, the whole 'cattle herd' thing is an allegory for political parties. Read it again and it'll make sense this time.
Adding charging points to gas stations shouldn't be a big job technically, the only problem is politics and the lucrative oil business
Oy vey - you really missed it. The problem with adding charging points at gas station is hanging out at one for four hours waiting for your car to charge. Chargers are needed at places like parking garages so you can let it charge while at work or shopping at the mall, not service stations. The smart service station owner is looking at franchising insert-your-card-$x-per-kWh widgets in downtown parking lots.
They might manufacture the physical widget there but they didn't program the driver or firmware - it came on a master rom or was bundled in a cd already compiled.
Because both 3a and 3b require the cops to bestir themselves a lot more than giving them a picture of the guy so their computer can just do a matching on the database of prior-record thefts. You have to make it as easy as possible for them to track down the bad guys unless you have an angry investigative reporter or DA on your side. Which stolen laptop cases usually do not.
when the trees eventually die they are decomposed and release the CO2 into the air again
I've just invented a giant zip-lok baggie into which dead trees can be placed. Then we can just throw them in the landfill and all the CO2 will be stored away!
Ask friends or acquaintances -- who are software developers -- to give you a mock interview. After that, have them give you an objective appraisal
Not just friends, they might not be able to give you the hard truth, but what about the college/university's job placement assistance people? All but the tiniest schools should have a group of people who help graduates find jobs and this includes interview training. Heck, even the IT Tech mill schools have them You paid for the school's services; use them!
Since the person submitting the question is getting in the door with the resume, I really really really doubt it's the first level support gig (that they've already seen) that's holding him back. I bet $5 it's how he comes across in the interview.
You can't get the fed buying google, only losses get socialized
Sure you can, it just takes a while to set it up. Require google to feature sites that don't bring them ad revenue (Not that well meaning government would ever meddle in a market that was working reasonably well otherwise just for social engineering) and then when Google fails, blame it on their own greed and socialize them.
put CDs in freezers to soften the sound (I kid you not)
Oh, yes, this works quite well. When the condensation from the cold CD drips off onto the laser pickup, it mists the lens and that makes the sound softer.
Suspend to disk instead of just sleep makes the questioner's 20 second requirement and doesn't trickle away the battery if he plans to carry it around a lot while it's off. I suppose it depends on the ratio of sleep/suspend time to use time which one is better. I always use suspend to prevent the battery running out if I'm not paying attention, or when travelling if a TSA goon pulls the battery or somesuch.
Coupons are a form of corporate advertising. Get the company who wants the coupons handed out to foot the bill for the DNA test. If there's any resistance, create a mandatory package deal where if one wants to advertise on city owned property (busses, etc) a sponsor must also do the dog poop analysis promotion.
All three of the 'extreme' laptops, and if they had included the equivalent Sager, were the exact same laptop: the Clevo 901. Just with 3 different brand names attached and the alienware has a custom screen cover. The inability of the 'hardware guru' to detect this, and even that he didn't already know it, says a lot about game hardware fanboys.
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In my book, it is outputting code that works well and is maintainable that makes a good programmer
That's a little too simplistic, isn't it? What good is code that works well and is maintainable if the system it runs on has become obsolete? Development time must be taken into account as well and that's where the whole reuse vs from scratch really comes into play.
in the UK it's actually news when a murder happens. In the US it's only news if the victim is white
The US has only about 3 times the murder rate of the UK (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita) While that's a lot worse, it's not enough to justify such a holier-than-thou attitude.
invent words like "boxen" and "borked".
What's worse is that "borked" outside of the geek world means you've been the victim of a character assassination campaign (see: Robert Bork).
homeowner's insurance (at least in the US) is that it, by default, does not cover damage due to flooding
When I was a kid our foundation wall caved in from too much water pressure after heavy rains (the yard sloped slightly down towards the house). The insurance ruled it a flood issue and didn't cover it because even though my parents told their agent they wanted coverage for "everything". He didn't include flood insurance because he thought since we weren't next to a river we didn't really want that. His response to not including it after we were flooded was to say you have to ask for flood insurance specifically, sorry. Guess he missed elementary school the day 'everything' was on the vocabulary quiz.
I encourage everyone who thinks they have 'everything' coverage to enquire specifically about flood insurance.
but I have never:
*Seen a firewire device
*Seen a firewire port on anything besides a faulty motherboard I once had
*Seen anyone using a firewire device
WTF? You've never seen or seen someone using a Sony (and most other brands too) digital handycam? You've never seen a Macbook (prior to the model in the article) or desktop Mac or a Sony VAIO or Toshiba Satellite laptop?
The only way to get most digital camcorders to extract the high definition to computer via cable is to use FW. The USB connection refuses. Fine for people with the mini-DVD recorders but tape and hard drive cameras must use FW.
I have two words for you: 'Tiananmen' and 'Square'
I have three words for you; it's: Tian anmen Square
2 Years MS-SQL 2008 experience
Fixed that for ya...
Depends on what country he lives in - in some places that would be a swank and easy gig.
The problem is that they rip open all the bagged trash, paw through it, and leave a loose pile that blows into the yard. At least that's what I confront the same jerks about. I called the police a couple of times but they run off by the time the cops arrive.
- Refuse to move when more than 8 people are jammed into it.
Does that limit mean only up front? I only ask because we regularly fit 7 in the passenger compartment of my friend's Cutlass but there was one more who always wanted to tag along and we made him ride in the trunk.
You've taken it way too seriously - in reality, the whole 'cattle herd' thing is an allegory for political parties. Read it again and it'll make sense this time.
Every so often there's a story about a quick-recharge battery being developed. I think the last one I heard of was able to be recharged in 5 minutes
I say to heck with batteries - power the car from a giant capacitor and you can charge it in a second.
Adding charging points to gas stations shouldn't be a big job technically, the only problem is politics and the lucrative oil business
Oy vey - you really missed it. The problem with adding charging points at gas station is hanging out at one for four hours waiting for your car to charge. Chargers are needed at places like parking garages so you can let it charge while at work or shopping at the mall, not service stations. The smart service station owner is looking at franchising insert-your-card-$x-per-kWh widgets in downtown parking lots.
They might manufacture the physical widget there but they didn't program the driver or firmware - it came on a master rom or was bundled in a cd already compiled.
Because both 3a and 3b require the cops to bestir themselves a lot more than giving them a picture of the guy so their computer can just do a matching on the database of prior-record thefts. You have to make it as easy as possible for them to track down the bad guys unless you have an angry investigative reporter or DA on your side. Which stolen laptop cases usually do not.
when the trees eventually die they are decomposed and release the CO2 into the air again
I've just invented a giant zip-lok baggie into which dead trees can be placed. Then we can just throw them in the landfill and all the CO2 will be stored away!
Ask friends or acquaintances -- who are software developers -- to give you a mock interview. After that, have them give you an objective appraisal
Not just friends, they might not be able to give you the hard truth, but what about the college/university's job placement assistance people? All but the tiniest schools should have a group of people who help graduates find jobs and this includes interview training. Heck, even the IT Tech mill schools have them You paid for the school's services; use them!
Since the person submitting the question is getting in the door with the resume, I really really really doubt it's the first level support gig (that they've already seen) that's holding him back. I bet $5 it's how he comes across in the interview.
You can't get the fed buying google, only losses get socialized
Sure you can, it just takes a while to set it up. Require google to feature sites that don't bring them ad revenue (Not that well meaning government would ever meddle in a market that was working reasonably well otherwise just for social engineering) and then when Google fails, blame it on their own greed and socialize them.
No, crime will stop when the second to last person dies.
Well, if it was overcast when they had the concert
Then just look for them on Google Deep IR Earth.
put CDs in freezers to soften the sound (I kid you not)
Oh, yes, this works quite well. When the condensation from the cold CD drips off onto the laser pickup, it mists the lens and that makes the sound softer.
Ah, but what's the chance of intelligent life evolving?
Suspend to disk instead of just sleep makes the questioner's 20 second requirement and doesn't trickle away the battery if he plans to carry it around a lot while it's off. I suppose it depends on the ratio of sleep/suspend time to use time which one is better. I always use suspend to prevent the battery running out if I'm not paying attention, or when travelling if a TSA goon pulls the battery or somesuch.
Coupons are a form of corporate advertising. Get the company who wants the coupons handed out to foot the bill for the DNA test. If there's any resistance, create a mandatory package deal where if one wants to advertise on city owned property (busses, etc) a sponsor must also do the dog poop analysis promotion.
All three of the 'extreme' laptops, and if they had included the equivalent Sager, were the exact same laptop: the Clevo 901. Just with 3 different brand names attached and the alienware has a custom screen cover. The inability of the 'hardware guru' to detect this, and even that he didn't already know it, says a lot about game hardware fanboys.