Suddenly, the "31,000 hours of flight time between them" doesn't sound so impressive. If a pilot can cruise an airliner and dork about with a laptop, that's not flying, that's just killing time.
That's a good example of tight coupling.
Clearly, the antenna and windshield should have been communicating over a well thought out interface. Instead, the implementation of one was entirely dependent on, nay, entrenched in, the implementation details of the other.
Last time I checked, "running a Perl script" required either administrative access to install Perl, or that Perl was pre-installed.
False dichotomy. One can run Perl quite easily as it does not need to be installed. Just put a trimmed (or not) perl distro onto a USB drive, then run "e:/myperl/perl.exe downloadPacer.pl" and you're golden. Neither Perl or the script need to be copied to the machine.
Licenses also state that the Licensee (as well as Licensor) can terminate the agreement and uninstall the software. So once the end user is done with it, who must the end user contact to state they no longer agree with the license? Once the EULA is terminated, should a former end user be able to sell it? There is no license violation at that point.
So many candidates are just terrified of the employers. Out of all the people I've interviewed, I've had one or two ask about hours, or promotions.
Yours are valid questions, when asked in appropriate ways, as are questions about equity rewards, profit sharing, etc. A *company* exists for the benefit of both employer and employee. It's a business, and if you hire on you are part of the business. Employee compensation includes pay adjustments, equity grants (options, RSA/RSUs, ESPP), 401k matching, vacation, and schedules for all these. Ask about them.
Another thing that nobody asks about is company health. Never has a candidate mentioned checking the company's recent SEC filings, and "with the cash on hand, what are the companies plans for ROC?" Or, what are plans for growths, or margin goals?
BTW, answers to your questions: about 1 year (next review cycle), no alotted sick time so "it depends", and take vacation when you need it as we don't have vacation time.
And I have great expectations for uh, Great Expectations - The Drudgery, what I expect (greatly) to be the first of 12 thrilling episodes.
Then there's the witch-hunting fun of The Crucible, a MMORPG naturally.
I'd also be looking for "Death of a Salesman - The Good Years" where your task is to sell stuff door-to-door: 1 point per comb, 5pts for a vacuum cleaner. I see this particular franchise working well as an expansion pack for the Sims, or as a 2D scroller.
Finally, I'd like to see Mutiny on the Bounty translated into a real time strategy game/sailing simulation, with a textual interface.
> go west You are progressing west at 2kts > where am i You cannot see the stars during the day > what time The current time is: sun is directly overhead You have entered the Atlantic doldrums You are progressing west at 0kts... four days and 12 hours pass... > what time The current time is: the sun set hours ago You are progressing west at 1kts > where am i It is too cloudy to see the stars > eat breadfruit You don't have any breadfruit
Most forums state comments posted are solely the property of the poster. A user is given an account, which is their property, albeit granted under whatever TOS the forum uses. A password protects this account (property).
My house is protected by a key - those who have the key have (usually) have permission to enter, right?
Bozeman, MT had no authority to demand a password. Even with the difference between "real property" and other forms of property, the password and housekey serve the same purpose: to protect the property. Bozeman would never think of asking for candidates' housekeys.
Because perhaps the work is interesting? The USPS uses extensive computer vision tech for autorouting of mail. USGS uses computers throughout their work for cartography, remote sensing, etc. Defense departments, especially the national laboratories, consume the latest supercomputers, storage systems, and visualization tech.
But I understand if your view of government work is purely rubber-stamping papers underneath a buzzing flourescent light.
It's not very usable as a real system, but it's definitely not vaporware.
LOL. I'm not sure this distinction is all that great. After all, people develop software to use it. After 15 years (whatever) of development, a reasonable expectation is that the system would be usable for something other than just rebooting.
Hmm, I don't know. I see where you're coming from, but how is this more liberating that having a slightly more capable laptop that has a local set of dev tools? This is the camp I'm in. All the limitations of being tethered (by wire or wi-fi) are gone. I don't see how being tied down is liberating.
I recently upgraded to a smaller laptop (uni macbook) for its smaller footprint and better graphics, and for me, this is a near-ideal mobile dev machine. A local subversion repository that is periodically mirrored to my home server stores everything. The weak point is battery life at <5hrs.
Battery tech and power management are both improving (and will continue to improve) and I think for mobile hackers the netbooks will lose any advantage.
The whole of JavaScript programming is NOT just web programming.
The javascript engine is an embeddable interpreter (that is independent of a web browser), and it is common to combine it with C++ guts. The web browser is just the most well-known example of this combination.
On many projects I export key data structures via SWIG into a scripting language, then use the scripting side to quickly develop and test new algorithms without the compile/link cycle. I've done this on numerous projects, with C++ scripted by TCL or Javascript, and C bits scripted by Python.
The C++ / Javascript combo is a common mix (no GUI other than terminal). For GUI, one of the oldest combos is Tcl/Tk (~1993), then there is Perl/Tk, Python/Tk, and Python/Wx. I personally like the Python/Wx the best.
It's quite fun to have an embedded script engine in your application -- especially for data processing engines where tweaking the exact algorithm helps determine behavior / heuristics.
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I'm caressing my iphone at an oxygen bar, you insensitive clod.
Yeah, and I didn't get the part about Web3.0, either.
Yes, they'll be glowing green with envy.
the future of cockpit aviation.
Suddenly, the "31,000 hours of flight time between them" doesn't sound so impressive. If a pilot can cruise an airliner and dork about with a laptop, that's not flying, that's just killing time.
That's a good example of tight coupling. Clearly, the antenna and windshield should have been communicating over a well thought out interface. Instead, the implementation of one was entirely dependent on, nay, entrenched in, the implementation details of the other.
False dichotomy. One can run Perl quite easily as it does not need to be installed. Just put a trimmed (or not) perl distro onto a USB drive, then run "e:/myperl/perl.exe downloadPacer.pl" and you're golden. Neither Perl or the script need to be copied to the machine.
Licenses also state that the Licensee (as well as Licensor) can terminate the agreement and uninstall the software. So once the end user is done with it, who must the end user contact to state they no longer agree with the license? Once the EULA is terminated, should a former end user be able to sell it? There is no license violation at that point.
And on this topic, are there other file systems appropriate for removable media that are cross platform? That'd be a good project.
Yours are valid questions, when asked in appropriate ways, as are questions about equity rewards, profit sharing, etc. A *company* exists for the benefit of both employer and employee. It's a business, and if you hire on you are part of the business. Employee compensation includes pay adjustments, equity grants (options, RSA/RSUs, ESPP), 401k matching, vacation, and schedules for all these. Ask about them.
Another thing that nobody asks about is company health. Never has a candidate mentioned checking the company's recent SEC filings, and "with the cash on hand, what are the companies plans for ROC?" Or, what are plans for growths, or margin goals?
BTW, answers to your questions: about 1 year (next review cycle), no alotted sick time so "it depends", and take vacation when you need it as we don't have vacation time.
And I have great expectations for uh, Great Expectations - The Drudgery, what I expect (greatly) to be the first of 12 thrilling episodes.
Then there's the witch-hunting fun of The Crucible, a MMORPG naturally.
I'd also be looking for "Death of a Salesman - The Good Years" where your task is to sell stuff door-to-door: 1 point per comb, 5pts for a vacuum cleaner. I see this particular franchise working well as an expansion pack for the Sims, or as a 2D scroller.
Finally, I'd like to see Mutiny on the Bounty translated into a real time strategy game/sailing simulation, with a textual interface.
> go west ... four days and 12 hours pass ...
You are progressing west at 2kts
> where am i
You cannot see the stars during the day
> what time
The current time is: sun is directly overhead
You have entered the Atlantic doldrums
You are progressing west at 0kts
> what time
The current time is: the sun set hours ago
You are progressing west at 1kts
> where am i
It is too cloudy to see the stars
> eat breadfruit
You don't have any breadfruit
Most forums state comments posted are solely the property of the poster. A user is given an account, which is their property, albeit granted under whatever TOS the forum uses. A password protects this account (property).
My house is protected by a key - those who have the key have (usually) have permission to enter, right?
Bozeman, MT had no authority to demand a password. Even with the difference between "real property" and other forms of property, the password and housekey serve the same purpose: to protect the property. Bozeman would never think of asking for candidates' housekeys.
Oops, I moderated the wrong tag by accident. Posting to remove (hopefully).
Because perhaps the work is interesting? The USPS uses extensive computer vision tech for autorouting of mail. USGS uses computers throughout their work for cartography, remote sensing, etc. Defense departments, especially the national laboratories, consume the latest supercomputers, storage systems, and visualization tech.
But I understand if your view of government work is purely rubber-stamping papers underneath a buzzing flourescent light.
Good question, considering Android hasn't been out for 4 years.
There have been more than one company to require more than N years of Linux experience, where N is larger than the number of years Linux has been out.
So the GP post was a joke, although the "people like you" comment was out of line. The point is, lots of HR "requirements" are absolute nonsense.
It's not very usable as a real system, but it's definitely not vaporware.
LOL. I'm not sure this distinction is all that great. After all, people develop software to use it. After 15 years (whatever) of development, a reasonable expectation is that the system would be usable for something other than just rebooting.
After all, I have Windows for that task.
No, this is trial-ware. We are not confusing "trial" with "beta", as I think you are implying.
MS lets a user try it without paying the cost up-front, and after one year the user decides whether it's worth it or not, then pays up (or not).
This exact practice is what has been posted to Slashdot many, many times before: "I won't purchase XYZ 2.0 until I can try it out in full."
The licensing was an issue. Was the licensing purely a side effect of the commercial C compiler they were using for Minix?
Amoeba was AT's other OS with distributed features.
It's Chrysler, and they're going out of business anyway. Consider the low-flying 747 pointed at the CEO's office a bit of "stimulus".
For many of them, including municipal police, no, I don't wonder at all.
That's a bad sign for the *new* manager, too. jeez.
Troll?
Oh come on. Disagreement != trolling.
Hmm, I don't know. I see where you're coming from, but how is this more liberating that having a slightly more capable laptop that has a local set of dev tools? This is the camp I'm in. All the limitations of being tethered (by wire or wi-fi) are gone. I don't see how being tied down is liberating.
I recently upgraded to a smaller laptop (uni macbook) for its smaller footprint and better graphics, and for me, this is a near-ideal mobile dev machine. A local subversion repository that is periodically mirrored to my home server stores everything. The weak point is battery life at <5hrs.
Battery tech and power management are both improving (and will continue to improve) and I think for mobile hackers the netbooks will lose any advantage.
I think he's going to get a lot of resistance fighting the current of Techie Law Knowledge.
AC = lean
DC = bloated
The javascript engine is an embeddable interpreter (that is independent of a web browser), and it is common to combine it with C++ guts. The web browser is just the most well-known example of this combination.
On many projects I export key data structures via SWIG into a scripting language, then use the scripting side to quickly develop and test new algorithms without the compile/link cycle. I've done this on numerous projects, with C++ scripted by TCL or Javascript, and C bits scripted by Python.
The C++ / Javascript combo is a common mix (no GUI other than terminal). For GUI, one of the oldest combos is Tcl/Tk (~1993), then there is Perl/Tk, Python/Tk, and Python/Wx. I personally like the Python/Wx the best.
It's quite fun to have an embedded script engine in your application -- especially for data processing engines where tweaking the exact algorithm helps determine behavior / heuristics.