lots of (but by no means all) people dissing Java are actually sysadmins, rather than programmers, and do all of the coding that they do do in perl, shell script, and similar
I think you've nailed an important point. I went from SA, to engineer, to SA, back to engineer (long story). Net result is that I spent a lot of time as an SA who knew how to write Java code (along with other languages), working amongst other SA's who really didn't have a clue about development. That's not to say that they were dumb; on the contrary, these were very talented people. But in general it's not an SA's job to know the ins and outs of higher languages, so for the most part, they didn't.
Every time the word "Java" was mentioned, many of them would wrinkle their noses, and regurgitate the same tired stereotypes, accurate or not. For a while I began to wonder if it was an autonomous thing with them, like your heartbeat or the functioning of your thyroid gland. Although I have to admit that some complaints are valid, or at least used to be, mostly what they said only exposed their own lack of understanding. Eventually you learn to stop arguing with them, and instead just employ the smile-and-nod approach.
They also bagged on me (good naturedly, I think) for writing stuff in Java. I responded by calling them "knuckle-dragging Perl programmers". I was quite popular. =)
Personally, I believe that there was an issue with old JVMs (at least on Linux) leaking memory, that has now been solved.
You would be correct. I make my living writing server side Java code, and I love it. Several months ago, though, we discovered that there was a massive memory leak on several of our Linux servers running JDK 1.4 (which actually isn't old at all). An upgrade to glibc corrected the issue.
I can't really assign blame to either the JDK or the libraries for it, I think it was just an unfortunate interaction. These things happen.
Sorry that I don't remember the precise version numbers involved.
Fortunately, Schlage generally has a good track record on not having easily-broken locks.
I spent several years of my life as a locksmith. The unfortunate truth is, Schlage is just average. Not as bad as Kwikset (avoid like the plague), or Weiser (avoid like it's a Kwikset), and not as good as Master (formerly Dexter). Unfortunately a few years ago Schlage realized their locks weren't as good as Master, so they bought out Master's door hardware division (essentially the old Dexter that Master bought) and shut it down.
Schlage aren't bad locks, but they're not really as good as most people think they are. They're just kind of "okay". Not that you asked, but now you know. =)
"...the fire department wouldn't let anyone inside the car (i.e., to collect our belongings) until they'd cut the cable to the battery. The reason they gave was that the airbags might still go off. The corrolary being, once they'd cut the battery, there was no longer a fear of the airbags deploying."
Close. I used to be a locksmith, and part of my job was working on ignition switches in cars (replacing them when someone lost their key, mostly). To get to the ignition switch on most cars, you have to take the steering column apart, which means you have to take the airbag off - which means you'd better know what you're doing, because those things can kill you, especially once they're out of the column.
Anyways, as far as I know airbags do not have a seperate power supply. Instead, they're powered by a bank of capacitors which charge up when the car is started (that's usually what the airbag light on the dashboard means - the capacitors are being charged). They usually hold their charge for about 30 minutes or so after the power is cut.
So as a locksmith, I was trained to disconnect the battery and wait at least a half hour before touching the airbag on the column. Then you have to be really careful once it's out of the column not to give it a static charge, because that can set them off, too (theoretically, anyways). The firefighters should have known that cutting the battery cable on your wife's car does not immediately disable the airbags.
You do not prove anything by choosing round vs not-round values
So say you have a 1-meter board and you need it cut into thirds. Punch that into your calculator...and try to find 0.33333333333333333333 meters on your measuring device.
Okay, so even that is a little contrived (though, not really that much), but you get the point. =)
I think the article was talking about applying for too many jobs at the same company in one shot, not applying for a bunch of jobs all over the place all at once. At least, that was my intepretation.
By all means, carpet-bomb with your resume, it's a numbers game. Just don't send it to one company with 216 job ID's listed. =)
But an electronic ballasted compact flourescent that screws into a standard lamp base flickers at 25-40kHz. The compact flourescent technology causes no visible flicker, is smaller than the old magnetic ballast (which operated at the frequency of house wiring, 60Hz), and improved efficiency overall, losing less energy to heat in the ballast.
Spotted him at a gas station in Santa Clara when we both worked in that town. Was pulling away when I saw him. My thought process was as follows:
"That guy looks familiar." "Hey, that's Linus!" (about 1.3 seconds of staring in disbelief later) "Hey, I'm about to run over a gas pump!" (heavy braking, Linus glances at me quizzically)
So yeah, Linus, if you see this, that was me in the white Grand Am that day.
I've used both, extensively. I started with Netbeans, and it's usable, but just barely. It tends to bring my system to a crawl after more than an hour or two of use. Everyone complains about the interface, and everyone is right; it's just...bad.
One day I discovered Eclipse. I was ecstatic. It is easily the most powerful IDE I've ever used (others being CodeWarrior, various versions of JBuilder, IDEA, Visual Studio, IBM Visual Age, KDevelop, and a few others I can't recall). It's interface is also a little weird in some ways, but it's nowhere near as bad as Netbeans' is. Actually, it's not "bad" at all, just a little different sometimes, but where it's different it's usually for a good reason. Or so I like to think.
Eclipse's refactoring is amazing. Need to rename a package or class but you've referenced it in dozens of other classes? No problem. Right-click -> Refactor -> Rename. Eclipse will find every reference to the package, class, or whatever it is you're changing and fix them all, including in the comments, including get() and set() methods, and even in non-java-source files (it asks you about all this before it does it, then shows you a preview of what it's about to do, then it does it all for you). You use almost the same procedure for changing method signatures (return type, args, etc.), and again, it goes off and does all the work for you, ensuring you don't miss anything. Too lazy to type in all those "import foo.*" lines? Don't. Right-click -> Source -> Organize Imports. Eclipse puts in every import your class needs, and will get rid of ones you're not using. See a bunch of code that looks like it should be put into a method? Don't cut and paste. Highlight it, then Right-click -> Refactor -> Extract Method. Give it a name and set a few parameters, and presto - you've got it all in a shiny, new, nicely formatted method (that's "function" for you non-OO types;).
Ironically, Eclipse is the only Java IDE I'd be willing to pay money for, and I don't have to (well, I'd pay for JBuilder if there were no Eclipse, and if I could afford it). Eclipse has plugins to do UML (so does Netbeans, for that matter), PHP, Python, C, C++, HTML, and tons of other stuff. I like the J2EE plugin, since I do a lot of that sort of foolishness. Since I don't do a lot of GUI stuff I was content to launch Netbeans when I absolutely needed it to generate GUI code, and to use Eclipse the rest of the time.
Then VEP came, and it was good.
IBM's visual designer lets you edit the code it creates (Netbeans doesn't allow it inside the GUI, and if you do it outside the GUI, it will punish you for it), and will even read the changes back in as soon as you've made them and reflect them in the GUI builder. Outstanding. For the record, JBuilder does that, too.
All in all I'd say JBuilder, IDEA (I didn't talk about this one much, but it is excellent), and Eclipse are in a class together, and most of the other IDE's are somewhere below them, but Eclipse is the free one. There's much, much more to rave about that I've left out, but I don't want to turn this into a book. For me, it's a no-brainer - I'm an Eclipse man.
Try it. Try Netbeans, too. You'll see.
(Disclaimer: My employer is even less interested in my opinions than you are.)
People are still happily buying AIX, even though there is supposedly no valid license.
I don't mean to argue with you, and I do expect you're right, but I have to ask: how do you know this? Do you actually know how many copies of AIX were sold since last Friday, when the license was supposedly revoked?
Reminds me of my own cable provider, Adelphia. I once had to call them and tell them one of their DNS servers was off in the weeds. I could not convince the 2nd tier person that the problem was not on my end (she scheduled a tech to come look at my modem), so I hung up, called back, and turned the tables on the 1st tier person that answered. Instead of them having me run commands (which usually doesn't get very far before I tell them, "Wait...I have a firewall and other things here, you're not going to be able to get the information you need from my Windows PC. Tell me what you need to know and I'll find out for you"), I had her run a command that did a DNS query against the dead server. When she got no response, I got her to cancel the tech that was coming my way and get someone to fix the server.
Earlier today I was reading through the comments from the previous story about Senator Hatch, and someone mentioned his site, hatchmusic.com. I went and looked to see what kind of music he writes.
See the second CD from the bottom of the page, "Many Different Roads"? I thought the cover art looked awfully familiar. Turns out I have a copy of that rose picture on my hard drive from years ago. It's all over the web, and can be found via Google image search.
I don't know the history of that particular image or who owns the copyright to it, but I can't help but wonder if the good senator bothered to find out...
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I think you've nailed an important point. I went from SA, to engineer, to SA, back to engineer (long story). Net result is that I spent a lot of time as an SA who knew how to write Java code (along with other languages), working amongst other SA's who really didn't have a clue about development. That's not to say that they were dumb; on the contrary, these were very talented people. But in general it's not an SA's job to know the ins and outs of higher languages, so for the most part, they didn't.
Every time the word "Java" was mentioned, many of them would wrinkle their noses, and regurgitate the same tired stereotypes, accurate or not. For a while I began to wonder if it was an autonomous thing with them, like your heartbeat or the functioning of your thyroid gland. Although I have to admit that some complaints are valid, or at least used to be, mostly what they said only exposed their own lack of understanding. Eventually you learn to stop arguing with them, and instead just employ the smile-and-nod approach.
They also bagged on me (good naturedly, I think) for writing stuff in Java. I responded by calling them "knuckle-dragging Perl programmers". I was quite popular. =)
You would be correct. I make my living writing server side Java code, and I love it. Several months ago, though, we discovered that there was a massive memory leak on several of our Linux servers running JDK 1.4 (which actually isn't old at all). An upgrade to glibc corrected the issue.
I can't really assign blame to either the JDK or the libraries for it, I think it was just an unfortunate interaction. These things happen.
Sorry that I don't remember the precise version numbers involved.
Probably Okidata. Those things are built like bricks. Used to work on 'em myself. =)
Out of curiosity, what's the SN you're after?
Actually, we purge unused screennames on a fairly regular basis.
Our search engine does something like this. Go to http://search.aol.com and search for "eagles", for example.
I spent several years of my life as a locksmith. The unfortunate truth is, Schlage is just average. Not as bad as Kwikset (avoid like the plague), or Weiser (avoid like it's a Kwikset), and not as good as Master (formerly Dexter). Unfortunately a few years ago Schlage realized their locks weren't as good as Master, so they bought out Master's door hardware division (essentially the old Dexter that Master bought) and shut it down.
Schlage aren't bad locks, but they're not really as good as most people think they are. They're just kind of "okay". Not that you asked, but now you know. =)
Re:Assumptions? (Score:5, Insightful) by 2MuchC0ffeeMan (201987)
Are you guys brothers?
Close. I used to be a locksmith, and part of my job was working on ignition switches in cars (replacing them when someone lost their key, mostly). To get to the ignition switch on most cars, you have to take the steering column apart, which means you have to take the airbag off - which means you'd better know what you're doing, because those things can kill you, especially once they're out of the column.
Anyways, as far as I know airbags do not have a seperate power supply. Instead, they're powered by a bank of capacitors which charge up when the car is started (that's usually what the airbag light on the dashboard means - the capacitors are being charged). They usually hold their charge for about 30 minutes or so after the power is cut.
So as a locksmith, I was trained to disconnect the battery and wait at least a half hour before touching the airbag on the column. Then you have to be really careful once it's out of the column not to give it a static charge, because that can set them off, too (theoretically, anyways). The firefighters should have known that cutting the battery cable on your wife's car does not immediately disable the airbags.
I've got news for you, friend - Snopes is wrong a lot. They are far from the authoritative source that many make them out to be.
Does it now?
So say you have a 1-meter board and you need it cut into thirds. Punch that into your calculator...and try to find 0.33333333333333333333 meters on your measuring device.
Okay, so even that is a little contrived (though, not really that much), but you get the point. =)
I think the article was talking about applying for too many jobs at the same company in one shot, not applying for a bunch of jobs all over the place all at once. At least, that was my intepretation.
By all means, carpet-bomb with your resume, it's a numbers game. Just don't send it to one company with 216 job ID's listed. =)
But an electronic ballasted compact flourescent that screws into a standard lamp base flickers at 25-40kHz. The compact flourescent technology causes no visible flicker, is smaller than the old magnetic ballast (which operated at the frequency of house wiring, 60Hz), and improved efficiency overall, losing less energy to heat in the ballast.
I have only one question: Why do you know this?
=)
Spotted him at a gas station in Santa Clara when we both worked in that town. Was pulling away when I saw him. My thought process was as follows:
"That guy looks familiar."
"Hey, that's Linus!"
(about 1.3 seconds of staring in disbelief later)
"Hey, I'm about to run over a gas pump!"
(heavy braking, Linus glances at me quizzically)
So yeah, Linus, if you see this, that was me in the white Grand Am that day.
=)
I've used both, extensively. I started with Netbeans, and it's usable, but just barely. It tends to bring my system to a crawl after more than an hour or two of use. Everyone complains about the interface, and everyone is right; it's just...bad.
;).
One day I discovered Eclipse. I was ecstatic. It is easily the most powerful IDE I've ever used (others being CodeWarrior, various versions of JBuilder, IDEA, Visual Studio, IBM Visual Age, KDevelop, and a few others I can't recall). It's interface is also a little weird in some ways, but it's nowhere near as bad as Netbeans' is. Actually, it's not "bad" at all, just a little different sometimes, but where it's different it's usually for a good reason. Or so I like to think.
Eclipse's refactoring is amazing. Need to rename a package or class but you've referenced it in dozens of other classes? No problem. Right-click -> Refactor -> Rename. Eclipse will find every reference to the package, class, or whatever it is you're changing and fix them all, including in the comments, including get() and set() methods, and even in non-java-source files (it asks you about all this before it does it, then shows you a preview of what it's about to do, then it does it all for you). You use almost the same procedure for changing method signatures (return type, args, etc.), and again, it goes off and does all the work for you, ensuring you don't miss anything. Too lazy to type in all those "import foo.*" lines? Don't. Right-click -> Source -> Organize Imports. Eclipse puts in every import your class needs, and will get rid of ones you're not using. See a bunch of code that looks like it should be put into a method? Don't cut and paste. Highlight it, then Right-click -> Refactor -> Extract Method. Give it a name and set a few parameters, and presto - you've got it all in a shiny, new, nicely formatted method (that's "function" for you non-OO types
Ironically, Eclipse is the only Java IDE I'd be willing to pay money for, and I don't have to (well, I'd pay for JBuilder if there were no Eclipse, and if I could afford it). Eclipse has plugins to do UML (so does Netbeans, for that matter), PHP, Python, C, C++, HTML, and tons of other stuff. I like the J2EE plugin, since I do a lot of that sort of foolishness. Since I don't do a lot of GUI stuff I was content to launch Netbeans when I absolutely needed it to generate GUI code, and to use Eclipse the rest of the time.
Then VEP came, and it was good.
IBM's visual designer lets you edit the code it creates (Netbeans doesn't allow it inside the GUI, and if you do it outside the GUI, it will punish you for it), and will even read the changes back in as soon as you've made them and reflect them in the GUI builder. Outstanding. For the record, JBuilder does that, too.
All in all I'd say JBuilder, IDEA (I didn't talk about this one much, but it is excellent), and Eclipse are in a class together, and most of the other IDE's are somewhere below them, but Eclipse is the free one. There's much, much more to rave about that I've left out, but I don't want to turn this into a book. For me, it's a no-brainer - I'm an Eclipse man.
Try it. Try Netbeans, too. You'll see.
(Disclaimer: My employer is even less interested in my opinions than you are.)
Yeah, but most people just call 'em Chrysler PT Cruisers.
Well, that's good to hear. I guess you *do* know. =)
I don't mean to argue with you, and I do expect you're right, but I have to ask: how do you know this? Do you actually know how many copies of AIX were sold since last Friday, when the license was supposedly revoked?
Reminds me of my own cable provider, Adelphia. I once had to call them and tell them one of their DNS servers was off in the weeds. I could not convince the 2nd tier person that the problem was not on my end (she scheduled a tech to come look at my modem), so I hung up, called back, and turned the tables on the 1st tier person that answered. Instead of them having me run commands (which usually doesn't get very far before I tell them, "Wait...I have a firewall and other things here, you're not going to be able to get the information you need from my Windows PC. Tell me what you need to know and I'll find out for you"), I had her run a command that did a DNS query against the dead server. When she got no response, I got her to cancel the tech that was coming my way and get someone to fix the server.
Check out this link: http://www.hatchmusic.com/songs.html
See the second CD from the bottom of the page, "Many Different Roads"? I thought the cover art looked awfully familiar. Turns out I have a copy of that rose picture on my hard drive from years ago. It's all over the web, and can be found via Google image search.
I don't know the history of that particular image or who owns the copyright to it, but I can't help but wonder if the good senator bothered to find out...
I think you meant hold-over. But since you were talking about Pascal, maybe hangover is a bit more appropriate. ;)
Screw spamming...I wanna know how to become a Hollywood stuntman!