Are the advanced maths bad? Of course not. However there is a cost in time and money to learning them. If I were hiring someone, I'd rather pick an applicant who enthusiastically described the software projects he created, what issues he had and how he was able to solve them to one whose main claim to fame was that he passed differential equations.
if you are dealing with HR in a large company, they are going to hire the least expensive option.
What? No. If you are HR in a large company you hire the person with the degree because, let's face it, if you knew enough to evaluate candidates technical merit, you'd be doing the software job instead of HR. As for cost, it's the companies' money, not yours.
However, a business owner cares about ability and value (and presumably has the ability to judge both), so they are more likely to hire the HS grad who wrote his own space invaders game for his smart phone.
As for the attitude that any piece of software can be completely bug-free: that's a holy grail. The ADA Programming Language was invented to try to provide an underpinning to achieving the holy grail -- when was the last time you heard about it seriously?
Ada is a perfectly fine language. We use it in aerospace all the time. You'll still have bugs though. The Ada compiler can catch certain types of bugs at compile time (such as assigning an out of range value) and this is very handy. But if you have a design error, that's something the compiler isn't going to catch.
That being said, don't dismiss Ada out of hand. It's a very good programming language for many types of tasks and most of the arguments against it are based on the circular logic of "nobody uses it".
Keep the programmers as contractors. But hire a full time test team in house to make sure the bugs are found and fixed before the customer gets the software.
Then maybe, just maybe, we ought to be working on helping the irrational rather than banning inanimate objects that can do nothing at all on their own.
That's like saying we can end war or hunger. What are you, some kind of hippie?
If the laws of the land are too onerous, the correct solutions are either to change the laws or else go somewhere else.
Sadly this is not possible. This only works if people are free to live and work in whatever country they want. Unfortunately, this freedom is not allowed (or is so onerous that it might as well not be allowed).
My guess is the cable companies will charge a base cost for the connection, but the individual channel cost for shopping channels will be $0. They might even reduce your bill if you have to make a deliberate choice to accept them.
The government controls the broadcast spectrum. Requiring certain concessions as a condition for use is not inappropriate, even for a small government.
The thing that makes GW2 so awesome for playing with friends is the level scaling system.
I totally agree with this. In addition to allowing friends to group together, it also lets you get xp (and therefore levels) from any number of sources (exploration, WvW, cooking) without also trivializing the "normal" content. Such a great idea. WoW should have done that.
I just started playing GW2. So far its fun. I especially like WvW. I'm not really at the point yet where I can judge the endgame, but I do think I'm getting my monies worth, especially since there is no subscription fee. In other words, it's at least as fun and content filled as a good single player game.
Raising the level limit was probably the stupidest thing Blizzard could do for anyone who was into hardcore raiding. On the bright side I've enjoyed several other games since then.
I also like my simple touch. Unfortunately, I have a feeling Microsoft will nuke the ebooks I've bought through B&N just like they did to all the songs marked as "plays for sure".
The phone service plan (i.e., getting a signal) is no contract. Buying the phone itself, *if you choose to buy a phone from them using an installment plan*, is a contract.
If they did it for every car, on all stretches of the particular road, AND implemented it loudly and openly, then god bless them. People will follow the laws, or they WILL get a ticket.
Yes, yes, yes.
The result? Speed limits will change to be more fair.
Nope. Happened here (Arizona) and all that happened was people complained until the cameras were removed. The limit did not change.
Most speeding limits should really just be guidelines used only to help corroborate an unsafe driving charge but not the only evidence required (and therefore not enforced automatically). The exception is those "yellow" limits they have on mountain turns. Those are the speed limits actually connected with safety as opposed to political or revenue reasons. But in those cases the laws of physics are the laws that matter and if you end up driving off the side of the mountain due to speeding, it's your own damn fault.
Slashdot Mirror
Opportunity cost.
Are the advanced maths bad? Of course not. However there is a cost in time and money to learning them. If I were hiring someone, I'd rather pick an applicant who enthusiastically described the software projects he created, what issues he had and how he was able to solve them to one whose main claim to fame was that he passed differential equations.
What? No. If you are HR in a large company you hire the person with the degree because, let's face it, if you knew enough to evaluate candidates technical merit, you'd be doing the software job instead of HR. As for cost, it's the companies' money, not yours.
However, a business owner cares about ability and value (and presumably has the ability to judge both), so they are more likely to hire the HS grad who wrote his own space invaders game for his smart phone.
Since when is basic logic considered advanced math?
I still think they're interesting.
Ada is a perfectly fine language. We use it in aerospace all the time. You'll still have bugs though. The Ada compiler can catch certain types of bugs at compile time (such as assigning an out of range value) and this is very handy. But if you have a design error, that's something the compiler isn't going to catch.
That being said, don't dismiss Ada out of hand. It's a very good programming language for many types of tasks and most of the arguments against it are based on the circular logic of "nobody uses it".
Keep the programmers as contractors. But hire a full time test team in house to make sure the bugs are found and fixed before the customer gets the software.
That's like saying we can end war or hunger. What are you, some kind of hippie?
You're joking right? You can get a software engineering job easily in the US.
Sadly this is not possible. This only works if people are free to live and work in whatever country they want. Unfortunately, this freedom is not allowed (or is so onerous that it might as well not be allowed).
My guess is the cable companies will charge a base cost for the connection, but the individual channel cost for shopping channels will be $0. They might even reduce your bill if you have to make a deliberate choice to accept them.
A politician running on cable channel choice and higher highway speed limits would probably be pretty popular.
You can't be serious. You can find pundits of all types on the Internet. And for sports, well, there's always AM radio :D
The government controls the broadcast spectrum. Requiring certain concessions as a condition for use is not inappropriate, even for a small government.
Roku doesn't do YouTube yet.
The catch is it's never going to become law because the corporate interests are against it.
I totally agree with this. In addition to allowing friends to group together, it also lets you get xp (and therefore levels) from any number of sources (exploration, WvW, cooking) without also trivializing the "normal" content. Such a great idea. WoW should have done that.
I just started playing GW2. So far its fun. I especially like WvW. I'm not really at the point yet where I can judge the endgame, but I do think I'm getting my monies worth, especially since there is no subscription fee. In other words, it's at least as fun and content filled as a good single player game.
Raising the level limit was probably the stupidest thing Blizzard could do for anyone who was into hardcore raiding. On the bright side I've enjoyed several other games since then.
I also like my simple touch. Unfortunately, I have a feeling Microsoft will nuke the ebooks I've bought through B&N just like they did to all the songs marked as "plays for sure".
Maybe corporations can start their own trade schools to get the candidates they want.
Do the ads say you have to buy the phone from T-Mobile?
The phone service plan (i.e., getting a signal) is no contract. Buying the phone itself, *if you choose to buy a phone from them using an installment plan*, is a contract.
Yes, yes, yes.
Nope. Happened here (Arizona) and all that happened was people complained until the cameras were removed. The limit did not change.
According to your calculations, laws are unnecessary as the problem is self correcting.
Most speeding limits should really just be guidelines used only to help corroborate an unsafe driving charge but not the only evidence required (and therefore not enforced automatically). The exception is those "yellow" limits they have on mountain turns. Those are the speed limits actually connected with safety as opposed to political or revenue reasons. But in those cases the laws of physics are the laws that matter and if you end up driving off the side of the mountain due to speeding, it's your own damn fault.