As a counter argument, about a year ago a bystander with a gun killed an off-duty ATF agent who was struggling with a pharmacy robbery suspect who had a gun.
TFA does not say that at all. "Details of the shooting, which occurred outside Charlie’s Family Pharmacy on Merrick Road in Seaford, remained murky on Saturday night as the authorities seemed unsure how it unfolded and who fired the fatal shots."
And the article seems to indicated that all the "bystanders with a gun" were law enforcement or retired law enforcement. "An off-duty special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was fatally shot on Saturday afternoon when he, along with at least one other law enforcement officer and a retired officer, tried to stop a robber..."
It must be human nature to think like this? I don't get it. I call this sort of thinking "CNN logic": identify a problem and assume a nonsolution solution.
The problem is the driver, the problem is the driver. The solution is the driver, the solution is the driver. It is not the car, the drinking, the cell phone, the food, the traffic the weather, the speed.
We know this because all those things occur and do not result in wrecks, note that I do not say accident.
If a driver gets into a car, they are responsible for that happens, period.
Over 40, cs degree '81, assembly, cobol, big iron. "Retired" early 90s. I got back into the business several years ago. Don't know exactly what you want to do, but here is how I learned the modern industry. 0) Read this http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
1) Learn/Use linux. This is what got me back into the business. I could have my own real operating system. 2) Learn ip networking. 3) Learn the bash shell, learn bash scripting. 4) Install and experiment with apache and mysql. 5) Learn C. C is the granddaddy of all modern programming languages. This is the best tutorial I have ever found http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm 6) learn Google
If you do these things you'll be able to talk-the-talk. The kids think C is old school, not thinking that nearly everything they execute today includes code written in C. I'm successful because I learned systems from the bottom up, starting with hardware and assembly languages, this is the old guy's edge. The young guys all started with a gui and worked their way down, not saying that is bad, just a different perspective. We have "production environment" skills, most of the kids grew up with "break it and fix it" on their own personal systems. Again, not a bad thing, but it can be a hard habit to break. I am not coding for a living, a few years ago I started working for a small hosting company. Working with the 20somethings is a blast, these are some sharp young folk, intelligent, hard working, creative and inquisitive. I was so excited in the early 2000s to find the state of the open source community. All the software, and documentation I had to beg, borrow, steal, back in the 80s is available free now. I sold my record collection, and invested in a garage sale pc and fast internet. I do work with windows, but not much. If you are looking for a big corporate, commercial, closed source, or proprietary, environment, I cannot help much. If you just want to get rich, don't start a job, start a business. I'm just an old geek, who wants to be stimulated, educated, and challenged. I am well paid. I have a side business in case I want to get rich.
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As a counter argument, about a year ago a bystander with a gun killed an off-duty ATF agent who was struggling with a pharmacy robbery suspect who had a gun.
TFA does not say that at all.
"Details of the shooting, which occurred outside Charlie’s Family Pharmacy on Merrick Road in Seaford, remained murky on Saturday night as the authorities seemed unsure how it unfolded and who fired the fatal shots."
And the article seems to indicated that all the "bystanders with a gun" were law enforcement or retired law enforcement.
"An off-duty special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was fatally shot on Saturday afternoon when he, along with at least one other law enforcement officer and a retired officer, tried to stop a robber..."
I don't know where you live, but in the United States, we believe rights are inherent to all human beings. Rights are not "ganted".
It must be human nature to think like this? I don't get it.
I call this sort of thinking "CNN logic": identify a problem and assume a nonsolution solution.
The problem is the driver, the problem is the driver. The solution is the driver, the solution is the driver.
It is not the car, the drinking, the cell phone, the food, the traffic the weather, the speed.
We know this because all those things occur and do not result in wrecks, note that I do not say accident.
If a driver gets into a car, they are responsible for that happens, period.
Is do not ever give a government official any information.
They are not a capable to keep it a secret.
Don't kill the messenger.
US troops are some of the best men and women in the world. They have my support.
Over 40, cs degree '81, assembly, cobol, big iron. "Retired" early 90s. I got back into the business several years ago.
Don't know exactly what you want to do, but here is how I learned the modern industry.
0) Read this http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
1) Learn/Use linux. This is what got me back into the business. I could have my own real operating system.
2) Learn ip networking.
3) Learn the bash shell, learn bash scripting.
4) Install and experiment with apache and mysql.
5) Learn C. C is the granddaddy of all modern programming languages. This is the best tutorial I have ever found http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm
6) learn Google
If you do these things you'll be able to talk-the-talk.
The kids think C is old school, not thinking that nearly everything they execute today includes code written in C. I'm successful because I learned systems from the bottom up, starting with hardware and assembly languages, this is the old guy's edge. The young guys all started with a gui and worked their way down, not saying that is bad, just a different perspective.
We have "production environment" skills, most of the kids grew up with "break it and fix it" on their own personal systems. Again, not a bad thing, but it can be a hard habit to break.
I am not coding for a living, a few years ago I started working for a small hosting company. Working with the 20somethings is a blast, these are some sharp young folk, intelligent, hard working, creative and inquisitive.
I was so excited in the early 2000s to find the state of the open source community. All the software, and documentation I had to beg, borrow, steal, back in the 80s is available free now. I sold my record collection, and invested in a garage sale pc and fast internet.
I do work with windows, but not much. If you are looking for a big corporate, commercial, closed source, or proprietary, environment, I cannot help much. If you just want to get rich, don't start a job, start a business.
I'm just an old geek, who wants to be stimulated, educated, and challenged. I am well paid. I have a side business in case I want to get rich.