Hmm, maybe just because I'm running Ubuntu, but for me it's "Preferences" rather then "Options". Thanks for the tip though, I have a home button once more:D
Wait, the article you posted (and have posted at least twice before this) is TITLED "Microsoft failed to make IE web standards compliment", and nowhere in this article does it say that Microsoft made IE6 the most standards compliant browser on the market at the time of its release. You are giving as citation an article that doesn't even agree with the point you're trying to make.
Hmm... To be honest I would fail an interview like that, since I don't know the algorithm off the top of my head. But you make a good point-it's probably something I SHOULD know (since it's really not that complicated of an algorithm-I just had trouble associating the name with it until I googled it)
For example, will it be illegal to tamper with such a white cell virus that's on your system? To reverse engineer it? To release your own distributed anti-virus system that might view such a white cell virus as a threat, and hunt it down and destroy it across multiple networks?
Hmm that's not a bad idea. I imagine it would be a good deal harder to track progress in the same way. I suppose we could go with "write x lines a day" but what about lines deleted/changed/ect? Maybe it could be a timed thing, like "this month you must spend x hours on this project, x/[28,29,30,31] per day".
The problem is that it's easy to quantify when a book is done (you have done x words today) but much harder to quantify the goals for a coding project.
I'm not an expert, but I believe the Star Trek transporters don't recreate the molecules. They pull the originals through subspace and re-create the bonds between them. How else could they transport DOWN to a surface that has no receiving platform (and no way to "create" a new body, as you seem to imply)? Then again that whole concept is full of holes in the star trek universe..
Well it's not until November so another 10 months? Personally I think it would be awesome if they left that graph thing running, just resetting every month. It's a great motivator. I've been thinking about coding something similar, just haven't gotten around to it.
My university used to go on and on about this stuff in our "Software Engineering" classes. My solution was not to listen since I was 22 and didn't give a damn.
That's the worst idea I've ever heard. Apache and IIS both average less than ten discovered meaningful vulnerabilities per year. Making a secure HTTP server is way harder than you think it is.
Yeah you're probably right. I just think it would be a cool idea... Probably not a very secure one though.
They want genuine, verifiable, professional experience.
This. Hobbies can be made up, and even example code can be stolen from somewhere else. But if someone can call up your old boss and hear "oh yeah they worked here for ten years", that's solid proof.
Well usually. There are companies that do nothing but provide bogus references.
Hmm... Well you're probably right about the lawyers thing (I didn't bother to research it so I bow to your knowledge on the subject), but if the founding fathers could "run rings around lawyers of today", don't you think they would have taken the time to be more specific about the wording in the constitution? I think that many of the problems we have with rights today stem from the fact that a certain phrase is not worded in a way that is definitive.
Personally I blame schools for this. Most of the CS classes I waved their hands at it. Usually it was "put the name of the program and how to run it". It makes sense, in a way, since due to the budget crunch there were fewer TAs, and since every program was basically supposed to be the same, there was really no need to have it documented. I took one class, software methodology, that was ENTIRELY about documentation (on the whole project approx 10% of the grade was the code itself), but that was an upper division class. Really, proper documentation should be taught along with loops and conditionals at the very beginning.
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Hmm, maybe just because I'm running Ubuntu, but for me it's "Preferences" rather then "Options". Thanks for the tip though, I have a home button once more :D
Maybe the browser makers should just make a "netbook mode"
F11? (fullscreen hotkey)
Home. There is no home button...
There used to be, maybe a year or so ago. Not sure when or why it got removed.
But you can only really watch one tab at a time... Unless you tile them in the window or something.
Wait, the article you posted (and have posted at least twice before this) is TITLED "Microsoft failed to make IE web standards compliment", and nowhere in this article does it say that Microsoft made IE6 the most standards compliant browser on the market at the time of its release. You are giving as citation an article that doesn't even agree with the point you're trying to make.
Hmm... To be honest I would fail an interview like that, since I don't know the algorithm off the top of my head. But you make a good point-it's probably something I SHOULD know (since it's really not that complicated of an algorithm-I just had trouble associating the name with it until I googled it)
Forgive my ignorance, but what does that do?
Slashdot has become the most out-of-touch tech community on the internet
Well that's debatable... But some of us consider that part of the fun :D
Depends on the ISP, wouldn't it? I imagine there are still some small ones out there who are willing to stick up for their customers.
Or the Android Kernel...
The intensity of the insults behind your post makes you should like an Apple shill. Just saying...
For example, will it be illegal to tamper with such a white cell virus that's on your system? To reverse engineer it? To release your own distributed anti-virus system that might view such a white cell virus as a threat, and hunt it down and destroy it across multiple networks?
Only if they copyright it.
Hmm that's not a bad idea. I imagine it would be a good deal harder to track progress in the same way. I suppose we could go with "write x lines a day" but what about lines deleted/changed/ect? Maybe it could be a timed thing, like "this month you must spend x hours on this project, x/[28,29,30,31] per day".
The problem is that it's easy to quantify when a book is done (you have done x words today) but much harder to quantify the goals for a coding project.
I'm not an expert, but I believe the Star Trek transporters don't recreate the molecules. They pull the originals through subspace and re-create the bonds between them. How else could they transport DOWN to a surface that has no receiving platform (and no way to "create" a new body, as you seem to imply)? Then again that whole concept is full of holes in the star trek universe..
How long 'til NaNoWriMo?
Well it's not until November so another 10 months? Personally I think it would be awesome if they left that graph thing running, just resetting every month. It's a great motivator. I've been thinking about coding something similar, just haven't gotten around to it.
Hell that's not even RTFA. That's a failure of basic geography...
My university used to go on and on about this stuff in our "Software Engineering" classes. My solution was not to listen since I was 22 and didn't give a damn.
Same here :D
Never said I could. It was a joke, cupcake, calm down.
Mmm good point....
That's the worst idea I've ever heard. Apache and IIS both average less than ten discovered meaningful vulnerabilities per year. Making a secure HTTP server is way harder than you think it is.
Yeah you're probably right. I just think it would be a cool idea... Probably not a very secure one though.
They want genuine, verifiable, professional experience.
This. Hobbies can be made up, and even example code can be stolen from somewhere else. But if someone can call up your old boss and hear "oh yeah they worked here for ten years", that's solid proof.
Well usually. There are companies that do nothing but provide bogus references.
Hmm... Well you're probably right about the lawyers thing (I didn't bother to research it so I bow to your knowledge on the subject), but if the founding fathers could "run rings around lawyers of today", don't you think they would have taken the time to be more specific about the wording in the constitution? I think that many of the problems we have with rights today stem from the fact that a certain phrase is not worded in a way that is definitive.
Why? (Just curious as to why you would think so, even though you're probably a troll)
Sadly, documentation is an after thought for him
Personally I blame schools for this. Most of the CS classes I waved their hands at it. Usually it was "put the name of the program and how to run it". It makes sense, in a way, since due to the budget crunch there were fewer TAs, and since every program was basically supposed to be the same, there was really no need to have it documented. I took one class, software methodology, that was ENTIRELY about documentation (on the whole project approx 10% of the grade was the code itself), but that was an upper division class. Really, proper documentation should be taught along with loops and conditionals at the very beginning.
Eh, good point... Bit of a catch-22 for him, wasn't it?