Programming properly takes effort and requires knowledge in many areas (UI design, database design (normalizing data), security,...). No one book or one course can give you this. Much knowledge is gained by doing (and failing) and having a mentor.
Nothing scares me more than having a dept head say "but I can hire a co-op student". There is a reason they are still students....
The Simple Tutorial does not begin to cover proper Web programming.
Yes you can throw up a simple page(s) in no time flat, but try to develop (and I MEAN develop) a proper muti-tier site and you need programming books (and hopefully courses, experience, etc).
As has been posted on Slashdot time and time again, without proper design a Web site can be hard to secure, enhance, change the UI, change the DB engine, add new functionality, etc.
Does one really need a 1000 page reference on PHP? The online documentation is free, downloadable, and quite complete.
The online docs do not say HOW to program in PHP.
Yes, they are a great reference, and actually are the best online docs I have seen (mostly due to the comments), but you still need to know how to program to use them.
OTOH, a good programming book will step you through on HOW to use the various functions, not just what the functions do. Things like layering, magic number constants, security etc.
They support protectionism at every opportunity. Just check out the Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute. Time after time International agencies have condemmed US actions, yet they continue imposing unilateral duties. This has dragged on for twenty-two years
Maybe. But why should I be penalized because of other bad drivers? I have driven with a CB for many, many years, and have driven a big rig. No accidents. So now I can't drive responsibly because some idiot who can barely keep it within the lines normally is using a cell phone?
Our civilization is becoming run over with laws that only idiots need. I blame it on the court system and law suits. If you are an idiot and use a product wrong, then you should take the blame. For instance toasters do not work in a bathtub, yet if the toaster company does not have that specific warning on the label, they can be held liable. Bah!
So, they give this easy test for the license and every TD&H can drive. Of course we have had over 40,000 fatalities and 2 million crashes every year in the US for past 20 years.
And then we get stupid laws like banning cell phones while driving.
If you ban cell phones, then what about police officers, firemen, ambulance drivers, truckers (and other people with CB's) who use two-way radios.
Using a microphone is more distracting than a cell phone, since you need to push a button to talk.
Of course most of the a/n people have extra training and experience (and testing).
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No, no no, you need bootstraps and a sky hook.....
Wow, what percentage is this?
An ice skater puts out their arms and they slow down, BUT the mass of the arms in relation to the body is quite high.
The mass of any item on the elevator in relation to the mass of the earth is quite small. Even with the length of the elevator.
I wold think that the effect of the moon on the rotation of the earth is greater. And yes, the earth IS slowing down because of the moon.
So why does this come out AFTER christmas??
So you can save up for it for NEXT Christmas.
I mean really, what can you say?
Are there going to be any comments to this story which aren't modded "funny"?
No argument from me. Heck, that is how I started.
BUT, don't write bet-your-business apps at the beginning.
No argument there.
...). No one book or one course can give you this. Much knowledge is gained by doing (and failing) and having a mentor.
Programming properly takes effort and requires knowledge in many areas (UI design, database design (normalizing data), security,
Nothing scares me more than having a dept head say "but I can hire a co-op student". There is a reason they are still students....
Actually, it does
The Simple Tutorial does not begin to cover proper Web programming.
Yes you can throw up a simple page(s) in no time flat, but try to develop (and I MEAN develop) a proper muti-tier site and you need programming books (and hopefully courses, experience, etc).
As has been posted on Slashdot time and time again, without proper design a Web site can be hard to secure, enhance, change the UI, change the DB engine, add new functionality, etc.
Does one really need a 1000 page reference on PHP? The online documentation is free, downloadable, and quite complete.
The online docs do not say HOW to program in PHP.
Yes, they are a great reference, and actually are the best online docs I have seen (mostly due to the comments), but you still need to know how to program to use them.
OTOH, a good programming book will step you through on HOW to use the various functions, not just what the functions do. Things like layering, magic number constants, security etc.
they want to be treated like legitimate tax-payers
No, just treated like valid lobby groups. Money talks, and government listens.
What's the advantage of a robot like that ... to a cheap mule/horse/real dog/etc to carry equipment
Animal activists.
We (humans) can kill each other, but we cannot bring our animals into it.
dumping all your cruddy robots
.....
More than just the robots. There are also parachutes, landing stages, wreckage,
What we need are some Green Party people to go and picket NASA for off-earth environmentally unsafe acts.
most likely it's not responding because it is in a crater.
Or maybe a man-made crater....
I think anyone with a correctly set up VCR can do just the same there
:-))
I think they meant on the same box/media
Mind you, some of the security VCRs can record several cameras more-or-less at the same time (alternate frames) on the same tape.
political views support free trade
Bull.
They support protectionism at every opportunity. Just check out the Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute. Time after time International agencies have condemmed US actions, yet they continue imposing unilateral duties. This has dragged on for twenty-two years
Here are other disputes.
Try this search then.
The search phrase was:
"red hair" singer "tom morello"
seeing what components it uses
Oh? And what about Programmable Array logic (PAL) chips? Sure you can see the chip, but ferreting out the internal logic paths is a non-trivial task.
I do tons of this stuff for a hobby.
Please, PLEASE, do not do this to the goatse man.
spam as sperm
Well the volume is not great enough yet, but I am trying....
usually is a 2nd person
Not always, especially in police cars.
that actually adds to safety
Maybe. But why should I be penalized because of other bad drivers? I have driven with a CB for many, many years, and have driven a big rig. No accidents. So now I can't drive responsibly because some idiot who can barely keep it within the lines normally is using a cell phone?
Our civilization is becoming run over with laws that only idiots need. I blame it on the court system and law suits. If you are an idiot and use a product wrong, then you should take the blame. For instance toasters do not work in a bathtub, yet if the toaster company does not have that specific warning on the label, they can be held liable. Bah!
Yes, this is a hot button issue with me.
So, they give this easy test for the license and every TD&H can drive. Of course we have had over 40,000 fatalities and 2 million crashes every year in the US for past 20 years.
And then we get stupid laws like banning cell phones while driving.
If you ban cell phones, then what about police officers, firemen, ambulance drivers, truckers (and other people with CB's) who use two-way radios.
Using a microphone is more distracting than a cell phone, since you need to push a button to talk.
Of course most of the a/n people have extra training and experience (and testing).
BTW, what is a TD&H?
All this does is create a person who can be targeted if Something Goes Wrong(tm).
With OSS there is no "someone". With a licenced developer you have someone to blame.
Well ok, except that I was talking about the actual word.
non - negative
in - negative
So you were using a double negative and non-insignificant is actually significant.
Imagine a Beowolf cluster of these things
But in effect that is what this is. So no imagination required.....
from right to left, which would make for interesting programming
strrev();
non-insignificant
So that would be significant then?