Not everyone possesses the obvious programming genius which you inherently do. I myself find some of my friends asking me what is a good language to start in, and it all depends on the person. If I think they're ready for it, VB. If not, then QBasic. Both are excellent starting languages. It all depends on how well they understand the concepts.
NOW, the POINT of this book review would be more or less to the people (or perhaps parents) looking for books to recommend to their friends/children looking for a foot in the door.
You know, flame all you want but we all know everyone started in this programming language. And if you were any good at it, you could make some pretty dope applications. I mean, what better way to show off to your junior high programming class than making a DOS based Paintbrush application by hooking the mouse interrupt.
Didn't get me any women, but it (QBasic) as a good springboard into computers.
Rent DVD porn. I'm serious, the porn market on the internet already makes insane amounts of money. All you need to do is start up a NetFlix service that rents out DVD porn.
Both NetFlix and the new Wal-Mart service will not carry such titles.
And if anyone out there knows of a service like this already, please, let me know:-D
Windows XP Home Edition -- $179.00 Office XP Standard -- $342.00
Price -- $521.00
Still cheaper than the Linux solution, PLUS it has all that fun Microsoft cross program functionality.
I guess the question is raised to on why chose a $600 OS package to run programs that are designed for another OS?
Stability? I'm guessing this is a very arguable reason. I mean, I'm not going to claim to be the worlds smartest software developer, but i know that programs running in an emulated environment are often slower and less stable than running in their native platform.
Price? As proven above, this is hardly a driving force behind the purchase.
I guess part of me is wondering what the target market for this application is? I guess I'm having trouble understanding the whole reason for windows applications in a non-windows environment. Why run an OS that that boasts 70% application compatibility for what you use when you can run one that is 100%?
I'm not trolling or flaming here, I just really do not understand what business this software is even targeting.
Perhaps Linux SysAdmins who want the windows applications without the hazing of their friends when they see him running windows at a LAN party?
I mean, seriously now folks. I think benchmarking these days is nothing compared to what it used to mean. When the Voodoo3's rolled out to tackle the TNT2's, there was a considerable gap between the two. When nVidia introduced the GeForce GPU, the whole game world was changed and the 3dMark score of a GeForce box was 3x that of a non.
I think benchmarking these days is almost trivial. The scoring difference between a 9800 Pro and a 5900 Ultra, in the end, will only mean about a 15fps difference in your gaming experience. Honestly now, does playing UT2003 at 60fps vs. 45fps really pump your nuts? if so, then you can go ahead and moderate this as flamebait.
And as far as 'optomizing code' for benchmarks, it's industry wide. Intel releases custom compilers just so programs will run faster on P4 chips! Is that cheating? Not really. The programs still run the same, just better on the hardware they chose. Same with nVidia in this situation, the picture still LOOKED the same (unless you enabled the free viewing). So who cares what happens in the background?
My point is, people need to make decisions on their own when it comes to purchasing hardware. It all boils down to personal choice. Some people are hardcore ATI fans no matter what the benchmarks say, others are nVidia fans until the bitter end.
Personally, I choose nVidia because of hardware compatibility issues in the past with several chipsets i used to have, now it's just habitual. People who are on the fence and really don't have their feet in the water when it comes to hardware might be sold by the gold PCB.
In the end, well, it boils down to this. You know what they say about opinions;-)
Remember that ST:TNG episode where Reginald Barclay designs that ultimate computer interface in the holodeck and takes over enterprise?
Hmmm.. they perhaps skipped the holodeck part. Yes, in fact, upon further thought, they need to scrap this chair and not put the carriage in front of the horse.
I have to agree with your side note. I make the technology decisions here at my company and have a strict belief when it comes to upgrading. Microsoft OS's I refuse to deploy on our systems until SP1 is released (because we all know its coming sooner or later). We just last month upgraded to Windows XP.
I suppose the same argument can be applied to everything in life. Cars, Televisions, DVD players.. you name it. You just need to get a feel for how things age before you invest in them for long term.
Your agument is a bit flawed. If a company ships from california, they're obligated to sell california sales tax on those items. Which is why big companies like Dell and Amazon can charge tax on items sold in MOST states, because they do have shipping warehouses all across the country.
A Co-Worker of mine worked for SAIC. She was a compete idiot too.
Perhaps they ARE one of the better IT companies and fire those who are retarded.
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I've said it once, and i'll say it again.
These book reviews on Slashdot, at times informative, really just are letting people know about the book and not as much reviewing that.
This demonstrated is that in the last two months, no book has received less than a 80% approval rating by the author (unless you rate a 'very good' as < 8). It's like Homer Simpson is writing these reviews, "This (book) gets my lowest rating ever, seven thumbs up."
I mean honestly, a review needs to have a few lemons on its record. I think someone should review a Wrox book on Linux and have it summarized with, "This book really gobbled the cob. it wouldn't be fit to line the kitchen floor for my puppy to soil in the evenings."
Instead of calling it 'Slashdot Book Review', it should just be called 'Slashdots list of books that rule'.
These book reviews on Slashdot, at times informative, really just are letting people know about the book and not as much reviewing that.
This demonstrated is that in the last two months, no book has received less than a 80% approval rating by the author (unless you rate a 'very good' This (book) gets my lowest rating ever, seven thumbs up.
I mean honestly, a review needs to have a few lemons on its record. I think someone should review a Wrox book on Linux and have it summarized with, "This book really gobbled the cob. it wouldn't be fit to like the kitchen floor for my puppy to soil in the evenings."
Instead of calling it 'Slashdot Book Review', it should just be called 'Slashdots list of books that rule'.
Ahmen. The most resourceful book on the planet for me is LEARN SQL IN 10 MINUTES. It has quick refferences to JOIN statements and whatnot. It's a whopping 208 pages:-D
Anyone remember that episode of DS9 where that ambassador is hit by weapons fire that starts to degrade his brain, so they replace parts of his brain with artifical memory things.
You ever see that ?!
HAH! Talk about Art Imitating Life! Thats crazy!;-)
Honestly, I guess it just comes down to how you're able to lay the diamonds on the table.
Personally, if I see on someone's resume that they know C++, VC++, ASM, Perl, PHP, ect., ect., ect.. it's like.. how the crap could someone know THAT MUCH about EVERY language.
When you're in an interview, you need to actually itemize, validate and give examples of each point on your resume where there might be a big red "BULLSHIT" sticker.
Past that, there's not much more advice I can give:-)
But I think a big problem after the.com fallout were the people who put up this facade and were hired on, even if they didn't know a think about the job they got (Learn C++ in 24 Hours kinda folk).
So what I see in post.com hiring is that the majority of people who have jobs, think that only a minority of people out there know what they're actually doing.
I think these days the job place and market are less forgiving to incompetence, and to that degree, don't even give people a change because of that fear.
At least that's my experience (being on the hire-er end).
How about VHS technology ? I know that DVD is soon going to phase it out, but I mean seriously. The first VHS recorder was released in 1976! And I mean, if you exclude the ESP, EP, SP recording options, there wasn't really any major changes to the format since then!
I exclude SVHS because it's more or less a completely different format on the same media.
"Slac has an interest in such high-speed transfers as they have accumulated the largest known database in the world, which grows at one terabyte per day."
Read: GET ACCESS TO OVER 53,000,000,000,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES! ONLY $99 A MONTH!
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Not everyone possesses the obvious programming genius which you inherently do. I myself find some of my friends asking me what is a good language to start in, and it all depends on the person. If I think they're ready for it, VB. If not, then QBasic. Both are excellent starting languages. It all depends on how well they understand the concepts.
NOW, the POINT of this book review would be more or less to the people (or perhaps parents) looking for books to recommend to their friends/children looking for a foot in the door.
You know, flame all you want but we all know everyone started in this programming language. And if you were any good at it, you could make some pretty dope applications. I mean, what better way to show off to your junior high programming class than making a DOS based Paintbrush application by hooking the mouse interrupt.
Didn't get me any women, but it (QBasic) as a good springboard into computers.
From A-Apple to Z-Zebra, Baby's First Pop-Up Book is twenty-six pages of alphabetic adventure.
Rent DVD porn. I'm serious, the porn market on the internet already makes insane amounts of money. All you need to do is start up a NetFlix service that rents out DVD porn.
:-D
Both NetFlix and the new Wal-Mart service will not carry such titles.
And if anyone out there knows of a service like this already, please, let me know
Windows XP Home Edition -- $179.00
Office XP Standard -- $342.00
Price -- $521.00
Still cheaper than the Linux solution, PLUS it has all that fun Microsoft cross program functionality.
I guess the question is raised to on why chose a $600 OS package to run programs that are designed for another OS?
Stability? I'm guessing this is a very arguable reason. I mean, I'm not going to claim to be the worlds smartest software developer, but i know that programs running in an emulated environment are often slower and less stable than running in their native platform.
Price? As proven above, this is hardly a driving force behind the purchase.
I guess part of me is wondering what the target market for this application is? I guess I'm having trouble understanding the whole reason for windows applications in a non-windows environment. Why run an OS that that boasts 70% application compatibility for what you use when you can run one that is 100%?
I'm not trolling or flaming here, I just really do not understand what business this software is even targeting.
Perhaps Linux SysAdmins who want the windows applications without the hazing of their friends when they see him running windows at a LAN party?
So feel free to flame me if i'm wrong.
I mean, seriously now folks. I think benchmarking these days is nothing compared to what it used to mean. When the Voodoo3's rolled out to tackle the TNT2's, there was a considerable gap between the two. When nVidia introduced the GeForce GPU, the whole game world was changed and the 3dMark score of a GeForce box was 3x that of a non.
;-)
I think benchmarking these days is almost trivial. The scoring difference between a 9800 Pro and a 5900 Ultra, in the end, will only mean about a 15fps difference in your gaming experience. Honestly now, does playing UT2003 at 60fps vs. 45fps really pump your nuts? if so, then you can go ahead and moderate this as flamebait.
And as far as 'optomizing code' for benchmarks, it's industry wide. Intel releases custom compilers just so programs will run faster on P4 chips! Is that cheating? Not really. The programs still run the same, just better on the hardware they chose. Same with nVidia in this situation, the picture still LOOKED the same (unless you enabled the free viewing). So who cares what happens in the background?
My point is, people need to make decisions on their own when it comes to purchasing hardware. It all boils down to personal choice. Some people are hardcore ATI fans no matter what the benchmarks say, others are nVidia fans until the bitter end.
Personally, I choose nVidia because of hardware compatibility issues in the past with several chipsets i used to have, now it's just habitual. People who are on the fence and really don't have their feet in the water when it comes to hardware might be sold by the gold PCB.
In the end, well, it boils down to this. You know what they say about opinions
You'd think ATI has better testing facilities are resources then ET.
;-)
Sir, obviously you've mistaken ATI's Software Division with their HARDWARE Division.
Anyone who's used an ATI card knows that a testing division for their drivers is non existant
Life Imitating Art.
Remember that ST:TNG episode where Reginald Barclay designs that ultimate computer interface in the holodeck and takes over enterprise?
Hmmm.. they perhaps skipped the holodeck part. Yes, in fact, upon further thought, they need to scrap this chair and not put the carriage in front of the horse.
Holodecks First! Ship Dominating Chairs Second!
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Is you see this, please call Crime Stoppers at (888)580-TIPS.
I have to agree with your side note. I make the technology decisions here at my company and have a strict belief when it comes to upgrading. Microsoft OS's I refuse to deploy on our systems until SP1 is released (because we all know its coming sooner or later). We just last month upgraded to Windows XP.
I suppose the same argument can be applied to everything in life. Cars, Televisions, DVD players.. you name it. You just need to get a feel for how things age before you invest in them for long term.
Your agument is a bit flawed. If a company ships from california, they're obligated to sell california sales tax on those items. Which is why big companies like Dell and Amazon can charge tax on items sold in MOST states, because they do have shipping warehouses all across the country.
Does anyone else use Microsoft Encarta? I keep trying to look up the War of 1812 but it keeps saying it was the War of 1810. Hmmmm....
Soooo... does this make it okay to bomb the entire peninsula??
Obviously they haven't read Microsofts EULA for SQL Server 2000 which simply states:
Owned.
A Co-Worker of mine worked for SAIC. She was a compete idiot too.
Perhaps they ARE one of the better IT companies and fire those who are retarded.
I've said it once, and i'll say it again.
These book reviews on Slashdot, at times informative, really just are letting people know about the book and not as much reviewing that.
This demonstrated is that in the last two months, no book has received less than a 80% approval rating by the author (unless you rate a 'very good' as < 8). It's like Homer Simpson is writing these reviews, "This (book) gets my lowest rating ever, seven thumbs up."
I mean honestly, a review needs to have a few lemons on its record. I think someone should review a Wrox book on Linux and have it summarized with, "This book really gobbled the cob. it wouldn't be fit to line the kitchen floor for my puppy to soil in the evenings."
Instead of calling it 'Slashdot Book Review', it should just be called 'Slashdots list of books that rule'.
That's just my opinion though, I could be wrong.
These book reviews on Slashdot, at times informative, really just are letting people know about the book and not as much reviewing that.
This demonstrated is that in the last two months, no book has received less than a 80% approval rating by the author (unless you rate a 'very good' This (book) gets my lowest rating ever, seven thumbs up.
I mean honestly, a review needs to have a few lemons on its record. I think someone should review a Wrox book on Linux and have it summarized with, "This book really gobbled the cob. it wouldn't be fit to like the kitchen floor for my puppy to soil in the evenings."
Instead of calling it 'Slashdot Book Review', it should just be called 'Slashdots list of books that rule'.
That's just my opinion though, I could be wrong.
Ahmen. The most resourceful book on the planet for me is LEARN SQL IN 10 MINUTES. It has quick refferences to JOIN statements and whatnot. It's a whopping 208 pages :-D
mod_gzip anyone ? ;-)
Anyone remember that episode of DS9 where that ambassador is hit by weapons fire that starts to degrade his brain, so they replace parts of his brain with artifical memory things.
;-)
You ever see that ?!
HAH! Talk about Art Imitating Life! Thats crazy!
Honestly, I guess it just comes down to how you're able to lay the diamonds on the table.
:-)
Personally, if I see on someone's resume that they know C++, VC++, ASM, Perl, PHP, ect., ect., ect.. it's like.. how the crap could someone know THAT MUCH about EVERY language.
When you're in an interview, you need to actually itemize, validate and give examples of each point on your resume where there might be a big red "BULLSHIT" sticker.
Past that, there's not much more advice I can give
But I think a big problem after the .com fallout were the people who put up this facade and were hired on, even if they didn't know a think about the job they got (Learn C++ in 24 Hours kinda folk).
.com hiring is that the majority of people who have jobs, think that only a minority of people out there know what they're actually doing.
So what I see in post
I think these days the job place and market are less forgiving to incompetence, and to that degree, don't even give people a change because of that fear.
At least that's my experience (being on the hire-er end).
How about VHS technology ? I know that DVD is soon going to phase it out, but I mean seriously. The first VHS recorder was released in 1976! And I mean, if you exclude the ESP, EP, SP recording options, there wasn't really any major changes to the format since then!
I exclude SVHS because it's more or less a completely different format on the same media.
Kinda crazy if you think about it.
The x86 Processor. Created in 1982 with the unveiling of the all mighty 286 (both 8, 10 and 12Mhz speed demons).
:-)
Granted the main core has gone through some overhauls (Major ones include 486DX2, Pentium, P6 Core, K6, Athlon).
Seriously though, who would have thought it would hang in there for this long ?!
"Slac has an interest in such high-speed transfers as they have accumulated the largest known database in the world, which grows at one terabyte per day."
Read: GET ACCESS TO OVER 53,000,000,000,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES! ONLY $99 A MONTH!