I've been learning computer languages since 1961. I definitely gets harder. The first time I noticed it I was in my late 50's and was learning Web develeopment (SQL Server, ADO, html, Javascript). When I was younger I could read a manual, remember it, and get to work. With the Web stuff I was working with a circle of books on the floor around my chair. Now I don't use books any more, just Google.
Part of the problem is getting older and not remembering details so well. Part of the problem is that there is SO much more to remember. Fortran had a dozen or so constructs to learn. Modern Web systems have thousands. My opinion is that modern programming systems would be unworkable without Google. Even the young people couldn't remember it all.
Would I hesitate to learn a new language now? Probably not. I just did some work with Camel for the first time; it was slow but I got through it.
So, all the advice about career paths is probably good, but if you like to code, I'd say you can still do it.
I've been using MDaemon happily for many, many years. The administration is simple, I've not had any problems with my address being blocked, the spam problem is taken care of by MDaemon's options and all together I'm a happy camper. I used to use their calendar app too but it doesn't play well with Android, so I switched to Google. There's a free version that you can try. I no longer remember what the restriction was that led me to use the paid version.
About time. We are fussing about whether this will be safe after 10,000 years and meanwhile we store the waste in overcrowded pools spread around the country and continue to burn coal, which is an environmental disaster all by itself, never mind what it does to the climate.
It's even worse than that. There are over thousands of tax jurisdictions to keep track of. Not all items are taxed in all jusrisdictions. There is software that will deal with this but it costs tens of thousands of dollars a year. That's no problem for Amazon but it's a killer for all the small businesses that sell on the Web. If you really need to tax them (and I don't doubt that we do) the only reasonable way to do it is to impose a national tax and distribute it to the states.
What I want to know is, if they can focus at any point in the picture - and it looks as though they can, the interactive graphic is amazing - then why not just have the whole thing in focus at once. Infinite depth of field. If you wanted a shallow depth of field for artistic purposes, you could presumably add that later too. Neat.
Once you are logged in to a Citibank credit card account you can generate a virtual account number, complete with expiration date and cvv. That would have been an easy way to exploit the compromised accounts, without knowing the password, expiration date or cvv.
Joomla may be secure but look out for the third-party components. I've been upgrading a bunch of them to Joomla 1.6 and I can't tell you how many I've found to be open to sql injection.
From the article: "Work on the bombe was handed to Alan Turing, who was developing a concept of a computing device, the Turing Machine, capable of performing rapid calculations. "
Don't you just love technical writing in the media?
Me too - except mine's a 41c. I used it to check a set of printed financial tables that we were publishing at the time, and to navigate a small boat across the Atlantic (pre GPS). It's still going strong after what must be at least 30 years. Sadly my HP-80 died. That must have gone back to about 1972.
The problem was the hardware. Individuals couldn't afford a PDP 1. My first personal computer was an Apple II in 1981 and it cost $6,000, real money then. Universities had computers and the ones in science labs got used for all sorts of cool things.
What I'd worry about is the effectiveness of the ads. I know they are there but I just don't see them. That's not the same for Google's search ads, which are often relevant to what I'm looking for, so I pay attention to them.
I'm more of a pedestrian than a driver, but I see people every day yaking on their cell phones while driving cars. I've learned to stay clear of them because they simply don't see me. There is no doubt in my mind that cell phone use should be banned from cars.
It didn't take that long. The NYT reported on November 10th that it was most likely an airplane; I heard an expert on NPR say it was a contrail on Tuesday, not long after the event.
Yes you can rewind and fast forward. There's a progress bat to show you where you are but the image doesn't change. That makes it harder to find a particular spot. There's also a delay after a ffwd/rewind operation while it buffers the appropriate part of the file. That said, I love the Roku.
For passwords: Roboforms For family history, births, deaths dates of trips: Wiki (the whole extended family can maintain it) For photographs: Adobe Lightroom (has wonderful database so you can actually find the pictures you are looking for) For taxes: Turbo Tax
Yes, they do. In the 80's Audi had a very similar problem. They ended up recalling the cars and putting an interlock on the shift so that you couldn't shift into drive unless your foot was on the brake. That was a mechanical linkage and there was no way that the drivers reports could have been correct. The brakes are simply stronger than the engine. In the end the Feds declared it all due to driver error and the furor died down. Crowd-sourced information can be very wrong!
I have been to Antarctica and I have seen the effects of global warming. The glacier in the bay where Shakeleton left his men is a good 100 yard further from the sea than it was in his time. We made it far enough south in a non-icebreaker to see Emperor penguins. That shouldn't be happening. Believe me it's real.
Slashdot Mirror
Whoa! That's one of the weirder corners of the net. And there's even a second page.
I've been learning computer languages since 1961. I definitely gets harder. The first time I noticed it I was in my late 50's and was learning Web develeopment (SQL Server, ADO, html, Javascript). When I was younger I could read a manual, remember it, and get to work. With the Web stuff I was working with a circle of books on the floor around my chair. Now I don't use books any more, just Google. Part of the problem is getting older and not remembering details so well. Part of the problem is that there is SO much more to remember. Fortran had a dozen or so constructs to learn. Modern Web systems have thousands. My opinion is that modern programming systems would be unworkable without Google. Even the young people couldn't remember it all. Would I hesitate to learn a new language now? Probably not. I just did some work with Camel for the first time; it was slow but I got through it. So, all the advice about career paths is probably good, but if you like to code, I'd say you can still do it.
I've been using MDaemon happily for many, many years. The administration is simple, I've not had any problems with my address being blocked, the spam problem is taken care of by MDaemon's options and all together I'm a happy camper. I used to use their calendar app too but it doesn't play well with Android, so I switched to Google. There's a free version that you can try. I no longer remember what the restriction was that led me to use the paid version.
Thank you! Mod parent up!!!
What is this junk doing on Slashdot? Did anyone look at the source of this "information" before posting it? The Heartland Institute? Really?
It's news to me that sonograms use radio waves.
About time. We are fussing about whether this will be safe after 10,000 years and meanwhile we store the waste in overcrowded pools spread around the country and continue to burn coal, which is an environmental disaster all by itself, never mind what it does to the climate.
It's even worse than that. There are over thousands of tax jurisdictions to keep track of. Not all items are taxed in all jusrisdictions. There is software that will deal with this but it costs tens of thousands of dollars a year. That's no problem for Amazon but it's a killer for all the small businesses that sell on the Web. If you really need to tax them (and I don't doubt that we do) the only reasonable way to do it is to impose a national tax and distribute it to the states.
What I want to know is, if they can focus at any point in the picture - and it looks as though they can, the interactive graphic is amazing - then why not just have the whole thing in focus at once. Infinite depth of field. If you wanted a shallow depth of field for artistic purposes, you could presumably add that later too. Neat.
Once you are logged in to a Citibank credit card account you can generate a virtual account number, complete with expiration date and cvv. That would have been an easy way to exploit the compromised accounts, without knowing the password, expiration date or cvv.
Joomla may be secure but look out for the third-party components. I've been upgrading a bunch of them to Joomla 1.6 and I can't tell you how many I've found to be open to sql injection.
From the article: "Work on the bombe was handed to Alan Turing, who was developing a concept of a computing device, the Turing Machine, capable of performing rapid calculations. " Don't you just love technical writing in the media?
Me too - except mine's a 41c. I used it to check a set of printed financial tables that we were publishing at the time, and to navigate a small boat across the Atlantic (pre GPS). It's still going strong after what must be at least 30 years. Sadly my HP-80 died. That must have gone back to about 1972.
The problem was the hardware. Individuals couldn't afford a PDP 1. My first personal computer was an Apple II in 1981 and it cost $6,000, real money then. Universities had computers and the ones in science labs got used for all sorts of cool things.
There's a Web site for that! http://www.seeclickfix.com/citizens. Boston aleady uses it: http://m.seeclickfix.com/boston/recent
What I'd worry about is the effectiveness of the ads. I know they are there but I just don't see them. That's not the same for Google's search ads, which are often relevant to what I'm looking for, so I pay attention to them.
Thank you, thank you. I have spent many hours in two minute increments waiting for those drives to spin up and I never knew why it took so long :)
Julian Assange is the first true dissident, prisoners of conscience of the English civilization.
Really? Thomas Moore? Bishop Cranmer? Alan Turing? Thomas Becket?
+1
I'm more of a pedestrian than a driver, but I see people every day yaking on their cell phones while driving cars. I've learned to stay clear of them because they simply don't see me. There is no doubt in my mind that cell phone use should be banned from cars.
It didn't take that long. The NYT reported on November 10th that it was most likely an airplane; I heard an expert on NPR say it was a contrail on Tuesday, not long after the event.
Yes you can rewind and fast forward. There's a progress bat to show you where you are but the image doesn't change. That makes it harder to find a particular spot. There's also a delay after a ffwd/rewind operation while it buffers the appropriate part of the file. That said, I love the Roku.
For passwords: Roboforms
For family history, births, deaths dates of trips: Wiki (the whole extended family can maintain it)
For photographs: Adobe Lightroom (has wonderful database so you can actually find the pictures you are looking for)
For taxes: Turbo Tax
Yes, they do. In the 80's Audi had a very similar problem. They ended up recalling the cars and putting an interlock on the shift so that you couldn't shift into drive unless your foot was on the brake. That was a mechanical linkage and there was no way that the drivers reports could have been correct. The brakes are simply stronger than the engine. In the end the Feds declared it all due to driver error and the furor died down. Crowd-sourced information can be very wrong!
Why do they need to emulate Eudora. I still use my copy every day. It runs fine under 64-bit Windows 7.
I have been to Antarctica and I have seen the effects of global warming. The glacier in the bay where Shakeleton left his men is a good 100 yard further from the sea than it was in his time. We made it far enough south in a non-icebreaker to see Emperor penguins. That shouldn't be happening. Believe me it's real.