The black and white version would be that engineer is the person that designs, builds and maintains machines. Not the guy that operates them. You wouldn't call your grandmother an "engineer" because she is operating her computer. Or every car driver, blender/toaster oven user.
Granted, there's the grey area where the operation of the machine is impossible without an intricate knowledge of the machine's design and/or the theory behind it; in those cases you need an engineer to operate it. But in most cases a technician is enough
Let the engineers do actual engineering and the world will be a better place.
Italian Fascists described fascism as a right-wing ideology in the political program The Doctrine of Fascism, stating: "We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the 'right,' a fascist century.".[41][42] The majority of scholars generally consider fascism to be on the far right.[43][38][39][40]
I consider humour to be an important part of management, negotiations, sales and everything that involves other people. Of course as everything it needs to be taken in healthy doses. It brings people closer much faster and that is very important when you want to know more about the person in less time, therefore an excellent tool to use in interviews.
I am sure she will. But I'm definitely teaching her that there are different ways of doing things, and sometimes they are more efficient, challenging or outright fun.
She most likely won't pursue a career in CS, but the value of hacking goes beyond that.
On a side note, I can't help noticing that my complaint is extremely similar to the ones I remember from the electronics enthusiasts in the 90s. Funny, it seems our time has come.
...If it was "hackable". But it seems that hardware makers today want more than selling you their product. They want to make sure you don't use it unless it's in a way they approve of.
For now, I have alternatives (buy something else), but I am afraid my daughter will not have that option.
Or make sure you hire professionals. A professional will take their severance pay (or whatever they are entitled by law) and move on.
Also, the way people are fired says a lot about a company. Generally, if people are treated the way you suggest, that company is not a good place to be.
I'll agree with your second point. Those fantasies are either an indication of immaturity or personality disorders.
...I'm not all that familiar with how funding is allocated in detail...
Would't it be great if there was a website where you could look at those numbers?
Seriously though, you are right in limiting the cost of controlling the spending. Here's where Hans Rosling got it right, though: the world needs the raw data, the rest is all voluntary crowd sourcing.
I think government transparency is a must if beating corruption is a priority. I'd say, find out how to run those cheaper, let the interested parties do the data crunching. Everything else is a step backwards.
TFA says he was an IT employee at British Airways. He was a dumb terrorist but also, a lousy IT professional, thinking that his substitution cypher was better than AES.
As they say: even worse than an idiot, is an idiot with initiative.
Human behaviour is fuzzy, that is, there's a "good enough" approach to say... walking. As long as I am on my feet and "kinda" moving towards my destination, it is good enough. On the other hand, software tends to be very precise. I know of no customer of mine that would accept a program as good enough if it hit the database with the correct information 90% of the time.
What is very important though, as you already said, is the ability to recover from some error. This is no trivial task and requires lots of experience and attention to detail, especially as the components of the software grow in number and complexity. A good design is essential, and lots of attention to detail is needed. The problem is that customers are not willing to pay for that unless they belong to a small set of industries such as airspace or nuclear.
I'll contradict you, even if that is impolite...:) On the BSc level, the course curriculum in the "average" university is very similar to the ones taught in "average" universities in the US or Europe. That is, you are taught the same theory by teachers that may or may not have a clue about it, or about teaching. As in every place, It is the student that makes the difference in those cases. I have worked with great people that went to "very expensive internationally recognized universities" as well as the state funded ones. And I've met not-so-good engineers graduating from both also.
Make sure you are not comparing apples to oranges, the "Ingeniería en Computación" program by the state university where I live is very similar to the Computer Science program of the University of Toronto for example.
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Or orgasm-less sex
I can't wait for the firestorm after the CEO gets turned into the FBI for his "terrorist" activities.
right, like this is going to happen...
The rules are made for YOU, peon.
Since they have no products using that other architecture I think the word they were looking for is "Bicurious".
The black and white version would be that engineer is the person that designs, builds and maintains machines. Not the guy that operates them. You wouldn't call your grandmother an "engineer" because she is operating her computer. Or every car driver, blender/toaster oven user.
Granted, there's the grey area where the operation of the machine is impossible without an intricate knowledge of the machine's design and/or the theory behind it; in those cases you need an engineer to operate it. But in most cases a technician is enough
Let the engineers do actual engineering and the world will be a better place.
The old "increasing your IQ by giving yourself a lobotomy" argument... I am not impressed.
Since... ever?
From Wikipedia's entry on fascism:
Italian Fascists described fascism as a right-wing ideology in the political program The Doctrine of Fascism, stating: "We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the 'right,' a fascist century.".[41][42] The majority of scholars generally consider fascism to be on the far right.[43][38][39][40]
make that Salt + Hash.
Now, now, the Canadian Government has apologized for Bryan Adams and Celine Dion on several occasions!
because google knows a little bit too much about my porn viewing habits... go google!
my kingdom for mod points!
one of the 4 choppers was hit by enemy fire
sources said that it was hit by a giant swatter
Agreed.
Victor Hugo said:
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
People will argue that the time may not be now, but it is certainly coming.
Isn't it unfair that you are comparing the desktop version of windows with RHEL?
How about Windows Server 2008 + Exchange + 100 CALs for both products?
I consider humour to be an important part of management, negotiations, sales and everything that involves other people. Of course as everything it needs to be taken in healthy doses.
It brings people closer much faster and that is very important when you want to know more about the person in less time, therefore an excellent tool to use in interviews.
I am sure she will. But I'm definitely teaching her that there are different ways of doing things, and sometimes they are more efficient, challenging or outright fun.
She most likely won't pursue a career in CS, but the value of hacking goes beyond that.
On a side note, I can't help noticing that my complaint is extremely similar to the ones I remember from the electronics enthusiasts in the 90s. Funny, it seems our time has come.
...If it was "hackable". But it seems that hardware makers today want more than selling you their product. They want to make sure you don't use it unless it's in a way they approve of.
For now, I have alternatives (buy something else), but I am afraid my daughter will not have that option.
Or make sure you hire professionals. A professional will take their severance pay (or whatever they are entitled by law) and move on.
Also, the way people are fired says a lot about a company. Generally, if people are treated the way you suggest, that company is not a good place to be.
I'll agree with your second point. Those fantasies are either an indication of immaturity or personality disorders.
...I'm not all that familiar with how funding is allocated in detail...
Would't it be great if there was a website where you could look at those numbers? Seriously though, you are right in limiting the cost of controlling the spending. Here's where Hans Rosling got it right, though: the world needs the raw data, the rest is all voluntary crowd sourcing. I think government transparency is a must if beating corruption is a priority. I'd say, find out how to run those cheaper, let the interested parties do the data crunching. Everything else is a step backwards.
TFA says he was an IT employee at British Airways. He was a dumb terrorist but also, a lousy IT professional, thinking that his substitution cypher was better than AES.
As they say: even worse than an idiot, is an idiot with initiative.
"There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere." Isaac Asimov
Yes, i played lots of civ4... why do you ask?
Something needs to be done to "balance out" things now that Oracle and IBM are in bed together.
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/joke/cpp.htm
This one still makes me laugh
Human behaviour is fuzzy, that is, there's a "good enough" approach to say... walking. As long as I am on my feet and "kinda" moving towards my destination, it is good enough. On the other hand, software tends to be very precise. I know of no customer of mine that would accept a program as good enough if it hit the database with the correct information 90% of the time.
What is very important though, as you already said, is the ability to recover from some error. This is no trivial task and requires lots of experience and attention to detail, especially as the components of the software grow in number and complexity. A good design is essential, and lots of attention to detail is needed. The problem is that customers are not willing to pay for that unless they belong to a small set of industries such as airspace or nuclear.
His new job is at ABC Coding Solutions where he will be focused on building in .NET on Windows.[18]
what Microsoft has been up to?
lobotomies, apparently...
I'll contradict you, even if that is impolite... :) On the BSc level, the course curriculum in the "average" university is very similar to the ones taught in "average" universities in the US or Europe. That is, you are taught the same theory by teachers that may or may not have a clue about it, or about teaching. As in every place, It is the student that makes the difference in those cases. I have worked with great people that went to "very expensive internationally recognized universities" as well as the state funded ones. And I've met not-so-good engineers graduating from both also.
Make sure you are not comparing apples to oranges, the "Ingeniería en Computación" program by the state university where I live is very similar to the Computer Science program of the University of Toronto for example.