My worksite uses flushless urinals. They look like any normal urinal, but do not have a flush button or lever. It seems that the "filter" gets replaced monthly or so, and indeed there is no heavy urine smell.
So, after getting used no not having to "flush" for them, I find them almost a normal thing to use now.
What I find amusing is, that some of the old-timers (in their 50's or older) seem to avoid them, and use the sit-down toilets instead.
My EE instructors would point out that almost any function could be implemented in hardware. My CS instructors pointed out that concepts were important, and that there would always be a "hot button" (i.e Java back in the 90s).
So, I think both are good to know.
If you have a neutral feeling on which to do for a career, then I will suggest CS. It is my opinion that the job market is much bigger.
How many engineers, worldwide, design hardware vs. the number of programmers, worldwide, are out there?
I _was_ a loyal RedHat personal distro purchaser (purchased every copy because I wanted to give them my financial support). Started with version 4, and kept using them to version 9.
I wanted a stable Linux distro to use as my workstastation, surf the web, do my programming/experimenting with Java, C/C++, Postgres, etc., etc....
Once they made the business decision to stop selling/packing/distributing a stable personal distribution version I had a dilemma.
So, after lots of research... finally made the tough call, and got Debian 3.0r4.
Oh man! Love it!
On the same hardware box (old Athlon 700, 384Mb RAM, 15Gb IDE hard drive) as what I ran RH9 on, it seems quite snappy and RAM friendly.
So, a sincere "thank you" for RedHat to for:
1. Having a good personal distrobution for versions four to nine.
2. Discontinuing selling "personal" distributions, as then I would never have met and switched Debian.
For me, I started to learn Java as I was graduating. Perhaps I'd advise to learn Eclipse for Java development, install Postgres, and work on making some fun programs that
1. Use a browser for the View 2. Use a web server 3. Use a database
If I could be so bold: Perhaps get a copy of WebSphere, as IBM has some good Linux/Java products out there.
If you want excitement, find a small place (but the stress and demands are quite high).
If you want "stability" focus more on the Fortune 500.
It also never hurts to keep learning, as there is always a skill that is "hot." Lately I hear about AspectJ (Aspect Oriented Programming that is Java based).
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If I may, perhaps volunteer to assist an open-source project.
Try to find a project that is of interest to you, and is using modern techniques, environment, languages, etc.
I've worked at places where the code looked like spaghetti.
I want an interview to ask "how would you design this" questions, not a crossword or math problem.
They need to ask something relevant to what good software is all about.
A real system isn't about having the software provide the correct answer.
It needs to provide the correct answer _and_be_maintainable_ !!!!
(Just my humble opinion.)
Geek runs Debian. Athlon 700MHz more than powerful enough.
Wife runs XP Pro... therefore major hardware required just so it can, ahem, "run."
I have been an AMD fan and user ever since I built my first AMD 486 DX4/100 system back in the day.
Currently I still use an Athlon 700MHz system, and just built a socket 939 X2 +3800 system for my wife.
I have never had trouble with AMD based system. Love'em.
Kudos to you, AMD.
Greets,
My worksite uses flushless urinals. They look like any normal urinal, but do not have a flush button or lever. It seems that the "filter" gets replaced monthly or so, and indeed there is no heavy urine smell.
So, after getting used no not having to "flush" for them, I find them almost a normal thing to use now.
What I find amusing is, that some of the old-timers (in their 50's or older) seem to avoid them, and use the sit-down toilets instead.
I think each facet of computing is important.
My EE instructors would point out that almost any function could be implemented in hardware. My CS instructors pointed out that concepts were important, and that there would always be a "hot button" (i.e Java back in the 90s).
So, I think both are good to know.
If you have a neutral feeling on which to do for a career, then I will suggest CS. It is my opinion that the job market is much bigger.
How many engineers, worldwide, design hardware vs. the number of programmers, worldwide, are out there?
Me
I _was_ a loyal RedHat personal distro purchaser (purchased every copy because I wanted to give them my financial support). Started with version 4, and kept using them to version 9.
I wanted a stable Linux distro to use as my workstastation, surf the web, do my programming/experimenting with Java, C/C++, Postgres, etc., etc....
Once they made the business decision to stop selling/packing/distributing a stable personal distribution version I had a dilemma.
So, after lots of research... finally made the tough call, and got Debian 3.0r4.
Oh man! Love it!
On the same hardware box (old Athlon 700, 384Mb RAM, 15Gb IDE hard drive) as what I ran RH9 on, it seems quite snappy and RAM friendly.
So, a sincere "thank you" for RedHat to for:
1. Having a good personal distrobution for versions four to nine.
2. Discontinuing selling "personal" distributions, as then I would never have met and switched Debian.
Me
Greetings,
For me, I started to learn Java as I was graduating. Perhaps I'd advise to learn Eclipse for Java development, install Postgres, and work on making some fun programs that
1. Use a browser for the View
2. Use a web server
3. Use a database
If I could be so bold: Perhaps get a copy of WebSphere, as IBM has some good Linux/Java products out there.
If you want excitement, find a small place (but the stress and demands are quite high).
If you want "stability" focus more on the Fortune 500.
It also never hurts to keep learning, as there is always a skill that is "hot." Lately I hear about AspectJ (Aspect Oriented Programming that is Java based).
Me