I hope they don't make it like I played Spy Hunter:
1. Tractor-trailer drops off car 2. Drive for a couple minutes, shoot/run cars off of the road 3. Crash and burn 4. Wait for tractor-trailer to drop off another car 5. Repeat 2-4 until the movie's over.
There is Agilent VEE (now obsolete) and to a lesser extent, LabVIEW from National Instruments.
I had a job where I did work in VEE and there were a few disadvantages to using it than functional or even object-oriented programming. For one thing, code wasn't as tight as it would have been with text-based programming. I always felt I could get code to work the way I wanted it to when it was another programming language. Another issue is that since VEE is an interpreted language, it's very, very slow to execute compared to an equivalent programming language. Third, the timing issues were horrible if you decided to make your code execute multiple "threads" at the same time, which was more like how Windows 3.1 did its multitasking.
However, VEE was easy enough to use that any old engineer could program in it, even those with little or no coding experience. Technicans could also troubleshoot the code if it was documented well enough. Also, nothing could beat it in terms of cranking out a prototype electrical test when you need to get data quickly.
Uncle Sam does a pretty good job of being able to fund one's education. Interest rates are at near-historic lows and they have a cap on how high they can go (typically around 8%). IIRC, the rates are determined based on short- and intermediate-term bonds and most people believe those rates are going to be low for a while.
Also note that interest on school loans is tax deductable when you start paying it back, up to a certain yearly salary. So you're going to get some extra money back from your good Uncle come tax time when you start paying your loans back.
Besides, this is your education. It's been proven that people with degrees over their lifetimes make much more than those that simply have a high school diploma. You'll easily make the money you loaned back and then some. As long as you come from an accredited degree program, you'll be OK.
If this was actually implemented by Coke, would each machine be programmed depending on the location of where the machine would be? I think it would *suck* to be at one of these machines in the Mojave desert, where in the summertime it's a brisk 120+ most days and cools down to a modest 75 at night.
Also, how will the machine know if it's inside or outside? I'd rather walk to a machine that's inside at that point, as it would naturally be cheaper if it can't tell how hot it is outside...
I wondered why the topic heading is under the "humorous" column. By reading a lot of the responses, I've got the feeling a lot of us have missed the point, including myself the first time I read through it.
The point he's making is that no one's opinion on who you should find is going to help. It's up to you to know who you're really looking for.
Why do I say this? The quote that comes to mind is "One man's trash is another man's treasure." Granted, this isn't the best way of saying it, but it means that no matter if you think someone is worthless or not attractive for whatever reason, someone else will think he or she is the right person.
This whole dating argument also might come from a bit of a self-esteem crisis that swings by once in a while. I'm a closet CS person (who's major is EE) and a gamer (not of Quake but of real, physical board games and roleplaying). It's real disappointing to be rejected by someone or be out of the social dating loop for a while, especially when it seems that everyone around you is scoring. Most of it stems from the fact that we (as a technically inclined gathering of people) are vastly misunderstood in the eyes of others. But to be misunderstood doesn't mean you are technically inclined either. It happens to all of us,no matter what our profession is.
I won't give advice other than two quotes that might help:
1. The immortal words of "DON'T PANIC" come to mind from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Everything works itself out eventually. Don't ask how, it just does.
2. As G. Ratte' and cDc said on Friday, "Save yourself, go outside, DO SOMETHING!" Just take a a night every week or two and go down to the bar (or coffee shop if you're under age) with a couple of people and be seen. I think/. needs to organize a "Geek's Night Out" (similar to the WSJ a while back with "Open That Bottle Night") where we just let the keyboard take a night off and tend to a social gathering of our choice.
Of course, in all of this, be reminded that I may still be missing the point on this article....
The best thing I can suggest for cost-effectiveness is to get a public library card and start checking out books. Granted, you won't have the luxury of keeping them around, but at least you can stop paying for books.
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You'll still have One-Click Hunting. You will just have to use the original point-and-click interface.
Wireless communication is controlled with two microcontrollers operating at a frequency of 433 MHz.
The last thing I need to explain to my older neighbors is that my juicer crashed their wireless weather station.
The last thing anybody wants here is an earthquake rewriting all of their data.
They're not getting paid per law, based on how many propositions we have to go through every time we are at the voting booth.
I don't mind it for some items, but voting on ten or more propositions every other year is ridiculous.
I hope they don't make it like I played Spy Hunter:
1. Tractor-trailer drops off car
2. Drive for a couple minutes, shoot/run cars off of the road
3. Crash and burn
4. Wait for tractor-trailer to drop off another car
5. Repeat 2-4 until the movie's over.
It'll be a plotless version of Groundhog Day.
I guess this means that lights that are timed for 35 MPH won't be timed for 70 MPH anymore.
Please, read the article completely before posting comments!
I swear you must be new here.
There is Agilent VEE (now obsolete) and to a lesser extent, LabVIEW from National Instruments.
I had a job where I did work in VEE and there were a few disadvantages to using it than functional or even object-oriented programming. For one thing, code wasn't as tight as it would have been with text-based programming. I always felt I could get code to work the way I wanted it to when it was another programming language. Another issue is that since VEE is an interpreted language, it's very, very slow to execute compared to an equivalent programming language. Third, the timing issues were horrible if you decided to make your code execute multiple "threads" at the same time, which was more like how Windows 3.1 did its multitasking.
However, VEE was easy enough to use that any old engineer could program in it, even those with little or no coding experience. Technicans could also troubleshoot the code if it was documented well enough. Also, nothing could beat it in terms of cranking out a prototype electrical test when you need to get data quickly.
Hopefully he doesn't teach like he designed C++.
I tried to find a good response to why the SwissFlame isn't allowed for sale in the US, but all I came up with is flame-bait.
... should I force them to "license" my ideas before continuing?
That, in a nutshell, describes SCO's current business strategy.
If it reduces the number of kiosks at the mall trying to give me four free phones, I'm all for it.
So we're saying that this person should merely switch to coffee instead of quitting caffeine altogether?
(Granted it is better for him/her as they are reducing their empty calories and sugar, but I thought the point of the question was to quit caffeine).
Agreed.
Uncle Sam does a pretty good job of being able to fund one's education. Interest rates are at near-historic lows and they have a cap on how high they can go (typically around 8%). IIRC, the rates are determined based on short- and intermediate-term bonds and most people believe those rates are going to be low for a while.
Also note that interest on school loans is tax deductable when you start paying it back, up to a certain yearly salary. So you're going to get some extra money back from your good Uncle come tax time when you start paying your loans back.
Besides, this is your education. It's been proven that people with degrees over their lifetimes make much more than those that simply have a high school diploma. You'll easily make the money you loaned back and then some. As long as you come from an accredited degree program, you'll be OK.
To emacs users, 'vi' comprises the middle two letters of evil.
By extension, doesn't this make all vi users evil?
If this was actually implemented by Coke, would each machine be programmed depending on the location of where the machine would be? I think it would *suck* to be at one of these machines in the Mojave desert, where in the summertime it's a brisk 120+ most days and cools down to a modest 75 at night.
Also, how will the machine know if it's inside or outside? I'd rather walk to a machine that's inside at that point, as it would naturally be cheaper if it can't tell how hot it is outside...
The point he's making is that no one's opinion on who you should find is going to help. It's up to you to know who you're really looking for.
Why do I say this? The quote that comes to mind is "One man's trash is another man's treasure." Granted, this isn't the best way of saying it, but it means that no matter if you think someone is worthless or not attractive for whatever reason, someone else will think he or she is the right person.
This whole dating argument also might come from a bit of a self-esteem crisis that swings by once in a while. I'm a closet CS person (who's major is EE) and a gamer (not of Quake but of real, physical board games and roleplaying). It's real disappointing to be rejected by someone or be out of the social dating loop for a while, especially when it seems that everyone around you is scoring. Most of it stems from the fact that we (as a technically inclined gathering of people) are vastly misunderstood in the eyes of others. But to be misunderstood doesn't mean you are technically inclined either. It happens to all of us,no matter what our profession is.
I won't give advice other than two quotes that might help:
1. The immortal words of "DON'T PANIC" come to mind from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Everything works itself out eventually. Don't ask how, it just does.
2. As G. Ratte' and cDc said on Friday, "Save yourself, go outside, DO SOMETHING!" Just take a a night every week or two and go down to the bar (or coffee shop if you're under age) with a couple of people and be seen. I think /. needs to organize a "Geek's Night Out" (similar to the WSJ a while back with "Open That Bottle Night") where we just let the keyboard take a night off and tend to a social gathering of our choice.
Of course, in all of this, be reminded that I may still be missing the point on this article....
The best thing I can suggest for cost-effectiveness is to get a public library card and start checking out books. Granted, you won't have the luxury of keeping them around, but at least you can stop paying for books.
Since this is a pre-6.0 release, I wouldn't think a CD of this would be available. This is also dependent on their release schedule for 6.0...
If nothing else, try linuxmall in a couple of weeks, they might have something available.