1.) See a "low vision" specialist. I found one by accident and he really helped me out. I now wear special contacts (hard) that work wonders.
2.) Monitor size doesn't matter much for me - it is the contrast levels. I always have things on high contrast. Black backgrounds and yellow forgrounds or maybe green.
3.) try every monitor - some LCDs work for me and others don't. I don't know why.
This article was rather superficial and should have covered one point instead of several, giving the article a bit more depth. I got the feeling like it was written off the cuff this morning.
(How do I know Danny does more work just because he does the same amount of work in less code. Its like the author follows some reverse logical mistake that he is harping about.)
A very interesting book on this subject is "The Psychology of Computer Programming" by Weinberg. It will get you thinking! I think the "Mythical Man Month" also discusses related topics.
Do you think your students really care about your views on such matters?
Beware having such a format in your class unless you feel confident your students respect you. Otherwise you might get more than you expected. Feynman could really handle himself socially.
What if a student asked you about your recent sexual activities?
Now that was a TSR game! The rules would either drive you mad or make you into a lawyer. I think it helped drive me to Computer Science and enjoy programming in assembly language myself.
I work from home and then fly out to clients for about 30 weeks a year. I cover getting disconnected by ensuring that I have all documentation that is important to the job, sample data for all parts of the project, and home access to platforms that I will be touching (UNIX, NT). I cannot afford to be just sitting around.
If I am idle and there is no coding to do I'll just start writing documentation and expense reports - the stuff I hate and leave for the end anyway.
-Ron
PS: People don't respect you when you work from home. Get used to that too. You are not allowed to have a tough day at the office.
I feel that certain people don't like the LDP because its the LDP and not the GNU/LDP. So they want to reinvent the whole thing and "de" credit those that worked on the LDP.
Inner politics will hurt these projects more than anything Microsoft could do. Politics erode the sense of giving and being part of something larger. Which is an aspect of why people give freely of their time.
It wasn't out of date at the time. But the core which was has lived on is just as difficult. Not admitting it produces all the people who seem to really hate lisp. It is because they were lied to. "Its easy. Go ahead and learn it."
I first encountered Lisp (MacLisp I think) in the early 80s in a course I took at the University of Illinois. We had to use the Lisp 1.5 Manual by McCarthy. A thin text that was terse as hell and made a tough task (learning lisp) even harder. I even read a review by E. Dijkstra of the book and he was critical of it (but he hates everything.)
Anyway I've come to the conclusion that Lisp is very tough and a lot of hard work. Just like boot camp in the marines! But just like a boot camp experience don't you notice that everyone who makes it through the torture claims it was the best experience in their lives? They have to justify the pain. I think there is a psychology term for that.
Anyone can learn Lisp but it might take more effort than one's previous efforts in learning computer science. Dont give up!
I'd like to add that the interview was quite thoughtful. A lot of time went into it. It was a very good read.
Actually if you read the article you would see that the site is listed in the second paragraph. And anyone needing their geek porn would readily find it based on the information given. I found the commentary far more interesting than the actual site hence the link to the article.
I also found the link from www.mouthorgan.com which talked about it on Oct 2.
I had the pleasure of working with someone who was from africa. He told me that software piracy there is so great that you have to come here to the USA to understand that it is not the general order of things.
If it is on a disk it is "FREE BEER" over there.
You would have to be hiding in a hole to not understand all the economic perils in Africa as well as the political ones. Techies that could have such concerns are certainly lucky to have such freedom from the basics.
Here is a link to the World Health Organization about general health and well being. Most of africa is screwed.
http://wwwnt.who.int/whosis/statistics/whr_stati stics/maps/map1.pdf
Yup you are right that you will not be able to learn from him anymore but thats not all bad. Think about the wonderful foundation you now have! You can now go it alone.
At some point the student must leave the classroom.
Hey! I was in that class! I felt lucky to finally get to see "the man" in action and he did not let me down. He always gave his courses and I kept saying "Next time. Next time." Finally that time came.
You know how well he writes? Well his lectures were just as fluid. Master communicatior.
I didn't think at the time that it would be my last chance to take one of his courses.
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This was more entertaining than the original article. You should take it further and submit it to Salon or something.
who cares? its all marketing. if you were so easily persuaded then you wouldn't be here reading this stuff that is for sure. You would be caught either spending money on Amazon or CDNOW!
I had to use SCO for mission critical apps. It did work quite well. The only problem I had was when I needed help or information on their implementation. The org wasn't there. They seemed quite a mess.
I remember seeing at the 98 USENIX convention lots of SCO boxes being offered for free with few takers. You didn't need a weatherman to know which way the wind was blowing....:)
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I'll prob. get lost in the shuffle here....
1.) See a "low vision" specialist. I found one by accident and he really helped me out. I now wear special contacts (hard) that work wonders.
2.) Monitor size doesn't matter much for me - it is the contrast levels. I always have things on high contrast. Black backgrounds and yellow forgrounds or maybe green.
3.) try every monitor - some LCDs work for me and others don't. I don't know why.
Hope this is of some help.
I forgot about Peopleware. Its a great book. The more I think about it the more useless this article was.
This article was rather superficial and should have covered one point instead of several, giving the article a bit more depth. I got the feeling like it was written off the cuff this morning.
(How do I know Danny does more work just because he does the same amount of work in less code. Its like the author follows some reverse logical mistake that he is harping about.)
A very interesting book on this subject is "The Psychology of Computer Programming" by Weinberg. It will get you thinking! I think the "Mythical Man Month" also discusses related topics.
Thanks
Do you think your students really care about your views on such matters?
Beware having such a format in your class unless you feel confident your students respect you. Otherwise you might get more than you expected. Feynman could really handle himself socially.
What if a student asked you about your recent sexual activities?
I think a new phrase has been coined!
Now that was a TSR game! The rules would either drive you mad or make you into a lawyer. I think it helped drive me to Computer Science and enjoy programming in assembly language myself.
Man I miss that stuff. One would think that Orge would be an easy game to program.
I work from home and then fly out to clients for about 30 weeks a year. I cover getting disconnected by ensuring that I have all documentation that is important to the job, sample data for all parts of the project, and home access to platforms that I will be touching (UNIX, NT). I cannot afford to be just sitting around.
If I am idle and there is no coding to do I'll just start writing documentation and expense reports - the stuff I hate and leave for the end anyway.
-Ron
PS: People don't respect you when you work from home. Get used to that too. You are not allowed to have a tough day at the office.
I feel that certain people don't like the LDP because its the LDP and not the GNU/LDP. So they want to reinvent the whole thing and "de" credit those that worked on the LDP.
Inner politics will hurt these projects more than anything Microsoft could do. Politics erode the sense of giving and being part of something larger. Which is an aspect of why people give freely of their time.
And then go home....
-Ron
It wasn't out of date at the time. But the core which was has lived on is just as difficult. Not admitting it produces all the people who seem to really hate lisp. It is because they were lied to. "Its easy. Go ahead and learn it."
No that is not the term. Thanks though.
Turn off the "load images" option. That seems to be 90% of the volume of a website out there.
'nuff said.
I first encountered Lisp (MacLisp I think) in the early 80s in a course I took at the University of Illinois. We had to use the Lisp 1.5 Manual by McCarthy. A thin text that was terse as hell and made a tough task (learning lisp) even harder. I even read a review by E. Dijkstra of the book and he was critical of it (but he hates everything.)
Anyway I've come to the conclusion that Lisp is very tough and a lot of hard work. Just like boot camp in the marines! But just like a boot camp experience don't you notice that everyone who makes it through the torture claims it was the best experience in their lives? They have to justify the pain. I think there is a psychology term for that.
Anyone can learn Lisp but it might take more effort than one's previous efforts in learning computer science. Dont give up!
I'd like to add that the interview was quite thoughtful. A lot of time went into it. It was a very good read.
I'd rather admire someone for what they DID and not what they look like or how well they can say words that someone else wrote (actors, models etc.)
There is a difference. And there is no shame.
Actually if you read the article you would see that the site is listed in the second paragraph. And anyone needing their geek porn would readily find it based on the information given. I found the commentary far more interesting than the actual site hence the link to the article.
I also found the link from www.mouthorgan.com which talked about it on Oct 2.
-Ron
naw - maybe 3C since he simply cloned Ken Thompson's work who would have been 3b. :)
I had the pleasure of working with someone who was from africa. He told me that software piracy there is so great that you have to come here to the USA to understand that it is not the general order of things.
i stics/maps/map1.pdf
If it is on a disk it is "FREE BEER" over there.
You would have to be hiding in a hole to not understand all the economic perils in Africa as well as the political ones. Techies that could have such concerns are certainly lucky to have such freedom from the basics.
Here is a link to the World Health Organization about general health and well being. Most of africa is screwed.
http://wwwnt.who.int/whosis/statistics/whr_stat
she plays hard to get from time to time
it only takes a camera to change her mind....
Yup you are right that you will not be able to learn from him anymore but thats not all bad. Think about the wonderful foundation you now have! You can now go it alone.
At some point the student must leave the classroom.
Hey! I was in that class! I felt lucky to finally get to see "the man" in action and he did not let me down. He always gave his courses and I kept saying "Next time. Next time." Finally that time came.
You know how well he writes? Well his lectures were just as fluid. Master communicatior.
I didn't think at the time that it would be my last chance to take one of his courses.
This was more entertaining than the original article. You should take it further and submit it to Salon or something.
I was going to post the same idea but you did already. And did a good job.
Rap/Linux. Ho Hum. the article wasn't really well thought out. Nice try.
who cares? its all marketing. if you were so easily persuaded then you wouldn't be here reading this stuff that is for sure. You would be caught either spending money on Amazon or CDNOW!
Its all good.
I had to use SCO for mission critical apps. It did work quite well. The only problem I had was when I needed help or information on their implementation. The org wasn't there. They seemed quite a mess.
:)
I remember seeing at the 98 USENIX convention lots of SCO boxes being offered for free with few takers. You didn't need a weatherman to know which way the wind was blowing....