You honestly think this crap does not happen in the private sector too. It does. It happens everywhere. Is that an excuse, no it is not but the Dilbert factor exists everywhere.
Getting a reference like that is not always possible. Where I live, it is illegal for an employer to give any kind of a reference other than started this date and ended employment this date.
Also some companies make it a policy not to give out references either. I know that my former employer has this policy standardised around the world.
1) What is a page of code, is a page 50 lines of code in boldface, or is it 5000 lines of code. Nobody that I know of refers to 'pages of code' as a barometer. Function points and lines of code are two common measurements, neither one is completely accurate but they do serve as a guideline.
2) Documenting your code too much can detract from readability. My code has very little if any documentation in it but it is considered by my bosses to be some of the most readable code that any one of my coworkers spit out. Why? because the code that I write is readable unto itself. The only time I bother to comment the code itself is when the code is doing something that is not clear by reading the code, and usually I try to rewrite the code to make it readable.
And what good is having a better performing processor if the generally used compilers cannot generate the proper code to utilize it more efficiently. Kinda like putting a 300 horsepower engine into a chevette.
At least the Alpha has some very tightly optimizing compilers going for it.
The Canadian Government is no more corrupt than the US government, who can't even hold a fair election for christ sakes.
if you think it is corrupt, where are your examples, and then take a look at lots of lovely examples of US Government like the S&L crisis and then talk about who is corrupt.
NASA itself has standardised on metric units. Some say because it is more precise. I have my own reservations about that but pragmatism makes it a wise decision. Everybody else around the world uses metric and if the US is going to attract any idiots willing to make crap for that boondoggle in space (the US space station), they would have to.
In case you are wondering, I am in support of a healty space program, it is just that the US space station is an ill designed platofrm to spen a trillion dollars on.
As opposed to the 500 billion that is our current debt load. By getting a surplus and paying down the debt, the country becomes healthier financially.
Or are you just ignoring those many years of 30 billion dollar deficits.
Jonathan
Accordingly, Canada never fought in World War I or World War II either:)
Canada's military up until after WW II was organised and run as an adjunct of the Mother Country, Britain.
That is also according to your logic.
Of course, my logic is, that no matter who was in control of the region formerly known as upper & lower Canada, the US was the overall loser of that war. Especially since the US started it.
Are you assuming that companies even attempt to secure all of their boxes. You really only need to secure to machines that are exposed to the internet (and sometimes not even those machines if port forwarding is used on a firewall.
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Well if you bought the game, you would see that there is more often than not a credits list in the back of the manual.
Oops this is slashdot where everything is expected to be free.
Jonathan
You honestly think this crap does not happen in the private sector too. It does. It happens everywhere. Is that an excuse, no it is not but the Dilbert factor exists everywhere.
Jonathan
Getting a reference like that is not always possible. Where I live, it is illegal for an employer to give any kind of a reference other than started this date and ended employment this date.
Also some companies make it a policy not to give out references either. I know that my former employer has this policy standardised around the world.
Jonathan
Several points:
1) What is a page of code, is a page 50 lines of code in boldface, or is it 5000 lines of code. Nobody that I know of refers to 'pages of code' as a barometer. Function points and lines of code are two common measurements, neither one is completely accurate but they do serve as a guideline.
2) Documenting your code too much can detract from readability. My code has very little if any documentation in it but it is considered by my bosses to be some of the most readable code that any one of my coworkers spit out. Why? because the code that I write is readable unto itself. The only time I bother to comment the code itself is when the code is doing something that is not clear by reading the code, and usually I try to rewrite the code to make it readable.
Jonathan
And what good is having a better performing processor if the generally used compilers cannot generate the proper code to utilize it more efficiently. Kinda like putting a 300 horsepower engine into a chevette.
At least the Alpha has some very tightly optimizing compilers going for it.
Jonathan
I haven't paid more then 20 dollars with taxes in so long, where are you shopping? Jonathan
Seriously corrupt???
Ha Ha Ha
The Canadian Government is no more corrupt than the US government, who can't even hold a fair election for christ sakes.
if you think it is corrupt, where are your examples, and then take a look at lots of lovely examples of US Government like the S&L crisis and then talk about who is corrupt.
Jonathan
NASA itself has standardised on metric units. Some say because it is more precise. I have my own reservations about that but pragmatism makes it a wise decision. Everybody else around the world uses metric and if the US is going to attract any idiots willing to make crap for that boondoggle in space (the US space station), they would have to.
In case you are wondering, I am in support of a healty space program, it is just that the US space station is an ill designed platofrm to spen a trillion dollars on.
Jonathan
As opposed to the 500 billion that is our current debt load. By getting a surplus and paying down the debt, the country becomes healthier financially. Or are you just ignoring those many years of 30 billion dollar deficits. Jonathan
The rationale for having your launch site close to the equator is mostly related to placing satelites into geostationary orbit.
The hassle is in the maneuver to move the orbital inclination to a equatorial orbit.
While it does cost more to launch from a northerly launch site, it is not prohibitively more expensive.
And Protons are so big because of the relative inefficiency of its engines.
Jonathan
Accordingly, Canada never fought in World War I or World War II either :)
Canada's military up until after WW II was organised and run as an adjunct of the Mother Country, Britain.
That is also according to your logic.
Of course, my logic is, that no matter who was in control of the region formerly known as upper & lower Canada, the US was the overall loser of that war. Especially since the US started it.
Are you assuming that companies even attempt to secure all of their boxes. You really only need to secure to machines that are exposed to the internet (and sometimes not even those machines if port forwarding is used on a firewall.
Jonathan