That's interesting to hear. I think my school (University of Delaware, class 2003) mostly assumed you had that entering in the program. It might well have changed.
That being said, I do take issue with one thing: as far as I can imagine, there is only one way to skin a cat.:)
For a standard high-school "computer" class, yes, I agree with you. 100%. But I'm referring to Advanced Placement classes, where it's gearing you for college credits. It should teach them the same things I've had to learn my first class in CS: basic algorithm development, pointer arithmetic, registers. (My first intro to CS class has us learning C inside and out).
Is this the exception for CS classes now? Or a typical program?
Does anyone know exactly what is taught in a CS AP class? I'm sure a lot of people would love to be in a "AP CS" class, but the cold, hard reality is that CS can be very different than what many people thing. Just learning JavaScript to make a hip HTML 5 website, while entertaining to some, is not Computer Science. But teach Lisp/Scheme to the students to learn the value of S-Expressions, or algorithm development will help lead others down the road of Computer Science. Just Building A WebSite != Computer Science.
I hear what you're saying about hostility towards law breakers / etc. Now, if blanket amnesty were passed (as in, no such thing as 'Illegal Immigants'), I seriously doubt that the majority of that hostility would suddenly go away. I also can't picture those same people who are simply trying to support the law be just as passionate as protecting the new citizen / aliens rights.
Perhaps I simply lack imagination.
(Also, I don't ever expect that type of law ever to be passed, nor necessarily think that's a good thing.)
You are correct in that they had filibuster-proof majority for a brief time. HOWEVER, Obamacare / ACTA (which ever you prefer) was passed with Republican help, only after they lost their super-majority. Remember Ted Kennedy dying? That caused them to lose their majority. Before that, if Democrats were lock-step, we'd be having real socialized health-care instead of these marketplaces. The market-place idea (similar to Romney-care, as I understand) was the compromise to get Olympia Snow and others to vote for universal healthcare. If you are an extremely right-wing person, you should be glad that the democrats aren't lock-step for this reason alone.
I've always thought NPR was about as unbiased as you get. I've heard all sorts of stories there, although they do have a lot of human-interest stuff. And sometimes that's immediately labeled liberal. But I've heard things on NPR that are downright evangelical in nature (usually around holidays).
I agree it isn't a deterrent to crime. That being said, who is eliminating the death penalty going to save money? The alternative would be life in prison. The average age of a person subjected to the death penalty is 42 years old (as of 1/1/2005.. Please let me know if someone has better numbers). If the average of someone dying in prison is, say, 50 (which I'd bet is rather low), you have 8 years of paying for the prisoner.
I think it would be much more of a deterrent if sentences were carried out quickly and very very publically (the proverbial town square). I know punishing a child for something they did 3 weeks ago isn't a deterrent to them. Why would a 10 year delay from sentencing to execution be different?
On paper - I'd agree with you. If you have a good, experienced teacher, they won't reuse the *majority* of their materials. Also, IEPs (which are becoming more and more common) require individual tailoring of a curriculum to an individual by law. Let's not forget that most (don't want to say all, but all the ones I know) have to pay for the bulk of room supplies out of their pocket, with a minimal amount of it available for a tax credit / write-off. If you have any teacher friends, I'd recommend you ask them whether their overworked or not and see what their response is.
Yes, you'd be right. But, like most jobs, their salary is based upon importance of a job times replace-ability, with revenue generation thrown in with many jobs. Sports stars can't be easily replaced and they bring in tons of money to a franchise, hence their large salaries. Teachers can (keyword: can) provide an invaluable service, but they're pretty replacable (en masse, not a specific awesome teacher). Something needs to be changed, and I think unions play a role. However, parents and a lack of respect for education play even bigger roles.
Why is storing SOX or customer data r/t SOX on Box or DropBox illegal? Is it an auditing / Access Control issue? Or is it the fact that it's merely kept on an owned server?
First - I agree with your comments. But one thing to note is that Technology Muggles don't know much (if anything) about the previous devices and thus see Apple as revolutionary. Where you and I know differently. I eventually tired of telling my friends that no, my iMate JasJar from 2005 could do more than their iPhone 3G, four years before the iPhone 3G was released. The perceived "revolutionary" iPhone compared to the realistic "evolutionary" iPhone and the ignorance in others not acknowledging that is what infuriates me.
This sounds great and all that, but that's a very unreasonable statement. Consider C. I don't know a single person who would say that C is secure or that security wasn't built in from the get-go. The same can be said of C++. But those languages offer different benefits (speed and control both come to mind). It's a trade off, to be sure. But sometimes, you have to use a language that isn't secure "from the get-go" to build an application that needs security. We don't always have the luxury of doing the perfect (or near perfect) thing.
Yes, but it's far easier to say, ".NET is.NET", or, more accurately, "Microsoft is Microsoft". i.e. Proprietary.. i.e. bad. While I don't have numbers, I'd wager that Classic ASP (which runs on the.NET framework) is vastly more unsecure than ASP.NET MVC.
Don't mistake my comment for blind support for Microsoft. But, when a study fails simply acknowledge this very basic fact about the Microsoft ecosystem, it's numbers really don't mean much.
Don't forget the other savings you get for using AWS (or other cloud providers). Facilities (and associated maintenance), power costs (cloud centers are almost always more efficient), and hardware administration. Obviously, you have to run the numbers yourself, but remember it isn't JUST hardware costs that are saved by moving to a cloud.
Assuming you already own a Windows Server (or Windows 8 or greater), Hyper-V comes with your OS. Obviously you may have to purchase the OS that is going on your VM if you are installing a proprietary OS, but there's no explicit charge for Hyper-V anymore.
"Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that is available as a free download via the Microsoft Download Center.
Hyper-V is a technology built into Windows Server 2008 R2. If you own Windows Server 2008 R2 then you already own Hyper-V. Find out more information on how to buy Windows Server 2008 R2."
Yes, but cleaning physical toilets doesn't pay nearly as well as cleaning digital toilets. I have no problem getting my digital hands dirty for my salary.
Yes, we have a smallpox vaccine. However, it's efficacy is dubious against a weaponized form of smallpox. I'll refer you to the book "The Demon In The Freezer." Towards the end, the author points to real research and publicly accessible information on how to make smallpox effective even against immunized individuals. It's apparently so easy, the author did it on a different pox virus in a lab.
If you were leaking Botulism Toxin, they'd never know it when you were driving down the road. BT is has an incredibly high potency at almost untraceable levels. Especially in real-time. And it would take some time for your acetylcholine receptors to get blocked. That being said, if I caught you driving down the road dripping liposuction reclamation material, I'd beat you senseless...
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That's interesting to hear. I think my school (University of Delaware, class 2003) mostly assumed you had that entering in the program. It might well have changed.
:)
That being said, I do take issue with one thing: as far as I can imagine, there is only one way to skin a cat.
Muchas Gracias.
I already commented on this thread, or else I"d give you a +1 Insightful.
For a standard high-school "computer" class, yes, I agree with you. 100%. But I'm referring to Advanced Placement classes, where it's gearing you for college credits. It should teach them the same things I've had to learn my first class in CS: basic algorithm development, pointer arithmetic, registers. (My first intro to CS class has us learning C inside and out).
Is this the exception for CS classes now? Or a typical program?
Does anyone know exactly what is taught in a CS AP class? I'm sure a lot of people would love to be in a "AP CS" class, but the cold, hard reality is that CS can be very different than what many people thing. Just learning JavaScript to make a hip HTML 5 website, while entertaining to some, is not Computer Science. But teach Lisp/Scheme to the students to learn the value of S-Expressions, or algorithm development will help lead others down the road of Computer Science. Just Building A WebSite != Computer Science.
I hear what you're saying about hostility towards law breakers / etc.
Now, if blanket amnesty were passed (as in, no such thing as 'Illegal Immigants'), I seriously doubt that the majority of that hostility would suddenly go away. I also can't picture those same people who are simply trying to support the law be just as passionate as protecting the new citizen / aliens rights.
Perhaps I simply lack imagination.
(Also, I don't ever expect that type of law ever to be passed, nor necessarily think that's a good thing.)
I'm wasting Mod Points on this reply.
You are correct in that they had filibuster-proof majority for a brief time. HOWEVER, Obamacare / ACTA (which ever you prefer) was passed with Republican help, only after they lost their super-majority. Remember Ted Kennedy dying? That caused them to lose their majority. Before that, if Democrats were lock-step, we'd be having real socialized health-care instead of these marketplaces. The market-place idea (similar to Romney-care, as I understand) was the compromise to get Olympia Snow and others to vote for universal healthcare. If you are an extremely right-wing person, you should be glad that the democrats aren't lock-step for this reason alone.
I've always thought NPR was about as unbiased as you get. I've heard all sorts of stories there, although they do have a lot of human-interest stuff. And sometimes that's immediately labeled liberal. But I've heard things on NPR that are downright evangelical in nature (usually around holidays).
Undoing Moderation - Posted Redundant.
It's not the Theory of Gravity, you dolt. It's called "Intelligent Falling."
Is it *that* hard to make those drugs?
I agree it isn't a deterrent to crime. That being said, who is eliminating the death penalty going to save money? The alternative would be life in prison. The average age of a person subjected to the death penalty is 42 years old (as of 1/1/2005.. Please let me know if someone has better numbers). If the average of someone dying in prison is, say, 50 (which I'd bet is rather low), you have 8 years of paying for the prisoner.
I think it would be much more of a deterrent if sentences were carried out quickly and very very publically (the proverbial town square). I know punishing a child for something they did 3 weeks ago isn't a deterrent to them. Why would a 10 year delay from sentencing to execution be different?
Vic20, you insensitive clod!!!!
On paper - I'd agree with you. If you have a good, experienced teacher, they won't reuse the *majority* of their materials. Also, IEPs (which are becoming more and more common) require individual tailoring of a curriculum to an individual by law. Let's not forget that most (don't want to say all, but all the ones I know) have to pay for the bulk of room supplies out of their pocket, with a minimal amount of it available for a tax credit / write-off. If you have any teacher friends, I'd recommend you ask them whether their overworked or not and see what their response is.
Re: salary-wise idealism
Yes, you'd be right. But, like most jobs, their salary is based upon importance of a job times replace-ability, with revenue generation thrown in with many jobs. Sports stars can't be easily replaced and they bring in tons of money to a franchise, hence their large salaries. Teachers can (keyword: can) provide an invaluable service, but they're pretty replacable (en masse, not a specific awesome teacher). Something needs to be changed, and I think unions play a role. However, parents and a lack of respect for education play even bigger roles.
Why is storing SOX or customer data r/t SOX on Box or DropBox illegal? Is it an auditing / Access Control issue? Or is it the fact that it's merely kept on an owned server?
First - I agree with your comments. But one thing to note is that Technology Muggles don't know much (if anything) about the previous devices and thus see Apple as revolutionary. Where you and I know differently. I eventually tired of telling my friends that no, my iMate JasJar from 2005 could do more than their iPhone 3G, four years before the iPhone 3G was released. The perceived "revolutionary" iPhone compared to the realistic "evolutionary" iPhone and the ignorance in others not acknowledging that is what infuriates me.
Yes, but most of the secession threats are from people outside of Texas. We'd be happy for them to leave.
(Can't believe I'm replying to an AC).
This sounds great and all that, but that's a very unreasonable statement. Consider C. I don't know a single person who would say that C is secure or that security wasn't built in from the get-go. The same can be said of C++. But those languages offer different benefits (speed and control both come to mind). It's a trade off, to be sure. But sometimes, you have to use a language that isn't secure "from the get-go" to build an application that needs security. We don't always have the luxury of doing the perfect (or near perfect) thing.
Yes, but it's far easier to say, ".NET is .NET", or, more accurately, "Microsoft is Microsoft". i.e. Proprietary.. i.e. bad. While I don't have numbers, I'd wager that Classic ASP (which runs on the .NET framework) is vastly more unsecure than ASP.NET MVC.
Don't mistake my comment for blind support for Microsoft. But, when a study fails simply acknowledge this very basic fact about the Microsoft ecosystem, it's numbers really don't mean much.
Don't forget the other savings you get for using AWS (or other cloud providers). Facilities (and associated maintenance), power costs (cloud centers are almost always more efficient), and hardware administration. Obviously, you have to run the numbers yourself, but remember it isn't JUST hardware costs that are saved by moving to a cloud.
Yes, but cleaning physical toilets doesn't pay nearly as well as cleaning digital toilets. I have no problem getting my digital hands dirty for my salary.
Yes, we have a smallpox vaccine. However, it's efficacy is dubious against a weaponized form of smallpox. I'll refer you to the book "The Demon In The Freezer." Towards the end, the author points to real research and publicly accessible information on how to make smallpox effective even against immunized individuals. It's apparently so easy, the author did it on a different pox virus in a lab.
That book scared the living crap out of me.
If you were leaking Botulism Toxin, they'd never know it when you were driving down the road. BT is has an incredibly high potency at almost untraceable levels. Especially in real-time. And it would take some time for your acetylcholine receptors to get blocked. That being said, if I caught you driving down the road dripping liposuction reclamation material, I'd beat you senseless...