Wouldn't that more likely be the Fedex next-day-air mail drop of shame?
I haven't done that with a laptop, but I have done it with marketing material I was supposed to bring to a conference. What did they expect? I'm a programmer... They should be glad I show up to work with a full compliment of clothing every day, much less remember to bring their pack of branded security badge holders and 8.5 X 11 fliers of lies and shame.
Well, at least he/she admits it, and it's not as uncommon as you would think.
CS is a way of thinking more than anything else - that's why we have to take all those "worthless" math and algorithm analysis classes... The programming, while not trivial, is just one practical extension of that way of thought.
My advice would be to find another industry and take a cross-discipline approach. I see a lot of need in our area for medical professionals that speak CS. And not just the high-end like doctors, but coding specialists, medical billing/accounting, etc.. Hell, you could specialize in just about anything - any industry that uses specialized software requires individuals with knowledge of both the target industry and development to bridge the gap between business and engineering.
To any who happen to scroll down here and read this, I'd like to apologize on behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As I've said in other forums today, you have - very unfortunately - been exposed to something we usually refer to here as Local Politics. You see, one of the tenets of Local Politics here in KY is that, if nobody knows who you are, you must do something incredibly stupid/illegal/dickish/cowardly/unruly/whatever in order to gain name recognition. Now here's the good part: this needs to be done at the expense of taxpayers. Either monetarily (partially applicable here since we're paying for this joker to propose junk bills) or, more likely, pride. We are ashamed of this fool, and we sincerely apologize.
We ask for your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Hopefully, we'll take care of this little public problem of ours in November.
My favorites were the mines and the amazing accuracy of the pistols:) You could take aim at someone a mile away while crouched in the shadows and take pot shots with the pistols and hit them every time... It was just sheer joy to watch your buddy hop around way out in the distance in a panic 'cause he has no idea where the shots are coming from.
My roommate and I used to play via serial cable in college. Good times.
I've been able to play around with a couple iPhones here at work, and in addition to bullets in the parent, I would say that the camera is among the best I've seen in a cell phone. If they had been able to integrate a flash, it would have been even better. Still not a replacement for a stand-alone camera, but decent enough for a quick pic. You really can't say the same for most phones.
When I was little, I took the stupid game, ripped the nose off and threw it across the room. I wasn't a violent kid, but the buzzer reached deep down into my lizard brain and triggered something unpleasant and primal.
Now if you can build a robot to not only play the game but get insanely pissed off when it buzzes, then you're making progress.
I'm inclined to agree with you. One of the hardest lessons I've had to learn as a parent is that my children are vastly different from each other. They sprang from the same genetic stock, are being raised in the same household, yet their difference were evident from day 1. Day 0.25, even.
With my oldest, I've tried to introduce things that she normally wouldn't pursue herself. She learns the math/science very easily and enjoys them, and I encourage it, but we also make sure she gets a good dose of recreational reading, arts, etc. My son is younger and I'm not sure how he's going to gravitate, but I know that our strategy for him is going to be different.
The real issue here, as the original post in this thread indicated, is one of involvement at home. It is not the responsibility of the school system or teachers in general to insure an optimal education, just the basics. Education does not stop when the kids get home from school and parents should not rely on any educational institution, no matter how "good", to provide all a child needs to grow intellectually.
It's a tall order for parents to be sure, but it's an impossible one for a teacher responsible for 20+ kids from all different walks of life and backgrounds. Kids learn to read at school, but learn to love it at home. Frankly, I prefer it that way.
I would be curious to see numbers on how many people actually use that feature. I have Vista on my machine at work and every time I pop in my usb drive ReadyBoost always pops up as an option and I ignore it.
Hell, if you have a system capable of running Vista at all, it's probably a decent box anyway.
As someone who has done a lot of work for PHBs wanting everything "Web 2.0" I applaud the opportunity to retire the term. Every time I hear it, I want to punch something.
And let's not forget the uninstall - it is frustrating in the extreme to test a complex install/uninstall cycle on a real machine. I never get the uninstall right the first time through, potentially leaving scattered remains of your app around to hose your next attempt at installing/testing.
The easier it is to test these things, then the more likely you're going to end up with a quality product. If it takes me a half hour to install, test, uninstall, test, clean-up, etc., etc. then it's likely I'm not going to do it as much as I probably *should* have. VMs allow me to not only test more often, but more completely with a broader range of scenarios.
Nice thing about satellites is that they're unaffected by earthquakes and giant squid... but whoever implements this is probably smarter than I am so I won't worry about it.
I think the continued use of ASP will eventually decline... I'm currently having to support a large ASP site (along with my newer products, all in asp.net 2.0), and it's been very difficult to mix classic asp with.net without a lot of work-arounds, so I'm looking at a full re-write if I want to maintain this monster without the duct tape and binders twine. Best to leave as is for as long as I can. I haven't read your source, but do you think that the relative popularity of ASP is due to a real alienation of developers or just a lack of resources to redo what's already there? The former seems counter-cultural to me - I'd re-work every asp app I "own" if I could, but it's just not feasable.
As far as the alienation goes, I wasn't. I have a CS background, so having an excuse to leave that VB/VBScript crap behind for good was a godsend to me. Since then, I've done some amazing things with.NET and haven't looked back.
Now, as far as Office goes, I experienced a similar shift when I started working with WSS 3.0 and MOSS. The central admin site has completely changed. Things are organized much better, but it's been hard to get used to. I'm sure the office ribbons will be the same.
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Or, alternatively, you can seek greener pastures. Not sure there are any...
I've been in IT for 10 years myself - there are no greener pastures. What you have to look for is a more even distribution of manure.
Or, if there are disproportionate amounts of dung, make sure it's not in your immediate area.
(Sorry I ran your analogy into the ground)
I suspect that would have implications for your karma.
"Neither stage exploded," Musk said. "They just got a little bit cooked."
Sorry - didn't rtfm. It was a cooking problem.
Well, there was the blowing up problem, followed by the gravity problem. Then, I suppose the crashing problem might have come into play at some point.
Wouldn't that more likely be the Fedex next-day-air mail drop of shame?
I haven't done that with a laptop, but I have done it with marketing material I was supposed to bring to a conference. What did they expect? I'm a programmer... They should be glad I show up to work with a full compliment of clothing every day, much less remember to bring their pack of branded security badge holders and 8.5 X 11 fliers of lies and shame.
Well, at least he/she admits it, and it's not as uncommon as you would think.
CS is a way of thinking more than anything else - that's why we have to take all those "worthless" math and algorithm analysis classes... The programming, while not trivial, is just one practical extension of that way of thought.
My advice would be to find another industry and take a cross-discipline approach. I see a lot of need in our area for medical professionals that speak CS. And not just the high-end like doctors, but coding specialists, medical billing/accounting, etc.. Hell, you could specialize in just about anything - any industry that uses specialized software requires individuals with knowledge of both the target industry and development to bridge the gap between business and engineering.
Especially when Lotus Notes already does all those things... and does them better!
To any who happen to scroll down here and read this, I'd like to apologize on behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As I've said in other forums today, you have - very unfortunately - been exposed to something we usually refer to here as Local Politics. You see, one of the tenets of Local Politics here in KY is that, if nobody knows who you are, you must do something incredibly stupid/illegal/dickish/cowardly/unruly/whatever in order to gain name recognition. Now here's the good part: this needs to be done at the expense of taxpayers. Either monetarily (partially applicable here since we're paying for this joker to propose junk bills) or, more likely, pride. We are ashamed of this fool, and we sincerely apologize.
We ask for your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Hopefully, we'll take care of this little public problem of ours in November.
Once again, sorry you had to see that.
- WA
Jeez, haven't they heard of a Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator?
The enemy's gate is down, fools.
Old, but obligatory.
I'm sure someone at Microsoft is working on it.
My favorites were the mines and the amazing accuracy of the pistols :) You could take aim at someone a mile away while crouched in the shadows and take pot shots with the pistols and hit them every time... It was just sheer joy to watch your buddy hop around way out in the distance in a panic 'cause he has no idea where the shots are coming from.
My roommate and I used to play via serial cable in college. Good times.
I've been able to play around with a couple iPhones here at work, and in addition to bullets in the parent, I would say that the camera is among the best I've seen in a cell phone. If they had been able to integrate a flash, it would have been even better. Still not a replacement for a stand-alone camera, but decent enough for a quick pic. You really can't say the same for most phones.
I think you could cover a whole range of activities for #3 by simply saying "Ass kissing".
When I was little, I took the stupid game, ripped the nose off and threw it across the room. I wasn't a violent kid, but the buzzer reached deep down into my lizard brain and triggered something unpleasant and primal.
Now if you can build a robot to not only play the game but get insanely pissed off when it buzzes, then you're making progress.
Why is Bob Saget in DOS training?
RTFM, Bob.
Interesting...
I'm inclined to agree with you. One of the hardest lessons I've had to learn as a parent is that my children are vastly different from each other. They sprang from the same genetic stock, are being raised in the same household, yet their difference were evident from day 1. Day 0.25, even.
With my oldest, I've tried to introduce things that she normally wouldn't pursue herself. She learns the math/science very easily and enjoys them, and I encourage it, but we also make sure she gets a good dose of recreational reading, arts, etc. My son is younger and I'm not sure how he's going to gravitate, but I know that our strategy for him is going to be different.
The real issue here, as the original post in this thread indicated, is one of involvement at home. It is not the responsibility of the school system or teachers in general to insure an optimal education, just the basics. Education does not stop when the kids get home from school and parents should not rely on any educational institution, no matter how "good", to provide all a child needs to grow intellectually.
It's a tall order for parents to be sure, but it's an impossible one for a teacher responsible for 20+ kids from all different walks of life and backgrounds. Kids learn to read at school, but learn to love it at home. Frankly, I prefer it that way.
With at least one pass to zero-fill... Methinks God is as paranoid as I am.
I would be curious to see numbers on how many people actually use that feature. I have Vista on my machine at work and every time I pop in my usb drive ReadyBoost always pops up as an option and I ignore it.
Hell, if you have a system capable of running Vista at all, it's probably a decent box anyway.
As someone who has done a lot of work for PHBs wanting everything "Web 2.0" I applaud the opportunity to retire the term. Every time I hear it, I want to punch something.
Web 2.0 my shiny metal ass, bastards.
And let's not forget the uninstall - it is frustrating in the extreme to test a complex install/uninstall cycle on a real machine. I never get the uninstall right the first time through, potentially leaving scattered remains of your app around to hose your next attempt at installing/testing.
The easier it is to test these things, then the more likely you're going to end up with a quality product. If it takes me a half hour to install, test, uninstall, test, clean-up, etc., etc. then it's likely I'm not going to do it as much as I probably *should* have. VMs allow me to not only test more often, but more completely with a broader range of scenarios.
"trade secrets in vote counting"
Hell, fellas - it's not that complicated.
'the worst [technology] project I have seen in my 25 years in the business.'
Yikes. If his 25 years of experience are anything like my 10 years, then that's saying a LOT.
...are been moved 10 meters south.
Nice thing about satellites is that they're unaffected by earthquakes and giant squid... but whoever implements this is probably smarter than I am so I won't worry about it.
I think the continued use of ASP will eventually decline... I'm currently having to support a large ASP site (along with my newer products, all in asp.net 2.0), and it's been very difficult to mix classic asp with .net without a lot of work-arounds, so I'm looking at a full re-write if I want to maintain this monster without the duct tape and binders twine. Best to leave as is for as long as I can. I haven't read your source, but do you think that the relative popularity of ASP is due to a real alienation of developers or just a lack of resources to redo what's already there? The former seems counter-cultural to me - I'd re-work every asp app I "own" if I could, but it's just not feasable.
.NET and haven't looked back.
As far as the alienation goes, I wasn't. I have a CS background, so having an excuse to leave that VB/VBScript crap behind for good was a godsend to me. Since then, I've done some amazing things with
Now, as far as Office goes, I experienced a similar shift when I started working with WSS 3.0 and MOSS. The central admin site has completely changed. Things are organized much better, but it's been hard to get used to. I'm sure the office ribbons will be the same.