The article generalizes software development too much. I have worked on numerous software projects ranging from database apps to n-tier applications to device drivers to custom servers etc... There is little room (and indeed, little need) for a 'guru' when developing database applications which focus on data collation and entry. Most 4GL languages are simple enough for run-of-the-mill developers to 'get into'. However, it takes a special breed of person to tackle lower-level code and the truly ground-breaking applications.
The problem is this; developers who work 9-5 and are 'normal' as society portrays rarely meet coding challenges outside work, and, as such, will not have the broad knowledge gained from reading around the subject. Social outcasts may well not understand business needs, but, if their time is spent wisely, DO understand the intrinsics and tricks of lower level code in order to get the job done better than the competition.
Just imagine the accuracy improvement over the last (globally interesting) Florida elections.
# Vote "George W Bush"
Are you sure? [ Y/N ] # Y
Are you really really sure? [ Y/N ] # N
# Vote "Al Gore"
Are you sure? [ Y/N ] # Y
Are you really..... ... [snip]....
voting slip seg-fault, core dump has begun
As devastating as it must be to find that you can no longer type 120 WPM, every occupation has its hazards, heck, normal day to day life has them too. RSI is a well-known condition, but until a 'new' keyboard is developed which doesn't require such finger-wrist-contortion that's just life.
When did this 'shit-happens' -> 'let's sue' conversion of society (especially in the US) take place? I know she lost her job, but she couldn't do it anymore. Footballers who get old get layed off, models who lose their looks loose their jobs, typists who can't type loose their jobs... life sucks, get over it.
Is typing-imparement a disability? I guess so, it's certainly a problem. However, if said disability was self-inflicted? She was using office equipment, but I'm sure they wouldn't have objected to her using her own keyboard if she had one that didn't cause her problems.
At the end of the day, this problem wouldn't have 'just happened', it would have got worse and worse. A doctor may well have advised her to change her vocation. To leave the problem to get to a critical stage without doing anything (other than change furniture) is just plain stupid.
I've got to stop typing now, my fingers are hurting; RSI as a programmer sucks, maybe I'll sue.
Oh please, it's doesn't take a genious to blit a bitmap of Device Context 0 on a Windows machine, and process that. Sod the clipboard or any other commercial software, someone will come up with a downloadable e-book processor (and get thrown into a jail if they visit the states).
How would a watermark propogate to an OCR-ed bitmap? Lets face it, if you want to copy something, there are ways an means to do it. It is just easier and introduces no running costs when dealing with digital media.
After all, if you can read it, you can copy it, even if you have to dictate to a secretary:-)
It is well known that most wild animals can pinpoint sound far more accurately than humans; it's not our forte as we haven't had to do it to survive for god-knows how long. As such, I don't think one can compare human reactions to a wild animal.
"The article makes it sound like the chussh-chussh-chussh does something similar to humans. I think this might endanger more lives than it would save."
I like to think of myself as a bit smarter than a wild animal, but by all means catagorize yourself as you see fit:-)
"out my window what looked like a meteorite in a downward trajectory headed toward the Earth." - Do you know of any other sort of downward?
"It was bright orange, and got brighter and brighter as it came down. Then about halfway up, it just sort of evaporated in a bright flash," My god man, learn to speak; halfway up from where/to where exactly?
Quality reporting, from quality people; and he works for the Pentagon? Let's hope his fingers are away from important red buttons.
"Quick launch the nuke about halfway up into the sky, in a sky-ward direction. Go Go Go !!!"
IMHO there are better ways to start programming than with C++. A type checked language such as Pascal (now Kylix), which enforces rules at compile time and will save oh-so-many mistakes that can be made by the newbie.
"Don't run before you can walk" is probably the key to all of this. There are so many things you need to know about a language before you should even say 'socket' or 'X-app' (even if you can pronounce the hyphen).
Kernighan and Ritchie (who did the "C" thing in the first place) wrote a brilliant manual for C, which you would do well to familiarize yourself with, and it covers all the basics of types and program control you need. BEGIN WITH THE COMMAND LINE, it ain't that bad.
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The problem is this; developers who work 9-5 and are 'normal' as society portrays rarely meet coding challenges outside work, and, as such, will not have the broad knowledge gained from reading around the subject. Social outcasts may well not understand business needs, but, if their time is spent wisely, DO understand the intrinsics and tricks of lower level code in order to get the job done better than the competition.
It all depends on the task in hand.
I don't know much about Fusion, but looking at the sun ain't smart :-)
Just imagine the accuracy improvement over the last (globally interesting) Florida elections.
# Vote "George W Bush"Are you sure? [ Y/N ] # Y
Are you really really sure? [ Y/N ] # N
# Vote "Al Gore"
Are you sure? [ Y/N ] # Y
Are you really
voting slip seg-fault, core dump has begun
As devastating as it must be to find that you can no longer type 120 WPM, every occupation has its hazards, heck, normal day to day life has them too. RSI is a well-known condition, but until a 'new' keyboard is developed which doesn't require such finger-wrist-contortion that's just life.
When did this 'shit-happens' -> 'let's sue' conversion of society (especially in the US) take place?
I know she lost her job, but she couldn't do it anymore. Footballers who get old get layed off, models who lose their looks loose their jobs, typists who can't type loose their jobs... life sucks, get over it.
Is typing-imparement a disability? I guess so, it's certainly a problem. However, if said disability was self-inflicted? She was using office equipment, but I'm sure they wouldn't have objected to her using her own keyboard if she had one that didn't cause her problems.
At the end of the day, this problem wouldn't have 'just happened', it would have got worse and worse. A doctor may well have advised her to change her vocation. To leave the problem to get to a critical stage without doing anything (other than change furniture) is just plain stupid.
I've got to stop typing now, my fingers are hurting; RSI as a programmer sucks, maybe I'll sue.
It also makes it much easier to do a sort. What time is it? Oh, must dash, its 15:12:30 (just past mid-day). Ho hum.
Oh please, it's doesn't take a genious to blit a bitmap of Device Context 0 on a Windows machine, and process that. Sod the clipboard or any other commercial software, someone will come up with a downloadable e-book processor (and get thrown into a jail if they visit the states).
How would a watermark propogate to an OCR-ed bitmap? Lets face it, if you want to copy something, there are ways an means to do it. It is just easier and introduces no running costs when dealing with digital media.
After all, if you can read it, you can copy it, even if you have to dictate to a secretary :-)
It is well known that most wild animals can pinpoint sound far more accurately than humans; it's not our forte as we haven't had to do it to survive for god-knows how long. As such, I don't think one can compare human reactions to a wild animal.
"The article makes it sound like the chussh-chussh-chussh does something similar to humans. I think this might endanger more lives than it would save." :-)
I like to think of myself as a bit smarter than a wild animal, but by all means catagorize yourself as you see fit
"out my window what looked like a meteorite in a downward trajectory headed toward the Earth." - Do you know of any other sort of downward?
"It was bright orange, and got brighter and brighter as it came down. Then about halfway up, it just sort of evaporated in a bright flash," My god man, learn to speak; halfway up from where/to where exactly?
Quality reporting, from quality people; and he works for the Pentagon? Let's hope his fingers are away from important red buttons.
"Quick launch the nuke about halfway up into the sky, in a sky-ward direction. Go Go Go !!!"
IMHO there are better ways to start programming than with C++. A type checked language such as Pascal (now Kylix), which enforces rules at compile time and will save oh-so-many mistakes that can be made by the newbie.
"Don't run before you can walk" is probably the key to all of this. There are so many things you need to know about a language before you should even say 'socket' or 'X-app' (even if you can pronounce the hyphen).
Kernighan and Ritchie (who did the "C" thing in the first place) wrote a brilliant manual for C, which you would do well to familiarize yourself with, and it covers all the basics of types and program control you need. BEGIN WITH THE COMMAND LINE, it ain't that bad.