BTW: What about GCJ? I think _that's_ a great idea.... I tried it out a few months ago, but not since. It was cool back then, and probably even cooler now since they've had time to continue to implement the core API.
Do you really think it's ironic? Do you really think it's coincidence? Lemme tell you, I lived in Israel, and I have seen first hand both the blind hatred people can have (I was personally threatened on more than one occasion by Palistinians in Jerusalem), and how most people there really only want what we do. Peace, privacy and the right to persue happiness. That goes for Palistinians and Jews.
The Camp David accords led to peace with Egypt. That was the begining of the _hope_ for peace with Jordan, Syria, and the rest of the arab world. I can't believe that this is just coincidence. Look at the Palistinians dancing in the streets. Blind hatred. Look at Rabins execution. Blind hatred (in the style of McViegh). This date is no coincidence, just as the targets were't coinincidental. The World Trade Center, symbolic of our international economy. The pentagon, of our military might. None of this is coincidental. It's a message. It makes me sick with disgust and sadness.
It's good to know that the biggest [explitive]heads learn how to manipulate the school beauracracy so that when the reach adulthood (for lack of a better term), they'll know how to do it on the job too. This situation is fundamentally no different than someone trying to create a situation at work and complaining to 'Human Resources'. American society has learned the power of victimization. That said, I think that Sean didn't show very good judgement by falling into their trap. Probably most of the readers of this site were not the 'cool' kids at school, and so we're all familiar with the kind of harassment and psychological torture that school can be a source of. If Sean had tried to improve his situation by dealing with the administration of the school, and they turned a blind eye, then I don't suppose they left him any recourse but to defend himself in the only way he saw as possible.
I have been a geek my whole life, and most of it had nothing to do with computers. I have also been a (private) music teacher for about 15 years, and it saddens me deeply to see society try to stamp out those of us that are bohemian(and yes, I think this label applies to geeks or hacker culture or whatever).
It's those bullies that make just the type of good little employees corporations love. Now excuse me while I try to stop this uncontrollable wretching at the puss hole this society is turning into.
This is an interesting topic. Before getting into coding I made a living (for lack of a better word) as a jazz musician. I'm very passionate about both coding and my art, but there is a huge difference. Beethoven said music isn't necessarily art. New Kids on the Block should never be confused with art. The art is in elevating people and causing them to feel. That is what art is. Great art is timeless. It has nothing to do with detail, or execution. Flawed execution or detail only exemplifies the humanity of art. Art is about emmotion. Therefore, I must conclude that while I think elegant code is nifty, it hardly makes me reflect on my life or how I feel about the world around me. Coding is more akin to science, and being passionate about science and logic is great, but it's not art. I think 'pure' science can be art. Einstein, Newton, Galileo and all the really huge figures of science certainly changed the way we look at the world around us, and changed the way we feel about our place in the universe as a result. That is art. As for comparing or invalidating art because it 'doesn't require as much attention to detail', all I can say is go and study music theory for a few years, then try to apply it to 1 instrument, then 4, then a small ensemble, then a whole orchestra. Art is every bit as demanding as coding. In some ways more so. Sad for me to say, but art is really valued very little in our (USA) society. Almost as little as teaching.
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Weakly typed. 'nuff said.
BTW: What about GCJ? I think _that's_ a great idea.... I tried it out a few months ago, but not since. It was cool back then, and probably even cooler now since they've had time to continue to implement the core API.
Do you really think it's ironic? Do you really think it's coincidence? Lemme tell you, I lived in Israel, and I have seen first hand both the blind hatred people can have (I was personally threatened on more than one occasion by Palistinians in Jerusalem), and how most people there really only want what we do. Peace, privacy and the right to persue happiness. That goes for Palistinians and Jews.
The Camp David accords led to peace with Egypt. That was the begining of the _hope_ for peace with Jordan, Syria, and the rest of the arab world. I can't believe that this is just coincidence. Look at the Palistinians dancing in the streets. Blind hatred. Look at Rabins execution. Blind hatred (in the style of McViegh). This date is no coincidence, just as the targets were't coinincidental. The World Trade Center, symbolic of our international economy. The pentagon, of our military might. None of this is coincidental. It's a message. It makes me sick with disgust and sadness.
It's good to know that the biggest [explitive]heads learn how to manipulate the school beauracracy so that when the reach adulthood (for lack of a better term), they'll know how to do it on the job too. This situation is fundamentally no different than someone trying to create a situation at work and complaining to 'Human Resources'. American society has learned the power of victimization. That said, I think that Sean didn't show very good judgement by falling into their trap. Probably most of the readers of this site were not the 'cool' kids at school, and so we're all familiar with the kind of harassment and psychological torture that school can be a source of. If Sean had tried to improve his situation by dealing with the administration of the school, and they turned a blind eye, then I don't suppose they left him any recourse but to defend himself in the only way he saw as possible.
I have been a geek my whole life, and most of it had nothing to do with computers. I have also been a (private) music teacher for about 15 years, and it saddens me deeply to see society try to stamp out those of us that are bohemian(and yes, I think this label applies to geeks or hacker culture or whatever).
It's those bullies that make just the type of good little employees corporations love. Now excuse me while I try to stop this uncontrollable wretching at the puss hole this society is turning into.
This is an interesting topic. Before getting into coding I made a living (for lack of a better word) as a jazz musician. I'm very passionate about both coding and my art, but there is a huge difference. Beethoven said music isn't necessarily art. New Kids on the Block should never be confused with art. The art is in elevating people and causing them to feel. That is what art is. Great art is timeless. It has nothing to do with detail, or execution. Flawed execution or detail only exemplifies the humanity of art. Art is about emmotion. Therefore, I must conclude that while I think elegant code is nifty, it hardly makes me reflect on my life or how I feel about the world around me. Coding is more akin to science, and being passionate about science and logic is great, but it's not art. I think 'pure' science can be art. Einstein, Newton, Galileo and all the really huge figures of science certainly changed the way we look at the world around us, and changed the way we feel about our place in the universe as a result. That is art. As for comparing or invalidating art because it 'doesn't require as much attention to detail', all I can say is go and study music theory for a few years, then try to apply it to 1 instrument, then 4, then a small ensemble, then a whole orchestra. Art is every bit as demanding as coding. In some ways more so. Sad for me to say, but art is really valued very little in our (USA) society. Almost as little as teaching.