Anyone can post stuff with my name in it. It would be easy to pollute the web with crap information, pictures etc to destroy your reputation. I can put a picture of some drunk on Facebook and label it with your name. The whole thing could get pretty nasty....
I don't normally agree with JoelOnSoftware, but today I'm making an exception. The fact that only ten percent can write a Fibanacci function in less than five minutes doesn't mean much. It doesn't mean that you're hiring the top ten percent by rejecting anyone who can't. It means your interview selection system sucks.
Well, maybe you are right. But I don't expect people to know what Fibonacci numbers are. I give them the definition and examples. When we hire a programmer we expect him/her to be able to write code from a spec.
BTW, we have no problems getting applicants so we can be selective. Our company pays very well too.
In our interviews I ask a person to write a recursive Fibonacci function. I explain what Fibonacci numbers are and write down the recursive definition. Given that about 50% candidates can write one,and probably fewer than 10% finish in less than 5 minutes.
It's not about being technologically inferior, it's about being culturally inferior. Grow up kids, quit kicking Israel in the shins! If the islamic savages choose to behave like deviant youth then the only thing they will understand is a spanking. So yes, it does.
Funny. I thought the article was alluding to Iraq.
You're wrong about immigration... people still come here in droves. The only unwelcomed ones are the ones that come here illegally, and that's always been the case and it's always been quite clear.
Actually this has not always been a case. At one time (eg. early 1900s) you could just come to US. There were no specific paper requirements, and there were no limits on immigration.
I agree with the vast majority of your post, although homeopathy may work for some (not an expert in medicine, so won't argue it). However, the quoted line is entirely plausible.
Hmmm... I have brewed some homeopathic beer. I sell it for $5 per bottle.....
He's written a bunch of books that should be on the list: "Selfish Gene", "The Blind Watchmaker", "Ancestor's Tale" and last but not least "The God Delusion".
You have no clue how the goverment works, do you? Presindent could done none of these things. Maybe he/she can propose and advocate some of these things.....
If you find your current course too easy, you should take some harder courses. I recomend some serious mathematics - at least a year or so of Calculus, Statistics and maybe some abtract algebra and/or number theory. They are all very applicable to programming. The more math you know the more money you will make.
Writing - take some writing courses. Make sure you can write a 10 page paper in few days that is well organized and readable. Being a developer means a lot of writing and not just code.
Finally read some articles and books by Paul Graham and start working on a cool hard problem.
Check out this article on O'Reilly's site. Threads are actually very low level construts (like pointers and manual memory management). Accordingly the future belongs to languages that eliminate threads as a basis for concurrency. See Erlang and Haskell.
Are you are against the idea of people who create having control over the copying of that material. That is not the current legal status quo in most of the world
I'm not against copyrights in general. Just the current version of system is bad. I'm all for 14 year term for all copyrights.
Furthermore, I thought that copyright should not be sellable - it should always belong to the author, who could then license copies for money.
These people would invest considerable amounts of their own time and money in this creative endevour and it is a reasonable idea that they should be able to control its reproduction to gain financially.
Actually this is not a reasonable idea.
I'm a software engineer and I create software everyday. I'm sure I suffer more than some guy writing a song. But if I want to get money, I need to continue working. I get no royalties from software I wrote 10 years ago (even though it is still used everyday).
You should get paid for working - not for having done work once, and then be paid forever.
At the moment, the quality of the official product is frequently substandard compared to the blackmarket product. People generally like paying and staying within the law, but when it starts to become impossible to use the legally purchased product, is it any surprise that people stop buying it?
People also do not want to pay several times for the same thing.
For example, I have cable TV and watch South Park when I can. But if I miss an episode, is it OK for me to download it it and watch it? I already paid my TV bill...
Or I have few hundred vinyl albums in my basement. I could record songs from those to my computer and then encode to MP3. Instead I download them. Is this OK?
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Anyone can post stuff with my name in it. It would be easy to pollute the web with crap information, pictures etc to destroy your reputation. I can put a picture of some drunk on Facebook and label it with your name. The whole thing could get pretty nasty....
Well, maybe you are right. But I don't expect people to know what Fibonacci numbers are. I give them the definition and examples. When we hire a programmer we expect him/her to be able to write code from a spec.
BTW, we have no problems getting applicants so we can be selective. Our company pays very well too.
Well, C++ ;-). The question is supposed serve as an intro into discussion of run time complexity.
In our interviews I ask a person to write a recursive Fibonacci function. I explain what Fibonacci numbers are and write down the recursive definition. Given that about 50% candidates can write one,and probably fewer than 10% finish in less than 5 minutes.
Funny. I thought the article was alluding to Iraq.
Never mind reading. What if I order "Lolita" from Netflix? There are two versions available....
I would suggest that people that do not like to pay taxes move to Saudi Arabia or Somalia. No income taxes there.
Actually this has not always been a case. At one time (eg. early 1900s) you could just come to US. There were no specific paper requirements, and there were no limits on immigration.
Hmmm... I have brewed some homeopathic beer. I sell it for $5 per bottle.....
Or for that matter read about history of the banana. "Banana Republic" wasn't always a joke.
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He's written a bunch of books that should be on the list: "Selfish Gene", "The Blind Watchmaker", "Ancestor's Tale" and last but not least "The God Delusion".
Does this mean that paintings of Cupid are now illegal? Or just JPEG scans of paintings of Cupid?
Obama is naive, compassionate, charismatic, and idealistic
And at the first summit with Putin which one would be better to attend and look after our interests?
Remove 1/2 of brain? :)
I read the article. I still don't know what the hell it is...
You have no clue how the goverment works, do you? Presindent could done none of these things. Maybe he/she can propose and advocate some of these things.....
Writing - take some writing courses. Make sure you can write a 10 page paper in few days that is well organized and readable. Being a developer means a lot of writing and not just code.
Finally read some articles and books by Paul Graham and start working on a cool hard problem.
Checkout labs.digg.com for some cool FLEX/Flash apps. Try doing that in AJAX...
I'm not against copyrights in general. Just the current version of system is bad. I'm all for 14 year term for all copyrights.
Furthermore, I thought that copyright should not be sellable - it should always belong to the author, who could then license copies for money.
Actually this is not a reasonable idea.
I'm a software engineer and I create software everyday. I'm sure I suffer more than some guy writing a song. But if I want to get money, I need to continue working. I get no royalties from software I wrote 10 years ago (even though it is still used everyday).
You should get paid for working - not for having done work once, and then be paid forever.
People also do not want to pay several times for the same thing.
For example, I have cable TV and watch South Park when I can. But if I miss an episode, is it OK for me to download it it and watch it? I already paid my TV bill...
Or I have few hundred vinyl albums in my basement. I could record songs from those to my computer and then encode to MP3. Instead I download them. Is this OK?
Or am I "stealing".