This sort of thing is common in Linux communities. One slight change to a program (even a new dependency or something moves in a menu) and it's OMG OUTRAGE!
I've actually read more than one forum post where someone dismissed an entire application because a change to one keyboard shortcut made a program "completely unusable."
It's okay to be a little pedantic, but there's a point where it crosses the line to ridiculousness.
A resume is a jumping off point for the story of your career. If you're a newbie, college experience is exactly what you need.
When I was first looking for a job out of college, I had several projects developed either by myself or in groups that I could demonstrate. This was to show that I could actually program and work with others.
But I also had pre-college software projects, which was to show that I didn't just take programming classes in college. Obviously my code back then wasn't very good, but what do you expect? In spite of that, personal projects on my own time are a crucial part of the story!
In my experience, finding people who've done work on their own is EXTREMELY important, because the people who just started programming in college are often (but not always) the same people who base their career on statistics from Salary.com instead of looking for something they enjoy doing. Those people are unlikely to ever care about what they do because they simply have no passion for anything but their paycheck.
Hate to say it, but you should probably learn VBScript. There's a VBScript interpreter is built into Windows, and it can interact with COM. It might be a pain, but it will suit your needs.
Sure, there's a few computer games on this list, but not many. Overall it seems heavily biased toward console games, leaving out a hefty chunk of arcade and handheld games.
Sure, I realize I'm missing the point, as it were. Educational institutions do research on crazy new technology, they don't develop products.
But in terms of whether this could ever be used in a product, there's a lot of loose ends that they're glossing over (at least in what was posted here, I haven't read their research.)
1. No touch screen. Sure, "bend gestures" are an interesting idea, but that doesn't make up for the lack of touch screen. Touch screens are standard equipment on all of today's smartphones for a reason -- it's super easy to use. I'm not sure what would be involved in creating a flexible touch screen, but it could be a useful invention.
2. No color. Sounds dumb, but a black and white web browser is not going to fly. I imagine this is going to be in the 2nd gen "e-ink" but that may be a while.
3. The battery pack/logic part. The screen itself is great, but if there's a big "handle" attached to it that contains the battery, CPU, memory, etc. that's actually more cumbersome than just having a thick phone. My iPhone fits in my pocket, but this device would be tricky to squeeze in there. The size problem seems insurmountable due to the battery. Perhaps in a few decades we'll have incredibly small, flexible batteries, but that's a much, MUCH harder problem to solve.
These things come and go in the security market faster than you can believe. The problem isn't the lack of need, it's that the security software market is a "me too" market filled with companies cranking out software that has the latest buzzwords. In the security industry, everyone just copies everyone's fad else instead of innovating and trying to find a more elegant solution to the underlying problem.
But it doesn't matter anyway, since these companies all target the suits instead of the IT folks. The suits will just buy whatever product sounds nice without consulting the people who will use or administer it. There's effectively no interaction between the vendors and their user-base./rant
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Also, Goobacks.
They took our jobs!
Some of the Chrome netbooks have a not-so-secret "jailbreak" button hidden inside the battery compartment.
a mother in ar who had kill her three kids.
Maybe you could hook up your SmartMeter data directly to your Facebook and Twitter. It would just be a constant stream of KW/H data.
Good thing my server and fridge are using massive amounts of electricity even when I'm in another country.
(Sorry, environment.)
That was last year's buzzword. You can go back to just saying "fad" again.
Thanks!
What happens if I throw a penny (or a rock) on the tracks?
And running your nuclear centrifuge at the same time!
Do any FOSS drivers even support shaders?
...involved "v1agra" and fake Rolex watches?
This sort of thing is common in Linux communities. One slight change to a program (even a new dependency or something moves in a menu) and it's OMG OUTRAGE!
I've actually read more than one forum post where someone dismissed an entire application because a change to one keyboard shortcut made a program "completely unusable."
It's okay to be a little pedantic, but there's a point where it crosses the line to ridiculousness.
"I liked Ubuntu better before it was soooo mainstream."
A resume is a jumping off point for the story of your career. If you're a newbie, college experience is exactly what you need.
When I was first looking for a job out of college, I had several projects developed either by myself or in groups that I could demonstrate. This was to show that I could actually program and work with others.
But I also had pre-college software projects, which was to show that I didn't just take programming classes in college. Obviously my code back then wasn't very good, but what do you expect? In spite of that, personal projects on my own time are a crucial part of the story!
In my experience, finding people who've done work on their own is EXTREMELY important, because the people who just started programming in college are often (but not always) the same people who base their career on statistics from Salary.com instead of looking for something they enjoy doing. Those people are unlikely to ever care about what they do because they simply have no passion for anything but their paycheck.
Photographers generally are not math majors.
Hate to say it, but you should probably learn VBScript. There's a VBScript interpreter is built into Windows, and it can interact with COM. It might be a pain, but it will suit your needs.
Sure, there's a few computer games on this list, but not many. Overall it seems heavily biased toward console games, leaving out a hefty chunk of arcade and handheld games.
Sure, I realize I'm missing the point, as it were. Educational institutions do research on crazy new technology, they don't develop products.
But in terms of whether this could ever be used in a product, there's a lot of loose ends that they're glossing over (at least in what was posted here, I haven't read their research.)
There's a few things wrong with this prototype.
1. No touch screen. Sure, "bend gestures" are an interesting idea, but that doesn't make up for the lack of touch screen. Touch screens are standard equipment on all of today's smartphones for a reason -- it's super easy to use. I'm not sure what would be involved in creating a flexible touch screen, but it could be a useful invention.
2. No color. Sounds dumb, but a black and white web browser is not going to fly. I imagine this is going to be in the 2nd gen "e-ink" but that may be a while.
3. The battery pack/logic part. The screen itself is great, but if there's a big "handle" attached to it that contains the battery, CPU, memory, etc. that's actually more cumbersome than just having a thick phone. My iPhone fits in my pocket, but this device would be tricky to squeeze in there. The size problem seems insurmountable due to the battery. Perhaps in a few decades we'll have incredibly small, flexible batteries, but that's a much, MUCH harder problem to solve.
To be fair, computers are pretty stupid. If they were smart, I wouldn't have to spend all day programming the damn things.
You know what I mean... argue against that statement.
Stupid English language!
So what? I don't think *anyone* would argue that the BSD license contains more freedoms than the GPL.
Remember when people used to have this thing called a "printer" and spent hours filing away papers?
Seems so antiquated. And it wasn't even that long ago.
a lot of people think "alot" is a word.
These things come and go in the security market faster than you can believe. The problem isn't the lack of need, it's that the security software market is a "me too" market filled with companies cranking out software that has the latest buzzwords. In the security industry, everyone just copies everyone's fad else instead of innovating and trying to find a more elegant solution to the underlying problem.
But it doesn't matter anyway, since these companies all target the suits instead of the IT folks. The suits will just buy whatever product sounds nice without consulting the people who will use or administer it. There's effectively no interaction between the vendors and their user-base. /rant
But the plan said "unlimited"! Now how will I BitTorrent 50GB Blu-Ray rips?