Perhaps our problem is that we're hiring for Java? Is it that Java is a language people learn for industry, not because they love it? Are we likely to find people who specialize in Java and are compelled by the idea of working on an OSS site? Is that part of what this is about?
Why would Java be different to any other language? It has been around for 10 years, it is no longer 'sexy'. More likely there's a lot of Java positions available, perhaps paying better money than you are. Or maybe you aren't being noticed. This Slashdot posting should help:)
I've worked with some seriously talented people over the last 15 years (particularly in the investment banking industry), and many of those have been Java people.
There's a huge number of open source Java projects out there, so there must be thousands of Java programmers who love what they are doing.
I used to be very much into J2EE (even wrote a book on it), and it is great to see the platform evolve as the Java language evolves.
That said, I have "moved down the food chain"
Yes, I too used to be a J2EE tech-head. But I've got bored with keeping up with loads of APIs constantly evolving, and eventually realised most of it wasn't necessary for 90% of web apps.
It's easy to imagine that an organism with a little error correction will be more fit in its niches than an organism without.
That's what I love about evolution:) It is pretty easy to imagine up an evolutionary advantage about absolutely any biological feature that ever existed. Just read something like New Scientist to see what I mean. Evolution has an answer to everything.
I was mugged in London a few years ago by a bunch of teenagers. They had a gun and a knife - they showed them to me. It may have been a fake gun but it looked real then. The knife was sharp enough to cut my lip when they held it to my face.
A word of advice too - Cocker says he chased his muggers after they took his mobile. Never never ever do this. Just be thankful you are alive and uninjured (if that's the case). Chasing muggers is a really stupid thing to do.
But at what point are one person's beliefs allowed to harm those who do not share them? If people object to embryonic stem cell research then don't use it, but the millions of people who don't should be allowed to benefit from this god-given knowledge.
You don't get it. People who oppose embryonic stem cell (ESC) research do so because using ESCs is (in their view) harming millions of embryos - humans at the earliest and most vulnerable stage of development. Should millions be killed to benefit millions? You may not agree that embryos are worthy of consideration, but to those who do believe that, ESC research will never be acceptable no matter what the benefit.
If the creator gets the lion share of the money, then I would pay without a second thought.
So do you apply this line of reasoning to all products you need? (e.g. buying a pair of trainers, would you steal them if you think the people actually making them only received a few cents per pair).
Using your requirements, we can't even tell if the Earth was round last year.
My point was made using the requirements stated by the parent poster, not mine. As you say, whether or not the Earth was round last year can't be demonstrated by scientific experiment. Scientific experiment is limited to things that are (or seem to be) repeatable - many of evolution's broader claims cannot be proven by experiment.
But, let's make it simple: take a bunch of rabbits of mixed colors. Kill all the black ones. Breed them like this for a few generations, and tell me how many black ones get born 10 generations hence?
So you've selected out the trait for black rabbits. And this proves?
What most ID IDiots don't realize is that not only is evolution a very well demonstrated concept, virtually all of modern agriculture depends on the truth of its precepts! For, if the concept of "survival of the fittest" were not generally true, corn could not be made to breed larger kernels through selective breeding, and every breed of dog at the dog show would have always existed.
Actually, you are talking about cross-breeding plants with known existing traits. Similarly for dogs.
Let's review what science is based on. Known facts that have been determined through repeated testing.
So where is the repeated testing of evolutionary theory's more extensive claims? It can't be done, it's a non-repeatable event. The best we can do is observe multiple generations of bacteria and flies.
Reminds me of Voltaire who declared that within 100 years the Bible would cease to exist. By then the Geneva Bible Society was using Voltaire's house to print bibles.
Look back to the Soviet Union for an example of a society that tried to extinguish God. Not one I'd like to live in. If God really is dead, God (or someone) help us.
I am required to use an IDE at my place of employment. I do not use an IDE at home. And, although I am as fast as my coworkers with the IDE, I am still much, much faster at home.
you must work on very simple and small projects then. An IDE is invaluable in tracing program flow, auto-showing documentation etc etc. I really don't see how complex systems can be effectively programmed without them.
Most replies have concentrated on the relative benefits of.NET vs J2EE. These are important. However most important is what experience your staff have in the technology you choose.
If you are currently a Java shop with no.NET experience, you will most likely fail with your first.NET project, unless you bring in some experienced mentors. And vice versa, of course.
With the right experience and good project management, either technology will succeed.
'Religious radicals' is a fair call, except I'd be tempted to add a few more carefully chosen phrases, like 'not very bright', 'deluded', 'ill-informed', and 'poorly educated'.
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I'm just thankful we don't have too many of these people in Australia, although the number is growing, largely because, I suspect, science education is poorly funded here too.
Well, I may be "deluded" to be skeptical of evolutionary science's claims, but no-one has ever accused me of being "not very bright" (not before this post), and I'm certainly not "poorly educated". "Over educated" is more accurate - all thanks to the Australian education system.
I have no problem believing (with a healthy degree of skepticism) the results of experimental science. But the absolute faith in a theory that can't be experimentally tested (and I don't think experiments on a few hundred generations of drosophilia demonstrate a great deal) and which therefore will forever remain unprovable, to me appears ludicrous.
In London, UK of all places, which doesn't get much lightning at all. I had a surge protector on the power cable, but the strike did its frying work via the telephone cable.
It fried the modem of the laptop and also the modem and motherboard of the PC that were both connected. Fortunately, insurance covered the repair costs, and the disks of both were ok.
I'm sorry, but if these data handling functions are business critical, then you need a proper database (sql, basically) combined with proper data in/out.
Unfortunately, in the investment banking arena where I work, use of Excel to make financial decisions is extremely common - and is unlikely to change. Analysts love Excel for modelling, and the alternative - using developers who don't understand their financial models - also has its dangers.
As someone raised muslim, with a muslim name ( and one that happens to correspond to that of an at-large chechen terrorist ) I'll wager it's time to get out of this country.
With your terrorism quotient I don't think they'll allow you to leave.
It has been worth a lot to me. At a number of interviews it has turned out that the client is already using my free software, and they often download the code and browse. And I've had contract work via people using my code as well.
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Perhaps our problem is that we're hiring for Java? Is it that Java is a language people learn for industry, not because they love it? Are we likely to find people who specialize in Java and are compelled by the idea of working on an OSS site? Is that part of what this is about?
Why would Java be different to any other language? It has been around for 10 years, it is no longer 'sexy'. More likely there's a lot of Java positions available, perhaps paying better money than you are. Or maybe you aren't being noticed. This Slashdot posting should help :)
I've worked with some seriously talented people over the last 15 years (particularly in the investment banking industry), and many of those have been Java people.
There's a huge number of open source Java projects out there, so there must be thousands of Java programmers who love what they are doing.
That said, I have "moved down the food chain"
Yes, I too used to be a J2EE tech-head. But I've got bored with keeping up with loads of APIs constantly evolving, and eventually realised most of it wasn't necessary for 90% of web apps.
A leading investment bank I worked for has moved many of their servers to Linux. They purchased around 3000 Linux boxes initially.
"The inside area of bones are specifically designed to be impervious to outside biodegrading influences".
Designed by who?
That's what I love about evolution :) It is pretty easy to imagine up an evolutionary advantage about absolutely any biological feature that ever existed. Just read something like New Scientist to see what I mean. Evolution has an answer to everything.
I was mugged in London a few years ago by a bunch of teenagers. They had a gun and a knife - they showed them to me. It may have been a fake gun but it looked real then. The knife was sharp enough to cut my lip when they held it to my face.
A word of advice too - Cocker says he chased his muggers after they took his mobile. Never never ever do this. Just be thankful you are alive and uninjured (if that's the case). Chasing muggers is a really stupid thing to do.
But at what point are one person's beliefs allowed to harm those who do not share them? If people object to embryonic stem cell research then don't use it, but the millions of people who don't should be allowed to benefit from this god-given knowledge.
You don't get it. People who oppose embryonic stem cell (ESC) research do so because using ESCs is (in their view) harming millions of embryos - humans at the earliest and most vulnerable stage of development. Should millions be killed to benefit millions? You may not agree that embryos are worthy of consideration, but to those who do believe that, ESC research will never be acceptable no matter what the benefit.
So do you apply this line of reasoning to all products you need? (e.g. buying a pair of trainers, would you steal them if you think the people actually making them only received a few cents per pair).
Of course it is. If you oppose abortion just prior to birth, it is logically consistent to oppose it at any point in the embryo's development.
My point was made using the requirements stated by the parent poster, not mine. As you say, whether or not the Earth was round last year can't be demonstrated by scientific experiment. Scientific experiment is limited to things that are (or seem to be) repeatable - many of evolution's broader claims cannot be proven by experiment.
So you've selected out the trait for black rabbits. And this proves?
What most ID IDiots don't realize is that not only is evolution a very well demonstrated concept, virtually all of modern agriculture depends on the truth of its precepts! For, if the concept of "survival of the fittest" were not generally true, corn could not be made to breed larger kernels through selective breeding, and every breed of dog at the dog show would have always existed.
Actually, you are talking about cross-breeding plants with known existing traits. Similarly for dogs.
So where is the repeated testing of evolutionary theory's more extensive claims? It can't be done, it's a non-repeatable event. The best we can do is observe multiple generations of bacteria and flies.
Informative? Informing us exactly of what?
Reminds me of Voltaire who declared that within 100 years the Bible would cease to exist. By then the Geneva Bible Society was using Voltaire's house to print bibles.
Look back to the Soviet Union for an example of a society that tried to extinguish God. Not one I'd like to live in. If God really is dead, God (or someone) help us.
you must work on very simple and small projects then. An IDE is invaluable in tracing program flow, auto-showing documentation etc etc. I really don't see how complex systems can be effectively programmed without them.
Funny how many Slashdotters say this, but whine like crazy when the IT job market is changing and their jobs are going offshore!
If you are currently a Java shop with no .NET experience, you will most likely fail with your first .NET project, unless you bring in some experienced mentors. And vice versa, of course.
With the right experience and good project management, either technology will succeed.
Well, I may be "deluded" to be skeptical of evolutionary science's claims, but no-one has ever accused me of being "not very bright" (not before this post), and I'm certainly not "poorly educated". "Over educated" is more accurate - all thanks to the Australian education system.
I have no problem believing (with a healthy degree of skepticism) the results of experimental science. But the absolute faith in a theory that can't be experimentally tested (and I don't think experiments on a few hundred generations of drosophilia demonstrate a great deal) and which therefore will forever remain unprovable, to me appears ludicrous.
If you are a programmer you should have heard of it. And it is certainly a classic that *every* programmer should read.
It fried the modem of the laptop and also the modem and motherboard of the PC that were both connected. Fortunately, insurance covered the repair costs, and the disks of both were ok.
Unfortunately, in the investment banking arena where I work, use of Excel to make financial decisions is extremely common - and is unlikely to change. Analysts love Excel for modelling, and the alternative - using developers who don't understand their financial models - also has its dangers.
With your terrorism quotient I don't think they'll allow you to leave.
Really? When decimals weren't even invented yet? Pi == 3 is a pretty good approximation actually, it is only 5% off the actual value.
It has been worth a lot to me. At a number of interviews it has turned out that the client is already using my free software, and they often download the code and browse. And I've had contract work via people using my code as well.
Well, I'm an Australian called Bruce who uses Linux & I found it funny!