>>The one thing that bugs me more than all the libertarian geeks is the libertarian geek that
>>doesn't understand economics. It might just happen that the time wasted waiting for an
>>understaffed help center to get around to the customer is actually costing that customer more
>>than the extra cost of helping to pay for an overstaffed help center.
Just what does this have to do with libertarians, other than you obviously do not consider yourself one?
By your definition, the kid working at Baskin Robbins making your sundae is an artist
While sundae creation probably isn't a normal venue for art, I can see how somebody who was really into, and thus really good at making sundaes could be termed an artist. Art is as much about the way in which something is approached as it is the product produced.
And besides, what's so sacred about musicians and painters?...Besides the potential that they can get paid particularly well if they manage to develop a certain mass appeal or the right connections?:)
MSDN *IS* the way to go...once you know what info you need and where its likely to be hiding.
Unfortunately, Pablo didn't go into any detail wrt what kind of windows programming he was doing....perhaps he's under the impression that there's only one kind of target available on Windows?
That said, if he can choose his IDE, I would strongly recommend going with Borland's implementation of whatever language will be used. Borland has, by far, the best IDEs available in a Windows environ.
As for a Windows bible, well, Windows has gotten too big to have a single "bible" book - it depends alot on what you want to do and almost as much on what constraints you have in doing it, so I'll recommend publishers instead. I've never been disappointed by the usability and reference value I've found in MTP (MacMillan Technical Publishing) books. Second choice would be PTR/PH (Prentice Hall Series on MS Technologies) books. Wrox and O'Reilly have good titles as well. Microsoft Press books are unavoidable, but they tend to have the same attitude toward their publishing as they do towards their software (and I'll leave it at that).
Going to University is all about creating foundations.
One of those foundations is the human network you hook into - or at least observe - while you're involved in higher education. If you attend an online simulacrum, how will you get exposure to that broadening diversity of opinion, of experience, of variations in culture that you get from the campus environment?
Online university has its place for those whose lives are so full already (with a full-blown family and a full-time job, for instance) that they really have no chance of fully participating in the university environment, but still need the guidance or kick-in-the-rear motivation that attending a class provides.
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Just what does this have to do with libertarians, other than you obviously do not consider yourself one?
By your definition, the kid working at Baskin Robbins making your sundae is an artist
While sundae creation probably isn't a normal venue for art, I can see how somebody who was really into, and thus really good at making sundaes could be termed an artist. Art is as much about the way in which something is approached as it is the product produced.
And besides, what's so sacred about musicians and painters? ...Besides the potential that they can get paid particularly well if they manage to develop a certain mass appeal or the right connections? :)
MSDN *IS* the way to go...once you know what info you need and where its likely to be hiding.
Unfortunately, Pablo didn't go into any detail wrt what kind of windows programming he was doing....perhaps he's under the impression that there's only one kind of target available on Windows?
That said, if he can choose his IDE, I would strongly recommend going with Borland's implementation of whatever language will be used. Borland has, by far, the best IDEs available in a Windows environ.
As for a Windows bible, well, Windows has gotten too big to have a single "bible" book - it depends alot on what you want to do and almost as much on what constraints you have in doing it, so I'll recommend publishers instead. I've never been disappointed by the usability and reference value I've found in MTP (MacMillan Technical Publishing) books. Second choice would be PTR/PH (Prentice Hall Series on MS Technologies) books. Wrox and O'Reilly have good titles as well. Microsoft Press books are unavoidable, but they tend to have the same attitude toward their publishing as they do towards their software (and I'll leave it at that).
Going to University is all about creating foundations.
One of those foundations is the human network you hook into - or at least observe - while you're involved in higher education. If you attend an online simulacrum, how will you get exposure to that broadening diversity of opinion, of experience, of variations in culture that you get from the campus environment?
Online university has its place for those whose lives are so full already (with a full-blown family and a full-time job, for instance) that they really have no chance of fully participating in the university environment, but still need the guidance or kick-in-the-rear motivation that attending a class provides.