Think about it this way: If Sun came out tomorrow with a programming language for computers that would replace all need for programmers - should we outlaw it, because it makes programmers jobless? Since we are ran by Republicans, it wouldn't matter. to them, only those at VP or above ever accomplish anything, so we serfs can go fuck ourselves.
I believe that something like that should be outlawed, in fact.
Actually, I'm the guy that you agreed with 2 posts ago. But anyway.
Software is not a matter of life and death. I wouldn't want my doctor to wear a ThinkGeek shirt, but I wouldn't mind if my manager did, if he's a good manager.
I'm a programmer, and I don't like it. I'd rather be doing about 10 other things, but I need the money. Burnout is not a cop-out at all, there are real work environments beyond the ones that involve sitting on your ass and being someone's corporate cocksucker or bitch.
Software might be fun (before the inevitable burnout and shift to some sort of career that humans should do) but fun and professional are not mutually exclusive
Mark 'Nurgle' Collins, author of Linux Game Programming
"Nurgle" - ? No wonder nobody takes Linux seriously. How many people in the real world software community go by stupid childish nicknames? I know of none..
Record companies do pay for talent. They're paying for the ears of the best engineers and the most predictable producers in the world. They know that producer X will deliver them an album that sounds a certain way, every time, and that engineer Y will make the guitars sound a certain way and the drums loud and have perfect separation on the vocals. The artists in pop music are largely interchangeable as long as the producer makes them sound a certain way.
if it doesn't, go get System Shock 2, and System Shock 1 if you can find it. SHODAN is 10x scarier than most monsters.
Psycho, yes, but not from birth
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You don't have to be born with the psychosis. Enough constant abuse will give it to you. Everyone has a breaking point.. most kids find ways to cope or stop the abuse before they reach it. Some can't.
Furthermore, it takes more than just peer abuse to cause a kid to snap. In all the situations of school shooting, there has been abuse or neglect from a majority of the adults in the kids' life, too.
Off-topic - I like your sig, I was wondering where that came from. I got it in a fortune cookie one time. A real fortune cookie at a chinese restaurant. it's kind of paraphrased, though..
"Do not be afraid of computers. Be afraid of the lack of them."
OF course it's not necessary, but you can hide a simple solution in the standardized processes and crap like that, and it means that your job becomes easy for a long while. Yeah, it's boring, and not much of a challenge, but always being challenged is overrated. I just want the money, leave my personal development out of the office.
that's an idealistic viewpoint. There are ways to waste effort while remaining productive. What you do is, you get good enough at your job to get any job done in a short period of time, and then you estimate much more time to do something than you know it'll take. That gives you many hours of slack while you surf, switch windows, and so forth.
If your employer is sniffing your network traffic, this is more difficult, but THOSE are the kinds of places you don't want to work for.
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Think about it this way: If Sun came out tomorrow with a programming language for computers that would replace all need for programmers - should we outlaw it, because it makes programmers jobless?
Since we are ran by Republicans, it wouldn't matter. to them, only those at VP or above ever accomplish anything, so we serfs can go fuck ourselves.
I believe that something like that should be outlawed, in fact.
Some things transcend racism. We're talking about the survival of our nation here, not just refusing to serve Apu at the Denny's counter.
This article is for those who care more about a person's work than their crotch, and as such clearly doesn't apply to you. Please move along.
I guess that would be the reason y, then.
cool, thanks. I don't do much in the way of robotics or gadget-building, but I occasionally need parts for old music gear.
Anyone know of a good surplus store in the St. Louis area?
Also, of the comma-delimited file.
I agree, everyone's been ripping off "Boyz n the Hood" for years.
OK, I always forget about stuff like that. I guess I should say that 99.999999% of all desktop applications are not matters of life and death.
Actually, I'm the guy that you agreed with 2 posts ago. But anyway.
Software is not a matter of life and death. I wouldn't want my doctor to wear a ThinkGeek shirt, but I wouldn't mind if my manager did, if he's a good manager.
I'm a programmer, and I don't like it. I'd rather be doing about 10 other things, but I need the money. Burnout is not a cop-out at all, there are real work environments beyond the ones that involve sitting on your ass and being someone's corporate cocksucker or bitch.
Software might be fun (before the inevitable burnout and shift to some sort of career that humans should do) but fun and professional are not mutually exclusive
Mark 'Nurgle' Collins, author of Linux Game Programming
"Nurgle" - ? No wonder nobody takes Linux seriously. How many people in the real world software community go by stupid childish nicknames? I know of none..
Record companies do pay for talent. They're paying for the ears of the best engineers and the most predictable producers in the world. They know that producer X will deliver them an album that sounds a certain way, every time, and that engineer Y will make the guitars sound a certain way and the drums loud and have perfect separation on the vocals. The artists in pop music are largely interchangeable as long as the producer makes them sound a certain way.
You just described Ion Storm, except they had to sell out to Eidos to get their stuff distributed.
The engineers were obviously smoking something themselves and couldn't tell the monitors had problems
that made me laugh out loud.. wish I had mod points, but you'll have to settle for a gold star
try searching comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.* on Google. I know this came up when it was new, but I was running Win98 at the time, so I didn't pay attention.
if it doesn't, go get System Shock 2, and System Shock 1 if you can find it. SHODAN is 10x scarier than most monsters.
You don't have to be born with the psychosis. Enough constant abuse will give it to you. Everyone has a breaking point.. most kids find ways to cope or stop the abuse before they reach it. Some can't.
Furthermore, it takes more than just peer abuse to cause a kid to snap. In all the situations of school shooting, there has been abuse or neglect from a majority of the adults in the kids' life, too.
Off-topic - I like your sig, I was wondering where that came from. I got it in a fortune cookie one time. A real fortune cookie at a chinese restaurant. it's kind of paraphrased, though..
"Do not be afraid of computers. Be afraid of the lack of them."
Darma? Bum!
uh.. you still have to memorize the password to that file. You might as well memorize the root password too.
OF course it's not necessary, but you can hide a simple solution in the standardized processes and crap like that, and it means that your job becomes easy for a long while. Yeah, it's boring, and not much of a challenge, but always being challenged is overrated. I just want the money, leave my personal development out of the office.
Were they O.H. Krill?
that's an idealistic viewpoint. There are ways to waste effort while remaining productive. What you do is, you get good enough at your job to get any job done in a short period of time, and then you estimate much more time to do something than you know it'll take. That gives you many hours of slack while you surf, switch windows, and so forth.
If your employer is sniffing your network traffic, this is more difficult, but THOSE are the kinds of places you don't want to work for.