You are preaching to the choir. Our corporate naming standard does incorporate prod vs dev, etc., but as you pointed out it is hard to differentiate similar servers. As others have stated, aliases (DNS CNAME) is a nice compromise, but our IT overlords don't want let us have that benefit. I have resorted to local hosts file entries to enforce my nicknames. It is a pain to manage, but for the most part these things don't change that often.
My current theme: The Big Bang Theory leonard, rajesh, penny, howard, sheldon
C'mon - you people that want strict functional naming schemes are missing the point. Names are supposed to be for humans. We have all kinds of ways of associating names with functionality.
Bottom line - if you can't say your server name 3 times fast, then you are hindering the humans that have to talk about that server on a daily basis.
Exactly. The ability to go straight from learning to doing is absolutely critical for teaching programming. If I hadn't picked up my older brothers TI-85 when I was in junior high and started fiddling with his programs, I might not be doing programming today.
Same here. My brother was taking a BASIC programming course in the early 80's. I picked up his book and the rest is history...
Someone who wants to learn programming doesn't search for javascript. That's like searching for "42" when you want to know the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
Since when do you teach complex casts and threading in an intro course? For crying out loud, I know engineers with 5+ years experience that still don't fully grok multi-threaded issues.
Here in New Hampshire we have the Funspot arcade. While broader in scope than just pinball, they have a nice pinball section along with well maintained classic video games. They claim to be the largest arcade in the world. It is essentially an interactive museum.
I can't believe they showed Gorgar. I still remember playing that for the first time back in the 80's. It was the first game I can remember that "talked". Certain hits played a ghoulish voice.
The only "social" game I play is Quake 4 multiplayer. No strings attached, but plenty social. All the trolls and cheaters have moved on to other platforms and what is left is a dedicated community that likes to frag.
As far as click-fests, I found Plants vs Zombies to be the most compelling. I just had to go back each day and water my plants. I knew it was stupid, but could not help it.
Correct. In 1995 I was working for HP and they had just implemented bug-fixing metrics. We often thought that Scott Adams had a mole in our organization.
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Two words: Cow Clicker
You are preaching to the choir. Our corporate naming standard does incorporate prod vs dev, etc., but as you pointed out it is hard to differentiate similar servers. As others have stated, aliases (DNS CNAME) is a nice compromise, but our IT overlords don't want let us have that benefit. I have resorted to local hosts file entries to enforce my nicknames. It is a pain to manage, but for the most part these things don't change that often.
My current theme: The Big Bang Theory
leonard, rajesh, penny, howard, sheldon
Amen!
You must be real fun at parties.
C'mon - you people that want strict functional naming schemes are missing the point. Names are supposed to be for humans. We have all kinds of ways of associating names with functionality.
Bottom line - if you can't say your server name 3 times fast, then you are hindering the humans that have to talk about that server on a daily basis.
I think this would be a great addition to the market, but if I can't carry over my PC catalog then it will be stillborn.
My apologies. I didn't actually click the links. I assumed those were JavaScript lessons.
In any case, I believe my comment still holds water. It just means those JavaScript lessons are more elusive than I thought. :-)
Exactly. The ability to go straight from learning to doing is absolutely critical for teaching programming. If I hadn't picked up my older brothers TI-85 when I was in junior high and started fiddling with his programs, I might not be doing programming today.
Same here. My brother was taking a BASIC programming course in the early 80's. I picked up his book and the rest is history...
That's because you are searching for the answer to the question. Try this search:
http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=programming
Someone who wants to learn programming doesn't search for javascript. That's like searching for "42" when you want to know the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
Since when do you teach complex casts and threading in an intro course? For crying out loud, I know engineers with 5+ years experience that still don't fully grok multi-threaded issues.
Here in New Hampshire we have the Funspot arcade. While broader in scope than just pinball, they have a nice pinball section along with well maintained classic video games. They claim to be the largest arcade in the world. It is essentially an interactive museum.
I can't believe they showed Gorgar. I still remember playing that for the first time back in the 80's. It was the first game I can remember that "talked". Certain hits played a ghoulish voice.
Sounds like a trip into Dead Space. The good news is those limbs can be used as weapons.
Food = new SoylentGreen(Cell)
The only "social" game I play is Quake 4 multiplayer. No strings attached, but plenty social. All the trolls and cheaters have moved on to other platforms and what is left is a dedicated community that likes to frag.
As far as click-fests, I found Plants vs Zombies to be the most compelling. I just had to go back each day and water my plants. I knew it was stupid, but could not help it.
How about quake 1/2/3/4? How cool would it be to have a 360 view?
We will find a guitar, but it will be destroyed by the priests, declaring it is a "silly whim".
Correct. In 1995 I was working for HP and they had just implemented bug-fixing metrics. We often thought that Scott Adams had a mole in our organization.
No, I did not remember every Dilbert since 1995.
This problem was aptly portrayed in the classic dilbert comic strip in 1995.
I'm going to code myself a minivan.
This is scary that the US control system is able to be taken over. You would think they would have more security than RC channel 5.
But that setup must have rocked for torrents.
How so? They still have to pull them from the outside. Granted - once inside the LAN, the torrent would run wild.
Think of the smell.
Merry Christmas! We will all get Higgs bosons in our stockings. But I guess they have always been there, we just couldn't see them.
We can enjoy renewal at the carousel.
Of course, it may not be needed since we are all killing ourselves with fast food, soda, and alcohol.
Now if only we can find the gene that causes ignorance.
Relax. It's something called sarcasm. I'm sure this guy watches The Colbert Report.