There don't appear to be a lot of Lisp programming jobs out there right now. I suspect that is because there aren't many commercial Lisp projects, perhaps because there aren't many Lisp programmers....
Appropriate for a language touted for recursion, eh?
Yeah. I know VB gets no respect, but it is useful for someone who has never programmed anything more complex than a table lookup in Excel. I had an opportunity to provide an application for a small local company...by builiding this app I would probably prove my worth to my company and survive a seemingly endless round of layoffs. So I bought two books, one for absolute braind dead beginners and one that purports to be a complete reference, both for VB. I did the 21 days book in three and was off and running...within 3 weeks I had a fully functional application that has replacable, modular business rules, table driven routing, text file importation, printing, etc. It isn't anything too special, but it gets a job done and got me off my ass and into the world of programming. I've since signed up for school (U of Memphis, Comp Sci), learned PHP and SQL (not all of it, but I'm getting there), gotten into Linux, etc. All of these skills have come from playing with code and referencing the internet. I almost never look at the reference book, and I've since given away the beginner's book. Time elapsed? 6 months. I've since written and sold 2 more programs, and have built a few more that I use every day for most of what I do (traffic analysis for a transportation consulting firm). I've also built a database driven, user friendly diary site (www.diarymonster.com) that sees a fair amount of traffic and is turning into something interesting. My point is that with the information availible online I have been (partially) transformed from a passive spectator to a passionate creator. No longer do I have to wonder how it's done. I can find out for myself. Of course, I'm burning to learn C so I can start hacking Linux...can't wait.
Well...I'd disagree. The average member of humanity tends to profess a belief in one god or another...so I'd say that the default is to believe in some sort of supreme / divine being. Therefore, a lack of belief in any said power is actually an active, not passive position. That said, I have to take into the account that it's 3:42 AM and I'm asober.
Gnostic (nstk) adj. gnostic Of, relating to, or possessing intellectual or spiritual knowledge. Of or relating to Gnosticism. n. A believer in Gnosticism.
theism (thzm) n. Belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in a personal God as creator and ruler of the world.
So, since the addition of a or annegates a root word, an agnostic is one who has no spiritual knowledge and an atheist is on who believes in no god or gods.
Nope. I just saw this article as I was about to leave work and grabbed the code...tried to run it out of the IDE and couldn't, compiled it and it still fucked up. I don't feel like digging through someone else's garbage right now. Maybe tomorrow if I'm not busy. But I'm wondering just what the hell this client really does, since connecting to AIM isn't it.
...that this article did not mention the Big Bang. If you are interested there is a spectacular book entitled _The_Big_Bang_Never_Happened_ that describes an alternate (and far more rational) cosmology...it posits that the universe is ruled by elecromagnetically active plasmas, and that the behaviors of our universe need not be explained by increasingly unlikely constructions.
The only problem I've seen with these Glitchmaster supplies is that the output voltage increases the longer it's been unplugged
I'm going to venture a guess based on conjecture, faulty memory, and a thorough misunderstanding of electromagnetic phenomenoa:
When the power is cut off the magnetic fields inside the transformer create an inducting loop that eats itself from the wall side towards the CPU side. As the area of the field contracts, the resistence decreases, causing the voltage to increase (since the total power remains fixed). Of course, I could be wrong.
Very much inline with my thoughts on the subject. How very...nah. Thanks for the link, too...I think I'll reread this a few times and think about it often.
I have no telephone at work. I have a phone line at home with no telephone attached...just a DSL modem. It isn't that I have no use for a telephone, but I wanted to see if I could manage using email as my only method of non-contact communication. It works fine. I understand that it won't work for everyone, but I recommend it for anyone who thinks it might be possible. Concentration is greatly enhanced: no longer do I suffer interruptions from anyone who can dial my number. Email is answered promptly, but at a time of my choosing. No longer am I beholden to interlopers.
Sorry, I'm young...I still remember the day we trooped down to the computer lab to learn how to get on the internet...November 1996...the computers were running Windows 3.11 with Netscape...I skipped class the rest of the day, content to surf...saw an ad for "Free Email"...joined Hotmail that very day...I checked and found the lab opened at 0630...the next day I was in and had found Geocities...learned some HTML and said "Hello, world"...haven't looked back. Of course, I did wind up failing out of school because I spent a solid 15 hours per day in the computer lab for the next month, but hot damn, I was having fun. I'm just now getting back into school...but I've learned my lesson, Electrical Engineering is not for me...Computer Science is where I'm headed. Thanks for stirring up old memories...old to me, anyway.
Floating is the correct term...company I work for processes billions of dollars of bills for our clients each year...we make a bit on each transaction, about enough to cover overhead...the actual profit comes from the interest on that money (the float)...the bills we pay are typically due 60 days from the date of service...so we hold our clients funds for an average of 50 days...interest is a wonderful thing!
Slashdot Mirror
...and all the convienece of click, I have my mail goes down the tubes for people using a library or internet cafe as their base.
There don't appear to be a lot of Lisp programming jobs out there right now. I suspect that is because there aren't many commercial Lisp projects, perhaps because there aren't many Lisp programmers....
Appropriate for a language touted for recursion, eh?
I seem to recall the article mentioning he plans to run it dry, with no oil.
The scoop
Or so they say...
Yeah. I know VB gets no respect, but it is useful for someone who has never programmed anything more complex than a table lookup in Excel.
I had an opportunity to provide an application for a small local company...by builiding this app I would probably prove my worth to my company and survive a seemingly endless round of layoffs.
So I bought two books, one for absolute braind dead beginners and one that purports to be a complete reference, both for VB. I did the 21 days book in three and was off and running...within 3 weeks I had a fully functional application that has replacable, modular business rules, table driven routing, text file importation, printing, etc. It isn't anything too special, but it gets a job done and got me off my ass and into the world of programming. I've since signed up for school (U of Memphis, Comp Sci), learned PHP and SQL (not all of it, but I'm getting there), gotten into Linux, etc.
All of these skills have come from playing with code and referencing the internet. I almost never look at the reference book, and I've since given away the beginner's book. Time elapsed? 6 months. I've since written and sold 2 more programs, and have built a few more that I use every day for most of what I do (traffic analysis for a transportation consulting firm). I've also built a database driven, user friendly diary site (www.diarymonster.com) that sees a fair amount of traffic and is turning into something interesting.
My point is that with the information availible online I have been (partially) transformed from a passive spectator to a passionate creator.
No longer do I have to wonder how it's done. I can find out for myself.
Of course, I'm burning to learn C so I can start hacking Linux...can't wait.
I have an uncle who went to a zero tuition school in India. The professors there had a saying:
"Not free, but at no cost to you or me"
If you're a nail every solution looks like a hammer
Well...I'd disagree. The average member of humanity tends to profess a belief in one god or another...so I'd say that the default is to believe in some sort of supreme / divine being.
Therefore, a lack of belief in any said power is actually an active, not passive position.
That said, I have to take into the account that it's 3:42 AM and I'm asober.
Can I simplify this insane thread?
Gnostic (nstk)
adj.
gnostic
Of, relating to, or possessing intellectual or spiritual knowledge.
Of or relating to Gnosticism.
n.
A believer in Gnosticism.
theism (thzm)
n.
Belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in a personal God as creator and ruler of the world.
So, since the addition of a or an negates a root word, an agnostic is one who has no spiritual knowledge and an atheist is on who believes in no god or gods.
Special thanks to dictionary.com
Big deal. Being a Michael Knight made you a god in Germany 15 years ago.
Of course, it isn't supposed to connect to AIM, so I suppose that doesn't matter...oops.
Haste makes long red lumpy smears on the highway.
Anyone get this client running?
Nope. I just saw this article as I was about to leave work and grabbed the code...tried to run it out of the IDE and couldn't, compiled it and it still fucked up. I don't feel like digging through someone else's garbage right now. Maybe tomorrow if I'm not busy.
But I'm wondering just what the hell this client really does, since connecting to AIM isn't it.
I do like Americans more than Afghans. Live and let live, sure, but when it comes down to him or me I'm willing to choose him.
Doesn't
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled in the entrails of the last priest." Diderot.
contradict
Violence is always wrong. Retribution is absolutely, always, unjustifiable.
Seems to me that you think there are times when it is necessary to kill, based on the Diderot quote.
Not steel. Cast iron.
So...those who know better are now the ones hiring and managing those who don't? Isn't part of the manager's job to guide the subordinate?
...that this article did not mention the Big Bang.
If you are interested there is a spectacular book entitled _The_Big_Bang_Never_Happened_ that describes an alternate (and far more rational) cosmology...it posits that the universe is ruled by elecromagnetically active plasmas, and that the behaviors of our universe need not be explained by increasingly unlikely constructions.
The only problem I've seen with these Glitchmaster supplies is that the output voltage increases the longer it's been unplugged
I'm going to venture a guess based on conjecture, faulty memory, and a thorough misunderstanding of electromagnetic phenomenoa:
When the power is cut off the magnetic fields inside the transformer create an inducting loop that eats itself from the wall side towards the CPU side. As the area of the field contracts, the resistence decreases, causing the voltage to increase (since the total power remains fixed).
Of course, I could be wrong.
So no more Black people will die? That helps them...hurry up and save the rest of us!
Very much inline with my thoughts on the subject.
How very...nah.
Thanks for the link, too...I think I'll reread this a few times and think about it often.
...and so I found myself wondering just what is it that's new about a wireless ferret?
I have no telephone at work. I have a phone line at home with no telephone attached...just a DSL modem. It isn't that I have no use for a telephone, but I wanted to see if I could manage using email as my only method of non-contact communication. It works fine. I understand that it won't work for everyone, but I recommend it for anyone who thinks it might be possible. Concentration is greatly enhanced: no longer do I suffer interruptions from anyone who can dial my number. Email is answered promptly, but at a time of my choosing. No longer am I beholden to interlopers.
Sorry, I'm young...I still remember the day we trooped down to the computer lab to learn how to get on the internet...November 1996...the computers were running Windows 3.11 with Netscape...I skipped class the rest of the day, content to surf...saw an ad for "Free Email"...joined Hotmail that very day...I checked and found the lab opened at 0630...the next day I was in and had found Geocities...learned some HTML and said "Hello, world"...haven't looked back. Of course, I did wind up failing out of school because I spent a solid 15 hours per day in the computer lab for the next month, but hot damn, I was having fun.
I'm just now getting back into school...but I've learned my lesson, Electrical Engineering is not for me...Computer Science is where I'm headed.
Thanks for stirring up old memories...old to me, anyway.
Floating is the correct term...company I work for processes billions of dollars of bills for our clients each year...we make a bit on each transaction, about enough to cover overhead...the actual profit comes from the interest on that money (the float)...the bills we pay are typically due 60 days from the date of service...so we hold our clients funds for an average of 50 days...interest is a wonderful thing!
warned me about robbing Peter to pay Pal