I had Prof. Pausch as a teacher, in '97 or '98, at the University of Virginia in a "Usability Engineering" class. It was hands down the best class I took at The University, and he was an absolutely amazing teacher.
His "last lecture" made him famous, but his work in the classroom is what made him great.
The problem with these jobs is that when you can find the work, it pays well (enough). Unfortunately when you can't find work at all, it pays $0. Regardless of how little you care about the pay, when you aren't working at all, you'll suffer.
Espresso Makers that are not pump-driven are awful. If it uses steam pressure to force the water through the grounds, the espresso you make will be horrendous. I don't know of a $30 pump-driven espresso maker unfortunately, but you should be able to find one on ebay for relatively cheap. Maybe $50.
I am a SW Developer/SysAdmin for a small manufacturing company and we have a similar system here.
Of course it isn't tied into my pay as I am on salary, and my employer is not a stickler if I am a few minutes late back from lunch or in the morning.
But point is, working in technology, there is a lot of work that happens outside of the walls of the building, and, for instance, when I get a call at home at 9 pm because "email is down," of course that doesn't show up on the timesheet.
I don't love it. I don't exactly hate it though either.
Title IX didn't ruin the North Carolinas and Miamis of the world but what it did do is damage men's sports, especially football, at smaller I-A and I-AA schools.
Hands Down.
I recently bought my brother a Dreamcast, for the SOLE purpose of playing hacked version of this game. Tecmo Rose Bowl (1998 NCAA) is my favorite so far.
I don't know about speed-wise, but the hardware on the dreamcast sucks. The CD drive sucks and the controllers are the worst I have ever used on a system. 8-bit NES has better controllers.
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Small pages, big font, just like a book report back in 5th grade. Seriously!
It's obvious you're just trolling. You complain about size and then try to say that it is ugly/poor design compared to high-end audio. Show me high-end audio that is small. And don't give me this Bose bullshit, you said "high end."
And if you are saying this isn't as elegant of a design as some high-end systems, by God, you'd be right! Because this isn't high-end. You're asking why a Honda can't have the same design qualities of a BMW.
When I was going into college, I knew I wanted to be an engineer... Civil, Chem, or CS. I had an older EE (about 40) tell me DON'T GO INTO ENGINEERING, for this exact reason. He worked in defense and often saw the same scenario...
...older guys would get laid off, and NCG's would be hired. Over and over again. He said if I were his son, he wouldn't let me become an engineer. This was about 1993, 1994.
I ended up choosing CS. Just finished up a 14 month unemployed tour-of-duty too.
Focus on the framework. Focus on documenting/commenting the code. Focus on good desgin (OO or otherwise).
This will make it much easier for new developers to make positive contributions once they do join; that will make them much more likely to stick around. I have seen projects where the code was a mess; who the heck wants to join a team and have to spend most of your time untangling spaghetti or figuring out "what in hell was he doing here"?
Seriously now, has anyone out there ever had a positive experience with this company and/or its opinions?!?!?! Please reply if so... I am very curious.
Take this with a grain of salt, people.... this prediction is coming from META Group, which in my experience, is nothing more than a tech-sector cheerleader. These are the same people who predicted the B2C market would be 80 zillion by 2004, then that the B2B market would be 80 zillion by 2004, etc etc.
Believe me when I tell you, these guys can't even solve their own technology issues, never mind commenting on other companies'.
Disclaimer: No I am not a disgruntled employee. No I am not a Microsoft Zealot. I run Linux on my desktops and FreeBSD on my servers.
I have been brewing on and off for about 6 years. I have probably brewed close to 150 gallons of beer during that time.... And I have never once had to put batch down the drain.
The beers I have made that I didn't LOVE were due to experimentation. I brewed a dead-on Hefeweizen that I couldn't stand. I ended up giving it all away to Hefeweizen lovers who all told me how great it was. Turns out I don't like any wheat beers. Another I made that was questionable was a very high-alcohol Russian Imperial Stout. Each bottle had a 1/3 lb of malt in it, it tasted like licorice and coffee but was very drinkable after it had aged. Most people did not like this beer however.
The biggest piece of advice I can give you is to get a good homebrew shop and be very loyal to them. Take their advice and ask them questions. If you are in the U.S., in the northeast there is a great shop in Monroe Connecticut called Maltose Express. They have never once steered me wrong... no I am not an employee, just a gracious customer of many years.
Which brings me to another point. The beer you make will only be as good as the recipe you use. DO NOT use the recipes off of the can of malt extract, if you do, I can guarantee that your beer will suck. Do not use recipes off the internet unless you validate them with an experienced brewer. Your best bet for recipes is a quality recipe book (Try Clonebrews or Beer Captured by Mark and Tess Szamatulski, owners of Maltose Express) or your homebrew shop.
As far as process goes:
Use liquid yeast, either Wyest smack packs or tube yeast, or yeast you cultivate yourself. Those packets of dry yeast are very hit-or-miss. Your beer is only as good as the quality of your yeast.
Be paranoid about sanitation. Get a quality chemical sanitizer (I currently use C-brite but there are others) and use that on anything that the beer will touch once, tools, hoses, containers, bottles, etc.
Use a two-step fermentation. Your primary fermentation will be VERY active over the first four to seven days. Once the majority of the yeast have settled out of the beer, rack it to a secondary fermenter, and complete the fermentation there. Getting the beer off of the 1-2" of yeast that will cake up of the bottom of the primary will give your beer a cleaner taste.
If you are bottling your beer (as opposed to kegging it), use malt as priming sugar instead of Corn sugar. It will take a little longer to condition, but I find that, depending on the style, malt will usually give a better head to your beer.
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Thinking in Java also by Eckel is an EXCELLENT OO book. I have my C# developers read parts of it!
I had Prof. Pausch as a teacher, in '97 or '98, at the University of Virginia in a "Usability Engineering" class. It was hands down the best class I took at The University, and he was an absolutely amazing teacher. His "last lecture" made him famous, but his work in the classroom is what made him great.
Buying in bulk does bring grain down to $1-$1.25/pound. I can even get premium imported malts for $60 for a 50 pound sack.
You mean like Lando Calrissian, the Armenian black guy?
The problem with these jobs is that when you can find the work, it pays well (enough). Unfortunately when you can't find work at all, it pays $0. Regardless of how little you care about the pay, when you aren't working at all, you'll suffer.
Not to mention that the boxes will reak of cow crap after being in Blacksburg.
How do you get the smell of cow manure off of it though??
Espresso Makers that are not pump-driven are awful. If it uses steam pressure to force the water through the grounds, the espresso you make will be horrendous. I don't know of a $30 pump-driven espresso maker unfortunately, but you should be able to find one on ebay for relatively cheap. Maybe $50.
I am a SW Developer/SysAdmin for a small manufacturing company and we have a similar system here. Of course it isn't tied into my pay as I am on salary, and my employer is not a stickler if I am a few minutes late back from lunch or in the morning. But point is, working in technology, there is a lot of work that happens outside of the walls of the building, and, for instance, when I get a call at home at 9 pm because "email is down," of course that doesn't show up on the timesheet. I don't love it. I don't exactly hate it though either.
Title IX didn't ruin the North Carolinas and Miamis of the world but what it did do is damage men's sports, especially football, at smaller I-A and I-AA schools.
This will obviously be used for the hundreds of thousands of outhouses on and around campus.
I like to think of the Big Dig as a construction project that has turned out like an IT project.
Hands Down. I recently bought my brother a Dreamcast, for the SOLE purpose of playing hacked version of this game. Tecmo Rose Bowl (1998 NCAA) is my favorite so far.
I don't know about speed-wise, but the hardware on the dreamcast sucks. The CD drive sucks and the controllers are the worst I have ever used on a system. 8-bit NES has better controllers.
Small pages, big font, just like a book report back in 5th grade. Seriously!
And if you are saying this isn't as elegant of a design as some high-end systems, by God, you'd be right! Because this isn't high-end. You're asking why a Honda can't have the same design qualities of a BMW.
I think the bigger story is that you actually found a Georgia Cop that can READ!
I ended up choosing CS. Just finished up a 14 month unemployed tour-of-duty too.
This will make it much easier for new developers to make positive contributions once they do join; that will make them much more likely to stick around. I have seen projects where the code was a mess; who the heck wants to join a team and have to spend most of your time untangling spaghetti or figuring out "what in hell was he doing here"?
Seriously now, has anyone out there ever had a positive experience with this company and/or its opinions?!?!?! Please reply if so... I am very curious.
Believe me when I tell you, these guys can't even solve their own technology issues, never mind commenting on other companies'.
Disclaimer: No I am not a disgruntled employee. No I am not a Microsoft Zealot. I run Linux on my desktops and FreeBSD on my servers.
The beers I have made that I didn't LOVE were due to experimentation. I brewed a dead-on Hefeweizen that I couldn't stand. I ended up giving it all away to Hefeweizen lovers who all told me how great it was. Turns out I don't like any wheat beers. Another I made that was questionable was a very high-alcohol Russian Imperial Stout. Each bottle had a 1/3 lb of malt in it, it tasted like licorice and coffee but was very drinkable after it had aged. Most people did not like this beer however.
The biggest piece of advice I can give you is to get a good homebrew shop and be very loyal to them. Take their advice and ask them questions. If you are in the U.S., in the northeast there is a great shop in Monroe Connecticut called Maltose Express. They have never once steered me wrong... no I am not an employee, just a gracious customer of many years.
Which brings me to another point. The beer you make will only be as good as the recipe you use. DO NOT use the recipes off of the can of malt extract, if you do, I can guarantee that your beer will suck. Do not use recipes off the internet unless you validate them with an experienced brewer. Your best bet for recipes is a quality recipe book (Try Clonebrews or Beer Captured by Mark and Tess Szamatulski, owners of Maltose Express) or your homebrew shop.
As far as process goes:
Use liquid yeast, either Wyest smack packs or tube yeast, or yeast you cultivate yourself. Those packets of dry yeast are very hit-or-miss. Your beer is only as good as the quality of your yeast.
Be paranoid about sanitation. Get a quality chemical sanitizer (I currently use C-brite but there are others) and use that on anything that the beer will touch once, tools, hoses, containers, bottles, etc.
Use a two-step fermentation. Your primary fermentation will be VERY active over the first four to seven days. Once the majority of the yeast have settled out of the beer, rack it to a secondary fermenter, and complete the fermentation there. Getting the beer off of the 1-2" of yeast that will cake up of the bottom of the primary will give your beer a cleaner taste.
If you are bottling your beer (as opposed to kegging it), use malt as priming sugar instead of Corn sugar. It will take a little longer to condition, but I find that, depending on the style, malt will usually give a better head to your beer.
Enjoy!
He's talking about migrating servers here, not desktops, so I doubt the pile of old Excel spreadsheets is going to be a concern.
I have always said that Slashdot is cyberspace's Mos Eisley Cantina. This is a new low for us! Loving it!