The longer I'm out in industry, and the more I interact with my peers from different universities, the more I thank my lucky stars I got my CS degree from UT. The theory you learn in that program will sustain you through a lifetime of technological upheavals.
I'm a sysadmin, not a programmer, but the things I learned in Operating Systems and Computer Architecture I use every day.
Austin (or esp. San Antonio) is much more tempting...
heh. not at all. DFW has the most jobs in texas right now, and that's the most appealing thing of all
(i'm just another geek who had to leave austin to follow the dough. i couldn't get a job as a janitor in austin after i lost my sysadmin job.)
GSM networks at being used in america, but they are not ubiquitous (voicestream's has always been GSM, and AT&T is building one in addition to their current TDMA network) Also, GSM runs on a different frequency here in the US than in Europe, so your phone probably wont work anyway.
Our brains filter out an inredible amount of information - my guess is that when you conciously notice something like this your brain's filter "tags" it, so you notice it more often.
this got really weird when I moved to dallas from austin - my new address is 1024 san jacinto.
This also happenes to me all the time with a new store or restaurant. I wont "see" that theres' one in my neighborhood until a friend has mentioned how much they love or hate it - soon enough they are everywhere.
An even better example is cars - once you really like/or and are thinking about buying/etc a particular automobile... POOF! everywhere. I've been seeing an overwhealming number of green honda accords since i bought mine in 1997. (i know which one is mine at the mall, BTW, because i have a decepticon logo above the third brake light;)
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I dont understand why you would purposefully move operations to a place with a State Income tax!??!
This, coupled with *really* low cost of living, and incredible road and telecom infrastructure is the reason most companies relocate to Texas cities.
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You guys have got to be joking! Austin is still the most laid back & friendly place in Texas. I was forced to move to Dallas after the great.com bust, and I desperatly miss it.
Somebody give this Unix admin a job in austin!
uncertain != unknowable
Something is "unknowable" if it is not possible to know it. (think epistemology)
Something is "uncertain" if it may or may not happen.
I just recieved my BSCS from the University of Texas at Austin - a really great program, but it is *very* specific - math, engineering, logic logic logic.
In hindsight, I wish I had more of a humanitites education. I find myself now going back and reading "important" books and talking to my liberal arts friends about what philosophy books i should read.
Maybe its the two-months of tech industry unemployment, but this sysadmin has become pretty reflective.
http://www.deceptakahn.com
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absolutely. fucking. brilliant.
parent cuts to the heart of the matter. which way did the community sway when AOL broke AIM for gaim and trillian dozens of times?
The longer I'm out in industry, and the more I interact with my peers from different universities, the more I thank my lucky stars I got my CS degree from UT. The theory you learn in that program will sustain you through a lifetime of technological upheavals.
I'm a sysadmin, not a programmer, but the things I learned in Operating Systems and Computer Architecture I use every day.
Austin (or esp. San Antonio) is much more tempting ...
heh. not at all. DFW has the most jobs in texas right now, and that's the most appealing thing of all
(i'm just another geek who had to leave austin to follow the dough. i couldn't get a job as a janitor in austin after i lost my sysadmin job.)
GSM networks at being used in america, but they are not ubiquitous (voicestream's has always been GSM, and AT&T is building one in addition to their current TDMA network) Also, GSM runs on a different frequency here in the US than in Europe, so your phone probably wont work anyway.
I do the same thing with 2^10 == 1024.
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Our brains filter out an inredible amount of information - my guess is that when you conciously notice something like this your brain's filter "tags" it, so you notice it more often.
this got really weird when I moved to dallas from austin - my new address is 1024 san jacinto.
This also happenes to me all the time with a new store or restaurant. I wont "see" that theres' one in my neighborhood until a friend has mentioned how much they love or hate it - soon enough they are everywhere.
An even better example is cars - once you really like/or and are thinking about buying/etc a particular automobile... POOF! everywhere. I've been seeing an overwhealming number of green honda accords since i bought mine in 1997.
(i know which one is mine at the mall, BTW, because i have a decepticon logo above the third brake light
it wasnt Intel, it was CSC
I dont understand why you would purposefully move operations to a place with a State Income tax!??!
This, coupled with *really* low cost of living, and incredible road and telecom infrastructure is the reason most companies relocate to Texas cities.
You guys have got to be joking! Austin is still the most laid back & friendly place in Texas. I was forced to move to Dallas after the great .com bust, and I desperatly miss it.
Somebody give this Unix admin a job in austin!
thanks for the kind words guys - and of course I read slashdot! I've been a stone cold geek for years =)
check out http://www.deceptakahn.com for mp3s and the like.
uncertain != unknowable Something is "unknowable" if it is not possible to know it. (think epistemology) Something is "uncertain" if it may or may not happen.
the product linked ins't helpful -- it costs $500 when our target is under $100. story research, la la la.
I just recieved my BSCS from the University of Texas at Austin - a really great program, but it is *very* specific - math, engineering, logic logic logic. In hindsight, I wish I had more of a humanitites education. I find myself now going back and reading "important" books and talking to my liberal arts friends about what philosophy books i should read. Maybe its the two-months of tech industry unemployment, but this sysadmin has become pretty reflective. http://www.deceptakahn.com