I have met few college educated people that were truly good computer sciences. Not saying there aren't any, but I have not met them. My last job, there were 8 of us in the IS dept. Not one had a college degree, and they were all really good. The job before that was 50/50 and all the people with degrees sucked...
I had a full time job out of high school, and had been working part time in computers since 16. At the end of my summer after high school, I quit my job and took a year+1/2 at the U of M. I found the stuff they were teaching had no basis in the real world. So I quit that and went back to working. I can honestly say I wish I did not waste 1.5 years at college. I am doing way better than most people my age I know that do have college degrees. I may finish college one day, but I don't think it is a prereq to being successful. Much of what you learn in college can be learned just as effectively in the real world, plus then you wont have huge student loans to pay off.
This is not flamebait either. I would honestly like to know how or why the parent is regarded as flamebait. It is not a particularily insightful or interesting comment, but flamebait?
it is amazing how we live in an age where miracles are commonplace... im not religious, nor did I probably even spell it right. just saying that most of the stuff that jesus did can be done by modern science. Curing the blind (laser cataract sugery), the lame can walk (broken leg)... wouldn't such a thing as 'bionic retinas give patients sight' be regarded as a miracle even 100 years ago? let me restate, I have no religious affiliation... I vote lp
these layoffs are all the fault of big business capitalism... why if we were all communists like most of you/.ers want, we would all have jobs. Of course we would all be farmers, we wouldn't actually get paychecks, and oh yeah, we wouldn't have this internet thingy...
just makes me sick all the anti business stuff on here, lets all go work for the government because they somehow aren't as evil as a business.... then want to explain how America kicks everyones ass in just about everything?
Okay, mod me down, flame on, troll, and all that happy crappy, but after you do that go take Economics 101 at your local place of learning.
I don't like how many of these movies have the great cg effects with a poor plot and bad acting. I would compare it to the advances in video game graphics. Back in the day, you had to make a playable game cause the graphics sucked. Now, I see way too often games that are great eye candy, but the game sucks.
I think in the same way that the playability of video games can suffer because the programmers aren't as worried about it because of the cool graphics could be analagous to a filmmaker not as worried about the plot/acting because of the great effects.
this gets modded to +3? give me some mod points dammit...
Davis isn't fit to run a roadside flower stand, much less a state. If you can legally get more money by taking advantage of government ineptitude, more power to you. Buyer beware. And it sure sounds like some shifty stuff took place real close to mr. davis, I would be suprised if he comes out of this unsullied. (not like his rep could get much worse at this point though)
and why the he11 does everyone shred papers? they would be better off shredding hard drives and tapes...
1. Why do people feel the need to be such losers and post about how much slashdot sucks? Really, I would like to know. If you don't like it leave, rather than mindlessly ranting and wasting everyones time. Dumb.
2. Dont like the ads? There is another option... payment you cheap bastards... if it is that important to your small minds, do something about it other than complaining. I have yet to see anything valuable accomplished by complaining. If you can think of a better way for slashdot to pay its bills, you should tell them. Or leave.
the xbox is the most powerful of the 3 and it is doing the worst. I have the ps2, gamecube, and xbox and I think that if done properly the games could be the best out of all of them...
hack into a spyware company's server? That in effect is what they are doing to my computer... I don't have any moral qualms about doing such things, but would the law care? I guess it also makes a difference where the spyware company is located, but what if it is the US? I would like to give these bastards a taste of their own medicine...
My company told me to write this computer program for windows 2000. Not only do I still not have 2000, I didn't have a compiler to use. Then I found the dev c compiler and it works great and its free. Check it out at www.bloodshed.net
I should go work for the government, they always have the best equipment... the state just got new color laser printers they dont need...
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I have met few college educated people that were truly good computer sciences. Not saying there aren't any, but I have not met them. My last job, there were 8 of us in the IS dept. Not one had a college degree, and they were all really good. The job before that was 50/50 and all the people with degrees sucked...
I had a full time job out of high school, and had been working part time in computers since 16. At the end of my summer after high school, I quit my job and took a year+1/2 at the U of M. I found the stuff they were teaching had no basis in the real world. So I quit that and went back to working. I can honestly say I wish I did not waste 1.5 years at college. I am doing way better than most people my age I know that do have college degrees. I may finish college one day, but I don't think it is a prereq to being successful. Much of what you learn in college can be learned just as effectively in the real world, plus then you wont have huge student loans to pay off.
this is not intended as a troll or flamebait.
This is not flamebait either. I would honestly like to know how or why the parent is regarded as flamebait. It is not a particularily insightful or interesting comment, but flamebait?
Couldn't they obtain all the information they need through other means? Carnivore, echelon, and so on...
it is amazing how we live in an age where miracles are commonplace... im not religious, nor did I probably even spell it right. just saying that most of the stuff that jesus did can be done by modern science. Curing the blind (laser cataract sugery), the lame can walk (broken leg)... wouldn't such a thing as 'bionic retinas give patients sight' be regarded as a miracle even 100 years ago?
let me restate, I have no religious affiliation...
I vote lp
I think he needs a beowulf cluster of these bubble mods and maybe his site wont get slashdotted so quick.
thanks, nice to know Im not all alone out here... free markets mean freedom, communism does not...
these layoffs are all the fault of big business capitalism... why if we were all communists like most of you /.ers want, we would all have jobs. Of course we would all be farmers, we wouldn't actually get paychecks, and oh yeah, we wouldn't have this internet thingy...
just makes me sick all the anti business stuff on here, lets all go work for the government because they somehow aren't as evil as a business.... then want to explain how America kicks everyones ass in just about everything?
Okay, mod me down, flame on, troll, and all that happy crappy, but after you do that go take Economics 101 at your local place of learning.
thats a lot of words to put in my mouth, however
in the terms of the study the magnitude is of people killed, not troops deployed.
Bottom line: get your facts straight, maybe next time your stupidity wont show so much
I leave my dna all over most everything I touch right now anyways...
completely one sided wars, like Iraq v US (round 1)
wouldn't that be a high magnitude for Iraq and a low magnitude for the US?
and yes I do know that this study did not include that war... were there any completely one sided wars involved in the time frame studied?
I agree, however
I don't like how many of these movies have the great cg effects with a poor plot and bad acting. I would compare it to the advances in video game graphics. Back in the day, you had to make a playable game cause the graphics sucked. Now, I see way too often games that are great eye candy, but the game sucks.
I think in the same way that the playability of video games can suffer because the programmers aren't as worried about it because of the cool graphics could be analagous to a filmmaker not as worried about the plot/acting because of the great effects.
this gets modded to +3? give me some mod points dammit...
Davis isn't fit to run a roadside flower stand, much less a state.
If you can legally get more money by taking advantage of government ineptitude, more power to you. Buyer beware. And it sure sounds like some shifty stuff took place real close to mr. davis, I would be suprised if he comes out of this unsullied. (not like his rep could get much worse at this point though)
and why the he11 does everyone shred papers? they would be better off shredding hard drives and tapes...
actually it would be for C or C++ and I think you meant dumbasses. you fuckwad.
only in C
in basic it would be skinnier<>healthier
wow, we could have a never ending stupidity loop here, dumbass... I guess whoever is stupidest will post last... go for it
1. Why do people feel the need to be such losers and post about how much slashdot sucks? Really, I would like to know. If you don't like it leave, rather than mindlessly ranting and wasting everyones time. Dumb.
2. Dont like the ads? There is another option... payment you cheap bastards... if it is that important to your small minds, do something about it other than complaining. I have yet to see anything valuable accomplished by complaining. If you can think of a better way for slashdot to pay its bills, you should tell them. Or leave.
how long have we been waiting? ...at least Dungeon Siege will tide me over until then... what diablo 2 should have been...
--Charlton Heston is my president
and just spoof your IP address... thats the best way of having internet privacy...
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the xbox is the most powerful of the 3 and it is doing the worst. I have the ps2, gamecube, and xbox and I think that if done properly the games could be the best out of all of them...
I have been fighting to keep gator and bonzi buddy off my machine for some time now... I have never accepted an eula for either of these products...
hack into a spyware company's server? That in effect is what they are doing to my computer... I don't have any moral qualms about doing such things, but would the law care? I guess it also makes a difference where the spyware company is located, but what if it is the US?
I would like to give these bastards a taste of their own medicine...
I have had that damn monorail song stuck in my head all day now... thanks
gee if I had some points then I would probably waste them on a stupid thing like this...
if it gets TRASHED enough then it suddenly becomes PROFITABLE to clean and not to trash
Its called market driven economics, lefty... why doesn't 75% of the world understand the simple effects of supply and demand?
My company told me to write this computer program for windows 2000. Not only do I still not have 2000, I didn't have a compiler to use.
Then I found the dev c compiler and it works great and its free. Check it out at www.bloodshed.net
I should go work for the government, they always have the best equipment... the state just got new color laser printers they dont need...