Such tolerance from someone who probably claims to despise intolerance...
Hah. I'm part of the "angry white male" demographic. Christians have proved they are not capable of tolerance, so I simply deal with them on their level. They are dead weight and old lies trying to drag society back into the dark ages.
Much appreciated. The quote is from an episode of "Real time with Bill Maher" which runs on HBO sporadically. Another favorite is "So many christians, so few lions.":)
I like the structure, uniformity, and well thought out nature of JAVA but I find the language on the whole to be unexpressive. I think the ideal language would be something with the expressiveness of Python but the well laid out standard library and interfaces of Java. (yes i'm aware of jython)
The DMCA is still *unnecessary* and therefore A Bad Thing(tm). Theres no reason they can't charge these guys with piracy. The actual modding *SHOULD NOT BE ILLEGAL*. When the government restricts what people can solder to what, we have a serious problem.
In the most base terms programming is applied mathmatics, however, the best programmers aren't great at math because programming is a *LINGUISTIC* exercise. People who can think structurally and algorithmically while still being creative are the ones who really go on to be the best programmers.
So anyways, survive calculus somehow and you'll probably go on to be a great programmer. If you aced calculus Id tell you to look for another profession.
Find another job, and quit. Cite as your reasons for leaving the stupid stuff that goes on. They may surprise you and make a counter offer. They probably will not.
Managements *JOB* is not to "do things right". Its to discover the absolute minimum of funding at which a task can be accomplished.
It's the same situation at my work -- they put my department (RND) under incredible stress because incredible stress is *CHEAP*. Doing the right thing is expensive. This is why engineering and management are always at eachothers throats.
To me, it seems like their stance on not encrypting passwords is a backwards. Having a non-encrypted passwords policy does not make sense to me, as it leaves things wide open.
Encrypting the passwords would mean the key would have to be stored in the program. The key could be retrieved from the program. This is *EXACTLY* how the DVD encryption was broken. It didnt work there, and its not gonna work here.
Every outsourcing story I've heard has ended in disaster, overrun budgets, wasting thousands of dollars sending employees to India for months at a time, and unmaintainable code... all the while not being cheap enough to justify any of it.
It would kick americas butt in both a ground war and a nuclear exchange.
I know a few LT Colonel's and was told that the chinese mainland was pretty much indefensable. That we would essentially have to blow up a few damns to kill 10's of millions of people, and cripple their food production.
For those willing to buy a Treo 650 and the phone service with it, what can a Linux port offer that's more desirable than what they get out of the box? Are you going to get the same SMS/MMS/email capability, the same productivity apps, the same phone integration, the same data capabilities that you get already? The same sync capability with your desktop? Are open source apps better than the ones available for the 650 now at doing the things that a Treo owner wants to do? Pretty much no on all counts. Linux may be cool on a Treo like it is on other things but it isn't useful.
Stability. My treo locks up daily. I *LOVE* it. But it locks up daily. I would seriously pay money for an OS replacement... the hardware is *GREAT* but palm OS is and always has been a joke that wasn't fucking funny. The only reason I use it is IMHO WinCE is worse, and I've heard blackberrys have much the same problem.
My first thought was (and somehow I was imaging lewis black saying this) "Oh great the people who runied computers getting together with the people who ruined music."
the last time I wrote self modifying code for a legitimate purpose was on the C64
I think most architectures now are not guaranteed to maintain cache coherency. I used to write self-modifying code for 3d stuff on a 486's... it seemed to work then, but by all rights shouldn't have!
The UN has stated one of its primary goals is income redistribution. There is just too much infighting for them to ever make it work.
It is my belief that the UN is hopelessly corrupt and that the UN exists to create programs that move money through itself so that money can be stolen, all while claiming to be an international body whose mandate is to better the world.
I challenge you to list anything of consequence the UN has accomplished. And if you can, I can list genocides and wars the UN has done nothing about when its charter is "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind" or how many blatantly repressive governments sit on its human rights council when its charter is "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small" ?
The UN has no credibility. I know things have been bad here in the US lately. But for as bad as it is, the UN is far far worse, and I dont want those jackasses screwing up the internet.
I have a LOT of experience with ants... you have to find out what your ants like. There are different kinds of ants, sugar ants and grease ants. Leave sugar and (dry) dog food and see what the ants eat. Once you've got a bunch of ants, give them different types of traps to see which one they'll eat. I have had the best luck with "Grants Ant Traps". They are arsenic suspended in a sortof a jelly which poisions their food supply. Once you've got these ant trails, follow them back to their source and dig up the place the ants are living, and spray it with diazonine.
Spray the perimeter of your house with Diazonine liquid, and when things get realy out of hand and lastly spread diazonine crystals on the lawn and landscaping.
It takes a couple hours a week, but I guarantee you wont have an ant problem after taking these steps:)
Oh agreed... I am a huge music freak and I have a "studio" in the back room of my folks house (... I think this is a wonderful time to be a music fan --
The fact that the barrier to entry is pretty low means there will be a lot of people exploring NEW ideas. Its kind of a genetic variation thing. Basically a very small percentage of music isn't shit. If that number is 1%, more pople making music still means MORE GOOD MUSIC.
Take for instance this weird italian band called "Upper Rooms". Their stuff is pure crap, except one song, which was pretty brilliant. It made use of some analog synths in a way that I hadn't really heard before. To me that was valuable. That texture is something Im now aware of and can use in my own music...
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At least with music we have moved to a model where you CAN afford to do a pro recording in your garage with 5 grand. That day is coming for movies as well. A family member of mine has a movie studio more or less. He does all his sets in CGI, then bluescreens everyone in. He sucks at it right now, but in 5 years he'll be dangerous, and in 25 years the technology will have caught up.
Remember that the original purpose of movie studios and music companies was to provide funding to purchase equipment to artists, and channels to distribute music. If we don't need those services, these guys are out of business. With music that has already happened. You can distribute music online very cheaply, and a low-end masternig grade soundcard is $500.
The only difference being that one group is employed by Microsoft, and the other likely do it in their spare time (they're usually still employed by some big-ass technology company).
Apparently you're not a software engineer... because if you were you'd know that the only directive in corporate america is do it as fast as you can with as little resources as you can. There's never time to do it right.
On the opposite end of the scale... (good) Open Source software happens in its own time, when its ready.
then suddenly see a bunch of new recommendations at the top of my list on Amazon based on the ones for her.
On your user prefs there is a link to a page that allows you to select how much you like an item or if its for another person entirely. I found it after buying some gift DVDs for my mother then constantly getting recommendations for stuff I more or less cant stand:)
Ouch. I feel for you man. The "goto considered harmful" is the rallying cry of crappy programmers. As long as we use the von neuman architecture, goto will be a valid tool.
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OH man thats great. Can you still do that?
Hah. I'm part of the "angry white male" demographic. Christians have proved they are not capable of tolerance, so I simply deal with them on their level. They are dead weight and old lies trying to drag society back into the dark ages.
Much appreciated. The quote is from an episode of "Real time with Bill Maher" which runs on HBO sporadically. Another favorite is "So many christians, so few lions." :)
I like the structure, uniformity, and well thought out nature of JAVA but I find the language on the whole to be unexpressive. I think the ideal language would be something with the expressiveness of Python but the well laid out standard library and interfaces of Java. (yes i'm aware of jython)
The DMCA is still *unnecessary* and therefore A Bad Thing(tm). Theres no reason they can't charge these guys with piracy. The actual modding *SHOULD NOT BE ILLEGAL*. When the government restricts what people can solder to what, we have a serious problem.
So anyways, survive calculus somehow and you'll probably go on to be a great programmer. If you aced calculus Id tell you to look for another profession.
Managements *JOB* is not to "do things right". Its to discover the absolute minimum of funding at which a task can be accomplished.
It's the same situation at my work -- they put my department (RND) under incredible stress because incredible stress is *CHEAP*. Doing the right thing is expensive. This is why engineering and management are always at eachothers throats.
Encrypting the passwords would mean the key would have to be stored in the program. The key could be retrieved from the program. This is *EXACTLY* how the DVD encryption was broken. It didnt work there, and its not gonna work here.
Every outsourcing story I've heard has ended in disaster, overrun budgets, wasting thousands of dollars sending employees to India for months at a time, and unmaintainable code ... all the while not being cheap enough to justify any of it.
I know a few LT Colonel's and was told that the chinese mainland was pretty much indefensable. That we would essentially have to blow up a few damns to kill 10's of millions of people, and cripple their food production.
Stability. My treo locks up daily. I *LOVE* it. But it locks up daily. I would seriously pay money for an OS replacement... the hardware is *GREAT* but palm OS is and always has been a joke that wasn't fucking funny. The only reason I use it is IMHO WinCE is worse, and I've heard blackberrys have much the same problem.
My first thought was (and somehow I was imaging lewis black saying this) "Oh great the people who runied computers getting together with the people who ruined music."
I think most architectures now are not guaranteed to maintain cache coherency. I used to write self-modifying code for 3d stuff on a 486's... it seemed to work then, but by all rights shouldn't have!
Security is underfunded because the whole point of business is to underfund everything you possibly can to make a buck.
It is my belief that the UN is hopelessly corrupt and that the UN exists to create programs that move money through itself so that money can be stolen, all while claiming to be an international body whose mandate is to better the world.
I challenge you to list anything of consequence the UN has accomplished. And if you can, I can list genocides and wars the UN has done nothing about when its charter is "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind" or how many blatantly repressive governments sit on its human rights council when its charter is "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small" ? The UN has no credibility. I know things have been bad here in the US lately. But for as bad as it is, the UN is far far worse, and I dont want those jackasses screwing up the internet.
This has never been done before, and never will be done. This is just a flimsy excuse generated by the UN which wants to tax and censor the internet.
War on drugs? Started by Nixon to distract people from the vietnam war...
Spray the perimeter of your house with Diazonine liquid, and when things get realy out of hand and lastly spread diazonine crystals on the lawn and landscaping.
It takes a couple hours a week, but I guarantee you wont have an ant problem after taking these steps :)
The fact that the barrier to entry is pretty low means there will be a lot of people exploring NEW ideas. Its kind of a genetic variation thing. Basically a very small percentage of music isn't shit. If that number is 1%, more pople making music still means MORE GOOD MUSIC.
Take for instance this weird italian band called "Upper Rooms". Their stuff is pure crap, except one song, which was pretty brilliant. It made use of some analog synths in a way that I hadn't really heard before. To me that was valuable. That texture is something Im now aware of and can use in my own music...
Remember that the original purpose of movie studios and music companies was to provide funding to purchase equipment to artists, and channels to distribute music. If we don't need those services, these guys are out of business. With music that has already happened. You can distribute music online very cheaply, and a low-end masternig grade soundcard is $500.
Apparently you're not a software engineer... because if you were you'd know that the only directive in corporate america is do it as fast as you can with as little resources as you can. There's never time to do it right.
On the opposite end of the scale ... (good) Open Source software happens in its own time, when its ready.
On your user prefs there is a link to a page that allows you to select how much you like an item or if its for another person entirely. I found it after buying some gift DVDs for my mother then constantly getting recommendations for stuff I more or less cant stand :)
I'd imagne you could have some fun with that if you could find/make one.
It took about 8 or 10 hours to get a good electronica station trained, but once I did the thing plays new music that I like constantly.
I made some art rock stations, and those were much easier. My only real complaint is that it doesn't know more jazz and classical.
Ouch. I feel for you man. The "goto considered harmful" is the rallying cry of crappy programmers. As long as we use the von neuman architecture, goto will be a valid tool.