That some prominent scientific figure, e.g., Einstein seems to be the favourite poster child, didn't do that well in school either
While Einstein left his secondary school early without qualifications, it was not because of academic slackness. His work in primary school had been excellent. Here his mother writes to her sister:
"Yesterday Albert received his grades, he was again number one, and his report card was brilliant."
He went on to a further education college to obtain the qualifications for university entrance. He got fairly high marks here (top in maths and physics, etc).
Some of the "Eintein did badly at school" reputation comes from the difference in Swiss and German marking systems. Switzerland where Einstein studied used 6 as the best grade and 1 as the worst grade. Germany used 1 as the best and 6 as the worst. In time his results of 5 and 6 (good results in Switzerland) were transposed into the German system, making them seem bad. I'm not sure, but I did hear that Switzerland now uses the German system, thus compounding the problem.
There is no chance that they would not develop their own language, because it has happened over and over again. This is just another pidgin, such as is created when speakers of many languages are placed together and must communicate.
Once these children have children, and if the second generation is deaf, these children will develop a more sophisticed version, that is a creole.
See http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Nicaragu an%20Sign%20Language
Twin 18" LCD monitors hooked up to a twin-headed video card - will give a coder about 90% more real estate than a single 20" LCD while costing about the same.
Doesn't the photo of the desk show just this exact setup?
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I think he means that the term 'hacker' is now recognised by sociologists and psychologists in academia as a subject worth writing studies on.
I'm not disputing that most of the best software comes out of university labs, but the point is that these university labs aren't using them to the extent that admins are. Admins use the software in environments that often aren't anticipated by the devs and as such are in a better position to tell us about their experiences. A good admin book should be about life in the trenches. The UNIX System Administration Handbook is a great example of this: the authors have been there and seen it all.
I just objected to the "he's not a big name author so let's not listen to what he has to say" sentiment. Pick the best tools for the job and if a book by someone you've never heard of is the best tool, then use it.
Just because they are Apache devs, doesn't mean they are expert admins. An admin book should be written by admins and not programmers. Big names do not always make the best authors, especially if they've never stepped out of academia and into the real world.
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While Einstein left his secondary school early without qualifications, it was not because of academic slackness. His work in primary school had been excellent. Here his mother writes to her sister:
He went on to a further education college to obtain the qualifications for university entrance. He got fairly high marks here (top in maths and physics, etc).
Some of the "Eintein did badly at school" reputation comes from the difference in Swiss and German marking systems. Switzerland where Einstein studied used 6 as the best grade and 1 as the worst grade. Germany used 1 as the best and 6 as the worst. In time his results of 5 and 6 (good results in Switzerland) were transposed into the German system, making them seem bad. I'm not sure, but I did hear that Switzerland now uses the German system, thus compounding the problem.
The BBC is also one and a good one at that.
Congrats on the review. Best I've seen for ages.
There is no chance that they would not develop their own language, because it has happened over and over again. This is just another pidgin, such as is created when speakers of many languages are placed together and must communicate. Once these children have children, and if the second generation is deaf, these children will develop a more sophisticed version, that is a creole. See http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Nicaragu an%20Sign%20Language
I think he means that the term 'hacker' is now recognised by sociologists and psychologists in academia as a subject worth writing studies on.
I'm not disputing that most of the best software comes out of university labs, but the point is that these university labs aren't using them to the extent that admins are. Admins use the software in environments that often aren't anticipated by the devs and as such are in a better position to tell us about their experiences. A good admin book should be about life in the trenches. The UNIX System Administration Handbook is a great example of this: the authors have been there and seen it all.
I just objected to the "he's not a big name author so let's not listen to what he has to say" sentiment. Pick the best tools for the job and if a book by someone you've never heard of is the best tool, then use it.
Seems this isn't the first time either... See this
Just because they are Apache devs, doesn't mean they are expert admins. An admin book should be written by admins and not programmers. Big names do not always make the best authors, especially if they've never stepped out of academia and into the real world.