Hahahahaha. Okay, I like that one. So these "police", the ones too busy making money writing speeding tickets, are going to solve this problem? Perfect example: I have on a few occasions known people who had restraining orders put on stalkers. After the person violated the restraining order the fifth or sixth time, still nothing was done. So I ask you, what is the point of having the law if it is not enforced? If someone was threatening me physically, and law enforcement could not, or would not do anything, I would. This case is not much different, really. This guy is interfering with the ability to dispatch emergency services. There are a lot of problems like this one that a baseball bat and ski mask were designed for. I'm sure your counter-argument would be that no system is perfect, and some will have to suffer but mostly it works, right? Okay, so are you willing to be the one taking one for the team? Besides, the "purpose and utility" of laws are to suggest to the populace that they are safe, and presupposes these laws will be enforced.
Seriously. I've seen the toys you speak of. They are cheap as dirt and tough as nails. Would it really cost $45960 to add a couple of cameras and sensors?
Same thing when I worked for BellSouth. Both parents are union members for past 30 years. No way I was crossing that line. Luckily, I never had to. Also, if they do strike, don't order any new service or updates. The stories I heard from the guys who pulled install duty during a 6 month strike were frightening. They talked about how they were running phone lines through the woods and just dropping them on the ground, etc. Really scary stuff.
Not a contractor. Full time W2 employee. My skills are general (name a technology and I have worked with it). I am not a jack of all trades, master of none. More of a jack of all trades, master of many. I have done the consulting thing, but not recently. I do mainly infrastructure architecture, with some programming when necessary. My job is extremely technical. I just get a little wound up when I see the monthly slashdot flame fest where everyone insists you have to have a degree. Tell that to someone who has been making north of six figures since he was 24. The key is to not stay at a job more than 2 years (average), because you will not learn anything new after that, chances are, and you cannot expect to get a 20% raise at the same company. My reply to the submitter was to always try to improve your skills, and if you are good enough, you do not need a degree. They help, especially if you're really not that good in this field. If you are naturally talented, you do not the degree to get your foot in the door, even in this environment.
Not everyone in IT is a programmer. I know posting this on/. is a major no-no, but it's true. Almost every opinion I see on this board is how you won't be able to write good code without a BS in CS. Not everyone wants to write code, and honestly, if you're looking for a high salary that probably is not what you want to do. We have killer programmers in my company, but I dare say they all make at least 40% less than I do, and I do not write code. And no, I'm not a PHB, either. I also do not have a degree. I had a full time job as a network admin while I was going to school, and after about 3 years of that job I got sucked into that more than school. I quit before I finished my degree, and now it's ten years later and I have not looked back. Part of my problem was the same as the submitter. I could not concentrate enough to do the really hardcore math. I'm not bad at it, I just couldn't sit through three hour mind-numbing math classes. I actually do a rather scientific job currently, and math is a big part of it, but I'm not exactly using the chain rule. Employers look at your resume, and part of that is college education, but after ten very solid years in the business, I have never been laid off and never had a problem finding good paying jobs. I have been in the running many, many times against people with degrees for a position, but their experience does not touch mine.
Wow, you mean students actually made some money off of their inventions rather than the school? How novel. One of the schools here consistently hands out class projects with the sole purpose of using the students' designs and code for commercial gain (and professor notoriety). Personally, I think those students pay enough money in tuition every year to keep their inventions. I rate this right up there with the highly ethical tradition of college sports.
Mod parent up. Allofmp3 rocks!!! Legalni, no legalni, I don't care. The RIAA has not been able to stop them, so I've been abusing that thing. You cannot beat the price for the quality you get.
I agree on all points. One of my newer clients (the example above is from about 5 years ago) says it this way: An application goes through three revisions:
It is written once for functionality, second time for performance and third time for serviceability/maintainability.
Unfortunately, there are many programmers that do not know how to do 2 & 3. I guess, like you said, there is a difference between programming and software engineering.
Amen. Poorly written queries, excessive XML parses/transforms and too much bandwidth utilization are all things NOT solved by tuning the architecture. We typically make 2-3X improvements in our product through tuning the system and up to 100X by tuning the above. I've worked on projects where the system (in this case 1 4way db and two 2way app servers), could support 2 users. No amount of throwing hardware at that thing would improve the performance. Funny thing is, the client was a bit frosted because they had paid (at that time) about $4 million for the project. As a performance architect, lazy and inefficient programmers will keep me employed for centuries.
Yeah, I thought this was part of the spectrum they were planning on using for 802.16a. I know Redline is using 5.8, but I thought I read somewhere that they were using a bunch of frequencies including somewhere in the 3 GHz range for WiMax.
Agreed on all counts. I would not buy one of these, but I can definitely see the usefulness. The same people bitching on this site about this thing editing the content are the same ones saying if you don't like what's on the tv change the station. Well, that's really what this thing is doing. Now if they only start making DVD players that censor movies, and that feature cannot be turned off, I understand. But no one is even talking about this. I may even think about getting this, because there are a lot of movies out my young son could watch that only have a few minutes of content not suitable. Of course, there are many others that are riddled with it. Moral is, if you don't like the technology, don't buy it.
I learned that it is very difficult to drive through downtown city streets at 75 mph while reading a map. Luckily I was able to do this via a video game and not the real world.
Agreed on all points (I hope to hell you're right on that last one). It helps having a wife that enjoys that form of entertainment as much as you do. Excellent way to avoid this form of consumer fraud.
Doesn't matter. Sun is going out of business anyway, at least the hardware business. Their servers suck on a grand scale compared to IBM and HP these days. They spent too much time resting on their laurels during the dot bomb and now they have the slowest gear on the market. They should just stick to software, which is where they do best.
But it's still annoying when they do it. Anyways, yeah, you're contributing. I am sitting right now in front of my laptop with Popfile running and getting ready to create some reports for my clients using AppExpert. Good work.
Actually, I've used some of the CompuWare products encompassing those patents. One is a very cool tool called Application Expert. I believe the second patent he has listed is the thread analysis module, which bundles the different parts of a network "conversation" into one thread for analysis. I guess you would have to see it, but very useful for what I do.
I agree 100%. I have had some very good teachers, and I have actually taught at the University level. Unfortunately my experience working at several, and attending a few, universities has shown that many do not have this talent. And these are not local community colleges. Hell, one of the most highly regarded technical schools in the country is in my backyard and most of the professors barely speak english. How do you explain Feynman's theories to a 3 year old if he cannot even understand you. Language is no the only issue, as I have seen many professors who grade students poorly because they disagree with perfectly valid opinions the students hold.
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Just keep your distance from the telescreens. They are doubleplusungood.
Hahahahaha. Okay, I like that one. So these "police", the ones too busy making money writing speeding tickets, are going to solve this problem? Perfect example: I have on a few occasions known people who had restraining orders put on stalkers. After the person violated the restraining order the fifth or sixth time, still nothing was done. So I ask you, what is the point of having the law if it is not enforced? If someone was threatening me physically, and law enforcement could not, or would not do anything, I would. This case is not much different, really. This guy is interfering with the ability to dispatch emergency services. There are a lot of problems like this one that a baseball bat and ski mask were designed for. I'm sure your counter-argument would be that no system is perfect, and some will have to suffer but mostly it works, right? Okay, so are you willing to be the one taking one for the team? Besides, the "purpose and utility" of laws are to suggest to the populace that they are safe, and presupposes these laws will be enforced.
Seriously. I've seen the toys you speak of. They are cheap as dirt and tough as nails. Would it really cost $45960 to add a couple of cameras and sensors?
Same thing when I worked for BellSouth. Both parents are union members for past 30 years. No way I was crossing that line. Luckily, I never had to. Also, if they do strike, don't order any new service or updates. The stories I heard from the guys who pulled install duty during a 6 month strike were frightening. They talked about how they were running phone lines through the woods and just dropping them on the ground, etc. Really scary stuff.
Not a contractor. Full time W2 employee. My skills are general (name a technology and I have worked with it). I am not a jack of all trades, master of none. More of a jack of all trades, master of many. I have done the consulting thing, but not recently. I do mainly infrastructure architecture, with some programming when necessary. My job is extremely technical. I just get a little wound up when I see the monthly slashdot flame fest where everyone insists you have to have a degree. Tell that to someone who has been making north of six figures since he was 24. The key is to not stay at a job more than 2 years (average), because you will not learn anything new after that, chances are, and you cannot expect to get a 20% raise at the same company. My reply to the submitter was to always try to improve your skills, and if you are good enough, you do not need a degree. They help, especially if you're really not that good in this field. If you are naturally talented, you do not the degree to get your foot in the door, even in this environment.
Not everyone in IT is a programmer. I know posting this on /. is a major no-no, but it's true. Almost every opinion I see on this board is how you won't be able to write good code without a BS in CS. Not everyone wants to write code, and honestly, if you're looking for a high salary that probably is not what you want to do. We have killer programmers in my company, but I dare say they all make at least 40% less than I do, and I do not write code. And no, I'm not a PHB, either. I also do not have a degree. I had a full time job as a network admin while I was going to school, and after about 3 years of that job I got sucked into that more than school. I quit before I finished my degree, and now it's ten years later and I have not looked back. Part of my problem was the same as the submitter. I could not concentrate enough to do the really hardcore math. I'm not bad at it, I just couldn't sit through three hour mind-numbing math classes. I actually do a rather scientific job currently, and math is a big part of it, but I'm not exactly using the chain rule. Employers look at your resume, and part of that is college education, but after ten very solid years in the business, I have never been laid off and never had a problem finding good paying jobs. I have been in the running many, many times against people with degrees for a position, but their experience does not touch mine.
Wow, you mean students actually made some money off of their inventions rather than the school? How novel. One of the schools here consistently hands out class projects with the sole purpose of using the students' designs and code for commercial gain (and professor notoriety). Personally, I think those students pay enough money in tuition every year to keep their inventions. I rate this right up there with the highly ethical tradition of college sports.
Mod parent up. Allofmp3 rocks!!! Legalni, no legalni, I don't care. The RIAA has not been able to stop them, so I've been abusing that thing. You cannot beat the price for the quality you get.
I agree on all points. One of my newer clients (the example above is from about 5 years ago) says it this way: An application goes through three revisions: It is written once for functionality, second time for performance and third time for serviceability/maintainability. Unfortunately, there are many programmers that do not know how to do 2 & 3. I guess, like you said, there is a difference between programming and software engineering.
Amen. Poorly written queries, excessive XML parses/transforms and too much bandwidth utilization are all things NOT solved by tuning the architecture. We typically make 2-3X improvements in our product through tuning the system and up to 100X by tuning the above. I've worked on projects where the system (in this case 1 4way db and two 2way app servers), could support 2 users. No amount of throwing hardware at that thing would improve the performance. Funny thing is, the client was a bit frosted because they had paid (at that time) about $4 million for the project. As a performance architect, lazy and inefficient programmers will keep me employed for centuries.
Do you like that thing? I mean, they are expensive, but the idea of it is VERY appealing.
I wish I had mod points. Brilliant.
Yeah, I thought this was part of the spectrum they were planning on using for 802.16a. I know Redline is using 5.8, but I thought I read somewhere that they were using a bunch of frequencies including somewhere in the 3 GHz range for WiMax.
Hopefully Viagra emails will fall into this category. Between that and the nudie emails, this would virtually elmininate the spam I receive.
I'd mod you up if I had points. I'm sure there is a way to bilk these people using this.
Agreed on all counts. I would not buy one of these, but I can definitely see the usefulness. The same people bitching on this site about this thing editing the content are the same ones saying if you don't like what's on the tv change the station. Well, that's really what this thing is doing. Now if they only start making DVD players that censor movies, and that feature cannot be turned off, I understand. But no one is even talking about this. I may even think about getting this, because there are a lot of movies out my young son could watch that only have a few minutes of content not suitable. Of course, there are many others that are riddled with it. Moral is, if you don't like the technology, don't buy it.
I learned that it is very difficult to drive through downtown city streets at 75 mph while reading a map. Luckily I was able to do this via a video game and not the real world.
Separation of church and state. Unless that church happens to be extremely right wing, and Christian.
Agreed on all points (I hope to hell you're right on that last one). It helps having a wife that enjoys that form of entertainment as much as you do. Excellent way to avoid this form of consumer fraud.
Why the fuck did I feel compelled to look at that. It's worse than goatse. Much worse. Don't. Just don't.
Doesn't matter. Sun is going out of business anyway, at least the hardware business. Their servers suck on a grand scale compared to IBM and HP these days. They spent too much time resting on their laurels during the dot bomb and now they have the slowest gear on the market. They should just stick to software, which is where they do best.
But it's still annoying when they do it. Anyways, yeah, you're contributing. I am sitting right now in front of my laptop with Popfile running and getting ready to create some reports for my clients using AppExpert. Good work.
Actually, I've used some of the CompuWare products encompassing those patents. One is a very cool tool called Application Expert. I believe the second patent he has listed is the thread analysis module, which bundles the different parts of a network "conversation" into one thread for analysis. I guess you would have to see it, but very useful for what I do.
And he's from Holland, MI, just like the retards who started this site. Woohoo.
I agree 100%. I have had some very good teachers, and I have actually taught at the University level. Unfortunately my experience working at several, and attending a few, universities has shown that many do not have this talent. And these are not local community colleges. Hell, one of the most highly regarded technical schools in the country is in my backyard and most of the professors barely speak english. How do you explain Feynman's theories to a 3 year old if he cannot even understand you. Language is no the only issue, as I have seen many professors who grade students poorly because they disagree with perfectly valid opinions the students hold.