Also, having to maintain two houses is living outside your means. Congress members usually have to maintain their home in-state, and also find a place to live inside DC when Congress is in session.
were actually good and plausible or did I miss something?
That's what I thought. They kept it simple and plausible. Nothing fancy: just hackers typing away in emacs on linux boxes. (The scene where he "hacks in" to the Harvard servers was just him doing things like running a recursive wget to collect pictures, if I recall correctly.) It was probably the most realistic portrayal of hackers at work that has come out of Hollywood.
I have a working toolchain ON the iphone, via Cydia und igcc package
That's pretty cool! I haven't jailbroken my iPhone, and probably won't, but having a compiler on the phone is pretty slick. Mostly useless (at least for me), but cool. My last phone (Nokia E71) had a real python interpreter/shell, but I only used it for the novelty.
They've used gcc until now. I think on iOS, they were using an LLVM backend with a gcc frontend. They've clearly been trying to move away from gcc and they've been developing the clang front-end, but I didn't realize that they had a functional non-gcc toolchain.
otherwise we'll be like europe where if you don't do well on the high school tests they give you will never go to college and never have a chance to change your life in the future
I don't know what this has to do with for-profit colleges. I flunked out of high school because I was bored and lazy. Spent a couple of years getting my act together at a community college, then transferred to a public university. Went to grad school and got a good job: nobody even asked about high school. All of this without the cost or stigma (deserved or not) of a for-profit school degree.
Are you referring to the iPhone 3GS? That looks more like a $500 phone to me: "For those who are not eligible for an early upgrade or who wish to buy iPhone as a gift, the price is $499 (8GB). In CA, MA, and RI, sales tax is collected on the unbundled price of iPhone." (From http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC555)
First of all, saints (in this context) are a Roman Catholic thing, not a more general Christian idea. Jesus is part of the Trinity, and so in Christianity (though not in Mormonism) he is just another manifestation of the one Christian God. I'd argue (as an agnostic who has studied the Bible) that praying to Saints or to Mary is not truly compatible with Christianity, but of course others would disagree. In any case, an immortal entity is not the same as a deity.
That being said, Judaism does have roots in polytheism (e.g. the 'other gods' in the Torah, who now would be considered false gods, but at the time might have been competing gods), and various branches of Christianity have absorbed pagan religions and rituals, so the line between monotheism and polytheism is sometimes blurred in practice.
Apple are possibly the worst for warranties... and more specifically owning up to defects.
My wife has had many free out-of-warranty repairs on her {i|Mac}Books over the years, and I've had at least one. Dealing with the call center is hopeless, but the techs at the Genius Bars tend to be very helpful, even when the warranty is expired or (in my wife's case) you've spilled tea all over your laptop's keyboard.
Being too negative will hurt your life. I've had a good one so far and it's still good now. This is a challenging period.
I can't say I'd make the same choices as you (I have young kids, and I'd give up a lot of money to make sure I don't miss these important years with them), but I admire your attitude. And the fact that all of us here are even arguing about these issues shows how privileged we are, compared to so many people around the world.
Something tells me that you would feel differently if you had a wife and kids at home, and you weren't able to watch them grow up because you were in the office all the time.
Exactly. If I had to work all the time to support my family, I'd do it. But as long as there are jobs where I can pay the bills and still be home in time to play with my kids, there's no way I'd miss a year or two of my kids' lives just to finish some understaffed project.
Do what you love. If you are not coding when you get off after a normal 8 (really 7 after that long lunch, chats with work buds, etc.) hour day, you are not really doing what you love.
Oh, bullshit. I love being a computer scientist. I also love to spend time with my family. When I'm at work, I code. When I'm at home, I play with my kids or relax with my wife or work on various projects (woodworking, home-improvement, etc.)
However, they are providing us high quality lunch and dinner at our desks.
I'd work through lunch for a good, free meal, but not dinner. My kids go to sleep at 7pm, so staying at work through dinnertime isn't an option. That time is too valuable to me.
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living in the Washington DC area is a little more expensive than living in Wisconsin - but he still screwed up pointing it out ...
It's pretty cheap if you live in your office:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/22/eveningnews/main7272636.shtml
Also, having to maintain two houses is living outside your means. Congress members usually have to maintain their home in-state, and also find a place to live inside DC when Congress is in session.
Last I heard, Duffy was living in his office:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/22/eveningnews/main7272636.shtml
If you're so against protecting yourself, at least do it for your children, or the people around you, don't be so self-fish.
http://hps.org/documents/kifactsheetbrief.pdf
Really? That's it?!.. This is your entire argument? Basically whatever I say is true because I said so... so there!
Really, no effort at all put into any sort of coherent counter argument.
I have no interest in arguing with hysterical idiots. That goes for anti-vacciners, truthers, birthers, moon-landing-hoaxers, and you.
(And for what it's worth, since I wear a dosimeter, I really do know how much radiation I am exposed to.)
Oh ok, so I guess the Surgeon General saying you should buy Iodide pills as a precaution is baloney and he's nothing but a big conspiracy theorist.
Yes, it's baloney, though I doubt she is a conspiracy theorist.
I think it's an attempt at a subliminal slashvertisement to get you to lobby for the usage of Perforce where you work.
Anybody lobbying for the use of Perforce should be shown the door.
were actually good and plausible or did I miss something?
That's what I thought. They kept it simple and plausible. Nothing fancy: just hackers typing away in emacs on linux boxes. (The scene where he "hacks in" to the Harvard servers was just him doing things like running a recursive wget to collect pictures, if I recall correctly.) It was probably the most realistic portrayal of hackers at work that has come out of Hollywood.
I have a working toolchain ON the iphone, via Cydia und igcc package
That's pretty cool! I haven't jailbroken my iPhone, and probably won't, but having a compiler on the phone is pretty slick. Mostly useless (at least for me), but cool. My last phone (Nokia E71) had a real python interpreter/shell, but I only used it for the novelty.
There are no English words that contain "ww".
Yellowwood:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladrastis
They've used gcc until now. I think on iOS, they were using an LLVM backend with a gcc frontend. They've clearly been trying to move away from gcc and they've been developing the clang front-end, but I didn't realize that they had a functional non-gcc toolchain.
Jesus christ, it's just an IDE. You can still develop Mac apps with vim and gcc.
Without XCode? Getting a working toolchain on OS X without first installing XCode (which includes gcc and binutils) is non-trivial.
otherwise we'll be like europe where if you don't do well on the high school tests they give you will never go to college and never have a chance to change your life in the future
I don't know what this has to do with for-profit colleges. I flunked out of high school because I was bored and lazy. Spent a couple of years getting my act together at a community college, then transferred to a public university. Went to grad school and got a good job: nobody even asked about high school. All of this without the cost or stigma (deserved or not) of a for-profit school degree.
Are you referring to the iPhone 3GS? That looks more like a $500 phone to me: "For those who are not eligible for an early upgrade or who wish to buy iPhone as a gift, the price is $499 (8GB). In CA, MA, and RI, sales tax is collected on the unbundled price of iPhone." (From http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC555)
First of all, saints (in this context) are a Roman Catholic thing, not a more general Christian idea. Jesus is part of the Trinity, and so in Christianity (though not in Mormonism) he is just another manifestation of the one Christian God. I'd argue (as an agnostic who has studied the Bible) that praying to Saints or to Mary is not truly compatible with Christianity, but of course others would disagree. In any case, an immortal entity is not the same as a deity.
That being said, Judaism does have roots in polytheism (e.g. the 'other gods' in the Torah, who now would be considered false gods, but at the time might have been competing gods), and various branches of Christianity have absorbed pagan religions and rituals, so the line between monotheism and polytheism is sometimes blurred in practice.
Mono = 1
Trinity = 3 = poly.
Christians are polytheistic.
The doctrine of the Trinity is that all three are the same entity. Hence Christians are monotheists.
I downloaded a copy of that as a kid
I feel old now.
Apple are possibly the worst for warranties... and more specifically owning up to defects.
My wife has had many free out-of-warranty repairs on her {i|Mac}Books over the years, and I've had at least one. Dealing with the call center is hopeless, but the techs at the Genius Bars tend to be very helpful, even when the warranty is expired or (in my wife's case) you've spilled tea all over your laptop's keyboard.
Okay, so where is your evidence that suicide bombers are unstable?
How about the fact that they blow themselves up?
I'm curious, does anyone have links to any resources which might explain the Department of Energy's involvement?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon
Being too negative will hurt your life. I've had a good one so far and it's still good now. This is a challenging period.
I can't say I'd make the same choices as you (I have young kids, and I'd give up a lot of money to make sure I don't miss these important years with them), but I admire your attitude. And the fact that all of us here are even arguing about these issues shows how privileged we are, compared to so many people around the world.
They wake up between 7 and 8am usually. Toddlers sleep a lot.
Something tells me that you would feel differently if you had a wife and kids at home, and you weren't able to watch them grow up because you were in the office all the time.
Exactly. If I had to work all the time to support my family, I'd do it. But as long as there are jobs where I can pay the bills and still be home in time to play with my kids, there's no way I'd miss a year or two of my kids' lives just to finish some understaffed project.
Do what you love. If you are not coding when you get off after a normal 8 (really 7 after that long lunch, chats with work buds, etc.) hour day, you are not really doing what you love.
Oh, bullshit. I love being a computer scientist. I also love to spend time with my family. When I'm at work, I code. When I'm at home, I play with my kids or relax with my wife or work on various projects (woodworking, home-improvement, etc.)
However, they are providing us high quality lunch and dinner at our desks.
I'd work through lunch for a good, free meal, but not dinner. My kids go to sleep at 7pm, so staying at work through dinnertime isn't an option. That time is too valuable to me.
How did people do their job before pagers and walkie-talkies? Bring back telegraphs and smoke-signals!