Ok, I'm sure this will date me, but in keeping with iMac's new snow white theme, I'm betting on Kimba (as in the white lion)
John - no fancy sig, just John
Personally, I think the net comes closest for me. My situation is this. BS in CS 1989, C, C++, Java since college. I work at home, for a company in NY. I keep pretty much my own hours. I order most things online. And I don't need to commute anywhere. The differences, I don't hate people (too much) and I have a Grilf, and I believe, a life. Early in my career, I worked ungodly hours on a three man team in a startup company. So during that period I'd have to say "Hackers" came closest. Here's why.... I distinctly remember a scene where Johnny Miller's character is coding at night with sunglasses on. I interesting part is the clock in the foreground is ticking by minutes as though they were seconds. I've been in that mode and I identified with that scene. I believe the movie was decent because I understand that depicting code like some fractal anemone was artistic license. I think it was a rather good way to handle it. Because code that is beautiful to a developer would not translate well to a non-developer. I think the worst depiction was probably Swordfish. They tried to capture the joy of writing great code, but they somehow failed. Thanks for listening. I've donned my asbestos long-johns so flame away.
I understand that it is hard to prove the value of IT departments, but that is because you have to show , somehow, all of the bad things that DIDN'T happen because IT was on the ball. So to that extent it seems me to be a lot like insurance. How do you justify the cost for fire insurance if there isn't a fire?
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Feh, knowing both C++ and ++C is simple. One increments after you use it, and the other increments before you use it.
Pah, we already have that. Its called a Car Phone.
Yeah, but 2 Wrights make and airplane.
Yes, But they will need to be SILVER bullets. I ask you, can you afford that? Perhaps 600+ wooden stakes to the heart would be more effective.
Ok, I'm sure this will date me, but in keeping with iMac's new snow white theme, I'm betting on Kimba (as in the white lion) John - no fancy sig, just John
Personally, I think the net comes closest for me. My situation is this. BS in CS 1989, C, C++, Java since college. I work at home, for a company in NY. I keep pretty much my own hours. I order most things online. And I don't need to commute anywhere. The differences, I don't hate people (too much) and I have a Grilf, and I believe, a life. Early in my career, I worked ungodly hours on a three man team in a startup company. So during that period I'd have to say "Hackers" came closest. Here's why.... I distinctly remember a scene where Johnny Miller's character is coding at night with sunglasses on. I interesting part is the clock in the foreground is ticking by minutes as though they were seconds. I've been in that mode and I identified with that scene. I believe the movie was decent because I understand that depicting code like some fractal anemone was artistic license. I think it was a rather good way to handle it. Because code that is beautiful to a developer would not translate well to a non-developer. I think the worst depiction was probably Swordfish. They tried to capture the joy of writing great code, but they somehow failed.
Thanks for listening. I've donned my asbestos long-johns so flame away.
I understand that it is hard to prove the value of IT departments, but that is because you have to show , somehow, all of the bad things that DIDN'T happen because IT was on the ball. So to that extent it seems me to be a lot like insurance. How do you justify the cost for fire insurance if there isn't a fire?