A relatively high GPA shows that you can stay committed even if a project(/class) doesn't interest you. This is extremely valuable in the work place as you will get many mundane projects on your way to or in between working on interesting projects.
All of the pro degree talk is all about getting a job. Colleges were originally meant as learning institutions to gain knowledge and wisdom for life.
I understand the reality that is our economy and society and everything is geared toward working and income.
On the same note I found College to be quite a bit of overkill just to become a decent proficient worker.
It's really expensive just to prove you can follow through with mundane projects.
It's also scary thinking someone will hire you for, say, software development just because you finished a bunch of boring projects and he thinks he can use you like a good drone.
I would call this Slashdot Intuition.
Many posters here have been working for some time now.
If the intuition is missing in you then you can do your homework and look at all the classes you took and calculate the percent you use today at work and the percent you can actually speak about with authority even if you did recieve a 4.0 GPA.
Learning is a lifelong experience and when you are out of college you need to keep up with it if it is to mean anything for you.
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Google is discarding many people who are very talented programmers, but who just aren't good at solving puzzles in real-time during an interview.
They should just let you look up the solution on Google =)
I'm sure that's where they got the puzzles in the first place.
Or you could just go back to the reason France helped the US gain it's independence from England.
It was in France's best interest to keep England from becoming so strong else France too could have been in a similar situation as America. Yet in that case with no America to help them.
It was self serving of France to help.
Yes, with all the banter France, England and the US are close allies.
Not only does it run 32-bit code, but it runs 32-bit code better than their 32-bit-native processor? That is EXACTLY what's needed in the 32-to-64-bit transition, and they executed it excellently.
You imply the Athlon 64 uses some emulation or translation of its 32-bit instructions to 64-bit instructions.
I'm not so certain that is the case.
Intel's Itanium does that and falls flat on it's face for 32-bit performance.
We'd still survive as a species, along with the rats and the cockroaches. As a species, we're amazingly tough.
hmmm... I'd just duck and roll.
Of course I may be the only survivor, but I'd have to do it for the human race.
Eventually if I can find a suitable mate who ducked and rolled also I could create a super race of duckers and rollers who would never be intimidated by planetary events again.
We would be rid of all those who rolled then ducked. Cause you see, that just wouldn't work.
We have seen many stories on/. over the last few weeks about how millions of Windows boxes are so infested with spyware that they are basically unusable, and yet most non-technical people still seem ambivalent.
Yes, but these are offspring of the same people who refused to change the oil in the their cars when they first came out.
Sooner or later the smoke will get their attention.
Lucky for us they are also the same kinda people who turn their comptures off for hours at a time.
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Recently I've found myself in a bit of a bind with logging. My birdhouse contracts have been rather small, barely enough to pay myself let alone a logger. The logging needs aren't intensive, mostly redwoods or spruce depending on the project. Despite owning a few key tools (Skidder, Caterpillar, Dumptruck) my logging production output is rather poor. Are there any other birdhouse contractors who have learned to be self-sufficient? Are there any resources available to educate me on the finer points of logging trees professionally?
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Paging Dr. Freud!
I suppose we need a show: "Queer eye for the PC guy!"
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And that company is most likely VIA not Transmeta in this case.
All of the pro degree talk is all about getting a job. Colleges were originally meant as learning institutions to gain knowledge and wisdom for life.
I understand the reality that is our economy and society and everything is geared toward working and income.
On the same note I found College to be quite a bit of overkill just to become a decent proficient worker.
It's really expensive just to prove you can follow through with mundane projects.
It's also scary thinking someone will hire you for, say, software development just because you finished a bunch of boring projects and he thinks he can use you like a good drone.
I would call this Slashdot Intuition.
Many posters here have been working for some time now.
If the intuition is missing in you then you can do your homework and look at all the classes you took and calculate the percent you use today at work and the percent you can actually speak about with authority even if you did recieve a 4.0 GPA.
Learning is a lifelong experience and when you are out of college you need to keep up with it if it is to mean anything for you.
They should just let you look up the solution on Google =)
I'm sure that's where they got the puzzles in the first place.
People like their cars.
People like their computers.
It was in France's best interest to keep England from becoming so strong else France too could have been in a similar situation as America. Yet in that case with no America to help them.
It was self serving of France to help.
Yes, with all the banter France, England and the US are close allies.
You imply the Athlon 64 uses some emulation or translation of its 32-bit instructions to 64-bit instructions.
I'm not so certain that is the case.
Intel's Itanium does that and falls flat on it's face for 32-bit performance.
Why?
Anyway I'm going to download it and see if it is easier and as functional as GIMP (which personally I think has an unfriendly UI).
Funny I always download and install GIMP on a new system when I get the chance. Now maybe I have something else.
Actually who gets to claim the money when a movie is turned into a game and a game is turned into a movie?
Which party gets more revenue?
You see... Unlike Windows 95 and Windows 98, the open source community likes to keep supporting their released products.
Especially when they are GOOD products that millions of people are using.
You forget the relationship dynamics.
The lawyers wives all hang out with the producers wives and their kids all go to school together and have playtime together.
And the advertisers would poo poo you if you stopped marketing your product via them.
It really is a large society of people tied to each other in lock step.
hmmm... I'd just duck and roll.
Of course I may be the only survivor, but I'd have to do it for the human race.
Eventually if I can find a suitable mate who ducked and rolled also I could create a super race of duckers and rollers who would never be intimidated by planetary events again.
We would be rid of all those who rolled then ducked. Cause you see, that just wouldn't work.
Hey Gigabyte, Are you listening to this?
Be kind. This is his last $26,500 after his billions got washed out in the dotcom bust.
He still believes in fake.
And that's the real reason Japan gets products first.
Work out the problems at home then saturate the world with a sold product.
Yes, but these are offspring of the same people who refused to change the oil in the their cars when they first came out.
Sooner or later the smoke will get their attention.
Lucky for us they are also the same kinda people who turn their comptures off for hours at a time.
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2. Look for another job while working.
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
The portable DVD player has audio units built in also which makes it ideal for this project.
Yeah... they should be forced to email their shots in ala Battleship!
But if the diggers are used to make the breaks by one company then fix the breaks by the county it can be a boon for them.
Like programmers paid to build something then paid again and again to fix bugs.
It's a win win situation for the guys in the "trenches"!
Recently I've found myself in a bit of a bind with logging. My birdhouse contracts have been rather small, barely enough to pay myself let alone a logger. The logging needs aren't intensive, mostly redwoods or spruce depending on the project. Despite owning a few key tools (Skidder, Caterpillar, Dumptruck) my logging production output is rather poor. Are there any other birdhouse contractors who have learned to be self-sufficient? Are there any resources available to educate me on the finer points of logging trees professionally?
This isn't even funny anymore.
I played Quake on my first Ipaq.
Recorded my babies first heartbeat from ultrasound at Dr's.
Sent email from bathroom.
It's not just a tip calculator!
I can't remember the other answer. Some blathering about human rights.