A concrete grasp of classic logical operations is far and away more important for any programmer, especially beginners. I find that most people I interview for programming work fall into one of two categories: those that can understand binary math and those that don't. IMHO, Java-centric trained folks including those with advanced computer science and engineering degrees by and large have difficulty implementing any bit-level analysis and manipulation. While high-level language proponents argue that this level of programming is unecessary for most applications, the inherent computing overhead introduced by increased abstraction often requires programmers to think about making their apps work on real equipment in the real world.
Languages are flavor-of-the-month. Students will study and master any language if it gets them employed. A solid grounding in logic is language-agnostic and actually builds better programmers.
We are engaged in a war against terrorism, and that means the entire network. Saddam was a big fish in the pond. Not any more. You undoubtedly will repeat the same sentiment if Osama (assuming he's still breathing) were ever found. If you equate the Bush administration to Hitler's Nazi party then your grasp of reality and history is skewed irreparably.
How about this headline: "The rest of the world watches idly as hundreds of thousands of Saddam's political enemies are slaughtered."
We had a different U.S.A. under Clinton. It was an administration that allowed terror to flourish because "consequences" meant absolutely nothing.
Please don't tell me how we should focus on changing your perception of the United States. If you think George Bush is the enemy then the perception problem is entirely yours.
It takes more than technical acumen to create marketable products. An inherent grasp of the consumer's culture allows a business to address the various intangible elements that makes a locally-produced product superior to an offshore effort. I've seen the breadth of development being shipped out to India by my company and I see losing our competitive advantage in the next 5 years as offshore contractors pick-up these "intangibles" via osmosis through the sheer bulk of projects they are exposed to. Where would you even start to enforce a non-disclosure agreement when dealing with potential offshore offenders?
I am still trying to figure out how long U.S. companies hope to continue selling goods and services to an increasingly unemployed local consumer base.
It should never be a bad thing to invest in our economy first.
I agree. I have two Atari 810 cassette drives that are completely DOA. The belts have all but disintegrated and the rest of the mechanical stuff is shot. Even when thay did work (way long ago) the recordings were unreliable at best. I agree with Achacha not to waste any more time on tape. Build or buy an SIO2PC cable instead. Instructions to build this yourself (thanks to Nick Kennedy) can be found
here.
I built one based on his original design.
Also, an ebay seller from Poland seems to be doing decent business selling his own version.
It is somewhat easier find a working 1050 disk drive since these were built to much higher standards than the tape drives. Be warned that many ebay sellers are not equipped to test these older components. Whatever the effort, there is nothing like occasionally playing with those old 8-bits.
What does any of Apple's marketing have to do with anything? They have a completely workable interface and platform that Microsoft still borrows heavily from. I just built an overclocked P4 running at 3.06 Ghz in order to accomplish some video work that most people with stock Macs can do out of the box.
I hope you folks would at least take the time to read about the crime that took place.
It is loose commentary on threads like this that make me wonder if the U.S. needs to do anything special at all to be "hated". The FBI did its job and then some pursuing these criminals. I am not equating the U.N. Security Council to criminals like you seem to have done. As a founding member nation of the U.N., the United States is entitled, I would say obligated, to pursue its own interests. All other sovereign member nations are supposed to as well. That is the reason for being a U.N. member in the first place. The only arrogance displayed here is the substitution of political views for facts.
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A concrete grasp of classic logical operations is far and away more important for any programmer, especially beginners. I find that most people I interview for programming work fall into one of two categories: those that can understand binary math and those that don't. IMHO, Java-centric trained folks including those with advanced computer science and engineering degrees by and large have difficulty implementing any bit-level analysis and manipulation. While high-level language proponents argue that this level of programming is unecessary for most applications, the inherent computing overhead introduced by increased abstraction often requires programmers to think about making their apps work on real equipment in the real world. Languages are flavor-of-the-month. Students will study and master any language if it gets them employed. A solid grounding in logic is language-agnostic and actually builds better programmers.
One word: MORON.
We are engaged in a war against terrorism, and that means the entire network. Saddam was a big fish in the pond. Not any more. You undoubtedly will repeat the same sentiment if Osama (assuming he's still breathing) were ever found. If you equate the Bush administration to Hitler's Nazi party then your grasp of reality and history is skewed irreparably.
How about this headline: "The rest of the world watches idly as hundreds of thousands of Saddam's political enemies are slaughtered." We had a different U.S.A. under Clinton. It was an administration that allowed terror to flourish because "consequences" meant absolutely nothing. Please don't tell me how we should focus on changing your perception of the United States. If you think George Bush is the enemy then the perception problem is entirely yours.
It takes more than technical acumen to create marketable products. An inherent grasp of the consumer's culture allows a business to address the various intangible elements that makes a locally-produced product superior to an offshore effort. I've seen the breadth of development being shipped out to India by my company and I see losing our competitive advantage in the next 5 years as offshore contractors pick-up these "intangibles" via osmosis through the sheer bulk of projects they are exposed to. Where would you even start to enforce a non-disclosure agreement when dealing with potential offshore offenders?
I am still trying to figure out how long U.S. companies hope to continue selling goods and services to an increasingly unemployed local consumer base.
It should never be a bad thing to invest in our economy first.
I agree. I have two Atari 810 cassette drives that are completely DOA. The belts have all but disintegrated and the rest of the mechanical stuff is shot. Even when thay did work (way long ago) the recordings were unreliable at best. I agree with Achacha not to waste any more time on tape. Build or buy an SIO2PC cable instead. Instructions to build this yourself (thanks to Nick Kennedy) can be found here. I built one based on his original design. Also, an ebay seller from Poland seems to be doing decent business selling his own version. It is somewhat easier find a working 1050 disk drive since these were built to much higher standards than the tape drives. Be warned that many ebay sellers are not equipped to test these older components. Whatever the effort, there is nothing like occasionally playing with those old 8-bits.
What does any of Apple's marketing have to do with anything? They have a completely workable interface and platform that Microsoft still borrows heavily from. I just built an overclocked P4 running at 3.06 Ghz in order to accomplish some video work that most people with stock Macs can do out of the box.
I hope you folks would at least take the time to read about the crime that took place. It is loose commentary on threads like this that make me wonder if the U.S. needs to do anything special at all to be "hated".
The FBI did its job and then some pursuing these criminals. I am not equating the U.N. Security Council to criminals like you seem to have done. As a founding member nation of the U.N., the United States is entitled, I would say obligated, to pursue its own interests. All other sovereign member nations are supposed to as well. That is the reason for being a U.N. member in the first place.
The only arrogance displayed here is the substitution of political views for facts.