Again, it's the open XML-based StarOffice file formats that are the REAL threat. Since the file formats are open and XML...StarOffice will be just the beginning. Soon, small free specialty tools will spring up... and this baby takes on a life of its own...
...all these guys are backing Java because Microsoft has ALREADY SCREWED THEM. Your remark that Sun could do that too would be received with more acceptance (by me) if Sun were a CONVICTED LAW-BREAKING MONOPOLIST.
The notion that species evolve is not a theory, it is a fact since it has been observed in the lab and throughout nature. The thing that is a theory is if man evolved for simpler species over a long period of time. That man is the direct descendent of an original modern man and women you call Adam end Eve through Divine intervention is also a theory about how we got here. Scientists follow a process to determine which theory is likely to be correct by examining evidence and inviting peer reviews to evaluate your theories and conclusions. In the end however, we recognize that all of our explanations are abstractions - some considerations left out so that we can conceptualize and internalize the information. In this regard, your Biblically fundamentalist theory is not scientific since you no aspect of your assertion can be scrutinize by experimentation.
...the Cambodians killed by Pol Pot or the Cambodians killed by Richard Nixon during the carpet bombing used to rid the South Vietnamese and Cambodian countryside of the evil villagers supporting South Vietnamese...er I mean North Vietnamese soldiers in the field. (See we had to call them North Vietnamese so that they could be labeled invaders. If we called them South Vietnamese that would make us the invaders now wouldn't it.)
Capitalism involves buyers and sellers - each maximizing their welfare. Buyers do not care about capitalism, they care about themselves. They want to get the most they can for as little as possible. Sellers do not care about capitalism either. They want to sell as little as possible for as much as they can get. Capitalism occurs when these two forces come together and some reasonable level of balance is achieved between them.....that is sellers selling the things that buyers need or want at a price they can afford or are otherwise willing to pay. It's possible for the system to go out of balance. Eventually the balance will be regained. It is the role of government (WRT capitalism) to ensure that this balance is regained in a reasonable period of time so as to not threaten the survival of our Republic. We accept that this government intervention involves risk. They may get involved too late, too soon, too much, or too little. But we accept this risk because its possible for the system to become chaotic....
Government also has the job of protecting us from each other - our lives and property. We leave this protection to them so that force is used in a consistent manner as dictated by the majority of voters and our constitution.
Look at Arthur Anderson... to recover their lost reputation...after screwing many thousands out of many millions of dollars...they fired a partner and told us things were going to change around there. The effect of untrustworthy audits and accounting practices cracks the foundation of investing in securities. In my mind, Bill Gates is the same kind of person. Make as much as you can, even if in doing so you produce software that puts the internet infrastructure, personal privacy, corporate security...all at risk...simply because you could get away with it. Now that you're caught up in this, we are supposed to say fine...fix your shit and don't do it again?
...both bitmap and laser...and also drawing...macpaint...and word processing macwrite could not be touched except with a machine from Xerox...and postscript support (I actually worked on CricketDraw, CricketGraph, and CricketPresents...)
I think the iMac was successful because the web has created the need for a home computer. Not just something to play games on for the kids or a place to keep recipes...but a home appliance that many of us just can't (or won't) live without. I have a 14 and 17 year old and I have to say that if they were forced to choose between the computer (running Redhat btw) and the tv, they would choose the computer because of the web. For most of the people in my family, it's the first (or possibly second) thing they do when they get home.
People who work in offices running MS Ofice and Windows originally thought that they would buy a Windows PC for home because the knew how to run it from work.
Now, people do not see their home vs. work use of their computer as the same thing. Most families use their home computers to access the web. Macs are pretty much the easiest and most reliable home computers. And besides, they're cool..
I completed my MSCS in 1991. It was a great experience and has helped be professionally and financially. Good luck with your masters degree. I responded to this hiring manager mostly because I have found there to be 2 kinds of people in this world...those who see accomplishment in others and attempt to rise up to their level...and those who see somebody above them and try to drag them down. This guy came off to me quite like the latter.
The problem is that the original poster was looking for help abount attending University and pursuing a BSCS and MSCS degree. You made blatent generalizations about degreed CS individuals and tried to pass-off some form of validation for your remarks by claiming to be a hiring manager. This young person came to the site looking for advice and you came off looking like you were feeling really self-consious about not having completed your degree. It was a selfish act on your part so I called you on it.
The first wave will attack the perception that Linux is free. To that effect, we'll have an independent analysis commissioned by DH Brown looking at a very popular topic these days -- server consolidation.
Sounds like they already knew that the DH Brown study would be positive towards Microsoft.
...with no college degree yourself? Isn't it possible that your assessment of "arrogant people" is based on the fact that they have accomplished something in life that you have not? I bet you are an asshole.
To get any degree you will need to enrole in a particular division of the school...like arts & science or engineering or business. Each one has different educational requirements - most of which will be CS but many which will be in other areas like english, history, math, science, etc. This is because a college/university is NOT a trade school. The degree means that you are an "educated" individual. While you may be able to test-out of english 101 or history 101 or CS 101, you should probably not expect to be able to complete the remainder of the degree requirements in one year. Plan on 3 years going in the summers, full time.
Computer science is a very broad field and a degree should include not only basic and advanced programming but also data structures/algorithm analysis, databases, discreet mathematics, compiler theory, language design theory, computer system architecture, logic design, numerical analysis, statistics, principles of software engineering, and assembly language programming - I'm sure I missed some...
Others may say that this level of study will not help you make more money. I will not address that here. But if you plan to get an MS in computer science later...completion of these classes will be required befor they let you begin.
Lastly, you may want to consider getting a full-time position rather then consulting if you plan to do this. They will pay for your education, BS and MS, they will create a stable environment so that you can plan on when you will be available to attend classes (I assume that you can not quit working while you do this), and they will see your effort as motivated self-improvement which may figure in with your raises, promotions, and work assignments. Of course, this will take longer since you will be attending part-time. Also, start slow. Take one class to start and up-it if you find that you have the time and energy to put in. And don't skip classes. HTH...
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Check out the last paragraph from the FauxNews article...
Just last week, Microsoft's corporate security officer, Howard Schmidt, expressed frustration about continuing threats from overflows. "I'm still amazed that we allow these things to occur," he said at a conference of technology executives. Schmidt is expected soon to resign from Microsoft to work for President Bush's top computer security adviser.
...where they played recordings of Tolkien discussing the stories. Go to npr.org to get to the site. Once there, you must navigate to the specific show. It's called 'Morning Edition.' I've read the books but was never aware of their Icelandic roots. By pure synchronicity, I picked up a new CD at lunch by a group called Sequentia called "Edda, Myths from medieval Iceland." Imagine my suprise when I got back and came across this thread!
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Thanks for your kind reply. I still do not see that this is emergent behavior in the same vein as, say, mind or consciousness might be as a result of the cellular activity of the human brain...although I happen to believe that the process occurs the other way around - (matter as a projection of consciousness). The notion of flocking birds is interesting. I understand that the most reasonable way to simulate this activity with a computer program is to implement it something like the way Conway's game of life is implemented. Probably the same with simulating swarms of fish (getting my money's worth cable). These two phenomonon display group qualities (emergent behavior) that are visually stunning but not as interesting (to me) functionally. Perhaps it is a matter of degree.
Get the flock out of here...
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Sorry but I do not see ants following a chemical trail as being a good example of emergent behavior. What is the higher-level activity resulting from the collective behavior of the lower-level activity? Now Aunt Hillary... she's one emergent Aunt!
Why we are here?...that's easy...
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My wife is a reading specialist, a 4th grade teacher in the public schools, and about 2/3 the way completed on her PhD. in education. So I hear a lot about this kind of thing from her.
The first problem I have with this guy is that he tries to claim that doing a little volunteer work validates his pronouncements that computers promote avid reading habits by children. To what extent this is true I don't know but I do know that parents have the most influence on a child's educational habits - followed by teachers. If parents want their children to read they need to switch-off the TV AND the computer and get some books in the house. Parents need to set the example by reading books themselves!!! My wife tries to motivate her 4th graders by devoting classroom time to her reading out loud. She takes the time to find great books and tries to act-out the parts. The kids love it. But things like this can not help if the student's home life is not one where education - and reading - is valued.
As for the remark about the "Clinton computers"... well I guess Bush really sets an example for students... even a kid with a "C" average can get into Yale... so why bother working hard.
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43% of the nation's wealth is owned by 1% of the population...and 88% of them are Republicans. Now you know the REST of the story....
...its all about balance!
...one thing leads to another
Again, it's the open XML-based StarOffice file formats that are the REAL threat. Since the file formats are open and XML...StarOffice will be just the beginning. Soon, small free specialty tools will spring up... and this baby takes on a life of its own...
...all these guys are backing Java because Microsoft has ALREADY SCREWED THEM. Your remark that Sun could do that too would be received with more acceptance (by me) if Sun were a CONVICTED LAW-BREAKING MONOPOLIST.
... of this salt, fat, and sugar bashing. Now go to your room.
The notion that species evolve is not a theory, it is a fact since it has been observed in the lab and throughout nature. The thing that is a theory is if man evolved for simpler species over a long period of time. That man is the direct descendent of an original modern man and women you call Adam end Eve through Divine intervention is also a theory about how we got here. Scientists follow a process to determine which theory is likely to be correct by examining evidence and inviting peer reviews to evaluate your theories and conclusions. In the end however, we recognize that all of our explanations are abstractions - some considerations left out so that we can conceptualize and internalize the information. In this regard, your Biblically fundamentalist theory is not scientific since you no aspect of your assertion can be scrutinize by experimentation.
As you approach death one tends to try to get their house in order. I attribute it to that...
...the Cambodians killed by Pol Pot or the Cambodians killed by Richard Nixon during the carpet bombing used to rid the South Vietnamese and Cambodian countryside of the evil villagers supporting South Vietnamese...er I mean North Vietnamese soldiers in the field. (See we had to call them North Vietnamese so that they could be labeled invaders. If we called them South Vietnamese that would make us the invaders now wouldn't it.)
Capitalism involves buyers and sellers - each maximizing their welfare. Buyers do not care about capitalism, they care about themselves. They want to get the most they can for as little as possible. Sellers do not care about capitalism either. They want to sell as little as possible for as much as they can get. Capitalism occurs when these two forces come together and some reasonable level of balance is achieved between them.....that is sellers selling the things that buyers need or want at a price they can afford or are otherwise willing to pay. It's possible for the system to go out of balance. Eventually the balance will be regained. It is the role of government (WRT capitalism) to ensure that this balance is regained in a reasonable period of time so as to not threaten the survival of our Republic. We accept that this government intervention involves risk. They may get involved too late, too soon, too much, or too little. But we accept this risk because its possible for the system to become chaotic....
Government also has the job of protecting us from each other - our lives and property. We leave this protection to them so that force is used in a consistent manner as dictated by the majority of voters and our constitution.
Look at Arthur Anderson... to recover their lost reputation...after screwing many thousands out of many millions of dollars...they fired a partner and told us things were going to change around there. The effect of untrustworthy audits and accounting practices cracks the foundation of investing in securities. In my mind, Bill Gates is the same kind of person. Make as much as you can, even if in doing so you produce software that puts the internet infrastructure, personal privacy, corporate security...all at risk...simply because you could get away with it. Now that you're caught up in this, we are supposed to say fine...fix your shit and don't do it again?
...both bitmap and laser...and also drawing...macpaint ...and word processing macwrite could not be touched except with a machine from Xerox...and postscript support (I actually worked on CricketDraw, CricketGraph, and CricketPresents...)
I think the iMac was successful because the web has created the need for a home computer. Not just something to play games on for the kids or a place to keep recipes...but a home appliance that many of us just can't (or won't) live without. I have a 14 and 17 year old and I have to say that if they were forced to choose between the computer (running Redhat btw) and the tv, they would choose the computer because of the web. For most of the people in my family, it's the first (or possibly second) thing they do when they get home.
People who work in offices running MS Ofice and Windows originally thought that they would buy a Windows PC for home because the knew how to run it from work.
Now, people do not see their home vs. work use of their computer as the same thing. Most families use their home computers to access the web. Macs are pretty much the easiest and most reliable home computers. And besides, they're cool..
Once again good luck.
The problem is that the original poster was looking for help abount attending University and pursuing a BSCS and MSCS degree. You made blatent generalizations about degreed CS individuals and tried to pass-off some form of validation for your remarks by claiming to be a hiring manager. This young person came to the site looking for advice and you came off looking like you were feeling really self-consious about not having completed your degree. It was a selfish act on your part so I called you on it.
Sounds like they already knew that the DH Brown study would be positive towards Microsoft.
...with no college degree yourself? Isn't it possible that your assessment of "arrogant people" is based on the fact that they have accomplished something in life that you have not? I bet you are an asshole.
Computer science is a very broad field and a degree should include not only basic and advanced programming but also data structures/algorithm analysis, databases, discreet mathematics, compiler theory, language design theory, computer system architecture, logic design, numerical analysis, statistics, principles of software engineering, and assembly language programming - I'm sure I missed some...
Others may say that this level of study will not help you make more money. I will not address that here. But if you plan to get an MS in computer science later...completion of these classes will be required befor they let you begin.
Lastly, you may want to consider getting a full-time position rather then consulting if you plan to do this. They will pay for your education, BS and MS, they will create a stable environment so that you can plan on when you will be available to attend classes (I assume that you can not quit working while you do this), and they will see your effort as motivated self-improvement which may figure in with your raises, promotions, and work assignments. Of course, this will take longer since you will be attending part-time. Also, start slow. Take one class to start and up-it if you find that you have the time and energy to put in. And don't skip classes. HTH...
Just last week, Microsoft's corporate security officer, Howard Schmidt, expressed frustration about continuing threats from overflows. "I'm still amazed that we allow these things to occur," he said at a conference of technology executives. Schmidt is expected soon to resign from Microsoft to work for President Bush's top computer security adviser.
...what is this...the Twilight Zone?
...where they played recordings of Tolkien discussing the stories. Go to npr.org to get to the site. Once there, you must navigate to the specific show. It's called 'Morning Edition.' I've read the books but was never aware of their Icelandic roots. By pure synchronicity, I picked up a new CD at lunch by a group called Sequentia called "Edda, Myths from medieval Iceland." Imagine my suprise when I got back and came across this thread!
Thanks for your kind reply. I still do not see that this is emergent behavior in the same vein as, say, mind or consciousness might be as a result of the cellular activity of the human brain...although I happen to believe that the process occurs the other way around - (matter as a projection of consciousness). The notion of flocking birds is interesting. I understand that the most reasonable way to simulate this activity with a computer program is to implement it something like the way Conway's game of life is implemented. Probably the same with simulating swarms of fish (getting my money's worth cable). These two phenomonon display group qualities (emergent behavior) that are visually stunning but not as interesting (to me) functionally. Perhaps it is a matter of degree.
Sorry but I do not see ants following a chemical trail as being a good example of emergent behavior. What is the higher-level activity resulting from the collective behavior of the lower-level activity? Now Aunt Hillary... she's one emergent Aunt!
...to get good karma!.....
The first problem I have with this guy is that he tries to claim that doing a little volunteer work validates his pronouncements that computers promote avid reading habits by children. To what extent this is true I don't know but I do know that parents have the most influence on a child's educational habits - followed by teachers. If parents want their children to read they need to switch-off the TV AND the computer and get some books in the house. Parents need to set the example by reading books themselves!!! My wife tries to motivate her 4th graders by devoting classroom time to her reading out loud. She takes the time to find great books and tries to act-out the parts. The kids love it. But things like this can not help if the student's home life is not one where education - and reading - is valued.
As for the remark about the "Clinton computers"