You are using a non-traditional definition of interpreted. With compiled code the translation into machine code is done completely before execution. In interpreted languages, pieces of code are translated and then executed on the fly. For this reason compiled programs are faster, but must be compiled for a particular platform.
If you want to get really technical, by your definition assembly is interpreted as well. Assembly code will be translated from human readable text to 1's and 0's for the processor.
I agree that ignorance is a choice and the fault of the ignorant. However, this does not justify a person that exploits the ignorant.
Companies spend millions to give consumers very specific knowledge about a product/service. Anything they would like to hide, but cannot because of big G, they bury in so much fine print that you need a legal degree to understand it. In this case, is the consumer ignorant? No, the consumer is deceived.
Rant all you want about more government involvement and limiting your freedoms: It's easy. I maintain that providing more information to the consumer and providing it in a form that an average consumer can understand is a good thing.
Making a sale is all about deception and force. Visit your nearest used car lot, Circuit- City, etc. and chat with a sales-puke for awhile. I'll bet at some point the sales person bends the truth. It is too easy to justify a transaction because the consumer made the decision to purchase the product. Selling has been become a science. Consumers don't stand a chance against merchants. I don't know how many times I've groaned at a commercial because of ridiculous claims. I know that somewhere in fine print is the "legal truth" which protects the company from lawsuit. So I'm cynical and don't buy the claims and so is most of the population. Big deal, it just takes that 1% to make it all worth it for merchants. So is it the job of the consumer to wade through all the B.S tossed at them and discover the truth? I don't think so. Sales tactics need to be regulated far more than they are. But nobody wants to mess with business.
I'm all for successful companies and individuals. What I'm not for is screwing your neighbor. I will probably never be rich because I like to apply this simple principle: When doing business, treat everyone like your best friend/mother/whatever. If you wouldn't sell it to your mother for that price, don't sell it to anyone. I'm convinced that the majority of rich people don't apply this principle.
I'm glad the electronics people were able to write good code, especially if it can be life threatening. If you are saying that they had some innate ability to program well, then I don't agree. They learned the techniques because of the seriousness of the project. It's possible that they didn't need abstraction for this project, but it is absurd to think "academic abstraction" (I like that alliteration) is irrelevant in the real world. Most EE students at my school couldn't code to save their lives.
I agree with one addition, work experience can be good. Just because someone has experience doesn't mean they are a good programmer. It all depends on the company and how much the individual is willing to learn on their own. I had an internship at a company where the coding practices were horrendous. Everything was counter to what I was learning in school. This was negative work experience. Don't assume all work experience is good work experience. You were able to succeed because you were motivated to learn on your own.
Education.
The problem is employers will hire people based only on work experience. They think work experience can be substituted for a degree. I have recently graduated with a CS degree and cannot get employed because I don't have work experience with (insert popular language). I am seen as less desirable because my degree focused on theory and higher-level concepts of what makes a good program. Theses concepts would be harder to pick up in the workplace.
I would place more of the blame for insecure systems on the requirements of employers. Besides, my degree has to be worth something... right?
Are these games you can purchase and then play without using minutes? If the games are cheap enough I can see a market, cell-arcades. The advantage to Nokia/Sega, more people want Nokia cell-phones/plans. Multiplayer games will also give Nokia the added benefit of minute usage.
I have an old cell phone with no games whatsoever. Anyone had experience with the newer games like Monkey Ball? I know customers initially had to download Monkey Ball for US $3.99 and where given 30 days of play.
I wouldn't play these games unless I could buy them for a one-time fee and play them as much as I want.
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You are using a non-traditional definition of interpreted. With compiled code the translation into machine code is done completely before execution. In interpreted languages, pieces of code are translated and then executed on the fly. For this reason compiled programs are faster, but must be compiled for a particular platform.
If you want to get really technical, by your definition assembly is interpreted as well. Assembly code will be translated from human readable text to 1's and 0's for the processor.
I agree that ignorance is a choice and the fault of the ignorant. However, this does not justify a person that exploits the ignorant.
Companies spend millions to give consumers very specific knowledge about a product/service. Anything they would like to hide, but cannot because of big G, they bury in so much fine print that you need a legal degree to understand it. In this case, is the consumer ignorant? No, the consumer is deceived.
Rant all you want about more government involvement and limiting your freedoms: It's easy. I maintain that providing more information to the consumer and providing it in a form that an average consumer can understand is a good thing.
Making a sale is all about deception and force. Visit your nearest used car lot, Circuit- City, etc. and chat with a sales-puke for awhile. I'll bet at some point the sales person bends the truth. It is too easy to justify a transaction because the consumer made the decision to purchase the product. Selling has been become a science. Consumers don't stand a chance against merchants. I don't know how many times I've groaned at a commercial because of ridiculous claims. I know that somewhere in fine print is the "legal truth" which protects the company from lawsuit. So I'm cynical and don't buy the claims and so is most of the population. Big deal, it just takes that 1% to make it all worth it for merchants. So is it the job of the consumer to wade through all the B.S tossed at them and discover the truth? I don't think so. Sales tactics need to be regulated far more than they are. But nobody wants to mess with business.
I'm all for successful companies and individuals. What I'm not for is screwing your neighbor. I will probably never be rich because I like to apply this simple principle: When doing business, treat everyone like your best friend/mother/whatever. If you wouldn't sell it to your mother for that price, don't sell it to anyone. I'm convinced that the majority of rich people don't apply this principle.
I second that.
I once had a community college instructor that didn't know what a binary search was.
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I was setting Java to the value Lucifer.
Amen! Preach it brother! C is the way, is the light! Java = Lucifer.
I'm glad the electronics people were able to write good code, especially if it can be life threatening. If you are saying that they had some innate ability to program well, then I don't agree. They learned the techniques because of the seriousness of the project. It's possible that they didn't need abstraction for this project, but it is absurd to think "academic abstraction" (I like that alliteration) is irrelevant in the real world. Most EE students at my school couldn't code to save their lives.
I agree with one addition, work experience can be good. Just because someone has experience doesn't mean they are a good programmer. It all depends on the company and how much the individual is willing to learn on their own. I had an internship at a company where the coding practices were horrendous. Everything was counter to what I was learning in school. This was negative work experience. Don't assume all work experience is good work experience. You were able to succeed because you were motivated to learn on your own.
Education. The problem is employers will hire people based only on work experience. They think work experience can be substituted for a degree. I have recently graduated with a CS degree and cannot get employed because I don't have work experience with (insert popular language). I am seen as less desirable because my degree focused on theory and higher-level concepts of what makes a good program. Theses concepts would be harder to pick up in the workplace. I would place more of the blame for insecure systems on the requirements of employers. Besides, my degree has to be worth something... right?
Are these games you can purchase and then play without using minutes? If the games are cheap enough I can see a market, cell-arcades. The advantage to Nokia/Sega, more people want Nokia cell-phones/plans. Multiplayer games will also give Nokia the added benefit of minute usage.
I have an old cell phone with no games whatsoever. Anyone had experience with the newer games like Monkey Ball? I know customers initially had to download Monkey Ball for US $3.99 and where given 30 days of play.
I wouldn't play these games unless I could buy them for a one-time fee and play them as much as I want.