I must agree with Dweomer's response, but would like to add to it.
DEMANDING a pay increase hurts budgets, and if your manager doesn't see you as irreplaceable, out you go.
However, you should be able to request decent amount of down time. As i mentioned in another post in this topic, insane amounts of overtime WILL burn anybody out, so ask for some down time. If your manager fires you for that, which you should be ready for when you become assertive in any way, you're probably better off for it.
Hopefully your manager will give you a break, during which time you can not only rest, but look for other jobs without raising any suspicion of leaving the company.
I haven't been in the "I NEED the overtime pay" situation for a while, but i can definitely say it burns one out. I was never in the "overtime is required daily" bracket, but i assume it's about the same.
I would say take the parent's advice ("start doing less hours in order to make time for your job hunt"), and if a manager questions this, tell them you're getting burnt out; you don't even need to lie, because you probably are.
Well, CLR isn't a language, but the Common Intermediate Language is, and that is what matters. I believe it is not an ECMA language, although i certainly could be wrong. C# is, but it doesn't help very much when we really need to interpret the CIL to use.NET binaries.
I live in a town of 5000. Walking home one slow night, the police decided to ask me where i was heading. They knew a lot. Who i am, where i live, what i drive, and where i work.
I'm pretty sure they didn't just look all that up on the spot; i think they know pretty much every local. Regardless, they knew me. I have no criminal record, so this was the first i met them, and they didn't ask for ID.
Luckily nothing came of the incident. But i went home disturbed.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
I just wrote to him about 15 minutes ago recommending an RSS feed. I hope one does get added because this could be a decent journal to keep up on.
About the comments, I definitely agree. It would be great to have some sort of moderated comment system where he could respond publicly to individuals.
I don't feel you need to know about the C# to IL conversion. Properties becoming get_ set_ methods, constructors becoming.ctor and.cctor, etc, but none of this should affect the C# code you write. Very few people actually need to understand the IL.
I do feel you should have an idea of how to create an application from scratch, and for GUI applications understand how forms are created. Until you learn the basics, what is created from templates is arcane. These are fundamentals that should be taught immediately, yet are often never discussed because the IDE takes care of it. And, the rot as I understand, comes in when you rely upon these conveniences so much you forget how to do it without them.
At least this is my take on it, and it makes sense, although I can hardly see how this is news. It seems any time something is automated, people start to forget what is being done inside the box.
At least with Visual Studio there is the option to look at what the templates create.
Yes, it has an empty project like both he and I stated, I'm well aware.
He appears to accept GUI IDEs as powerful, and as crutches. If you write an application or two from scratch, you'll have a better understanding of what you're doing. If you lean on the crutches, you may forget (or not even learn) how to create an entry point to your apps.
He's not referring to all developers, of course. But many VS-only developers don't even know the basics of software development any longer, they're too used to RAD.
If you RTFA his complaints are not with using a GUI IDE, but rather with Visual Studio itself. VS's project templates remove so many steps and try to hide code, leaving newer developers in the dark about what is really being done behind-the-scenes. It also does some arguably sloppy techniques such as including a few dll references that are not necessary, adding lots of unused using statements, overusing class-wide members, etc.
He isn't opposed to using Visual Studio itself. When guiding newbies, he instead has them create projects "from scratch" rather than using a "Windows Application" template. This at least gives them an idea of what their project is doing, and a better understanding of programming.
He also finds Intellisense to be a wonderful tool, but over-reliance on it removes the desire to actually learn how the framework works.
These factors and others are why he feels Visual Studio rots programmers' minds. Nothing to do with that it's not a plain text editor.
Easy +5 insightful/interesting: In any thread regarding an open source-supportive company or FOSS project being praised, all you need to do is post a comment, "If Microsoft were to do this it would be decried!"
These should be -1 Off Topic. These comments have nothing to do with the story and are misleading anyway. Most stories posted about Microsoft are about their latest shenanigans, so obviously most posts are critical of them. The few times Microsoft have been victimized by patents or done something positive a good portion of posts are supportive of Microsoft.
Instead it's free karma for saying nothing of worth.
Anyhow, the reason i discovered this is another reply mentioned San Diego. A little bit of searching and it turns out that the incident happened in San Diego and Clairmont, and ended on 163.
PoliceJobs has some other details and a photograph of a dozen police cars chasing the tank down 805 South.
Sorry for the mix-up. I wasn't the only one to confuse the two suburban cities.
Exactly. This is just another RSS reader. If you don't want Google to include the entire post, then set the feed up to only give summaries or titles. By setting up a feed you are giving permission for others to look at your articles without visiting your site. This will no more rob sites of visitors than any other RSS reader.
It's pretty simple to make the Acrobat applications load up almost instantly. There are a few steps listed at MozDev. http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/acroread.html#win -ar6-speed Not loading 50 plugins and not checking for updates on startup makes it a very fast application.
I moved all plugins to Optional, myself. It seems to work just fine.
Reader 7 does not have annoying ads, either.
I know they should be releasing Reader with plugins loaded on demand rather than the kitchen sink approach, and i fault Adobe for making their product loathed. Next time you try Reader, move those plugins and disable automatic updates. I think you'll be surprised.
A bit of a nit: You meant if the defendant were a villain, not the plaintiff.
Another: qmail already exists, and is a rather large, open source project
But yes, if Microsoft were to do mmail or something one letter off, and Google were to complain, the "slashbots" would cheer. Even though Microsoft might only lose an tiny portion of their warchest funds. However, a surprising portion of slashdotters are level-headed during such stories, if you search the archives. Look for things like Eolas. (Appeals Court Sends Eolas Case Back For New Trial)
You know what annoys me more than the old "screw Microsoft!, Go Eolas!" slashbots? The new breed who insist on pointing out, in every story about an IP lawsuit, the obvious anti-Microsoft bias of most slashdotters.
Google is not collaborating with the Chinese government. They are working, as the Chinese people, within the laws of the land. And again, if Google refused, who cares? The largest search engine of China, baidu.commust work within the laws as they are based in China. The only ones to lose out from Google refusing to obey the laws would be Google and Chinese users of Google. The government couldn't care less (Google is an American company after all).
I would also like to point out that hypocrisy has rarely (if ever) been a concern of religious nuts. If they had adopted a part of the Western culture which they despise, they would surely have an explanation for why. It might not make sense, but they would rationalise it. And if you said "that makes no sense", you had best start running.
I wouldn't say they're hypocrites, although they are certainly zealous.
Yes, they certainly dislike the Western world. But it is mostly the culture they dislike, not the technology.
I believe that if Western culture (decadence!) was not entering the Middle East, and if the Western governments were not taking sides in Middle East conflicts, they would be content to return to fighting for an Islamic state.
Google is not denying anybody their rights, the government is.
Google can either provide as much information as possible or be banned and providing no information. Within the laws of China, they are providing as much as they are permitted.
Google does not write laws. The laws are evil, not the company.
Some people may find them useful. Haemophiliacs come to mind.
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I figured they were clapping because they were afraid of what might happen otherwise. He was obviously trying to get the crowd to clap along and he started to look very angry and dangerous.
Rachel Nevada is pretty far away. I noticed them when playing in World Wind as well. Those dots are right next to a (somewhat) regular civilian town, pretty far from Nellis AFB. Plus, I doubt the government would ever blank something out with bright green dots. Especially when they did not blank out Nellis AFB.
Anyhow, curiosity got to me. After a bit of googling it does turn out to be quite mundane.
Rachel is located at the southern end of the Sand Springs Valley, an otherwise empty, bowl-shaped valley about 25 miles wide. To the northwest of town is a dry lake without a name, and to the west are the huge green circles of the Penoyer Farms, where alfalfa is grown using well water.
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I must agree with Dweomer's response, but would like to add to it.
DEMANDING a pay increase hurts budgets, and if your manager doesn't see you as irreplaceable, out you go.
However, you should be able to request decent amount of down time. As i mentioned in another post in this topic, insane amounts of overtime WILL burn anybody out, so ask for some down time. If your manager fires you for that, which you should be ready for when you become assertive in any way, you're probably better off for it.
Hopefully your manager will give you a break, during which time you can not only rest, but look for other jobs without raising any suspicion of leaving the company.
I haven't been in the "I NEED the overtime pay" situation for a while, but i can definitely say it burns one out. I was never in the "overtime is required daily" bracket, but i assume it's about the same.
I would say take the parent's advice ("start doing less hours in order to make time for your job hunt"), and if a manager questions this, tell them you're getting burnt out; you don't even need to lie, because you probably are.
Okay, what is C then?
Either they censor results or they are blocked by China's firewalls.
Well, CLR isn't a language, but the Common Intermediate Language is, and that is what matters. I believe it is not an ECMA language, although i certainly could be wrong. C# is, but it doesn't help very much when we really need to interpret the CIL to use .NET binaries.
What you say is absolutely true.
I live in a town of 5000. Walking home one slow night, the police decided to ask me where i was heading. They knew a lot. Who i am, where i live, what i drive, and where i work.
I'm pretty sure they didn't just look all that up on the spot; i think they know pretty much every local. Regardless, they knew me. I have no criminal record, so this was the first i met them, and they didn't ask for ID.
Luckily nothing came of the incident. But i went home disturbed.
Well, I'm about a week late, but (most?) ancient cultures did not have the *number* zero (they could say "I have no bananas, of course").
If you mean the number zero as a mathematical concept or the numeral, it was pretty much unknown. But the Roman people still knew the idea of zero.
Fairly fascinating how the ancient people dealt with it. Most ancient mathematics had a difficult time with zero and infinity (see Zeno's Paradox).
I would whole-heartedly agree that the idea they had no concept of zero is preposterous.
I think the MythBusters are more into the "blowing things up" category of myths, rather than ancient, historical myths, though.
I just wrote to him about 15 minutes ago recommending an RSS feed. I hope one does get added because this could be a decent journal to keep up on.
About the comments, I definitely agree. It would be great to have some sort of moderated comment system where he could respond publicly to individuals.
I don't feel you need to know about the C# to IL conversion. Properties becoming get_ set_ methods, constructors becoming .ctor and .cctor, etc, but none of this should affect the C# code you write. Very few people actually need to understand the IL.
I do feel you should have an idea of how to create an application from scratch, and for GUI applications understand how forms are created. Until you learn the basics, what is created from templates is arcane. These are fundamentals that should be taught immediately, yet are often never discussed because the IDE takes care of it. And, the rot as I understand, comes in when you rely upon these conveniences so much you forget how to do it without them.
At least this is my take on it, and it makes sense, although I can hardly see how this is news. It seems any time something is automated, people start to forget what is being done inside the box.
At least with Visual Studio there is the option to look at what the templates create.
Yes, it has an empty project like both he and I stated, I'm well aware.
He appears to accept GUI IDEs as powerful, and as crutches. If you write an application or two from scratch, you'll have a better understanding of what you're doing. If you lean on the crutches, you may forget (or not even learn) how to create an entry point to your apps.
He's not referring to all developers, of course. But many VS-only developers don't even know the basics of software development any longer, they're too used to RAD.
If you RTFA his complaints are not with using a GUI IDE, but rather with Visual Studio itself. VS's project templates remove so many steps and try to hide code, leaving newer developers in the dark about what is really being done behind-the-scenes. It also does some arguably sloppy techniques such as including a few dll references that are not necessary, adding lots of unused using statements, overusing class-wide members, etc.
He isn't opposed to using Visual Studio itself. When guiding newbies, he instead has them create projects "from scratch" rather than using a "Windows Application" template. This at least gives them an idea of what their project is doing, and a better understanding of programming.
He also finds Intellisense to be a wonderful tool, but over-reliance on it removes the desire to actually learn how the framework works.
These factors and others are why he feels Visual Studio rots programmers' minds. Nothing to do with that it's not a plain text editor.
Easy +5 insightful/interesting: In any thread regarding an open source-supportive company or FOSS project being praised, all you need to do is post a comment, "If Microsoft were to do this it would be decried!"
These should be -1 Off Topic. These comments have nothing to do with the story and are misleading anyway. Most stories posted about Microsoft are about their latest shenanigans, so obviously most posts are critical of them. The few times Microsoft have been victimized by patents or done something positive a good portion of posts are supportive of Microsoft.
Instead it's free karma for saying nothing of worth.
Ah, replying to myself. Different sources confuse Clairmont (San Diego) with Claremont (Los Angeles). Both spellings are used in the Cul de Sac article.
Anyhow, the reason i discovered this is another reply mentioned San Diego. A little bit of searching and it turns out that the incident happened in San Diego and Clairmont, and ended on 163.
PoliceJobs has some other details and a photograph of a dozen police cars chasing the tank down 805 South.
Sorry for the mix-up. I wasn't the only one to confuse the two suburban cities.
You may not, but someone else did. A tank was stolen from a National Guard armory and driven through an LA suburb, Claremont.
Exactly. This is just another RSS reader. If you don't want Google to include the entire post, then set the feed up to only give summaries or titles. By setting up a feed you are giving permission for others to look at your articles without visiting your site. This will no more rob sites of visitors than any other RSS reader.
Maybe because they ARE obstructing the download. It has a negative connotation, to be sure, but obstruction means exactly what HBO is doing.
It's pretty simple to make the Acrobat applications load up almost instantly. There are a few steps listed at MozDev. http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/acroread.html#win -ar6-speed Not loading 50 plugins and not checking for updates on startup makes it a very fast application.
I moved all plugins to Optional, myself. It seems to work just fine.
Reader 7 does not have annoying ads, either.
I know they should be releasing Reader with plugins loaded on demand rather than the kitchen sink approach, and i fault Adobe for making their product loathed. Next time you try Reader, move those plugins and disable automatic updates. I think you'll be surprised.
A bit of a nit: You meant if the defendant were a villain, not the plaintiff.
Another: qmail already exists, and is a rather large, open source project
But yes, if Microsoft were to do mmail or something one letter off, and Google were to complain, the "slashbots" would cheer. Even though Microsoft might only lose an tiny portion of their warchest funds. However, a surprising portion of slashdotters are level-headed during such stories, if you search the archives. Look for things like Eolas. (Appeals Court Sends Eolas Case Back For New Trial)
You know what annoys me more than the old "screw Microsoft!, Go Eolas!" slashbots? The new breed who insist on pointing out, in every story about an IP lawsuit, the obvious anti-Microsoft bias of most slashdotters.
Google is not collaborating with the Chinese government. They are working, as the Chinese people, within the laws of the land. And again, if Google refused, who cares? The largest search engine of China, baidu.com must work within the laws as they are based in China. The only ones to lose out from Google refusing to obey the laws would be Google and Chinese users of Google. The government couldn't care less (Google is an American company after all).
Sorry, i hate doing follow-up messages.
I would also like to point out that hypocrisy has rarely (if ever) been a concern of religious nuts. If they had adopted a part of the Western culture which they despise, they would surely have an explanation for why. It might not make sense, but they would rationalise it. And if you said "that makes no sense", you had best start running.
I wouldn't say they're hypocrites, although they are certainly zealous.
Yes, they certainly dislike the Western world. But it is mostly the culture they dislike, not the technology.
I believe that if Western culture (decadence!) was not entering the Middle East, and if the Western governments were not taking sides in Middle East conflicts, they would be content to return to fighting for an Islamic state.
Google is not denying anybody their rights, the government is.
Google can either provide as much information as possible or be banned and providing no information. Within the laws of China, they are providing as much as they are permitted.
Google does not write laws. The laws are evil, not the company.
Some people may find them useful. Haemophiliacs come to mind.
I figured they were clapping because they were afraid of what might happen otherwise. He was obviously trying to get the crowd to clap along and he started to look very angry and dangerous.
Anyhow, curiosity got to me. After a bit of googling it does turn out to be quite mundane.
Source: http://rachel.dreamlandresort.com/rachel_history.