Note that Active-X failed as badly as Java Applets, which makes one think that perhaps this was not the issue in Java acceptance.
The reason that both Java Applets and Active-X applets failed where AJAX has taken off is that JavaScript and XmlHttpRequest are available as part of and are deeply integrated with every modern browser.
Today, yes. In the next few years, it's inevitable. Given the rate that flash is growing, a $149 32 GB iPod Nano will be possible in six years. At that point, why bother with hard drives?
It might be that an uneducated soldier in 50 BC might think the world was flat...though that's complete conjecture. But a well-educated person in the Roman world in 50 BC would certainly know that the world was a sphere and that if you went far enough you'd return to where they were. Of course, that well-educated person would probably also know that the distance was far too far to travel on foot and since at the time the well-educated belief was of a euro-africa-asian landmass entirely surrounded by water, they'd also think it pointless to try on foot.
There's been lots of mythologizing about Columbus about the ignorant scientists accusing Columbus of stupidity. The truth was not, however, that they thought the world was flat. The truth was that they thought that his estimation of the size of the Earth was too small. And, in fact, it was. Had the Americas not been there, Columbus would have starved before reaching asia.
On the face of it, it's true for me. I'm with my laptop probably 14 hours a day on a workday, give or take, and with my wife for maybe 4 waking hours on a workday. But I'm not sure that tells the whole tale. First, obviously, when I'm at work, I'm with the laptop, not the wife...but that's hardly a choice. Second, in the evenings, I'm usually sitting in the living room with the laptop on my lap while my wife sits in the same living room with her Powerbook on her lap. What does that count as?
On the weekends, when my time is mine to do with as I will, I nearly always spend more time with my wife than with any of my computers, though of course there is some overlap where I am with both. Whereas people used to sit at the breakfast table Sunday morning reading the paper, something that is often labeled a communal exercise, we spend the morning at the breakfast table in newsreaders on our laptops. Is that time "with the computer" or "with our SO"?
(D) With random-access to scenes, Director's Commentaries and other bonus features, the DVD was more than just an evolutionary extension of the technology it replaced.
It's important for programmers to remember that a lot of careers that require the same amount of education have much lower salary increases. You can at least take comfort in the fake that if your salary stagnates, at least it stagnates at a level higher than many people would take their entire career to get to.
In my experience, you lose memory and stamina (much harder to pull all-nighters) but you gain experience and intuition. Experience doesn't just "make up" for the other failings...in many ways, it's more important. I think that older programmers are better in project lead positions where they have more control over things like architecture and design, but perhaps with fewer hard core coding responsibilities.
Yup! The key is to keep learning! Coding for twenty years, I've rarely encountered age discrimination, but I have noticed that people only ever ask me about the last couple projects on my resume. It's all about what you know, and the skill you can show.
It's advancement that's the real problem. (I'm an "older programmer" too.) A forty year old programmer is generally making the top of the pay scale for programmers. There's no where to go. You can either be happy with making the roughly the same salary until retirement, or you can leave programming and become a manager.
I learned long ago that after about 8-10 hours of coding, any extra hours have a negative effect. I've worked with people who put in 12 hour days, and I can generally do more in 8 hours. I'm convinced that they could as well. But you have to find managers that understand that.
I'm 41. This April, I will have been a professional programmer for twenty years. Honestly, the "age discrimination" thing is overblown. I suspect it's mostly confined to "sexy" industries like the game industry.
What is true is that salaries top out quickly...so if you want to keep getting more than nominal salary increases, you eventually have to go into management. What is also true is that as you age, you have to stay on top of the technology. Too many people get themselves in trouble by attaching themselves to a technology. I remember when the Defense industry died in the late eighties, lots of Cobol programmers hit the streets and started screaming "age discrimination!!!" because no one would teach them C++. This is why I've made damn sure I have things like "XML" and "Python" and "Javascript" on my resume now. If you're good, you can stay in this career as long as you want, but it takes work, and it takes planning. Be prepared to quit jobs that are decent, but use outdated technology.
I don't know that that's entirely true. The PSP suffers a lot from poorly thought out ports from the PS2 that aren't really well designed for the PSP itself.
The trouble is that careers men tend to select (like engineering) generally pay more than careers women select (like teaching.) I'm a computer engineer and my wife is an elementary school teacher. She has a year more education than I and gets payed 40% of what I make. That's typical of "male" and "female" jobs.
So in once sense, you're right...we shouldn't try to force people to take careers in equal numbers...but this definitely does NOT mean that everything is peaching keen in the treatment of sex by the workplace.
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On the other hand, the way he looks at Java may be the reason his focus is now elsewhere.
Note that Active-X failed as badly as Java Applets, which makes one think that perhaps this was not the issue in Java acceptance.
The reason that both Java Applets and Active-X applets failed where AJAX has taken off is that JavaScript and XmlHttpRequest are available as part of and are deeply integrated with every modern browser.
That doesn't entirely make sense...how can Java have been hurt by JavaScript's failings given that JavaScript has been wildly successful?
Video? Why do I want to lug around something with a big enough screen to watch video when all I want to do is listen to music?
The sales of Nanos shows pretty clearly that many people care more about the size of the device than the amount of storage on the device.
Today, yes. In the next few years, it's inevitable. Given the rate that flash is growing, a $149 32 GB iPod Nano will be possible in six years. At that point, why bother with hard drives?
That's not true at all! I am tired of this anti-tech bigotry! Some of us are perfectly good at dealing with problems of human sexual relationships!
It's this sort of bigotry that caused NASA to reject my "Female Anime Robot Sex-slave" solution out-of-hand.
That's a myth. The Greeks knew the world was a sphere and the Romans took their science from the Greeks.
It might be that an uneducated soldier in 50 BC might think the world was flat...though that's complete conjecture. But a well-educated person in the Roman world in 50 BC would certainly know that the world was a sphere and that if you went far enough you'd return to where they were. Of course, that well-educated person would probably also know that the distance was far too far to travel on foot and since at the time the well-educated belief was of a euro-africa-asian landmass entirely surrounded by water, they'd also think it pointless to try on foot.
There's been lots of mythologizing about Columbus about the ignorant scientists accusing Columbus of stupidity. The truth was not, however, that they thought the world was flat. The truth was that they thought that his estimation of the size of the Earth was too small. And, in fact, it was. Had the Americas not been there, Columbus would have starved before reaching asia.
Blonde hair is a recessive trait, which means that it can easily hide for many generations, especially in a population where it is rare.
Yeah, OS/2 came one 40 floppies. That was fun.
Just use one of these! It'll turn any single-sided disk into a double-sided one.
I gather you don't run Windows.
On the face of it, it's true for me. I'm with my laptop probably 14 hours a day on a workday, give or take, and with my wife for maybe 4 waking hours on a workday. But I'm not sure that tells the whole tale. First, obviously, when I'm at work, I'm with the laptop, not the wife...but that's hardly a choice. Second, in the evenings, I'm usually sitting in the living room with the laptop on my lap while my wife sits in the same living room with her Powerbook on her lap. What does that count as?
On the weekends, when my time is mine to do with as I will, I nearly always spend more time with my wife than with any of my computers, though of course there is some overlap where I am with both. Whereas people used to sit at the breakfast table Sunday morning reading the paper, something that is often labeled a communal exercise, we spend the morning at the breakfast table in newsreaders on our laptops. Is that time "with the computer" or "with our SO"?
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(D) With random-access to scenes, Director's Commentaries and other bonus features, the DVD was more than just an evolutionary extension of the technology it replaced.
Not true at all. Any store that sells MP3s can sell to people that own iPods.
If you hate DRM, you should also hate this law, because if other companies can only access iPod owners by selling DRMless music, they may.
You don't think Microsoft and Sony don't both have projects right now to create a Wii-like controller?
It's important for programmers to remember that a lot of careers that require the same amount of education have much lower salary increases. You can at least take comfort in the fake that if your salary stagnates, at least it stagnates at a level higher than many people would take their entire career to get to.
In my experience, you lose memory and stamina (much harder to pull all-nighters) but you gain experience and intuition. Experience doesn't just "make up" for the other failings...in many ways, it's more important. I think that older programmers are better in project lead positions where they have more control over things like architecture and design, but perhaps with fewer hard core coding responsibilities.
I disagree. I spent the entire nineties using C and C++. In the last five years, I've used Java, Javascript, Python and C# professionally.
Yup! The key is to keep learning! Coding for twenty years, I've rarely encountered age discrimination, but I have noticed that people only ever ask me about the last couple projects on my resume. It's all about what you know, and the skill you can show.
It's advancement that's the real problem. (I'm an "older programmer" too.) A forty year old programmer is generally making the top of the pay scale for programmers. There's no where to go. You can either be happy with making the roughly the same salary until retirement, or you can leave programming and become a manager.
I learned long ago that after about 8-10 hours of coding, any extra hours have a negative effect. I've worked with people who put in 12 hour days, and I can generally do more in 8 hours. I'm convinced that they could as well. But you have to find managers that understand that.
What is true is that salaries top out quickly...so if you want to keep getting more than nominal salary increases, you eventually have to go into management. What is also true is that as you age, you have to stay on top of the technology. Too many people get themselves in trouble by attaching themselves to a technology. I remember when the Defense industry died in the late eighties, lots of Cobol programmers hit the streets and started screaming "age discrimination!!!" because no one would teach them C++. This is why I've made damn sure I have things like "XML" and "Python" and "Javascript" on my resume now. If you're good, you can stay in this career as long as you want, but it takes work, and it takes planning. Be prepared to quit jobs that are decent, but use outdated technology.
I don't know that that's entirely true. The PSP suffers a lot from poorly thought out ports from the PS2 that aren't really well designed for the PSP itself.
Neither.
So in once sense, you're right...we shouldn't try to force people to take careers in equal numbers...but this definitely does NOT mean that everything is peaching keen in the treatment of sex by the workplace.
Only illegally. Credit Reports are only supposed to be pulled with your permission.
(Of course, many businesses lie about it...I'm looking at you, B of A.)