Come to think of it, how many times this week have I heard some stupid question like, "You be goin' to tha sto(re)? Pick me up some smokes, aight?" Explain that one to a non-native.
Oh, that's easy. That's a dialect of a language. Yes, sometimes different dialects of the same language can be impenetrable to native speakers of a dialect. That's what happens with natural languages.
Have there been any children taught Esperanto as their primary language? Any contradictions between Esperanto and the native human language-processing instinct would show up then, when the language spoken by the children deviates from the One True Esperanto.
Nobody puts weight on the paper because everyone knows that schools do not prepare programmers for the real world.
Data point: At my Fortune-100 company, I have interviewed many candidates. I have never seen a candidate without a degree of some kind. Dunno if HR is just tossing out resumes without degrees, or people without degrees just don't bother applying.
Also, I assume some minimal level of compentency from someone with a degree. I never assume that someone with a degree from an Ivy League is better than someone with a degree from East Podunk City University. I have mysterious ways of finding out candidates' skill levels:)
SMART cars are essentially big roll cages with coverings for the hood, door, and roof. They are quite safe for the riders should there be an accident. Moreover, they are engineered to "bounce" away from an oncoming impact.
Personally, I prefer the Toilet and the Sewage Treatment Plant metaphor for software development. Commercial products are like the Toilet, in that crap goes into it. Open Source can be (but sometimes isn't like) a Sewage Treatment Plant in that crap, toilet paper, soap, and the occasional diamond ring can go into it, but what comes out is usually clean.
I think it's time for programmers to stop waxing nostalgic about crap
When *I* was an entry-level programmer, I'd have to sort TPS reports in ascending *and* descending order, and when I was done, my manager would kill me and dance on my grave, singing Halleluja!
I'm getting a sense of deja vu, that strange feeling we sometimes get that we've commented on something before, that what is posted now has already been posted. I'm getting a sense of deja vu, that strange feeling we sometimes get that we've... (looks puzzled for a moment)
us + subway+intercity bus+subway = 10 min + 20 min + 4 hrs + 1 hr = 5.5 hours.
I didn't think anyone could take seriously the concept of riding a bus between cities. It's a bus. It goes slower than a car, and it has to take the same path a car takes.
That, and the smelly toilet that never works.
Of course, Amtrak is faster, but then it's also much more expensive.
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Sure, I could go to the grocery store and buy a duck -- hunting may cost more, but in the end I get the duck, the memory of the sunrise that morning, and a sense of achievement as well.
When *I* go to the grocery store in the morning...
Get the groceries.... check
Memory of sunrise that morning.... check
Sense of achievement.... check.... Ohhhhh I am so sad.
I think that this is an opportunity for Google. They could buy up companies like this, combine them with various other companies or open source software and come up with a Google OS or a "fascia" for Windows.
Better make sure those fascia don't turn into fascists for Windows!
Now that the upgrade is complete, System X is being used for scientific research. Varadarajan said Virginia Tech researchers and several outside groups are using it for research into weather and molecular modeling. Typically, System X runs several projects simultaneously, each tying up 400 to 500 processors.
"At the end of the day, the goal is good science," he said. "We're just building the tools. The top 500 is nice, but the goal is science."
When I saw the name, I figured it would be some kind of hand-held device that you could carry around with you and plug in anywhere. Well, you can, but you also need to carry around a huge-ass monitor and a keyboard, too.
None of the guys who I know who are downloading music from internet is doing it as an expression of the desire for the free speech. They do it because they don't want to pay for it.
I think there's a proportion of downloaders who would pay, but just not to the RIAA. I'd certainly want to pay the artist directly.
Disclaimers: I am not a lawyer. I am a law student. I have not finished my law degree and I am not admitted to the bar in any state. This post does constitute legal advice.
Really? For free? Can I sue if your advice is wrong? Please? I need the money.
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Oh, that's easy. That's a dialect of a language. Yes, sometimes different dialects of the same language can be impenetrable to native speakers of a dialect. That's what happens with natural languages.
Have there been any children taught Esperanto as their primary language? Any contradictions between Esperanto and the native human language-processing instinct would show up then, when the language spoken by the children deviates from the One True Esperanto.
--Rob
That's why the US Government is transitioning the Strategic Helium Reserves budget towards fighting vampires.
--Rob
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Data point: At my Fortune-100 company, I have interviewed many candidates. I have never seen a candidate without a degree of some kind. Dunno if HR is just tossing out resumes without degrees, or people without degrees just don't bother applying.
Also, I assume some minimal level of compentency from someone with a degree. I never assume that someone with a degree from an Ivy League is better than someone with a degree from East Podunk City University. I have mysterious ways of finding out candidates' skill levels :)
--Rob
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Oh, that's what they reminded me of. Bumper cars!
--Rob
Bermuda and Cayman Islands are number 3 and 4... hmm, I wonder why.
--Rob
To show you how much
I care this holiday season,
I give you this card,
with all the reasons,
that...
that...
It's pronounced Lin-uhks you crazy old bat!
--Rob
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When *I* was an entry-level programmer, I'd have to sort TPS reports in ascending *and* descending order, and when I was done, my manager would kill me and dance on my grave, singing Halleluja!
--Rob
Not for nuthin' it's called SLOWER Delaware.
--Rob
I think there's a proportion of downloaders who would pay, but just not to the RIAA. I'd certainly want to pay the artist directly.
--Rob
I'm getting a sense of deja vu, that strange feeling we sometimes get that we've commented on something before, that what is posted now has already been posted. I'm getting a sense of deja vu, that strange feeling we sometimes get that we've... (looks puzzled for a moment)
I didn't think anyone could take seriously the concept of riding a bus between cities. It's a bus. It goes slower than a car, and it has to take the same path a car takes.
That, and the smelly toilet that never works.
Of course, Amtrak is faster, but then it's also much more expensive.
--Rob
When *I* go to the grocery store in the morning...
Get the groceries.... check
Memory of sunrise that morning.... check
Sense of achievement.... check.... Ohhhhh I am so sad.
--Rob
Better make sure those fascia don't turn into fascists for Windows!
--Rob
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Worse... even if they're analog, they're probably noncomputable.
--Rob
Is that kind of like Cassini is dropping off Huygens to daycare? "Sorry, gotta run, got to get to work, enjoy your stay on Titan?"
Sorry.
--Rob
How about calling it a really small, cheap PC?
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I think there's a proportion of downloaders who would pay, but just not to the RIAA. I'd certainly want to pay the artist directly.
--Rob
Really? For free? Can I sue if your advice is wrong? Please? I need the money.
--Rob
[Score -1, Overrated] Post can be transformed into post of the form "When will people learn that..."
--Rob