Learning the arbitrary rules of spelling should be the least of our concerns in education since it's an exercise in rote memorization, not logical analysis.
Plus, even if children are adept at picking up new words, adults aren't, so if we want English to remain as a dominant language in other parts of the world, we should make it easy to learn.
Finally, arguments in favor of keeping our idiosyncratic spelling system in place are becoming less relevant since people are relying on spell checkers. But then I guess Slashdotters would be deprived of one of their least useful comments: criticizing someone's spelling.
The fact that people don't know how the technology works is actually a very good thing. It shows that the technology has matured to a point where it's more of an appliance. Besides, a kid multi-tasking on his iPod, cell phone and gameboy does not a techie make.
The line between vocational and theoretical classes is a self-imposed one. I'm pretty sure that most of the theoretical classes I took in my C.S. program could have had some practical component to them. For example, it would have been great if my Theory of Computation class was somehow merged with the Compilers class.
I tend to learn best by example and to be more motivated to learn things when I have some practical motivation for to learn them. That said, I'm all for teaching students how to think like engineers.
These metrics are definitely misleading. I'm not being paid to be a software engineer for how man lines of code I write. I'm not even really being paid to turn in things on time since it's really just a fiction that we can estimate when things should be done. I'm being paid for my level of education and training and because most people find what I do incomprehesible and perhaps a little boring.
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"Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way." -- Homer
I've worked as a software engineer for 15 years. I'm now headed back to law school to become a patent/ip lawyer. It's a great (and lucrative) way to capitalize on your technical background.
This is an American phenomenon too...
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"...if you don't like your job, you don't quit, you just go in every day and do it really half ass, that's the American way."
- Homer Simpson
Right now, it's easy for the business types to say to the techies "Don't worry; new, better jobs will come along" when they outsource work to India, because they're sure that their type of jobs can't be outsourced. But, I bet that there are Indian companies that will eventually produce software from start to finish. Then all the jobs, techie and business alike will move off shore. It's called competition and we need to get used to it.
If you could get 99% of a large group to behave in a considerate way you might figure that you'd be way ahead of tha game right? Bu, there are so many people that have access to usenet that even if just 1% misbehave you get a lot of noise. I just put up with and filter out what I don't need.
I like the fact that there's a history of the conversation, but I also find that people are using e-mail as though it were instant messaging. Each e-mail exchange is very short and after three exchanges I just give up and use the phone.
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Learning the arbitrary rules of spelling should be the least of our concerns in education since it's an exercise in rote memorization, not logical analysis. Plus, even if children are adept at picking up new words, adults aren't, so if we want English to remain as a dominant language in other parts of the world, we should make it easy to learn. Finally, arguments in favor of keeping our idiosyncratic spelling system in place are becoming less relevant since people are relying on spell checkers. But then I guess Slashdotters would be deprived of one of their least useful comments: criticizing someone's spelling.
The fact that people don't know how the technology works is actually a very good thing. It shows that the technology has matured to a point where it's more of an appliance. Besides, a kid multi-tasking on his iPod, cell phone and gameboy does not a techie make.
The line between vocational and theoretical classes is a self-imposed one. I'm pretty sure that most of the theoretical classes I took in my C.S. program could have had some practical component to them. For example, it would have been great if my Theory of Computation class was somehow merged with the Compilers class. I tend to learn best by example and to be more motivated to learn things when I have some practical motivation for to learn them. That said, I'm all for teaching students how to think like engineers.
AVG doesn't seem to slow down any of my computers. I think it's a great free alternative.
That's all wrong. If you want to pass the Turing Test you need some misspellings. Only a human would do that.
These metrics are definitely misleading. I'm not being paid to be a software engineer for how man lines of code I write. I'm not even really being paid to turn in things on time since it's really just a fiction that we can estimate when things should be done. I'm being paid for my level of education and training and because most people find what I do incomprehesible and perhaps a little boring. --- "Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way." -- Homer
From the Real Dolls FAQ:
Question: What sort of people buy REALDOLL?
REALDOLL customers include futurists, artists, art collectors, film-makers, scientists, health professionals, housewives -- you name it.
Ummm.. yeah.
Any system that relies on the end users for security is surely doomed.
I've worked as a software engineer for 15 years. I'm now headed back to law school to become a patent/ip lawyer. It's a great (and lucrative) way to capitalize on your technical background.
"...if you don't like your job, you don't quit, you just go in every day and do it really half ass, that's the American way." - Homer Simpson
A more sophisticated analysis would try to equate musical phrases with words. Simply counting notes is like counting letters.
Right now, it's easy for the business types to say to the techies "Don't worry; new, better jobs will come along" when they outsource work to India, because they're sure that their type of jobs can't be outsourced. But, I bet that there are Indian companies that will eventually produce software from start to finish. Then all the jobs, techie and business alike will move off shore. It's called competition and we need to get used to it.
If you could get 99% of a large group to behave in a considerate way you might figure that you'd be way ahead of tha game right? Bu, there are so many people that have access to usenet that even if just 1% misbehave you get a lot of noise. I just put up with and filter out what I don't need.
I like the fact that there's a history of the conversation, but I also find that people are using e-mail as though it were instant messaging. Each e-mail exchange is very short and after three exchanges I just give up and use the phone.