Apathy is not a 'problem' to be cured. At least, it's not a problem on the voters' part. It just means that voters are equally happy (or unhappy) with all the parties standing for election.
Actually, trolling aside (This account is the alter-ego of a games coder), I'm really interested in the reasoning behind this. Whenever I read 'she' for people in typically male roles (and vice-versa), it just trips me up and makes me have to re-read the paragraph to make sure I've not missed something. I don't think there's anything wrong with picturing a programmer as a male; it's an accurate and harmless assumption.
A great article though. I wish my producer would read it before interrupting me with another silly request.
"Plus it will eat the PCI bus because data has to go out of memory to processing card, back to memory, then to network card. You triple the PCI bus bandwidth. (Not true if the compression is embedded in the network card)."
I didn't RTFA, but I assumed that the processing card was the network card. It must only cost them a few cents to stick 100Mbit ethernet on the same card.
"It is biggest use right now is data interchange."
ahem...
^^^ That comment was not me.
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Even with my trolling account I wouldn't be that bad!:)
Not GNU/Linux for me
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For me, it's not GNU/Linux, it's RedHat Linux.
GNU did not realise that there was desperate need for a unix-like kernel on x86. They then made another mistake by not supplying a ready-to-go distribution when one called linux appeared.
From my point of view, GNU supply me with a (very good) set of bin utils that I rarely use. The KDE project supplies me with a lot more stuff I do use. But most importantly; RedHat supplied me with the means to get the whole thing up and running when I was a noob.
if I was to design a car, I can't design one that uses wheels because someone else has done it before?
You can, but don't go strutting about boasting about how great your wheels are, and how crappy Miscrosoft's wheels are when they're actually both round.
"Ironically, as a college professor, I have the opportunity to meet a large number of employers of software developers. Invariably they are looking for graduates who socialize well in groups, are team players, are articulate, and are able to give coherent oral presentations. Although they obviously expect some technical ability, overwhelmingly the traits that most distinguish new graduates are communication abilities and the willingness to be a team contributor. This is exactly the opposite of movies' portrayal of software developers."
That's all well and good, but given that nowhere up to university level even tries to teach programming anything beyond hello world, it's bound to be the nerdy types that get into programming.
Until secondary schools (or whatever they're called in the US) start teaching software development with as much enthusiasm as any other form of engineering, the only way anyone is going to learn to program is by shutting themselves into their room with a computer and a heap of books.
Sure, you can find computer programmers who are chatty and do have social skills, but their wide grins soon disappear when you start talking about such scary things as function pointers or (worse still) command lines.
Yup, the coders who really come up with the goods are the social misfits. Want proof? Look at the free software community; RMS, ESR, Linus, Alan Cox, Larry Wall, or other 'superstar coders' such as John Carmack. None of them are complete loosers, but none of them go out of their way to be the friendliest guy in town.
What I'm trying to say is that the stereotype is well-deserved, and university lecturers are about 10 years too far down the line of a child's education to make any difference.
(please ignore my troll-like sig, I can't be bothered to log in on my regular account)
Unfortunately, the phrase "Well, the clock speed is lower, but thanks to higher memory bandwidth overall performace is raised" doesn't fit on the front of next year's dell catalogue, whereas "4Ghz 64 bit!" does.
shame:( You'd have thought that with an acronym as cool as "RISC" people would be falling over themselves to get proper computers.
Hello. I write games for the Xbox. I can't be bothered to log in as my regular user, so I'm using my trolling account instead. Please don't hold that against me. (Sneaky "I'll get modded down for this" move; bound to get a few points;)
I must say that the Xbox is a remarkably crap choice for a clustering platform. There are two things that the Xbox really is astonishingly good at. The first is graphics, and the second is sound (the sound chip on that mofo is perhaps the most underrated part of the console).
Repeat after me: It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one
I could have told you for free that 3 x (cost of Xbox) worth of PC will number crunch faster.
Oh dear, this post started out trying to be informative, but has quickly descended into a "crap story" stab.
Perhaps it was best I used my trolling account after all;)
Dammit, I make a trolling account for bitching about typos, and then this story comes along!:)
I'd love to just print this out and give it to my boss, because once you've gotten over the typos it's an effective piece of writing.
But when it contains paragraphs like this:
The solitary program[er] who loves his work can use the best language for the task. Mosting programmers have very little control of the language they will use. [snip] In other cased the very real benefit of unity among the team....
I ge the feeling that the author thought that the spell checker did the same job as proof reading. In actual fact they do two different jobs; spell checking corrects spelling mistakes, proof reading ensures it makes sense.
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Don't use the GPL
Ah... I see. Apparantly the only way you can have morals is to use the GPL. Righto.
You just made yourself look very stupid.
Or Ellen Feiss.
She's hot.
I don't see what drawing stupid little boxes with arrows between them has to do with computer security.
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Funny, I thought I was reading slashdot, not freshmeat.
Actually, trolling aside (This account is the alter-ego of a games coder), I'm really interested in the reasoning behind this. Whenever I read 'she' for people in typically male roles (and vice-versa), it just trips me up and makes me have to re-read the paragraph to make sure I've not missed something. I don't think there's anything wrong with picturing a programmer as a male; it's an accurate and harmless assumption.
A great article though. I wish my producer would read it before interrupting me with another silly request.
Last time I checked, most coders were male.
When was the last time you referred to a babysitter as he?
I hope this is the first post.
I didn't RTFA, but I assumed that the processing card was the network card. It must only cost them a few cents to stick 100Mbit ethernet on the same card.
ahem...
Even with my trolling account I wouldn't be that bad! :)
GNU did not realise that there was desperate need for a unix-like kernel on x86. They then made another mistake by not supplying a ready-to-go distribution when one called linux appeared.
From my point of view, GNU supply me with a (very good) set of bin utils that I rarely use. The KDE project supplies me with a lot more stuff I do use. But most importantly; RedHat supplied me with the means to get the whole thing up and running when I was a noob.
You should have used "its", you stereotypical fucktard.
Once oil becomes scarce enough to be expensive, you can bet there will be loads of neat ideas like this one.
You can, but don't go strutting about boasting about how great your wheels are, and how crappy Miscrosoft's wheels are when they're actually both round.
So long and thanks for all the pic's...
That's all well and good, but given that nowhere up to university level even tries to teach programming anything beyond hello world, it's bound to be the nerdy types that get into programming.
Until secondary schools (or whatever they're called in the US) start teaching software development with as much enthusiasm as any other form of engineering, the only way anyone is going to learn to program is by shutting themselves into their room with a computer and a heap of books.
Sure, you can find computer programmers who are chatty and do have social skills, but their wide grins soon disappear when you start talking about such scary things as function pointers or (worse still) command lines.
Yup, the coders who really come up with the goods are the social misfits. Want proof? Look at the free software community; RMS, ESR, Linus, Alan Cox, Larry Wall, or other 'superstar coders' such as John Carmack. None of them are complete loosers, but none of them go out of their way to be the friendliest guy in town.
What I'm trying to say is that the stereotype is well-deserved, and university lecturers are about 10 years too far down the line of a child's education to make any difference. (please ignore my troll-like sig, I can't be bothered to log in on my regular account)
Could anybody point me to where the News for Nerds. Stuff that matters is here?
Unfortunately, the phrase "Well, the clock speed is lower, but thanks to higher memory bandwidth overall performace is raised" doesn't fit on the front of next year's dell catalogue, whereas "4Ghz 64 bit!" does.
shame :( You'd have thought that with an acronym as cool as "RISC" people would be falling over themselves to get proper computers.
Karma whore! :p
I must say that the Xbox is a remarkably crap choice for a clustering platform. There are two things that the Xbox really is astonishingly good at. The first is graphics, and the second is sound (the sound chip on that mofo is perhaps the most underrated part of the console).
Repeat after me:
It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one
It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one
It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one
It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one
It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one
It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one
It doesn't have a fast CPU because it doesn't need one
I could have told you for free that 3 x (cost of Xbox) worth of PC will number crunch faster.
Oh dear, this post started out trying to be informative, but has quickly descended into a "crap story" stab.
Perhaps it was best I used my trolling account after all ;)
More than half of programmers (and their bosses) are male; he is the correct form
I'd love to just print this out and give it to my boss, because once you've gotten over the typos it's an effective piece of writing.
But when it contains paragraphs like this:
The solitary program[er] who loves his work can use the best language for the task. Mosting programmers have very little control of the language they will use. [snip] In other cased the very real benefit of unity among the team....
I ge the feeling that the author thought that the spell checker did the same job as proof reading. In actual fact they do two different jobs; spell checking corrects spelling mistakes, proof reading ensures it makes sense.
You got it wrong.
Back to school please