I agree with the parent, and there is a good reason. We hired a guy who had done something like this a while back. Now he never to my knowledge did anything like it again, but he was generally not as mature as others in his peer group, and I think as a result his work was substandard.
Hello! I am a creature from a galaxy far away, visiting your planet. I have transformed myself into this text file. As you are reading it, I am having sex with your eyeballs. I know you like it because you are smiling. Please pass me on to someone else because I'm really horny.
Often, if I am eating chinese food for dinner, lomein, for example, I'll use logmein to login to my work computer. The manual in german was very controversial, as it was called "logmeinkamp". Then there was the porn that it came with as a "trojan", titled "Me Log is In ".
I don't even have a license. Anecdotally, it seems that techies drive less than other people, unless of course they live in someplace like silicon valley. But I'd bet there's less interest in cars and motorcycles among computer geeks than, say, mechanical engineers. Anyone what to chime in with their preferences/opinions?
Cheaters come to you?! Oh good I am stuck on a programming project. I have to solve this thing called the Towers of Hanoi, in Python. Have you done this before? If so please post the code. If you don't have it in Python I'll try to make do with another language. Never did understand recursion!!
Yes, but more like "ooooh look at the dark and deep mind of Bruce Schneier, he is so briliiant." He's so dramatic about it. Jesus, a lot of people do security, why does he think he understands all of them ? It's another branch of computer science - not being James Bond. In fact I went into security after college because of the allure, but in fact the daily things that have to be done are not that glamorous, and have little to do with his strange psychological theories. And I agree, the book is overrated.
I think if the politicians from Pittsburgh campaigned for it, it is pork. If some professors at CMU are good buddies with the people that award these contracts, it's not pork. Maybe 'swine' would be a better term for contracts awarded through academic cronyism.
I find it hard to believe that CMU is going to do a better job building a robot tank than industry. Did the academics develop the predator ? No.
True, but the fact of the matter is that people DO get into debt more when they use credit cards. But maybe one way to look at this is that a credit card is a easy way to get a short high interest loan, and people are fine with that. On the other hand, most people don't treat it that way and it turns into a long term high interest loan. So it is sort of psychological reasons that get people into trouble. Many people are not disciplined enough to do what you recommend.
A lot of people gamble and get into trouble because of bad judgement. It's sort of like that. Basically a lot of adults act like kids, and you have to expect that as the norm.
Like many slashdotters, I've had my heart broken over and over, and it keeps regenerating. Like that Jody Foster thing....I was convinced she was serious, but I just couldn't get past security.
And you forgot to mention robot vacuum cleaners (that don't get stuck everywhere - personal experience), penis enlargers (I've still got my hopes up), bacteria that eat toxic waste and poop gold, Hurd, new storage method X that promises petabyte drives (our company expects them to be on the market in less than a year), nanorobot swarms, and the new Apple iCar (ooops I shouldn't have mentioned that I am an Apple employee. Wouldn't want to create a lot of rumors and speculation.)
I was walking over to an ATM machine the other day, when I realized that many other people have the same PIN number as me. I thought "they should have a personalized PIN number." Also, my bank still uses those old CRT tubes and they are hard to read, so they really need to upgrade the whole thing. Anyway I went into the bank to sit and talk to a representative about this, and I was reading a DC comic, and the light next to me was flickering. Damn that AC current! I took out my laptop, since I wanted to learn more about CSS style sheets. (Are they under the GPL license btw ?) After about 5 minutes of reading I had a headache - I felt like an ICBM missile had hit my head! Or maybe it was from my LCD display. What I need is a vacation I thought - so I went home and started to pack my SCUBA gear.
You should look at the above number. JUST the spirit program cost more than the NSF annual budget. Do archeologists get money from there ? (Are they scientists btw ? ) It is not a matter of not exploring, but reasonably allocating funds. NASA 16 billion and the NSF 5 billion ? That's so crazy. NSF includes math, physics, chemistry, cs, all engineering, SCIENCE EDUCATION. NSF should get way way more.
Just how much did we spend on the Mars missions compared to research on solar energy or material science ? Or quantum computer research ? (I mean stuff with possible applications) Anyone know ? I bet a helluva lot more for Mars. The NSF's entire Computer science budget was only 600 million a few years ago. How does that compare ? What is the NIH annual budget ? Not trolling, just curious, to put it into perspective. I mean, are these missions basically run just to get funds to some congressperson's district ?
I have to say, that while I respect that you are an experienced IT person, I think you are being a bit too sensitive here. Indeed, most people's grandparents do have trouble with technology. I don't have a reference for you, so that's anecdotal, but I think most people will agree with me.
Well the thing is, that there is this deep psycological connection between blinking lights and technology in our culture. In the old days, computers in movies often had excessive amounts of this. But even today, you see similar things in movies. If the lights are blinking, it must be doing something! I think it addresses some deep need of ours to see some physical changes taking place to explain a computation. Basically, it makes electronics less abstract.
I stick to html, since everyone can read it (mostly). And I hand code it, since most of the editors seem to make a real mess of the code, and sometimes I want to change it. Anyone else this old fashioned ?
Completely! It makes me really angry to read, thinking of what my own daughter would feel in this situation. The only real reason that I can imagine these teachers doing this is that they are a fundamentally sadistic. It is incredibly cruel.
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I agree with the parent, and there is a good reason. We hired a guy who had done something like this a while back. Now he never to my knowledge did anything like it again, but he was generally not as mature as others in his peer group, and I think as a result his work was substandard.
This just in - they got a response:
Dear Earthling,
Hello! I am a creature from a galaxy far away, visiting your planet.
I have transformed myself into this text file. As you are reading it, I
am having sex with your eyeballs. I know you like it because you are
smiling. Please pass me on to someone else because I'm really horny.
Often, if I am eating chinese food for dinner, lomein, for example, I'll use logmein to login to my work computer. The manual in german was very controversial, as it was called "logmeinkamp". Then there was the porn that it came with as a "trojan", titled "Me Log is In ".
I don't even have a license. Anecdotally, it seems that techies drive less than other people, unless of course they live in someplace like silicon valley. But I'd bet there's less interest in cars and motorcycles among computer geeks than, say, mechanical engineers. Anyone what to chime in with their preferences/opinions?
Cheaters come to you?! Oh good I am stuck on a programming project. I have to solve this thing called the Towers of Hanoi, in Python. Have you done this before? If so please post the code. If you don't have it in Python I'll try to make do with another language. Never did understand recursion!!
Yeah! Who do they think they are ? If their so smart, why aren't they rich ?
Yes, but more like "ooooh look at the dark and deep mind of Bruce Schneier, he is so briliiant." He's so dramatic about it. Jesus, a lot of people do security, why does he think he understands all of them ? It's another branch of computer science - not being James Bond. In fact I went into security after college because of the allure, but in fact the daily things that have to be done are not that glamorous, and have little to do with his strange psychological theories. And I agree, the book is overrated.
Yeah this internet thing might end up having some impact on the world....
I think if the politicians from Pittsburgh campaigned for it, it is pork. If some professors at CMU are good buddies with the people that award these contracts, it's not pork. Maybe 'swine' would be a better term for contracts awarded through academic cronyism.
I find it hard to believe that CMU is going to do a better job building a robot tank than industry. Did the academics develop the predator ? No.
You protect anything that is truly new and creative. Which is rare in most technology.
True, but the fact of the matter is that people DO get into debt more when they use credit cards. But maybe one way to look at this is that a credit card is a easy way to get a short high interest loan, and people are fine with that. On the other hand, most people don't treat it that way and it turns into a long term high interest loan. So it is sort of psychological reasons that get people into trouble. Many people are not disciplined enough to do what you recommend.
A lot of people gamble and get into trouble because of bad judgement. It's sort of like that. Basically a lot of adults act like kids, and you have to expect that as the norm.
Yeah, but that is all about the desktop, even if you agree with him. This is a nerd oriented technical article.
Like many slashdotters, I've had my heart broken over and over, and it keeps regenerating. Like that Jody Foster thing....I was convinced she was serious, but I just couldn't get past security.
And you forgot to mention robot vacuum cleaners (that don't get stuck everywhere - personal experience), penis enlargers (I've still got my hopes up), bacteria that eat toxic waste and poop gold, Hurd, new storage method X that promises petabyte drives (our company expects them to be on the market in less than a year), nanorobot swarms, and the new Apple iCar (ooops I shouldn't have mentioned that I am an Apple employee. Wouldn't want to create a lot of rumors and speculation.)
I was walking over to an ATM machine the other day, when I realized that many other people have the same PIN number as me. I thought "they should have a personalized PIN number." Also, my bank still uses those old CRT tubes and they are hard to read, so they really need to upgrade the whole thing. Anyway I went into the bank to sit and talk to a representative about this, and I was reading a DC comic, and the light next to me was flickering. Damn that AC current! I took out my laptop, since I wanted to learn more about CSS style sheets. (Are they under the GPL license btw ?) After about 5 minutes of reading I had a headache - I felt like an ICBM missile had hit my head! Or maybe it was from my LCD display. What I need is a vacation I thought - so I went home and started to pack my SCUBA gear.
That fat people are cylons ? Prepare to jump to the next Ballys!!!
You should look at the above number. JUST the spirit program cost more than the NSF annual budget. Do archeologists get money from there ? (Are they scientists btw ? ) It is not a matter of not exploring, but reasonably allocating funds. NASA 16 billion and the NSF 5 billion ? That's so crazy. NSF includes math, physics, chemistry, cs, all engineering, SCIENCE EDUCATION. NSF should get way way more.
Just how much did we spend on the Mars missions compared to research on solar energy or material science ? Or quantum computer research ? (I mean stuff with possible applications) Anyone know ? I bet a helluva lot more for Mars. The NSF's entire Computer science budget was only 600 million a few years ago. How does that compare ? What is the NIH annual budget ? Not trolling, just curious, to put it into perspective. I mean, are these missions basically run just to get funds to some congressperson's district ?
Is there a word for biological vaporware ? I've seen so many claims likke this lately.
I don't need another version to bring back sad memories of the 90s.
Well wasn't there an article the other day about how Linux was dead and Linus had to take a day job ? So he needs the work.
I have to say, that while I respect that you are an experienced IT person, I think you are being a bit too sensitive here. Indeed, most people's grandparents do have trouble with technology. I don't have a reference for you, so that's anecdotal, but I think most people will agree with me.
Well the thing is, that there is this deep psycological connection between blinking lights and technology in our culture. In the old days, computers in movies often had excessive amounts of this. But even today, you see similar things in movies. If the lights are blinking, it must be doing something! I think it addresses some deep need of ours to see some physical changes taking place to explain a computation. Basically, it makes electronics less abstract.
I stick to html, since everyone can read it (mostly). And I hand code it, since most of the editors seem to make a real mess of the code, and sometimes I want to change it. Anyone else this old fashioned ?
Completely! It makes me really angry to read, thinking of what my own daughter would feel in this situation. The only real reason that I can imagine these teachers doing this is that they are a fundamentally sadistic. It is incredibly cruel.