Not to mention that if you're scouring for this kind of stuff you often end up paying in the hundreds for a piece of 50 year old vinyl. A lot of this stuff exists in that nebulous zone of someone owning copyright and forgetting about it and there being people that are looking for it but not enough for the holder to remake it or make it available. And of course if you start reproducing it yourself you get a lawsuit.
Save money, get married and buy a house? Some of us live in NYC where buying and saving don't exist (my rent costs more than your mortgage I bet) and people don't get married until their mid-30's generally. Not to mention it's bad advice since when you have a house and a wife you're tied down. I'd recommend moving to a new, large city where you meet more people who are interesting and trying to start something with them.
100% accurate. I don't get raises and promotions because I put together a long presentation on how secure my work is. I get them because I can churn out code fast, on budget and on time. I of course take measures that are easy to do, etc, but I'm usually off to the next thing some PM has been bugging me about and just say "Screw it" and get my other stuff into testing so QA can do some general functional testing.
Also, the domain I'm in isn't dealing with anything a PCI system would need. But still, I've learned the game is production, regardless of what is inside the blackbox is ultra secure or not. Getting things out on time and on budget, as you said, are really the only things that count.
You forgot to read the "hire real programmers" part. Any programmer who is hired to write code and SQL should be able to avoid disaster queries and use a query analyzer if needed. But, a DBA shouldn't touch a line of code. If anything, they should be involved in a code review. Another system at a company I worked at is our DB guy would review ALL queries that were submitted. But this creates overhead. Every company is different, if your system works for you then good for you. But I'd agree, you should hire competent programmers if their queries are that bad. One of the questions we give to prospective programmers is "what is wrong with this?" SQL. We've had some baddies come through and have had some system destroying SQL we've weeded out, and most the mistakes are simple things.
This has more to do with Javascript than anything. the Javascript interpreter in IE6 is pretty awful. I've spent many hours coding little jscript workarounds for IE6. It doesn't fail gracefully and in complex jscript environments, it can be entirely painful to have to change a bit of script because IE6 can't handle what every other browser can.
High school kids and anyone who spends two years at a technical school can 'program' nowadays, but coming up with a proper design is something people are still willing to pay for.
Good companies, perhaps. But in general it seems design doesn't really matter, ultimately. Business wants a blackbox that works. If it takes more time to design it and test it well, that will be deemed unnecessary at many companies. I worked at a company and the most cherished developer there was a guy who wrote terrible code, didn't communicate well, was oblivious to good design but wrote a ton of code and got it out. Every developer knew his stuff sucked, especially to maintain (of course he didn't maintain his own, he was off to a new project like the cowboy he is), but the suits don't know or don't care about that.
And you're also making a lot of assumptions. With so many industries merging and the formation of conglomerations has been essentially for the worse for consumers. That's not a terrible, terrible thing with most things. But with things like information and news, this could be terrible.
I think the "etc" part of your sentence is presumptuous. And regardless, fewer sources reporting is a bad and potentially disastrous thing.
I don't know dude, in the engineering building we had a lot of geeks, dweebs and everything else. I mean, sure there were some studs such as myself and a few others...but I can't honestly recall a hot girl. Maybe 1 or 2. But there were lots and lots of hotties in the business buildings.
Is it black and white? No. But there was a noticeable difference in the clientele between engineering and business on campus.
I'm a nerd, enjoy math and computer science and worked hard at it. I have a job that pays really well compared to most people. I come in and go when I want and am responsible for myself. Most people I know in this field have similar lifestyles. I don't see how I'm being cheated or not rewarded.
Space. Newspapers have limited space and for a long time were the only game in town. Internet news sources have infinite space and have lots of competition.
Right now, sure. Most papers make their content available for free in hopes their site will make money one day. Their paper still makes money. So what happens when their paper doesn't make money and they can't put their news up for free any longer?
That's not entirely true. Advertising works extremely well but there are diminishing returns on it. When newspapers were the only game in town you knew you had to advertise (you do) and you didn't have many outlets to get them out in. And since the newspapers had very real limited space, they could and had to charge more for the space.
A newspaper ad is like an apartment in Manhattan. There is only so much space and more demand than supply so the prices go up. You have to live so you pay the price.
With the Internet there is essentially unlimited space. And there are unlimited places to put the ad. So you have the opposite effect. Suddenly advertising as a support structure requires A LOT more views. 100,000 print ads are invariably worth more than Internet views.
The benefit is that the Internet also has an infinite distribution model. And it scales with distribution.
So where as before 100 news outlets could exist for a few million people, now those news outlets need a larger base and we end up with fewers outlets.
in the end it shouldn't really change since most papers just reprinted AP content and NYT/Washington Post content. Individual newspaper outlets will shrink, but I believe journalism as a whole will sustain.
I often wonder the same thing. I don't even understand the advertising model for the Internet. everything is still a link to this day. Why? Why aren't there just plain Coke and Pepsi ads. Why haven't tobacco companies advertised more on the Internet. Is it illegal for them?
But mainly why is everything a link to another Website? Why aren't there more ads that are just ads for every day consumer things we see in magazines and papers? Why not small, unobstructive ads all over the place? Just little corporate logos wherever?
I think the advertising and journalism industries need to get together and hammer this out.
Our only purpose is to make sure billions of people are being fed at all times? Sorry, I have a life to live too. I want to experience life and art is a huge part of that. Art is every bit as important to the life experience as science.
If you want to drive your car and pollute MY air then you will pay whatever it is so that your pollution levels are within tolerance of what is considered "acceptable". If you can't afford this then you are probably one of the parasites you have a certain Randsian detest for.
What I love about books like "Atlas Shrugged" is people identify with it...like they AREN'T the parasites described in it. What have you created? What do you do that supports everyone else? How are you not a parasite to world like everybody else?
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Not to mention that if you're scouring for this kind of stuff you often end up paying in the hundreds for a piece of 50 year old vinyl. A lot of this stuff exists in that nebulous zone of someone owning copyright and forgetting about it and there being people that are looking for it but not enough for the holder to remake it or make it available. And of course if you start reproducing it yourself you get a lawsuit.
Prison isn't nearly as bad.
Save money, get married and buy a house? Some of us live in NYC where buying and saving don't exist (my rent costs more than your mortgage I bet) and people don't get married until their mid-30's generally. Not to mention it's bad advice since when you have a house and a wife you're tied down. I'd recommend moving to a new, large city where you meet more people who are interesting and trying to start something with them.
100% accurate. I don't get raises and promotions because I put together a long presentation on how secure my work is. I get them because I can churn out code fast, on budget and on time. I of course take measures that are easy to do, etc, but I'm usually off to the next thing some PM has been bugging me about and just say "Screw it" and get my other stuff into testing so QA can do some general functional testing.
Also, the domain I'm in isn't dealing with anything a PCI system would need. But still, I've learned the game is production, regardless of what is inside the blackbox is ultra secure or not. Getting things out on time and on budget, as you said, are really the only things that count.
You forgot to read the "hire real programmers" part. Any programmer who is hired to write code and SQL should be able to avoid disaster queries and use a query analyzer if needed. But, a DBA shouldn't touch a line of code. If anything, they should be involved in a code review. Another system at a company I worked at is our DB guy would review ALL queries that were submitted. But this creates overhead. Every company is different, if your system works for you then good for you. But I'd agree, you should hire competent programmers if their queries are that bad. One of the questions we give to prospective programmers is "what is wrong with this?" SQL. We've had some baddies come through and have had some system destroying SQL we've weeded out, and most the mistakes are simple things.
This has more to do with Javascript than anything. the Javascript interpreter in IE6 is pretty awful. I've spent many hours coding little jscript workarounds for IE6. It doesn't fail gracefully and in complex jscript environments, it can be entirely painful to have to change a bit of script because IE6 can't handle what every other browser can.
If anyone knows what I'm putting on my pizza, I'm FUCKED.
High school kids and anyone who spends two years at a technical school can 'program' nowadays, but coming up with a proper design is something people are still willing to pay for.
Good companies, perhaps. But in general it seems design doesn't really matter, ultimately. Business wants a blackbox that works. If it takes more time to design it and test it well, that will be deemed unnecessary at many companies. I worked at a company and the most cherished developer there was a guy who wrote terrible code, didn't communicate well, was oblivious to good design but wrote a ton of code and got it out. Every developer knew his stuff sucked, especially to maintain (of course he didn't maintain his own, he was off to a new project like the cowboy he is), but the suits don't know or don't care about that.
These nano-bots are just going to get us in trouble.
+1, totally awesome!
Never blow yourself up!
And you're also making a lot of assumptions. With so many industries merging and the formation of conglomerations has been essentially for the worse for consumers. That's not a terrible, terrible thing with most things. But with things like information and news, this could be terrible.
I think the "etc" part of your sentence is presumptuous. And regardless, fewer sources reporting is a bad and potentially disastrous thing.
I don't know dude, in the engineering building we had a lot of geeks, dweebs and everything else. I mean, sure there were some studs such as myself and a few others...but I can't honestly recall a hot girl. Maybe 1 or 2. But there were lots and lots of hotties in the business buildings.
Is it black and white? No. But there was a noticeable difference in the clientele between engineering and business on campus.
I'm a nerd, enjoy math and computer science and worked hard at it. I have a job that pays really well compared to most people. I come in and go when I want and am responsible for myself. Most people I know in this field have similar lifestyles. I don't see how I'm being cheated or not rewarded.
Awesome, 3 news sources. Hows that for diversity!
Space. Newspapers have limited space and for a long time were the only game in town. Internet news sources have infinite space and have lots of competition.
Peoples comments and participation hardly ever add value to a news story. Including mine.
Right now, sure. Most papers make their content available for free in hopes their site will make money one day. Their paper still makes money. So what happens when their paper doesn't make money and they can't put their news up for free any longer?
That's not entirely true. Advertising works extremely well but there are diminishing returns on it. When newspapers were the only game in town you knew you had to advertise (you do) and you didn't have many outlets to get them out in. And since the newspapers had very real limited space, they could and had to charge more for the space.
A newspaper ad is like an apartment in Manhattan. There is only so much space and more demand than supply so the prices go up. You have to live so you pay the price.
With the Internet there is essentially unlimited space. And there are unlimited places to put the ad. So you have the opposite effect. Suddenly advertising as a support structure requires A LOT more views. 100,000 print ads are invariably worth more than Internet views.
The benefit is that the Internet also has an infinite distribution model. And it scales with distribution.
So where as before 100 news outlets could exist for a few million people, now those news outlets need a larger base and we end up with fewers outlets.
in the end it shouldn't really change since most papers just reprinted AP content and NYT/Washington Post content. Individual newspaper outlets will shrink, but I believe journalism as a whole will sustain.
At least he had an idea and tried it. Eventually he'll get it right.
I often wonder the same thing. I don't even understand the advertising model for the Internet. everything is still a link to this day. Why? Why aren't there just plain Coke and Pepsi ads. Why haven't tobacco companies advertised more on the Internet. Is it illegal for them?
But mainly why is everything a link to another Website? Why aren't there more ads that are just ads for every day consumer things we see in magazines and papers? Why not small, unobstructive ads all over the place? Just little corporate logos wherever?
I think the advertising and journalism industries need to get together and hammer this out.
Our only purpose is to make sure billions of people are being fed at all times? Sorry, I have a life to live too. I want to experience life and art is a huge part of that. Art is every bit as important to the life experience as science.
Then borrow the 10,000,000. Why wouldn't you accept money at a great interest rate if someone is willing to give it to you?
Do you live on cash and cash alone?
If you want to drive your car and pollute MY air then you will pay whatever it is so that your pollution levels are within tolerance of what is considered "acceptable". If you can't afford this then you are probably one of the parasites you have a certain Randsian detest for.
What I love about books like "Atlas Shrugged" is people identify with it...like they AREN'T the parasites described in it. What have you created? What do you do that supports everyone else? How are you not a parasite to world like everybody else?
Why is art less important than science?