Blame this on OCD. But I always fill up at the gas tank and always reset my trip odometer. So I have a good idea what kind of gas mileage Im getting.
My little old '96 Ford Probe that I had(the tiny 4 cyl one), was getting 34mpg. It kind of blows my mind that my I was getting better mileage then a hybrid. The past two vehicles I bought both got within 90% of the MPG listed on the sticker. It sounds like I was in the minority.
With gas prices the way they are now, I sure miss that Ford Probe. Though it is fun to drive a big honkin SUV with a bumper sticker that says "Global Warmer" and see the outrage on some of the people around me driving!
My degree is computer science and engineering. The cs part has a lot of discrete mathematics and linear algebra, which IMO are very useful to programming. The engineering part took me up to differential equations in calculus. I can probably count on one hand the number of times Ive used the advanced calculus in my professional career. The positive thing about that, is that the engineering has opened up doors that normally would not have been there with just a CS degree.
I landed a 2 year contract in a manufacturing plant designing algorithms for optimally shaping bottles. You'd be surprised at the amount of math that goes into shaping a beer bottle!
Ive got a box that is co-located and unfortunately 4 hours away by car. The tech guys on site were gracious enough to patch my server and remove the worm, but couldn't get remote desktop up and running again. Looks like I'll be putting VNC on there to get in and try and figure it out myself. Any thoughts on what's more secure? RD or VNC???
It sounds like he only purchased the stock and so far hasn't sold it. Whic makes it more then likely it was just an accountant slip up. He'll probably just send the bill to his broker or accountant or whoever just handles his $$$
My company is a big MS shop, and shis is exactly why we won't hire anyone with an MCSE. They can spout off all sorts of numbers, percentages, tell you the storage size of every variable in the MS world, but when it comes right down to it, they can't deliver results and work SO SO slow.
I graduated in 1996 and started at $15/hour in Ohio. It's very, very cheap to live here.
We just recently hired some entry level programmers and the range was about $20-$25(was really a salary position) doing standard MS desktop and web apps. We ended up hiring the guy in at $48k/year with 2 weeks vacation and full benefits.
At least in our area things are picking up and demand is again outweighing the supply of programmers here. It's hard for a lot of the entry and low level guys to compete though because there are still a lot of experienced programmers out there out of work.
my gas guzzling SUV eats up even more then 4 tons/ mile. I need a bigger engine that gets even worse gas mileage now because lord knows I love to be on top.
I don't know about you, but I'd rather have ONE web browser icon in my task bar then 50. Grouping common applications in the task bar "is the suck" as you put it. Tabbed browsing and event level pop-up blocking in Mozilla and Firebird make my web browsing life so much nicer!
Doesn't matter if it's a lifetime or not. 97% means that on average for every $100 put into the machine, $97 will be paid out. Casino's love the naive ones who actually think they can beat them. To my knowledge the only casino game's you could possibly gain an advantage in are blackjack and possibly baccarat for the very skilled card counters.
I have more fun gambling on the stocks and the payout is much better;-)
"giving the house the ability to kill the player's (already slim) edge"
The author must have delusions of grandeur. There is no player edge period in the slots.
I'm getting more and more crap in my results.
Information overload and too many commerical web sites trying to sell me crap are getting in my results.
I find myself using Ask Jeeves more and more, probably only cuz I bought in at $2. Go use it and make me more money!
Robinsons Requiem and Everquest... the pre-hype on RR was insane, and the game just sucked when it came out... EQ was so hyped up after it came out and it sucked even more.
SCO is starting to look more and more like DirecTV. Throw out thousands of civil suits that have absolutely no credability at end users, make the cost slightly less then the cost of defending yourself, and try and take the common man to the cleaners to make a buck. I get more and more disgusted at the actions of some of these large corporations!
Diet has a much bigger effect on your waistline then exercise does. During a good hour work out that is all cardio I can probably burn 800-1000 calories.
I can eat 800-1000 calories in under 4 mins(4 slices of pizza, 2 hotsess fruit pies, 6 twinkies, etc)
Get a food scale, and log how much you're actually eating throughout the day, I bet you'll be surprised when you actually see how much you're consuming.
The few things I do at work here during my 10 hour days are make sure I take the steps all the time, drink lots of water, and stay away from that damn vending machine!
Their first problem is declaring something "Hack Proof". Not knowing the details of it I'm not going to guess at how it could be done, but their are enough ambitious hackers out there that would be willing to prove them wrong.
Next, what are they going to do WHEN(not if), their software fails and starts taking control of the plane, and putting it on a doomed path for no good reason. Should that happen, according to the article, the computer has the ultimate say so over the pilot. How would you override the system, when necessary.
Kudo's for them for thinking of ways to thwart terrorism, but they seem a little bit arrogant in their assumptions.
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Blame this on OCD. But I always fill up at the gas tank and always reset my trip odometer. So I have a good idea what kind of gas mileage Im getting. My little old '96 Ford Probe that I had(the tiny 4 cyl one), was getting 34mpg. It kind of blows my mind that my I was getting better mileage then a hybrid. The past two vehicles I bought both got within 90% of the MPG listed on the sticker. It sounds like I was in the minority. With gas prices the way they are now, I sure miss that Ford Probe. Though it is fun to drive a big honkin SUV with a bumper sticker that says "Global Warmer" and see the outrage on some of the people around me driving!
But can it run pac man for Excel??? http://www1.plala.or.jp/chikada/vba/pac/pacelle_dl .htm
I think this qualifies for fark.com with the "Obvious" tag attached!
"Have a computer combust through nothing but its own internal workings" Ok, there has to be some /.'ers here who can and have already done this!
My degree is computer science and engineering. The cs part has a lot of discrete mathematics and linear algebra, which IMO are very useful to programming. The engineering part took me up to differential equations in calculus. I can probably count on one hand the number of times Ive used the advanced calculus in my professional career. The positive thing about that, is that the engineering has opened up doors that normally would not have been there with just a CS degree. I landed a 2 year contract in a manufacturing plant designing algorithms for optimally shaping bottles. You'd be surprised at the amount of math that goes into shaping a beer bottle!
Ive got a box that is co-located and unfortunately 4 hours away by car. The tech guys on site were gracious enough to patch my server and remove the worm, but couldn't get remote desktop up and running again. Looks like I'll be putting VNC on there to get in and try and figure it out myself. Any thoughts on what's more secure? RD or VNC???
It sounds like he only purchased the stock and so far hasn't sold it. Whic makes it more then likely it was just an accountant slip up. He'll probably just send the bill to his broker or accountant or whoever just handles his $$$
All these monday morning legal experts crack me up!
My company is a big MS shop, and shis is exactly why we won't hire anyone with an MCSE. They can spout off all sorts of numbers, percentages, tell you the storage size of every variable in the MS world, but when it comes right down to it, they can't deliver results and work SO SO slow.
I graduated in 1996 and started at $15/hour in Ohio. It's very, very cheap to live here. We just recently hired some entry level programmers and the range was about $20-$25(was really a salary position) doing standard MS desktop and web apps. We ended up hiring the guy in at $48k/year with 2 weeks vacation and full benefits. At least in our area things are picking up and demand is again outweighing the supply of programmers here. It's hard for a lot of the entry and low level guys to compete though because there are still a lot of experienced programmers out there out of work.
wow, you jar heads in the military fall for everything.
my gas guzzling SUV eats up even more then 4 tons/ mile. I need a bigger engine that gets even worse gas mileage now because lord knows I love to be on top.
I don't know about you, but I'd rather have ONE web browser icon in my task bar then 50. Grouping common applications in the task bar "is the suck" as you put it. Tabbed browsing and event level pop-up blocking in Mozilla and Firebird make my web browsing life so much nicer!
Doesn't matter if it's a lifetime or not. 97% means that on average for every $100 put into the machine, $97 will be paid out. Casino's love the naive ones who actually think they can beat them. To my knowledge the only casino game's you could possibly gain an advantage in are blackjack and possibly baccarat for the very skilled card counters. I have more fun gambling on the stocks and the payout is much better ;-)
"giving the house the ability to kill the player's (already slim) edge" The author must have delusions of grandeur. There is no player edge period in the slots.
I'm getting more and more crap in my results. Information overload and too many commerical web sites trying to sell me crap are getting in my results. I find myself using Ask Jeeves more and more, probably only cuz I bought in at $2. Go use it and make me more money!
Robinsons Requiem and Everquest... the pre-hype on RR was insane, and the game just sucked when it came out... EQ was so hyped up after it came out and it sucked even more.
SCO is starting to look more and more like DirecTV. Throw out thousands of civil suits that have absolutely no credability at end users, make the cost slightly less then the cost of defending yourself, and try and take the common man to the cleaners to make a buck. I get more and more disgusted at the actions of some of these large corporations!
Diet has a much bigger effect on your waistline then exercise does. During a good hour work out that is all cardio I can probably burn 800-1000 calories. I can eat 800-1000 calories in under 4 mins(4 slices of pizza, 2 hotsess fruit pies, 6 twinkies, etc) Get a food scale, and log how much you're actually eating throughout the day, I bet you'll be surprised when you actually see how much you're consuming. The few things I do at work here during my 10 hour days are make sure I take the steps all the time, drink lots of water, and stay away from that damn vending machine!
Yeah, haven't you all seen Superman III. All those 1/10 penny transactions can make you rich like Richard Pryor!
Their first problem is declaring something "Hack Proof". Not knowing the details of it I'm not going to guess at how it could be done, but their are enough ambitious hackers out there that would be willing to prove them wrong. Next, what are they going to do WHEN(not if), their software fails and starts taking control of the plane, and putting it on a doomed path for no good reason. Should that happen, according to the article, the computer has the ultimate say so over the pilot. How would you override the system, when necessary. Kudo's for them for thinking of ways to thwart terrorism, but they seem a little bit arrogant in their assumptions.