That must be why the mother ship has all those lights. Cooling lasers.
The overlords see in the heat spectrum (or not at all) and so never expected us to detect them.
Blaart: It's like the huuuman is looking right at ussss.
Pleaotard: Not possible, Overlord Blaartumus. We have the cooling lasers working overtime.
I can't say I'm shocked to see all these comments advocating commenting deleted code.
I wish you would make it easier on the hiring managers and put in your resume that is your preference so we can weed you out of the hiring process.
Answers like this scare me.
There's no reason to comment instead of delete code if you have source control.
Diff "previous version" works better than any comment.
Can't believe anyone considers commenting out for one iteration hasn't been slapped by even the most intermediate Dev on their team.
The cost of putting out this single fire CAN be quantified. It's ridiculous to think it couldn't.
The firemen went on-site and watched a man's house burn down despite him offering to pay "whatever it costs" to put out the fire.
Certainly if they put out the fire and accepted the $75 fee, everyone outside the city fire coverage would likely cancel their fire coverage.
But if the fire department stated simply, "Sir, you didn't opt in for fire covereage so you will be assessed a fee covering the cost of putting out the fire outside of the coverage. is this acceptable?"
The man would say yes, the city would put out the fire, save the dogs, and likely sue the mortgage company for the house to recover the cost.
They let the house burn, risked losing control of the fire, possibly damaged the property (and property values) of the neighbor which DID pay for coverage.
This is a mistake by the fire dept. they were not responsible for responding to his request for putting out the fire: true. but they were responsible for ensuring the safety and protection of the rest of the paying neighborhood.
A moral obligation is a different issue, and something tells me this man has a history with the municipality that came into play during this decision.
A few months ago, my dev team and I spent about 45 purple faced breathless minutes going over all the possibilities of naming our dev servers after our own asses...
It all started with, "What's wrong with fredsass? I can't get into it today, and I'm not sure if the logs filled it up, or it's just %#&@ed..."
Strong education implies strong learning ability. That's why graduates of a prestigious university end up at the top of the resume pile.
I have interviewed at smaller and larger corporations. You can get a job regardless of the university (or trade school, or even online programming course) if you can demonstrate knowledge and understanding in your chosen profession. Ask anyone whose employed.
But try applying at Sun with a CS degree from Northeastern Christian Junior College. You're not going to get into the stack.
I've interviewed candidates from Harvard, MIT, as well as BU, UMass Boston, and even some local community colleges.
Hired that MIT guy, and he turned out to be a complete waste of time. Wonder what the UMass boston guy's doing now?
BTW: if you have enough PRACTICAL experience on your resume I'll never even noticed your Alma Mater. As long as you can walk the walk at interview time...
"Luckily I am quite adept at concentrating on my writing, while typing, while watching a movie."
should probably read:
"Luckily I am quite adept at concentrating on my writing, while typing with one hand, while watching a movie."
Here's a potential future concept
on
3D Monitor
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· Score: 1
Assume that each individual pixel can "focus" their display at a point.
Use the same concept that tracks eye-movement to decide where to focus pixels, and the same with another set of interlaced pixels.
Focus each set at a different eye and you'll have a much cleaner image, assuming that you can make these nano-pixels small enough and close enough to fool the users eyes into not seeing the grid.
A few years back, according to Discovery Channel's FBI Files or New Detectives (i forget which exactly), there was a Canadian car dealer who would steal
high-end cars in canada, and replace their VIN tags with those from the same make/model in a junk yard.
Eventually, he needed more VINs and sent a few scouts to US car lots to record VINs from US cars right off the lot.
They finally prosecuted him, but they estimate that there are ~$7 million worth of high end cars that they
apparently can't (or are too lazy) to locate.
It's obvious that there is no central VIN tracking system, or the FBI would have used to to search for
duplicates between the US and Canadian registries.
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Sounds like all open source projects in Boston
That must be why the mother ship has all those lights. Cooling lasers. The overlords see in the heat spectrum (or not at all) and so never expected us to detect them. Blaart: It's like the huuuman is looking right at ussss. Pleaotard: Not possible, Overlord Blaartumus. We have the cooling lasers working overtime.
She seems to be collecting one of everything.
When they realize they canned their "best programmer"
Really? What does the employer bill for the employees hours on the project? I think $150-200 is the norm.
I can't say I'm shocked to see all these comments advocating commenting deleted code. I wish you would make it easier on the hiring managers and put in your resume that is your preference so we can weed you out of the hiring process.
Answers like this scare me. There's no reason to comment instead of delete code if you have source control. Diff "previous version" works better than any comment. Can't believe anyone considers commenting out for one iteration hasn't been slapped by even the most intermediate Dev on their team.
If he's a woman, what does it matter what sex he is?
Uh. I mean 12
It certainly opens the door to ideas Star Trek fans have had for 40+ years.
Crighton characters also discussed in at length in the novel Sphere.
The cost of putting out this single fire CAN be quantified. It's ridiculous to think it couldn't.
The firemen went on-site and watched a man's house burn down despite him offering to pay "whatever it costs" to put out the fire.
Certainly if they put out the fire and accepted the $75 fee, everyone outside the city fire coverage would likely cancel their fire coverage.
But if the fire department stated simply, "Sir, you didn't opt in for fire covereage so you will be assessed a fee covering the cost of putting out the fire outside of the coverage. is this acceptable?"
The man would say yes, the city would put out the fire, save the dogs, and likely sue the mortgage company for the house to recover the cost.
They let the house burn, risked losing control of the fire, possibly damaged the property (and property values) of the neighbor which DID pay for coverage.
This is a mistake by the fire dept. they were not responsible for responding to his request for putting out the fire: true. but they were responsible for ensuring the safety and protection of the rest of the paying neighborhood. A moral obligation is a different issue, and something tells me this man has a history with the municipality that came into play during this decision.
Ha. Einstein. What an idiot.
Jesus, of course. Don't you read?
So now we know
Obviously, the discovery of sentient life "abroad" is going to be anticlimactic now.
Way to ruin it.
Upon retirement you:
The last option has the added benefit that if it doesn't work, you can always take the first option by force
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5830866813023883728
This is just one of many attempts at covering up the pending PlanetX disaster of 2012. http://www.december212012.com/media_push.htm
would you happen to be in QA?
apparently, you worked with sbaker
A few months ago, my dev team and I spent about 45 purple faced breathless minutes going over all the possibilities of naming our dev servers after our own asses...
It all started with, "What's wrong with fredsass? I can't get into it today, and I'm not sure if the logs filled it up, or it's just %#&@ed..."
I have interviewed at smaller and larger corporations. You can get a job regardless of the university (or trade school, or even online programming course) if you can demonstrate knowledge and understanding in your chosen profession. Ask anyone whose employed.
But try applying at Sun with a CS degree from Northeastern Christian Junior College. You're not going to get into the stack.
I've interviewed candidates from Harvard, MIT, as well as BU, UMass Boston, and even some local community colleges.
Hired that MIT guy, and he turned out to be a complete waste of time. Wonder what the UMass boston guy's doing now?
BTW: if you have enough PRACTICAL experience on your resume I'll never even noticed your Alma Mater. As long as you can walk the walk at interview time...
should probably read:
"Luckily I am quite adept at concentrating on my writing, while typing with one hand, while watching a movie."
Use the same concept that tracks eye-movement to decide where to focus pixels, and the same with another set of interlaced pixels.
Focus each set at a different eye and you'll have a much cleaner image, assuming that you can make these nano-pixels small enough and close enough to fool the users eyes into not seeing the grid.
Patent Pending #8675309
If the SysAdmin just sets the system clock back a day every day, HR monkeys will celebrate it every day! Whoo-hoo!
A few years back, according to Discovery Channel's FBI Files or New Detectives (i forget which exactly), there was a Canadian car dealer who would steal high-end cars in canada, and replace their VIN tags with those from the same make/model in a junk yard.
Eventually, he needed more VINs and sent a few scouts to US car lots to record VINs from US cars right off the lot.
They finally prosecuted him, but they estimate that there are ~$7 million worth of high end cars that they apparently can't (or are too lazy) to locate.
It's obvious that there is no central VIN tracking system, or the FBI would have used to to search for duplicates between the US and Canadian registries.