One of the beauties of linux is that you aren't force fed an update patch when you don't want one. If everything is working, you might just want to check for critical updates of programs you are runnning, and be sure to disable services you are not running.
I assume the slowdown has to do with recent attempts to implement RFC8829 which has to do with using koala bears to route data packets through an intricate network of eucalyptus trees. In attempts I've seen, this results in the koala bears eating the root DNS and then falling asleep.
Not exactly sure what you are saying here. But by when I say how to program, I am speaking of style. Which is what the interview is about.
However, how much programming style was absorbed by the community with K&R's C book?
The problem is that people who learn C++ probably never read "The C++ Programming Language." They might have read K&R, then picked up some "C++ in 21 Days" book.
you said, "telling everyone to use this same rule doesn't improve or change the language", but it does. The problem here is that hardly anyone bothered to listen to those who were telling us how to do things. C++ is poorly taught in universities, atleast at mine it was. Now that Bjarne and other have recognized how poorly C++ has been taught over the years, they are trying to do something about it.
I've always liked C++. After reading about half (still working on the rest of it) of "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne, I've learned so much about what good C++ programming is about. During University, the C++ class I took covered so little. It was basically a C course except we implemented yet another string class. This book is great. Bjarne comes across as a really smart and logical person. The last few chapters about design are great. I skipped up to them after reading the first 2 sections or so. I love reading interviews of him and things he's written. Everytime I work on a personal project I try to add another idea he presents to my own work.
They need to just spend about half their eleventy billiongazillion dollars on hiring all the out of work tech folks, spend some time and money on training, and start doing a line by line, module by module test and fix of all their damn software. kill 2 birds with one stone... low national employment and poor MS security.
christ, they would probably have to build 10 new offices. there you have more employment for construction. They aren't doing anything better with the money besides give some to a school here and there. And those donations are veiled in a conspiracy to suck the future workforce into Microsofts product line.
If you are looking at the short term, you are correct. However these actions will only perpetuate the economic problem. Don't you think that better teachers will produce better students in the long term, which will then lead to a more educated working class and more jobs which bring in the income tax that help fund schools? You also don't neccesarily need to take away from the schools budget, you could cut costs or increase taxes elsewhere that don't have such an impact on the future or our society.
however, you are correct. It is not a trival problem and I am no economist. In this case though, there apaprently is a sum of money to go towards education, yet they decided to give the students some unnecesary laptops instead of a long term improvement in teachers. hell maybe don't even give the money to the teachers directly, but use it to train or educate them some more.
Obviously you aren't a teacher or have a close relative that is one. I have a sister in the Special Education field. She has her masters in education, state certification which is required, and continually takes other university classes to improve her knowledge and ability to help. Plus, she loves working with children and todlers in a one-on-one situation. She makes less than $US30k per year, and her employer doesn't pay for the required certification or required classes, nor does she get the summer off like a normal teacher (just 2 weeks vacation in the summer). The classes are required by her employer, not by the state. After rent, car payments, student loans, car insurance, doctor bills, you name it, she has less than $100 left for the month for groceries, entertainment, clothes, etc. Gas she pays for as well, and drives a great deal (3-4 hours per day on the road) on her job as all her "students" are home visits. She gets normal compensation for gas whatever that might be (income tax deductions? phht), and drives a highly fuel efficient car for what she could afford.
On top of this, her kids she works with are severly disabled, and frequently die due to complications.
Teachers are the foundation of an educated society.
Adding even US$3k to a 30k salary would be a great help to someone in a situation like my sister. If you think $33k is an obscene salary, you are must not get out much. She and many other teachers deserve significantly more than what they make, and it would have to be over a 100% increase before I consider it obscene.
Your ignorance is insulting to people who work very hard for very little.
Teachers need the tools more than the gradeschoolers. Give each teacher a laptop and a projector that can hook up to the laptop. Geometry would have been so much cooler in class with a math teacher using some 3d rendering program like POV-ray to show how things relate to functions and coordinates. Or mathematica/maple/whatever, but those are $.
Throw the teachers a bone every once in a while. They are underpaid and underappreciated as it is.
Brings new meaning to the Cheers themesong "you wanna go where everybody knows your name..."
I can picture it now. Norm opens door, swipes ID. Photobot robot declares "Norm!" in computerized chorus of voices then snaps photo of Norm. Normbot then rolls over to the bar and asks for a glass of motor oil but is denied for a drunken battlebot fights with Cliffbot. Woodybot has had a hard disk failure and begins mumbling about his days back on the moisture farm with C3PO...
Hmm, my thoughs seem to have degenerated. what was I talking about?
"Open Source" music might be a phrase that makes sense here in the context of Slashdot, but fails to make sense outside of Slashdot and even outside the software industry. Are you releasing the code to the music? So what is that, sheet music? Or is all of your music generated by a programming language?
While I praise your intent, if your true intent is to give artists back some rights, I question your language as it isn't quite widely understood as you might think.
Maybe, but t.v. is infinitely better than the Internet when it comes to zoning out after work and just relaxing while the mind slowly oozes out onto the floor of numbness.
from the article, "audiences will want to organize and re-order content the way they want it"
I don't want t.v. to be something I have to assemble or manipulate in order to get something watchable.
You are exactly correct. You obviously do not get the big deal of this. It is a big deal. I suspect you need to read all the +4 and +5 moderated posts in this and all other related articles Slashdot. Then go read up on RFCs 811 and 1034
None of the manufacturers, developers, or distributor make any representation or warranty, or assumes any responsibility, with respect to the enhanced portion of this disc
Does that mean you cannot sue me or take other legal action if I break the DRM? You just said you take no responsibility for it.
So what about a CS student working on a client/server or P2P program? Is developing and testing this for a class project a violation of the housing agreement? I'd be interested in how the legal agreement defines P2P. (any UF students have a copy?)
The development stages of a project wouldn't consume so much bandwidth, but if it is a P2P project, then it's illegal?
ICANN doesn't per se have a problem with the Sitefinder service, but rather, the manner in which VeriSign implemented it?
I agree with your reservations..
Maybe ICANN wants a peice of the advertising action that VeriSign is getting by using wildcards. If that then fulfills VeriSigns "contractual obligations" then say hello to SiteFinder again.
Never underestimate a groups desire to f**k over others for material gains.
Since when are "open letters" part of a business plan? Merril Lynch is learning from SCO, I guess, that it is an invaluable tool to manipulate stock prices. How soon will it be that Merril Lynch is pushing Sun stock on it's clients after driving down the price through open letters? Or maybe a competitor has just recently purchased a large amount of Sun. Who knows what they are up to, but it probably isn't in the best interest of the public.
Slashdot Mirror
If it aint broke, don't fix it.
One of the beauties of linux is that you aren't force fed an update patch when you don't want one. If everything is working, you might just want to check for critical updates of programs you are runnning, and be sure to disable services you are not running.
haha. that MyRealBox agreement is good stuff. ranks right up there with the worst EULA i've seen, not that I ever read them anyway. But i digress...
Novell doesn't say that you can't "opt-in" for what would otherwise be considered spam. If you "opt-in" then it's not really spam, is it?
I assume the slowdown has to do with recent attempts to implement RFC8829 which has to do with using koala bears to route data packets through an intricate network of eucalyptus trees. In attempts I've seen, this results in the koala bears eating the root DNS and then falling asleep.
I believe you were supposed to start that with "I, for one, welcome our Free Software overlords."
Not exactly sure what you are saying here. But by when I say how to program, I am speaking of style. Which is what the interview is about.
However, how much programming style was absorbed by the community with K&R's C book?
The problem is that people who learn C++ probably never read "The C++ Programming Language." They might have read K&R, then picked up some "C++ in 21 Days" book.
you said, "telling everyone to use this same rule doesn't improve or change the language", but it does. The problem here is that hardly anyone bothered to listen to those who were telling us how to do things. C++ is poorly taught in universities, atleast at mine it was. Now that Bjarne and other have recognized how poorly C++ has been taught over the years, they are trying to do something about it.
I've always liked C++. After reading about half (still working on the rest of it) of "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne, I've learned so much about what good C++ programming is about. During University, the C++ class I took covered so little. It was basically a C course except we implemented yet another string class. This book is great. Bjarne comes across as a really smart and logical person. The last few chapters about design are great. I skipped up to them after reading the first 2 sections or so. I love reading interviews of him and things he's written. Everytime I work on a personal project I try to add another idea he presents to my own work.
I seriously enjoy programming in C++.
They need to just spend about half their eleventy billiongazillion dollars on hiring all the out of work tech folks, spend some time and money on training, and start doing a line by line, module by module test and fix of all their damn software. kill 2 birds with one stone... low national employment and poor MS security.
christ, they would probably have to build 10 new offices. there you have more employment for construction. They aren't doing anything better with the money besides give some to a school here and there. And those donations are veiled in a conspiracy to suck the future workforce into Microsofts product line.
If you are looking at the short term, you are correct. However these actions will only perpetuate the economic problem. Don't you think that better teachers will produce better students in the long term, which will then lead to a more educated working class and more jobs which bring in the income tax that help fund schools? You also don't neccesarily need to take away from the schools budget, you could cut costs or increase taxes elsewhere that don't have such an impact on the future or our society.
however, you are correct. It is not a trival problem and I am no economist. In this case though, there apaprently is a sum of money to go towards education, yet they decided to give the students some unnecesary laptops instead of a long term improvement in teachers. hell maybe don't even give the money to the teachers directly, but use it to train or educate them some more.
some teachers work year round for the same poor salary. see my
previous posting above.
Your logic fails when you consider teaching positions outside of the mainstream public/private schools and universities.
Obviously you aren't a teacher or have a close relative that is one. I have a sister in the Special Education field. She has her masters in education, state certification which is required, and continually takes other university classes to improve her knowledge and ability to help. Plus, she loves working with children and todlers in a one-on-one situation. She makes less than $US30k per year, and her employer doesn't pay for the required certification or required classes, nor does she get the summer off like a normal teacher (just 2 weeks vacation in the summer). The classes are required by her employer, not by the state. After rent, car payments, student loans, car insurance, doctor bills, you name it, she has less than $100 left for the month for groceries, entertainment, clothes, etc. Gas she pays for as well, and drives a great deal (3-4 hours per day on the road) on her job as all her "students" are home visits. She gets normal compensation for gas whatever that might be (income tax deductions? phht), and drives a highly fuel efficient car for what she could afford.
On top of this, her kids she works with are severly disabled, and frequently die due to complications.
Teachers are the foundation of an educated society.
Adding even US$3k to a 30k salary would be a great help to someone in a situation like my sister. If you think $33k is an obscene salary, you are must not get out much. She and many other teachers deserve significantly more than what they make, and it would have to be over a 100% increase before I consider it obscene.
Your ignorance is insulting to people who work very hard for very little.
Teachers need the tools more than the gradeschoolers. Give each teacher a laptop and a projector that can hook up to the laptop. Geometry would have been so much cooler in class with a math teacher using some 3d rendering program like POV-ray to show how things relate to functions and coordinates. Or mathematica/maple/whatever, but those are $.
Throw the teachers a bone every once in a while. They are underpaid and underappreciated as it is.
Our sys admin is a 6th grader, you insensitive clod.
Brings new meaning to the Cheers themesong "you wanna go where everybody knows your name..."
I can picture it now. Norm opens door, swipes ID. Photobot robot declares "Norm!" in computerized chorus of voices then snaps photo of Norm. Normbot then rolls over to the bar and asks for a glass of motor oil but is denied for a drunken battlebot fights with Cliffbot. Woodybot has had a hard disk failure and begins mumbling about his days back on the moisture farm with C3PO...
Hmm, my thoughs seem to have degenerated. what was I talking about?
"Open Source" music might be a phrase that makes sense here in the context of Slashdot, but fails to make sense outside of Slashdot and even outside the software industry. Are you releasing the code to the music? So what is that, sheet music? Or is all of your music generated by a programming language?
While I praise your intent, if your true intent is to give artists back some rights, I question your language as it isn't quite widely understood as you might think.
I think its called the internet
Maybe, but t.v. is infinitely better than the Internet when it comes to zoning out after work and just relaxing while the mind slowly oozes out onto the floor of numbness.
from the article, "audiences will want to organize and re-order content the way they want it"
I don't want t.v. to be something I have to assemble or manipulate in order to get something watchable.
I don't get the big deal with this.
You are exactly correct. You obviously do not get the big deal of this. It is a big deal. I suspect you need to read all the +4 and +5 moderated posts in this and all other related articles Slashdot. Then go read up on RFCs 811 and 1034
None of the manufacturers, developers, or distributor make any representation or warranty, or assumes any responsibility, with respect to the enhanced portion of this disc
Does that mean you cannot sue me or take other legal action if I break the DRM? You just said you take no responsibility for it.
I'm sure it couldn't be that hard to edit the "ruined" frames, no? Final Cut Pro anyone?
I'm more just curious why DivX has come closest to "hitting the big time."
porn industry.
I still refuse to buy DVDs.
(you insensitive clod)
So what about a CS student working on a client/server or P2P program? Is developing and testing this for a class project a violation of the housing agreement? I'd be interested in how the legal agreement defines P2P. (any UF students have a copy?)
The development stages of a project wouldn't consume so much bandwidth, but if it is a P2P project, then it's illegal?
ICANN doesn't per se have a problem with the Sitefinder service, but rather, the manner in which VeriSign implemented it?
I agree with your reservations..
Maybe ICANN wants a peice of the advertising action that VeriSign is getting by using wildcards. If that then fulfills VeriSigns "contractual obligations" then say hello to SiteFinder again.
Never underestimate a groups desire to f**k over others for material gains.
Since when are "open letters" part of a business plan? Merril Lynch is learning from SCO, I guess, that it is an invaluable tool to manipulate stock prices. How soon will it be that Merril Lynch is pushing Sun stock on it's clients after driving down the price through open letters? Or maybe a competitor has just recently purchased a large amount of Sun. Who knows what they are up to, but it probably isn't in the best interest of the public.
Surely you jest, but how many open source developers working for Redhat got stock when Redhat went public?
If atleast one, then there is your precidence to ask for shares. Aim high, get what you can out of doing what you love.
$25 dollars is entry level? where do you live? It seems like less than $20 is entry level these days.
But since it is your pet project, I agree that $25 could be a bit skimpy. Especially if you have to pay for health insurance out of pocket.
bottom line might just be, Do they offer benefits for hourly work? If so, Only after X amount of hours/months?