Bletchley isn't "some corner of London" - it's in Milton Keynes, over 4o miles from London. And Bletchley Park isn't filled with "dusty display cases" - it's home to a rebuild of the original Colossus, as well as several complete early British mainframes, and other, more modern, working historical computers.
Although, officially, it's RAF Mildenhall, and not USAF Mildenhall.
And no, it's not officially US soil (only embassies get that privilege), although, de facto, it is treated as such. And I've never had to change my Sterling to US$ when entering at O'Hare, or LAX...
perhaps the next step is for schools to adpot a more sophisitcated approach to organizing their CS programs.
Uh, but that's exactly what he's suggesting. He's not suggesting that people a stop programming in Java, or that programming is a proesthood reserved for the CS elect. But He is saying that learning to programming in Java does not make you a computer scientist - and you seem to agree with that!
FWIW, I think he's right. I'm a senior compiler writer for a major US silicon vendor. I did my CS masters almost 25 years ago. It was the rigourous, MIT-style theoretical math-based training. It's what you need for compiler writing. I'm finding it really really hard to employ new graduates who have that kind of knowledge. Or who even want to learn it, and become compiler writers.
You're exagerating the case, rather. Only the cheap dumb phones are (apparently) free, feature phone are heavily subsidised, and smart phones, especially business phones, are simply subsidied. But some people still choose to buy unlocked, network-free, phones, at the full price. My network-locked Sony Ericsson 3G smartphone, for example, cost me 100 pounds - 1/3 of retail, sure, but not exactly "free".
how come the bills from Scottland are so unknown in England?
Becasue English banks (including Scottish bank branches in England) are not allowed to hand them out; if they get one in, they must return it to the Scottish bank that issued it. So all Scottish notes end up back in Scotland pretty quickly.
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Bletchley isn't "some corner of London" - it's in Milton Keynes, over 4o miles from London. And Bletchley Park isn't filled with "dusty display cases" - it's home to a rebuild of the original Colossus, as well as several complete early British mainframes, and other, more modern, working historical computers.
Although, officially, it's RAF Mildenhall, and not USAF Mildenhall. And no, it's not officially US soil (only embassies get that privilege), although, de facto, it is treated as such. And I've never had to change my Sterling to US$ when entering at O'Hare, or LAX...
I'm sure the assembly language professors said that C/C++ was not "real" programming
Um, No. No, they didn't. They criticised C/C++ for their flaws, though.
But, anyway: Computer Science is not a synonym for computer programming.
perhaps the next step is for schools to adpot a more sophisitcated approach to organizing their CS programs.
Uh, but that's exactly what he's suggesting. He's not suggesting that people a stop programming in Java, or that programming is a proesthood reserved for the CS elect. But He is saying that learning to programming in Java does not make you a computer scientist - and you seem to agree with that!
FWIW, I think he's right. I'm a senior compiler writer for a major US silicon vendor. I did my CS masters almost 25 years ago. It was the rigourous, MIT-style theoretical math-based training. It's what you need for compiler writing. I'm finding it really really hard to employ new graduates who have that kind of knowledge. Or who even want to learn it, and become compiler writers.
At least until Scotland & Wales become fully independent.
To put in a way that USonians might understand: it's no more England's Home office than the CIA is Virginia's.
Uh, so you want "unskilled labour" writing your compilers and operating systems?
But, no: Trollope spent his life working for the Post Office, not the railways.
Cubicles are almost exclusively a US thing
They're not as dominant over here, but they're far from unknown.
It seems to depend most on when your office block was built.
BTW, i work for a huge multinational you _have_ heard of, not some little startup, this is not new.
So do I. And in the UK, too. We have cubes.
You're exagerating the case, rather. Only the cheap dumb phones are (apparently) free, feature phone are heavily subsidised, and smart phones, especially business phones, are simply subsidied. But some people still choose to buy unlocked, network-free, phones, at the full price.
My network-locked Sony Ericsson 3G smartphone, for example, cost me 100 pounds - 1/3 of retail, sure, but not exactly "free".
So far, it's not a matter of "non enforceable", it's rather more a matter of "simply don't exist".
Can't patent business models in the UK, either.
They do, and you have!
Not the government; this is a CIVIL matter; it is NOT a tax.
If this story is true, it would be the the PRS who charged the fee.
Ah, yes, PuTTY. Writen as a personal project by an employee of ARM Ltd...
how come the bills from Scottland are so unknown in England? Becasue English banks (including Scottish bank branches in England) are not allowed to hand them out; if they get one in, they must return it to the Scottish bank that issued it. So all Scottish notes end up back in Scotland pretty quickly.
Steve Bourne did this when he wrote the Bourne Shell
I woudn't even want Wikipedia 1.0 hanging on a nail in the shithouse.