The problem with something like this is if the company goes under, or if you get laid off, your account might be frozen... We're looking for a something that'll last and last, no matter what the story around us is.
One of the reasons for Windows instability is because the GUI is inseperable from the bulk of the "kernel". Adding a GUI to the kernel would make it A LOT more complex, incompatible with non-rebuilt versions, unlikely to be ported to other OSes, and just plain clunky.
I don't know if most of those languages will gain wide acceptance, or if
there have any use at all in the "real" world -- but they are valuable
because they prove concepts and explore territory otherwise unknown.
Example : Not too many people program in smalltalk, but quite a few can do
object orientated stuff -- which smalltalk played an important role in developing.
This thing will probably not be used on next time you're doing some ASP work, but there's a good chance that will clear the way for some cool language that'll be around 5-10 years from now.
[Translation: shouldn't you stick to making sneakers for Nike, instead of worrying about this newfangled math stuff?]
I think that Rivest did a good job of gentle encouragement/breaking to the guy -- and I think that your translation is pretty fucked up. Rivest seems like a very polite guy -- you just seem like some asshole.
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Thanks a lot for your info -- I really appreciate it. One more question, though -- I'm apply to work in HK -- developing equity trading systems... Anything else you can say that's specific?
Thanks again --
willis
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I almost always use the lo-fi version (Settable in your preferences) -- it's clean, simple, and loads a lot faster.
If you ask me, all of the green and black business is a bit much, and the BSD section looks crappy as all hell.
willis.
Nationalism has replaced communism as the national ideology. Big projects (and rhetoric about attacking Taiwan) stir nationalist feelings, and lead the people to support the nationalist (not the Nationalists in Taiwan) -- i.e. the "Communist party".
I just got hired to work in Hong Kong for an investment bank -- they've got lots of cash, and they need good programmers (market interfaces lose a lot of money if they crash). From what I can tell, they'll treat you reasonably well too -- classes, etc. There are dissadvantages to working for one too, but I'd say try it. Check out Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, CSFB, or other bigass banks.
that's not screwy, just funny. people just registered subdomains -- nothing special, or at least nothing that will affect the DNS system for people that don't type things like
AMAZON.COM.SHOULD.SELL.SEXTOYSONLINE.COM
willis.
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'leet is from elite -- like those oldschool warez BBSs and hacker rings --
THIS is what people are talking about --
The question was who would you hire today, the unknown with a degree or the unknown without?
I know that if I knew NOTHING else about a person other than one went to UC Berkeley or MIT for computer science, and the other wasn't college educated, I'd chose the college educated one. Now... if the question was would you choose a super-famous and talented programmer over one with a UCB/MIT degree, you'd obviously chose the talented guy. The thing is, that's a very, very small group of folks.
I don't like to post "me too"s, but I think this guy is totally on the mark. People have such... poorly thought-out ideas about GUIs and graphics --
think -- if some people spend their life learning about laying out type or tinkering with graphics, then they ought to be quite a bit in the field to explore or recognize. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off is the right way to make linux (or anything) fail.
You're not alone in this view -- which is a major reason (no I'm not eggagerating) of why Linux won't succeed in the consumer market. It looks unprofessional, it looks like a hobby, a toy, and totally unreliable. The logos are amateur scribblings of penguins that are badly rendered and put through cheap photoshop and gimp filters. For all the hundreds of window managers and desktops, not one of them looks professional and coherent. They all look like gee-whiz 3-d graduate student projects, not like finished products.
In all my use with Chinese materials, I've always found NJStar to be the best company to use (for the word processor _as_well_as_the "internet viewer" or whatever they call it now.) If you are using windows, I'd strongly recommend it.
I disagree with the number of personal computers that people own -- but I've been out of country for a little more than a year.
Point -- a lot of "research" about china and the internet is the blind leading the blind -- or at least a patchwork of anecdotal evidence and fud. It's not great either, but it's not as bad as some people seem to think.
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One of the reasons for Windows instability is because the GUI is inseperable from the bulk of the "kernel". Adding a GUI to the kernel would make it A LOT more complex, incompatible with non-rebuilt versions, unlikely to be ported to other OSes, and just plain clunky.
willis/
there have any use at all in the "real" world -- but they are valuable
because they prove concepts and explore territory otherwise unknown.
Example : Not too many people program in smalltalk, but quite a few can do
object orientated stuff -- which smalltalk played an important role in developing.
This thing will probably not be used on next time you're doing some ASP work, but there's a good chance that will clear the way for some cool language that'll be around 5-10 years from now.
willis/
I think that Rivest did a good job of gentle encouragement/breaking to the guy -- and I think that your translation is pretty fucked up. Rivest seems like a very polite guy -- you just seem like some asshole.
willis/
empty comments,
a lameness filter,
read my parent
Thanks again --
willis
I almost always use the lo-fi version (Settable in your preferences) -- it's clean, simple, and loads a lot faster.
If you ask me, all of the green and black business is a bit much, and the BSD section looks crappy as all hell.
willis.
I'm considering working for one (doing IT/distributed applications at Morgan Stanley) and I'd appreciate a heads-up.
Thanks!
willis
Nationalism has replaced communism as the national ideology. Big projects (and rhetoric about attacking Taiwan) stir nationalist feelings, and lead the people to support the nationalist (not the Nationalists in Taiwan) -- i.e. the "Communist party".
willis.
Hey --
I just got hired to work in Hong Kong for an investment bank -- they've got lots of cash, and they need good programmers (market interfaces lose a lot of money if they crash). From what I can tell, they'll treat you reasonably well too -- classes, etc. There are dissadvantages to working for one too, but I'd say try it. Check out Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, CSFB, or other bigass banks.
willis.
This is not hacked, it's just people registering subdomains -- that way when people like you and me look at the DNS we'll see those "funny" results.
are you trolling? you didn't even include the REAL MS results...
willis.
that's not screwy, just funny. people just registered subdomains -- nothing special, or at least nothing that will affect the DNS system for people that don't type things like
AMAZON.COM.SHOULD.SELL.SEXTOYSONLINE.COM
willis.
'leet is from elite -- like those oldschool warez BBSs and hacker rings --
members only, fool!
willis.
THIS is what people are talking about --
The question was who would you hire today, the unknown with a degree or the unknown without?
I know that if I knew NOTHING else about a person other than one went to UC Berkeley or MIT for computer science, and the other wasn't college educated, I'd chose the college educated one. Now... if the question was would you choose a super-famous and talented programmer over one with a UCB/MIT degree, you'd obviously chose the talented guy. The thing is, that's a very, very small group of folks.
yeah.
willis.
it'd probably change so often it wouldn't be worth it.
I don't like to post "me too"s, but I think this guy is totally on the mark. People have such ... poorly thought-out ideas about GUIs and graphics --
think -- if some people spend their life learning about laying out type or tinkering with graphics, then they ought to be quite a bit in the field to explore or recognize. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off is the right way to make linux (or anything) fail.
You're not alone in this view -- which is a major reason (no I'm not eggagerating) of why Linux won't succeed in the consumer market. It looks unprofessional, it looks like a hobby, a toy, and totally unreliable. The logos are amateur scribblings of penguins that are badly rendered and put through cheap photoshop and gimp filters. For all the hundreds of window managers and desktops, not one of them looks professional and coherent. They all look like gee-whiz 3-d graduate student projects, not like finished products.
I strongly agree.
Nice fucking web page, you bastard.
It's full of malicious javascript and porno -- can't you do something better with your time?
If there's anything I hate, it's stupid people. Like you.
In all my use with Chinese materials, I've always found NJStar to be the best company to use (for the word processor _as_well_as_the "internet viewer" or whatever they call it now.) If you are using windows, I'd strongly recommend it.
willis.
I never had a problem with them -- not secure, of course, but when I was there I didn't have a ssh client either.
I disagree with the number of personal computers that people own -- but I've been out of country for a little more than a year.
Point -- a lot of "research" about china and the internet is the blind leading the blind -- or at least a patchwork of anecdotal evidence and fud. It's not great either, but it's not as bad as some people seem to think.
www.cnd.org
has a proxy service set up for the express purpose of letting around the firewall... it's also a good site for china news.
willis.
uh huh.
compgeeks.com has a decent selection of older computer sets/desktops...
not bad -- probably not that good for people who didn't play D&D too much as a kid -- but in Berkeley, we used to be hardcore...
willis/
I think you might be an exception, rather than the rule. In any case, I eny the junior programmers on your staff -- you seem like a quality manager.