So where would you class the simpler Disk Operating System (DOS) for the System/360 that was entirely disk-resident (i.e., for those who *gasp* didn't have enough tape drives)?
OS/360 came out in the middle of the life of the System/360 which really was the same hardware with differing resources attached to it.
UNIX was probably the first OS that was ported to radically different platforms.
The third kind is the guy who was selling lawnmowers three years ago and then goes to DeVry or Coleman for two because he want to get rich with an "Internet company". I've gotten cover letters saying essentially this.
The corollary problem is that too many colleges are teaching programming as a trade, like plumbing or auto-mechanics, instead of as an _art_. Many applicants with otherwise decent training and even experience don't have the creativity factor that comes from loving this stuff!
My personal take on good representation of hacking in film has been Doug Trumbull's _BrainStorm_. The conversations of Natalie Wood, et al while trying to hack into the giant corporation's computers later in the film felt very real. And Trumbull was smart enough to _not_ show what was actually on their screens--he just left it to your imagination.
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How does Singh's book compare to David Kahn's monumental _The_Codebreakers_? I was wondering whether Singh was worth buying if one had already read Kahn? Is there a great deal of overlap?
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So where would you class the simpler Disk Operating System (DOS) for the System/360 that was entirely disk-resident (i.e., for those who *gasp* didn't have enough tape drives)?
OS/360 came out in the middle of the life of the System/360 which really was the same hardware with differing resources attached to it.
UNIX was probably the first OS that was ported to radically different platforms.
The third kind is the guy who was selling lawnmowers three years ago and then goes to DeVry or Coleman for two because he want to get rich with an "Internet company". I've gotten cover letters saying essentially this.
The corollary problem is that too many colleges are teaching programming as a trade, like plumbing or auto-mechanics, instead of as an _art_. Many applicants with otherwise decent training and even experience don't have the creativity factor that comes from loving this stuff!
My personal take on good representation of hacking in film has been Doug Trumbull's _BrainStorm_. The conversations of Natalie Wood, et al while trying to hack into the giant corporation's computers later in the film felt very real. And Trumbull was smart enough to _not_ show what was actually on their screens--he just left it to your imagination.
How does Singh's book compare to David Kahn's monumental _The_Codebreakers_? I was wondering whether Singh was worth buying if one had already read Kahn? Is there a great deal of overlap?