My point was that this guy looked *great* on paper but was completely crap at the interview. By the way, he showed us his "certificates" and his average scores were barely above the pass mark... it even mentioned which questions he got wrong. e.g. "What is the difference between RJ11 and RJ45?" !
Yeah, you can have certificates and letters after your name, but if you aren't any good at the practical side then you will get found out very quickly and lose your job - if you even get past the interview stage.
Are you in a big company? That would make sense if they only promote based on paper credentials rather than personal achievement. Consider yourself fortunate then.
What a coincidence. I spent the day interviewing people for a sysadmin job at my work. We had this one guy (with terrible body odour) who had loads of "certificates"... but he could barely answer any of our questions except by re-phrasing them and saying them back to us. He didn't get hired - but he had so many certificates from "training colleges"
No-one hires someone just because they can obtain a certificate. I bet you could train a monkey to get a Micr0$oft Cert1ficat3 - but you still wouldn't hire them or give them a position of authority and responsibility.
The fact that a 10yr old child can obtain a Microsoft Certificate means that it's no indication of total worth as a software developer or employee.
I bought my fantasic new Athlon 64 system recently and I didn't bother to install a floppy drive in my nice and quiet Antec case... until I went to perform a motherboard BIOS update and discovered that I had to use a floppy boot disk for the DOS prompt to run the install program!
I've heard that some new motherboards now can update their BIOS while in an operating system, usually Windoze. I guess they don't need a floppy at all.
I'm an embedded software engineer, I've done a Visual Arts bachelor degree in Fine Arts Sculpture.
At art school, they asked us the question "What is art?" and we had to write a written response - of course there was no right or wrong answer, it was simply a writing task. After that, they no longer asked us because by the end of the first year you should have gotten that question out of your system because there is no direct answer. It's not worth spending the time debating it when you should be attempting to make it by believing in yourself that it is art.
For most art prizes, scholarships, grants, etc a person is considered an artist if their peers consider them an artist. i.e. a group of established artists from various institutions sit down and look at what you've done and make a decision.
If you put something into a gallery space and existing artists call it "Art" then it becomes art.
There is no point in reducing something to its practical elements and weighing them against some sort of aesthetic element because that debate leads nowhere.
I first looked at this posting and, being a citizen of the world (and not the United States), I automatically thought of Alexandria in Egypt as having the hotspot. Also since London was mentioned, and that's fairly well known city of the world.
You see, it would be much more news worthy that Alexandria in Egypt had the internet hotspot considering that it was founded in 334BC, hosted the world's largest library and had one of the Wonders of the World, you could see why my mind wouldn't instantly think about the relatively new and unimportant Alexandria, Virginia, United States.
Not a troll!
I just pointed out the fact that in order to finish a 175mile race within 10 hours then you MUST average 17.5mph. That's simple mathematics. Therefore any vehicle that you choose to race must be able to sustain at least 17mph for 10 hours. It's no point putting in a vehicle that isn't capable of that. That does not make sense.
My main point was that the Carnegie Mellon humvee rolled over several times during their trials. This means that they were aiming at a speed that was beyond their design limits. I can't imagine being able to roll a humvee at 17.5mph... That does not make sense.
In Soviet Russia humvee rolls YOU.
Looking at the events (read: disasters) of last years race I really don't understand why people try and make their cars go so fast.
175miles @ 10 hours = 17.5mph
Ok, so travelling at an average speed of, say, 18mph you might not finish the race in time if you have any delays BUT you will probably get a lot further than anyone else because:
a) it's much easier to crunch the vast amount of data needed for navigation at a slower speed
b) if you crash at a slower speed, it's not so bad (duh!)
c) the chances of rolling are proportional to the square of your speed: radial acceleration (which will roll you) = speed^2 * radius of turn
d) braking distance is equal to the square of your speed (kinetic energy = 1/2m.v^2), so at slower speeds it's MUCH easier to stop if something is only detected at the last minute.
Remember the humvee from Carnegie Mellon? Remember how it got a rolled a couple of times during their development because it took a corner too fast? (and crushed the expensive equipment that was mounted on the roof) Humvees are pretty hard to roll, and most modern cars contain electronics that try to stop a car from turning too fast and rolling... that car cost $3million yet no-one thought to put in something that will do something like:
if speed > x then don't turn too fast!
It makes you wonder what they teach at that university.
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Wow, I can't wait until the world sees some dumb American "Lyndie Englund style" grunt torturing people with this device!
My point was that this guy looked *great* on paper but was completely crap at the interview. By the way, he showed us his "certificates" and his average scores were barely above the pass mark ... it even mentioned which questions he got wrong. e.g. "What is the difference between RJ11 and RJ45?" !
Yeah, you can have certificates and letters after your name, but if you aren't any good at the practical side then you will get found out very quickly and lose your job - if you even get past the interview stage.
Are you in a big company? That would make sense if they only promote based on paper credentials rather than personal achievement. Consider yourself fortunate then.
What a coincidence. I spent the day interviewing people for a sysadmin job at my work. We had this one guy (with terrible body odour) who had loads of "certificates" ... but he could barely answer any of our questions except by re-phrasing them and saying them back to us. He didn't get hired - but he had so many certificates from "training colleges"
No-one hires someone just because they can obtain a certificate. I bet you could train a monkey to get a Micr0$oft Cert1ficat3 - but you still wouldn't hire them or give them a position of authority and responsibility.
The fact that a 10yr old child can obtain a Microsoft Certificate means that it's no indication of total worth as a software developer or employee.
I bought my fantasic new Athlon 64 system recently and I didn't bother to install a floppy drive in my nice and quiet Antec case ... until I went to perform a motherboard BIOS update and discovered that I had to use a floppy boot disk for the DOS prompt to run the install program!
I've heard that some new motherboards now can update their BIOS while in an operating system, usually Windoze. I guess they don't need a floppy at all.
Is there an RFC that says that the internet has to be "... global, unregulated, uncensored," ?
Yes, yes, but can it throw a television out of a hotel window?
aha! Gotcha!
I'm an embedded software engineer, I've done a Visual Arts bachelor degree in Fine Arts Sculpture.
At art school, they asked us the question "What is art?" and we had to write a written response - of course there was no right or wrong answer, it was simply a writing task. After that, they no longer asked us because by the end of the first year you should have gotten that question out of your system because there is no direct answer. It's not worth spending the time debating it when you should be attempting to make it by believing in yourself that it is art.
For most art prizes, scholarships, grants, etc a person is considered an artist if their peers consider them an artist. i.e. a group of established artists from various institutions sit down and look at what you've done and make a decision.
If you put something into a gallery space and existing artists call it "Art" then it becomes art.
There is no point in reducing something to its practical elements and weighing them against some sort of aesthetic element because that debate leads nowhere.
You see, it would be much more news worthy that Alexandria in Egypt had the internet hotspot considering that it was founded in 334BC, hosted the world's largest library and had one of the Wonders of the World, you could see why my mind wouldn't instantly think about the relatively new and unimportant Alexandria, Virginia, United States.
How is this "offtopic"?
Most Zombie machines are M1cr0soft Wind0ze based!
Wow, I didn't know that I was single sourcing both my pr0n *and* my SPAM from Europe. It's like a one-stop shop for smut and crap!
Not a troll! I just pointed out the fact that in order to finish a 175mile race within 10 hours then you MUST average 17.5mph. That's simple mathematics. Therefore any vehicle that you choose to race must be able to sustain at least 17mph for 10 hours. It's no point putting in a vehicle that isn't capable of that. That does not make sense. My main point was that the Carnegie Mellon humvee rolled over several times during their trials. This means that they were aiming at a speed that was beyond their design limits. I can't imagine being able to roll a humvee at 17.5mph ... That does not make sense.
In Soviet Russia humvee rolls YOU.
Looking at the events (read: disasters) of last years race I really don't understand why people try and make their cars go so fast.
... that car cost $3million yet no-one thought to put in something that will do something like:
175miles @ 10 hours = 17.5mph
Ok, so travelling at an average speed of, say, 18mph you might not finish the race in time if you have any delays BUT you will probably get a lot further than anyone else because:
a) it's much easier to crunch the vast amount of data needed for navigation at a slower speed
b) if you crash at a slower speed, it's not so bad (duh!)
c) the chances of rolling are proportional to the square of your speed:
radial acceleration (which will roll you) = speed^2 * radius of turn
d) braking distance is equal to the square of your speed (kinetic energy = 1/2m.v^2), so at slower speeds it's MUCH easier to stop if something is only detected at the last minute.
Remember the humvee from Carnegie Mellon? Remember how it got a rolled a couple of times during their development because it took a corner too fast? (and crushed the expensive equipment that was mounted on the roof) Humvees are pretty hard to roll, and most modern cars contain electronics that try to stop a car from turning too fast and rolling
if speed > x then don't turn too fast!
It makes you wonder what they teach at that university.
All these Slashdot "April Fools" articles are dated April 2 on my machine.
Looks like Slashdot is the fool.
All these Slashdot "April Fools" articles are dated April 2 on my machine. Looks like Slashdot is the fool.
I bet C3PO took that photo.
In Korea only old people use serpentine robots.
Can you believe it?!?!
This security bulletin was released only a few hours after Firefox update was made available for download.