Blame the developer - company and/or person - not the language.
My Java applications are rock-solid, perhaps helped by my 25+ years of sysadmin and systems-programming background.
I've spent 1/2 my 25+ year career as a "Unix" (you know what I mean) system administrator and the other 1/2 as a Unix system programmer, sometimes application programmer, all with a little (sigh) DOS/Windows thrown in. I've worked on just about every flavor of Unix running on PC class to Cray-2 hardware, usually several at any one time. For most of that time, there were no books on the topics, just man pages and the compiler. Linux is just another tool in my toolbox.
It seems almost universal that every prospective employer only sees the "other" half of my experience - We want a sysadmin, but you're a programmer. We want a programmer, but you're a sysadmin. I simply tell them I do both and I do both well. Resume and references speak for themselves.
I got my first jobs at my university doing LISP research and working in the CS office. First real job because employer liked my school experience (did more than just took classes). It was small company and I did both system programming/admin (on 8 different versions of Unix). Second job, I bumped into professor from school and got job as both Unix system admin/programmer at NASA Langley (super computing network) and another contractor as sysadmin (100+ Sun/SGI workstations); then The New York Times for a few years as Unix sysadmin; now defense contractor (can't say who) for 11 years, because of friend from very first job. Now I work on primarily Solaris, Linux and (sigh, still) Windows systems as a system/application programmer - in about 10 different programming languages - and sysadmin when needed.
All in all, you learn what you need to know and what interests you - sometimes the weirder the better. You never know where it will lead.
There is one definitive: I hate Windows, especially Windows 7 - or as I call it "Windows for Dummies".
Oh wait, they're already seeking to remove regulatory barriers. You know, the ones that keep companies from screwing their customers.
I'm sure they're really looking out for our freedom.
[Rant On]
Remember that to Republicans, "Freedom" means corporate freedom from regulation - so, no net neutrality.
Increased Republican control would be a Brave New World for us all -- not just for Internet users, but minorities, immigrants, the poor and, especially, women.
To be fair, the Democrats are often incompetent and uncoordinated, but the Republicans are evil and uncaring, unless you're a rich, white, Christian male.
A long time ago I had a dog that had bonked her head a few times running into the sliding-glass door. Eventually, I could fool her by pretending to shut the door and she would just stand there until I pretended to open it. Dogs are fun.
Agreed. I was simply commenting that Wade obviously considers a "theory" to be like it's used in TV/movies - a good guess - which, of course, isn't even remotely the case. Ben Wade is clearly an idiot.
Representative Ben Wade stated that evolution is just a theory, and that Darwin made it all up.
Wade obviously doesn't understand what the word "theory" means in scientific usage. To be fair, like for Evolution, I'll be happy, to review any of the peer-reviewed and rigorously 100+ year tested hypotheses and research supporting Creationism theory - assuming someone didn't just make that all up.
On the other hand, Rep. Wade doesn't seem to fit the evolutionary model of "survival of the fittest"... so there's that.
... good luck with that 100kA 30kVDC current source. You can't exactly buy it in Walmart.... It's like detailed instructions for a thermonuclear weapon. Good luck making one if you don't already know how (or most of it, anyway).
Thank you for such an interesting and detailed explanation on "how to destroy a power station." I'm sure gentlemen in dark suits and sunglasses will be around this evening to thank you as well and tell you about this list you're now on... Enjoy!:-)
Of course then we'd have to engineer humans that didn't suffer bone decalcification due to the low gravity...
Scientists correct me if I'm wrong on this, but ones bones would adjust to be only as strong as needed and bone decalcification and weakness would only be a problem if/when returning to a higher gravity place, like Earth. Simply join the Mars One team and don't look back.
You are correct about flash memory not being particularly vulnerable to EM. I work in data sterilization and modern degaussers that are used by a lot of government agencies to nuke their hard drives are completely ineffective on solid-state drives.
While you're reading Wikipedia, look up "Gambler's fallacy". The fact that such an event occurred relatively recently has no effect on the probability that will happen in the near future.
Like in the beginning of the movie The Fifth Element when the Egyptologist studying the temple hieroglyphs says the evil comes every five thousand years (without knowing when the last event occurred) and his assistant (Luke Perry) says, "so we've got some time."
[ In this case, it's three hundred years later when the sh*t hits the fan... ]
Yes it would be bad for the large power distribution infrastructure...
From my limited understanding, this is because the power network acts like a HUGE antenna, as well as exposed metal sink, and is directly exposed and affected by extreme solar events that breach the Earth's magnetic field. Any engineers out there to confirm or correct?
Your immune system needs exposure to bacteria in order to stay strong. If you are always using anti-bacterial lotions and wipes, your white bloods cells can 'forget' how to fight off infection.
Exactly. If a dirty kitchen sponge was that seriously bad for us, we would have died off as a species long ago.
However, I've noticed in the past that I tend to drop things when I'm unenthusiastic, distracted, depressed or whatever. You need to put energy into focusing on what you're currently doing.
That's a tough question. Most areas are heavily acclimated to their current location. Anything non-trivial would have to swapped with something else, rather than simply relocated. Swapping even geographic close regions like North and South Dakota could have drastic unforeseen consequences; certainly swapping larger areas like France and Spain are right out. Perhaps a building or ballpark would be a good candidate for relocation, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
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Indeed. Things that (statistically) are more likely to kill an American than a terrorist attack: ...
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Programming in Ruby on Rails (or PHP). :-) ]
[ oops, sorry, just read that week-long interview thread
PHP is a hideous, three-headed stepchild of a programming language ...
I image even Python programmers would rather use Perl than PHP. :-)
Is anyone actually surprised by this?
Not really. My interest would be: do organic foods contain less pesticide residue and added hormones , etc... ?
You are suggesting we KILL HUMANS ...
Yes. ALL humans - Bender
Does anyone realize how easy it is to leave a couple of cells of your DNA somewhere?
... on the quality of the bar, day of the week, and hour of the night.
[ Sorry, I forgot this is /. ... ]
Good desktop applications are rare in Java ...
Blame the developer - company and/or person - not the language.
My Java applications are rock-solid, perhaps helped by my 25+ years of sysadmin and systems-programming background.
Is that you Todd Akin?
See what I did there?
Ya, you made stuff up that has no relation to reality. You should write some more fiction, or just go back to watching Fox News.
"Fixing" Flash properly is beyond the capability of mere mortals.
The only way to fix Flash is to not install it.
Nuke it from orbit...
I've spent 1/2 my 25+ year career as a "Unix" (you know what I mean) system administrator and the other 1/2 as a Unix system programmer, sometimes application programmer, all with a little (sigh) DOS/Windows thrown in. I've worked on just about every flavor of Unix running on PC class to Cray-2 hardware, usually several at any one time. For most of that time, there were no books on the topics, just man pages and the compiler. Linux is just another tool in my toolbox.
It seems almost universal that every prospective employer only sees the "other" half of my experience - We want a sysadmin, but you're a programmer. We want a programmer, but you're a sysadmin. I simply tell them I do both and I do both well. Resume and references speak for themselves.
I got my first jobs at my university doing LISP research and working in the CS office. First real job because employer liked my school experience (did more than just took classes). It was small company and I did both system programming/admin (on 8 different versions of Unix). Second job, I bumped into professor from school and got job as both Unix system admin/programmer at NASA Langley (super computing network) and another contractor as sysadmin (100+ Sun/SGI workstations); then The New York Times for a few years as Unix sysadmin; now defense contractor (can't say who) for 11 years, because of friend from very first job. Now I work on primarily Solaris, Linux and (sigh, still) Windows systems as a system/application programmer - in about 10 different programming languages - and sysadmin when needed.
All in all, you learn what you need to know and what interests you - sometimes the weirder the better. You never know where it will lead.
There is one definitive: I hate Windows, especially Windows 7 - or as I call it "Windows for Dummies".
Or, Ecuador starts rotating through their London embassy a gaggle of diplomats that look alarmingly similar to Julian Assange.
Couldn't Ecuador simply pass a law making Assange a diplomat for their country making him immune from detainment?
Oh wait, they're already seeking to remove regulatory barriers. You know, the ones that keep companies from screwing their customers.
I'm sure they're really looking out for our freedom.
[Rant On]
Remember that to Republicans, "Freedom" means corporate freedom from regulation - so, no net neutrality.
Increased Republican control would be a Brave New World for us all -- not just for Internet users, but minorities, immigrants, the poor and, especially, women.
To be fair, the Democrats are often incompetent and uncoordinated, but the Republicans are evil and uncaring, unless you're a rich, white, Christian male.
[Rant Off]
I would have went with "urine sample" but I'm not a professional journalist.
Sure, but then we wouldn't know what kind of container was used, where as "pee in a cup" says it all.
Think man, think.
A long time ago I had a dog that had bonked her head a few times running into the sliding-glass door. Eventually, I could fool her by pretending to shut the door and she would just stand there until I pretended to open it. Dogs are fun.
Agreed. I was simply commenting that Wade obviously considers a "theory" to be like it's used in TV/movies - a good guess - which, of course, isn't even remotely the case. Ben Wade is clearly an idiot.
Representative Ben Wade stated that evolution is just a theory, and that Darwin made it all up.
Wade obviously doesn't understand what the word "theory" means in scientific usage. To be fair, like for Evolution, I'll be happy, to review any of the peer-reviewed and rigorously 100+ year tested hypotheses and research supporting Creationism theory - assuming someone didn't just make that all up.
On the other hand, Rep. Wade doesn't seem to fit the evolutionary model of "survival of the fittest" ... so there's that.
... good luck with that 100kA 30kVDC current source. You can't exactly buy it in Walmart. ... It's like detailed instructions for a thermonuclear weapon. Good luck making one if you don't already know how (or most of it, anyway).
Don't give Walmart any ideas.
Thank you for such an interesting and detailed explanation on "how to destroy a power station." I'm sure gentlemen in dark suits and sunglasses will be around this evening to thank you as well and tell you about this list you're now on... Enjoy! :-)
Of course then we'd have to engineer humans that didn't suffer bone decalcification due to the low gravity...
Scientists correct me if I'm wrong on this, but ones bones would adjust to be only as strong as needed and bone decalcification and weakness would only be a problem if/when returning to a higher gravity place, like Earth. Simply join the Mars One team and don't look back.
You are correct about flash memory not being particularly vulnerable to EM. I work in data sterilization and modern degaussers that are used by a lot of government agencies to nuke their hard drives are completely ineffective on solid-state drives.
Two word solution: Wood Chipper
While you're reading Wikipedia, look up "Gambler's fallacy". The fact that such an event occurred relatively recently has no effect on the probability that will happen in the near future.
Like in the beginning of the movie The Fifth Element when the Egyptologist studying the temple hieroglyphs says the evil comes every five thousand years (without knowing when the last event occurred) and his assistant (Luke Perry) says, "so we've got some time."
[ In this case, it's three hundred years later when the sh*t hits the fan... ]
Yes it would be bad for the large power distribution infrastructure ...
From my limited understanding, this is because the power network acts like a HUGE antenna, as well as exposed metal sink, and is directly exposed and affected by extreme solar events that breach the Earth's magnetic field. Any engineers out there to confirm or correct?
Your immune system needs exposure to bacteria in order to stay strong. If you are always using anti-bacterial lotions and wipes, your white bloods cells can 'forget' how to fight off infection.
Exactly. If a dirty kitchen sponge was that seriously bad for us, we would have died off as a species long ago.
However, I've noticed in the past that I tend to drop things when I'm unenthusiastic, distracted, depressed or whatever. You need to put energy into focusing on what you're currently doing.
[ Insert masturbation joke here. ]
What's the Best Place To Relocate?
That's a tough question. Most areas are heavily acclimated to their current location. Anything non-trivial would have to swapped with something else, rather than simply relocated. Swapping even geographic close regions like North and South Dakota could have drastic unforeseen consequences; certainly swapping larger areas like France and Spain are right out. Perhaps a building or ballpark would be a good candidate for relocation, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
Any ideas /. ?