How about that great bug in many 8-bit ninendo games where you could "scroll" and enemy off the screen instead of killing it. I think SMB had this bug, bug-turned-feature, but many other games had it as well.
I admit I am not an expert on the subject of web-based e-mail, but checking your yahoo, gmail, comcast webmail, whatever is done through the web, which uses port 80, which most likely won't be blocked by your employer. Port 25 should be restricted to a company owned e-mail server.
If your employer is allowing you to check your home e-mail through a client (outlook, thunderbird) then that is asking for trouble.
I have heard that they are making George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series into an HBO series sort of like Rome. HBO is the perfect spot for this type of work, with all the dark magic and adult themes of the novels.
It is getting somewhat better these days with digital effects and editing reducing the costs and improving efficiencies, but these same technologies have also made the other shows cheaper too, so SciFi is still relatively more expensive.
Actually, contrary to this belief, computer-generated effects are almost always more expensive than doing them using more traditional methods. I can't remember the exact sci-fi movies, but the director said in the dvd commentary that he chose to use traditional techniques whenever possible because it costs 10x less than doing the same seen using CGI.
I hear ya. I think it attests to the quality of the show that everytime I throw the DVD's in to watch the occasional episode, I end up watching 4 or 5. And it never gets old. I really don't think the suits at FOX really knew what they were throwing away with Firefly. If they would have marketed it sufficiently and actually play the episodes in their intended order, it could have been successful.
I'm pretty sure your comment is a troll or flamebait, but hey I'll bite.
Meanwhile in the real world, a paper qualification is no indicator of aptitude. This is what those without degrees, who are unwilling or unable to enter formal education know only too well.
This statement is just wrong on so many levels. A "paper qualification" does indicate a certain level of aptitude. Let's use computer science as an example. I went through an entire bachelors and masters program in computer science, and never did I take a class that only taught a technology (ie Oracle database, Java, C++, etc). I took classes in database theory, data structures, and all the other mathematical topics behind computer science. We were expected to learn the technologies to do the assignments on our own with some help outside of class from others or the instructor. So, in order to do the assignments, we learned technology on our own... which is the equivalent of what most people who don't go for the degree do in order to become adept at it. As for being unwilling to get a degree, that's your own problem and your own choice in life. As for being unable, no one is unable in this day and age. I didn't come from a privileged background, I just took out thousands of dollars in student loans like the rest of the world.
What's more, influential people in many fields drop out of formal education before they ever receive their degree.
Show me a CEO besides Gates and his silicon valley ilk that doesn't have a college degree.
A college education is not about learning technology (as a previous poster said, go to trade school). A college education teaches you about an area of in-depth study that goes above and beyond, say, programming in Java, for example. Ask one of those people unwilling to get the degree (again, in computer science as that is the running example) to explain a turing machine, and you'll realize the difference a college education can make. The extra theoretical background can prove useful in solving difficult problems.
Best. Video. Ever. Linux is the OS of super villains everywhere.
On a more serious note, I kind of like the fact that Linux takes some technical know-how to run (shell scripts, configuring, compiling binaries as the vid states). I get geek cred when people come over and see this foreign OS called Linux on my machines. For that reason alone, who cares if it goes mainstream. Let the geeks have their own OS, the masses can use Winblowz.
Why does there seem to be such a big hatred for college degrees here on slashdot? I'm not trying to flamebait or anything, but it seems that every time there is a story about college (especially computer science programs), there's always a bunch of people who chime in on how a degree is useless.
It's not useless. Most companies require it for you to be able to work for them. A college degree (earned, not necessarily honorary) is valuable in that it shows that you can dedicate yourself to something and accomplish it. Also, for most people it's the first time they are on their own to figure out their own lives. At least for me, the life experiences during college are more valuable than the actual education. The college experience can be invaluable for discovering yourself and finding out how you want to live the rest of your life.
If you don't feel that you are being compensated fairly for the amount of time you put into a given job, then go get another job. It annoys me to no end when people complain about putting extra work in above and beyond the established norms.
Technical employees are highly paid because they have valuable knowledge and can be counted on to get the job done. If you think you are being treated unfairly, quit.
Now, Google may bring all the world's information together, but that's only because it happens to help sell advertisements.
I don't quite agree with this statement. Google didn't start with "hey, we want to sell ads, how can we do this on the internet?" That's just boring... Google was started by two incredibly intelligent individuals who have an eye for the future and what services and apps work well on the web. Any company needs money to fund research, pay salaries that will attract the brightest minds, etc. They started selling ads because it fits in nicely with the products they were developing, and they are non-intrusive to most users.
Now that google is a public company, there is a need to pay the stockholders who invest in them. That's why they sell ads. They have grown, and they are making people very wealthy, but I still believe that innovation is the key motivation behind the big wigs at google.
You probably don't mind the government illegally tapping your phone either. I mean, if you're not doing anything wrong, why does it matter?
I am a law-abiding citizen, and I still demand my privacy rights. I don't want anyone monitoring the trail of web sites I visit daily, no more than I would like someone following me around in a car while I run run my daily errands.
This is true, but if you have gone through any decent data structures course, you know that certain data structures are better than others in various different situations. If performance is an issue, correct data structure usage is critical.
Where I work, nearly every programmer has at least an undergrad CS degree, and most have a masters in CS as well. It can be argued that CS is basically a specialized math degree. A great deal of math is about problem solving, therefore a CS degree can potentially make someone a better problem solver than someone without the education.
I wouldn't mind having a self-taught programmer code based on a specification given to them, but i wouldn't want these people designing the architecture of my system.
Also, there will always be room for proprietary corporate development. Many corporations have very specific functions that can be automated using software, but no shrinkwrap solution exist.
I wish I still had the textbook to grab the quote from, but it contained a case study on adapting a shrinkwrap HR system, and writing their own. It was found that writing the system from scratch would have been much more cost effective than trying to adapt a generic off the shelf solution.
And who are you to say what is a valid field of study and what isn't. Do you think there is no place for philosophers in our world (studying theology, to me, seems very close to philosophy, please correct me if I'm wrong).
Just because engineering and science degrees will land you a career making lots of $$$ doesn't mean that all other disciplines are useless, or as you say, a group of morons.
Are History profs useless? Ancient literature profs? Art profs? Human society values all knowledge, not just scientific. To deny entire schools of thought as "moronic" is incredibly narrow thinking.
The cowardly lion's costume from the Wizard of Oz sold for $700,000, making neither one of these items close to the record amount paid for movie props/costumes.
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He's not that old school.
How about that great bug in many 8-bit ninendo games where you could "scroll" and enemy off the screen instead of killing it. I think SMB had this bug, bug-turned-feature, but many other games had it as well.
I admit I am not an expert on the subject of web-based e-mail, but checking your yahoo, gmail, comcast webmail, whatever is done through the web, which uses port 80, which most likely won't be blocked by your employer. Port 25 should be restricted to a company owned e-mail server.
If your employer is allowing you to check your home e-mail through a client (outlook, thunderbird) then that is asking for trouble.
I have heard that they are making George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series into an HBO series sort of like Rome. HBO is the perfect spot for this type of work, with all the dark magic and adult themes of the novels.
Now I just have to sign up for cable... >:(
It is getting somewhat better these days with digital effects and editing reducing the costs and improving efficiencies, but these same technologies have also made the other shows cheaper too, so SciFi is still relatively more expensive.
Actually, contrary to this belief, computer-generated effects are almost always more expensive than doing them using more traditional methods. I can't remember the exact sci-fi movies, but the director said in the dvd commentary that he chose to use traditional techniques whenever possible because it costs 10x less than doing the same seen using CGI.
I hear ya. I think it attests to the quality of the show that everytime I throw the DVD's in to watch the occasional episode, I end up watching 4 or 5. And it never gets old. I really don't think the suits at FOX really knew what they were throwing away with Firefly. If they would have marketed it sufficiently and actually play the episodes in their intended order, it could have been successful.
Is this some sort of lead-based paint?? Yeah, that's a safe alternative...don't eat the paint chips guys!
I'm pretty sure your comment is a troll or flamebait, but hey I'll bite.
Meanwhile in the real world, a paper qualification is no indicator of aptitude. This is what those without degrees, who are unwilling or unable to enter formal education know only too well.
This statement is just wrong on so many levels. A "paper qualification" does indicate a certain level of aptitude. Let's use computer science as an example. I went through an entire bachelors and masters program in computer science, and never did I take a class that only taught a technology (ie Oracle database, Java, C++, etc). I took classes in database theory, data structures, and all the other mathematical topics behind computer science. We were expected to learn the technologies to do the assignments on our own with some help outside of class from others or the instructor. So, in order to do the assignments, we learned technology on our own... which is the equivalent of what most people who don't go for the degree do in order to become adept at it. As for being unwilling to get a degree, that's your own problem and your own choice in life. As for being unable, no one is unable in this day and age. I didn't come from a privileged background, I just took out thousands of dollars in student loans like the rest of the world.
What's more, influential people in many fields drop out of formal education before they ever receive their degree.
Show me a CEO besides Gates and his silicon valley ilk that doesn't have a college degree.
A college education is not about learning technology (as a previous poster said, go to trade school). A college education teaches you about an area of in-depth study that goes above and beyond, say, programming in Java, for example. Ask one of those people unwilling to get the degree (again, in computer science as that is the running example) to explain a turing machine, and you'll realize the difference a college education can make. The extra theoretical background can prove useful in solving difficult problems.
Best. Video. Ever. Linux is the OS of super villains everywhere.
On a more serious note, I kind of like the fact that Linux takes some technical know-how to run (shell scripts, configuring, compiling binaries as the vid states). I get geek cred when people come over and see this foreign OS called Linux on my machines. For that reason alone, who cares if it goes mainstream. Let the geeks have their own OS, the masses can use Winblowz.
Why does there seem to be such a big hatred for college degrees here on slashdot? I'm not trying to flamebait or anything, but it seems that every time there is a story about college (especially computer science programs), there's always a bunch of people who chime in on how a degree is useless.
It's not useless. Most companies require it for you to be able to work for them. A college degree (earned, not necessarily honorary) is valuable in that it shows that you can dedicate yourself to something and accomplish it. Also, for most people it's the first time they are on their own to figure out their own lives. At least for me, the life experiences during college are more valuable than the actual education. The college experience can be invaluable for discovering yourself and finding out how you want to live the rest of your life.
No, I wasn't ragging on you... apologies. It was "you" in the general sense.
If you don't feel that you are being compensated fairly for the amount of time you put into a given job, then go get another job. It annoys me to no end when people complain about putting extra work in above and beyond the established norms.
Technical employees are highly paid because they have valuable knowledge and can be counted on to get the job done. If you think you are being treated unfairly, quit.
Why must you use "Ballmer," "penetrate," and "fat layers" in the same sentence???
Now, Google may bring all the world's information together, but that's only because it happens to help sell advertisements.
I don't quite agree with this statement. Google didn't start with "hey, we want to sell ads, how can we do this on the internet?" That's just boring... Google was started by two incredibly intelligent individuals who have an eye for the future and what services and apps work well on the web. Any company needs money to fund research, pay salaries that will attract the brightest minds, etc. They started selling ads because it fits in nicely with the products they were developing, and they are non-intrusive to most users.
Now that google is a public company, there is a need to pay the stockholders who invest in them. That's why they sell ads. They have grown, and they are making people very wealthy, but I still believe that innovation is the key motivation behind the big wigs at google.
I agree. I love my potatoes, corned beef, and I think Irish women are extremely hot.
I was just trying to be funny... now where did I put my beer............
...Russians are drunk...
I'm Irish, you insensitive clod! How dare you give our national identity to the Russians!!!
I-94 sucks every single day, and I see people staring at their phone while driving on this deathtrap of an interstate all the time...
You probably don't mind the government illegally tapping your phone either. I mean, if you're not doing anything wrong, why does it matter?
I am a law-abiding citizen, and I still demand my privacy rights. I don't want anyone monitoring the trail of web sites I visit daily, no more than I would like someone following me around in a car while I run run my daily errands.
This is true, but if you have gone through any decent data structures course, you know that certain data structures are better than others in various different situations. If performance is an issue, correct data structure usage is critical.
Where I work, nearly every programmer has at least an undergrad CS degree, and most have a masters in CS as well. It can be argued that CS is basically a specialized math degree. A great deal of math is about problem solving, therefore a CS degree can potentially make someone a better problem solver than someone without the education.
I wouldn't mind having a self-taught programmer code based on a specification given to them, but i wouldn't want these people designing the architecture of my system.
Also, there will always be room for proprietary corporate development. Many corporations have very specific functions that can be automated using software, but no shrinkwrap solution exist.
I wish I still had the textbook to grab the quote from, but it contained a case study on adapting a shrinkwrap HR system, and writing their own. It was found that writing the system from scratch would have been much more cost effective than trying to adapt a generic off the shelf solution.
And who are you to say what is a valid field of study and what isn't. Do you think there is no place for philosophers in our world (studying theology, to me, seems very close to philosophy, please correct me if I'm wrong).
Just because engineering and science degrees will land you a career making lots of $$$ doesn't mean that all other disciplines are useless, or as you say, a group of morons.
Are History profs useless? Ancient literature profs? Art profs? Human society values all knowledge, not just scientific. To deny entire schools of thought as "moronic" is incredibly narrow thinking.
No, you have it backward. Bush followed extinguish, extend, embrace. He just hasn't quite figured out the embrace portion yet....
The cowardly lion's costume from the Wizard of Oz sold for $700,000, making neither one of these items close to the record amount paid for movie props/costumes.
And when has anyone actually followed the agreements they "agree" to on the EULA?
It's called Engrish... I hear they will start certifying teachers in it throughout the San Fransisco Bay area...