Is this really something new? The problem is not just limited to "entry level courses" In one of my midlevel CS courses (Advanced Java Programming) we were given a half semester long project to develop a complex software program using some aspect of Java we had not learned in class previously. Of the twelve groups that formed,h nine presented & turned in programs that were example programs from a previous java programming course I audited from another college. Being the only single person group and having written the most complex program in the class I was kinda agitated when I learned about some of the programs so I "helpfully" showed the Professor, the programs I had already written, before the groups presented them... The real kicker was, several of the groups did not even bother changing the source code/comments and still had the old course/assignment numbers (and in one case other students names!. In the end I think the professor was way too lenient and no one actually failed the course...
I signed one of those NDA forms when I interviewed for a job in one of their local datacenters... One of the major things they stressed (and told me several times throughout the interview) was that I could not reveal the locatation of their datacenter (or any other information about it).. no problem.. fast forward a year or so and every 6 months I get a call from a different sales rep for the data center (who also sells telco/data service) and every time one of the first things in their pitch is that Google takes up XX% of their data center... I just find it really funny every time they call.
You say that like its funny... I got a call from some recruiter (who saw my resume online w/ vista listed) that had a job opening (for a "major national software & storage company") that required a minimum of three years managing a mixed Windows Vista, XP and Linux envrionment. When I challenged him on the vista part since it has not been out that long he said he would call his client and see if the would be willing to waive the vista requirement. The recruiter called back the next day and said his client was admimant about the three years of vista experience and more was a plus. I thanked him for the offer but declined it. I bet that company will be looking for a couple of years to find someone...
Call me whatever you want but on my computers I do not have a single pirated software title. I do download some Warez/pirates/etc as needed but if I find them useful I actually spend the money and buy them otherwise I delete them. (and no I dont make lots of money.. but its a principal thing)
I was up at 0355L this morning to catch the second (and best) pass to see if I could hear anything and heard nothing... BUT I gave it another shot at 1021L this morning and heard data (somewhat strong at one point...) but not enough to decode. So there still is hope...
As for another piece of junk floating around up there it will fall back to earth in about 6 weeks...
Funny this should come up on slashdot... Just a week or two ago I had been looking at getting a pikosatellite kit (till I found out they cost ~ $6000) but in true slashdot fashion.. I thought.. Wouldnt it be cool to have a Beuwolf Cluster of these suckers in orbit...
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Thanks Rob for many great years of /. !!! Good luck in your future endeavors.
Much like Apple, I guess I will sit back and see where it goes from here.
Is this really something new? The problem is not just limited to "entry level courses" In one of my midlevel CS courses (Advanced Java Programming) we were given a half semester long project to develop a complex software program using some aspect of Java we had not learned in class previously. Of the twelve groups that formed,h nine presented & turned in programs that were example programs from a previous java programming course I audited from another college. Being the only single person group and having written the most complex program in the class I was kinda agitated when I learned about some of the programs so I "helpfully" showed the Professor, the programs I had already written, before the groups presented them... The real kicker was, several of the groups did not even bother changing the source code/comments and still had the old course/assignment numbers (and in one case other students names!. In the end I think the professor was way too lenient and no one actually failed the course...
I signed one of those NDA forms when I interviewed for a job in one of their local datacenters... One of the major things they stressed (and told me several times throughout the interview) was that I could not reveal the locatation of their datacenter (or any other information about it).. no problem.. fast forward a year or so and every 6 months I get a call from a different sales rep for the data center (who also sells telco/data service) and every time one of the first things in their pitch is that Google takes up XX% of their data center... I just find it really funny every time they call.
You say that like its funny... I got a call from some recruiter (who saw my resume online w/ vista listed) that had a job opening (for a "major national software & storage company") that required a minimum of three years managing a mixed Windows Vista, XP and Linux envrionment. When I challenged him on the vista part since it has not been out that long he said he would call his client and see if the would be willing to waive the vista requirement. The recruiter called back the next day and said his client was admimant about the three years of vista experience and more was a plus. I thanked him for the offer but declined it. I bet that company will be looking for a couple of years to find someone...
I wonder if he hid the bathroom behind the right side of the view screen too...
Call me whatever you want but on my computers I do not have a single pirated software title. I do download some Warez/pirates/etc as needed but if I find them useful I actually spend the money and buy them otherwise I delete them. (and no I dont make lots of money.. but its a principal thing)
I was up at 0355L this morning to catch the second (and best) pass to see if I could hear anything and heard nothing... BUT I gave it another shot at 1021L this morning and heard data (somewhat strong at one point...) but not enough to decode. So there still is hope... As for another piece of junk floating around up there it will fall back to earth in about 6 weeks...
...hat gives the lightsaber its power. (Yes, and the Force,...
But if it requires the force to use how is Han able to use it to cut open the tauntaun?
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Funny this should come up on slashdot... Just a week or two ago I had been looking at getting a pikosatellite kit (till I found out they cost ~ $6000) but in true slashdot fashion.. I thought.. Wouldnt it be cool to have a Beuwolf Cluster of these suckers in orbit...