I disagree. I went to a top-tier university here in Australia (Australian National University). I found that their CS offerings taught you how to code... in one language. Fantastic for future job prospects!
The IT degree, on the other hand, taught the principals of computing. This involved writing machine code, then assembly language, and so on upwards through the language generations. The course involved diverse things such as hacking on a new scheduler for linux, designing our own 4-bit processor, database theory, discrete maths, state theory, redesigning network layers (TCP, IP) and so on. It was a very demanding degree.
So, 10 years down the track of working in a volatile IT market, I have found that the IT degree has opened up so many more job opportunities, from sysadmin to senior programmer to DBA to network engineer. I find that my degree prepared me for pretty much anything.
The people I know who did the CS degree are struggling to find the few remaining C++ jobs around town.
So I can only conclude, answering the article submitter's question, that it really depends on the particular CS and IT offerings of each university.
Given how easy it is to culture, grow, and then plant somebody else's DNA this is a truly sobering initiative. No jury will every entertain the fact that DNA evidence could be wrong... it's so well drilled into us by TV.
How many criminals wear gloves? That's how many criminals will potentially carry a bottle of somebody's cultured DNA.
"The two companies have also agreed to develop technologies to make it easier for users to run both Suse Linux and Microsoft's Windows on their computers."
Develop technologies? The technologies are already there! You mean that Microsoft is going to remove the boot loader software it's put in Vista to prevent just a thing?
Ahh. I see. Their game plan is to push it too far and then look like a hero when they bring things half-way back.
Actually, what's even more impressive is the fact that he *calculated* Pi to over 22,000 digits in his head. For him, it was no memory trick. He had little preparation beforehand.
The RIAA can't lose on this one. There's three possible scenarios:
1) The track doesn't sell well: See? The pirates really ARE hurting the industry because Jessica Simpson is a mainstream artist and why wouldn't she sell well under normal conditions? We've released a track in good faith and the pirates HAVE to be supressing sales.
2) The track sells really well: Ahh, the price-point for online music is really $2 per track, not $1 (as per itunes). Apple, raise your iTunes prices and give us the lion's share.
3) The track sells about the same as on iTunes: See? DRM makes no difference at all to consumers. It doesn't hurt sales at all. Long live DRM!
I read through that whole exchange. Now, I know that Jef was in the right, and the other two guys were both hostile and sadly lacking in computing knowledge, but surely a one-liner from Jef explaining that he writes free software and is as much a victim in this scenario would have diffused the whole situation and saved himself a lot of time? He seemed to get enjoyment from leading these ignorant guys on.
The indo-australian tectonic plate is moving northward at 67mm/year, resulting in the Himalayan mountain range rising by 5mm/year. This is a scientifically measured figure and, as far as I know, is not in dispute.
This seemingly goes against your second law... a system seems to be organising itself, rather than tending towards higher entropy.
Now, fortunately for you, the second law applies to thermodynamically *isolated* systems, and the Himalayas alone are not isolated (ie, they interact with their environment, ie the earth's crust).
One could certainly argue that the first organic compounds that came together in some chemical pools in the distant past were, likewise, not thermodynamically isolated, and therefore do not counter the second law of thermodynamics.
Ahh, if only this were true. I live in Australia and when I tell my friends about the existence of the debate in the US, I'm the odd one out because so many of them have already been brainwashed by this new earth creationist movement.
Unfortunately the rot IS spreading. Australia also now has a growing factional political party bordering on these notions. And don't be fooled by the name (Family First)... they are determined to bring extreme christian religious doctrine into the political process.
Down under we used to have a phrase "only in america...", usually accompanied by a slow shake of the head. However, I haven't heard it used lately, as I think that the US has lost the status of "world leaders of irrational thought".
Heh. I flew out of Bangkok the day after that Qantas "mishap" (coincedentally, on another Qantas flight back to Syndey), and I had a great view of the stranded plane during take-off.
I will never forget the sight of a red and white 747 sitting on the fairway of hole #9.
Actually, the mis-represented/. spin (ie, adding NOW 70% free) should not belittle the gist of the article: the fact that there are no hidden biodiversity reserves of sharks to replenish numbers once commercial fishing reduces their numbers below critical mass.
This reaseach is a very grave finding, certainly for the sharks, but also more importantly for the health of the biodiversity of the oceans as a whole. The role of the sharks in the general health of the oceanic eco-systems very well documented. Ie, we'll certainly miss them when they're gone.
Yes, but there would be a MAJOR international outcry if a country were to cut the hooves off live cows and send them back out to the pastures on the same scale as is happening with the sharks. IIRC about 100 million are de-finned each year and thrown back into the oceans alive.
Had a job interview once that required Dreamweaver. I told them that I had no problem using it. Got the job, cut the HTML by hand anyway, and they never blinked an eyelid once they saw how much better my HTML was.
Umm, I think that the US government might have killed more than its fair share of people in the past... a little more extreme than just sending death-threats, I'd say. Just wanted to point that out.
Islam extremists burn a flag; soldiers in Guantanamo Bay are ordered to strip muslims naked and take their photos. Who, indeed, is the holier?
I know it's a cliche, but one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Look, I understand your frustration... it's shared by many people (myself included). But there are better ways to argue your case.
I'll second that. I am a freelance contractor and have worked at a multitude of places over the years. The best lesson I've learned is that people make *all* the difference. Having good managers (few and far between) make crappy work tolerable, and mediocre work a joy. I would gladly take a rate cut to stay for another 6 months just to work with good people.
But the VmWare drivers don't "Just Work". Everytime my Suse 9.3 desktop upgrades the kernel, VmWare breaks. So every month or so I have to do the re-compile jig, checking that I've used the non SMP kernel headers, etc, etc.
You know, it's amazing the number of people I come across that swear that lettuce is fattening. "All I eat for dinner is lettuce, and I still put on weight!". But these people never tell you about the lollies and candy bars that they sneak in when people aren't looking.
Heh... but I guess, at the end of the day, if having some will-power was easy then everybody would be doing it.
You're absolutely right. But there's one important thing that everyone's who's made that point is missing. Moving timeslot probably accounts for higher ratings, but the good news is that the iTunes avenue didn't detract from the expected ratings hike. iTunes revenue was the icing on the cake, ergo the experiment was still a success.
Mind you, as extra shows come online, any advantage gained by any one particular show (such as The Office currently) will decrease. The iTunes "effect" will be watered down, and it will simply become the defacto. So even if there were a ratings hike due to the iTunes effect, this is only a temporary shift of eyeballs for any one show. This is not a long-term win.
They've been doing this in the movies for years, but do you see movie theatre prices coming down? Games will be no different. The game studios will pocket the neat chuck of change they get from in-game advertising and pay their execs more bonuses for being so clever.
How could anyone take "Windows" seriously in the HPC environment when having "Windows" is at odds with the very paradigm of clusters. I don't know of any supercomputer that has a head per node on which to display all these Windows.
Having an OS named after a GUI paradigm is just a little silly in a HPC environment.
Maybe it's time for Microsoft to come up with a new name for its OS in this space?
Huston has an exceedingly good reputation around Australia (and the world, for that matter). He is extremely highly regarded in the inner circles of all the appropriate network bodies. I once briefly worked with him and came to the belief that his reputation is well deserved.
It's with iBurst. I won't tell you the ISP in case they close the loophole I seem to have found;) But I joined up in the early days when they had much larger download limits (ie, 12GB for $49/m). They've since reduced all those limits in the new plans because it must not have been sustainable for them, but they seem to have left us first few customers on their existing plans. The plans these days suck royally. I actually only pay for a 256kbps line, but I found out how to get 1024kbps out of it:)
iBurst's coverage is really good in Canberra now. They've pretty much got most of the city covered.
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I disagree. I went to a top-tier university here in Australia (Australian National University). I found that their CS offerings taught you how to code... in one language. Fantastic for future job prospects!
The IT degree, on the other hand, taught the principals of computing. This involved writing machine code, then assembly language, and so on upwards through the language generations. The course involved diverse things such as hacking on a new scheduler for linux, designing our own 4-bit processor, database theory, discrete maths, state theory, redesigning network layers (TCP, IP) and so on. It was a very demanding degree.
So, 10 years down the track of working in a volatile IT market, I have found that the IT degree has opened up so many more job opportunities, from sysadmin to senior programmer to DBA to network engineer. I find that my degree prepared me for pretty much anything.
The people I know who did the CS degree are struggling to find the few remaining C++ jobs around town.
So I can only conclude, answering the article submitter's question, that it really depends on the particular CS and IT offerings of each university.
How many criminals wear gloves? That's how many criminals will potentially carry a bottle of somebody's cultured DNA.
Develop technologies? The technologies are already there! You mean that Microsoft is going to remove the boot loader software it's put in Vista to prevent just a thing?
Ahh. I see. Their game plan is to push it too far and then look like a hero when they bring things half-way back.
Actually, what's even more impressive is the fact that he *calculated* Pi to over 22,000 digits in his head. For him, it was no memory trick. He had little preparation beforehand.
The RIAA can't lose on this one. There's three possible scenarios:
1) The track doesn't sell well: See? The pirates really ARE hurting the industry because Jessica Simpson is a mainstream artist and why wouldn't she sell well under normal conditions? We've released a track in good faith and the pirates HAVE to be supressing sales.
2) The track sells really well: Ahh, the price-point for online music is really $2 per track, not $1 (as per itunes). Apple, raise your iTunes prices and give us the lion's share.
3) The track sells about the same as on iTunes: See? DRM makes no difference at all to consumers. It doesn't hurt sales at all. Long live DRM!
before they hand these drones over to the Ministry of Truth.
I read through that whole exchange. Now, I know that Jef was in the right, and the other two guys were both hostile and sadly lacking in computing knowledge, but surely a one-liner from Jef explaining that he writes free software and is as much a victim in this scenario would have diffused the whole situation and saved himself a lot of time? He seemed to get enjoyment from leading these ignorant guys on.
This seemingly goes against your second law... a system seems to be organising itself, rather than tending towards higher entropy.
Now, fortunately for you, the second law applies to thermodynamically *isolated* systems, and the Himalayas alone are not isolated (ie, they interact with their environment, ie the earth's crust).
One could certainly argue that the first organic compounds that came together in some chemical pools in the distant past were, likewise, not thermodynamically isolated, and therefore do not counter the second law of thermodynamics.
Unfortunately the rot IS spreading. Australia also now has a growing factional political party bordering on these notions. And don't be fooled by the name (Family First)... they are determined to bring extreme christian religious doctrine into the political process.
Down under we used to have a phrase "only in america...", usually accompanied by a slow shake of the head. However, I haven't heard it used lately, as I think that the US has lost the status of "world leaders of irrational thought".
Heh. I flew out of Bangkok the day after that Qantas "mishap" (coincedentally, on another Qantas flight back to Syndey), and I had a great view of the stranded plane during take-off.
I will never forget the sight of a red and white 747 sitting on the fairway of hole #9.
This reaseach is a very grave finding, certainly for the sharks, but also more importantly for the health of the biodiversity of the oceans as a whole. The role of the sharks in the general health of the oceanic eco-systems very well documented. Ie, we'll certainly miss them when they're gone.
However, there are signs that shark numbers ARE depleting. Take for example the grey nurse shark. There are now less than 300 grey nurse sharks on the entire east coast of Australia.
So disregard the many comments here poo-pooing the content of the article. The article is highlighting a very important finding.
Yes, but there would be a MAJOR international outcry if a country were to cut the hooves off live cows and send them back out to the pastures on the same scale as is happening with the sharks. IIRC about 100 million are de-finned each year and thrown back into the oceans alive.
Had a job interview once that required Dreamweaver. I told them that I had no problem using it. Got the job, cut the HTML by hand anyway, and they never blinked an eyelid once they saw how much better my HTML was.
Umm, I think that the US government might have killed more than its fair share of people in the past... a little more extreme than just sending death-threats, I'd say. Just wanted to point that out.
Islam extremists burn a flag; soldiers in Guantanamo Bay are ordered to strip muslims naked and take their photos. Who, indeed, is the holier?
I know it's a cliche, but one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Look, I understand your frustration... it's shared by many people (myself included). But there are better ways to argue your case.
If I had mod points, you'd definitely be the recipient.
I'll second that. I am a freelance contractor and have worked at a multitude of places over the years. The best lesson I've learned is that people make *all* the difference. Having good managers (few and far between) make crappy work tolerable, and mediocre work a joy. I would gladly take a rate cut to stay for another 6 months just to work with good people.
But the VmWare drivers don't "Just Work". Everytime my Suse 9.3 desktop upgrades the kernel, VmWare breaks. So every month or so I have to do the re-compile jig, checking that I've used the non SMP kernel headers, etc, etc.
This is not user-friendly.
Here, here!
You know, it's amazing the number of people I come across that swear that lettuce is fattening. "All I eat for dinner is lettuce, and I still put on weight!". But these people never tell you about the lollies and candy bars that they sneak in when people aren't looking.
Heh... but I guess, at the end of the day, if having some will-power was easy then everybody would be doing it.
I don't. I hear there's troubles with tribbles.
Mind you, as extra shows come online, any advantage gained by any one particular show (such as The Office currently) will decrease. The iTunes "effect" will be watered down, and it will simply become the defacto. So even if there were a ratings hike due to the iTunes effect, this is only a temporary shift of eyeballs for any one show. This is not a long-term win.
They've been doing this in the movies for years, but do you see movie theatre prices coming down? Games will be no different. The game studios will pocket the neat chuck of change they get from in-game advertising and pay their execs more bonuses for being so clever.
Having an OS named after a GUI paradigm is just a little silly in a HPC environment.
Maybe it's time for Microsoft to come up with a new name for its OS in this space?
I would give a lot of credence to his opinion.
iBurst's coverage is really good in Canberra now. They've pretty much got most of the city covered.
I wonder if that lady russian astrologer would sue NASA again for changing the orbits of celestial objects.