For a great example of redundancy in action, take a look in the mirror. You have individual cells dying by the millions every minute. Your memory is fuzzy at best, your pattern-recognition in your brain frequently sees things that aren't there, and you make stupid mistakes every single day.
I had just been on my way to the mirror where I was going to look at myself and say, "Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggonit, people like me!"
The burst of the DOT COM economy already taught the world
that (folks like you whom are) re-marketing other peoples
services was (and still is) a really bad idea.
He's not remarketing other people's services; he's looking for a third party to host his services.
And you can tell how much people have learned from.com bust - now they sell each other advertising and call it a business model.
I've a friend in your situation. I don't have the heart to tell him that he just doesn't have the skill to do software development. He's very smart... but when it comes to programming, he doesn't "get it". He struggles with the very basic concepts, and has for years - though he doesn't realize that it is not a struggle like this for those people who/are/ programmers.
I'm no conspiracy theorist myself, but I've often wondered how it's possible that it used to be possible to get such mileage, and now it simply isn't. The two things that I can think of are a) safety regs requiring more equipment, and thus heavier cars and b) emissions requirement reducing fuel efficiency. But to the tune of 30 mpg? I dunno...
Hm; I will say it's not as clear as I expected.
I can't find a definitive source for either as 'correct' - though I can find plenty of debates over which one/is/ correct:)
Yeah, but my point was in the area under discussion - based on my experience looking for houses last year - you are/not/ getting a 2000 sq ft house for 150k in the suburbs of hollywood, typically considered as bel air, westwood, etc. If that's changed, that's great. Meanwhile I'm impressed to see how quickly you call me an idiot because you jumped to conclusions -- a bit insecure, are we?;)
Yeah, good luck not tracking hours. Companies need to report on project budgets. That alone requires hours to be tracked - even if not for the usual purpose of how many hours you're working.
n programming, you have to sift through ~5 programmers to get one that's worth keeping, then it takes them a few weeks to even be able to do simple fixes
OT to your point, but I would argue that a programmer that takes a few weeks to be able to make bug-free simple fixes also isn't worth keeping.
Yes, we see how well that's worked for the US auto industry. It took a few decades, but look where they are now -- do you think they'd be there if they were able to pay wages as market conditions required? (Yes, I know there's also the question of working conditions/safety - perhaps the only valid reasons that a union should exist.)
Ack - completely messed up that first paragraph. Still, if you just skim it quickly and move on to the rest, I/think/ I got the point out. Clearly it's time to sleep...
You'll find that the ability to program and troubleshoot well comes down to being able to see patterns. That applies at all levels. Whether you're looking to find the root cause of an impossible-to-reproduce error, look for any possible pattern or commonality in the reports of the issue.
When coding, look for patterns in the code - at the smallest level, anytime you find yourself copying and pasting code without modification, you've identified a pattern and will be better served by extracting that out into a reusable function/method.
You'll find that there are identifiable patterns in all aspects of programming. In the broadest sense, learning how to first identify them, then use them, then predict them is what differentiates a code monkey from a great programmer.
Finally: listen to what your users "mean" and not just what they say. When they try to explain a problem to you, avoid the "works fine for me" syndrome -- remember that they wouldn't be talking to you if/something/ wasn't broken. (Even if 'broken' only means they don't understand how it should work: that could be a sign that how it works is flawed...)
The requirements for entry into most state bars are actually pretty stringent (except for NJ, but that's a whole different story). I think I most states if you're disbarred in one state, you can't gain admittance in another.
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For a great example of redundancy in action, take a look in the mirror. You have individual cells dying by the millions every minute. Your memory is fuzzy at best, your pattern-recognition in your brain frequently sees things that aren't there, and you make stupid mistakes every single day.
I had just been on my way to the mirror where I was going to look at myself and say, "Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggonit, people like me!"
But now I'm too depressed. Nice going.
The burst of the DOT COM economy already taught the world that (folks like you whom are) re-marketing other peoples services was (and still is) a really bad idea.
He's not remarketing other people's services; he's looking for a third party to host his services.
And you can tell how much people have learned from .com bust - now they sell each other advertising and call it a business model.
Um... you /do/ realize that openDNS does the exact same thing, don't you?
Okay, just checking.
I've a friend in your situation. I don't have the heart to tell him that he just doesn't have the skill to do software development. He's very smart... but when it comes to programming, he doesn't "get it". He struggles with the very basic concepts, and has for years - though he doesn't realize that it is not a struggle like this for those people who /are/ programmers.
Ah, good point. I hadn't thought of all the extras that are now considered required to be 'standard' in order to remain competitive.
An Apple Netbook wouldn't be affordable and it would include the usual Apple restrictions and digital rights violations.
You're talking about Apple circa 1992. The MacBook is quite affordable and doesn't have any "digital rights violations" that I can see.
$1000+ isn't "affordable" in the sub $400 netbook category.
In that area directly, I don't think so; within 30 minutes, there were.
The sequence was the same - it just kept the part where it was converting to analogue hidden, since there's no reason to involve you.
How does 40 city/60 highway average to 31mpg?
I'm no conspiracy theorist myself, but I've often wondered how it's possible that it used to be possible to get such mileage, and now it simply isn't. The two things that I can think of are a) safety regs requiring more equipment, and thus heavier cars and b) emissions requirement reducing fuel efficiency. But to the tune of 30 mpg? I dunno...
Hm; I will say it's not as clear as I expected. I can't find a definitive source for either as 'correct' - though I can find plenty of debates over which one /is/ correct :)
You could, register, and then set all posts to "-5" by default, and your viewing filter at "+5", and you'll have just the experience you like!
Yeah, but my point was in the area under discussion - based on my experience looking for houses last year - you are /not/ getting a 2000 sq ft house for 150k in the suburbs of hollywood, typically considered as bel air, westwood, etc. If that's changed, that's great. Meanwhile I'm impressed to see how quickly you call me an idiot because you jumped to conclusions -- a bit insecure, are we? ;)
Yeah, good luck not tracking hours. Companies need to report on project budgets. That alone requires hours to be tracked - even if not for the usual purpose of how many hours you're working.
For $1200 a month you can get a mortgage on a house here in the suburbs.
Isn't that what got us into this mess? Why the hell would you look at your monthly cost, and not the total amount of what you're paying?
n programming, you have to sift through ~5 programmers to get one that's worth keeping, then it takes them a few weeks to even be able to do simple fixes
OT to your point, but I would argue that a programmer that takes a few weeks to be able to make bug-free simple fixes also isn't worth keeping.
And those people will always exist.
Yes, we see how well that's worked for the US auto industry. It took a few decades, but look where they are now -- do you think they'd be there if they were able to pay wages as market conditions required? (Yes, I know there's also the question of working conditions/safety - perhaps the only valid reasons that a union should exist.)
Why does it have to have a point? It's just fun. In other words, "because we can".
Ack - completely messed up that first paragraph. Still, if you just skim it quickly and move on to the rest, I /think/ I got the point out. Clearly it's time to sleep...
When coding, look for patterns in the code - at the smallest level, anytime you find yourself copying and pasting code without modification, you've identified a pattern and will be better served by extracting that out into a reusable function/method.
You'll find that there are identifiable patterns in all aspects of programming. In the broadest sense, learning how to first identify them, then use them, then predict them is what differentiates a code monkey from a great programmer.
Finally: listen to what your users "mean" and not just what they say. When they try to explain a problem to you, avoid the "works fine for me" syndrome -- remember that they wouldn't be talking to you if /something/ wasn't broken. (Even if 'broken' only means they don't understand how it should work: that could be a sign that how it works is flawed...)
The requirements for entry into most state bars are actually pretty stringent (except for NJ, but that's a whole different story). I think I most states if you're disbarred in one state, you can't gain admittance in another.
Nice try, anyway. Believable, if it weren't for the "a/an" thing.
You misspelled "historical". Yes, a space walk would be a historical event.
That's ok, you misspelled "grammar". While we're on the subject, "a space walk would be an historical event".
Right, along with the live video footage of the liftoff?