What makes you think the people who are actually voting are better informed than you? The majority of voters probably could not give even a brief overview of their chosen candidate's platform, and their decision was probably heavily influenced by party identification rather than any specific views of their candidate.
I was first taught to program C++ back in high school with Visual Studio, and then introduced to vi in undergrad for Java, C, and everything else. I like having an IDE available to work with Java applications and whatnot, and I like using emacs or something equivalent for writing in perl and C. Introduce your students to both and let them pick what they like, its really a matter of preference after all. Just make sure that if they are using an IDE, they don't become reliant on wizards to write their code.
Nintendo isn't aiming at exactly the same market as Sony and Microsoft with the Wii, they seem to be aiming at non-traditional gamers and kids with their relatively inexpensive and underpowered system. Meanwhile Sony is aiming squarely at Microsoft's hardcore gamer market with less emphasis on creativity and more on system specs. Microsoft's system is kind of sitting in the middle between the PS3 and Wii, both in terms of price and performance. They have to be counting on the first-to-market advantage and the sticker shock of the PS3 to carry their own sales, might as well pay lipservice to the Nintendo machine and hope a few people really do buy the 360 and Wii over a PS3.
Mod parent way up. The existence of a trade union does not necessarily impede the growth of its respective industry. The market for unskilled labor in this country is worsening not simply because of union politics, but also due to technological advances in transportation and communication. Unskilled labor is by definition an area of employment that does not require extensive training or innovation to produce acceptable results. Therefore, it follows that these jobs can easily be transferred to foreign markets with lower costs of living (or perhaps more repressive governments and social structures) without a significant impact upon the quality of the product. If you want to blame someone for the apparent collapse of the American auto industry, blame the managers and engineers who have failed to produce cars that are as efficient and innovative as the Japanese models, or as powerful and reliable as the Germans models. Don't lay all the blame on the trade unions, and don't immediately discount the viability of a professional trade union in the IT sector because of the experience of the automobile sector. When the time comes that a programmer in a developing country can produce the same quality and innovation in software as in a developed country, IT jobs will evaporate independent of the existence of a trade union. In the mean time, a professional trade union could help to lobby for sensible intellectual property law, or protest the hypocrisy of CEOs that receive multi-million dollar salaries while at the same time laying off employees who did not make the critical decisions responsible for their company's financial plight in the first place.
All views on the video games rating system aside, who was the idiot that allowed this material to remain in the commercial shipment of the software? Don't they read the news? Did they somehow miss that whole "hot coffee" debacle, despite its appearance on every major US news network? What the hell did they expect to happen when someone inevitably discovered a way to access the questionable material?
The second is a lousy mass media. Many people who might take a stand against anti-freedom activities such as this aren't even aware of the issue, just because it isn't reported well by major news outlets.
For proof of this, just take a look at CNN.com's front page right now. Apparently video footage of pigs jumping off a diving board is a far more pressing issue than the prospect of Enemy Of The State gaining documentary status.
Actually, the review of the sale of Snort began before the backlash against the Dubai World Ports deal. So the real issue here is why the Dubai company managed to side step the standard review process while the Israeli company was heavily scrutinized as part of a much smaller deal.
If you think the government would intervene to prevent what is clearly a violation of existing law regarding telcos and their status as regulated monopolies, you should consider the current status of the oil companies. First they jack up their prices during a period of natural disasters, and claim the price increases are needed to offset damage done to their offshore oil rigs and coastal refineries. Then they post record profits immediately following this period of disasters and price hikes, and no one in Washington even mutters the phrase "price gouging" or "profiteering".
The interests of the people are no longer the main concern of politicians; the interests of their largest corporate sponsors have pushed them aside.
The last time I checked, both the US and Canada had a pretty firm grasp upon the concept of electric lighting. Why are we still messing around with this daylight savings time hooplah?
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Only in Kenya can you see lions.
It's a very bad sign if we see solongandthanksforallthefish as a recurring tag.
What makes you think the people who are actually voting are better informed than you? The majority of voters probably could not give even a brief overview of their chosen candidate's platform, and their decision was probably heavily influenced by party identification rather than any specific views of their candidate.
It is high time somebody introduced Mr. Thompson to Rule 11.
I was first taught to program C++ back in high school with Visual Studio, and then introduced to vi in undergrad for Java, C, and everything else. I like having an IDE available to work with Java applications and whatnot, and I like using emacs or something equivalent for writing in perl and C. Introduce your students to both and let them pick what they like, its really a matter of preference after all. Just make sure that if they are using an IDE, they don't become reliant on wizards to write their code.
Will the moon people be nice, or scary?
Best dept. reference EVER!
Nintendo isn't aiming at exactly the same market as Sony and Microsoft with the Wii, they seem to be aiming at non-traditional gamers and kids with their relatively inexpensive and underpowered system. Meanwhile Sony is aiming squarely at Microsoft's hardcore gamer market with less emphasis on creativity and more on system specs. Microsoft's system is kind of sitting in the middle between the PS3 and Wii, both in terms of price and performance. They have to be counting on the first-to-market advantage and the sticker shock of the PS3 to carry their own sales, might as well pay lipservice to the Nintendo machine and hope a few people really do buy the 360 and Wii over a PS3.
Mod parent way up. The existence of a trade union does not necessarily impede the growth of its respective industry. The market for unskilled labor in this country is worsening not simply because of union politics, but also due to technological advances in transportation and communication. Unskilled labor is by definition an area of employment that does not require extensive training or innovation to produce acceptable results. Therefore, it follows that these jobs can easily be transferred to foreign markets with lower costs of living (or perhaps more repressive governments and social structures) without a significant impact upon the quality of the product. If you want to blame someone for the apparent collapse of the American auto industry, blame the managers and engineers who have failed to produce cars that are as efficient and innovative as the Japanese models, or as powerful and reliable as the Germans models. Don't lay all the blame on the trade unions, and don't immediately discount the viability of a professional trade union in the IT sector because of the experience of the automobile sector. When the time comes that a programmer in a developing country can produce the same quality and innovation in software as in a developed country, IT jobs will evaporate independent of the existence of a trade union. In the mean time, a professional trade union could help to lobby for sensible intellectual property law, or protest the hypocrisy of CEOs that receive multi-million dollar salaries while at the same time laying off employees who did not make the critical decisions responsible for their company's financial plight in the first place.
All views on the video games rating system aside, who was the idiot that allowed this material to remain in the commercial shipment of the software? Don't they read the news? Did they somehow miss that whole "hot coffee" debacle, despite its appearance on every major US news network? What the hell did they expect to happen when someone inevitably discovered a way to access the questionable material?
Golf is the saddest excuse for a sport currently in existence. Hell, I would rather watch curling than watch golf.
For proof of this, just take a look at CNN.com's front page right now. Apparently video footage of pigs jumping off a diving board is a far more pressing issue than the prospect of Enemy Of The State gaining documentary status.
This kind of reminds me of a dilbert strip...
The only thing AOL is good at is weasly marketing talk.
Actually, the review of the sale of Snort began before the backlash against the Dubai World Ports deal. So the real issue here is why the Dubai company managed to side step the standard review process while the Israeli company was heavily scrutinized as part of a much smaller deal.
Rediculous is ridiculous.
And by the by, pretty much all that Students for a Free Tibet does is protest against China. That is kind of their thing.
...if someone didn't make a D&D reference as part of a serious political discussion.
Could someone please translate this into lay speak? Damn it, Jim, I'm a computer scientist, not a biologist!
So much for do no evil. If they want to make that claim, they have to actually follow through and refuse to do a corrupt government's dirty work.
If you think the government would intervene to prevent what is clearly a violation of existing law regarding telcos and their status as regulated monopolies, you should consider the current status of the oil companies. First they jack up their prices during a period of natural disasters, and claim the price increases are needed to offset damage done to their offshore oil rigs and coastal refineries. Then they post record profits immediately following this period of disasters and price hikes, and no one in Washington even mutters the phrase "price gouging" or "profiteering". The interests of the people are no longer the main concern of politicians; the interests of their largest corporate sponsors have pushed them aside.
The last time I checked, both the US and Canada had a pretty firm grasp upon the concept of electric lighting. Why are we still messing around with this daylight savings time hooplah?