I think his whole point is that there's no real difference between the 2. There's certainly a dictionary difference, and nobody is arguing against that. But in the end, both systems see to it you aren't heard if you don't have the favor of the ruling powers.
Personally, I've never been one to long for the entire world to know my name, so this isn't really hurting me at all. In fact, I think that most people would be better off if they didn't have world-wide reknown. They can't handle it.
Not true, actually. BitTorrent doesn't ask for data in packet-sized blocks. If a single packet is missing from the block, it doesn't (currently) have a way to ask for just that packet. You'd basically be re-implemented TCP to do that.
I find it interesting that every post I read that says 'no degree' emphatically is riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes.
Can you get a job with no degree? Sure. Can you get a good job? It's not likely, but still possible. Can you get a good and well-paying job? I seriously doubt it.
Unless you are absolutely amazing with a computer (and if you were, you wouldn't be asking this question because you'd already be working) then don't expect to get a decent job with no experience and no degree.
For anyone wondering why this is the right answer: You aren't depriving the author (or anyone else) of anything. This is as fair as you can reasonably be in this situation.
'Just don't read it' is not fair to our culture in general, so that's not the answer.
"But, as some of us realize, face-to-face meeting is still valuable for other reasons. You're more likely to learn something you didn't know that you wanted to know."
You present this as a fact, but I disagree. The number of these things I've learned from forums far outweighs the number that I've learned in face-to-face meetings, even when you consider time spent in each situation.
"And humans are hyper-social creatures that thrive on the richness of face-to-face interaction."
Also presented as facts without proof. Personally, I'm not that kind of person. I enjoy face-time occasionally, but I'd prefer to spend the majority of my time away from other people and their annoying habits. I'm not the only one like this, either.
To keep trying to make humans be what they have been in the past is to deny progress. If we had taken that attitude from the start, we'd never have started farming, let alone driving or flying or anything else that makes us what we are today.
I couldn't possibly love math and science because I find video games (a hobby that is changing daily) to be more interesting than math and science, which hardly change at all?
Lack of passion? You're assuming that you can label me as someone that doesn't love math and science simply because I don't love it more than everything else. I simply have no need to sit in a room with a bunch of boring people and talk about nothing, since that's exactly what's changed in science since the last meeting.
Video games are no more limited than reality. In fact, there are quite a few things you can experience in video games that you cannot experience in reality. When was the last space shuttle trip you took? Landed on an alien planet recently? How about you and your buddies going to war in Iraq and conquering everything? The last might even be possible, if it weren't so deadly in real life.
Sure, reality has some things that video games don't as well... But my playing video games doesn't actually prevent me from doing those, too!
By your own admission, the code quality sucks where you are at. Why do you think it's going to be any better in the new company? You can't avoid changes and feature creep. You can't avoid customers asking you for the above.
If you get what you want, and don't make changes, customers won't like your product. If you don't get what you want, you'll end up just exactly like the old company.
Wouldn't it be much better to take a hard line at the old company and insist on cleaning up the project?
You seem to be claiming that the disappearance of these clubs is causing kids to be gamers. I think it's exactly the opposite: Video games are causing kids not to be interested in those clubs, so they disappear due to lack of interest.
I -love- math and science, but if you give me the choice between hanging out with a bunch of kids that are interested in math or playing video games, the choice is obvious.
In addition, I can get all the info I need from the internet. I no longer have to deal with people or libraries or anything. Kids have the exact same access that I do, so it's not surprising that the smart ones choose to get their information fast and accurate, instead of wasting time. (Yes, information on the net is still far more accurate than talking to schoolkids about it.)
Students these days will learn 'computers' no matter what you do in the schools. Just putting more computer in won't do any good.
Instead, they need to be taught how to do things on them. Programming, art, CAD... Mostly things -can- be done without the computer, but that proper use of the computer will make them more productive. (Or let them have more fun!)
In other words, if you aren't volunteering your time, you can't really help.
Constantly? I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know if I've ever been in a photo with an American flag. I doubt most people that I know have been.
In this case, it's a photo of a person in the military, serving the country directly. I think a flag is pretty appropriate in that case.
You're taking a few photos here and there and claiming that everyone does it constantly, when in reality, people only do it when they are fanatical or they have something to say by using it. (In this case, loyalty and pride are being expressed.)
Actually, I think that has less to do with age and more to do with liking your work. That's exactly my attitude.
When I graduated from college, they had those stupid mock interviews. I kept saying 'I don't want to be a manager, I just want to code' and they kept yelling at me for it. 'That says you don't have any ambition.' No... It says I know what I like and what I'm good at.
Honestly, it probably did have a lot to do with why I couldn't get a job for so long... But the company I'm with now understands me and I fit perfectly with what they want, too. I've been here 3 years already and my yearly reviews are always glowing.
And yes, I tell the boss when I see problems with his plans. I don't usually use words like 'dipstick', but I make it pretty clear how I feel about the plans. And they usually appreciate the input and change things for the better.
Anyhow, the short version: It's not age, it's attitude.
Last I heard, they had -not- ever caught a terrorist with these methods or even random searches. It is only an inconvenience to the customer.
This is partly because there just aren't that many terrorists out there, but mainly because the tactics are useless against people that know the tactics... And you know the tactics if you've ever flown. Or talked to someone who has.
Instead of harassing the customers, they could pay a couple armed guards to sit on every flight and things would go smoother all around. And actually have a chance at stopping the terrorists that get by.
And you know, if they did it that way, I'd actually consider flying again.
You've just said that booting the computer isn't work, and then suggested hiring an army of people that do the work of booting the computer. Your argument would have been better just to argue that it is work.
It depends on the 'ebook reader'. I have used PDAs for nearly a decade now, and I find them plenty fast. My current Nokia N800 sometimes responds slowly, but most of the time it's nearly instant.
I know the e-ink ones are really slow, and that's what has stopped me from buying one so far... But having the big screen size might be enough to offset that for me.
I think books lend themselves to good stories better, but video lends itself to detail better. It's a bit of a tradeoff...
I can read a book that takes me many, many hours to finish (Atlas Shrugged!) but if a video takes more than 3 hours, it's interminable. On the other hand, if a book tries to put the detail of a movie in, it's really boring.
So really, 'inherently better' is a personal opinion, and not a fact that can be argued.
Yeah, when I drop a book, the bookmark almost always pops out. Very, very annoying. At one point I ended up buying one of those clip bookmarks that clips on the back of the book and has an arm over the pages to keep your place. That worked pretty well, except on large books. And I managed to pop one of them off a few times, too.
I'm not into paying $25 for a hardcover book. I'm not even into paying $10 for a softback book. I want to pay $5-10 for a DRM-free ebook that I can read on my PDA.
So far, all the people that I've met who read books but reject ebooks claim to like the feel of a book in their hand. Personally, I think that's bullshit. For me, the worst part of a book is the ability to lose my place. With physical books, this happened to me a -lot-. With ebooks, it does happen once in a while, but not nearly as often. Compare once a week to once a year.
I attribute their rejection to resistance to change, rather than actual preference. I'm sure some of them do prefer paper, but most just can't stand the though of change.
I long for the day we have data slates like Star Trek (the newer shows) has had for years. For now, I settle for a PDA.
I considered a Kindle, but they are freaking hideous and a lot of the size of the thing is the keyboard. Horrid idea. This one is almost all screen, and perfect for reading. Especially if you can turn it portrait or landscape.
Of course, this is just a market hype. The final product probably won't look like that... And we'll have to wait forever, and deal with 80 slashvertisements before it is released.
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I think his whole point is that there's no real difference between the 2. There's certainly a dictionary difference, and nobody is arguing against that. But in the end, both systems see to it you aren't heard if you don't have the favor of the ruling powers.
Personally, I've never been one to long for the entire world to know my name, so this isn't really hurting me at all. In fact, I think that most people would be better off if they didn't have world-wide reknown. They can't handle it.
Not true, actually. BitTorrent doesn't ask for data in packet-sized blocks. If a single packet is missing from the block, it doesn't (currently) have a way to ask for just that packet. You'd basically be re-implemented TCP to do that.
I find it interesting that every post I read that says 'no degree' emphatically is riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes.
Can you get a job with no degree? Sure. Can you get a good job? It's not likely, but still possible. Can you get a good and well-paying job? I seriously doubt it.
Unless you are absolutely amazing with a computer (and if you were, you wouldn't be asking this question because you'd already be working) then don't expect to get a decent job with no experience and no degree.
For anyone wondering why this is the right answer: You aren't depriving the author (or anyone else) of anything. This is as fair as you can reasonably be in this situation.
'Just don't read it' is not fair to our culture in general, so that's not the answer.
"But, as some of us realize, face-to-face meeting is still valuable for other reasons. You're more likely to learn something you didn't know that you wanted to know."
You present this as a fact, but I disagree. The number of these things I've learned from forums far outweighs the number that I've learned in face-to-face meetings, even when you consider time spent in each situation.
"And humans are hyper-social creatures that thrive on the richness of face-to-face interaction."
Also presented as facts without proof. Personally, I'm not that kind of person. I enjoy face-time occasionally, but I'd prefer to spend the majority of my time away from other people and their annoying habits. I'm not the only one like this, either.
To keep trying to make humans be what they have been in the past is to deny progress. If we had taken that attitude from the start, we'd never have started farming, let alone driving or flying or anything else that makes us what we are today.
I couldn't possibly love math and science because I find video games (a hobby that is changing daily) to be more interesting than math and science, which hardly change at all?
Lack of passion? You're assuming that you can label me as someone that doesn't love math and science simply because I don't love it more than everything else. I simply have no need to sit in a room with a bunch of boring people and talk about nothing, since that's exactly what's changed in science since the last meeting.
Video games are no more limited than reality. In fact, there are quite a few things you can experience in video games that you cannot experience in reality. When was the last space shuttle trip you took? Landed on an alien planet recently? How about you and your buddies going to war in Iraq and conquering everything? The last might even be possible, if it weren't so deadly in real life.
Sure, reality has some things that video games don't as well... But my playing video games doesn't actually prevent me from doing those, too!
By your own admission, the code quality sucks where you are at. Why do you think it's going to be any better in the new company? You can't avoid changes and feature creep. You can't avoid customers asking you for the above.
If you get what you want, and don't make changes, customers won't like your product. If you don't get what you want, you'll end up just exactly like the old company.
Wouldn't it be much better to take a hard line at the old company and insist on cleaning up the project?
You seem to be claiming that the disappearance of these clubs is causing kids to be gamers. I think it's exactly the opposite: Video games are causing kids not to be interested in those clubs, so they disappear due to lack of interest.
I -love- math and science, but if you give me the choice between hanging out with a bunch of kids that are interested in math or playing video games, the choice is obvious.
In addition, I can get all the info I need from the internet. I no longer have to deal with people or libraries or anything. Kids have the exact same access that I do, so it's not surprising that the smart ones choose to get their information fast and accurate, instead of wasting time. (Yes, information on the net is still far more accurate than talking to schoolkids about it.)
You are the victim of a failed joke.
Exactly. For it to be effective, it would have to be foolproof, and the crook would have to -know- it would happen before he considered stealing it.
The first is impossible. Since the first is impossible, the second would tell the thief exactly what he needed to do to steal the laptop successfully.
Ugh.
So, you support guns but only if people will only shoot the people you disagree with? Nice.
If we were all lawyers, our opinions might even matter!
He's looking for a lawyer's opinion on this... Preferably one with less bias than Groklaw has.
Students these days will learn 'computers' no matter what you do in the schools. Just putting more computer in won't do any good.
Instead, they need to be taught how to do things on them. Programming, art, CAD... Mostly things -can- be done without the computer, but that proper use of the computer will make them more productive. (Or let them have more fun!)
In other words, if you aren't volunteering your time, you can't really help.
Constantly? I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know if I've ever been in a photo with an American flag. I doubt most people that I know have been.
In this case, it's a photo of a person in the military, serving the country directly. I think a flag is pretty appropriate in that case.
You're taking a few photos here and there and claiming that everyone does it constantly, when in reality, people only do it when they are fanatical or they have something to say by using it. (In this case, loyalty and pride are being expressed.)
Actually, I think that has less to do with age and more to do with liking your work. That's exactly my attitude.
When I graduated from college, they had those stupid mock interviews. I kept saying 'I don't want to be a manager, I just want to code' and they kept yelling at me for it. 'That says you don't have any ambition.' No... It says I know what I like and what I'm good at.
Honestly, it probably did have a lot to do with why I couldn't get a job for so long... But the company I'm with now understands me and I fit perfectly with what they want, too. I've been here 3 years already and my yearly reviews are always glowing.
And yes, I tell the boss when I see problems with his plans. I don't usually use words like 'dipstick', but I make it pretty clear how I feel about the plans. And they usually appreciate the input and change things for the better.
Anyhow, the short version: It's not age, it's attitude.
Last I heard, they had -not- ever caught a terrorist with these methods or even random searches. It is only an inconvenience to the customer.
This is partly because there just aren't that many terrorists out there, but mainly because the tactics are useless against people that know the tactics... And you know the tactics if you've ever flown. Or talked to someone who has.
Instead of harassing the customers, they could pay a couple armed guards to sit on every flight and things would go smoother all around. And actually have a chance at stopping the terrorists that get by.
And you know, if they did it that way, I'd actually consider flying again.
You've just said that booting the computer isn't work, and then suggested hiring an army of people that do the work of booting the computer. Your argument would have been better just to argue that it is work.
I believe the phrase is:
If you aren't part of a the solution, you're part of the problem.
You have a constitutional right to infringe copyrights?
Or maybe you have a constitutional right to use the University's network in any way you wish?
Or maybe you think that 'privacy' applies on private networks and land?
There are plenty of reasons that this won't work as the RIAA wants, but this isn't one of them.
It depends on the 'ebook reader'. I have used PDAs for nearly a decade now, and I find them plenty fast. My current Nokia N800 sometimes responds slowly, but most of the time it's nearly instant.
I know the e-ink ones are really slow, and that's what has stopped me from buying one so far... But having the big screen size might be enough to offset that for me.
I think books lend themselves to good stories better, but video lends itself to detail better. It's a bit of a tradeoff...
I can read a book that takes me many, many hours to finish (Atlas Shrugged!) but if a video takes more than 3 hours, it's interminable. On the other hand, if a book tries to put the detail of a movie in, it's really boring.
So really, 'inherently better' is a personal opinion, and not a fact that can be argued.
Yeah, when I drop a book, the bookmark almost always pops out. Very, very annoying. At one point I ended up buying one of those clip bookmarks that clips on the back of the book and has an arm over the pages to keep your place. That worked pretty well, except on large books. And I managed to pop one of them off a few times, too.
Okay, now the question is:
Where can I buy the ebook?
I'm not into paying $25 for a hardcover book. I'm not even into paying $10 for a softback book. I want to pay $5-10 for a DRM-free ebook that I can read on my PDA.
It's pretty commonly used as a verb in the US, too. GP forgets that dictionaries aren't the language, but just an imperfect and dated reference to it.
Seriously? You've met people that believe that?
So far, all the people that I've met who read books but reject ebooks claim to like the feel of a book in their hand. Personally, I think that's bullshit. For me, the worst part of a book is the ability to lose my place. With physical books, this happened to me a -lot-. With ebooks, it does happen once in a while, but not nearly as often. Compare once a week to once a year.
I attribute their rejection to resistance to change, rather than actual preference. I'm sure some of them do prefer paper, but most just can't stand the though of change.
I long for the day we have data slates like Star Trek (the newer shows) has had for years. For now, I settle for a PDA.
I considered a Kindle, but they are freaking hideous and a lot of the size of the thing is the keyboard. Horrid idea. This one is almost all screen, and perfect for reading. Especially if you can turn it portrait or landscape.
Of course, this is just a market hype. The final product probably won't look like that... And we'll have to wait forever, and deal with 80 slashvertisements before it is released.