They should do this same thing to get some better alternative energy cars or what have you out there. Get some people out there working on this that don't have the conflict of interest with oil.
All right, I guess it wouldn't be too bad to make ONE tag because I already rename the folder my camera puts my photos into. I know I wouldn't be adding more than one tag though. The problem is that I don't know exactly what I named it. For example, I have a folder " My Pictures/_photos/2005-06 California "
Now I didn't realize that was the name until I went there just now. I could have named it San Jacinto or LA or something else. I might take a while to find it with tags, and especially since I only made one tag. The best way to find it in the relational system I guess would be to sort everything by date and then I would recognize the name when it showed up. The bad part is that it is sorting EVERY JPG file I have... You'll be able to restrict it to certain file types I am assuming, but still that is a lot. Hopefully there is an option to only show tags in the results otherwise it would show a zillion photos, and other images that I would have to wade through.
"have the application apply a tag to each set of photos (=directory), which you could later organize further" Yeah this would make it the same work as just renaming the folder of photos that my camera creates when I transfer photos like I do now. However, this might be more work when trying to find them. The fact that you use search for everything scares me a bit. What if none of the pre-set searches like "media last accessed in 2004" match very well and I don't know what I tagged them with?
I just thought of something though. I guess I already use a relational file system in a manner of speaking since I am a Flickr user, though I don't upload everything there. It IS harder and takes longer to find a specific photo on there!
It's a tiny investment for just one of the zillion reasons that we benefit from NASA. The one reason I give as an example is protection from homo sapiens killing asteroids. They keep their eyes open and if not them, then who?
Well this has been going on a long time now, contrary to the article just coming out now. They wouldn't do this if there wasn't enough time for some useful research and development to take place.
Well a lot of scientists do work there and work for them (us).
"If civvies can get into space"
LOL. If you are referring to Space Ship One, it did get into space I suppose, but give me a break. It was a lightweight craft with only one passenger that didn't really make it out of the atmosphere. I'll take your comment more seriously when they are launching heavy payloads into space, maybe to the moon (and land on it... and return would be nice), maybe to bring up parts of a space station and attach them in space, or to repair a delicate space telescope etc etc etc. Oh yeah, and I guess they'll be using plenty of NASA tech or NASA funded tech (I don't think you realize this) to do it. Until then, I'm glad to pay for NASA, thanks.
By the way, maybe you have heard of the X-15? it was a USAF/USN experimental rocket aircraft that did similar things to what Space Ship One did (even over 100km, same as the X-prize requirement), only that was in the 1960s! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15
As you read about the X-15, you'll realize how ridiculous your argument is.
Plus I don't consider the shuttle an embarrassment. I can't believe this was rated "insightful".
I already read about this in Popular Sciencea long time ago. It's actually a very good thing I believe. They set timelines and requirements in each plan with each tech company to design new spacecraft tech. They get so much money each step of the way after they've demonstrated their ideas and product, often through actual testing. This is a good way to not only prevent overspending but it also encourages private sector innovation from a variety of sources, very well qualified people. The startup companies work like hell to get their idea to work, and they pay for the early stages of work in the hopes that NASA will accept their design or someone else will. I like that NASA is staying ahead of the game on this. It's a great strategy.
"I should be able to ask my operating system, "Show me all my picture files", and it simply can list ALL the image files on my computer,"
That would not be very useful to me as I have millions of images probably. I'd have to use tags or some crap. The folders keep them organized believe it or not. I suppose you could say that folders are just another kind of tag but then I'd have to remember what the hell I tagged them with. Following the tree of folders is easier.
Now I do see the benefits of the relational file system but let me ask you this... what would the files look like on a computer... on an OS? Would there be folders like now? Would every file just be dumped in C:\ ??? Maybe you would not be able to see the files at all and would have to do a search everytime? How would I find something that I haven't thought of in a very long time? It might be gone forever. I'm really just curious.
I guess the link is too long, it doesn't seem to work.
Hmm, so what do I do? go back to school just in time to graduate at the start of a new bust time, all over again hehe. It doesn't sound good for what I want to do I guess. Well.. gotta stay optimistic.
"the average programmer in the US now makes almost $100K"
That can hardly be true because lots of us don't have jobs. I'd work for 30K or whatever is enough to pay for living so I could get some experience. I'm stuck.
That's very true. There were a LOT of Indians at my last apartment complex and they all seemed friendly people. It was like a small Indian community I guess. The family above us had a jumping kid and they apologized for him, we were just amused. They also offered me dinner when their sink pipe had broken and leaked in my kitchen.
"unlike some us-citizen counterparts who always in demand of high salary"
I am not! I don't even get to the point of the process when salary is even talked about. I just need experience which I can't seem to get. I don't mind working for low pay to get that.
Thank you for your thoughtful post. I wonder if you would have a suggestion for me. I graduated with a degree in CS from Illinois (good school) and haven't been able to find a job. I have been working in a very boring job at a mortgage company, though I'm good at my job and the people like me. I have created my own project to help show my skills even and I still cannot find any job just to get some experience. I have been told I am overqualified before. I guess the bigger question is how do I find a job and the other question is how would I become a good programmer like you say? Should I go back to school and get my masters?
I agree with you. If you have a PHD then that's great. It's good to bring smart people to our country:)
I have heard from a friend in Guangzhou that there are so many people in China getting degrees now that there are too many people for jobs. It makes me feel bad for them but I don't have a job either. Maybe I should go back to school.
That is similar to my situation. I'm from a small town as well. I should have spent another year in college, taking less classes, and got a job/joined a group or something to have some sort of experience, and stayed there year round instead of working at home during the summers. I have come up with my own interesting project:)
That is exactly what I thought. Since I don't have work experience, and can't get work experience, I have to make something on my own just to prove something. It's nothing earth shattering but I hope it shows I can be useful. I have continued working on the project and it's looking pretty good now so I've had it on my resume.
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ok you got me, they probably could have done that in another year or two so consider it 1964 or 1965 :)
Ok thanks for the link, I will check them out.
They should do this same thing to get some better alternative energy cars or what have you out there. Get some people out there working on this that don't have the conflict of interest with oil.
Why not just set up a big bullseye for evil space aliens or the occasional homo sapiens killing asteroid.
All right, I guess it wouldn't be too bad to make ONE tag because I already rename the folder my camera puts my photos into. I know I wouldn't be adding more than one tag though. The problem is that I don't know exactly what I named it. For example, I have a folder " My Pictures/_photos/2005-06 California "
Now I didn't realize that was the name until I went there just now. I could have named it San Jacinto or LA or something else. I might take a while to find it with tags, and especially since I only made one tag. The best way to find it in the relational system I guess would be to sort everything by date and then I would recognize the name when it showed up. The bad part is that it is sorting EVERY JPG file I have... You'll be able to restrict it to certain file types I am assuming, but still that is a lot. Hopefully there is an option to only show tags in the results otherwise it would show a zillion photos, and other images that I would have to wade through.
"have the application apply a tag to each set of photos (=directory), which you could later organize further"
Yeah this would make it the same work as just renaming the folder of photos that my camera creates when I transfer photos like I do now. However, this might be more work when trying to find them. The fact that you use search for everything scares me a bit. What if none of the pre-set searches like "media last accessed in 2004" match very well and I don't know what I tagged them with?
I just thought of something though. I guess I already use a relational file system in a manner of speaking since I am a Flickr user, though I don't upload everything there. It IS harder and takes longer to find a specific photo on there!
It's a tiny investment for just one of the zillion reasons that we benefit from NASA. The one reason I give as an example is protection from homo sapiens killing asteroids. They keep their eyes open and if not them, then who?
Yeah, it did the same thing that the X-15 did in .... wait for it... 1963
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15
SPACE SHIP ONE DID NOT ACHIEVE ORBIT!
Well this has been going on a long time now, contrary to the article just coming out now. They wouldn't do this if there wasn't enough time for some useful research and development to take place.
Well a lot of scientists do work there and work for them (us).
"If civvies can get into space"
LOL. If you are referring to Space Ship One, it did get into space I suppose, but give me a break. It was a lightweight craft with only one passenger that didn't really make it out of the atmosphere. I'll take your comment more seriously when they are launching heavy payloads into space, maybe to the moon (and land on it... and return would be nice), maybe to bring up parts of a space station and attach them in space, or to repair a delicate space telescope etc etc etc. Oh yeah, and I guess they'll be using plenty of NASA tech or NASA funded tech (I don't think you realize this) to do it. Until then, I'm glad to pay for NASA, thanks.
By the way, maybe you have heard of the X-15? it was a USAF/USN experimental rocket aircraft that did similar things to what Space Ship One did (even over 100km, same as the X-prize requirement), only that was in the 1960s!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15
As you read about the X-15, you'll realize how ridiculous your argument is.
Plus I don't consider the shuttle an embarrassment. I can't believe this was rated "insightful".
I already read about this in Popular Sciencea long time ago. It's actually a very good thing I believe. They set timelines and requirements in each plan with each tech company to design new spacecraft tech. They get so much money each step of the way after they've demonstrated their ideas and product, often through actual testing. This is a good way to not only prevent overspending but it also encourages private sector innovation from a variety of sources, very well qualified people. The startup companies work like hell to get their idea to work, and they pay for the early stages of work in the hopes that NASA will accept their design or someone else will. I like that NASA is staying ahead of the game on this. It's a great strategy.
it's in Alaska dude
"I should be able to ask my operating system, "Show me all my picture files", and it simply can list ALL the image files on my computer,"
That would not be very useful to me as I have millions of images probably. I'd have to use tags or some crap. The folders keep them organized believe it or not. I suppose you could say that folders are just another kind of tag but then I'd have to remember what the hell I tagged them with. Following the tree of folders is easier.
Now I do see the benefits of the relational file system but let me ask you this... what would the files look like on a computer... on an OS? Would there be folders like now? Would every file just be dumped in C:\ ??? Maybe you would not be able to see the files at all and would have to do a search everytime? How would I find something that I haven't thought of in a very long time? It might be gone forever. I'm really just curious.
LOL ...and please don't ask stupid questions unless you have downloaded and compiled and whatever the lastest CVS
yeah I hate that
I guess the link is too long, it doesn't seem to work.
Hmm, so what do I do? go back to school just in time to graduate at the start of a new bust time, all over again hehe. It doesn't sound good for what I want to do I guess. Well.. gotta stay optimistic.
I worked at a mortgage company and that WAS Office Space, though it wasn't even related to my degree or interests so I lost on both counts.
"the average programmer in the US now makes almost $100K"
That can hardly be true because lots of us don't have jobs. I'd work for 30K or whatever is enough to pay for living so I could get some experience. I'm stuck.
That's very true. There were a LOT of Indians at my last apartment complex and they all seemed friendly people. It was like a small Indian community I guess. The family above us had a jumping kid and they apologized for him, we were just amused. They also offered me dinner when their sink pipe had broken and leaked in my kitchen.
"unlike some us-citizen counterparts who always in demand of high salary"
I am not! I don't even get to the point of the process when salary is even talked about. I just need experience which I can't seem to get. I don't mind working for low pay to get that.
people should be able to see this
Thank you for your thoughtful post. I wonder if you would have a suggestion for me. I graduated with a degree in CS from Illinois (good school) and haven't been able to find a job. I have been working in a very boring job at a mortgage company, though I'm good at my job and the people like me. I have created my own project to help show my skills even and I still cannot find any job just to get some experience. I have been told I am overqualified before. I guess the bigger question is how do I find a job and the other question is how would I become a good programmer like you say? Should I go back to school and get my masters?
RTFA, look at the wages
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http://www.forthecause.us/ftc-video-CNN-WarOnMidd
http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back1305appendic
I agree with you. If you have a PHD then that's great. It's good to bring smart people to our country :)
I have heard from a friend in Guangzhou that there are so many people in China getting degrees now that there are too many people for jobs. It makes me feel bad for them but I don't have a job either. Maybe I should go back to school.
That is similar to my situation. I'm from a small town as well. I should have spent another year in college, taking less classes, and got a job/joined a group or something to have some sort of experience, and stayed there year round instead of working at home during the summers. I have come up with my own interesting project :)
http://www.ngumbi.com/
That is exactly what I thought. Since I don't have work experience, and can't get work experience, I have to make something on my own just to prove something. It's nothing earth shattering but I hope it shows I can be useful. I have continued working on the project and it's looking pretty good now so I've had it on my resume.
"I see entry level programmers being the hardest hit and I think that is horrible for them"
thank you
geez really? what the hell was he/she saying?
:)
you don't give much hope to the people that have a hard time just getting interviews