Or even more the case: Everyone says that Basset Hounds are a dumb breed, because they can't be trained. But I had a Basset Hound that figured out how to open 2 gates to escape the yard and could recognize about 100 words and even one that could say about 4-5 words pretty clearly, such as "hungry" and "walk", when they wanted something.
I don't know ANY other dog breed that does stuff like that without training. But if you try to train a Basset Hound, they just glare at you like, "Why in the heck would I want to do that?"
So which is more intelligent? The German Shepard police dog or the talking Basset?
IQ is an extremely good way of measuring problem-solving abilities, useful in fields such as Computer Science. If your IQ is 100 or under, you probably aren't going to be a good coder, ever. Just like, if you are less than 6 feet, you probably won't be in the NBA, ever.
And yet, IT bosses expect their workers to be super geniuses AND social butterflies. And if you fail at tasks that are difficult for you (such as remembering things or not missing an e-mail), even though they are easy for other people, you are somehow doing it on purpose.
Yeah, they'll quit IQ tests in school because stupid people will be offended. But nobody cared how I felt when my scrawny little body failed miserably at strength tests...
A Chinese foundry started making cheap chipsets available that enabled any factory in Shenzhen to crank out an adequate phone for about $20 per copy. Since Nokia's phones cost them about $50 to make, it was obvious to them that their cash cow was going to stop producing. Doesn't matter who the CEO is, Nokia was facing a long steep slope downward.
Or they could have started making high-end Android phones. They are a well-known brand name. Few people would have batted an eye buying a Nokia for $199 when HTC was $99 or Nokia for $99 when HTC was free with contract. Nokia=indestructible quality in most people's eyes and if they just hired the right design studio, they were all set to compete with Samsung and Apple on the big stage, leaving the middle and lower tiers to the LGs and HTCs of the world.
The only entity I know that does this is the NHL rule book. There is an accompanying "Situation Guide" which explains the original intent of the rule and some situations in which is should and should not apply.
This is exactly it. Now that there is not an injunction in the US for the Samsung phones, they are proving it was a defensive move, not offensive, by dropping it. I assume if Apple dropped their lawsuits in the US, Samsung would probably drop theres in Europe as well.
Except that the Windows Phones were doing full web fine before there even was an iPhone. It's just that flip phones were cool and smartphones made you an uber-nerd. Apple made smartphones cool, but the functionality was nothing new.
Go through a recruiter and just go to the interview anyway. I have a BA in another field of study and not Comp Sci and nobody cares. I know high school dropouts that have no trouble getting work because they are awesome coders with great recommendations.
What he's saying is that most great programmers would be programmers whether there was a paying job or not. If they were factory workers, they would be writing code on nights and weekends for fun.
Again, what he's saying is that if you really love it, you would be doing it instead of asking on Slashdot how to do it.
The other day my wife needed to turn an image into a PDF file. Not finding something that did it for free in the past, I wrote it myself. Another time I wrote a utility that split PDF files. And another time one that joined them together. With a little help, I got my wife setup to manage PDFs without paying a dime. All with stuff I wrote for fun when needed. (I really should merge these three tools together into one tool.)
A programmer friend of mine came to my house once. He's an OK programmer, but not great. He said, "You have over 100 folders in your home source directory!" And, trying to be nice, I said, "Yeah, but I've been writing this stuff for over 20 years..." And he said, "Yeah, but that's an average 1 every 2 months!"
What can I say? I can't stop writing code. If I can't do something fast and for free, I usually just write it myself.
Well, not completely. There is a finite limit before they have to invest in their infrastructure. But until then, it's cheaper to have more bits used. As such, I am guessing they would like to stay exactly at the limit of what they have already built.
My guess is that the White House is going to respond a little bit seriously and call out the Outer Space Treaty as a reason why we can't create a Death Star.
Have you tried turning down the brightness? I read on my Asus Transformer all the time, and for hours at a time. Of course, I have it set on Auto Brightness, which typically keeps it about 20%-30% bright inside the house.
Cool, I have Vonage so I'll start bringing my home phone with me when I'm on vacation. Otherwise, how would the telemarketers and politicians know how to find me?
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Yes, but it is the smart parents that figure out how to leave the 3rd world and come to America...
Or even more the case: Everyone says that Basset Hounds are a dumb breed, because they can't be trained. But I had a Basset Hound that figured out how to open 2 gates to escape the yard and could recognize about 100 words and even one that could say about 4-5 words pretty clearly, such as "hungry" and "walk", when they wanted something.
I don't know ANY other dog breed that does stuff like that without training. But if you try to train a Basset Hound, they just glare at you like, "Why in the heck would I want to do that?"
So which is more intelligent? The German Shepard police dog or the talking Basset?
IQ is an extremely good way of measuring problem-solving abilities, useful in fields such as Computer Science. If your IQ is 100 or under, you probably aren't going to be a good coder, ever. Just like, if you are less than 6 feet, you probably won't be in the NBA, ever.
And yet, IT bosses expect their workers to be super geniuses AND social butterflies. And if you fail at tasks that are difficult for you (such as remembering things or not missing an e-mail), even though they are easy for other people, you are somehow doing it on purpose.
Yeah, they'll quit IQ tests in school because stupid people will be offended. But nobody cared how I felt when my scrawny little body failed miserably at strength tests...
Emotions make things easier to remember. It means that your co-workers are more boring than the Silmarillion, if such a thing were possible.
A Chinese foundry started making cheap chipsets available that enabled any factory in Shenzhen to crank out an adequate phone for about $20 per copy. Since Nokia's phones cost them about $50 to make, it was obvious to them that their cash cow was going to stop producing. Doesn't matter who the CEO is, Nokia was facing a long steep slope downward.
Or they could have started making high-end Android phones. They are a well-known brand name. Few people would have batted an eye buying a Nokia for $199 when HTC was $99 or Nokia for $99 when HTC was free with contract. Nokia=indestructible quality in most people's eyes and if they just hired the right design studio, they were all set to compete with Samsung and Apple on the big stage, leaving the middle and lower tiers to the LGs and HTCs of the world.
The only entity I know that does this is the NHL rule book. There is an accompanying "Situation Guide" which explains the original intent of the rule and some situations in which is should and should not apply.
Isn't a RAM a sheep?
This is exactly it. Now that there is not an injunction in the US for the Samsung phones, they are proving it was a defensive move, not offensive, by dropping it. I assume if Apple dropped their lawsuits in the US, Samsung would probably drop theres in Europe as well.
Except that the Windows Phones were doing full web fine before there even was an iPhone. It's just that flip phones were cool and smartphones made you an uber-nerd. Apple made smartphones cool, but the functionality was nothing new.
Go through a recruiter and just go to the interview anyway. I have a BA in another field of study and not Comp Sci and nobody cares. I know high school dropouts that have no trouble getting work because they are awesome coders with great recommendations.
What he's saying is that most great programmers would be programmers whether there was a paying job or not. If they were factory workers, they would be writing code on nights and weekends for fun.
Again, what he's saying is that if you really love it, you would be doing it instead of asking on Slashdot how to do it.
The other day my wife needed to turn an image into a PDF file. Not finding something that did it for free in the past, I wrote it myself. Another time I wrote a utility that split PDF files. And another time one that joined them together. With a little help, I got my wife setup to manage PDFs without paying a dime. All with stuff I wrote for fun when needed. (I really should merge these three tools together into one tool.)
A programmer friend of mine came to my house once. He's an OK programmer, but not great. He said, "You have over 100 folders in your home source directory!" And, trying to be nice, I said, "Yeah, but I've been writing this stuff for over 20 years..." And he said, "Yeah, but that's an average 1 every 2 months!"
What can I say? I can't stop writing code. If I can't do something fast and for free, I usually just write it myself.
Well, not completely. There is a finite limit before they have to invest in their infrastructure. But until then, it's cheaper to have more bits used. As such, I am guessing they would like to stay exactly at the limit of what they have already built.
You forgot the most important part:
The idiot he should of just laundered money for al-qaeda, while working for HSBC bank.
Didn't you hear? Animal Farm is about Russia, not America. ;)
Ding. Ding. Ding. You are correct, sir! Mod this man up.
It's easy for me to oppose the "freedom of speech" that results in Chinese dissidents getting death threats.
Link?
My guess is that the White House is going to respond a little bit seriously and call out the Outer Space Treaty as a reason why we can't create a Death Star.
This would be a great respose.
Where are my mod points?!? Mod parent up!
Have you tried turning down the brightness? I read on my Asus Transformer all the time, and for hours at a time. Of course, I have it set on Auto Brightness, which typically keeps it about 20%-30% bright inside the house.
Wow! SPOILER ALERT, dude. (J/K, great old book.)
Don't forget parking...
Cool, I have Vonage so I'll start bringing my home phone with me when I'm on vacation. Otherwise, how would the telemarketers and politicians know how to find me?