Very simple... we ask you to come in for a test. You then study your ass off for a week, getting the fundamental parts of the language down. Perhaps you can even read a book on best practices in the language.
And frankly, if someone came in and put on the test a psuedocode solution then an attempt in the java solution, that would be enough for us.
And no, I've known wizards in one language but they didn't know how to translate that to other languages. (For that matter, I wouldn't feel comfortable taking a C++ job myself, even though I've picked up plenty of other languages.)
In defense of George Clinton, he lost a pile of money on people sampling his stuff in early rap. This was a time when he was barely making it week to week because he had someone else stealing his royalties.
and no, fair use doesn't apply to sampling. That's what they're saying. And frankly, if you look at what fair use is, it shouldn't.
Now I like The Grey Album and the Avalanches and much of the meta-art genre, but under current laws this is the correct implementation.
This is a legislative problem and only solved with a ballot or a gun.
compulsory licensing only works with playing someone else's work, not in publishing rights. You can't release a Beatles best of and just pay them compulsory licensing for their tracks.
Now, it would be a great idea in sampling, but you still need permission. The prime example is The Verve and Bittersweet Symphony. They asked the Rolling Stones for permission to use the small orchestral sample (which was pretty obscure - I doubt anyone's going to find it if they look.) and were refused.
They used it anyway. They got pwned. http://www.superswell.com/samplelaw/horror.html
I want the justices to hear some Avalanches, though... and tell me that the art could have been legitimitely created under United States law. If it can't, then it's stifling creativity.
As one who raised his hand to the "auto-fallatio" question on the purity test, it's not the neck muscles that are the problem. Heck, your vertebre don't come into question at all; you just need a fairly flat stomach, strong abdominal muscles, and flexible back muscles.
A database shouldn't depend on your environment, and is likely running on Oracle or DB2. (If it's running on Postgres, they're in trouble anyway.) The DBA is business as usual.
When modifications are made to the system (that's what the maintenance contract is for!) a developer is likely going to be on-site and making the change. If not, they should have an upgrade process that is as simple as "runme."
fork() is emulated in the windows environment - there is no exact windows equivalent.
as for windows-only shops, it doesn't make sense to have *one* unix box, and have to get training for *one* application.
I don't think windows is a superior server operating system, but there are instances (small businesses in particular) where it can be more cost effective.
If you're just running shell scripts, you're probably going to be able to make the transition with a minimum of effort. Cygwin is a bit slow, though. It's good for most purposes, but don't depend on it to do more than administrative tasks.
At least, in my experience. I use it for development and it makes my life livable.
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Discrete math is used in programming quite a bit if you think about it.
Any sql query can be broken down into components of set theory, for example.
In my first discrete math class, we also went over basic analysis of algorithms.
(and yes... I've seen people pull out O(n^3) algorithms and rewrite them as O(n log n) just because the original programmer didn't realize how much of a difference it would make.)
Employment can be a subsidized education. Take advantage of the free time.
Of course, barring that, find a bunch of smaller message boards and alternately check them. You can even be a rabid republican on one and a bleeding heart democrat on another.
I don't know if you're running this on Windows or *ix, but Red Hat may be willing to work something out with you. If not, check out IBM. IBM will set up anything for the right price, last I heard.
Be warned; IBM might instead try to get you to move to Websphere.
Doing a little google work says that http://www.coopermcgregor.com/support/support.plan s.pdf shows cooper mcgregor supporting apache + tomcat.
Have we forgotten the fifteen channel splits in a night? the channels taken over? I'll admit those were rarer after nickserv and chanserv, but I've seen channels taken over from the inside as well.
IRC was hard to use. It was just continually broken.
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Too late. :D
Very simple... we ask you to come in for a test. You then study your ass off for a week, getting the fundamental parts of the language down. Perhaps you can even read a book on best practices in the language.
And frankly, if someone came in and put on the test a psuedocode solution then an attempt in the java solution, that would be enough for us.
And no, I've known wizards in one language but they didn't know how to translate that to other languages. (For that matter, I wouldn't feel comfortable taking a C++ job myself, even though I've picked up plenty of other languages.)
In defense of George Clinton, he lost a pile of money on people sampling his stuff in early rap. This was a time when he was barely making it week to week because he had someone else stealing his royalties.
and no, fair use doesn't apply to sampling. That's what they're saying. And frankly, if you look at what fair use is, it shouldn't.
Now I like The Grey Album and the Avalanches and much of the meta-art genre, but under current laws this is the correct implementation.
This is a legislative problem and only solved with a ballot or a gun.
Hold up...
compulsory licensing only works with playing someone else's work, not in publishing rights. You can't release a Beatles best of and just pay them compulsory licensing for their tracks.
Now, it would be a great idea in sampling, but you still need permission. The prime example is The Verve and Bittersweet Symphony. They asked the Rolling Stones for permission to use the small orchestral sample (which was pretty obscure - I doubt anyone's going to find it if they look.) and were refused.
They used it anyway. They got pwned. http://www.superswell.com/samplelaw/horror.html
I want the justices to hear some Avalanches, though... and tell me that the art could have been legitimitely created under United States law. If it can't, then it's stifling creativity.
As one who raised his hand to the "auto-fallatio" question on the purity test, it's not the neck muscles that are the problem. Heck, your vertebre don't come into question at all; you just need a fairly flat stomach, strong abdominal muscles, and flexible back muscles.
A long dick doesn't hurt, either.
It's been a long time, though.
I'm really creeped out now.
This was supposed to be funny.
Ashcroft may not be Catholic, but every Pope is.
Thus, giving Ashcroft the title Pope (never mind that popes are called by a confirmation name IIRC) makes as much sense as calling Bush an Ayatollah.
And for the 95% of us who don't wear a jacket...
Stuff it inside your pants. That way, if a theif goes for it, you're getting your money's worth.
There's someone else out there using TWM too?
Cool!
___
(Oh, and E was revolutionary when it came out.)
I think I liked it better when I was blissfully ignorant of our impending doom.
I heartily suggest this to anyone with a gluten or peanut allergy as well. Very affective!
(Trying to gain enough frequent flyer points for a free one-way ticket to hell.)
You mean... the kind I work on every day?
A database shouldn't depend on your environment, and is likely running on Oracle or DB2. (If it's running on Postgres, they're in trouble anyway.) The DBA is business as usual.
When modifications are made to the system (that's what the maintenance contract is for!) a developer is likely going to be on-site and making the change. If not, they should have an upgrade process that is as simple as "runme."
The developer's job is to make sure that the customer doesn't have to grok the unix. They just have to open up this window and type runme .
fork() is emulated in the windows environment - there is no exact windows equivalent.
as for windows-only shops, it doesn't make sense to have *one* unix box, and have to get training for *one* application.
I don't think windows is a superior server operating system, but there are instances (small businesses in particular) where it can be more cost effective.
If you're just running shell scripts, you're probably going to be able to make the transition with a minimum of effort. Cygwin is a bit slow, though. It's good for most purposes, but don't depend on it to do more than administrative tasks.
At least, in my experience. I use it for development and it makes my life livable.
First rule of teh karma whore: Don't waste your time on teh funny: it garners you no karma.
Second rule of teh karma whore: the quickest way to 50 is the path of the question. http://ask.slashdot.org/ is your friend. Go early, point to google, and answer the question in a slightly condesending tone. (Being truly helpful isn't time efficent.)
Third rule of teh karma whore: Don't post off-topic musings like this: I'm deserve -1 OffTopic for this one.
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Sorry, forgot to close the UBB tag.
Satan?
Discrete math is used in programming quite a bit if you think about it.
Any sql query can be broken down into components of set theory, for example.
In my first discrete math class, we also went over basic analysis of algorithms.
(and yes... I've seen people pull out O(n^3) algorithms and rewrite them as O(n log n) just because the original programmer didn't realize how much of a difference it would make.)
Employment can be a subsidized education. Take advantage of the free time.
Of course, barring that, find a bunch of smaller message boards and alternately check them. You can even be a rabid republican on one and a bleeding heart democrat on another.
Too bad the person who posted it first was AC and so the answer may never be seen.
To recap, buy a cheap wireless keyboard. If you do it Eeeeeeeee-bay, watch for shipping charges.
that would love this one.
The Diary of Anne Frank would have been a lot shorter, though.
I don't know if you're running this on Windows or *ix, but Red Hat may be willing to work something out with you. If not, check out IBM. IBM will set up anything for the right price, last I heard.
n s.pdf shows cooper mcgregor supporting apache + tomcat.
Be warned; IBM might instead try to get you to move to Websphere.
Doing a little google work says that http://www.coopermcgregor.com/support/support.pla
So then... somehow, I was imagining all of those times half of a channel would disappear five or six times a night on Undernet or EFNet?
Have we all forgotten the problems with IRC?
Have we forgotten the fifteen channel splits in a night? the channels taken over? I'll admit those were rarer after nickserv and chanserv, but I've seen channels taken over from the inside as well.
IRC was hard to use. It was just continually broken.