I'm still surprised they haven't transitioned to Go yet. It would aleviate some of the mess w/ Java (did they steal it?) and would be a full Google stack. Of course, I haven't heard much about Go since quite a while back, either.....so maybe it died on the vine.
There is a really simple explaination to this age (of which I'm a member....).
This group is pretty much the right age to have grown up with the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Apple II, and [insert your favorite classic computer here]. We transitioned to the Nintendo and Genesis when those became available.....and our ranks grew. We transitioned to the Super Nintendo and PS1......and our ranks grew. We transitioned to the Game Cube and the PS2 and the Xbox.....and our ranks grew. We transitioned to the Wii and the PS3 and the Xbox360.....and our ranks grew. Along came Move and Kinect.....and our ranks grew.
We've grown up understanding that it was an available form of entertainment. Some people were "late to the party" but they still understood that people their age played video games, even if they didn't. Eventually, they began playing as well.....and that transition was easy because it was already ingrained in their culture, even if not in their personal life.
Just last week. There was the reclaimation of a laptop by a group of vigilantes.....at least that's how it was sensationalized in the headlines.
The actual story was that a guy found his laptop through tracking software. A group went to the bar where it was and asked for it back. The guy who had it let them take it back.
This would be material based and not require additional power?
It would be great for those baby-rooms they used to have in movie theaters. The people inside could hear the movie without the audience hearing the screaming kid.
The gp's point that the Microsoft stack is really well integrated where code written for the desktop and the web and the Xbox and WP7 and Silverlight can all be shared quite easily is also spot on.
What about charging more for the degrees that are less likely to bring in research dollars? Engineering, Microbiology, and Computer Science will have a lot more research dollars than English, History, and Geography. All are valid areas of study, but why charge more an area that brings in the bucks and less for areas that are a cost sink instead of the other way around.
I've been at the same title for 11 years. During that time, my salary has gone up at a decent clip, but at some point, you want recognition that you are worth a lot to the company. While I haven't tendered my resignation, I'm looking for the right opportunity. Strongly considering the contractor/consultant direction for a while.
Why are you people still reading the comments to this article? I read this far and every point worth making has already been made.
* People don't care enough about better quality (in visuals and audio -- they do care about better quality in content) * The price vs improvement isn't worth it to those that don't care * DVDs can be copied by the pirates much easier (so why would they want to upgrade) * Equipment compatibility issues (older vs newer DRM may or may not work with your player) * Slower load times * Better portability to "anywhere" -- even computers pretty much have DVD readers in the base model * When you stream your content, you don't really care about Bluray (physical media isn't as important)
You aren't their only customer. If your box has high network demands, they'll get complaints from everyone else who's affected. Sometimes the Service and Support isn't about you.
If there 100Gbit/sec, how many do they allocate to your server? And how many do they allocate to your phone? And how many to your payroll server? And your mail server? And your printer? And, and, and, and, and.
The roadblocks are put in place to keep one group (with the loudest executive) from monopolizing a resource that needs to be shared by all.
Depends. What if they standardized on BB or WP7 or Android devices and supply the functionality there. Most companies don't want to give access to mail/calendar/etc. to non-company-owned phones. Phones that they control, basically. And guess what, the iPhone usually isn't a corporate choice of device.
I was allowed to hook my WP7 device up to mail, but I had to conceed them remote wipe capabilities (not a big deal as all of my stuff is "in the cloud") and a password lock (not a big deal as I already had one). But my company doesn't support iPhone either....
OLTP vs DSS. Yep. Normalize and De-Normalize based on purpose and performance. NoSQL is just another tool in the toolbox. If there were one single magic tool, they wouldn't keep inventing new ones.
First off, Computer Science is not a "programming" degree. In fact good programming skill doesn't come from a class, but from real practical experience (hopefully with a good mentor).
That being said, I agree. I think there a large number of CS majors (and even MIS majors which is the "applied physisist" to the CS "theoretical physisist") who graduate with no clue as to how to actually develop a software system (developing includes a lot more than programming).
I agree. I choose.Net because I actually prefer Microsoft's IDE to any of the open source tools out there (Eclipse is powerful and all, but it doesn't make my life easier in the way the Visual Studio does). My background includes many languages other than.Net and I'm pretty sure I can code circles around a large majority of the workforce. So, just like any other arbitrary criteria anyone uses to exclude a resume, they'll miss out on some people that would have been perfect for the job.
My laptop has a touch screen (Dell Inspiron 1749). Of course, it was also more expensive than a tablet (but it's also running two hard drives, quad-core CPU, more RAM, better graphics, etc). I got the touch screen for some development projects I've got (it supports the Microsoft Surface SDK).
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I played all of the Leisure Suit Larry games and now I'm..............well, that didn't quite work out.
I'm still surprised they haven't transitioned to Go yet. It would aleviate some of the mess w/ Java (did they steal it?) and would be a full Google stack. Of course, I haven't heard much about Go since quite a while back, either.....so maybe it died on the vine.
There is a really simple explaination to this age (of which I'm a member....).
This group is pretty much the right age to have grown up with the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Apple II, and [insert your favorite classic computer here]. We transitioned to the Nintendo and Genesis when those became available.....and our ranks grew. We transitioned to the Super Nintendo and PS1......and our ranks grew. We transitioned to the Game Cube and the PS2 and the Xbox.....and our ranks grew. We transitioned to the Wii and the PS3 and the Xbox360.....and our ranks grew. Along came Move and Kinect.....and our ranks grew.
We've grown up understanding that it was an available form of entertainment. Some people were "late to the party" but they still understood that people their age played video games, even if they didn't. Eventually, they began playing as well.....and that transition was easy because it was already ingrained in their culture, even if not in their personal life.
more like a moon
That's no moon!
Just last week. There was the reclaimation of a laptop by a group of vigilantes.....at least that's how it was sensationalized in the headlines.
The actual story was that a guy found his laptop through tracking software. A group went to the bar where it was and asked for it back. The guy who had it let them take it back.
I've found three to be an optimal set. One wide, one long, and one "square". It makes it really easy to see testing windows in all configurations.
Two is nice because there are plenty of times when you want to see two things at once (code and testing window, remote server and local server, etc.)
Many of these projects aren't so much about the end goal as they are about the learning process along the way.
If they can do it with a human, they could probably make it work with a solar powered engine of some sort......
The materials and craft design can lead to other uses....
etc.
The electric industry went through deregulation where the pipes were divided from the generation.....hasn't exactly made it nirvana there, either.
This would be material based and not require additional power?
It would be great for those baby-rooms they used to have in movie theaters. The people inside could hear the movie without the audience hearing the screaming kid.
I'm already envisioning this for more complex robotics projects. Not the ones that just use Ardino but the ones that usually pack a laptop......
While I agree with this.
The gp's point that the Microsoft stack is really well integrated where code written for the desktop and the web and the Xbox and WP7 and Silverlight can all be shared quite easily is also spot on.
What about charging more for the degrees that are less likely to bring in research dollars? Engineering, Microbiology, and Computer Science will have a lot more research dollars than English, History, and Geography. All are valid areas of study, but why charge more an area that brings in the bucks and less for areas that are a cost sink instead of the other way around.
Parent has it right.
I've been at the same title for 11 years. During that time, my salary has gone up at a decent clip, but at some point, you want recognition that you are worth a lot to the company. While I haven't tendered my resignation, I'm looking for the right opportunity. Strongly considering the contractor/consultant direction for a while.
I just assume that non-pirates are using the DRM-laden free digital copy.
Why are you people still reading the comments to this article? I read this far and every point worth making has already been made.
* People don't care enough about better quality (in visuals and audio -- they do care about better quality in content)
* The price vs improvement isn't worth it to those that don't care
* DVDs can be copied by the pirates much easier (so why would they want to upgrade)
* Equipment compatibility issues (older vs newer DRM may or may not work with your player)
* Slower load times
* Better portability to "anywhere" -- even computers pretty much have DVD readers in the base model
* When you stream your content, you don't really care about Bluray (physical media isn't as important)
You can bet I'll be disabling it / using a different browser when Woot throws up a Bag of Crap......
But, yeah, were I being malicious, I'd be running my own code that spins up tons of requests once I find an error, not actually scaling them back.
You aren't their only customer. If your box has high network demands, they'll get complaints from everyone else who's affected. Sometimes the Service and Support isn't about you.
If there 100Gbit/sec, how many do they allocate to your server? And how many do they allocate to your phone? And how many to your payroll server? And your mail server? And your printer? And, and, and, and, and.
The roadblocks are put in place to keep one group (with the loudest executive) from monopolizing a resource that needs to be shared by all.
Depends. What if they standardized on BB or WP7 or Android devices and supply the functionality there. Most companies don't want to give access to mail/calendar/etc. to non-company-owned phones. Phones that they control, basically. And guess what, the iPhone usually isn't a corporate choice of device.
I was allowed to hook my WP7 device up to mail, but I had to conceed them remote wipe capabilities (not a big deal as all of my stuff is "in the cloud") and a password lock (not a big deal as I already had one). But my company doesn't support iPhone either....
Please tell me of this magic you have that introduces negative delay in my connection. :)
OLTP vs DSS. Yep. Normalize and De-Normalize based on purpose and performance. NoSQL is just another tool in the toolbox. If there were one single magic tool, they wouldn't keep inventing new ones.
I played this one a fair bit: http://www.giantbomb.com/das-boot-german-u-boat-simulation/61-19965/
It came out in 1990.
First off, Computer Science is not a "programming" degree. In fact good programming skill doesn't come from a class, but from real practical experience (hopefully with a good mentor).
That being said, I agree. I think there a large number of CS majors (and even MIS majors which is the "applied physisist" to the CS "theoretical physisist") who graduate with no clue as to how to actually develop a software system (developing includes a lot more than programming).
I agree. I choose .Net because I actually prefer Microsoft's IDE to any of the open source tools out there (Eclipse is powerful and all, but it doesn't make my life easier in the way the Visual Studio does). My background includes many languages other than .Net and I'm pretty sure I can code circles around a large majority of the workforce. So, just like any other arbitrary criteria anyone uses to exclude a resume, they'll miss out on some people that would have been perfect for the job.
Ouch! My legs!
Should have warned me that it was a food warming tray.
My laptop has a touch screen (Dell Inspiron 1749). Of course, it was also more expensive than a tablet (but it's also running two hard drives, quad-core CPU, more RAM, better graphics, etc). I got the touch screen for some development projects I've got (it supports the Microsoft Surface SDK).