What I got from my CS degree is an understanding of how it all works......I already knew HOW to program (years of BASIC and PASCAL before college) and I didn't learn anything about real world projects, but because of my CS degree, I understood why languages are written the way they are (good old BNF's) and the different levels of the OSI model and algorithms (was I the only one who corrolated the O-face from Office Space with the face someone makes as they try to grasp Big-O notation during their first Algorithms class?) and, etc. None of it applies directly to what I do today, but because of that understanding, I solve problems quicker and I can communicate to the groups that I need to interact with (DBA's, Network Ops, etc.) in their own terms.
But how often are people with engineering degrees passed over for an ENGINEERING job by that marketing schmuck who has a better GPA? I'd guess rarely because they are looking for an ENGINEER not a marketer.
(Conversely, how often is a mediocre marketing grad passed over by an engineer with a better GPA for a marketing job?)
If that is what this fight boils down to, then it will never be resolved. Microsoft still is entrenched in business apps.....and so is Java. And neither camp will concede. Personally, I prefer MS languages, but I work daily in Java, too (I do both). Neither is really any better than the other for the purposes they are tasked with and anything you can accomplish in one, you can accomplish in the other (end-results, don't tell me about feature X that one has that the other doesn't). So that fight will never go away (there isn't some small group of content producers that can force the fight one way vs the other like there was in HDDVD vs BR).
Combine the room-temp superconductor plus the motionless CPU cooler, throw in the fact that scientists success corrolates to beer (three stories from today), and you just might have colder beer.
Is it a safe assumption that we have never been in the same place twice? Even with the variables that we know, how many other orbits / vectors are we following? Assuming some universal coordinate system origin, I would almost believe that Earth has never been at the same coordinates since the birth of the universe.....and might not until the death of the universe.
Not non-responsive......just not motivated by the phone. If you send an e-mail, I'm right on it, response usually within 15 minutes (unless in a meeting, working on someone else's request, etc.).....
When the Coke machine says "exact change only", I'll go to the Pepsi machine and put in a dollar and hit the coin return button. Some machines will return the bill (nothing lost) while others will return four quarters. If you get the quarters, you can go over to the Coke machine and get your Coke with exact change. I've not seen too many Coke machines do it, but about one out of ever 3 Pepsi machines will.
Night's stay in county jail - free Mystery meat meal - comp'ed Travel from casino to lodging - comp'ed 1 Phone call - free Pretty bracelets - free Make-over (sorry, only colors available are black and blue) - free
It's not that the game "knows" or anything, each bet exercises the odds discreetly. Just because the house has a 5% edge it can lose any sequence of bets. The argument about deeper pockets is that, sure, over time, the odds will favor the house by 5%, but short runs can turn out in favor of the player. But when those runs turn out in favor of the house, the player does not have infinite resources from which to draw in order to survive until the next run in their favor. The house (compared to the player) has effectively infinite resources.
IT is not just a cost. It's actually a source of cost reduction. If you are in development (for support/ops, the argument is a little trickier)...if you are in development, your function is essentially to allow the company to do more work with fewer people. That either frees up a resource to do something else or frees up a resource that the company no longer has to pay. Where I work, our CBA's show, on average, about 9x return on investment. At the end of the project, I think the actuals are closer to 3x or 4x, but still.....for ever $1 spent on IT, the company gets $3 in benefit. That $3 is usually realized through reducing the number of people needed to do a particular task so that they can go work on tasks that are short-handed, but every once in a while, the end result of a project is that departments have to let people go.
I think the heartburn is that the investment is all up front cost and the payback is over time. Spending $100k on an IT project that takes 6 months probably won't show a return until 6 months after install. A year for break-even. The part they miss is that after another 6 months, they double their investment. This usually happens because of how things are accounted for.....IT's budget takes the hit of the cost and the business partner takes the benefit of the reduction. So, in their mind, IT is an expense.
The squeaky wheel (or broken toilet) gets the cash......
Sounds like a time for the CEO's blackberry to stop working for a day or two.....especially if it's one where he's out golf---err meeting with his buddies and *their* blackberry's are still working. Don't bring the mail server down completely, because you don't want to hold the company hostage.....but a few hiccups here and there will probably get some money thrown your way.
My message light has been red for months, it doesn't flash, so I can pretty much ignore the always-on light (it only turns off if I ever check my voice mail). I use a headset, so the phone only makes a short beep when it rings. I look at caller id to see if I want to answer it and if not, it won't continue to ring. Best arrangement I've ever had for a phone. The use is retained, the annoyance factor is not. Everyone who knows me (including business partners) knows that if they want to reach me, the phone is the worst avenue. Most of the time, they IM to say "can I call you".....of course I would love to answer "no", but alas, I don't.
But by posting the comment, you gave some rights over to Slashdot (and parent company, etc.) who give us viewers rights to view those comments. And just because something is WORTH $5 doesn't mean that you have to pay that money. Some paintings are worth millions and yet you can view them without paying....but to OWN the painting, well, pony up some cash.
So, based on my little bit of experience with those boards, they are really head-hunters looking for your info so that they can get the referral fees. Or "consulting" companies looking for someone to round out some billable hours. Either way, it indicates that there is enough demand for someone to want the skill. I wasn't really expecting those to be sources for talent, just as an indicator of what skills are considered more important.
If you are having trouble finding the skillset, then you probably are on a less mainstream platform. It might work for you, but if your goal is to have interchangable parts, stick to platforms that are "standard". Look through the job sites (Monster, Dice, what have you) and figure out the top three requested technologies in your area are and stick to them. If your field is real estate, make sure you weigh postings for work in that field a little heavier (since it is more likely that canned software supporting real estate will also lean that way) -- if it's health care, then weigh those heavier.
This won't ensure that you get anyone of any quality, but it will ensure that you have a platform that can be supported easily.
There's a difference between "use a computer" and "strip a computer down to the bare hardware, rebuild it, install three obscure operating systems in a multi-boot scheme, and interface it to your toaster"......
People with a CS degree tend to fall into the second category.....which still isn't sexy. (But it sure is fun).
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What I got from my CS degree is an understanding of how it all works......I already knew HOW to program (years of BASIC and PASCAL before college) and I didn't learn anything about real world projects, but because of my CS degree, I understood why languages are written the way they are (good old BNF's) and the different levels of the OSI model and algorithms (was I the only one who corrolated the O-face from Office Space with the face someone makes as they try to grasp Big-O notation during their first Algorithms class?) and, etc. None of it applies directly to what I do today, but because of that understanding, I solve problems quicker and I can communicate to the groups that I need to interact with (DBA's, Network Ops, etc.) in their own terms.
Layne
But how often are people with engineering degrees passed over for an ENGINEERING job by that marketing schmuck who has a better GPA? I'd guess rarely because they are looking for an ENGINEER not a marketer.
(Conversely, how often is a mediocre marketing grad passed over by an engineer with a better GPA for a marketing job?)
Layne
If that is what this fight boils down to, then it will never be resolved. Microsoft still is entrenched in business apps.....and so is Java. And neither camp will concede. Personally, I prefer MS languages, but I work daily in Java, too (I do both). Neither is really any better than the other for the purposes they are tasked with and anything you can accomplish in one, you can accomplish in the other (end-results, don't tell me about feature X that one has that the other doesn't). So that fight will never go away (there isn't some small group of content producers that can force the fight one way vs the other like there was in HDDVD vs BR).
Layne
Most routers do some logging for you.....
For example, here is a link to the manual of a popular wireless router (warning: PDF) http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Type&blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobheadervalue2=inline%3B+filename%3DWRT54G_UG_WEB_20070529.pdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1193775701174&ssbinary=true&lid=0703200349B02
On page 18 (PDF page 22), you can see a reference to the logs being kept. My Netgear works similarly. Then all you need to do is save those somewhere.
Layne
Combine the room-temp superconductor plus the motionless CPU cooler, throw in the fact that scientists success corrolates to beer (three stories from today), and you just might have colder beer.
Layne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIc
Serial connection was available.....make a null modem over to a custom gateway....
Layne
Apparently, you're just too lazy to work on it.....this guy went so far as to make an Apple II web server:
http://www.ld8.org:6502/
Or a list of other older Apple hardware http://www.ld8.org/servers/servers_apple2.html
Layne
I have a mental illness.....please direct deposit my disability checks (I can't leave the Internet long enough to deposit a real check).....
Layne
/me wonders what the sharks will point at......
Layne
Is it a safe assumption that we have never been in the same place twice? Even with the variables that we know, how many other orbits / vectors are we following? Assuming some universal coordinate system origin, I would almost believe that Earth has never been at the same coordinates since the birth of the universe.....and might not until the death of the universe.
Layne
Not non-responsive......just not motivated by the phone. If you send an e-mail, I'm right on it, response usually within 15 minutes (unless in a meeting, working on someone else's request, etc.).....
Layne
When the Coke machine says "exact change only", I'll go to the Pepsi machine and put in a dollar and hit the coin return button. Some machines will return the bill (nothing lost) while others will return four quarters. If you get the quarters, you can go over to the Coke machine and get your Coke with exact change. I've not seen too many Coke machines do it, but about one out of ever 3 Pepsi machines will.
Layne
Night's stay in county jail - free
Mystery meat meal - comp'ed
Travel from casino to lodging - comp'ed
1 Phone call - free
Pretty bracelets - free
Make-over (sorry, only colors available are black and blue) - free
Being Coyboy Neal - priceless.
Layne
It's not that the game "knows" or anything, each bet exercises the odds discreetly. Just because the house has a 5% edge it can lose any sequence of bets. The argument about deeper pockets is that, sure, over time, the odds will favor the house by 5%, but short runs can turn out in favor of the player. But when those runs turn out in favor of the house, the player does not have infinite resources from which to draw in order to survive until the next run in their favor. The house (compared to the player) has effectively infinite resources.
Layne
I always thought the change machine had the best odds.....
Put in a dollar, get out four quarters. 1:1 odds
Layne
IT is not just a cost. It's actually a source of cost reduction. If you are in development (for support/ops, the argument is a little trickier)...if you are in development, your function is essentially to allow the company to do more work with fewer people. That either frees up a resource to do something else or frees up a resource that the company no longer has to pay. Where I work, our CBA's show, on average, about 9x return on investment. At the end of the project, I think the actuals are closer to 3x or 4x, but still.....for ever $1 spent on IT, the company gets $3 in benefit. That $3 is usually realized through reducing the number of people needed to do a particular task so that they can go work on tasks that are short-handed, but every once in a while, the end result of a project is that departments have to let people go.
I think the heartburn is that the investment is all up front cost and the payback is over time. Spending $100k on an IT project that takes 6 months probably won't show a return until 6 months after install. A year for break-even. The part they miss is that after another 6 months, they double their investment. This usually happens because of how things are accounted for.....IT's budget takes the hit of the cost and the business partner takes the benefit of the reduction. So, in their mind, IT is an expense.
Layne
The squeaky wheel (or broken toilet) gets the cash......
Sounds like a time for the CEO's blackberry to stop working for a day or two.....especially if it's one where he's out golf---err meeting with his buddies and *their* blackberry's are still working. Don't bring the mail server down completely, because you don't want to hold the company hostage.....but a few hiccups here and there will probably get some money thrown your way.
Layne
My message light has been red for months, it doesn't flash, so I can pretty much ignore the always-on light (it only turns off if I ever check my voice mail). I use a headset, so the phone only makes a short beep when it rings. I look at caller id to see if I want to answer it and if not, it won't continue to ring. Best arrangement I've ever had for a phone. The use is retained, the annoyance factor is not. Everyone who knows me (including business partners) knows that if they want to reach me, the phone is the worst avenue. Most of the time, they IM to say "can I call you".....of course I would love to answer "no", but alas, I don't.
Layne
But by posting the comment, you gave some rights over to Slashdot (and parent company, etc.) who give us viewers rights to view those comments. And just because something is WORTH $5 doesn't mean that you have to pay that money. Some paintings are worth millions and yet you can view them without paying....but to OWN the painting, well, pony up some cash.
Layne
Actually, there's a Linux version of Silverlight.....it was linked in a post higher up, so I won't re-link here.
Layne
So, based on my little bit of experience with those boards, they are really head-hunters looking for your info so that they can get the referral fees. Or "consulting" companies looking for someone to round out some billable hours. Either way, it indicates that there is enough demand for someone to want the skill. I wasn't really expecting those to be sources for talent, just as an indicator of what skills are considered more important.
Layne
If you are having trouble finding the skillset, then you probably are on a less mainstream platform. It might work for you, but if your goal is to have interchangable parts, stick to platforms that are "standard". Look through the job sites (Monster, Dice, what have you) and figure out the top three requested technologies in your area are and stick to them. If your field is real estate, make sure you weigh postings for work in that field a little heavier (since it is more likely that canned software supporting real estate will also lean that way) -- if it's health care, then weigh those heavier.
This won't ensure that you get anyone of any quality, but it will ensure that you have a platform that can be supported easily.
Layne
If you count OS/X as Linux and his workbook will port to Office for Mac, then you could actually say yes......
Layne
There's a difference between "use a computer" and "strip a computer down to the bare hardware, rebuild it, install three obscure operating systems in a multi-boot scheme, and interface it to your toaster"......
People with a CS degree tend to fall into the second category.....which still isn't sexy. (But it sure is fun).
Layne
I think you mean:
gscb_hungarian_use = FALSE
(global static constant boolean)
Layne