To refine the algorithms and bring in the known error bars some. You're not going to see a massive turn around on this. You're just not. Really. All you will see is "hey - we got things 0.01% closer now."
Peer review only applies to publishing. Science is driven by independent analysis and reproduction. Which has been done. Over and over and over again. NOBODY has falsified the claims made by the accepted climate studies yet. Though there has been ample time... eh, fuck it. You're not worth finishing this reply to. You've made up your mind that there is some weird "cabal" of scientists who are faking it 'til they make it living the high-life of unfathomable glory brought on by climate studies.
Different scientists are funded by different institutions. You're telling me that all of these institutions, people, grant funders, etc. are slanted the same way?
Coming from the Apple world this concept may be new to you but these things are called "options." You can "choose" to turn them on or off. So if you want to remove them for better battery life you can do so. You don't even need to root your phone to do so. And if you want those features back you can do that too. Apple won't even sue you for doing so!
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"My recollection of functional programming from university was that it was kind cute, seemed to be geared to solving a problem domain I never found a use for, but that ultimately I hated the syntax and structure of it. I never really "got it", or really understood what it was supposed to be useful for."
Holy shit - you just described my experience with functional languages *exactly*. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
Your entire thread is testament to how useless "Ask Slashdot" has become (been?). Tons of pedantic morons arguing over the definition of CS/IT rather than assuming what is obvious and just answering the damn question.
I've known some programmers who've moved towards IT but nobody who has gone the other way. I've considered this option in the past when off-shoring was a big concern (it's harder to off-shore IT). IT's not easier though. I know plenty of developers who know nothing about administration.\
If I were hiring you as a programmer and you had IT background it would probably affect my opinion a bit. But I think I'd mostly just see the lack of programming experience and think of you as entry-level. The IT background would, however, be a plus against somebody who was entry level but without any IT background. Programmers who know more about computers than writing code are more effective IMHO.
Pffft! You C++ wienies and your wimpy high level languages! I suppose if doing assembly is too difficult for you then you should stick with C++ (can't even handle "C" eh?)!
That's you. That's what you sound like. As though using your more difficult language were some sort of "badge of honor." I suppose you're exceedingly proud of some "Date" class you've written to while the rest of us in the real world like those sorts of things "out of the box."
How I wish Oracle would just turn Java over to the Apache Foundation... The Apache folks are 90% of the reason Java is as successful as it is. It's not like Oracle is really going to be able to monetize it at this point anyway.
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To refine the algorithms and bring in the known error bars some. You're not going to see a massive turn around on this. You're just not. Really. All you will see is "hey - we got things 0.01% closer now."
Peer review only applies to publishing. Science is driven by independent analysis and reproduction. Which has been done. Over and over and over again. NOBODY has falsified the claims made by the accepted climate studies yet. Though there has been ample time... eh, fuck it. You're not worth finishing this reply to. You've made up your mind that there is some weird "cabal" of scientists who are faking it 'til they make it living the high-life of unfathomable glory brought on by climate studies.
And in another 30 years or so you will have finally caught up with "mainstream" science of today and what the rest of us have already known! Hooray!
I'm still waiting on my own independent team to verify Newton's "just a theory" on this thing called "gravity" myself...
ONCE AND FOR ALL!
Different scientists are funded by different institutions. You're telling me that all of these institutions, people, grant funders, etc. are slanted the same way?
Coming from the Apple world this concept may be new to you but these things are called "options." You can "choose" to turn them on or off. So if you want to remove them for better battery life you can do so. You don't even need to root your phone to do so. And if you want those features back you can do that too. Apple won't even sue you for doing so!
Still no love for Java on the desktop?
"My recollection of functional programming from university was that it was kind cute, seemed to be geared to solving a problem domain I never found a use for, but that ultimately I hated the syntax and structure of it. I never really "got it", or really understood what it was supposed to be useful for."
Holy shit - you just described my experience with functional languages *exactly*. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
Just wait 'til he tells you how he doesn't even *own* a TV!
Man, you people are worse than my wife trying to determine where she wants the couch.
"Over there. No not *there*, there! No I don't like it there. How about over there?"
Correction - it was at its smallest in 2007. But this year is a close second.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/oct/11-337_Arctic_Sea_Ice_Decline.html
Witness 2: That man [Defendant] tried to stop another man from shooting John Jones twice
Witness 3: Some woman came up to the bar and shot John Jones
Witness 4: There was a struggle and John Jones accidently shot himself once.
Witness 5: Some dude was stabbed...
Eyewitness and anecdote are the *absolute worst* forms of evidence. At best you know "something happened."
"The MVA-B vaccine draws on the natural capabilities of the human immune system"
Isn't that how *all* vaccines work?
Your entire thread is testament to how useless "Ask Slashdot" has become (been?). Tons of pedantic morons arguing over the definition of CS/IT rather than assuming what is obvious and just answering the damn question.
I've known some programmers who've moved towards IT but nobody who has gone the other way. I've considered this option in the past when off-shoring was a big concern (it's harder to off-shore IT). IT's not easier though. I know plenty of developers who know nothing about administration.\
If I were hiring you as a programmer and you had IT background it would probably affect my opinion a bit. But I think I'd mostly just see the lack of programming experience and think of you as entry-level. The IT background would, however, be a plus against somebody who was entry level but without any IT background. Programmers who know more about computers than writing code are more effective IMHO.
Reading *is* hard eh?
Defending open source for your own gain > calling open source a cancer.
You forgot to call us "sheeple."
Experience would show that no, they will not.
Pffft! You C++ wienies and your wimpy high level languages! I suppose if doing assembly is too difficult for you then you should stick with C++ (can't even handle "C" eh?)! That's you. That's what you sound like. As though using your more difficult language were some sort of "badge of honor." I suppose you're exceedingly proud of some "Date" class you've written to while the rest of us in the real world like those sorts of things "out of the box."
I don't have a link off-hand but IIRC it has to do with being able to "batch" your collection being more efficient than doing it "on-demand." Here's a discussion that goes into a bit of detail WRT Python reference counting and Java garbage collection: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21934/why-java-and-python-garbage-collection-methods-are-different
I once felt as you do. After a month of coding Java and never having to worry every time I typed "new" I never looked back.
Careful with those jokes, they're antiques!
How I wish Oracle would just turn Java over to the Apache Foundation... The Apache folks are 90% of the reason Java is as successful as it is. It's not like Oracle is really going to be able to monetize it at this point anyway.
What? Really? Is it *still* 1996?
It's like "goldy" and "silvery" only it's made out of iron.