Yes, and computer programming does not mean "science". What's so scientific about reading manuals and updating records in a database. Where is the experimentation? The only experimentation done in regular programming is when the programmer is too lazy to read documentation so he experiments.
I think they need to separate CS into two branches, one that's "computer software engineering" and another that's "computer science". The first focuses more on software engineering and different languages. The second focuses on one language (probably c++) and has more intense math and physics as this is more related to science. The reasoning would be that there tend to be two types of programmers. Those who work with scientists and really need an understanding of calculus and of physics forulas and those who work on DB front-end type stuff, these require a knowledge of some things like set theory and discrete math, but they don't need to have a deep understanding of calculus or have an understanding of physics.
Anyway, I think the hackers have grown up, they no longer need a name for themselves, that's what myspace is for. Now they can focus on world domination.
Step 1: Get Uranium 238 Step 2: Place said uranium in a bomb Step 3: Get a neutron Step 4: Place neutron in a sling shot Step 5: Aim said slingshot at uranium Step 6: Place timer on slingshot Step 7: Drop bomb on Somethingistan Step 8: Timer goes off, slingshot shoot neutron at uranium. Step 9: Kaboom Step 10: Rule the world Step 11: Feel sorry for the dead people Step 12: Give Somethingistan money to rebuild Step 13: Setup a government in Somethingistan Step 14: Supply Somethingistan with nuclear capability to protect itself. Step 15: Somethingistan revolts Step 16: Declare Somethingistan a member of the Axis-of-Evil Step 17: GoTo Step 1
Yea, I realize that this is really microsoft's fault. I tried creating an application that worked directly with NTFS a little over a year ago and spent tons of time trying to find any documentation and came up with very little. I just think that if more people were working on this problem and less time complaining about whether or to use gnome or kde and saying "RTFM", it would be better for linux in the long term.
The problem with pen-and-paper voting is an issue of national security. If people unknowingly voted for a terrorist, the government cannot easily change these votes. Also, if the security of the nation depends on a certain person getting elected, it's too hard to change paper votes and our nation will be in EXTREME DANGER.
I wish I could use linux. I've installed it and uninstalled it so many times since '96. I would probably use it most of the time if one of these two requirements was met:
1. Support more freakin' video games. I know you people think that others just want to sit around and play with ping and tracroute all day, but yea some people actually do like to have some lesiure time on the PC.
2. Fully support NTFS so I can dual boot and not only be able to work with my linux files from linux and my windows files from windows. At least have full read-write support on NTFS so I can really be able to use it in linux.
If either one of those two were met, I'd install Ubuntu (or whatever that disto is called) today!
Well there is sex involved in it. What gets me is that the page said it was for the explicit sexual content and "pro-communism", um, I REALLY don't think that 1984 is pro-commie!
It's enough to make you sick. The same thing goes for a software developer. Anything I develop could be dangerous. Unless I do exhaustive searches on every single thing I do in a program, it could turn out that some feature or algorithm that I am developing has some patent related to it. Then I can get sued. Am I supposed to do these crazy exhaustive searches before writing any code? Of course not, I am supposed to pay a lawyer boat loads of money to do it for me! Hey, I wonder who comes up with these crazy patent laws??? And we wonder why there are so many "dead lawyer" jokes.
BS, windows doesn't have a monopoly in the IT environment. I've worked at many places who use unix systems and those tend to be some very expensive machines. Plus, these IT companies should have big IT budgets, they shouldn't have all their stuff running on free operating systems, it's called redistribution of wealth. The big businesses with lots of money use the unix or windows sytems that cost lots of money which creates more jobs for developers to make the operating systems better. Those little startups can use linux all they want. There is no monopoly, it's a bunch of bologna.
I remember reading an article where google decided to stop bowing down to the censorship. Was that in a dream? I thought they already stopped working with the chinese government.
yea, I don't understand this trend of spending tons of money to get lots of users with no idea of how to actually make money. They have to shell out tons of cash to pay for bandwidth, employees and hardware. Maybe I don't understand because I don't have an MBA, maybe in MBA college they will teach you why spending money without making money is a good idea.
Not that I'm on the side of the spammers, but saying that sending an unwanted email is the same thing as trespassing on someone's private property is just ludicrous. So what's next? In Texas, where you can shoot someone for trespassing, can you now shoot anyone who sends you an email that you didn't want? Does this include your cousing who keeps sending you those stupid chain letters???
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Yes, and computer programming does not mean "science". What's so scientific about reading manuals and updating records in a database. Where is the experimentation? The only experimentation done in regular programming is when the programmer is too lazy to read documentation so he experiments.
I think they need to separate CS into two branches, one that's "computer software engineering" and another that's "computer science". The first focuses more on software engineering and different languages. The second focuses on one language (probably c++) and has more intense math and physics as this is more related to science. The reasoning would be that there tend to be two types of programmers. Those who work with scientists and really need an understanding of calculus and of physics forulas and those who work on DB front-end type stuff, these require a knowledge of some things like set theory and discrete math, but they don't need to have a deep understanding of calculus or have an understanding of physics.
THANKS! I couldn't have found this out from a NORMAL news site!
foiled!
Anyway, I think the hackers have grown up, they no longer need a name for themselves, that's what myspace is for. Now they can focus on world domination.
Step 1: Get Uranium 238
Step 2: Place said uranium in a bomb
Step 3: Get a neutron
Step 4: Place neutron in a sling shot
Step 5: Aim said slingshot at uranium
Step 6: Place timer on slingshot
Step 7: Drop bomb on Somethingistan
Step 8: Timer goes off, slingshot shoot neutron at uranium.
Step 9: Kaboom
Step 10: Rule the world
Step 11: Feel sorry for the dead people
Step 12: Give Somethingistan money to rebuild
Step 13: Setup a government in Somethingistan
Step 14: Supply Somethingistan with nuclear capability to protect itself.
Step 15: Somethingistan revolts
Step 16: Declare Somethingistan a member of the Axis-of-Evil
Step 17: GoTo Step 1
Yea, I realize that this is really microsoft's fault. I tried creating an application that worked directly with NTFS a little over a year ago and spent tons of time trying to find any documentation and came up with very little. I just think that if more people were working on this problem and less time complaining about whether or to use gnome or kde and saying "RTFM", it would be better for linux in the long term.
The problem with pen-and-paper voting is an issue of national security. If people unknowingly voted for a terrorist, the government cannot easily change these votes. Also, if the security of the nation depends on a certain person getting elected, it's too hard to change paper votes and our nation will be in EXTREME DANGER.
Could some idiot christian right wacko who is supposed to be in charge of the machines manipulate the outcome somehow?
I wish I could use linux. I've installed it and uninstalled it so many times since '96. I would probably use it most of the time if one of these two requirements was met:
1. Support more freakin' video games. I know you people think that others just want to sit around and play with ping and tracroute all day, but yea some people actually do like to have some lesiure time on the PC.
2. Fully support NTFS so I can dual boot and not only be able to work with my linux files from linux and my windows files from windows. At least have full read-write support on NTFS so I can really be able to use it in linux.
If either one of those two were met, I'd install Ubuntu (or whatever that disto is called) today!
Privacy is SOOOO september 10th!
If they want to make the engineers more productive, they need to remove the ping-pong tables!
So, is this slashdot, or just a listing of yesterday's drudge report headlines?
We are the land of the FREE and the home of the BRAVE, not the FREAKING land of the SAFE and home of the FREAKING COWARDS!
google only offers full copies of a book if there is no copyright. If you want copyrighted books all you have to do is find a torrent of the pdf.
Well there is sex involved in it. What gets me is that the page said it was for the explicit sexual content and "pro-communism", um, I REALLY don't think that 1984 is pro-commie!
It's enough to make you sick. The same thing goes for a software developer. Anything I develop could be dangerous. Unless I do exhaustive searches on every single thing I do in a program, it could turn out that some feature or algorithm that I am developing has some patent related to it. Then I can get sued. Am I supposed to do these crazy exhaustive searches before writing any code? Of course not, I am supposed to pay a lawyer boat loads of money to do it for me! Hey, I wonder who comes up with these crazy patent laws??? And we wonder why there are so many "dead lawyer" jokes.
BS, windows doesn't have a monopoly in the IT environment. I've worked at many places who use unix systems and those tend to be some very expensive machines. Plus, these IT companies should have big IT budgets, they shouldn't have all their stuff running on free operating systems, it's called redistribution of wealth. The big businesses with lots of money use the unix or windows sytems that cost lots of money which creates more jobs for developers to make the operating systems better. Those little startups can use linux all they want. There is no monopoly, it's a bunch of bologna.
I remember reading an article where google decided to stop bowing down to the censorship. Was that in a dream? I thought they already stopped working with the chinese government.
Give it to the elderly and mentally disabled US citizens that he scammed it from.
yea, I don't understand this trend of spending tons of money to get lots of users with no idea of how to actually make money. They have to shell out tons of cash to pay for bandwidth, employees and hardware. Maybe I don't understand because I don't have an MBA, maybe in MBA college they will teach you why spending money without making money is a good idea.
Strange how my karma was "Positive" then one little side comment about Bush and now all of the sudden my karma is "Terrible"...
Not that I'm on the side of the spammers, but saying that sending an unwanted email is the same thing as trespassing on someone's private property is just ludicrous. So what's next? In Texas, where you can shoot someone for trespassing, can you now shoot anyone who sends you an email that you didn't want? Does this include your cousing who keeps sending you those stupid chain letters???
The leader of our country sets an example for the leaders of our corporations
And George Dubya Bush will have Winston modify the old news before you purchase it.
I think you need to change your signature to be "return reinterpret_cast(water);"