Here's one! I always screw up if I'm just manually going through steps in a meaningless, abstract algebraic equation, but I love word problems and geometric proofs. It's not numbers that make you a good coder, it's logic, and the ability to set up equations. If you are going to judge CS ability by math tests, make sure the tests are all word problems.
That said, I've been coding for 25 years, professionally for 11, and I love the crap out of it!
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Smoke ghetto crack much?
India's been 3rd world for centuries, rigid cast system, no movement or creativity anywhere. Now they are being westernized, social barriers are falling, and innovation is starting to take place. $1500 car, anyone?
See guys, if the FTC shuts down Google services, everyone has to go elsewhere for their collaboration tools. What was Ray Ozzie doing before Microsoft? Running a corp that made a collaboration tool called Groove! That tool was dead before he got on at M$, and it's really dead now (just an extra piece of Office). They are after Google to increase the penetration of Groove and Sharepoint, plain and simple.
A. Contact your Attorney General for discrimination charges
B. Look into a civil suit for discrimination
C. Contact advocate groups for the visually challenged
You have a right in the US to access anything a non-visually-challenged person can. Plus, you can easily shame them into removing this stupid killswitch.
Actually, the "e-paper" is totally cool. It only requires power to change the display, rather than constantly draw power like an LCD. So it *should* be an extremely green, low-power device.
Having said that, yeah, it's an overpriced, inflexible piece of proprietary doggie doo.
As an added bonus, you even have to pay for public domain works that can be downloaded for free on the internet. $1.95 for Alice in Wonderland.
But think about it: inside, he would have access to so much more information, and once it's on the Internet, there's no getting rid of it. He could do more in a week on the inside than the 20 years he's spent on the outside. So what if he's only there a month? He'd have an even better idea of how the system works, and how to beat it. I say, get him in there ASAP!
You are obviously 20 years late to this game. We decided way back in the BBS days that we didn't care about spelling, grammar, etc. It was all about substance. Did you understand the post that you were commenting on? Of course. This is a different format with different rules: deal with it.
Notice how your admission of authorship is now separated by this post? That's because you don't understand this format. You should have used the "reply to this comment" link.
Your skills are out of date, and rather than update them, you rant about the change. You are obsolete.
If you think about it, the bill will foster innovation. If no one can perform what was done before, or any portion thereof, all the artists will have to come up with new things or be out of a job. But that's OK if they're out of a job, they're still young enough to find other work. It's the retiree's that we have to worry about, and the families of the deceased. Of course, the record label lives on to collect the lions share, but it's not their fault that they are immortal, is it?
And the example of "misuse" given-- the Italian commercial-- is, in essence, blasphemy within that cultural context.
So much for the Church of Satan and Darwin fishes. Blasphemy is now punishable by IP lockout in perpetuity.
A very sad time to be a Pastafarian.
I don't think most Americans are against the stimulus because of a lack of transparency, or because of their economic beliefs. I think they are against it simply because they see it as rewarding failure, and at a time when many have felt the effects of their own failure (bankrupt, foreclosed, etc.) If they have to suffer the effects of their own money mismanagement or bad luck, why shouldn't the employees and shareholders of large corporations? (Note: that is a rhetorical question.)
I had the same idea. I would love for this bill to pass, and let the music industry reap what they sow. Let them be as draconian as they like, just as long as I don't have to "bail them out" when they shrivel up and die.
What else is in that Pandora's box? 'Cause if you think about it, in today's total accountability vacuum, the fear of being sued for a companies misdeeds may be just what the doctor ordered. If you make peanut butter, and you willfully ignore positive tests for salmonella, your company AND your investors can be sued. So, no one is going to willfully invest in a company that is anything but squeeky clean. Those who choose to dabble in questionable practices will quickly loose their investors. Bonds and savings accounts suddenly become more attractive, and Corporations would lose their bottomless pockets and actually have to pay attention to their spending. No more immortal political entities who can lobby for whatever best suits their conceptual business model. Smaller government? I think it goes along with smaller business.
This is all just an initial thought, I haven't really considered any additional upsides or downsides. Comments please.
Now, Mike, stop playing with the troll. You know it only encourages them. Just leave it alone and let it dissolve into a festering puddle of ridiculousness.
I'm not sure if you read this post, but it was about "imagination." Although your children appear to be successful, I don't see anything about "imagination" in your comment. I also get the feeling that you weren't hurting in the finance department.
I can tell you, as someone who qualified for reduced lunches in public school, that pop culture, video games, and television are a tremendous asset to imagination, creativity, and yes, success in life. I grew up on Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. When the Atari 2600 came out, I saved 6 months of paper route money to buy one. It inspired me to create video games myself, and gave me an interest in computers. Then, when I started playing D&D, the standardized system in the game made me think about to categorize things in real life, and how to abstract them. It formed the basis of my ability to analyze problems as a Software Developer, which is what I do for a living today, and make a very good living at it.
Your low opinion of pop culture does not make you wise, it makes you a narrow minded ass. Pop culture allowed me to climb to heights I otherwise would not have attained, and you are a moron for spitting on it.
As for imagination, which was the basis of this post, I have always been an avid writer, and I enjoy drawing, painting, and sculpting. Many of these things I create are directly influenced by the pop culture you so detest.
You obviously are completely ignorant of what pop culture is all about, but you feel perfectly vindicated in trashing it. I would say that, by eliminating pop culture from their lives, you stifled your children's creativity and limited their potential.
I may be an ignorant idiot, but judging from the benefits listed on the ASCAP homepage, it looks like the organization is more focused on the independent artist rather than a signed one. Health insurance, CD duplication discounts, etc. aren't really necessary for a big-label band.
This sounds like corporate shills sowing the seeds of FUD anywhere they can.
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That said, I've been coding for 25 years, professionally for 11, and I love the crap out of it!
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India's been 3rd world for centuries, rigid cast system, no movement or creativity anywhere. Now they are being westernized, social barriers are falling, and innovation is starting to take place. $1500 car, anyone?
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Ray Ozzie - Groove Man
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A. Contact your Attorney General for discrimination charges
B. Look into a civil suit for discrimination
C. Contact advocate groups for the visually challenged
You have a right in the US to access anything a non-visually-challenged person can. Plus, you can easily shame them into removing this stupid killswitch.
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Having said that, yeah, it's an overpriced, inflexible piece of proprietary doggie doo.
As an added bonus, you even have to pay for public domain works that can be downloaded for free on the internet. $1.95 for Alice in Wonderland.
Curiouser and curiouser.
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You are obviously 20 years late to this game. We decided way back in the BBS days that we didn't care about spelling, grammar, etc. It was all about substance. Did you understand the post that you were commenting on? Of course. This is a different format with different rules: deal with it.
Notice how your admission of authorship is now separated by this post? That's because you don't understand this format. You should have used the "reply to this comment" link.
Your skills are out of date, and rather than update them, you rant about the change. You are obsolete.
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Innovation
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Digital Watermark
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Good luck in getting people to buy it, though. And publishing ain't cheap.
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So much for the Church of Satan and Darwin fishes. Blasphemy is now punishable by IP lockout in perpetuity. A very sad time to be a Pastafarian.
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Naw...
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Re: How is this a government issue?
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think about this for a minute...
This is all just an initial thought, I haven't really considered any additional upsides or downsides. Comments please.
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Hmmm
A song about a certain ball...
Gail must have gotten the idea while attending the ball with the other Republicans.
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I can tell you, as someone who qualified for reduced lunches in public school, that pop culture, video games, and television are a tremendous asset to imagination, creativity, and yes, success in life. I grew up on Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. When the Atari 2600 came out, I saved 6 months of paper route money to buy one. It inspired me to create video games myself, and gave me an interest in computers. Then, when I started playing D&D, the standardized system in the game made me think about to categorize things in real life, and how to abstract them. It formed the basis of my ability to analyze problems as a Software Developer, which is what I do for a living today, and make a very good living at it.
Your low opinion of pop culture does not make you wise, it makes you a narrow minded ass. Pop culture allowed me to climb to heights I otherwise would not have attained, and you are a moron for spitting on it.
As for imagination, which was the basis of this post, I have always been an avid writer, and I enjoy drawing, painting, and sculpting. Many of these things I create are directly influenced by the pop culture you so detest.
You obviously are completely ignorant of what pop culture is all about, but you feel perfectly vindicated in trashing it. I would say that, by eliminating pop culture from their lives, you stifled your children's creativity and limited their potential.
You disgust me.
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This sounds like corporate shills sowing the seeds of FUD anywhere they can.
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