Although a few high-level languages existed at the time, compilers back then were not capable of code optimization. The only way to write code tight enough to operate a spacecraft would have been Assembly language.
I went to college in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and I can testify that about 30-40% of the CS students were female. And even then some people were expressing concern about how male-dominated the field was becoming.
This. And related to risk: When a website fails, it doesn't hurt anyone; if this tube were built, and then found to have a fatal design flaw, the liability would be enormous.
>Sure, if you have skills that are needed in Africa or Bangladesh, it's best to go there. But not everyone has such skills. That's the key. It sounds like Trigg has found a way to combine his skills with his values…
If a car has been on the lot a long time, then there's not a lot of interest in it. The dealer is more likely to accept any offer just to get it off the lot. For a car that's newly arrived, there's a greater likelihood…
So, email corydoras@ridculousfish.com and he'll reply with a hint about his identity?
Or seawater marketed as fruit juice.
It looks great! One thing I'd like to see, if possible, is an adjustment to account for deficit spending. In other words, if the government is spending $175 for every $100 collected, adjust the expenses accordingly, so…
Red Hat is making pretty good money supporting GPL'd software, over $700 million in FY 2010.
The cartoon notes that the comparison was taken from Neil Postman's book "Amusing Ourselves to Death". Postman wrote this 25 years ago. If anything, his observation is even more true today.
When I decided I was ready to move on from my last job, I went over to the library (2 blocks away) to update my resume during my lunch hour. I saw that the library had an opening for a programmer, so I applied. I was…
Yeah, as if he's going to sell 500 copies at $39.99.
Mel likely wrote the blackjack program before Kernighan ever offered that advice.
True; the larger problem here is with the medium itself: Twitter does not provide room for context or nuance.
All I'm getting is "service unavailable"
It might be interesting to see the results of 15-20 iterations of this experiment, to see how perceptions differ over time.
I'm guessing the COBOL tweets are probably from people who primarily code in a different language, but still have that one legacy COBOL app that they still have to maintain.
Agreed about 40. That answer only works in English.
Are you calling josefresco a chimp?
I doubt Sun planned for this. If it hadn't been for the financial downturn, Sun's acquisition of MySQL (with its 12 million customer base) could have been Sun's path to new profitability. Maybe not a guarantee, but I…
"you'll quickly see that only one, Peter Eisentraut, works for Sun" True, but Josh Berkus also worked for Sun until last summer. So maybe it's correct to say Sun has been a major backer.
I probably wasn't very clear. I'm not trying to say the technology is bad; simply that success in the market is due to the marketing and not to the technology. Others who are selling the same or similar technology…
I'd say OSX's (and Red Hat's) success bears testimony to the fact that good marketing, not good technology, is the deciding factor in market success.
Who doesn't know? Well, my five-year-old is fascinated by these commercials. Of course, he doesn't have any gold to sell, but still... Actually, I've used it as a good learning experience for him. "Don't believe…
A degree will help you get your foot in the door if you're looking for your first programming job. Once you've got some real world experience, that's going to be much more valuable than what you might have studied in…
Although a few high-level languages existed at the time, compilers back then were not capable of code optimization. The only way to write code tight enough to operate a spacecraft would have been Assembly language.
I went to college in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and I can testify that about 30-40% of the CS students were female. And even then some people were expressing concern about how male-dominated the field was becoming.
This. And related to risk: When a website fails, it doesn't hurt anyone; if this tube were built, and then found to have a fatal design flaw, the liability would be enormous.
>Sure, if you have skills that are needed in Africa or Bangladesh, it's best to go there. But not everyone has such skills. That's the key. It sounds like Trigg has found a way to combine his skills with his values…
If a car has been on the lot a long time, then there's not a lot of interest in it. The dealer is more likely to accept any offer just to get it off the lot. For a car that's newly arrived, there's a greater likelihood…
So, email corydoras@ridculousfish.com and he'll reply with a hint about his identity?
Or seawater marketed as fruit juice.
It looks great! One thing I'd like to see, if possible, is an adjustment to account for deficit spending. In other words, if the government is spending $175 for every $100 collected, adjust the expenses accordingly, so…
Red Hat is making pretty good money supporting GPL'd software, over $700 million in FY 2010.
The cartoon notes that the comparison was taken from Neil Postman's book "Amusing Ourselves to Death". Postman wrote this 25 years ago. If anything, his observation is even more true today.
When I decided I was ready to move on from my last job, I went over to the library (2 blocks away) to update my resume during my lunch hour. I saw that the library had an opening for a programmer, so I applied. I was…
Yeah, as if he's going to sell 500 copies at $39.99.
Mel likely wrote the blackjack program before Kernighan ever offered that advice.
True; the larger problem here is with the medium itself: Twitter does not provide room for context or nuance.
All I'm getting is "service unavailable"
It might be interesting to see the results of 15-20 iterations of this experiment, to see how perceptions differ over time.
I'm guessing the COBOL tweets are probably from people who primarily code in a different language, but still have that one legacy COBOL app that they still have to maintain.
Agreed about 40. That answer only works in English.
Are you calling josefresco a chimp?
I doubt Sun planned for this. If it hadn't been for the financial downturn, Sun's acquisition of MySQL (with its 12 million customer base) could have been Sun's path to new profitability. Maybe not a guarantee, but I…
"you'll quickly see that only one, Peter Eisentraut, works for Sun" True, but Josh Berkus also worked for Sun until last summer. So maybe it's correct to say Sun has been a major backer.
I probably wasn't very clear. I'm not trying to say the technology is bad; simply that success in the market is due to the marketing and not to the technology. Others who are selling the same or similar technology…
I'd say OSX's (and Red Hat's) success bears testimony to the fact that good marketing, not good technology, is the deciding factor in market success.
Who doesn't know? Well, my five-year-old is fascinated by these commercials. Of course, he doesn't have any gold to sell, but still... Actually, I've used it as a good learning experience for him. "Don't believe…
A degree will help you get your foot in the door if you're looking for your first programming job. Once you've got some real world experience, that's going to be much more valuable than what you might have studied in…