This is why when I got fired from my last company I yelled at the manager who had the nerve to fire me for BS reasons and I have no intention of ever working for a corporation again. I refused to be escorted out and took my sweet time leaving. I went to every coworker individually and said my goodbyes. He accused me of not being at work on a couple days where subversion logs prove that in fact I was there. He had no idea what I was working on when he himself assigned me to the tasks. Grade A Jerk. Nothing in the termination agreement had anything to do with actual work I did.
As a young but experienced developer I have one goal and one goal only: do things that you can highlight on a resume. If your jerk of a boss doesn't recognize that work while you're working for him the next company will see it clearly highlighted for them and you'll easily be employed somewhere else where you have a better chance of being appreciated.
You can't hurt real talent. You can only displace it to another company. There is no shortage of work for developers even in this economy.
The thing with "doesn't matter to me" is that opinion on cursive writing is always going to be polarised. On a forum like Slashdot there's usually no point even raising the issue. The forum is largely populated with philistines who couldn't give a fuck about anything as individual as handwriting. OK, I guess I made my own position clear enough in the last sentence. Yes, I still write with a fountain-pen (and sometimes even a quill) on paper in addition to using a keyboard. There is still a lot to be said for a low-tech approach that is not vulnerable to power blackouts, viruses, malware or spyware.
That's what non-cursive writing (printing) is for. It's much more legible to people other than the writer.
Think about this - do you compose an essay different when writing it manually compared to typing it out? Of course you do - writing manually forces you to take your time and think things out a little before you start. There's no going back to insert a new paragraph, or rearranging the order of your arguments at the last second. The skill of writing with cursive may not be useful - but don't dismiss learning to compose an essay "the old fashioned way." Technology is no substitute for substance and coherence... and it's about more than just spell/grammar check.
I don't think RMS have GCC non-viral because of this reason. IMO, if he makes GCC more restrictive, he will lose his control because it will surely get replaced. And don't think this cannot happen, the other efforts in C compilers does not get any traction because GCC is good enough and it had a license you can live with.
Exactly the point. Stallman's use of the word "freedom," is doublespeak.
GCC also needs to be replaced; the FSF needs to be entirely routed around.
I'm not saying that there are problems in funding PhDs. In fact, that's one of the main reasons why I decided to NOT pursue one and go straight for industry instead (though that might change in the coming years). Working professionally can provide the challenges and workload that I'm looking for, but with much higher reimbursement for my time.
On the other hand, why are there people studying History or the Arts at the doctorate level, when those students are well-aware that there is practically ZERO money in those fields? I believe that in those cases, the simple answer is the best answer. Not to forget that it's an achievement for many to have "Dr." appended to their name.
It's sure meaningful when it becomes law enough to have police permanantly confiscating your computer for 'testing'.
Which is why people (i.e. law makers, law enforcers, etc should not be taking these people seriously). They should take them as they are; fanatics and shit disturbers to be ignored and denigrated.
I'm a new Qt user, but MOC doesn't bother me at all. It's less invasive than "MFC Class Wizard"
Google "damning with faint praise"
I don't do GUI programming
"But other than the transistor (and the aqueduct), what have we ever gotten out of government funded research?"
Latin, I suppouse. But yes, you a right, appart for that, nothing, as you thought.
If you think the system is working, ask someone who's waiting for a prompt.
