Comment Re:Nostalgia ... (Score 1) 215
128K? What a bunch of bloated crapware. I was working on code that had to fit within 28K last year
In any case, what other, easy to use term would you use for a modern long gun.
Does 'long gun' not serve?
I rarely ever took notes. I'm sure I was the only one in lecture theatres of 180 people.
Given that this is at least the fifth such comment I've read, I'm reminded forcefully of XKCD Vol. 610. You're (presumably, given your use of the past tense) not an adolescent any more, so you have no excuse for thinking your situation is utterly unique in all the world. If even Stephen Hawking can dredge up a little humility, so can you.
A librarian with programming knowledge would be snapped up immediately (since most libraries are being forced to digitise their collections).
Someone who can speak arabic would be much better writing an english -> arabic translator than the vast majority of programmers.
If you're writing animation software, an animator who can program is much more valuable than a programmer who knows nothing about animation.
No, they would write unmaintainable, buggy crap. Ideally you'd have both a domain expert with programming knowledge and programmer with domain knowledge (if they're the same person, even better!), but if you can only have either a programmer with some domain knowledge, or a domain expert with some programming knowledge, you need the programmer.
Writing software that others depend on is hard.
You need to predict when it will be ready to use, you need to validate for strange inputs, and make sure it either works, or fails in such a way that the user knows it has failed. You need to write the code in such away that someone else can take over for you if you quit. You need to anticipate future changes, at least to the degree that you don't have to rewrite the thing every three months. You may have to discern what the program should do from the vague and contradictory statements of users who don't even know what's possible
There's so much more to software engineering / programming / application development / whatever-you-want-to-call-it than designing and implementing an algorithm, or writing a script to automate some frequent task.
Programmers are only a commodity for those who don't care about quality.
An astute observation! I suggest a revision:
-inanimate-noun- don't -animate-verb- people. People -animate-verb- people.
\Computational Linguist
No. Here is a definition of unthinkable:
Too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility
Therefore the word doesn't necessarily say anything about how much thought has been put into a contingency. Next time you feel the urge to write a pedantic nit-pick post which adds nothing to the discussion you ought to get your facts straight first.
To avoid being found guilty of exactly what I just accused you of, both GP and GPP are wrong. X is a cliche excuse for Y is itself a cliche excuse for not confronting the truth that the world is a complicated place with few right answers and even fewer absolute truths.
Nice Strawman. The issue isn't whether the government can abridge the freedom of the press, but rather what activities ought to be protected under 'freedom of the press'. In other words, since the Constitution doesn't explicitly define what 'the press' is, there's room for discussion about whether new activities, such as blogging, ought to be included.
you pay money to the government in return for the privilege of living and working in your nation.
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You don't pay the government for the privilege of living, and reading that actually makes me a little sick to my stomach.
A beautifully subtle and clever troll. Who will notice if you omit a tiny preposition that is a couple words away from the verb it is linked to? Still deserves a Troll mod though. Too bad my points ran out earlier today.
You're giving advice to someone you've never met about what his girlfriend, who you've also never met, will like to do on vacation.
This comment sums up Slashdot so well: Complete arrogance married to utter ignorance.
If you think the system is working, ask someone who's waiting for a prompt.
