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Comment it's not us, is them (Score 1) 378

by Pirulo (#38525644) Attached to: IT Managers Are Aloof Says Psychologist and Your Co-Workers
That are aloof (as visible, but far),

Long time ago in my IT days, I was called by a user who had a problem sending a fax.
You could hear the remote modulated response.
Out of the blue, I picked up the fax machine handset and started vocalizing something like fax parlance: -"pxzrrrbgt rgtbrbrpkt..."
The user looked at me and said: -Wow! how can you do that?!
She literally thought I was talking "fax".
(And I hope she still does)

And you want IT to relate?
 

Comment Re:At least... (Score 1) 378

by Pirulo (#38481438) Attached to: ISO Updates C Standard
<quote>"As any online discussion grows longer, the probability of someone mentioning Microsoft in a derogatory manner approaches 1."</quote>

As scrutiny grows, the chance of finding Microsoft having done something deserving a derogatory mention also approaches to 1

Comment Re:CNG is the Future (Score 1) 503

by Pirulo (#38465792) Attached to: Tesla Motors Announces Prices For Their Upcoming Models
15 years ago I retrofitted my car in Argentina and drove it for about 3 years. Only lost about 10% power compared to oil gas. Kept the engine cleaner. Was way cheaper and less polluting. But for the retrofit you need to occupy your trunk or cargo with a big tank that takes most space, and with that tank you get about 30% of what you'll do with a full oil gas tank. As a bonus you could switch back and forth from one fuel to the other.

Comment Software contracts are almost always wrong (Score 1) 359

by Pirulo (#38396414) Attached to: Oracle Sued For 'Extortion, Lies' By Montclair State University
I develop very complex, web based systems for a living, moved to using (mainly) Ruby and RoR a long time ago.
To see multimillion projects like this only tells how bad and uninformed the management layer is. (even if they completed it on budget and on time).

A university should have:

1./ Team up their computer science grads
2./ Write the stuff themselves
3./ Open Source it,

The indirect profit comes from:

a) saving the obnoxious, extortive amount of money to pay to a vulture vendor
b) giving an interesting job they can brag about to their own students (unless they don't believe in the people they form)
c) the popularity of having written a soft any other uni can use for their needs

But of course, what can you expect? It is pointy hair people that takes the decisions.

Comment Please, don't call "language" a "dialect" (Score 1) 421

by Pirulo (#38322412) Attached to: Why We Need More Programming Languages
The definition of what a "programming language" is is wrong by nature and misleading when we are talking about all the variety.

The real problem is that we don't have several "programming languages", but instead, we have a plethora of programming "dialects".

We do need another language. Each time we try, another dialect appears.

Comment the real problem (Score 1) 516

by Pirulo (#38013724) Attached to: How Do I Get Back a Passion For Programming?
The problem is you, (it's always us).

Yes you are bored, but you are not hungry.
Being hungry is part of the solution as the need to satisfy your hunger is a very primordial passion.

Working something new on the side might not just cut it.
It might get you something fun, but will not make you hungry.

Quit, get hungry, find passion, (or let passion find you)

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