Comment Altering Scores (Score 1) 2
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Journal Journal: The Best Way to Learn to Start Coding
I work only 4 nights a week, so I have a lot of free time to do whatever. I'm looking to occupy some of that time with something more productive, and I thought learning a programming language is a great time-occupier. There are a ton of different languages out there, and a lot of them seem almost intimidating to even start. I'm having troubles picking one out that may help me in the future, if I decide to go out towards a different career path. I don't have a lot of cash, and I'd really like
Comment A 5-year Mission? (Score 2) 439
Maybe this'll just end up like "A Taste of Armageddon" and we'll kill ourselves.
Comment Re:Cure worse than disease? (Score 1) 258
Right, that's true. But I don't generally see anyone tattooing those facial features. Most of even the most extreme people seem to stop with the neck.
We say this as Mike Tyson walks up behind you...
Comment Re:Also (Score 1) 865
Almost all multiplexes will show both 2D and 3D versions and YOU get to choose which one you want to pay for. 3D is an additional option that DOES attract wider audiences by providing an additional choice.
I don't care for 3D, and it can stay, as long as the motherfu**ing theater would stop only giving me 4 times for 2D and 12000 for 3D...
Comment Re:Prices ARE different (Score 1) 464
If you go to the grocery store and see milk priced at $8.95/gal when you saw it the day before at $1.98/gal, then you'll remember that higher price vividly. If it happens often enough for something you planned on purchasing, then you're likely to start shopping for milk somewhere else, even if the average is a little higher, because the security of being able to make the planned purchase is worth the higher stable price.
Actually, if I see milk for $8.95 one day, and $1.98 the day before, the next time I see it at the lower price, I'm gonna buy 3 or 4 gallons even if I don't need that much. People do this all the time! They're programmed to hoard, even if they don't need it right there and then. Why do you think that frozen pizza that's on sale (for almost half price) and that you love so much is a hole on the shelf? They think they're getting a deal! They'll do the same with a dynamic pricing system (which is why I wait the month or two and go see whatever I want in the cheap $2 theater.)
Comment Re:You had your turn, buddy (Score 2) 435
So what 20 something year old is going to have 10 years experience? What person with 10 years experience is perhaps not going to have 3 years experience with C++ or Java? How do you manage to miss the two of the most predominate programming languages out there?
My father, who is 50, and a retired Marine, knows all sorts of languages from FORTRAN to SAS and SQL, but never learned C++ or Java.
He's looking for a job now, but between his age and archaic knowledge, just can't seem to find work. Languages change, but not everyone can keep up.
Comment Re:A good thing? (Score 1) 134
I'm willing to bet that people don't buy these things to play a hardcore FPS. They buy these things just to have some casual fun that can kill 20minutes.
So why are people spending $200-$500 on these things, when they can pick up some casual games off the App Store/Android Market for $0-$5 a pop?
Comment Re:and peopel will want nuke plants more (Score 1) 330
Show me a sane nuke program today, and I'll show you an industry that's lobbying against it.
Comment Re:Asia goes up! (Score 1) 330
So where are you going with this? Do you mean "provide" by means of something like social security?
Comment Re:and peopel will want nuke plants more (Score 1) 330
Nuclear power is your friend. mr burns
That's fine. We can store the waste in your home. No dice.
And both solar and wind energy have the big problem of scale.
It's a shame we can't utilize nerdrage as an alternate energy source...
Comment Re:Android has many problems (Score 1) 614
Android is outselling iOs. Either what you say isn't true, or nobody cares.
Technically, yes. But you forget that, whereas, there's only one manufacturer using iOS, there's at least 4-5 using Android. Add the extra iPhone fee, and the fact that almost every phone that isn't an iPhone has Android on it, and it works. But if Google was just as restrictive as Apple, I'm sure those numbers wouldn't look the same.
Comment Re:Kudos to the JPMC engineers! (Score 0) 210
You wouldn't believe the totals I saw come out of some reports, and I wish I could forget them. Such numbers are not meant for the grasp of mere humans living on a working wage.
...so what you're saying is that the numbers you saw are the CEO's salary?
Submission + - Google Selects City for Fiber Network (google.com)
Turbine2k5 writes: After much deliberation, Google has chosen Kansas City to receive a fiber optic upgrade by 2012. Development is planned to start by the end of the year, although they have not released any specifics on their plan. Google says that this is "not the end of the project" and that they'll "be looking closely at ways to bring ultra high-speed Internet to other cities across the country."
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