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Comment Everyone Don't Need To Code (Score 1) 515

Is coding today really like learning to read or write? I don't think so. I would say learning to draw by hand is even more important than coding. Regardless of your field, knowing how to draw simple figures and diagrams will help convey your idea. But yet, we don't say that everyone should learn to draw.

Computer programming should be like any other field, those who are interested, get in. True, computers are getting more and more pervasive, but so too are cars, motor cycles, and bicycles. yet, not everyone knows or need to know how to drive a car or ride a bike.

It might help a person if they knew how to drive or ride, but that only depends of if they live some place where they have access to a car or bike and it matters that they know to drive.

As a mostly self thought programming, I have been posting [YouTube videos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVxTe31G4nTbhp9dQEO4iQ) which break down programming concepts and addresses one concept at time. I think it is a really good introduction to computer programming for *anyone* who wants to learn or is curious. But even as simple and clears as my videos are, still there will be people who won't get it, because programming is not for them. And they shouldn't be torture to learn it.

Comment Re:Eh? what? (Score 1) 165

Yeah, once they removed the 'Other OS' option, I don't care what they do now. i still have mine and mostly use it with my NAS to stream media. The only reason I got it in the first place, was to install Linux. I was fairly happy with my PS2.

Comment How about a mobile apps to notify the public? (Score 1) 100

since mobile devices have GPS. couldn't an app be written that would receive the latest information from NASA. as they get more info, they push it to the app. i f you are worried about getting hit, you install the app and monitor it. If you are in with X meters/feet of latest estimate, you get notified or your app makes a sound.

how hard is that to do? i would do the app part for android, but the data would have to be fed from a credible source.

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Bark Beetles Hate Rush Limbaugh and Heavy Metal 220

Aryabhata writes "According to scientists, climate change and human activity have allowed bark beetle populations to soar. They decided to fight the beetles by using the 'nastiest, most offensive sounds' that they could think of. These sounds included recordings of Guns & Roses, Queen, Rush Limbaugh and manipulated versions of the insects' own sounds. The research project titled 'Beetle Mania' has concluded that acoustic stress can disrupt their feeding and even cause the beetles to kill each other."

Comment Re:1000+ a day isn't very much (Score 2, Informative) 298

I can attest to this. This is the same setup we used which had VoIP, DB, and HTTP. We ran OpenVZ on CentOS on DRBD. Each openvz virtual machine ran a service, sometimes several of the same services (db and voip). because fo DRBD, redundancy was taking care of, an using heartbeat, well, high availability was also easy. It worked very well. the only thing i would say, it is takes some knowledge and much elbow grease to get this working and plenty of testing. where as, some of the other solutions would be easer.

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