The Daily WTF
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i guess that depends on what you're looking for.
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jgasm wrote:
i guess that depends on what you're looking for.
True. But rather meaningless. I would expect that a graduate of CS would be able to write decent code. Not necessarily be up to speed on the latest technologies (heaven knows I'm not), but at least be capable of thinking through a problem and writing something decent that can be defended in a pro/con discussion. Critical thinking, analysis, being able to communicate clearly one's ideas--:sigh: The American educational system is disguisting, from hillbilly colleges to ivy league ones (I recently experienced a couple graduates from Ivy League schools and they were no better). I wonder what it's like in other countries. Marc
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jgasm wrote:
i guess that depends on what you're looking for.
True. But rather meaningless. I would expect that a graduate of CS would be able to write decent code. Not necessarily be up to speed on the latest technologies (heaven knows I'm not), but at least be capable of thinking through a problem and writing something decent that can be defended in a pro/con discussion. Critical thinking, analysis, being able to communicate clearly one's ideas--:sigh: The American educational system is disguisting, from hillbilly colleges to ivy league ones (I recently experienced a couple graduates from Ivy League schools and they were no better). I wonder what it's like in other countries. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
I wonder what it's like in other countries
A lot of other countries couldn't care less about the intellectual caliber of the average CS graduate, so they spend a good amount of time like this[^] enjoying life.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter? Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.
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Mark Salsbery wrote:
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Your surprised? I'm not. I'm rarely impressed by college graduates, sad to say. Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Your surprised?
No :) It's the comments from readers! I've never seen that many WTFs in the comments. Mark
"Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."
My favorite part about the reader comments is how so many of them - confidently - misunderstand the code they're ripping apart. You don't get that much around here. Most of the posters are able to programmatically tie their shoes, so to speak.
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I would totally hire this guy. To clean my pool. Maybe.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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jgasm wrote:
i guess that depends on what you're looking for.
True. But rather meaningless. I would expect that a graduate of CS would be able to write decent code. Not necessarily be up to speed on the latest technologies (heaven knows I'm not), but at least be capable of thinking through a problem and writing something decent that can be defended in a pro/con discussion. Critical thinking, analysis, being able to communicate clearly one's ideas--:sigh: The American educational system is disguisting, from hillbilly colleges to ivy league ones (I recently experienced a couple graduates from Ivy League schools and they were no better). I wonder what it's like in other countries. Marc
I normally do not criticize other poster's misspelling--Lord knows I can misspelled with the worst of them--but in the context of your post your misspelling of disgusting is disgusting. :P
"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information." - Neal Stephenson
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Marc Clifton wrote:
I wonder what it's like in other countries
A lot of other countries couldn't care less about the intellectual caliber of the average CS graduate, so they spend a good amount of time like this[^] enjoying life.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter? Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.
Josh Smith wrote:
so they spend a good amount of time like this[^] enjoying life.
lol. Good one. Well, there's a lot to be said for enjoying life! Marc
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I normally do not criticize other poster's misspelling--Lord knows I can misspelled with the worst of them--but in the context of your post your misspelling of disgusting is disgusting. :P
"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information." - Neal Stephenson
Jerry Hammond wrote:
but in the context of your post your misspelling of disgusting is disgusting.
:) I thought it looked odd, but couldn't think of why. Chalk it up to that old age disease I won't try spelling write now. Marc
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Josh Smith wrote:
so they spend a good amount of time like this[^] enjoying life.
lol. Good one. Well, there's a lot to be said for enjoying life! Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
Well, there's a lot to be said for enjoying life!
:laugh:
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter? Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Your surprised? I'm not. I'm rarely impressed by college graduates, sad to say.
That's beacuse you've never graduated college yourself! :laugh:
Link2006 wrote:
That's beacuse you've never graduated college yourself!
It always hurts to have a typo in a sentence which is supposed to make you feel smart, doesn't it?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter? Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.
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Link2006 wrote:
That's beacuse you've never graduated college yourself!
It always hurts to have a typo in a sentence which is supposed to make you feel smart, doesn't it?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter? Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.
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O M G :wtf: This one has to hold the record for most WTFs in the comments :laugh: Worse Than Failure[^]
"Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."
He should of opted for:
public static long Factorial(long fact) { return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1); }hope nobodies watching or this could end up answering some kiddies homework ;)P Think of the environment; please don't print this message unless you really need to.
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He should of opted for:
public static long Factorial(long fact) { return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1); }hope nobodies watching or this could end up answering some kiddies homework ;)P Think of the environment; please don't print this message unless you really need to.
norm .net wrote:
return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1);
what about the case of 0! = 1 I think you just ploughed into a stack overflow. :-D
Matt
if ( ! pMatt->isEnjoying("Sales") )
{
pMatt->retrain("Computer Science");
pMatt->getNewJob("Developer");
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norm .net wrote:
return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1);
what about the case of 0! = 1 I think you just ploughed into a stack overflow. :-D
Matt
if ( ! pMatt->isEnjoying("Sales") )
{
pMatt->retrain("Computer Science");
pMatt->getNewJob("Developer");
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
but in the context of your post your misspelling of disgusting is disgusting.
:) I thought it looked odd, but couldn't think of why. Chalk it up to that old age disease I won't try spelling write now. Marc
Commonly known as a +40 moment.
"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information." - Neal Stephenson
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O M G :wtf: This one has to hold the record for most WTFs in the comments :laugh: Worse Than Failure[^]
"Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."
Under pressure I probably would have had problems remembering how to do factorial because I haven't done in in like 3 years... That said the last time I did do it, I did it in MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).
Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today.
-Matt Newman
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Under pressure I probably would have had problems remembering how to do factorial because I haven't done in in like 3 years... That said the last time I did do it, I did it in MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).
Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today.
-Matt Newman
Matt Newman wrote:
MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).
:rose: MY sympathies. I had to do MIPS assembly in college too. While I fully understand not wanting to deal with the cheating that x86 would allow I can't think of any more useless language to've learned. Was the emulator still a pile of dog turds when you suffered through it?
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Matt Newman wrote:
MIPS Assembly (which could not have been any less fun).
:rose: MY sympathies. I had to do MIPS assembly in college too. While I fully understand not wanting to deal with the cheating that x86 would allow I can't think of any more useless language to've learned. Was the emulator still a pile of dog turds when you suffered through it?
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
dan neely wrote:
Was the emulator still a pile of dog turds when you suffered through it?
Yes, yes it was!
Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today.
-Matt Newman
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My favorite part about the reader comments is how so many of them - confidently - misunderstand the code they're ripping apart. You don't get that much around here. Most of the posters are able to programmatically tie their shoes, so to speak.
llamadillo wrote:
My favorite part about the reader comments is how so many of them - confidently - misunderstand the code they're ripping apart.
Exactly! I don't always read the comments, so maybe it happens more than I know, but there seemed to be an excessive amount of those in that post :) Cheers, Mark
"Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."
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He should of opted for:
public static long Factorial(long fact) { return fact == 1 ? fact : fact * Factorial(fact-1); }hope nobodies watching or this could end up answering some kiddies homework ;)P Think of the environment; please don't print this message unless you really need to.
:-D
"Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."
