Re: programing with science jobs


"Randy Poe" <poespam-trap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: On Nov 10, 7:50 pm, "Androcles" <Engin...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: > "Randy Poe" <poespam-t...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: >
: > news:1194733612.878581.72800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > : On Nov 10, 3:15 pm, artem <ParTizanPuP...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: > : > Hi all,
: > : > i am a senior in high school and next year will be going to college.
i
: > : > want to major in either physics and/or mathematics or electrical
: > : > engineering. i was wondering if i will be working in one of those
: > : > field will programing be helpful or not.
: > :
: > : Yes. In the sciences, numerical methods and simulation
: > : are especially important.
: > :
: > : > do i need a basic knowledge
: > : > of programing or a deeper knowledge of programing.
: > :
: > : The more different kinds of programming you do, the
: > : better off you'll probably be. A course in basic computer
: > : science would probably be helpful to show you the
: > : kinds of concepts that they work with, even if you
: > : don't go that direction.
: > :
: > : And learn a few different programming languages. You
: > : may start off in a job that requires C, the next project
: > : might require C++, the one after that Java. You can't
: > : learn every language that might come along, but you
: > : should learn how to learn languages.
: > :
: > : Also, you probably want to get used to Unix.
: >
: > HAHAHA!
: > Why would anyone want to get used to a 1970s operating
: > system?
:
: Because it's more reliable, more secure and has a better range of
: utilities for doing real work than Bill Gates' monstrosity.
:
: > If you want to learn to ride a bike figure out how the bell
: > and pedals work?
: > You've never done any serious programming in your life, you wanker.
:
: I work in a research lab. All the serious work is done
: in Linux. You have no clue what "serious programming" I've
: done.

I worked in the real world making money, flight simulation and industry.
All the serious work is done in whatever operating system we give a
damn about. You have no clue what "serious programming" is, but it
has ***-all to do with operating systems.


: You wouldn't know what serious programming looked
: like. Some of my work has been "serious" enough to go into
: operational usage (military exercises and wars).

Here is some of mine:
http://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/lesson13.html
These are MY landing lights:
http://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/images/small/night-flisim.jpg
This is one of MY simulators
http://www.link-miles.co.uk/images/picright.jpg
Not only was my work serious enough to go into operational usage
(military exercises and wars), it took me all over the USA, Europe
and to India for the Indian Navy Sea Harrier (AFTER I'd worked
on a Naval base in Britain with the outbreak of the Falklands war).
You wouldn't know what serious programming looked like,
"Buses take longer to stop than cars" wanker.

: Linux was not developed in the 70s. Educate yourself.

"Also, you probably want to get used to Unix." -- Wanker Poe.


: What difference does it make if it had an ancestor that
: was?

Who gives a *** about an off-the-shelf operating system?
You obviously don't know what serious programming is about,
never had to design a test for the FAA, never had to work on
military equipment for a foreign power and that includes
NASA and the Indian Navy, never had to place a simulated
graphic target in a real HUD with perfect alignment with
sidewinder lock-on. You think a 70's HUD relies on Linux?

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/f-16_hud_020410_09.jpg

In this pic the target is lost, the blip is at 3 o'clock.
You are pompous, hand-waving arsehole, Poe.

: If you're a Microsoft fan,

Oh, for ***'s sake... You really are pathetic, babbling on about
operating systems. It doesn't matter to me what the operating system
is, I'm a retired software engineering manager, Mr. Junior Programmer
in a research lab.

You've never done any serious programming in your life, you
wanker, and it shows. If it was a piss-up in a brewery you'd
be whining about Laphroaig being worse than Budweiser
without knowing the difference between good whisky and bad
beer. You wouldn't last five minutes on my team.



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