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You do if you're taking close-ups. It's much harder to get a steady shot when you're holding the camera away from your body -- when you put the camera to your face, you are in a more stable position. It matters a lot when taking detailed close-up shots.
On the other hand, you'd think a ninja would would be able to overcome this, and would want to avoid closing one eye...
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Either you did a heck of a lot of research, or your stats are completely made up...which makes it very funny that you are so Peed off over statistics that are completely unfounded. It would take a lot of research on your part to evaluate EVERY computer science curriculum and EVERY grad, or even a reasonable, statistically sound sample of all of them.
I'll agree that the 6 months, get your cert courses and the computer schools turn out some real turds, but this is completely baseless. Talk about talking out your you-know-what.
Did you know that 84.3% of statistics are completely made up?
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The ninja would turn off the LCD because the light would reveal him (or her, with those heels!)
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I think the actual number is more around 95.4% lol. The numbers are estimates based on observations. The sampling pool is around 500-700 graduates. For about half of the sample, I know nothing other than they graduated college with a CS degree. West coast universities are probably under represented. Overseas schools would probably be under represented as well. Schools in Florida have a higher representation in the pool. So, actually, I'm "peed" off at my observations.
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captcha: wtf.
took the words out of my mouth.
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Looks like the Ninja found the files!
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Yeah and they're all programmers
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I wonder who would win, the ninja or the Cambrian House girl in a game of foosball?
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Strip foosball... With whipped cream.
[Marvin locks self back in cage.]
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The ninja's overabundance of testosterone would definitely make for an interesting strip-whipped-cream-covered foosball battle!
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Obviously, the Cambrian House girl. All she'd have to do is lean forward a bit more, things might fall out, and the s/he ninja would be so flabbergasted that the Cambrian House girl would score.
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I like more WTF related WTFs.
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Actually, taking pictures of the printouts of the backup tapes...
:)
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OMG! Do you people really have Computer Science degrees. You know... a Bachelor's of Science from an accredited college or university. You know, the kind of degree program where you have to take courses in Discrete Mathematics, Statistics, Calculus, a Physical Science, in addition to the more obvious computer related courses such as Programming Languages, Data Structures, Computer Architecture, Circuits, Compiler Construction, etc., etc., etc. You know, a program that requires 120 credit hours of coursework.
How the hell could you get a real four-year degree such as a Bachelors' in Computer Science and have no concept of numbers in different bases, let alone the ones so commonly used in computer programming such as binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal???
I still remain astounded how people don't know the difference between an IT technical degree, a certification in a particular technology, a crash-course in programming from a local training business, or a REAL DEGREE COMPUTER SCIENCE. Either it is a huge problem in the management world where they are unable to understanding the differences between these, or there are some colleges out there awarding degrees to people who don't deserve them.
WTF!
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You are truly an inspiration to us all!
All hail the hex() overlord!
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Actually, *once*, that's right, ONCE, in 25 years of programming/project-managing/..., I worked with a drop-dead f*g gorgeous, highly intelligent and witty female programmer (all the same person). Unfortunately, she refused to ever leave her desk to go to lunch, shopping, whatever (not that I had a shot or anything).
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bah - you are all following in each others' footsteps - be your own person: I use base-256 because it's so, well, obvious!
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Aww come on.. don't spoil the story with the male vs female ninja stuff.
It's female, alright - http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&text=ninja+office+spy
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Yeah, that's exactly what is happening. Many CS courses are online, enabling cheating in some form or another, so today's graduates aren't actually adept in their field. They are adept in passing tests, nothing more. Of course, there are other problems as well, but that's probably one of the main ones. Also, I don't know if I specificially mentioned it before, but many universities will lower passing and graduation requirements to meet graduation expectations. This is probably more of a problem. In some cases, it means that anyone getting over say 30% correct questions on whichever course passes that course. Different universities do different things though, so mileage may vary. If they make the courses harder, students don't pass, so they either lower passing requirements, or make the courses easier. They are trying to keep the same number of graduates. It's my opinion that if no one can pass the test, then no one deserves the title.
If a class of students that all failed a test, while ten years ago more than half the students passed, it would be obvious something was up. The college/university would most likely say that the professor was not teaching as well as he/she used to. This makes the professor curve the test so they don't get fired. In my opinion it is based on a couple of other things though. Ten years ago, there weren't as many computer science students. After the dotcom boom, there were a LOT more people trying to become computer scientists. Go figure that after seeing that computer geeks could pretty easily make millions, that more people would want to try and become a computer geek. Little do they know it's not really something that's easily learned... and that it's more of a natural analytical skill. Well, all these people now trying to become computer scientists just aren't as cut out for the job as the people were ten or more years ago. Back then, people in the field were pretty much already in the field and had at least some knowledge of what was going on before they even got to college. So, to recap, before the mid nineties, CS was left to people who wanted to do CS. Now, CS is left to the people who want to do CS, as well as everyone who wants to make easy money by just sitting at a computer(even if that idea is misconstrued). The money grubbers usually don't have what it takes, and also outnumber the true CS people. Unfortunately, it's impossible to tell one from the other from a simple college application, so what winds up happening is that more money grubbers get admitted than true CSers. So, go figure that most of the class can't pass a simple logic test, while over 10 years ago almost everyone passed. At my high school, we had a C programming class. The teacher said in the begining of the class, that if you were looking for an easy A, then this is not the class. 2 months later the class was half the size. Everyone still in the class passed at the end, and learned the subjects rather quickly. The ones that were in the class a week earlier, but had quit, were still on the first or second assignment when they quit. I had prior experience programming in C, so I even tried tutoring some of the students that couldn't cut it. It became quite obvious to me at that time that some people just aren't cut out to be programmers. Some people just don't have a mind that works that way. It doesn't mean they are stupid or anything, just that their mind is better suited for other tasks.
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Such as managing an IT dept.
was that too obvious?
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You will be doomed to do stupid, brainless shit in IT, then.
Go ahead, go to Happy Hour at Bennigans. Hit on the waitress that works at the bar. Maybe she'll give you her number today... maybe.
Us d00dz who grok 0xDEADBEEF and 07734 gotz all the mad bitches cuz we be hackin into theyz friends myspaces and plantin all kinds of stuff we never did to bolster our rep. And then they know how we roll so we's kickin it.
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'Except for that, he's the perfect Ninja' - his instructor, to another instructor...
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If CS was all about converting numbers, then computers would be writing programs...
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Are ninjas silent?
Or do they scream "Waaaaaaa!" when they attack? Or would that be "Hi-yaaa!"
Maybe I'm thinking of karate people.
I don't know much about martial arts.
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The real WTF is that you apparently had a calculator surgically implanted into your brain, for the purposes of converting between different bases.
Seriously, is ANYBODY able to convert random numbers between decimal and hex by themselves?
OK... so I've been browsing tdwf for a while now... and only up until now have I seen the need to reply to a post which deserves flaming...
Dude... don't you know how hexadecimal numbers work??? F = 15.. F0 = 240... FF = 255... 100 = 256... 101 = 257... gawd... you learn this in 1st year computing degrees FFS... *shakes head*... it has nothing to do with having apparently having a calculator in ur brain... it's like saying "how many times does 10 go into 100"... think before you post...
ooooo.. captcha = paste... how ironic...
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A small point, perhaps...but in your description you most likely meant to say rappelled, not repelled. One is descending a vertical surface using a belayed rope. The other is, well, more repellent.
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Damn!....there goes my theory that spies have to master the art of mis-direction.
"Yes officer, definitely a woman. She was wearing high-heels!"
BTW, this is my first post! No, please stop clapping, but thank you anyway...
So can anyone tell me why some of the contributers to the site are a little too anal? "this isn't a WTF", "101 = 257 obviously...deerrrr...you must be stupid"
Surely the WTF is that the libray wasn't properly documented? Anyway, just thought i would share my 2 cents! :)
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oh...and yes I am crap at spelling! You should see my variable names!
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You know, if you want everyone to learn hexadecimal, it could take a while, but I can give you one hint for your socioengineering. Start with minorities: The public takes all sorts of cool ideas from minorities, not just Jazz, Pop, Rap, andcetera, but also words like "peeps", "cool", andcetera; once everyone in the urban ghettos uses hex to confuse outsiders and puts it in their new musicforms, everyone else will learn it. It is an unproven hypothesis, but much more likely than having to live with and interact with as equals a species for whom a billiard is 3 miquadrards, 8D7E miquadres, A4C6 quadrards, and 8000, which was my first idea.