Schopenhauer knew this - fulfilling our biological urges (to pair off and multiply) is in no way related to human happiness. Where biology and happiness butt heads biology is more likely to win.

I always saw Searle's Chinese Room as more of an attack on the Turing Test. Here is a room that will pass the test, yet is in no way intelligent.

Quality of girl counts for a lot.

I just learned enough awk to alter a tiny script written by someone else. It's so going on the resume.

Seriously - just apply to anything that sounds good - if they really are decent and the position is junior - or if it is a senior position it doesn't revolve around that particular technology - you can learn on the job.

it sounds like your recommendation is to make sure i am competent/comfortable in the core technology, and then worry about the ancillary stuff as it comes up. is that right? i'm not worried about not knowing the answer to something in an interview (it's bound to happen eventually)--i am worried about someone thinking my resume isn't truthful.

That's what she said.

Why the third degree?

I think my original question clearly states why, I would like to know why this is the case with the overall percentage of people employing developers..

Is no one else going to comment on how ridiculously long his tie is?

I haven't found a UI I liked that wasn't in a text editor.

improve Scribd so it doesn't mangle pdfs.