Comments on: What He Said http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html Data is ones and zeroes | Software is ones and zeroes and hard work. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:30:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Greg Wilson http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3225 Greg Wilson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:46 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3225 @Steve: What "dilemma"? :-) @Steve: What “dilemma”? :-)

]]> By: Steve Easterbrook http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3224 Steve Easterbrook Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:58:50 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3224 Greg: So how's that whole "academia vs business" job choice dilemma thingy coming along? Greg: So how’s that whole “academia vs business” job choice dilemma thingy coming along?

]]> By: Uldis Bojars http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3223 Uldis Bojars Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:22:54 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3223 If you looked at the tooltip text of this XKCD comic, take a look at the following article: <a href="http://beyond3d.com/content/articles/8" rel="nofollow">Origin of Quake3's Fast InvSqrt()</a> The key word is 0x5f3759df. :) If you looked at the tooltip text of this XKCD comic, take a look at the following article:

Origin of Quake3′s Fast InvSqrt()

The key word is 0x5f3759df. :)

]]> By: The Grass is Always Greener | Wisdom and Wonder http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3222 The Grass is Always Greener | Wisdom and Wonder Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:33:42 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3222 [...] xkcd via Greg Wilson) This was written by Grant. Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 3:33 pm. Filed under Link. [...] [...] xkcd via Greg Wilson) This was written by Grant. Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 3:33 pm. Filed under Link. [...]

]]> By: gael varoquaux http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3221 gael varoquaux Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:14:55 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3221 Yes, I agree, it's all wrong: * Academia: "we have to make it more sophisticate, to be able to publish it in a fancy journal" * Business: "OK, but we can't sell 200 lines of code to our customer for the price we budgeted. Go back and add something". :/ Yes, I agree, it’s all wrong:

* Academia: “we have to make it more sophisticate, to be able to publish it in a fancy journal”

* Business: “OK, but we can’t sell 200 lines of code to our customer for the price we budgeted. Go back and add something”.

:/

]]> By: Tor-Ivar Valåmo http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3220 Tor-Ivar Valåmo Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:09:19 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3220 I'm gonna print that one out and give it to the interviewers who ask me why I didn't finish my BSc... I’m gonna print that one out and give it to the interviewers who ask me why I didn’t finish my BSc…

]]> By: Steve Eddins http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3219 Steve Eddins Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:31:57 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/3191.html#comment-3219 xkcd is one of my favorite things on the web, but when I read this one I thought he got it all wrong, on both branches. (I've worked in both branches, and since joining the commercial side I've hired software developers who worked for university research labs.) I thought the academic branch was unrealistic. I thought the business branch was more realistic ... for academia! Except I suppose that Outlook is much less common in academia than in business. My personal favorite xkcd is http://xkcd.com/163/ xkcd is one of my favorite things on the web, but when I read this one I thought he got it all wrong, on both branches. (I’ve worked in both branches, and since joining the commercial side I’ve hired software developers who worked for university research labs.) I thought the academic branch was unrealistic. I thought the business branch was more realistic … for academia! Except I suppose that Outlook is much less common in academia than in business.

My personal favorite xkcd is http://xkcd.com/163/

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