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- A self-selected survey is not scientifically accurate.
- There is a great need for programmers for all types of machines, from mainframes to microcontrollers.
- Mobile programmers have their place, but it is not nearly as important as the Press would have you believe.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: A self-selected survey is not scientifically accurate.
But it even has a name: Statistics...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You know what they say - there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Mobile is the most popular interface - it gets the in your face time.
But it still needs the server hosting the data and the info/web server.
so basically while the mobile gets all the kudos, it's really only a fancy "dumb terminal." Given that many younguns wouldn't know what that means, it just proves us oldies still know and understand more.
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So we either adapt or get left behind too poop in our adult diapers.
Jeremy Falcon
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It means the bulk of software development is still on things with keyboards.
Lots of people seem to forget that.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I'd say, it dependso on where you sit and whom you're listening to. Case in example: Loads of IT news, including on CodeProject, is about web stuff. And not few JS programmers just talk about JS and their web stuff like it was a general IT truth. They don't begin with "The following article and the findings I present apply to the web and web only, I absolutely ignore desktop programming and I literally couldn't care less about embedded programming." They just present their findings as a general truth wihch, in their respective field, is absolutely right. I, as a desktop/embedded programmer used to get bewildered by that, simply because what they're saying isn't true for my field.
I think, the whole mobile buzz and how important it is is another case of "not my field".
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Could you really buy a mobile phone in 1946 in your part of the world?
Here in Norway, they didn't arrive until 20 years later, in 1966, and the setup had to go through an operator.
I also was unaware of computers at the time of WW1. I have always been thinking of the IBM 360 series as the first true "mainframe" computer, but that didn't arrive on the scene until 1963.
I still got my old desktop from when I was a school boy; I believe I got it in 1968. But if you are talking compuers, I guess it didn't arrive until 1973. I didn't use one until the early 80s, though, when I was working with a company that was considering the not-yet-released GEM for their new PC line (we ended up with Windows 1.0, though - and I guess my contribution to that decision was significant).
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Think I am too old to understand the question....
what do the points 1, 2, 3 mean?
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I'm 74 and I just retired last year. I was 40 when I started. And I've done very well financially.
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At 40 today you should have a hard time to find job...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Made a living programming for 33 years - punch cards, Fortran, CDC, Cray, custom devices,
Unix, C; retired 22 years ago. Now I code for my own amusement in C# on my windows desktop
(most recently toying with the 9 square illusion)
Am I too old? Yes, I am. Too difficult for my tired old eyes to spend a lot of time squinting at Mobile devices.
But at 75 I still read Codeproject news!
73
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The times are a-changing man. Print is dying. Soon, we'll be feeding content directly to our brains and displaying them on our eyes. Just think, we can dream Starbucks ads while we sleep.
Jeremy Falcon
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That imaginary coffee will be $6. You'll get the bill when you wake up. 
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Did it have pictures in it ?
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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This was linux: it didn't even have vowels in it!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yes, but they were already colored. 
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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Griff![^]
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Hmmmm,
I zoomed into the image and looked really close... and I'm pretty sure that I see Griff behind you hiding in those bushes. He's obviously on his way to 'The Potted Pig' over in Cardiff to make a pork withdrawal from the vault.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Having served in the Marine Corps, I can tell you that this is one bad hombre:
16 Best Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis Quotes
Yep
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Nothing compared to John Simmons 
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recognize!
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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