antifoidulus - Slashdot User

Submission + - Transitioning from "hacker"(positive sense) to "en

Submitted by antifoidulus on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @07:25PM

antifoidulus writes: So I'm about to get my masters in CS and start out (again) in the "real world", I already have a job lined up, but there is one thing that is really nagging me. Since my academic work has focused almost solely on computer science and not software engineering per se, I'm really still a "hacker", meaning I take a problem, sketch together a rough solution using the appropriate Computer Science algorithms, and then code something up(using a lot of prints to debug), do some basic testing and go with it.... Obviously something that works quite well in the academic environment but not in the "real world" obviously. Even at my previous job, which was sort of a jack-of-all-trades(sysadmin, security, support, and programming) the testing procedures were not particularly rigorous and as a result I don't think I'm really mature as an "engineer"

So my question to the community is how do you make the transition from hacker(in the positive sense) to a real engineer. Obviously the "Mythical Man Month" on the reading list, but anything else? How do you get out of the "hacker" mindset?

Submission + - CNN website targeted by DoS

Submitted by antifoidulus on Saturday April 19, 2008 @03:05AM

antifoidulus writes: CNN is reporting that they were the target of a Denial of Service attack yesterday. According to the article, there have been reports on Asian tech sites that Chinese hackers were targeting CNN for their coverage of the unrest in Tibet. One has to wonder if this hacking attempt was government sponsored or not. The Chinese government hasn't been very happy with CNN, in fact Beijing Bureau Chief has been summoned about a day before this happened.

Submission + - Americans drove less in 2005

Submitted by antifoidulus on Thursday November 30, 2006 @03:57PM

antifoidulus writes: CNN is reporting a study that shows not only did Americans buy more fuel efficient vehicles in 2005(although sadly this trend reversed itself in the later half of 2006) but they also drove slightly less on average, according to the article "The drop in driving was small — the average American drove 13,657 miles (21,978.8 km) per year in 2005, down from 13,711 miles in 2004." This is the first drop since the energy crisis of the late 70's. However, although SUV and mini-van sales have been falling, they still represent over half of the private vehicle sales in the United States.

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