08.27.07
Posted in Photoblogs and stuff at 11:20 am by jceasar0118
What does it take to be a programmer?
knowledge of Java? C++ ? Oracle ?
ability to discern when to use scalar or composite datatypes?
understanding of namespace?
having technical knowledge is just one of the attributes of a programmer.
Anyone, even my mom, for pete’s sake can get a book and learn XML.
.. to be a programmer you have to have “it”.
What is that “it”? that is the desire to write a program, to research, to automate procedures, to discern, to offer solution and most of all the fervent desire to build.
I have someone in my group who has the education and the technical know how. That person is getting paid to say “I know” or “can you take a look at my program” which is the person’s other words for “can you write the program for me”.
…. that person just doesn’t have ”it” …
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08.19.07
Posted in Photoblogs and stuff at 1:04 pm by jceasar0118
… how could you leave GMA7?
… i don’t know why I am bothered by your decision.
… when I am but a fan ….
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08.16.07
Posted in Photoblogs and stuff at 3:00 pm by jceasar0118
If all the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd’s tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move
To live with thee and be thy love.
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Posted in Photoblogs and stuff at 12:08 pm by jceasar0118
… i am still waiting for mine.
Sadness permeated my heart after taking this photo. Between 13th and 17th century, the Tower of London was place for public and private executions. This is the site where the executions took place.
One of known “tenants” of the Tower of London was Anne Boleyn. In my humble opinion, her life epitomizes the word karma, “what goes around comes around.”
Anne Boleyn, a former queen of England and mother of Queen Elizabeth I was among who perished in the Tower of London.
Anne Boleyn was ambitious. She used to be Queen Catherine’s lady in waiting.
Her ambition for power drove away the wife’s king, Catherine of Aragon. Anne Boleyn flirted and fornicated with Henry VIII to become the queen of England.
After years of indiscretion, King Henry VIII succumbed to his libido, converted to Protestanism, divorced Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn.
The former of Queen of England, Catherine was sent to dank and unhealthy castle where she died of cancer.
After moving heaven to earth, King Henry’s marriage to Anne Boleyn did not last long. It was very surreal.
After more than two years of marriage, Anne Boleyn was sent to the Tower of London. She was beheaded on charges of treason, incest and adultery. Of course history tells us that the main reason of her decapitation was her inability to produced a male heir.
Unfortunately King Henry VIII did not live long enough to know that he did not need a son. His daughter, whom he once pronounced illegitimate, Queen Elizabeth, lead England to a true world and economic power.
I uttered a little prayer before leaving the Tower of London. I prayed for Anne Boleyn and for others whose life perished in the tower. I hope that they have found peace in their hearts - even in the afterlife.
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08.15.07
Posted in Photoblogs and stuff at 11:31 am by jceasar0118
When Caesar was murdered, his body was dragged from Pompey’s Theatre to the Forum.
It’s at the Forum near the Rostra where Marc Anthony spoke his famous words (at least according to Shakespeare), “Friends, Romans, countrymen, I came here to bury Caesar not to praise him”. Marc Anthony’s words turned Caesar from a dead dictator to a martyr.
The crowd was inflamed by Anthony’s words that they seized Caesar’s body and burned it on an impromptu pyre. Later a temple was built over the spot, dedicated to Gaius Julius Caesar.
Even after 2000 years visitors pay respect and offer flowers to Caesar’s altar.
I went to Italy and visited the Forum. I went to see the dedicated temple. I paid my respect to the man whom I never met but whose intriguing life, military tactics and passion tremendously contributed to my fervent love of history, Gaius Julius Caesar.
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08.14.07
Posted in Photoblogs and stuff at 3:01 pm by jceasar0118
… courtesy of DefCon
When can a police officer make a stop ?
A police officer must have either
- Reasonable suspicion or
- Probable cause (you obviously run the red light)
Reasonable suspicion means quantum knowledge sufficient to induce an ordinarily prudent and cautious man under similar circumstances to believe criminal activity is at hand. Reasonable suspicion means that the police officer is 25% sure that a violation has been committed by the “offender”.
Probable cause means the police officer believes that a warrant can be issued because of his or her belief that an offense has been or is being committed. Police officer is 50% sure that crime has been or is being committed.
When can an officer “Frisk”
- Criminal activity is afoot.
- The suspect is armed and dangerous.
What is a frisk anyway? A frisk include pat-down for weapons.or looking ONLY for weapons.
When must the police inform your of your rights ? (Miranda rights)
- In custody
- Under Interrogation
- Traffic stops does not require Miranda
What are your rights?
- Remain Silent
- Anything you say will be used against you.
- You have a right to an attorney.
- If you cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed.
What is Miranda rights?
The Miranda warning is given by police in the United States to suspects whom they have arrested and intend to question. The Miranda warnings were mandated by the 1966 United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Miranda vs. Arizona. They are a means of protecting a criminal suspect’s Fifth Amendment right not to be subjected to coerced self-incrimination (see right to silence). This principle of law, though under different names, has been adopted in some other jurisdictions.
Motor Vehicle Searches
- Search of automobile does not require a warrant
- Probabl3 cause is required.
- May examine all containers that could contain evidence.
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