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Computing's Lost Allure

Posted by michael on from the grass-somewhat-less-green dept.

khendron writes "An article in the New York Times, describes how the number of students majoring in computer science in university has dropped off with the rest of the hi-tech economy. The bright side: the students who are enrolling are doing so because they love computers. Not like a few years ago when students were enrolling because they wanted to make a quick buck. I'll take quality over quantity."

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  1. first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Time complexity: O(1), baby.

    1. Re:first post! by Fembot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Which crack smoking moderator made this "informative"?

    2. Re:first post! by gabec · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      probably the guy that posted it! Why else would you mod up an F.P.? ;)

    3. Re:first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ALAN JOHN WOODLAND, stop pretending to be female!

  2. moron losing iNTerest in total bullpoopIE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sure enough, there's LOTs to be learned/communicated/commerced out here on the WildWoolyWeb. butt, that's all been postponed while a handful of Godless murderous greed/fear based felons, turn yOUR future into sum kind of socio-political-industrial phonIE ?pr? execrable.

    the crowd is giving them a standing revulsion, butt they partIE on LIEk its 1995. you know which way to look?

    consult with yOUR creator regarding matters of the heart/mind/wwwallet. that's the spirit.

  3. moron being disillusioned buy gnu paradigms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    after decades of work, the hobbyist dogooders GIVE us a means to collect/store accurate, instantly accessible information, about almost everything that's ever happened. somehow, that evolution has lead to a 'new' craze over at the corepirate headquarters of the payper liesense felons, which is paper shredders?

    sort of taking a side/show/step/back/words?

    a lot of that stuff, wee don't knead to know about anyway?

    consult with yOUR creator. almost time for US to square up?

  4. Re:This Was in The Times? by theonetruekeebler · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No, Sparky, it's not flamebait, but it is a flame: The New York Times used to be the one remaining source for not necessarily objective but always very accurate and honest reporting.

    Now they've proven untrustworthy and I'm pissed at them. I'm pissed off enough that the American press seemed never to question why our government wanted to kick around some oil rich but otherwise pissant country. But beyond that, now, I'm pissed off that I can't trust anybody to tell the truth about anything unless the truth happens to be profitable to them.

    --
    This is not my sandwich.
  5. Re:Preach it brother by commonchaos · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... I just finished The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, I can't say that I agree with everything in the book, but man, this post freaks me out.

  6. Re:hopefully this will be for more than just uni's by MisterFancypants · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Never trust a computer proffesional that doesnt list computer as a hobby.

    Maybe you should have a couple more hobbies.... For example, if you read once in a while you might realize that there is one f in professional.