How will this work with license issues. Companies can't just ship licenses for pieces of software, such as vlsi synthesis to an offsite grid. The software makers generally aren't ok with things like that.
This looks much better then.net. Besides the obvious "it isn't built my microsoft," having companies like RSA and both of the major airlines on board, as well as my bank of choice (BofA) makes me much more less suspicious of this initiative. I mean, I already store basically all my information with my bank, and if they want to tell me it is secure ( along with RSA) , I'll probably beleive them. I won't beleive M$.
It's actually eEye, and its not just an overview. They reverse engineered the worm and take a step by step look at everything it does from contact to dormancy.
I agree, I forgot to specify that in general the collaboration policy is strictly applied to the lower level undergrad courses, which build a basic understanding of cs and syntax, where its really important to not be copying other peoples work. Higher level courses generally encourage collaboration, obviousley because this is how the industry works.
CS at Brown University follows a strict non-collaboration policy. It is much more rigid than any other department at the school. If caught, all incidents are forwarded directly to a dean for disciplinary action. In the engineering department, the rules are much less harsh, and collaboration often takes place.
This non-collaboration policy actually works, as Brown has one of the top cs programs in the nation. However, at times it is a bit excessive. Personally, I think that whether or not your case is truly academic dishonesty depends on the guidlines for the assignment. If they strictly said that all work should be your own, then referencing other work probably should be considered cheating.
True, when writing a paper for say, Political Science, you are referencing outside sources constantly, perhaps even quoting. However, you do this to build your own argument, and only do it to support what you are writing. Copying a whole chapter for a paper without citing references is obviously plagiarism, however even with a reference the work isn't your own, and the problems here are quite obvious. Truthfully, it depends on how much code was used, and in what manner. I don't think there is any cut and dry or black and white answer to this question.
I am currently a CE major at Brown university. The way I can best describe it, at least here, is that I am basically doing the regular electrical engineering major, but also supplementing it with basic, as well as a few higher level cs courses.
This actually turns out to be quite a bit of coursework, and doesn't leave much time for many other classes. I would definately say it is worth it though, because I have interests in both areas. Also, if your thinking about CE...definately start with it. Its much easier to switch from CE to CS then the other way around, at least at Brown.
For the first year, its nice doing CE, because I get a taste of both hardcore engineering and hardcore cs. I can basically decide to go either way, depending on which I do better in and which I enjoy more. I would definately disagree with the common misperception that CS is software and CE is hardware...I think that while CS is mostly software, CE deals with both.
The main difference, however, is that CE is an engineering degree at Brown, and CS is obviously not. The engineering degree has a lot of general requirements which CS does not have. I imagine that is true for quite a few schools. Anyway, I suggest if your thinking about Computer Engineering, you should probably start in that department, get all the gen. ed. requirements out of the way, then decide whether you like the engineering part.
The first thing that came to mind when I read this story was the metaverse in snowcrash. With everything being open source, this is a chance for people to experiment with the modular abilities the metaverse had. With the new lcd helmet from (that you can get from thinkgeek for around $500) I think that the tech is there to build a metaverse. Its only a matter of time before we have something like that.
Let me tell you why this isn't important.
My junior year of high school, I decided to take AP Computer Science. That year they had just switched from Pascal to C++. Let me say, I was much less then satisfied with the course. While most AP's are rigorous, demanding, and require a full year of preparation, this simply did not.
The exam was a complete joke. I took almost nothing away from the course, having put a sum total of about 20-30 hours in preparation (over the entire semester). I got a 4/5 on the exam. My friend, a bit more experienced in comp sci easily pulled a 5.
Did I mention I learned nothing from that class?
This year I took the intro to OOP class at my school, Brown. This was a very rigourous course which at times required 20-30 hours a week. I can comfortably say I know java now. I have started to pursue all the other major programming languages on my own. Why is this important?
The AP program is supposed to award college credit for classes in high school. I don't think that the computer science program compares at all to college CS programs. You can learn more from a java in 21 then you can in the typical high school classroom. Until high schools start to take computer science in general more seriously, it doesn't matter what language they teach it in. CS concepts (save for OOP) do not change. I do think however, it is wise to teach OOP in java because it is much less complicated then in C++.
It's nice to see the college board keeping up with the times, but unless schools can change the public mindset about CS in general it will be of little import.
I'm flying tommorrow...although this does worry me to some extent, I trust the regulatory bodies in the US plan for some contigencies for events like this.
I go to Brown University. Here they have a sort of "fraternity" that is called tech house. It seems to be the sort of community you are talking about. They do cool things (for example playing tetris with the lights on the 14 story science library here, something that I I think was posted to slashdot a while back.) I think they also built an elevator in the house. Anyways, I was taking a look at it, and it seems pretty cool. These places do exhist though.
-Brian Singer
I am in a similar situation to you. I am a freshman Computer Engineering concenctrator at Brown (acutally almost at Cornell:)). Oer the summer I took a job in a software firm. They offered a deal to not attend college and stay with them over the next (this) year. For me, college is so much more then learning things which can probably be self taught (especially cs) I came to college for more social reasons. I do not want to be the guy sitting in his cubicle programming for 16 hours a day, who forgot the english language in favor of c.
As I begin classes I often ask myself why I want to do work 20-30 hours a week without pay rather then work about 40 hours a week and get paid a lot. I think the one motivator is money, unfortunately:(. I have a much higher chance making more money with a college education under my belt then just going straight into the industry. I can also pursue other careers if the tech industry someday becomes (gasp) boring to me. If someone offered me 6 digits a year with the prospect for more to not goto college, I would without hesitation. That is, unfortunately, not the case.
People need to realize there is one thing and only one thing that politicians care about. Its getting re-elected. If they try to pass legislation that is anti-free internet, then its because they think that thats what their consituents want. They don't give a damn about what anyone else thinks.
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How will this work with license issues. Companies can't just ship licenses for pieces of software, such as vlsi synthesis to an offsite grid. The software makers generally aren't ok with things like that.
This looks much better then .net. Besides the obvious "it isn't built my microsoft," having companies like RSA and both of the major airlines on board, as well as my bank of choice (BofA) makes me much more less suspicious of this initiative. I mean, I already store basically all my information with my bank, and if they want to tell me it is secure ( along with RSA) , I'll probably beleive them. I won't beleive M$.
It's actually eEye, and its not just an overview. They reverse engineered the worm and take a step by step look at everything it does from contact to dormancy.
Now when im short on paper i can use my speakers to smoke.
I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't do that. (Osprey pitches forward)
I agree, I forgot to specify that in general the collaboration policy is strictly applied to the lower level undergrad courses, which build a basic understanding of cs and syntax, where its really important to not be copying other peoples work. Higher level courses generally encourage collaboration, obviousley because this is how the industry works.
CS at Brown University follows a strict non-collaboration policy. It is much more rigid than any other department at the school. If caught, all incidents are forwarded directly to a dean for disciplinary action. In the engineering department, the rules are much less harsh, and collaboration often takes place.
This non-collaboration policy actually works, as Brown has one of the top cs programs in the nation. However, at times it is a bit excessive. Personally, I think that whether or not your case is truly academic dishonesty depends on the guidlines for the assignment. If they strictly said that all work should be your own, then referencing other work probably should be considered cheating.
True, when writing a paper for say, Political Science, you are referencing outside sources constantly, perhaps even quoting. However, you do this to build your own argument, and only do it to support what you are writing. Copying a whole chapter for a paper without citing references is obviously plagiarism, however even with a reference the work isn't your own, and the problems here are quite obvious. Truthfully, it depends on how much code was used, and in what manner. I don't think there is any cut and dry or black and white answer to this question.
-Brian Singer
I am currently a CE major at Brown university. The way I can best describe it, at least here, is that I am basically doing the regular electrical engineering major, but also supplementing it with basic, as well as a few higher level cs courses.
This actually turns out to be quite a bit of coursework, and doesn't leave much time for many other classes. I would definately say it is worth it though, because I have interests in both areas. Also, if your thinking about CE...definately start with it. Its much easier to switch from CE to CS then the other way around, at least at Brown.
For the first year, its nice doing CE, because I get a taste of both hardcore engineering and hardcore cs. I can basically decide to go either way, depending on which I do better in and which I enjoy more. I would definately disagree with the common misperception that CS is software and CE is hardware...I think that while CS is mostly software, CE deals with both.
The main difference, however, is that CE is an engineering degree at Brown, and CS is obviously not. The engineering degree has a lot of general requirements which CS does not have. I imagine that is true for quite a few schools. Anyway, I suggest if your thinking about Computer Engineering, you should probably start in that department, get all the gen. ed. requirements out of the way, then decide whether you like the engineering part.
The first thing that came to mind when I read this story was the metaverse in snowcrash. With everything being open source, this is a chance for people to experiment with the modular abilities the metaverse had. With the new lcd helmet from (that you can get from thinkgeek for around $500) I think that the tech is there to build a metaverse. Its only a matter of time before we have something like that.
Let me tell you why this isn't important. My junior year of high school, I decided to take AP Computer Science. That year they had just switched from Pascal to C++. Let me say, I was much less then satisfied with the course. While most AP's are rigorous, demanding, and require a full year of preparation, this simply did not. The exam was a complete joke. I took almost nothing away from the course, having put a sum total of about 20-30 hours in preparation (over the entire semester). I got a 4/5 on the exam. My friend, a bit more experienced in comp sci easily pulled a 5. Did I mention I learned nothing from that class? This year I took the intro to OOP class at my school, Brown. This was a very rigourous course which at times required 20-30 hours a week. I can comfortably say I know java now. I have started to pursue all the other major programming languages on my own. Why is this important? The AP program is supposed to award college credit for classes in high school. I don't think that the computer science program compares at all to college CS programs. You can learn more from a java in 21 then you can in the typical high school classroom. Until high schools start to take computer science in general more seriously, it doesn't matter what language they teach it in. CS concepts (save for OOP) do not change. I do think however, it is wise to teach OOP in java because it is much less complicated then in C++. It's nice to see the college board keeping up with the times, but unless schools can change the public mindset about CS in general it will be of little import.
I'm flying tommorrow...although this does worry me to some extent, I trust the regulatory bodies in the US plan for some contigencies for events like this.
I go to Brown University. Here they have a sort of "fraternity" that is called tech house. It seems to be the sort of community you are talking about. They do cool things (for example playing tetris with the lights on the 14 story science library here, something that I I think was posted to slashdot a while back.) I think they also built an elevator in the house. Anyways, I was taking a look at it, and it seems pretty cool. These places do exhist though. -Brian Singer
I am in a similar situation to you. I am a freshman Computer Engineering concenctrator at Brown (acutally almost at Cornell :)). Oer the summer I took a job in a software firm. They offered a deal to not attend college and stay with them over the next (this) year. For me, college is so much more then learning things which can probably be self taught (especially cs) I came to college for more social reasons. I do not want to be the guy sitting in his cubicle programming for 16 hours a day, who forgot the english language in favor of c.
As I begin classes I often ask myself why I want to do work 20-30 hours a week without pay rather then work about 40 hours a week and get paid a lot. I think the one motivator is money, unfortunately :(. I have a much higher chance making more money with a college education under my belt then just going straight into the industry. I can also pursue other careers if the tech industry someday becomes (gasp) boring to me. If someone offered me 6 digits a year with the prospect for more to not goto college, I would without hesitation. That is, unfortunately, not the case.
People need to realize there is one thing and only one thing that politicians care about. Its getting re-elected. If they try to pass legislation that is anti-free internet, then its because they think that thats what their consituents want. They don't give a damn about what anyone else thinks.