How about this take on the essay. The kid was writing a cautionary tale about the dangers of taking drugs. His fictional characters are habitual drug takers, and waiting for their next fix gets them paranoid. It has also got them involved with firearms and made their thinking illogical and disconnected (as evidenced by the "deliberately" disjointed writing style and run-on sentences).
The moral of the story? Don't do drugs, it will cause you to do stupid things that ruin your life and the lives of those close to you, like your classmates and teachers.
I thought the grammar and spelling were appalling, but perhaps there is a good story in there.
An article about Open Source software and the article itself isn't viewable except by members.
A bit ironic, I agree, but I wager it is available in the library of every university in the world with engineering or comp sci.
/. provides pointers to interesting articles I wouldn't otherwise see. Surely this goes double for member-only publications, and you might just look out for it next time you are in the library.
I was once a member of IEEE, the organization itself sucks like hell, at least here in Mexico. I really regretted shelling out the money to subscribe, specially being a hungry student at the time (and their "computer" mag was always late on everything, playing catch-up to byte, etc).
I couldn't disagree more. For students IEEE is incredible value for money. Last year I paid US$46 for 30 issues of 3 high quality technical publications - $1.50 each! Plus other member benefits. Full membership is more expensive, but try hitting up your employer for a "technical development" cost.
IEEE Computer is not trying to compete with Byte, it has a lot more technical and theoretical detail, it's not a consumer mag.
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How about this take on the essay. The kid was writing a cautionary tale about the dangers of taking drugs. His fictional characters are habitual drug takers, and waiting for their next fix gets them paranoid. It has also got them involved with firearms and made their thinking illogical and disconnected (as evidenced by the "deliberately" disjointed writing style and run-on sentences).
The moral of the story? Don't do drugs, it will cause you to do stupid things that ruin your life and the lives of those close to you, like your classmates and teachers.
I thought the grammar and spelling were appalling, but perhaps there is a good story in there.
David
A bit ironic, I agree, but I wager it is available in the library of every university in the world with engineering or comp sci.
I was once a member of IEEE, the organization itself sucks like hell, at least here in Mexico. I really regretted shelling out the money to subscribe, specially being a hungry student at the time (and their "computer" mag was always late on everything, playing catch-up to byte, etc).
I couldn't disagree more. For students IEEE is incredible value for money. Last year I paid US$46 for 30 issues of 3 high quality technical publications - $1.50 each! Plus other member benefits. Full membership is more expensive, but try hitting up your employer for a "technical development" cost.
IEEE Computer is not trying to compete with Byte, it has a lot more technical and theoretical detail, it's not a consumer mag.