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I agree with you 100%. I have a 3rd-gen kindle dedicated e-reader with e-ink while my Galaxy Nexus functions as both my tablet and smartphone. Seeing as I do so many things on the Galaxy Nexus (phone, email, notes, to-do list, web surfing, games, etc) it would be WAY too much of a distraction for reading. Besides it (Kindle e-ink) is much easier on the eyes and allows my Kindle to last for a month on a single battery charge, whereas my Galaxy Nexus has to be recharged every day.
Its all part of the attitude in the U.S. towards S&E, leading to a transition from a design-and-manufacturing powerhouse to a fully dumbed-down service-oriented economy. Would you like fries with that?
Eventually, every wireless carrier will have a download cap for certain speeds. Why? If there was no cap, 4G/LTE wireless at $40 -$50 a month would be a direct competitor to the cable companies and FIOS which offers broadband internet at higher prices.
If the goal is to groom students to be web app developers and nothing else, then Javascript with HTML/CSS are perfect choices for a first language. For a more general curriculum, I'd suggest a more general purpose language like python or Java.
There are only a few sites that I like that require Flash. Unfortunately, Amazon is one of them for on-Demand Videos.
Before that, Netflix went with SilverLight, which is not supported in Linux (Moonlight Mono is not the answer).
Video-on-demand options are becoming limited in linux:(
As great as the software industry is doing in the US right now. Much of that is due to the recent surge in mobile apps development. The trouble is, many of these companies looking for Android and IOS programmers, are startups and don't have a product yet. Does this sound familiar? (hint: see subject)
In the past, all AT&T ever really did to attract customers was to change their name...thinking consumers wouldn't realize it was the same company with the same lousy network and service. In New England, Cellular One became AT&T, became Cingular, then became AT&T again.
GI-Joe had the Kung Foo grip. Colonel Steve Austin had the bionic eye-piece. So what does the Steve Jobs action figure have?...a spade for building walled gardens? a super-hero sized wallet? or perhaps he projects the Apple logo, sybolizing his creation of Apple fan-dom and culture.
luckymutt, but the corporations have Washington politicians in their pockets. Every year, the number of lobbyists in Washington grows and grows. Yes, I'm going to blame GE because companies like GE aren't simply "following the rules". They help make the rules. What about the Comcast/NBC Universal merger that was approved a short while back?..Do you think it was a coincidence that FCC commissioner Meredith Baker was hired by Comcast as senior VP of government affairs, just four months after the approval she pushed for? If it were up to me, I'd get rid of ALL lobbyists in Washington...every one of them and restrict monetary gifts and jobs politians can take during and after they leave office.
I think the History Channel should do away with "American Pickers"...and "Pawn Stars" and all the other pawn shows as well as "ice Road Truckers", "Axe Men" and "Swamp People". The later three have absolutely nothing to do with History anyway.
If you are a CS student, gain a certificate and/or get involved in some open source programming project. This shows prospective employers that you have initiative besides completing your curriculum with X.XX GPA. A certificate also shows you know something well. Participation in an OS project gives you programming experience to combat the Chicken-or-the-Egg problem ("I need a job to gain experience but I can't get a job without first having experience") when searching for your first job after graduation.
And not all prospective students have the kind of resources necessary for hobby projects.
How about a $400 laptop, a $30 beginners programming book, a free Linux OS, free compiler (GNU C/C++, Sun Java, Python, etc), and a free IDE (Eclipse, Code||Blocks, NetBeans, etc). Broadband internet is optional.
Yes and no. CS is not about what programming languages you know or how well you know them and its not about writing the most efficient code. It is partly about math but its also about topics like design patterns, object oriented analysis, etc that teach you how to program for different circumstances. If you just want to be a programmer for a living, these aren't necessary but for a software engineer or software architect, these are essential.
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I agree with you 100%. I have a 3rd-gen kindle dedicated e-reader with e-ink while my Galaxy Nexus functions as both my tablet and smartphone. Seeing as I do so many things on the Galaxy Nexus (phone, email, notes, to-do list, web surfing, games, etc) it would be WAY too much of a distraction for reading. Besides it (Kindle e-ink) is much easier on the eyes and allows my Kindle to last for a month on a single battery charge, whereas my Galaxy Nexus has to be recharged every day.
Its all part of the attitude in the U.S. towards S&E, leading to a transition from a design-and-manufacturing powerhouse to a fully dumbed-down service-oriented economy. Would you like fries with that?
Undoubtedly uses SELinux
Eventually, every wireless carrier will have a download cap for certain speeds. Why? If there was no cap, 4G/LTE wireless at $40 -$50 a month would be a direct competitor to the cable companies and FIOS which offers broadband internet at higher prices.
Personally, i would have voted for Hubert Farnsworth.
It sounds like a conservative gun-nut's dream...Use the 2nd Amendment to violate the 1st Amendment from up to 30ft away.
If the goal is to groom students to be web app developers and nothing else, then Javascript with HTML/CSS are perfect choices for a first language. For a more general curriculum, I'd suggest a more general purpose language like python or Java.
Write one paper and split it into four journals to submit over a 3 year period. j/k
There are only a few sites that I like that require Flash. Unfortunately, Amazon is one of them for on-Demand Videos. Before that, Netflix went with SilverLight, which is not supported in Linux (Moonlight Mono is not the answer). Video-on-demand options are becoming limited in linux :(
Two all-people patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onion on a sesame bun.
"Soylent Green" burgers, anyone?
As great as the software industry is doing in the US right now. Much of that is due to the recent surge in mobile apps development. The trouble is, many of these companies looking for Android and IOS programmers, are startups and don't have a product yet. Does this sound familiar? (hint: see subject)
In the past, all AT&T ever really did to attract customers was to change their name...thinking consumers wouldn't realize it was the same company with the same lousy network and service. In New England, Cellular One became AT&T, became Cingular, then became AT&T again.
GI-Joe had the Kung Foo grip. Colonel Steve Austin had the bionic eye-piece. So what does the Steve Jobs action figure have?...a spade for building walled gardens? a super-hero sized wallet? or perhaps he projects the Apple logo, sybolizing his creation of Apple fan-dom and culture.
luckymutt,
but the corporations have Washington politicians in their pockets. Every year, the number of lobbyists in Washington grows and grows. Yes, I'm going to blame GE because companies like GE aren't simply "following the rules". They help make the rules. What about the Comcast/NBC Universal merger that was approved a short while back?..Do you think it was a coincidence that FCC commissioner Meredith Baker was hired by Comcast as senior VP of government affairs, just four months after the approval she pushed for? If it were up to me, I'd get rid of ALL lobbyists in Washington...every one of them and restrict monetary gifts and jobs politians can take during and after they leave office.
"blinded by science"
Soylent Green
I felt the tremors in southern Maine.
Just looking at all the wire used in those wire harnesses gives me a headache.
Cover your yard in asphalt and paint it green. It also doubles as a tennis/basketball court. I hate "mowing lawns".
I think the History Channel should do away with "American Pickers"...and "Pawn Stars" and all the other pawn shows as well as "ice Road Truckers", "Axe Men" and "Swamp People". The later three have absolutely nothing to do with History anyway.
Is this guy to become the next Howard Hughes?
If you are a CS student, gain a certificate and/or get involved in some open source programming project. This shows prospective employers that you have initiative besides completing your curriculum with X.XX GPA. A certificate also shows you know something well. Participation in an OS project gives you programming experience to combat the Chicken-or-the-Egg problem ("I need a job to gain experience but I can't get a job without first having experience") when searching for your first job after graduation.
And not all prospective students have the kind of resources necessary for hobby projects.
How about a $400 laptop, a $30 beginners programming book, a free Linux OS, free compiler (GNU C/C++, Sun Java, Python, etc), and a free IDE (Eclipse, Code||Blocks, NetBeans, etc). Broadband internet is optional.
CS is not programming, CS is a field of math,
Yes and no. CS is not about what programming languages you know or how well you know them and its not about writing the most efficient code. It is partly about math but its also about topics like design patterns, object oriented analysis, etc that teach you how to program for different circumstances. If you just want to be a programmer for a living, these aren't necessary but for a software engineer or software architect, these are essential.