Mod this dude down. The parent post was about having a job, not chasing money. With no prior experience and all other things being equal, the dude with the degree is going to get the job.
Although I can read both as easily, I think the second example is more intuitive and more difficult to mess up (especially given languages like java, which many students/future coders are being brought up on). Also, because of the exception that you brought up (about ptr possibly being complex), I use "== null" just because it's uniform across the board. This is just a personal preference though. Coders who can't tell the difference probably shouldn't be working in C anyhow, right?
Totally agree with you on the second half of your post, by the way.
Variables named "i" or "j" are typically used for iterating through loops. I find most programmers tend to stick to this convention, so if I'm reading through someone else's code and glance at an "i" or a "j," I know it's going to be used as a loop or iterator of some sort.
For example, if you just saw "FIELD_COUNT" by itself without code, would you have a good idea what sort of object that was knowing anything else? (A static variable). If you saw "_count"? (Instance variable). "getCount"? (Accessor method)
So in that sense, yes, it is meaningful. You'll pick up on things like that when you start coding larger projects with other programmers.
Oh, please. People don't like how MS does business. Apple, while not perfect, looks much better and will probably do something interesting with the tech instead of buying it out just to crush competition.
Microsoft deserves the stigma it has right now. Apple is generally doing well and producing exciting stuff.
Assuming you're not enamoured with flat panel, investigate the Toshiba Cinema Series sets. You can get a 60" for under 5 grand easily. Its picture will easily beat out any plasma or LCD. It's a rear projection CRT, but you can view it at any sane angle and they're only about 2 feet deep.
As far as HD content... I'm in the same boat. Blu-Ray is gonna do it for me.
The parent poster is referring to Sony's "XBR." It's Sony's top-of-the-line. They make awesome LCD rear projections, but again, beware of black levels.
LCDs are cool, but beware of black levels. Demo your TV in the dark with a space movie (I use 2001). LCDs generally don't do pure blacks too well. This can really bug people, especially those who like to watch movies in pitch black.
As far as LCD vs Plasma, go to a store and test it. LCD has better longevity with the added bonus of being able to replace the lamps yourself, and are generally lighter than plasmas (assuming we're talking about rear projection). If you're doing flat panel, however, I'd probably lean towards plasma as they tend to be cheaper.
Or, you can buy a rear-projection TV and spend half as much money and still get a superior picture, only roughly a foot deeper, and you don't have to pay to have it professionally mounted (which needs to be done with most plasmas, as they still weigh a good 60ish pounds).
Of all things, computer science can be done independently.
Only if you believe that computer science = programming.
A degree from DeVry will not get you CS theory. I know a DeVry grad who is great at programming and is certainly better at programming than others I work with... when it comes to theories and paradigms and general design, he's not so hot.
A proper degree in CS doesn't merely teach a few programming language. Not to say DeVry sucks, but if you want to directly compare degrees/programs as to which will give you a better understanding of the discipline, then yes, a proper CS degree from a university is going to utterly trounce one from DeVry.
That's simply not credible given the amounts of kids who play video games and have grown up to be fine. There are other factors as to why this kid did what he did - resting the blame on GTA is not only ridiculous, it's morally irresponsible.
Comparing the killing of a human being in real life and crying at the end of a movie are incredibly are nowhere near the same scope, it's not even an arguing point.
"video games, tv or any media in general affects us, if we want or not."
Yes - but to be so affected that one will kill due to a video game? I mean we're talking about murder here, not wanting to go out and buy an SUV.
There was much more to this than a kid simply playing video games, and that is what needs to be questioned.
Really, how difficult is it to acknowledge that for a human being to not be able to distingusih between reality and fantasy THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH SAID INDIVIDUAL IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Do NOT download the bittorrents unless you want to get notices from BayTSP. I receieved one after downloading episode number eight. It is known that the Battlestar series is being tracked through bittorrent, so if you must use it, you'd be relatively anonymous.
It was filmed documentary-style purposefully. You might not like it (I find it effective, adding more grit and depth), but don't mistake it for amateur work.
"It's funny that the left has been reduced to counting words in a speach for their criticisms."
It's interesting because Bush and friends do use the words a lot. It's rather obvious that he's playing with a linguistic discourse. Have you really not noticed how he ties "freedom" with the war in Iraq to imply that if you're against you're against freedom? Next time he gives a speech, pay attention to it. I mean really, you don't have to be liberal to pick up on it.
"We'll just be here, winning all the elections, controlling the country, and making the world a better place."
Oh yes, the world certainly appreciates it, as you can clearly see by their continued support.
Absolutely... I agree with you 100%. The problem with the politics now is that they're so divided (thanks greatly to the media) that it's almost impossible to have a civil discourse. People throw around the words "Republicans" and "Liberals" like they're direct insults now...
Although I'm a liberal, I love having sane conversations with conservatives. It's almost always insightful and there's usually more common ground than not. You see none of this in the media.
Now wait, you didn't actually vote for him, did you? I find it hard to believe that you did ("pass on?"), but if that's the case... you don't really have too much credibility complaining at this point...
Just an FYI for us American folk, don't download Battlestar online. Baytsp has been tracking it and issuing automatic notices to ISPs. I just got my notice, which basically said just to stop. It's an excellent series, though!
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Movies cannot easily be outsourced on that level.
Mod this dude down. The parent post was about having a job, not chasing money. With no prior experience and all other things being equal, the dude with the degree is going to get the job.
Well right, I caught that, but we were talking about large, production-value programs.
The former example reads as "If not pointer..."
The latter reads "If pointer is null..."
Although I can read both as easily, I think the second example is more intuitive and more difficult to mess up (especially given languages like java, which many students/future coders are being brought up on). Also, because of the exception that you brought up (about ptr possibly being complex), I use "== null" just because it's uniform across the board. This is just a personal preference though. Coders who can't tell the difference probably shouldn't be working in C anyhow, right?
Totally agree with you on the second half of your post, by the way.
You really don't think calling a class variable "instance" might hurt readability with any sizable program with muliple instances of classes?
Variables named "i" or "j" are typically used for iterating through loops. I find most programmers tend to stick to this convention, so if I'm reading through someone else's code and glance at an "i" or a "j," I know it's going to be used as a loop or iterator of some sort.
For example, if you just saw "FIELD_COUNT" by itself without code, would you have a good idea what sort of object that was knowing anything else? (A static variable). If you saw "_count"? (Instance variable). "getCount"? (Accessor method)
So in that sense, yes, it is meaningful. You'll pick up on things like that when you start coding larger projects with other programmers.
Oh, please. People don't like how MS does business. Apple, while not perfect, looks much better and will probably do something interesting with the tech instead of buying it out just to crush competition.
Microsoft deserves the stigma it has right now. Apple is generally doing well and producing exciting stuff.
Get it?
Assuming you're not enamoured with flat panel, investigate the Toshiba Cinema Series sets. You can get a 60" for under 5 grand easily. Its picture will easily beat out any plasma or LCD. It's a rear projection CRT, but you can view it at any sane angle and they're only about 2 feet deep.
As far as HD content... I'm in the same boat. Blu-Ray is gonna do it for me.
The parent poster is referring to Sony's "XBR." It's Sony's top-of-the-line. They make awesome LCD rear projections, but again, beware of black levels.
LCDs are cool, but beware of black levels. Demo your TV in the dark with a space movie (I use 2001). LCDs generally don't do pure blacks too well. This can really bug people, especially those who like to watch movies in pitch black.
As far as LCD vs Plasma, go to a store and test it. LCD has better longevity with the added bonus of being able to replace the lamps yourself, and are generally lighter than plasmas (assuming we're talking about rear projection). If you're doing flat panel, however, I'd probably lean towards plasma as they tend to be cheaper.
Or, you can buy a rear-projection TV and spend half as much money and still get a superior picture, only roughly a foot deeper, and you don't have to pay to have it professionally mounted (which needs to be done with most plasmas, as they still weigh a good 60ish pounds).
Of all things, computer science can be done independently.
Only if you believe that computer science = programming.
A degree from DeVry will not get you CS theory. I know a DeVry grad who is great at programming and is certainly better at programming than others I work with... when it comes to theories and paradigms and general design, he's not so hot.
A proper degree in CS doesn't merely teach a few programming language. Not to say DeVry sucks, but if you want to directly compare degrees/programs as to which will give you a better understanding of the discipline, then yes, a proper CS degree from a university is going to utterly trounce one from DeVry.
That's simply not credible given the amounts of kids who play video games and have grown up to be fine. There are other factors as to why this kid did what he did - resting the blame on GTA is not only ridiculous, it's morally irresponsible.
Comparing the killing of a human being in real life and crying at the end of a movie are incredibly are nowhere near the same scope, it's not even an arguing point.
"video games, tv or any media in general affects us, if we want or not."
Yes - but to be so affected that one will kill due to a video game? I mean we're talking about murder here, not wanting to go out and buy an SUV.
There was much more to this than a kid simply playing video games, and that is what needs to be questioned.
Really, how difficult is it to acknowledge that for a human being to not be able to distingusih between reality and fantasy THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH SAID INDIVIDUAL IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Hilarious... I wish had modpoints...
I should also note that this is primarily for US citizens.
Do NOT download the bittorrents unless you want to get notices from BayTSP. I receieved one after downloading episode number eight. It is known that the Battlestar series is being tracked through bittorrent, so if you must use it, you'd be relatively anonymous.
It was filmed documentary-style purposefully. You might not like it (I find it effective, adding more grit and depth), but don't mistake it for amateur work.
"It's funny that the left has been reduced to counting words in a speach for their criticisms."
It's interesting because Bush and friends do use the words a lot. It's rather obvious that he's playing with a linguistic discourse. Have you really not noticed how he ties "freedom" with the war in Iraq to imply that if you're against you're against freedom? Next time he gives a speech, pay attention to it. I mean really, you don't have to be liberal to pick up on it.
"We'll just be here, winning all the elections, controlling the country, and making the world a better place."
Oh yes, the world certainly appreciates it, as you can clearly see by their continued support.
Hold on to that.
Absolutely... I agree with you 100%. The problem with the politics now is that they're so divided (thanks greatly to the media) that it's almost impossible to have a civil discourse. People throw around the words "Republicans" and "Liberals" like they're direct insults now...
Although I'm a liberal, I love having sane conversations with conservatives. It's almost always insightful and there's usually more common ground than not. You see none of this in the media.
Now wait, you didn't actually vote for him, did you? I find it hard to believe that you did ("pass on?"), but if that's the case... you don't really have too much credibility complaining at this point...
"Is this country really that divided?"
Thankfully, yes. There is hope that not all of the US has rolled over without questioning their leader.
You say that like it's a bad thing under this administration.
Just an FYI for us American folk, don't download Battlestar online. Baytsp has been tracking it and issuing automatic notices to ISPs. I just got my notice, which basically said just to stop. It's an excellent series, though!
... no, never.