If you look at it from the users viewpoint, C: is the boot drive. I understand how it is assigned. My point is, why is it called "C::. Why not "/" or "Hard Drive" or "Bob"? Since no one even uses floppies now, why reserve A: and B:? Time to retire this backward compatibility feature.
How about a change that has been a long time coming, the elimination of drive letters. It has been a long time since we needed to mark a drive as C: to figure out where too boot the system.
Programming courses do not make a Computer Science degree. There is much more to it. Concepts which are very hard to learn without face to face interactions with your professors and fellow students. Not all CS programs are the same, but the best ones would not work completely over the net. BTW, If you wanted to do web programming, why did you get a Physics degree?
Please Microsoft. Please remove the need for Drive Letters in Windows 8. Calling the boot drive C: and the DVD D: (or whatever) is just so obsolete. CMS, CP/M, DOS and OS/2 are long forgotten, we don't need backward capability with these any more.
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Good point. I would report this to whoever was in charge of the center, not call the police.
Spelling point. Ordnance are weapons. A local law is an ordinance.
If you look at it from the users viewpoint, C: is the boot drive. I understand how it is assigned. My point is, why is it called "C::. Why not "/" or "Hard Drive" or "Bob"? Since no one even uses floppies now, why reserve A: and B:? Time to retire this backward compatibility feature.
How about a change that has been a long time coming, the elimination of drive letters. It has been a long time since we needed to mark a drive as C: to figure out where too boot the system.
So, when is the next WarpStock?
Netflix still exists?
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Programming courses do not make a Computer Science degree. There is much more to it. Concepts which are very hard to learn without face to face interactions with your professors and fellow students. Not all CS programs are the same, but the best ones would not work completely over the net. BTW, If you wanted to do web programming, why did you get a Physics degree?
Please Microsoft. Please remove the need for Drive Letters in Windows 8. Calling the boot drive C: and the DVD D: (or whatever) is just so obsolete. CMS, CP/M, DOS and OS/2 are long forgotten, we don't need backward capability with these any more.
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