This happened to me as well half way through my university degree. I was completely fed up and couldn't bear the thought of 2 more years.
I took a break, did some voluntary work, studied a bit of philosophy and other non-computing subjects that were of interest, and generally did a lot of hanging around.
I then changed university to finish off my computing degree. Now I'm in a software development job and am loving it more than ever... Of course you might find during your break that there are other things you want to do instead - give your self the chance to find out!
> However, there's a difference between what > is allowed, and what can actually be done.
Exactly - how do they intend to enforce that?!
Seems like a bad move to outlaw bandwidth sharing for home users anyway. The latest versions of windows 98 support internet connection sharing, I believe, and having more than one PC in a household isn't that uncommon these days.
The "single user/home" service is based on a USB modem - what'll I do with my FreeBSD firewall now??
Looking closer at BT's "offer" shows that one can get an Ethernet connection - but that's labelled as the "business" service and costs 99 pounds (approx. $150) a month!!!
It's also a bit weird the way BT talk about the USB connection as "single user". Am I not allowed to use a Linux box as a router to a LAN with this (cheaper) service?
Why not have more than one standard format defined, so that the record companies can choose what's most appropriate for each release. In this day and age that shouldn't be too difficult? I mean, imagine if mpeg videos only came in one resolution and frame rate!
(5.1 channel audio should be accomodated in the same way).
Well, for an example of an OS written entirely in C++, look to Epoc32, the operating system created by Symbian/Psion for 32-bit multitasking palmtop computers, smartphones etc.
I don't think they would have chosen C++ if it produced bloated, inefficient code; the OS runs on palmtop computers with strict processing and memory limitations.
You just have to know how to use the language, that's all!
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Have a look at ACE. It provides all you'll need - and probably a lot more!
For a simple, free, portable threading library, also have a look at OmniThread.
This happened to me as well half way through my university degree. I was completely fed up and couldn't bear the thought of 2 more years.
I took a break, did some voluntary work, studied a bit of philosophy and other non-computing subjects that were of interest, and generally did a lot of hanging around.
I then changed university to finish off my computing degree. Now I'm in a software development job and am loving it more than ever... Of course you might find during your break that there are other things you want to do instead - give your self the chance to find out!
> However, there's a difference between what
> is allowed, and what can actually be done.
Exactly - how do they intend to enforce that?!
Seems like a bad move to outlaw bandwidth sharing for home users anyway. The latest versions of windows 98 support internet connection sharing, I believe, and having more than one PC in a household isn't that uncommon these days.
The "single user/home" service is based on a USB modem - what'll I do with my FreeBSD firewall now??
Looking closer at BT's "offer" shows that one can get an Ethernet connection - but that's labelled as the "business" service and costs 99 pounds (approx. $150) a month!!!
It's also a bit weird the way BT talk about the USB connection as "single user". Am I not allowed to use a Linux box as a router to a LAN with this (cheaper) service?
"If I can buy this rather than a Playstation 2, a DVD player, and a "set top box", then I will"
The Playstation 2 will allow you to play DVDs and surf the web. What's so different with this?
Statoil, the state-owned oil company in Norway gave all employees new PCs a couple of years ago. They also got free ISDN connections to the net...
Why not have more than one standard format defined, so that the record companies can choose what's most appropriate for each release. In this day and age that shouldn't be too difficult? I mean, imagine if mpeg videos only came in one resolution and frame rate!
(5.1 channel audio should be accomodated in the same way).
Well, for an example of an OS written entirely in C++, look to Epoc32, the operating system created by Symbian/Psion for 32-bit multitasking palmtop computers, smartphones etc.
I don't think they would have chosen C++ if it produced bloated, inefficient code; the OS runs on palmtop computers with strict processing and memory limitations.
You just have to know how to use the language, that's all!