The article seems decently written to me and enough content to go along with it. It is an exercise into this person's field of study and did illustrate several principles to me. I say this subject would be a start to figuring out how aliens might be constructed but that's another academic exercise.
An intro course should definitely focus on the basics and not worry about teaching with an IDE. Many of these students aren't going to be Computer Science majors and don't need the distraction. I do recommend higher level courses require use of Eclipse, MSVS, or whatever else is popular.
Vi, Emacs, or even pico are good for the beginner if you don't focus on the many keyboard shortcuts. Personally, I liked the UNIX based systems and the exposure might spark the interest of students looking for a major.
In college I knew several Computer Engineers that didn't really know what the hell their major was until it was almost too late. It certainly depends on your school but most believe it to be about an engineering position that uses computers. Not an engineer of computers. So the focus would be on general design principles. And while they use computers in advanced projects and learn plenty about it; Computer Science majors study computers from day 1 and don't stop.
Once again, this is a generalization but luckily my friends didn't lose any hours switching to MIS and now make more money than I do with my silly CS degree.
You might have done this but I suggest everyone get out their degree plan and read some of the descriptions of the courses.
Google got big because when everyone was trying to be everything (yahoo), they were doing one thing better. After that they didn't stop doing each project better.
But my continued use of google boils down to the fact that their page loads faster and then gives decent results. They'll be evil, just a matter of time. If they keep the page render time low, they will be succesful.
The problem is that playing against a team of players in Hold Em is quite different than everyone for themselves. Several people are getting this wrong.
The team can decide who has the strongest hand and the weak hands can stagger their bets to lure an opponent into betting more or getting out of the hand. Not only a statistical advantage with knowledge but also a finer level of control with the game.
The surprise? This happens in real life in real casinos. Regulars will team up on new people and then fight for the money between themselves. They even make crappy TV shows about it.
Mod this up, fanboy author got fanboy editor to bite.
Intel has its hands in many pies and is losing a small piece of one of the larger slices. Read your favorite hardware review site as they are too busy with numbers to be extremely biased.
<fanboy> That said, AMD is kicking them in the pants and they had dual core in decent numbers first.</fanboy>
On topic I see the decline in respect to be a direct result of people's growing familiarity with technology. You aren't a wizard any more because the people have seen behind the veil of your magic. Maybe we're more like a plumber. All sorts of cheesy jokes follow.
Windows can now be reasonably managed to avoid 99% of malware. You're going to have to begin to understand that.
IE however is a fountain of filth, puking crap and giving free rides to everyone with a script.
Firefox is becoming popular enough to be a target but I wonder if we'll see the same level of attack. Firefox isn't the default browser for all the PCs out there and anyone using it probably knows some basic OS managment. They might even have an active AV! Also, if they've stuck with some decent software engineering they'll have a much easier time of closing holes. A very intersting time for Firefox.
That said, I use Opera and have yet to encounter malicious software that doesn't throw up js errors telling me its doing so. Oh, and I've had the same Windows XP installation for almost a year now. Eons in MS standards I know but I use it for everything I can't do on my lil Linux box. Games, Software development for MSdom, etc. Its held up.
While I'm not a huge proponent of open source programs, they tend to be a good source of spyware/adware free programs. Not absolute though.
High quality freeware I use:
Irfanview -everything for viewing/manipulating images Notepad++ - good for developing applications with heterogenous development environment. Supports many programming languages. I mainly use it for php/js/html. InnoSetup - open source installer, competes with the closed source very well.
If anyone can think of a superior program for either function, please reply.
As a recent graduate in CS I'd say interning or a COOP placement is necessary for the average college student. Getting your foot in the door with some experience is often the hardest step. Second hardest step is finding a good door to step in.
My advice is go to any career fairs and try to make contacts. Don't be afraid of going to local businesses and seeing if they would consider an internship position. This is your chance to find a real job before you are the only one paying the bills.
But switching can be difficult. Windows users who want to access a document on the Web are sometimes required to use Internet Explorer, flaws and all, even if they have chosen a different product for that purpose.
That's right. A web-publisher can put any conditions he/she wants on viewing the content in the question. You can be asked to pay money, watch an advert, or use certain software.
As a sometimes web designer I'm frequently required to code for the HTML standard, then the
IE standard. Most advanced scripts, especially javascript, have had wildly different implementations with reality (HTML standard) and fantasy world (IE). Many websites only bother coding for IE since it is quicker and easier in some respects. The changing marketshare might change this but the damage is done.
When I suggest a browser to people they whine about how 2 or 3 in 100 websites are malformed. These are usually the important ones; a bank's or a company's site. This is a market barrier but also an abuse of standards.
That being said, the indie browsers are getting much better. Latest versions of Opera and Firefox have allowed for IEs standard deviance and render almost all sites correctly (incorrectly?).
In a separate topic, this matter of security crops up after the expiration date of the appeal but also after the fact of so many attacks through IE. If only the script kiddies had foresight this case might have had more weight to it.
What I'm interested in seeing in the IM software is how they are going to set up the hierarchy. Will the sensitive business information exchanged between two engineers designing the next best product be traveling around the internet? Or will AOL release a client/server model that will allow a company to contain their information and optional contain messages from/to the outside world?
My two cents is that most businesses are more ready to take a Microsoft answer in the all-in-one suite or find a open solution if their staff has the time. Besides, AOL IMer is nowhere near business app status.
And to those that don't think IMs have a place in business or that people just trade smiley faces all day, you haven't seen how many meetings are avoided by simple online real-time at-your-own-computer-and-chair chat.
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The article seems decently written to me and enough content to go along with it. It is an exercise into this person's field of study and did illustrate several principles to me. I say this subject would be a start to figuring out how aliens might be constructed but that's another academic exercise.
An intro course should definitely focus on the basics and not worry about teaching with an IDE. Many of these students aren't going to be Computer Science majors and don't need the distraction. I do recommend higher level courses require use of Eclipse, MSVS, or whatever else is popular.
Vi, Emacs, or even pico are good for the beginner if you don't focus on the many keyboard shortcuts. Personally, I liked the UNIX based systems and the exposure might spark the interest of students looking for a major.
In college I knew several Computer Engineers that didn't really know what the hell their major was until it was almost too late. It certainly depends on your school but most believe it to be about an engineering position that uses computers. Not an engineer of computers. So the focus would be on general design principles. And while they use computers in advanced projects and learn plenty about it; Computer Science majors study computers from day 1 and don't stop.
Once again, this is a generalization but luckily my friends didn't lose any hours switching to MIS and now make more money than I do with my silly CS degree.
You might have done this but I suggest everyone get out their degree plan and read some of the descriptions of the courses.
Google got big because when everyone was trying to be everything (yahoo), they were doing one thing better. After that they didn't stop doing each project better.
But my continued use of google boils down to the fact that their page loads faster and then gives decent results. They'll be evil, just a matter of time. If they keep the page render time low, they will be succesful.
Clear?
The problem is that playing against a team of players in Hold Em is quite different than everyone for themselves. Several people are getting this wrong.
The team can decide who has the strongest hand and the weak hands can stagger their bets to lure an opponent into betting more or getting out of the hand. Not only a statistical advantage with knowledge but also a finer level of control with the game.
The surprise? This happens in real life in real casinos. Regulars will team up on new people and then fight for the money between themselves. They even make crappy TV shows about it.
Mod this up, fanboy author got fanboy editor to bite.
Intel has its hands in many pies and is losing a small piece of one of the larger slices. Read your favorite hardware review site as they are too busy with numbers to be extremely biased.
<fanboy>
That said, AMD is kicking them in the pants and they had dual core in decent numbers first.</fanboy>
Rarely see comedic genius in the moderators.
On topic I see the decline in respect to be a direct result of people's growing familiarity with technology. You aren't a wizard any more because the people have seen behind the veil of your magic. Maybe we're more like a plumber. All sorts of cheesy jokes follow.
2 informative? What the hell?
Windows can now be reasonably managed to avoid 99% of malware. You're going to have to begin to understand that.
IE however is a fountain of filth, puking crap and giving free rides to everyone with a script.
Firefox is becoming popular enough to be a target but I wonder if we'll see the same level of attack. Firefox isn't the default browser for all the PCs out there and anyone using it probably knows some basic OS managment. They might even have an active AV! Also, if they've stuck with some decent software engineering they'll have a much easier time of closing holes. A very intersting time for Firefox.
That said, I use Opera and have yet to encounter malicious software that doesn't throw up js errors telling me its doing so. Oh, and I've had the same Windows XP installation for almost a year now. Eons in MS standards I know but I use it for everything I can't do on my lil Linux box. Games, Software development for MSdom, etc. Its held up.
While I'm not a huge proponent of open source programs, they tend to be a good source of spyware/adware free programs. Not absolute though.
High quality freeware I use:
Irfanview -everything for viewing/manipulating images
Notepad++ - good for developing applications with heterogenous development environment. Supports many programming languages. I mainly use it for php/js/html.
InnoSetup - open source installer, competes with the closed source very well.
If anyone can think of a superior program for either function, please reply.
As a recent graduate in CS I'd say interning or a COOP placement is necessary for the average college student. Getting your foot in the door with some experience is often the hardest step. Second hardest step is finding a good door to step in.
My advice is go to any career fairs and try to make contacts. Don't be afraid of going to local businesses and seeing if they would consider an internship position. This is your chance to find a real job before you are the only one paying the bills.
This college is trying to do you a favor.
Clinton committed perjury. Bush doesn't have an opposition majority in Congress.
Much of the world's intelligence agreed with what Bush's cabinet was saying. All this has been covered countless times.
People will vote for W. cause they don't know what Kerry will do different. Ignorance is taking over, yo, we gotta take the power back.
As a sometimes web designer I'm frequently required to code for the HTML standard, then the IE standard. Most advanced scripts, especially javascript, have had wildly different implementations with reality (HTML standard) and fantasy world (IE). Many websites only bother coding for IE since it is quicker and easier in some respects. The changing marketshare might change this but the damage is done.
When I suggest a browser to people they whine about how 2 or 3 in 100 websites are malformed. These are usually the important ones; a bank's or a company's site. This is a market barrier but also an abuse of standards.
That being said, the indie browsers are getting much better. Latest versions of Opera and Firefox have allowed for IEs standard deviance and render almost all sites correctly (incorrectly?).
In a separate topic, this matter of security crops up after the expiration date of the appeal but also after the fact of so many attacks through IE. If only the script kiddies had foresight this case might have had more weight to it.
regardsWhat I'm interested in seeing in the IM software is how they are going to set up the hierarchy. Will the sensitive business information exchanged between two engineers designing the next best product be traveling around the internet? Or will AOL release a client/server model that will allow a company to contain their information and optional contain messages from/to the outside world?
My two cents is that most businesses are more ready to take a Microsoft answer in the all-in-one suite or find a open solution if their staff has the time. Besides, AOL IMer is nowhere near business app status.
And to those that don't think IMs have a place in business or that people just trade smiley faces all day, you haven't seen how many meetings are avoided by simple online real-time at-your-own-computer-and-chair chat.