I've just finished my second year student at Glasgow Caledonian University. When I was in first year the first language we learned was Pascal, I still have a nostalgic love for that language. Then in second year we were introduced to C++ to give us a grasp of Object Orientated Programming. Any grasp of what is going on inside the PC was covered briefly in Computer Technology.
The new first years had a change of sylabus, they are taught Java as there introductionary language. From what my friends in that year said I believe they found Java more of a head fuck than the people in my year did with Pascal.
The main problem I feel that the big picture is coming into focus.
IMHO it doesnt matter what language you lecture on its the quality of the lecture. I've came out of this year with my average at 80-90% but I dont know what this means in real world terms, ok so I can display Hello World to the screen, I understand the differences between a class and an object and I know a bunch of algorithms for common tasks (sorting, stacks, linked lists etc.) but what will this get me in the real world? How much more do I need to learn before I can consider myself a programmer?
Anyone who's read Cryptonomicon will have came across this. It involves scanning the radio emitions from the Cathode Ray in your monitor and using them to copy a persons screen without having a physical connection. The ranges on such a thing are tiny.
Dont mention the Open Nap servers, Gnutella or its like. Once these lawyer types get there claws in its all over. Keep is one big secret. I've said too much as it is.
My main problem with the original is the same problem I have with all cyberspace-neuromancer type clones: why in the world would your brain kill your body if you 'thought' you died in some VR-type world? It makes no sense.
Yeah but then again, its just a game/movie/comic so why get so beat out of shape about it? It makes no sense.
If the stock control for the PS2 is as tight as it is over in Iraq as it is here in the UK then good ol' Saddam is gonna have to wait until the new year like everyone else for his PS2.
When they finally do get theres they are gonna find out it has poor DVD playback when they use a Scart cable, in its normal language its a bugger to program for, with BASIC its an insult to iraqi inteligence and the bloody things just droped in price a few days after buying one.
If they did create a auto scripting thingy (thats a scientific term BTW:) it would more than likely be an even bigger security risk than the bugs it would help to fix, just think, allowing an executionable to be automatically ran with a little calling card from microsoft. Thats the sort of thing thats just cries "Take advantage of me"
One of AOL's "handy" functions is compressed graphics. It basically checks to see how big an incoming graphics is and if it above a certain size it shrinks it further before sending it your way. This is a total bitch believe me! It make makes using AOL faster but by no means is the image quality any good. It can be turned off after a rake around the menus inside it.
Also cause of the un-movable AOL menu bars it blocks a good bit of the screen making browsing pages a bitch.
So at the end of the day you have a shitty looking small screen. Best to use netscape @ least your keeping it in the family:) WOW! AOL only crashed once while typing up this message, things are on the up....
But games in the UK have been given certificites for a while. Duke Nukem was given a 18, Die Hard Trilogy was given an 18, Soul Blade a 15, X-files game a 15 and Quake was a 15.
SOF is heavy stuff by 2days standards but that standard will no doubt change in 6 months time, eg Duke Nukem featured Bimapped Stippers and red pixels for blood! Slap a 18 on that! Now a days the game would get a 15 at most. But at the time it was "heavy" (for lack of a better term, or lack of sleep, I cant remember which).
But lets face it, if a kid wants a game he just gets him folk 2 buy it for him!
I'm just what would happen while playing games, a three headed blood sucking alien comes out from no where, causing you 2 jump, squeeze the mouse out of shock and frag yourself for the third time this level.
Da Cr33p
Also it looks like the offspring of a mouse that shagged a shoe
Hotmail are in a habit of loosing my account details.
its happened three or four times, not fun I can tell u.
M$'s exuse, the server holding my account details was down for some reason, this went on for a period of 24 hours at the longest incident. Strangly enough my other account hasn't had any problems.
I'd be inclined to say Pascal, BASIC nips my head:) Back @ Good Ol' High School we were taught COMAL (which is more or less BASIC), ahh the nostalgic memories of writing an electronic score board and using flashing graphics to represent motion.:,-)
Now I'm at University we were introduced to PASCAL in first year Software Development. Its really straight forward and, as mentioned, can be used with Delphi which you could use as the next step up.
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The new first years had a change of sylabus, they are taught Java as there introductionary language. From what my friends in that year said I believe they found Java more of a head fuck than the people in my year did with Pascal.
The main problem I feel that the big picture is coming into focus.
IMHO it doesnt matter what language you lecture on its the quality of the lecture. I've came out of this year with my average at 80-90% but I dont know what this means in real world terms, ok so I can display Hello World to the screen, I understand the differences between a class and an object and I know a bunch of algorithms for common tasks (sorting, stacks, linked lists etc.) but what will this get me in the real world? How much more do I need to learn before I can consider myself a programmer?
Da Cr33p
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Yeah but then again, its just a game/movie/comic so why get so beat out of shape about it? It makes no sense.
When they finally do get theres they are gonna find out it has poor DVD playback when they use a Scart cable, in its normal language its a bugger to program for, with BASIC its an insult to iraqi inteligence and the bloody things just droped in price a few days after buying one.
If you ask me they should just stick to dreamcast
Da Cr33p
If they did create a auto scripting thingy (thats a scientific term BTW :) it would more than likely be an even bigger security risk than the bugs it would help to fix, just think, allowing an executionable to be automatically ran with a little calling card from microsoft. Thats the sort of thing thats just cries "Take advantage of me"
Anyways, sorry for the rant
Da Cr33p
Also cause of the un-movable AOL menu bars it blocks a good bit of the screen making browsing pages a bitch.
So at the end of the day you have a shitty looking small screen. Best to use netscape @ least your keeping it in the family :) WOW! AOL only crashed once while typing up this message, things are on the up....
Da Cr33p
" Stumbling from the ice age
They were last in flight
They would write a new page
If they could only write "
- Penguin attack, Gwar
Well, on the plus side it protects them from the /. effect
Da Cr33p
SOF is heavy stuff by 2days standards but that standard will no doubt change in 6 months time, eg Duke Nukem featured Bimapped Stippers and red pixels for blood! Slap a 18 on that! Now a days the game would get a 15 at most. But at the time it was "heavy" (for lack of a better term, or lack of sleep, I cant remember which).
But lets face it, if a kid wants a game he just gets him folk 2 buy it for him!
Da Cr33p
Da Cr33p
Also it looks like the offspring of a mouse that shagged a shoe
Da Cr33p
its happened three or four times, not fun I can tell u.
M$'s exuse, the server holding my account details was down for some reason, this went on for a period of 24 hours at the longest incident. Strangly enough my other account hasn't had any problems.
Ohh well.....
Da Cr33p
DIY Devils horns, A "grow it/them yourself" hermaphrodite kit!
The possibilites are endless!
It could make the fetish scene even more interesting but do we really want a club full of Marilyn Mansons?
Da Cr33p
Now I'm at University we were introduced to PASCAL in first year Software Development. Its really straight forward and, as mentioned, can be used with Delphi which you could use as the next step up.
Da Cr33p