I definitely agree that a lot of people have moved to C++, but a good knowledge of C comes in very handy when working on software written back in the 90s that would be too cumbersome to rewrite into C++. A good knowledge of C is good to have =o)
When was the last time the advertising agencies and computer magazines realized that Windows has major flaws and is pretty sad for something that has a list price of $200 sometimes? Come on now;-) We all know that big business buys ads and reviews. Everyone's doing it;-)
Wow, it's pretty cool that Macs are actually starting to have components that are decent. Plus with the release of OS X with the BSD/Mac OS mix, it's really starting to make Mac look a lot more attractive. From someone that hated Macs venhemently for so long, I'm starting to look more and more at the G4 and drool. Now if only they'd fix that darn hockey puck that they give you. Plus, if they'll make the dock of OS X a bit more of a business OS style rather than something that looks like it came from Microsoft Bob (for those of you that remember its short life) I'd be happy to purchase one.
You're right, definitely give it a minute or two to completely stiffen and so that all of your nerve endings are giving off a distress call to your mind.
As a physics major, I get to do all sorts of cool experiments which require systems to be super cooled. Vacuum systems for instance use pumps that need to be cooled with liquid nitrogen. Sure, fantastic, 77 Kelvin. There's something that's even more fun. Liquid Helium. 4 Kelvin. Can we say that putting your hand in this stuff and then smashing it on a wall would be cool? Well we could say that, but you'd be in a lot of pain. Nonetheless, I know that they talked about the non-conducting fluid becoming a gel at low temperatures. That definitely stinks. So, why not find something else? Better yet, go to a chemistry lab at any fine institution (University of Virginia for example) and ask them for such a solution. I'm sure that the graduate students would love to actually apply something that they know to the real world. Okay, so you have that solution, next get the helium. My guess is that you could get a Celeron going faster than the 600+ MHz that OCTools talked about.:-)
How odd is it that Intel won't build on the x86 processor and come out with a new generation? I mean the Pentium is a 586, but what is the P2? The P3? Oh well, tis quite odd for me to understand it all.
Someone remind me, but whatever happened to the American Computer Company and their 90 gb, solid state device that plugs into a Slot 1 port... hmmm, looks like IBM might have stolen their technology;-) Nah, I definitely give props to IBM as I own two of their harddrives and they're beautiful pieces of equipment. I love you IBM!
To those that are avid Slashdot readers, I remember there being a story and mentioning that perhaps Microsoft could become incorporated in Canada and move headquarters there. I'm guessing that there's no way that they could open up a headquarters (the size of a McDonalds') in Canada that serves no actual purpose but so that they can do as they please. Think about it? How many companies are there in the United States that are little pieces of foreign companies?
Let's face it, as much as Linux users, Mac Users and even those of us that dual boot using Windows don't like Microsoft at times (eek...run for your life I've been blacklisted), but if Microsoft splits up a lot of businesses will be spending even more money on software that works less well and that doesn't interface that great. Sure you can bring up StarOffice. Absolutely free, great stuff, but at the same time it still has bugs here and there (I wonder if I'll get demoted to a worthless peon for that comment). "But dude, think about how many errors tehre are in Windows!" True, but until Linux starts taking part of the market share, I'm not seeing corporate America switching to StarOffice. Oh well, that's my two cents...
Hey, if you've never done a microscopy experiment, quickly go and enroll in an intermediate lab course in physics. It's one of the most incredible experiments we did last year as an undergrad doing atomic force microscopy as well as scanning tunneling microscopy. Sad part of the story being that our professor sort of broke a tip (oops!). Minor detail? Eh....
After three years of programming, I would definitely consider purchasing this book for the reason that my mind tends to get bogged down in the syntax rather than the symantics. One book to definitely avoid would be C++ Program Design: An Introduction to Programming and Object-Oriented Design (2nd edition), Cohoon and Davidson, WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1999. It's not that it's really that bad of a book, but I suppose since it's the book that we used for my CS101 course I wasn't too happy with it giving me that firm of a foundation. Good day...
Yeah, DanBari admits his ignorance, and feels bad that he has trashed the rest of Slashdot's society. Perhaps we should form a monastary of Science and conduct experiments involving stars that travel.
Better yet, I believe that Slashdot should plan to form some sort of agreement with Merriam Webster and Oxford Dictionaries to claim that the English language is defined by such books and therefore is something that is patented. Hmmm, me thinks that this will be dealt with every single human being... More at eleven...
Better yet, start a monastary and have them translate the technical documents into Latin, and then Fourier Transform them, and then put them into digital form. Talk about security plus usage...
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I definitely agree that a lot of people have moved to C++, but a good knowledge of C comes in very handy when working on software written back in the 90s that would be too cumbersome to rewrite into C++. A good knowledge of C is good to have =o)
When was the last time the advertising agencies and computer magazines realized that Windows has major flaws and is pretty sad for something that has a list price of $200 sometimes? Come on now ;-) We all know that big business buys ads and reviews. Everyone's doing it ;-)
Wow, it's pretty cool that Macs are actually starting to have components that are decent. Plus with the release of OS X with the BSD/Mac OS mix, it's really starting to make Mac look a lot more attractive. From someone that hated Macs venhemently for so long, I'm starting to look more and more at the G4 and drool. Now if only they'd fix that darn hockey puck that they give you. Plus, if they'll make the dock of OS X a bit more of a business OS style rather than something that looks like it came from Microsoft Bob (for those of you that remember its short life) I'd be happy to purchase one.
You're right, definitely give it a minute or two to completely stiffen and so that all of your nerve endings are giving off a distress call to your mind.
As a physics major, I get to do all sorts of cool experiments which require systems to be super cooled. Vacuum systems for instance use pumps that need to be cooled with liquid nitrogen. Sure, fantastic, 77 Kelvin. There's something that's even more fun. Liquid Helium. 4 Kelvin. Can we say that putting your hand in this stuff and then smashing it on a wall would be cool? Well we could say that, but you'd be in a lot of pain. :-)
Nonetheless, I know that they talked about the non-conducting fluid becoming a gel at low temperatures. That definitely stinks. So, why not find something else? Better yet, go to a chemistry lab at any fine institution (University of Virginia for example) and ask them for such a solution. I'm sure that the graduate students would love to actually apply something that they know to the real world.
Okay, so you have that solution, next get the helium.
My guess is that you could get a Celeron going faster than the 600+ MHz that OCTools talked about.
How odd is it that Intel won't build on the x86 processor and come out with a new generation? I mean the Pentium is a 586, but what is the P2? The P3? Oh well, tis quite odd for me to understand it all.
Someone remind me, but whatever happened to the American Computer Company and their 90 gb, solid state device that plugs into a Slot 1 port... hmmm, looks like IBM might have stolen their technology ;-) Nah, I definitely give props to IBM as I own two of their harddrives and they're beautiful pieces of equipment. I love you IBM!
To those that are avid Slashdot readers, I remember there being a story and mentioning that perhaps Microsoft could become incorporated in Canada and move headquarters there. I'm guessing that there's no way that they could open up a headquarters (the size of a McDonalds') in Canada that serves no actual purpose but so that they can do as they please. Think about it? How many companies are there in the United States that are little pieces of foreign companies?
Let's face it, as much as Linux users, Mac Users and even those of us that dual boot using Windows don't like Microsoft at times (eek...run for your life I've been blacklisted), but if Microsoft splits up a lot of businesses will be spending even more money on software that works less well and that doesn't interface that great. Sure you can bring up StarOffice. Absolutely free, great stuff, but at the same time it still has bugs here and there (I wonder if I'll get demoted to a worthless peon for that comment). "But dude, think about how many errors tehre are in Windows!" True, but until Linux starts taking part of the market share, I'm not seeing corporate America switching to StarOffice. Oh well, that's my two cents...
Hey, if you've never done a microscopy experiment, quickly go and enroll in an intermediate lab course in physics. It's one of the most incredible experiments we did last year as an undergrad doing atomic force microscopy as well as scanning tunneling microscopy.
Sad part of the story being that our professor sort of broke a tip (oops!). Minor detail? Eh....
After three years of programming, I would definitely consider purchasing this book for the reason that my mind tends to get bogged down in the syntax rather than the symantics.
One book to definitely avoid would be C++ Program Design: An Introduction to Programming and Object-Oriented Design (2nd edition), Cohoon and Davidson, WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1999. It's not that it's really that bad of a book, but I suppose since it's the book that we used for my CS101 course I wasn't too happy with it giving me that firm of a foundation.
Good day...
Yeah, DanBari admits his ignorance, and feels bad that he has trashed the rest of Slashdot's society. Perhaps we should form a monastary of Science and conduct experiments involving stars that travel.
Hmmm, good way to get points...suck up ;o)
Yeah guys :o) Come on... What the heck? Come on, if you can't handle reading about SCSI and bit addressing then you need to go elsewhere ;o)
Quick... drink lots of beer and wave your towel. It's the only way to prepare for space flight...
Nope, no cookie for you...
Better yet, I believe that Slashdot should plan to form some sort of agreement with Merriam Webster and Oxford Dictionaries to claim that the English language is defined by such books and therefore is something that is patented. Hmmm, me thinks that this will be dealt with every single human being... More at eleven...
Better yet, start a monastary and have them translate the technical documents into Latin, and then Fourier Transform them, and then put them into digital form. Talk about security plus usage...