Reminds me of the trek episode that dealt with this. They cloned Kahless. Yet again trek is 10 years ahead of predicting modern technology. Hopefully this means we'll have hot babes in decon gel in 2012!
I found out, to my disapointment and astonishment, that in cs courses (well, at Exeter at least, one of the best in the UK), there are 3 main groups
1) the "9-5" programmers, some dont even have a computer. Wouldnt know a command line if it hit them in the face. About 30% of these drop out after the first year, the rest just get through and go on to get 3rds, maybe a 2-2
2) The counterstrike brigade, they have the 2GHz processor, the gigabytes of ram and windows 2K/XP. Outside course work they do very little computer science related, but can admin a windows box as well as anyone. Probably get a 2-1 or first.
3) The ones that love computers. Some run windows, some run linux, some BSD. If my uni is typical, there are more people like this studying Physics, Chemistry, Engineering etc. Then there are in computer science. I'd put about 6 or 7 of the 100 people in my year in CS into this catagory. Will get anything from a fail to a high first depending on how interested the course keeps them. May not hand in the "hello world" coursework becausde they were up all writing 1000 lines of PHP.
This variety of skill levels means you go from "name 3 parts of a computer (mouse, monitor, keyboard)" and "what is a file" in the first year, to compiler design in the third.
Within 7 1 hour lectures in the first year we'd gone from what is a keyboard to memory pages and inodes, which I pitty the fools that knew nothing before starting here.
Likely Destinations 1) Some meaningless IT job, maybe writing a few macros for an excel spreadsheet before going on to management. 2) Server Admin, maybe the really good ones would become BOFH 3) Possibly a MSC/PHd, maybe working as a systems analsist for one of the big blue chips, maybe something not directly related to computer science.
Main Websites 1) yahoo mail 2) firingsquad 3) slashdot, sourceforge, google
Number of computers owned 1) 1, maybe none, usually from pc world or dell 2) 3 or 4, all about 600mhz, all running windows 2K/XP, self built 3) 1 main one, not too powerful unless they're rich, self built. A few slower machines with different distros/oses on.
Obviously people dont all fall into one specifc catagory, but its a good roundup
I used to know VB back when I was arround 13/14, even wrote a couple of pretty good (considering what I knew, or didnt know, of computing) programs for a book store.
However after VB4 came out I sort of lost heart, got involved with html, ssi and perl. Then moved to java and PHP.
I had to create an excel spreadsheet over summer though, took me all day of constantly looking in the help files for the right function, and sorting out the errors from all my programs. Wish I had your cat!
However, the program worked, using principles I'd learnt from php and java, and some of the abstract stuff here at uni.
And VB does have a few good points for rapid development. We've spent all term planning a program in VDM (urghh!), without doing a thing, then implementing it in about 15 hours each. It's beautifully written, but if a company wants a fast simple program, VB is a possibility.
And to keep ontopic:
Our university has 2 redhat/nt4 labs, one nt4/hoiundi lab, and one sun lab. Most people are in windows - but if you scrape out the crap that are only in it because "computing pays well", its about 50/50.
We've just started a slug (student linux user group) though, so hopefully we'll get some people involved.
The reason we use java though is any assigments (about 50% of our modules are programming), done by the windows users can be ran on the tutors machine (usually *nix).
But a week or two ago I decided to upgrade the GNOME in my machine to give it another try. So I launched Red Carpet, subscribed to the Ximian channel, checked every checkbox and let it run. After a couple of unattended hours I had Gnome upgraded. KDE, on the other hand, requires a lot more work.I think that at this point, a piece of software of KDE's importance should really have a very visible and easy to use upgrade utility
A problem with the upgrade tools you have installed.
I upgraded kde at christmas when I went home and used my parents cable modem. Took about an hour to pgrade my entire system (including KDE), to 2.2 something (IIRC).
How you ask? "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -y"
But none of this malarky effects the browser. In most distributions (I believe redhat/suse etc have caught debian up), Installing software is up to the distro.
Thankfully, we still have some decent [amazon.co.uk] quality [amazon.co.uk] writers [amazon.co.uk] in [amazon.co.uk] other [amazon.co.uk] areas [amazon.co.uk] of [amazon.co.uk] media [amazon.co.uk]..
[waits to be bitchslapped for dissing Star Trek.. I do like it really, honest]
No, but I'd bitchslap you for linking to amazon eight times and their one click patents if I'd could
I don't think of spreadsheet files as software, because you can't edit or execute a saved spreadsheet without it's associated application.
Java programs are byte code which require an interpreter (the jre). Perl/bash/csh scripts will not run without their associated program, yet they are all considered software.
Great publicity, thousands of people from slashdot will sign the petition. Unfortunatly a floppy disk with the petion on isnt very impressive.
Even as a poor impoverished student I'm sending letters (signed by a few of us) to fox, and I like in europe.
You need to write letters. Go buy 6 letters and stamps at the local mall/post office, we have some mailing to do during the next few days. International public, too! Airmail is only a like 1 or 2 euros or equivalent. A letter is worth about 1000 petition entries. Some stuff to include: Hugely popular overseas, potent quality public, never having a chance to grow due to severe time slot sabotage. Have a look at the petition text for hints on what to write and add anything YOU can think of. It's your letter. No excuses for not getting a pen right now!
it was pen and paper that brought back the original series of star trek, not a 30 second petition signing.
You kick back with your noise cancelling headphones on with your eyes closed, or maybe reading a book. In the next Isle a guy starts setting fire to his shoes, while just infront of you 5 blokes get a couple of knives out.
Remember to keep some awareness of what is going on around you - turbulence warning etc.
I found the audio commentry on the SG1 dvd for Small Victories facinating, with how they used lasers as points (they later brushed out some), so they could sync the CGI bugs with the moving camera.
Also, the BBC have something camera based in the works
http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/tour/virtualproduction.h tm l
Similarly I read something about a 1GB/hour VHS backup system about 5 years ago. With packs of 5 standard 4 hour VHS tapes costing about £5, that works out 25 pence a gigabyte - about half the price of cdr's.
However even the best video tapes will degrade very quickly compared with optical, computer tape systems, and even IDE hard drives.
Playing a 30fps program at 30.5fps will not harm the average user experience, and it means Enterprise is shorter! Combined with cutting the theme tune and credits you can nearly get 2 episodes on a VCD!
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Reminds me of the trek episode that dealt with this. They cloned Kahless. Yet again trek is 10 years ahead of predicting modern technology. Hopefully this means we'll have hot babes in decon gel in 2012!
I found out, to my disapointment and astonishment, that in cs courses (well, at Exeter at least, one of the best in the UK), there are 3 main groups
1) the "9-5" programmers, some dont even have a computer. Wouldnt know a command line if it hit them in the face. About 30% of these drop out after the first year, the rest just get through and go on to get 3rds, maybe a 2-2
2) The counterstrike brigade, they have the 2GHz processor, the gigabytes of ram and windows 2K/XP. Outside course work they do very little computer science related, but can admin a windows box as well as anyone. Probably get a 2-1 or first.
3) The ones that love computers. Some run windows, some run linux, some BSD. If my uni is typical, there are more people like this studying Physics, Chemistry, Engineering etc. Then there are in computer science. I'd put about 6 or 7 of the 100 people in my year in CS into this catagory. Will get anything from a fail to a high first depending on how interested the course keeps them. May not hand in the "hello world" coursework becausde they were up all writing 1000 lines of PHP.
This variety of skill levels means you go from "name 3 parts of a computer (mouse, monitor, keyboard)" and "what is a file" in the first year, to compiler design in the third.
Within 7 1 hour lectures in the first year we'd gone from what is a keyboard to memory pages and inodes, which I pitty the fools that knew nothing before starting here.
Likely Destinations
1) Some meaningless IT job, maybe writing a few macros for an excel spreadsheet before going on to management.
2) Server Admin, maybe the really good ones would become BOFH
3) Possibly a MSC/PHd, maybe working as a systems analsist for one of the big blue chips, maybe something not directly related to computer science.
Main Websites
1) yahoo mail
2) firingsquad
3) slashdot, sourceforge, google
Number of computers owned
1) 1, maybe none, usually from pc world or dell
2) 3 or 4, all about 600mhz, all running windows 2K/XP, self built
3) 1 main one, not too powerful unless they're rich, self built. A few slower machines with different distros/oses on.
Obviously people dont all fall into one specifc catagory, but its a good roundup
Remember to hate [slashdot.org]
If you hate it so much, why post here?
i think my friends cat knows VB
I used to know VB back when I was arround 13/14, even wrote a couple of pretty good (considering what I knew, or didnt know, of computing) programs for a book store.
However after VB4 came out I sort of lost heart, got involved with html, ssi and perl. Then moved to java and PHP.
I had to create an excel spreadsheet over summer though, took me all day of constantly looking in the help files for the right function, and sorting out the errors from all my programs. Wish I had your cat!
However, the program worked, using principles I'd learnt from php and java, and some of the abstract stuff here at uni.
And VB does have a few good points for rapid development. We've spent all term planning a program in VDM (urghh!), without doing a thing, then implementing it in about 15 hours each. It's beautifully written, but if a company wants a fast simple program, VB is a possibility.
And to keep ontopic:
Our university has 2 redhat/nt4 labs, one nt4/hoiundi lab, and one sun lab. Most people are in windows - but if you scrape out the crap that are only in it because "computing pays well", its about 50/50.
We've just started a slug (student linux user group) though, so hopefully we'll get some people involved.
The reason we use java though is any assigments (about 50% of our modules are programming), done by the windows users can be ran on the tutors machine (usually *nix).
apt-get is for debian and debian based systems, but its similar to red carpet.
The point it none of it has anything to do with kde, and therefore shouldnt effect a review of a part of kde.
But a week or two ago I decided to upgrade the GNOME in my machine to give it another try. So I launched Red Carpet, subscribed to the Ximian channel, checked every checkbox and let it run. After a couple of unattended hours I had Gnome upgraded. KDE, on the other hand, requires a lot more work.I think that at this point, a piece of software of KDE's importance should really have a very visible and easy to use upgrade utility
A problem with the upgrade tools you have installed.
I upgraded kde at christmas when I went home and used my parents cable modem. Took about an hour to pgrade my entire system (including KDE), to 2.2 something (IIRC).
How you ask?
"apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -y"
But none of this malarky effects the browser. In most distributions (I believe redhat/suse etc have caught debian up), Installing software is up to the distro.
.
Thankfully, we still have some decent [amazon.co.uk] quality [amazon.co.uk] writers [amazon.co.uk] in [amazon.co.uk] other [amazon.co.uk] areas [amazon.co.uk] of [amazon.co.uk] media [amazon.co.uk]..
[waits to be bitchslapped for dissing Star Trek.. I do like it really, honest]
No, but I'd bitchslap you for linking to amazon eight times and their one click patents if I'd could
Dont send them over the internet, it might get routed via 801.11b, or even IP over Avian Carrier!
"This material is subject to copyright and any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited. "
Darn it! I've just broken this law by going through 2 web caches and my own computer - thats 3 copies, will I be hanged?
I don't think of spreadsheet files as software, because you can't edit or execute a saved spreadsheet without it's associated application.
Java programs are byte code which require an interpreter (the jre). Perl/bash/csh scripts will not run without their associated program, yet they are all considered software.
sickeningly whoretastic
Even as a poor impoverished student I'm sending letters (signed by a few of us) to fox, and I like in europe.
it was pen and paper that brought back the original series of star trek, not a 30 second petition signing.
You kick back with your noise cancelling headphones on with your eyes closed, or maybe reading a book. In the next Isle a guy starts setting fire to his shoes, while just infront of you 5 blokes get a couple of knives out.
Remember to keep some awareness of what is going on around you - turbulence warning etc.
"I would like to hear some experiences with various different noise cancelling headphones paired up with MP3 players."
Just dont start singing out loud!
I always wondered what color those quarks really were...
Sort of pink, with big ears!
I found the audio commentry on the SG1 dvd for Small Victories facinating, with how they used lasers as points (they later brushed out some), so they could sync the CGI bugs with the moving camera.
h tm l
Also, the BBC have something camera based in the works
http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/tour/virtualproduction.
I guess they felt that it was sinful to let someone endure the pain of trying to navigate through www.real.com.
From this moment on I a'm no longer atheist!
Yup, is a disgusting tax that you have to pay regardless of wheter your watch BBC or not, and regardless of whether you earn £5000 a year or £500,000.
However life sucks. And BBC doesnt get adverts.
I'd watch a lot more movies if they were only a buck.
Watch TV then, they're all free (with adverts).
Personally I dont have time, in between a degree, running a tv station, a social life and sex.
monkey post
Similarly I read something about a 1GB/hour VHS backup system about 5 years ago. With packs of 5 standard 4 hour VHS tapes costing about £5, that works out 25 pence a gigabyte - about half the price of cdr's.
However even the best video tapes will degrade very quickly compared with optical, computer tape systems, and even IDE hard drives.
Playing a 30fps program at 30.5fps will not harm the average user experience, and it means Enterprise is shorter! Combined with cutting the theme tune and credits you can nearly get 2 episodes on a VCD!
"Spotted: one electric vehicle on the highways of Atlanta, Georgia. Sighted around 6:30pm EDT, going south on I-85, traveling ~60mph (had a cool hum)"
"I could only get several pictures"
Is anyone else worrried about people driving at 60mph snapping away?
Make a backup onto CD and put it though a shredder.
I've seen people [try to] put floppys through before.
What planet are you on?
A big donut?