is anyone else amazed by the incredible (lack of) depth of the AP article?
the Reuters one is a little better, but not much.
i do like how the MSNBC link is broken, though.:)
i've noticed that there are two different types of people in introductory college courses.
some people are there because they like the subject, and generally do reasonably well because of it.
then there are the people that are there because they like the money. these people usually struggle with computer science or engineering concepts.
for the first group, i would recommend learning as i did - C first, then C++, with a smattering of ASM in between. learning C started me with syntax, and got me comfortable with pointers and memory. C++ introduced me to OO (i know it's not pure, but i can see the real intention despite any of its shortfalls). ASM explained C's inherent structure to me.
for the second group, those who are just interested in the subject for the money, and who will likely end up applying cookie-cutter solutions to problems (i hope they never program anything i have to use), Java is easier and more impressive (web/instant GUI, as someone said previously). these people likely will not have any aversion to overhead or clunkiness - they are usually just satisfied that it works.
but really, the money-motivated people usually get weeded out by the higher-level CS courses anyway.
so what approach is there to give anyone something they can take away from an intro course, even if they decide to drop out...
tough call.
personally, i'd say C, then C++.
maybe flop the order to make the OOP people happier.
Stealth aircraft are coated with RAM (Radar Absorbing Material). It absorbs a large quantity of EM energy instead of reflecting it. This doesn't seem to counter that... the "large bird" radar size of such a plane would seem to be duplicated here.
That lawsuit was valid, actually.  The coffee the lady was given was at 180 degrees F - standard coffee temperature, even at McDonalds, is 140-160 degrees. The coffee was hot enough to cause 3rd-degree burns instantaneously, as opposed to the mild burn you might get from a normal-temperature cup. Also, she spilled it and severely burnt her lap, not her tongue.
This gaming lawsuit has no grounds at all... it's the parents' responsibility to control their kids, not society's (or any part of the free market system).
Indeed. I'm running a pair of DM602S2s and a Velodyne FSX-12...
I just purchased a Rotel RCD-971, and I'm now on the mad lookout for HDCD recordings. I thought I had the audio fever bad before...
I started wondering, too, so I got to looking.
It looks like it's related to the ongoing struggles in Ireland.
Noting that the person that posted that has an email in the UK, I started looking around for things related to that region.
I found references (people's handles including "1690", references to "FTP") on the Ulster Historical Publications' guestbook.
Perhaps "F*** the Protestants", I'm not sure - the only historical event that's recorded in Encyclopedia Brittanica for that year is the Battle of the Boyne, where the Catholics (led by James II) were defeated by the Protestants (led by William III).
Actually, if I remember correctly, microwaves operate by causing water molecules to vibrate, and have nothing to do with the size of the object being irradiated.
Exactly. I want to be disposed of in an interesting way, like to be left in a forest to rot or something. Maybe on the seafloor to be eaten by crabs. Just make sure I decompose naturally - no embalming fluid for me, thanks.
Even if they feel the strong need to put me in a box under 6 feet of dirt, I want no preservatives added.
I'll be the fastest rotting corpse in there... cool!
If you look something through a red filter, the red filter transmits the red light and absorbs the rest. That is why it appears red. When viewing a red object, almost all of the light is red, and it passes through brightly, i.e., white. In the case of a green object, red's complement, there is very little red light contained, and it appears dark, i.e. black. Red text on white paper viewed through red glasses will disappear, because the level of red light reflected (and thus, transmitted through the glasses) is nearly the same.
Slashdot Mirror
it was broken at the time of posting, but works now.
i'm using win2k, so that wasn't the problem.
is anyone else amazed by the incredible (lack of) depth of the AP article? :)
the Reuters one is a little better, but not much.
i do like how the MSNBC link is broken, though.
ooo, i like your .sig.
i've noticed that there are two different types of people in introductory college courses.
/mskf
some people are there because they like the subject, and generally do reasonably well because of it.
then there are the people that are there because they like the money. these people usually struggle with computer science or engineering concepts.
for the first group, i would recommend learning as i did - C first, then C++, with a smattering of ASM in between. learning C started me with syntax, and got me comfortable with pointers and memory. C++ introduced me to OO (i know it's not pure, but i can see the real intention despite any of its shortfalls). ASM explained C's inherent structure to me.
for the second group, those who are just interested in the subject for the money, and who will likely end up applying cookie-cutter solutions to problems (i hope they never program anything i have to use), Java is easier and more impressive (web/instant GUI, as someone said previously). these people likely will not have any aversion to overhead or clunkiness - they are usually just satisfied that it works.
but really, the money-motivated people usually get weeded out by the higher-level CS courses anyway.
so what approach is there to give anyone something they can take away from an intro course, even if they decide to drop out...
tough call.
personally, i'd say C, then C++.
maybe flop the order to make the OOP people happier.
www.mskf.org
Stealth aircraft are coated with RAM (Radar Absorbing Material). It absorbs a large quantity of EM energy instead of reflecting it. This doesn't seem to counter that... the "large bird" radar size of such a plane would seem to be duplicated here.
that was MUCH too funny.
That lawsuit was valid, actually.  The coffee the lady was given was at 180 degrees F - standard coffee temperature, even at McDonalds, is 140-160 degrees. The coffee was hot enough to cause 3rd-degree burns instantaneously, as opposed to the mild burn you might get from a normal-temperature cup. Also, she spilled it and severely burnt her lap, not her tongue.
This gaming lawsuit has no grounds at all... it's the parents' responsibility to control their kids, not society's (or any part of the free market system).
Indeed. I'm running a pair of DM602S2s and a Velodyne FSX-12...
I just purchased a Rotel RCD-971, and I'm now on the mad lookout for HDCD recordings. I thought I had the audio fever bad before...
i like the combination of the subject field and the moderation point description on that message...
I started wondering, too, so I got to looking.
It looks like it's related to the ongoing struggles in Ireland.
Noting that the person that posted that has an email in the UK, I started looking around for things related to that region.
I found references (people's handles including "1690", references to "FTP") on the Ulster Historical Publications' guestbook.
Perhaps "F*** the Protestants", I'm not sure - the only historical event that's recorded in Encyclopedia Brittanica for that year is the Battle of the Boyne, where the Catholics (led by James II) were defeated by the Protestants (led by William III).
I hope I'm not completely off the mark, here.
Actually, if I remember correctly, microwaves operate by causing water molecules to vibrate, and have nothing to do with the size of the object being irradiated.
Playing at the same theatre in Lincoln, NE, were:
/mskf
Woman On Top
What Lies Beneath
Exactly. I want to be disposed of in an interesting way, like to be left in a forest to rot or something. Maybe on the seafloor to be eaten by crabs. Just make sure I decompose naturally - no embalming fluid for me, thanks.
Even if they feel the strong need to put me in a box under 6 feet of dirt, I want no preservatives added.
I'll be the fastest rotting corpse in there... cool!
er, make that array elements...
I thought you were subtracting arrays.
If you look something through a red filter, the red filter transmits the red light and absorbs the rest. That is why it appears red.
When viewing a red object, almost all of the light is red, and it passes through brightly, i.e., white. In the case of a green object, red's complement, there is very little red light contained, and it appears dark, i.e. black.
Red text on white paper viewed through red glasses will disappear, because the level of red light reflected (and thus, transmitted through the glasses) is nearly the same.