I know that in my CS degree it was similar to the formula you describe, but at my school I got a Math minor by taking one extra class because I had all the other classes needed because of my CS degree.
Maybe my school was different. They did try to be ACM compliant but even so...once you learn one programming language others are easy and the two semesters I had C++ have saved my butt when it came to other languages I had to use because I knew some form of structure to work with.
I just finished my undergrad CS degree last december. But something the article doesn't talk about is IS degrees. At my school during the time I was there the CS student numbers were dropping and more people were getting IS degrees (if they can be called degrees).
I agree with some of the other posts that certain courses were a joke but at the same time not all of them were, and even though I have used linear algebra or any Calculus since leaving college I still think they were important classes for developing the proper thinking skills needed for a CS degree.
I think the article would be much better written if they had looked at the other non-Science Comp programs that are out there and that are growing really quickly.
My brother and I got Madden 2004 a few months ago and since then neither of us have gotten goddamned thing done when we're at home. It's like some ridiculous visual crack. I may have to quit my job for Madden 2005.
I think it really all depends on what specs the Xbox2 has.
If the Xbox2 won't play first gen games then I think this buying trend (which appears to be people have waited a while to buy) will not be good for the Xbox2 release because all the games bought in December of 2004 and January 2005 (like Jade Empire and Halo 2) will then be useless. And even though Penny-Arcade and the like will own every console known to man normal people like myself (who just purchased an Xbox a few months ago) will wait a few years to purchase a new system. I think this will lead to poor sales for the Xbox2 unless the Xbox1 games will work with the Xbox2 and then maybe I could pay ~$150 (after selling the Xbox for $50) for a new console and I wouldn't have to buy any games right away.
The credits in the movie attributes the story to Asimov and someone else in "The Positronic Man". That's all I know as I've never read the story (but am looking and if you say it's in "Robot Visions" I'll have to pick it up.
I'm sorry. The movie can be inspired by Asimov but when the only thing that's the same is the main character's name and the title of the movie I get upset. I never read the Positronic Man so I can't get upset at "Bicentennial Man", but I did read I, Robot (it was the first Sci-Fi or Fant. book I ever read) and I'm truly upset that they would use his name this way. Call the movie "Robot's from Hell" or something but don't drag Asimov's name down. The movie may be good (I haven't seen it), but it's not Asimov's work and I can't stand to support another Hollywood production that drags a good author's name down like that. Either follow his stories or choose a different name. Don't pretend to be something you aren't.
Who didn't see that coming? It's like accusing your roommate of stealing the keys and then finding out you left them in the car. Now big business and bad accountants have ruined a good thing for a whole bunch of people.
Come off it man. Why do you think Mitnick spent 4 years in jail? He was abusing his knowledge. And from all accounts that I've heard and read about...he wasn't even that good. Some coder in Israel was giving him the code and he was making the exploits! He was a glorified script-kiddy. I don't want to take away from Mitnick because he does have obvious genious traits (i.e. not getting caught for so long and understanding the ideas behind the code and usage) but he did use those loopholes for a long while before this change of heart.
I'm also a libertarian and while I like the spin you put on the book...I agree with you about his use of lot of the personal touches with characters to make a point but if you look at the abstract compared with his other books (Stranger In a Strange Land, Fridy, etc.) all the abstracts of these books focus on a society with a different focus. So while it's true that I didn't go as in depth about certain issues and his overall personal message was one for libertarianism the overall concern of the story was the diagnosis of a society based on force.
The first movie (while it chugged Donkey penis) at least had a semblance to Heinlein's fantastic political commentary on a society based completely on force to solve issues (at least they got some of the planet names right). But this is ridiculous, what Hollywood numb-skull thought this would be a good idea. Probably George Lucas gave this one the green light.
What I find really amusing is that this same situation occured almost fifty some-odd years ago when a transistor went bad up at the Niagra Power station and NY and Toronto (The biggest cities) were without power for some god-awful amount of time. That I find amusing.
I'm in college but for a long while we were playing Need for Speed 3 networked and Need for Speed 5. They're fun games, and 3 is especially cool because you can play as the cop. Other than that all the games we play have gratuitous violence.
I'm under the impression that much like laserdisc this will be a fad for the extremely rich and die out before anything really comes from it. I think DVD will be around for a while just because of the multiple hardware platforms that there are out there.
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Not to be modded as redundant, but yeah...
I think all institutions should be prepared for slashdot ahead of time.
I know that in my CS degree it was similar to the formula you describe, but at my school I got a Math minor by taking one extra class because I had all the other classes needed because of my CS degree.
Maybe my school was different. They did try to be ACM compliant but even so...once you learn one programming language others are easy and the two semesters I had C++ have saved my butt when it came to other languages I had to use because I knew some form of structure to work with.
I'm sorry that I didn't proof read. Please accept the spelling and grammar errors for what they are...haste.
I just finished my undergrad CS degree last december. But something the article doesn't talk about is IS degrees. At my school during the time I was there the CS student numbers were dropping and more people were getting IS degrees (if they can be called degrees).
I agree with some of the other posts that certain courses were a joke but at the same time not all of them were, and even though I have used linear algebra or any Calculus since leaving college I still think they were important classes for developing the proper thinking skills needed for a CS degree.
I think the article would be much better written if they had looked at the other non-Science Comp programs that are out there and that are growing really quickly.
My brother and I got Madden 2004 a few months ago and since then neither of us have gotten goddamned thing done when we're at home. It's like some ridiculous visual crack. I may have to quit my job for Madden 2005.
I think it really all depends on what specs the Xbox2 has. If the Xbox2 won't play first gen games then I think this buying trend (which appears to be people have waited a while to buy) will not be good for the Xbox2 release because all the games bought in December of 2004 and January 2005 (like Jade Empire and Halo 2) will then be useless. And even though Penny-Arcade and the like will own every console known to man normal people like myself (who just purchased an Xbox a few months ago) will wait a few years to purchase a new system. I think this will lead to poor sales for the Xbox2 unless the Xbox1 games will work with the Xbox2 and then maybe I could pay ~$150 (after selling the Xbox for $50) for a new console and I wouldn't have to buy any games right away.
I believe if you look at the older patents that the most recent issue was in 2003, but it originally goes back to like '86 or something like that.
The credits in the movie attributes the story to Asimov and someone else in "The Positronic Man". That's all I know as I've never read the story (but am looking and if you say it's in "Robot Visions" I'll have to pick it up.
I'm sorry. The movie can be inspired by Asimov but when the only thing that's the same is the main character's name and the title of the movie I get upset. I never read the Positronic Man so I can't get upset at "Bicentennial Man", but I did read I, Robot (it was the first Sci-Fi or Fant. book I ever read) and I'm truly upset that they would use his name this way.
Call the movie "Robot's from Hell" or something but don't drag Asimov's name down. The movie may be good (I haven't seen it), but it's not Asimov's work and I can't stand to support another Hollywood production that drags a good author's name down like that.
Either follow his stories or choose a different name. Don't pretend to be something you aren't.
Insensitive?...or outrageously funny? Sometimes they are one and the same.
Linus Torvalds was there...and the tag line to the article mentions him...not really sure how you could have missed him.
Who didn't see that coming? It's like accusing your roommate of stealing the keys and then finding out you left them in the car. Now big business and bad accountants have ruined a good thing for a whole bunch of people.
Come off it man. Why do you think Mitnick spent 4 years in jail? He was abusing his knowledge. And from all accounts that I've heard and read about...he wasn't even that good. Some coder in Israel was giving him the code and he was making the exploits! He was a glorified script-kiddy. I don't want to take away from Mitnick because he does have obvious genious traits (i.e. not getting caught for so long and understanding the ideas behind the code and usage) but he did use those loopholes for a long while before this change of heart.
I find it ironic that the Microsoft adds are using UML as their selling point.
I'm also a libertarian and while I like the spin you put on the book...I agree with you about his use of lot of the personal touches with characters to make a point but if you look at the abstract compared with his other books (Stranger In a Strange Land, Fridy, etc.) all the abstracts of these books focus on a society with a different focus. So while it's true that I didn't go as in depth about certain issues and his overall personal message was one for libertarianism the overall concern of the story was the diagnosis of a society based on force.
The first movie (while it chugged Donkey penis) at least had a semblance to Heinlein's fantastic political commentary on a society based completely on force to solve issues (at least they got some of the planet names right). But this is ridiculous, what Hollywood numb-skull thought this would be a good idea. Probably George Lucas gave this one the green light.
The history channel show was talking about the blackout that happened back in the '50s
... ... ... ... still waiting, but it's nice to see my tax dollars being drained by useless conjecture that will change nothing...nope, not caring yet.
What I find really amusing is that this same situation occured almost fifty some-odd years ago when a transistor went bad up at the Niagra Power station and NY and Toronto (The biggest cities) were without power for some god-awful amount of time. That I find amusing.
I used to live in reading...I didn't know anyone read the reading eagle...I didn't know anyone there could read!
I'm in college but for a long while we were playing Need for Speed 3 networked and Need for Speed 5. They're fun games, and 3 is especially cool because you can play as the cop. Other than that all the games we play have gratuitous violence.
I'm under the impression that much like laserdisc this will be a fad for the extremely rich and die out before anything really comes from it. I think DVD will be around for a while just because of the multiple hardware platforms that there are out there.