I'm a freshman at a major Virginia university and have taken Computer Science I, aka the CS class for people who are computer science or computer engineers. in it, you're basically taught straight C++ programming.
anyway, the professors, on the whole, strongly dislike Microsoft Visual C++ and let that be known...it's not as standard as other compilers on basic issues that get beginning C++ students and that can cause a lot of problems/frustration. we're encouraged instead to use the cxx or g++ compliers on the school's computer system, g++ if we have Linux, or another freeware compiler for those with Windows.
among the students though, a lot of them use Visual C++...they either have it because they got it free (pirated or their work has it), cheap (student discounts) or just went out and bought it because they thought they'd need a complier, knew nothing about compilers, and recognized the name Microsoft. And a lot of them continue using it, even on projects where the professors *strongly* encourage other compilers and give instruction on how to use those compilers.
so, I don't know. at least at my college, just because the students are being taught one compiler in class, does not mean that that's what they're using outside of class, unless forced to...
Think of it this way. You're a new computer user. You want to check out this thing called 'the Internet'. So you boot up your brand new out of the box computer and see an icon for MSN that gets you "connected to the Internet".
What do you think you'd use? It'd be easiest to just click on that link and follow the instructions. Other ISPs? What's an ISP?
Same reason AOL's going for the link on the desktop sales slant. Newbies will eat it up. They don't care if the connection is crap. It's what they're comfortable with doing. And that's probably all that's really going to matter to them.
I work at my local regional library, and I keep a pretty close eye on what passes through the computer bookshelves.
I've noticed the ones that seem to move the fastest are:
-anything by O'Reilly. Especially their Linux and HTML books.
-books like 'Red Hat 7.1 Bible' by Negus...books that introduce Linux but also go into more details too.
-books that cover HTML 4.0 comprehensively
-anything in the 'For Dummies' series. Some of them are pretty good, and they offer a pretty gentle intro to a lot of things.
-Sam's "Teach Yourself..." series. Especially the ones on programming.
-books on specific programs such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc.
-any up-to-date security book.
Then again, I do work in one of Fairfax County, Northern VA's regional libraries, and they have an excellent collection of computer books, so I'm seeing people pick from what is almost the cream of the crop.
Stopping your period is not a new idea. As other posters have said, normal birth control pills can do that if taken a certain way.
The real question is, what is the physical effect on your body when your body keeps ovulating but you have no period? Wouldn't this basically mean your body has no way of getting rid of the effects of ovulation? And what if you were to get pregnant? There'd be no uterus lining for the fertilized egg to attach to, which would, if I remember biology class correctly, increase your chance of an ecoptic pregnancy, right? Or, even worse, the fertilized egg attaching somewhere else besides a fallopian tube or the uterus - which causes even more problems.
As a woman who has extremely painful periods (to the point that I cannot stand up straight some months during the beginning of my period) I can completely understand why some would choose to stop their period for an extended period of time. But there are other ways - that include stopping ovulation altogether - that seem much safer.
I don't know. I guess I just don't see the point of stopping menstruation without stopping ovulation also...
Timberdoodle Company is a homeschooling supply company that I think is one of FischerTechnik's sole USA distributors. I do know that they've said in the past that some of the sets that they sell are only avaliable in the USA from them.
I was first introduced to FischerTechnik in 4th(?) grade when my mom bought a few kits from them. Awesome stuff...I've kept my eye out for other places to buy them here in the USA, haven't seen any others so far.
...who are too young to even remember what the things look like without going to look them up.:)
I'm 17, starting college this fall, and can honestly say that I have never had the experience of seeing someone have to use one outside of things like the movie Apollo 13...
I'm wondering if the majority of high-school Linux users are total all-out socially reclusive nerds or are rather regular folks that happen to have a high-tech hobby.
I have also wondered this. I'm an almost-17 year old female who is big into computers in general and Linux and the open-source world specifically. Taught myself HTML by getting books out of the library on it when I was 12. I discovered Linux and installed my first Linux system back when I was 13 or so.
I'm still learning - through things like helping to sysadmin the Linux server at my church, messing around with my personal Linux box, etc etc etc - but I find Linux very interesting (and much better than Windoze). I also plan on teaching myself how to program soon. I know the basics of a few languages, but not much.
Socially though, I'm also considered a well-balanced person, lots of friends, co-editor of school newspaper, one of the yearbook editors, and involved with the student government at my school. So for me at the moment, this computer stuff is really a hobby I guess, although a very consuming hobby. It certainly isn't the only thing I do.
So do other high school users just do this for a "hobby"? Or do you find that this turns into an all-encompassing way of life?
FWIW, I have also found that reading stuff once or twice and then thinking about it a little before you go to sleep for the night tends to help with retaining material. At least, in my case, it worked much better than the times that I've stayed up and tried to pull an all-nighter in which you try to cram material into your head and attempt to remember it for that exam the next day...
Of course, the real trick is being able to stay awake while reading whatever you're reading...;)
In my experience...WordPerfect is faster than StarOffice, and more stable. I used StarOffice for about two weeks, after hearing how good it was. That was a joke. It crashed more times than not. It was also incredibly slow. (I have an AMD-K62/233 w/64 meg RAM. not blazing fast, but not snail-paced, either). So I broke down and downloaded WordPerfect 8. Installed it. It hasn't crashed at all on me, as far as I can remember. It's a little slow, but still much faster than StarOffice.
Also, in my experience, WP8 is better than StarOffice when it comes to converting between different file formats. (Something I find essential right now.)
WP8 for Linux also seems to be faster than the Windows version of the same product. Go Linux.;)
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...I think it's cute. =P
I'm a freshman at a major Virginia university and have taken Computer Science I, aka the CS class for people who are computer science or computer engineers. in it, you're basically taught straight C++ programming.
anyway, the professors, on the whole, strongly dislike Microsoft Visual C++ and let that be known...it's not as standard as other compilers on basic issues that get beginning C++ students and that can cause a lot of problems/frustration. we're encouraged instead to use the cxx or g++ compliers on the school's computer system, g++ if we have Linux, or another freeware compiler for those with Windows.
among the students though, a lot of them use Visual C++...they either have it because they got it free (pirated or their work has it), cheap (student discounts) or just went out and bought it because they thought they'd need a complier, knew nothing about compilers, and recognized the name Microsoft. And a lot of them continue using it, even on projects where the professors *strongly* encourage other compilers and give instruction on how to use those compilers.
so, I don't know. at least at my college, just because the students are being taught one compiler in class, does not mean that that's what they're using outside of class, unless forced to...
not my college...they're plastic. the napkin holders , on the other hand... ;)
Telsa is Alan Cox's wife.
Think of it this way. You're a new computer user. You want to check out this thing called 'the Internet'. So you boot up your brand new out of the box computer and see an icon for MSN that gets you "connected to the Internet".
What do you think you'd use? It'd be easiest to just click on that link and follow the instructions. Other ISPs? What's an ISP?
Same reason AOL's going for the link on the desktop sales slant. Newbies will eat it up. They don't care if the connection is crap. It's what they're comfortable with doing. And that's probably all that's really going to matter to them.
I work at my local regional library, and I keep a pretty close eye on what passes through the computer bookshelves.
I've noticed the ones that seem to move the fastest are:
-anything by O'Reilly. Especially their Linux and HTML books.
-books like 'Red Hat 7.1 Bible' by Negus...books that introduce Linux but also go into more details too.
-books that cover HTML 4.0 comprehensively
-anything in the 'For Dummies' series. Some of them are pretty good, and they offer a pretty gentle intro to a lot of things.
-Sam's "Teach Yourself..." series. Especially the ones on programming.
-books on specific programs such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc.
-any up-to-date security book.
Then again, I do work in one of Fairfax County, Northern VA's regional libraries, and they have an excellent collection of computer books, so I'm seeing people pick from what is almost the cream of the crop.
Stopping your period is not a new idea. As other posters have said, normal birth control pills can do that if taken a certain way.
The real question is, what is the physical effect on your body when your body keeps ovulating but you have no period? Wouldn't this basically mean your body has no way of getting rid of the effects of ovulation? And what if you were to get pregnant? There'd be no uterus lining for the fertilized egg to attach to, which would, if I remember biology class correctly, increase your chance of an ecoptic pregnancy, right? Or, even worse, the fertilized egg attaching somewhere else besides a fallopian tube or the uterus - which causes even more problems.
As a woman who has extremely painful periods (to the point that I cannot stand up straight some months during the beginning of my period) I can completely understand why some would choose to stop their period for an extended period of time. But there are other ways - that include stopping ovulation altogether - that seem much safer.
I don't know. I guess I just don't see the point of stopping menstruation without stopping ovulation also...
Timberdoodle (or www.timberdoodle.com)
Timberdoodle Company is a homeschooling supply company that I think is one of FischerTechnik's sole USA distributors. I do know that they've said in the past that some of the sets that they sell are only avaliable in the USA from them.
I was first introduced to FischerTechnik in 4th(?) grade when my mom bought a few kits from them. Awesome stuff...I've kept my eye out for other places to buy them here in the USA, haven't seen any others so far.
...who are too young to even remember what the things look like without going to look them up. :)
I'm 17, starting college this fall, and can honestly say that I have never had the experience of seeing someone have to use one outside of things like the movie Apollo 13...
I'm wondering if the majority of high-school Linux users are total all-out socially reclusive nerds or are rather regular folks that happen to have a high-tech hobby.
I have also wondered this. I'm an almost-17 year old female who is big into computers in general and Linux and the open-source world specifically. Taught myself HTML by getting books out of the library on it when I was 12. I discovered Linux and installed my first Linux system back when I was 13 or so.
I'm still learning - through things like helping to sysadmin the Linux server at my church, messing around with my personal Linux box, etc etc etc - but I find Linux very interesting (and much better than Windoze). I also plan on teaching myself how to program soon. I know the basics of a few languages, but not much.
Socially though, I'm also considered a well-balanced person, lots of friends, co-editor of school newspaper, one of the yearbook editors, and involved with the student government at my school. So for me at the moment, this computer stuff is really a hobby I guess, although a very consuming hobby. It certainly isn't the only thing I do.
So do other high school users just do this for a "hobby"? Or do you find that this turns into an all-encompassing way of life?
FWIW, I have also found that reading stuff once or twice and then thinking about it a little before you go to sleep for the night tends to help with retaining material. At least, in my case, it worked much better than the times that I've stayed up and tried to pull an all-nighter in which you try to cram material into your head and attempt to remember it for that exam the next day...
;)
Of course, the real trick is being able to stay awake while reading whatever you're reading...
In my experience...WordPerfect is faster than StarOffice, and more stable. I used StarOffice for about two weeks, after hearing how good it was. That was a joke. It crashed more times than not. It was also incredibly slow. (I have an AMD-K62/233 w/64 meg RAM. not blazing fast, but not snail-paced, either). So I broke down and downloaded WordPerfect 8. Installed it. It hasn't crashed at all on me, as far as I can remember. It's a little slow, but still much faster than StarOffice.
;)
Also, in my experience, WP8 is better than StarOffice when it comes to converting between different file formats. (Something I find essential right now.)
WP8 for Linux also seems to be faster than the Windows version of the same product. Go Linux.