"All certs prove is that you can read a manual and type answers. You too could be MENSA, same entrance exam, and same benfits (none)."
I can only laugh at this inane comment. To think that studying for a degree is a walk in the park is really quite pathetic. To suggest that all students have to do to get a degree is skim over a couple of good books and regurgitate the information in a 2 hour exam is ludicrous!!
More than anything, studying for any degree teaches anyone that gets through good time and workload management. Believe me. Anyone that gets a CS degree has to be able to code aswell, they just wouldn't get past their second year, let alone get four years done. I'm getting to my second year at glasgow university and we've been using Ada95, C, x86 assembly, MC68k assembly, and haskell. Next year we do a hell of a lot more (and I mean, a hell of a lot more, like no time for a social life AT ALL kind of a lot more) C, and Java too. Thats aswell as learning about databases and SQL, human-computer interaction, computer systems (we're talking processors, registers, buses & interrupts here), graphics and multimedia (generic term, i know), and much more next year, the topics of which I can't remember. Also next year I have to participate in a pretty large team project that lasts the length of the year, we have to code something, document it properly and conduct presentations on it too. And, between my third and fourth years, also go on a summer work placement.
Now, thats not nearly a complete list of what we look at IN DETAIL, but it gives you some idea of SOME of the stuff we look at. To say 'I have a degree, I'm guaranteed a job' is bullshit, I know, but to cast it off completely and say a degree just says you know how to pass the exam, is also bullshit.
Please think about the extreme amount of work that goes into achieving a degree before saying anything like that again.
It's sad to see Atari's legacy being abused by
yet another company who just lives on Atari's
fame.
Articles I've read (one in PC Gamer, i think... that is the UK one, not the US one) on infogrames buying the atari name have said that they intend to use the Atari name to distribute some of their higher quality *new* games.
This sounded interesting to me. In fact someone hinted that over time Infogrames would like to end up using the Atari brand for everything (although I take that story with a pinch of salt, considering the Infogrames name is pretty well respected anyway, and to get rid of it would be pointless).
In fact, looking at www.atari.com I see new games for the PS2. Granted, I haven't heard much at all of these games, but I'm sure Infogrames have a master plan, and are testing the water first before they jump into the waters with the Atari label on a big games.
The guy that runs it runs it well, and there's often new stuff uncovered (the kind of stuff people find in attics then realise its worth something) that can be quite interesting.
"what the heck are you talking about? You have a cure for nearsightedness? That's odd. Why doesn't the rest of the world know about it?"
What sunhou said is similar to what happened to me,
Although I've never been seriously short sighted, I did get glasses a couple of years back. I wore them while I was getting driving lessons, because although on a clear day in good light I was well within legal limits, if it were dull I had to wear the glasses.
After that I moved the monitor as far back on my desk as I could and sat further back. I regularly look away from the monitor, focusing at distance out my window. Whenever possible i'll try to focus on things farther away than closer to me.
I didn't think there had been much of a difference made to my eyesight, but when I went for another eye test under a year ago, my eyesight was significantly better, and as a result I have weaker glasses.
My eyesight isn't perfect, and reading for a while stresses my eyes and i can't focus too well at distance. Shutting my eyes for 5-10 minutes fixes this though.
What the optician told me was that short-sightedness is often inhereted from the parents. Heavy computer work (or anything where you focus close up at length) can merely aggrevate the condition and make you aware of it far earlier in life. Whether that's completely true or not I don't know, i'm no expert.
Fair enough, you say he said the tech was still new and this is a reasonable excuse as to why the phone mite hang up on him (if you excuse the pun).
But then any platform can crash. I saw my old Erricson A1018s crash on me a couple of times when sending a text message!!
But if any company was dumb enough to release something that was as unstable as the average Windows PC they would be committing ritual suicide. I dont think any of the mobile phone manufacturers are really *that* thick... -----
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"All certs prove is that you can read a manual and type answers. You too could be MENSA, same entrance exam, and same benfits (none)."
I can only laugh at this inane comment. To think that studying for a degree is a walk in the park is really quite pathetic. To suggest that all students have to do to get a degree is skim over a couple of good books and regurgitate the information in a 2 hour exam is ludicrous!!
More than anything, studying for any degree teaches anyone that gets through good time and workload management. Believe me. Anyone that gets a CS degree has to be able to code aswell, they just wouldn't get past their second year, let alone get four years done. I'm getting to my second year at glasgow university and we've been using Ada95, C, x86 assembly, MC68k assembly, and haskell. Next year we do a hell of a lot more (and I mean, a hell of a lot more, like no time for a social life AT ALL kind of a lot more) C, and Java too. Thats aswell as learning about databases and SQL, human-computer interaction, computer systems (we're talking processors, registers, buses & interrupts here), graphics and multimedia (generic term, i know), and much more next year, the topics of which I can't remember. Also next year I have to participate in a pretty large team project that lasts the length of the year, we have to code something, document it properly and conduct presentations on it too. And, between my third and fourth years, also go on a summer work placement.
Now, thats not nearly a complete list of what we look at IN DETAIL, but it gives you some idea of SOME of the stuff we look at. To say 'I have a degree, I'm guaranteed a job' is bullshit, I know, but to cast it off completely and say a degree just says you know how to pass the exam, is also bullshit.
Please think about the extreme amount of work that goes into achieving a degree before saying anything like that again.
It's sad to see Atari's legacy being abused by
... that is the UK one, not the US one) on infogrames buying the atari name have said that they intend to use the Atari name to distribute some of their higher quality *new* games.
yet another company who just lives on Atari's
fame.
Articles I've read (one in PC Gamer, i think
This sounded interesting to me. In fact someone hinted that over time Infogrames would like to end up using the Atari brand for everything (although I take that story with a pinch of salt, considering the Infogrames name is pretty well respected anyway, and to get rid of it would be pointless).
In fact, looking at www.atari.com I see new games for the PS2. Granted, I haven't heard much at all of these games, but I'm sure Infogrames have a master plan, and are testing the water first before they jump into the waters with the Atari label on a big games.
try The Atari Historical Society for information on atari.
The guy that runs it runs it well, and there's often new stuff uncovered (the kind of stuff people find in attics then realise its worth something) that can be quite interesting.
Well worth a read if you like that sort of thing.
"what the heck are you talking about? You have a cure for nearsightedness? That's odd. Why doesn't the rest of the world know about it?"
What sunhou said is similar to what happened to me,
Although I've never been seriously short sighted, I did get glasses a couple of years back. I wore them while I was getting driving lessons, because although on a clear day in good light I was well within legal limits, if it were dull I had to wear the glasses.
After that I moved the monitor as far back on my desk as I could and sat further back. I regularly look away from the monitor, focusing at distance out my window. Whenever possible i'll try to focus on things farther away than closer to me.
I didn't think there had been much of a difference made to my eyesight, but when I went for another eye test under a year ago, my eyesight was significantly better, and as a result I have weaker glasses.
My eyesight isn't perfect, and reading for a while stresses my eyes and i can't focus too well at distance. Shutting my eyes for 5-10 minutes fixes this though.
What the optician told me was that short-sightedness is often inhereted from the parents. Heavy computer work (or anything where you focus close up at length) can merely aggrevate the condition and make you aware of it far earlier in life. Whether that's completely true or not I don't know, i'm no expert.
But then any platform can crash. I saw my old Erricson A1018s crash on me a couple of times when sending a text message!!
But if any company was dumb enough to release something that was as unstable as the average Windows PC they would be committing ritual suicide. I dont think any of the mobile phone manufacturers are really *that* thick...
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All thats changed since then is that the gfx are more impressive and sound counts for something :)
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