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Seems they can't invert a signal. To bad that's one of the most important logic operations. I don't have a clue how they will invert a signal with the method they are using. Cool article though..
1. Accept the small lump sum offered by Microsoft and loose the donations from alumni.
2. Turn down MS and keep the donations from the almuni flowing.
The almuni in Waterloo donate a lot more money than MS would give for a c# program. A university is still a buisness and they proved it by following the path of the money:)
160M default install is a lot better than a 400-600M install with other *Nix and BSD flavors. Be a lot easier to get this distro down below the 50M mark I think.
Just to make a quick point about the way we are tested in Canada. When I go into an exam I expect to see questions that I've never seen before or even thought of before. This type of testing not only challenges the students but it makes us understand the theory of what we are learning. I've heard from people in teh states that the testing is not as difficult in the states (well for the most part).
That sucks your program sucked though. Maybe it woudl be worth while to attempt to go to school in Canada?:)
#1: In Canada Engineers must take Art's courses to graduate. I myself have taken 6 so far and I got to do 1 more before graduation. These arts courses make us "a more well-balanced person". Also in Canada most schools have Coop programs which gives us the ability to work in the industry, attend meetings, give presentations, write reports etc. I think that making an engineer take more history,humanities than we already do is like making an English major do Vector Calculus.
#2: I'm not sure what program you attended but I am after learning to much theory. We cover how stuff works to the atomic level. We derive all our forumlas. One of my profs always said that he will give us one equation on an exam. V=IR:) Everythign can be derived from that.
Good points thought but it's not true for all schools and programs. Just thought i'd say that.
If someone can't travel without the need for playing games then a life would be the best fix imho.:) Don't mean to sound harsh but make him get out an enjoy the places he will be visiting. There are so many people to meet and things to see out there. I myself wouldn't be worried about how I will play UT or some other game.
That sounds like a great idea to be quite honest. I live in one of the smallest provinces in Canada though and the population around where I live just doesn't warrent the such gaming rooms. We have to hack together our own networks wherever we can find a convienient place to play.
I'm jealous though. 1.50 an hour is nothing in the grand scheme of things though:)
When me and my friends throw a LAN Party we just put it off at our university. We disconnect all the machines in a lab and then plug our own in. DHCP, Fast Connection, 19" monitors and everythign else already configured.
It's the best way to network but you got to know/be an admin to tear apart a network like that:)
I'm a computer engineering student in my 4th year of study @ Memorial University. Right now we have to do an Assesment of Technology course and an Ethics course before we graduate. The Ass. tech covers the social implications of past tech. work and other topics along those lines.
I also never heard of a CE/EE student in Canada/USA who don't have to do these courses and i'm quite sure that we make up a fair share of the "Hackers" In the world.
Modes are an amazing thing. I've played Bid for Power which is a mod for quake II. This game blew my mind away as to what they did with just mods. If anyone remembers the article Making Games Live Longer With Mods posted on slashdot it goes to show that Mods are powerfull things.
For a hobbyist modding would be great because like you said it's free. Hell even Team Fortress is making money off being a mod. They get to use the Quake engine without paying any fees:)
Me and my friends around the office have been talking today about the whole sept 11th event and terrorist attacks in general in Europe and NA this morning. My point is how would they secure this 10 billion dollar investment? If this ribbon is attacked by a plane 1 km up in the air how would they stop it? Also if the ribbon is cut would they be able to fix it or would they ahve to replace all of it?
I think it's a great idea to build but at the same time how do you protect something so big?
That's a pretty good deal actually but those prices are in American. By the time I change it to canadian, shipping and other misc. chargest it would be better for me to buy them new in Canada:)
If you want to buy used cds from stores they cost just as much as it would new. In my travels I have found that I can only save a few bucks by buying them second hand and the majority of the used cd's for sale are just bad music i.e. No Zeppelin cd's but 20 copies of Hanson.
Only way to buy them second hand is if you cut the middle man out and buy directly from the person. I just figure I would make that point though.
If 3 PS3's can do the same i'm going to have to pick me up a few and let them crunch packets for me. Be cool to see how many packets a day you could get though.
I guess you never used java to program on a pic before? Or attempt to do some hardware control. You can't have a robot where there is 1 second lag in it's choices. I never ever had a problem with c/c++ on a pic.
From that experience alone I always thougth of java as a slower language. Java has it's place and it's not on a microcontroller:)
But the beauty of java is that we don't have to directly access/manage memory. I for one would be scared to see what would happen if you gave a java programmer access to pointers when they never programmed in c/c++ before. Java does have pointers though because everythign is passed by referennce but it's all done for you. Pretty sweet actually...
Operator overloading is an excellent way to code in c++ but I have no problems in saying Array.copy(array1, array2) myself.
If you ask me the major problem with java is the speed issue. It will never be as fast as c/c++. But thats life...
One time I installed Linux and followed there HOWTO instructions while I was upgrading hardware and I had a crash happen. I was also too lazy to look for further help...
I never trust other people talking about crashs when they don't look into what the problem was:) Not the smartest way to install software:)
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Seems they can't invert a signal. To bad that's one of the most important logic operations. I don't have a clue how they will invert a signal with the method they are using. Cool article though..
Well Waterloo had two choices with regards to c#.
:)
1. Accept the small lump sum offered by Microsoft and loose the donations from alumni.
2. Turn down MS and keep the donations from the almuni flowing.
The almuni in Waterloo donate a lot more money than MS would give for a c# program. A university is still a buisness and they proved it by following the path of the money
160M default install is a lot better than a 400-600M install with other *Nix and BSD flavors. Be a lot easier to get this distro down below the 50M mark I think.
I was always told that Imitation is the best form of flattery. I would be kinda proud that my drawings help won a 50 million dollar contract.
:)
Well that's just me
Electrical and Computer Engineering Memorial University out ranks Waterloo and U of T. But overall Waterloo has a great program and so is U of T
U of T is a great school. Also check out Waterloo , Simon Frasier and Memorial University. I think they are the top 4 in Canada in order?
Just to make a quick point about the way we are tested in Canada. When I go into an exam I expect to see questions that I've never seen before or even thought of before. This type of testing not only challenges the students but it makes us understand the theory of what we are learning. I've heard from people in teh states that the testing is not as difficult in the states (well for the most part).
:)
That sucks your program sucked though. Maybe it woudl be worth while to attempt to go to school in Canada?
#1: In Canada Engineers must take Art's courses to graduate. I myself have taken 6 so far and I got to do 1 more before graduation. These arts courses make us "a more well-balanced person". Also in Canada most schools have Coop programs which gives us the ability to work in the industry, attend meetings, give presentations, write reports etc. I think that making an engineer take more history,humanities than we already do is like making an English major do Vector Calculus.
:) Everythign can be derived from that.
#2: I'm not sure what program you attended but I am after learning to much theory. We cover how stuff works to the atomic level. We derive all our forumlas. One of my profs always said that he will give us one equation on an exam. V=IR
Good points thought but it's not true for all schools and programs. Just thought i'd say that.
If someone can't travel without the need for playing games then a life would be the best fix imho. :) Don't mean to sound harsh but make him get out an enjoy the places he will be visiting. There are so many people to meet and things to see out there. I myself wouldn't be worried about how I will play UT or some other game.
:)
Well that's just my 2 cents
That sounds like a great idea to be quite honest. I live in one of the smallest provinces in Canada though and the population around where I live just doesn't warrent the such gaming rooms. We have to hack together our own networks wherever we can find a convienient place to play.
:)
I'm jealous though. 1.50 an hour is nothing in the grand scheme of things though
When me and my friends throw a LAN Party we just put it off at our university. We disconnect all the machines in a lab and then plug our own in. DHCP, Fast Connection, 19" monitors and everythign else already configured.
:)
It's the best way to network but you got to know/be an admin to tear apart a network like that
If hacking = terrorism then RIAA and MPAA would be considered terrorists (according to this article).
:)
Let's fight the war on terroism and start trading mp3's!!
"I believe in everything in moderation. Including moderation." -Dean DeLeo, Stone Temple Pilots
I'm a computer engineering student in my 4th year of study @ Memorial University. Right now we have to do an Assesment of Technology course and an Ethics course before we graduate. The Ass. tech covers the social implications of past tech. work and other topics along those lines.
:)
I also never heard of a CE/EE student in Canada/USA who don't have to do these courses and i'm quite sure that we make up a fair share of the "Hackers" In the world.
Either way they are interesting courses to take
Would they rebuild the Bronx as it is now? :)
Modes are an amazing thing. I've played Bid for Power which is a mod for quake II. This game blew my mind away as to what they did with just mods. If anyone remembers the article Making Games Live Longer With Mods posted on slashdot it goes to show that Mods are powerfull things.
:)
For a hobbyist modding would be great because like you said it's free. Hell even Team Fortress is making money off being a mod. They get to use the Quake engine without paying any fees
Me and my friends around the office have been talking today about the whole sept 11th event and terrorist attacks in general in Europe and NA this morning. My point is how would they secure this 10 billion dollar investment? If this ribbon is attacked by a plane 1 km up in the air how would they stop it? Also if the ribbon is cut would they be able to fix it or would they ahve to replace all of it?
I think it's a great idea to build but at the same time how do you protect something so big?
That's a pretty good deal actually but those prices are in American. By the time I change it to canadian, shipping and other misc. chargest it would be better for me to buy them new in Canada :)
If you want to buy used cds from stores they cost just as much as it would new. In my travels I have found that I can only save a few bucks by buying them second hand and the majority of the used cd's for sale are just bad music i.e. No Zeppelin cd's but 20 copies of Hanson.
Only way to buy them second hand is if you cut the middle man out and buy directly from the person. I just figure I would make that point though.
If 3 PS3's can do the same i'm going to have to pick me up a few and let them crunch packets for me. Be cool to see how many packets a day you could get though.
I guess you never used java to program on a pic before? Or attempt to do some hardware control. You can't have a robot where there is 1 second lag in it's choices. I never ever had a problem with c/c++ on a pic.
:)
From that experience alone I always thougth of java as a slower language. Java has it's place and it's not on a microcontroller
But the beauty of java is that we don't have to directly access/manage memory. I for one would be scared to see what would happen if you gave a java programmer access to pointers when they never programmed in c/c++ before. Java does have pointers though because everythign is passed by referennce but it's all done for you. Pretty sweet actually...
Operator overloading is an excellent way to code in c++ but I have no problems in saying Array.copy(array1, array2) myself.
If you ask me the major problem with java is the speed issue. It will never be as fast as c/c++. But thats life...
Overclocked cpu, Bad HD, Bad Cache, Bad Ram, Overheating, Wrong Arch are just a few problems it could have been. Unlikely yes but possible..
One time I installed Linux and followed there HOWTO instructions while I was upgrading hardware and I had a crash happen. I was also too lazy to look for further help...
:) Not the smartest way to install software :)
I never trust other people talking about crashs when they don't look into what the problem was
I wonder what what would happen if someone was installing Gentoo? :) Shitty deal if you ask me