Nice, I know the second author of that since I just got my masters there in CS.
Also, screw 'UW-Madison'. It is 'UW' and I hate that people put it on the same level as all the other bullshit UW-* schools (http://www.wisconsin.edu/campuses/).
First, office suite applications are not computer science. If you want to teach the CS version of word processing, teach them LaTeX. In the meantime, I recommend something that I didn't do: start with a functional language like Scheme (I started with K&R). I TA'd for a Java intro class and it never went well. All the PL (programming language) grad students I know hate C++, and that leaves Python, Ruby, and the functional languages.
Scheme is pretty simple, and probably appropriate for HS-level coursework. One of my intro classes was with Scheme and I liked it (we used the wizard book, a friend of mine had The Little Schemer at his school). I've heard good arguments for using functional languages for introductory courses, but I don't really remember them:(.
Test bank? Who uses test banks? I don't know a single professor in my department (computer science) who doesn't write their own tests. I guess that's just a business school thing?
I also don't think it's possible to know who cheated, just how many.
Ugh, can we please stop appending '–Madison' to the name of the university? Nobody says 'University of Minnesota–Twin Cities'. I know nobody will listen:(.
It depends on how many of them like to chew with their mouths open at their desks. Seriously, some people just do not understand how obnoxious this can be.
Yeah, I have a bit of disdain for software engineering, so I would never think to mention it. I agree with most of that, except for the UML.
I meant that you learn languages on your own to get along, but it shouldn't be a part of the curriculum. Once you have learned a couple languages, you realize that they're all the same. The only way language-learning belongs in the curriculum is (1) for an intro class, (2) the class spends only a couple weeks on the language, or (3) a low or zero credit course teaches a language.
(First of all, the article title brought the biggest smile to my face.)
At least you can use it. I had Scheme for my intro class, and that doesn't exactly come in handy unless you're in PL. Anyway, I'm self-taught in almost every language I know. Most classes I've had either tell you 'we're using X, so keep up' or 'just write it, we don't care how'. Maybe take each summer as an opportunity to learn a new language.
I definitely get pissed off when I hear whiny untalented graduates say their CS program didn't give them what they needed in the real world (so don't be one of them). Good CS programs don't waste time teaching languages. It's all about the algorithms, data structures, and theory.
That said, you'll need to know some languages backwards and forwards. At least a general-purpose language (C, C++, Java, Go, etc) and a scripting language (Python, Perl, etc). Definitely learn how to do parallel programming in some of them. Also regular expressions: built-in to many languages and accessible from the rest.
Well at least I agree with you. As long as you're using OpenSSH in the default configuration (though I always enable the VisualHostKey option when it's available), you'll be fine.
Now, some people will claim that having 8-character indentations makes the code move too far to the right, and makes it hard to read on a 80-character terminal screen. The answer to that is that if you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program.
And yes, sometimes I do read and write code on 80-character terminals.
I've discovered something nice about using this in C++. The body of a function defined inside a class is implicitly inline, and so it should be very simple. The extra initial indentation immediately gives less space for any complicated functions.
So throw out the 80-column rule, then? And what of statement-line-break indentation? I use BSD KNF, so I indent blocks at mod-8 offsets and broken lines are at mod-4 offsets. It doesn't work when you change the sizes of tab stops. The idiots that keep redefining the tab character are fucking it up for everybody.
// vim: set tabstop=8 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=8 noexpandtab: ftw
I have been complaining about this for a while. You cannot mix http and https content in a page, so the only solution is to send the whole page and all the gadgets over https. This is possible to do now, though you have to type in https://www.google.com/ig (necessary parts: https, www,/ig). There is also no preference for this as far as I can tell.
The GPL does more than insist that code remain open. Any source code that is built with it (not by it) must be open. Stallman went as far as to say that code that assumed a GNU interface should be open source and GPL-compatible, or some such nonsense. Therefore we now have the GPL linking exception. At the very least, I at least see the consequences of licenses, and that isn't useless.
Sure. I tried out ext4 when the developers announced it was stable and lost all my data. ZFS is still a valid reason to choose FreeBSD over Linux. If I am going to use ZFS, then Linux is the wrong choice (key word: 'I').
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I can't find it in Windows Update, even after refreshing the list of updates. Here's the real link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-10/worldwide-languages
Save the budget cuts! NASA is a dead corporation, so why are we wasting money on them? I am partially kidding.
Nice, I know the second author of that since I just got my masters there in CS. Also, screw 'UW-Madison'. It is 'UW' and I hate that people put it on the same level as all the other bullshit UW-* schools (http://www.wisconsin.edu/campuses/).
Oh, and the wizard book is free online: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
First, office suite applications are not computer science. If you want to teach the CS version of word processing, teach them LaTeX. In the meantime, I recommend something that I didn't do: start with a functional language like Scheme (I started with K&R). I TA'd for a Java intro class and it never went well. All the PL (programming language) grad students I know hate C++, and that leaves Python, Ruby, and the functional languages.
Scheme is pretty simple, and probably appropriate for HS-level coursework. One of my intro classes was with Scheme and I liked it (we used the wizard book, a friend of mine had The Little Schemer at his school). I've heard good arguments for using functional languages for introductory courses, but I don't really remember them :(.
But that's not a beard, then. I usually have mine on 5, but it's gone well beyond 9 now. This is getting out of control. Some might say 'hairy'.
I also don't think it's possible to know who cheated, just how many.
Ugh, can we please stop appending '–Madison' to the name of the university? Nobody says 'University of Minnesota–Twin Cities'. I know nobody will listen :(.
-Markus Peloquin, University of Wisconsin
It depends on how many of them like to chew with their mouths open at their desks. Seriously, some people just do not understand how obnoxious this can be.
Yeah, I have a bit of disdain for software engineering, so I would never think to mention it. I agree with most of that, except for the UML.
I meant that you learn languages on your own to get along, but it shouldn't be a part of the curriculum. Once you have learned a couple languages, you realize that they're all the same. The only way language-learning belongs in the curriculum is (1) for an intro class, (2) the class spends only a couple weeks on the language, or (3) a low or zero credit course teaches a language.
(First of all, the article title brought the biggest smile to my face.)
At least you can use it. I had Scheme for my intro class, and that doesn't exactly come in handy unless you're in PL. Anyway, I'm self-taught in almost every language I know. Most classes I've had either tell you 'we're using X, so keep up' or 'just write it, we don't care how'. Maybe take each summer as an opportunity to learn a new language.
I definitely get pissed off when I hear whiny untalented graduates say their CS program didn't give them what they needed in the real world (so don't be one of them). Good CS programs don't waste time teaching languages. It's all about the algorithms, data structures, and theory.
That said, you'll need to know some languages backwards and forwards. At least a general-purpose language (C, C++, Java, Go, etc) and a scripting language (Python, Perl, etc). Definitely learn how to do parallel programming in some of them. Also regular expressions: built-in to many languages and accessible from the rest.
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=12052006
Okay, I'm pretty sure Gmail never sent passwords over the clear. Like everybody else, they used encryption only for establishing credentials.
That gun looks pretty badass. Is it real or a model from some game?
Well at least I agree with you. As long as you're using OpenSSH in the default configuration (though I always enable the VisualHostKey option when it's available), you'll be fine.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/CodingStyle;h=8bb37237ebd25b19759cc47874c63155406ea28f;hb=HEAD
Now, some people will claim that having 8-character indentations makes
the code move too far to the right, and makes it hard to read on a
80-character terminal screen. The answer to that is that if you need
more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix
your program.
And yes, sometimes I do read and write code on 80-character terminals.
I've discovered something nice about using this in C++. The body of a function defined inside a class is implicitly inline, and so it should be very simple. The extra initial indentation immediately gives less space for any complicated functions.
So throw out the 80-column rule, then? And what of statement-line-break indentation? I use BSD KNF, so I indent blocks at mod-8 offsets and broken lines are at mod-4 offsets. It doesn't work when you change the sizes of tab stops. The idiots that keep redefining the tab character are fucking it up for everybody.
// vim: set tabstop=8 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=8 noexpandtab: ftw
I guess I should be more specific. Two documents that were sent over differing protocols cannot interact. A frame or iframe has its own document.
Or are you referring to my use of 'you' as a genderless third person?
Ha! Ironically I never tested to search with https iGoogle.
Offtopic? You cannot be serious.
I have been complaining about this for a while. You cannot mix http and https content in a page, so the only solution is to send the whole page and all the gadgets over https. This is possible to do now, though you have to type in https://www.google.com/ig (necessary parts: https, www, /ig). There is also no preference for this as far as I can tell.
Sweet. Now we won't have to worry about Unix clocks overflowing.
And why is that not fair?
Never said it wasn't. /thread
The GPL does more than insist that code remain open. Any source code that is built with it (not by it) must be open. Stallman went as far as to say that code that assumed a GNU interface should be open source and GPL-compatible, or some such nonsense. Therefore we now have the GPL linking exception. At the very least, I at least see the consequences of licenses, and that isn't useless.
Sure. I tried out ext4 when the developers announced it was stable and lost all my data. ZFS is still a valid reason to choose FreeBSD over Linux. If I am going to use ZFS, then Linux is the wrong choice (key word: 'I').