Well, I think its important to recognize that there is a large difference between the type of work one would typically do with a CS degree and the work of a system administrator. In fact, most colleges offer a CS degree and an IT degree. As it has been explained to me, CS is more the study of how to create software to solve a problem while IT is more of using current software to fit a company's needs while also dealing with management and other people. IT professionals very much need to be people persons, while CS professionals can deal more with theory and creating software.
I would say that any internship or Co-Op type offer would be a good one. It always looks good to come right out of college with professional work experience on your resume. That is something that will make you stand out from other applicants for a job. Most buisnesses are eager to hire Co-Op students, because they get someone who can do the work of a professional for a much lower price.
Yea...I'm looking into a college that requires Co-Op as part of the curriculum, and from what current students have said, it seems that getting a Co-Op is really something great. You get professional experience and get paid at the same time. Most businesses are eager to hire Co-Ops because they can do the work of professionals for a fraction of the price. Its a win-win situation for the company and you.
In a presentation by a CS Professor at a local university, he stated that it is basically a bunch of hog-wash that CS jobs don't exist. His claim is that CS is a difficult field that requires experience and serious talent. It may seem like jobs don't exist now, but that is compared to when anyone who could write html could get a job paying 80 grand a year. Not so now, you have to know what you are doing and not just be an advanced computer user computers. Sure the economy is slower now, but that is true with all jobs. As a soon to be CS major, I hope what he says is true. Even so, I plan to get plenty of professional experience under my belt before I enter the work force.
as long as they let the user choose when the clock cycles are "free" and there are no other hidden fees or anything like that. As long as my computer operates like normal without any speed decrease when I want to use it, they can take as many cycles as they want when its not being used.
Underground pipes carry the manure to a heated cement pit. For 21 days, it cooks gently at about 100 degrees, making it a perfect environment for hungry bacteria.
Nothing like waking up to the wonderful smell of slow cooked cow manure!
yea...thats pretty much true for any embeded device (not just linux ones). Rarely do they get updated. Well, I gtg, I have to install a new patch on my microwave:-P
exciting for about a handfull of people, but for everyone else this doesn't really matter. Not too many people are going to run out and purchase a brand new 64 bit box to host CS games on. I have run a CS server on my PII 400 box and it can host the game fine, but my cable modem is the bottleneck that causes the pings to go through the roof. With 32 or 64 bits this isn't going to change. So, unless you have a T1 or money out the wazoo, this isn't that big of a deal.
If it ain't broke don't fix it...a wise man once said. GNOME doesn't leave me wanting anything more. Why waste a few hours of my life and about a gig of hd space to install something I don't really need? Take your car for instance. I'm sure that you enjoy driving it and that it gets the job done. Are you going to scrap that car for one that is simply a different color? Plus, I've used this computer with various oses and I know its limits...it ain't gonna get much faster than its running now.
I use GNOME every day, and I don't see whats so bad about it. Granted, I haven't really used KDE in a while, and I don't intend to. If GNOME does everything that I need it to with no complaints, then why switch? To me, GNOME is very stable and fast (even on this old PII 400), plus it runs all my favorite apps natively. What more could you want?
Does anyone know where I can download the full v1.9 iwad? I have the demo version or whatever, but I need the full one in order to be able to run this new map. I know I should buy these things, but I'm just a poor student...
eh...actually my speakers aren't that bad (They are Boston Acustics). I think it might have something to do with the drive for the sound card I'm using.
Yea, I believe that ogg is better than mp3. It's just that when I want to take my music with me I still have to convert the ogg files to mp3 ones, so in the end I will be listening to mp3.
Wow...thanks. I never realized this. Well, I really don't need the ogg support. It would be nice, but my collection is in mp3 format so this player works out. I'm just glad that you told me where I can find the latest firmware upgrades. Thanks a lot.
I wish my high school had a robotics programming lab, or let alone a Linux one. Hell, I'd even take a decent teacher. My teacher actually asked us once what cout does. Yea...I'm learning a lot this year...
uhhh....my Rio Volt (I don't know if the original poster was talking about a Rio Volt but thats what I am talking about) is definetly made by Sonic Blue (may have still been called Diamond MM when I bought it). Go here to see what I mean.
I use xmms...and the equalizer doesn't seem to have any effect on ogg files...could just be something wrong w/ my install. For reference I'm using the xmms version that came w/ RedHat 8.0
I agree, I love my Rio Volt SP250. It has the capability to be upgraded to include an ogg decoder, as soon as SonicBlue decides to write the code (which in my estimation would probably take one coder one day at the most seeing how ogg decoders are open source and they would only have to convert it to their hardware). I was hoping that I could find a hack to get ogg working on the Rio SP250, however I was unable to find anything. Instead, I just converted my files from ogg to 192 kbps mp3s which sound better anyway cause I can run them through the equalizer in xmms.
I have to say that on my linux box, mp3s sound much better than ogg files because i have the ability to use the equalizer with the mp3s. I guess ogg could sound better and it could be true that i'm not using the best driver. Either way, I'm sure that everyone would enjoy an eq in their portable players.
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Well, I think its important to recognize that there is a large difference between the type of work one would typically do with a CS degree and the work of a system administrator. In fact, most colleges offer a CS degree and an IT degree. As it has been explained to me, CS is more the study of how to create software to solve a problem while IT is more of using current software to fit a company's needs while also dealing with management and other people. IT professionals very much need to be people persons, while CS professionals can deal more with theory and creating software.
I would say that any internship or Co-Op type offer would be a good one. It always looks good to come right out of college with professional work experience on your resume. That is something that will make you stand out from other applicants for a job. Most buisnesses are eager to hire Co-Op students, because they get someone who can do the work of a professional for a much lower price.
Yea...I'm looking into a college that requires Co-Op as part of the curriculum, and from what current students have said, it seems that getting a Co-Op is really something great. You get professional experience and get paid at the same time. Most businesses are eager to hire Co-Ops because they can do the work of professionals for a fraction of the price. Its a win-win situation for the company and you.
In a presentation by a CS Professor at a local university, he stated that it is basically a bunch of hog-wash that CS jobs don't exist. His claim is that CS is a difficult field that requires experience and serious talent. It may seem like jobs don't exist now, but that is compared to when anyone who could write html could get a job paying 80 grand a year. Not so now, you have to know what you are doing and not just be an advanced computer user computers. Sure the economy is slower now, but that is true with all jobs. As a soon to be CS major, I hope what he says is true. Even so, I plan to get plenty of professional experience under my belt before I enter the work force.
as long as they let the user choose when the clock cycles are "free" and there are no other hidden fees or anything like that. As long as my computer operates like normal without any speed decrease when I want to use it, they can take as many cycles as they want when its not being used.
Underground pipes carry the manure to a heated cement pit. For 21 days, it cooks gently at about 100 degrees, making it a perfect environment for hungry bacteria.
Nothing like waking up to the wonderful smell of slow cooked cow manure!
yea...thats pretty much true for any embeded device (not just linux ones). Rarely do they get updated. Well, I gtg, I have to install a new patch on my microwave :-P
and they probably have a T1 and money out the wazoo
exciting for about a handfull of people, but for everyone else this doesn't really matter. Not too many people are going to run out and purchase a brand new 64 bit box to host CS games on. I have run a CS server on my PII 400 box and it can host the game fine, but my cable modem is the bottleneck that causes the pings to go through the roof. With 32 or 64 bits this isn't going to change. So, unless you have a T1 or money out the wazoo, this isn't that big of a deal.
If it ain't broke don't fix it...a wise man once said. GNOME doesn't leave me wanting anything more. Why waste a few hours of my life and about a gig of hd space to install something I don't really need? Take your car for instance. I'm sure that you enjoy driving it and that it gets the job done. Are you going to scrap that car for one that is simply a different color? Plus, I've used this computer with various oses and I know its limits...it ain't gonna get much faster than its running now.
I use GNOME every day, and I don't see whats so bad about it. Granted, I haven't really used KDE in a while, and I don't intend to. If GNOME does everything that I need it to with no complaints, then why switch? To me, GNOME is very stable and fast (even on this old PII 400), plus it runs all my favorite apps natively. What more could you want?
I think your right...I even got modded down so no one will ever know!!!!!
Why the hell is this front page news?
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Does anyone know where I can download the full v1.9 iwad? I have the demo version or whatever, but I need the full one in order to be able to run this new map. I know I should buy these things, but I'm just a poor student...
How long will it be before the Chinese leak the source to the net?
eh...actually my speakers aren't that bad (They are Boston Acustics). I think it might have something to do with the drive for the sound card I'm using.
Yea, I believe that ogg is better than mp3. It's just that when I want to take my music with me I still have to convert the ogg files to mp3 ones, so in the end I will be listening to mp3.
Wow...thanks. I never realized this. Well, I really don't need the ogg support. It would be nice, but my collection is in mp3 format so this player works out. I'm just glad that you told me where I can find the latest firmware upgrades. Thanks a lot.
I wish my high school had a robotics programming lab, or let alone a Linux one. Hell, I'd even take a decent teacher. My teacher actually asked us once what cout does. Yea...I'm learning a lot this year...
uhhh....my Rio Volt (I don't know if the original poster was talking about a Rio Volt but thats what I am talking about) is definetly made by Sonic Blue (may have still been called Diamond MM when I bought it). Go here to see what I mean.
I use xmms...and the equalizer doesn't seem to have any effect on ogg files...could just be something wrong w/ my install. For reference I'm using the xmms version that came w/ RedHat 8.0
I agree, I love my Rio Volt SP250. It has the capability to be upgraded to include an ogg decoder, as soon as SonicBlue decides to write the code (which in my estimation would probably take one coder one day at the most seeing how ogg decoders are open source and they would only have to convert it to their hardware). I was hoping that I could find a hack to get ogg working on the Rio SP250, however I was unable to find anything. Instead, I just converted my files from ogg to 192 kbps mp3s which sound better anyway cause I can run them through the equalizer in xmms.
I have to say that on my linux box, mp3s sound much better than ogg files because i have the ability to use the equalizer with the mp3s. I guess ogg could sound better and it could be true that i'm not using the best driver. Either way, I'm sure that everyone would enjoy an eq in their portable players.