Jimbo Jones: "Make a note on your Newton to beat up Martin!" Dolph: (writes "Beat up Martin") (screen converts it to say "Eat up Martha") (Jimbo chucks the Newton at Martin's head)
I was in a situation similar to yours and I didn't want to waste time and money on a bullshit degree. I ultimately went with University of London because of reasonable cost and I'm a good self-studier.
If I had received this in my Inbox, I probably would have ignored it. It's interesting that I'm conditioned (brainwashed?) to ignore this stuff when it's in an email, but when I read it on/. I take it seriously.
It's already out. It's called C#Builder. I have a demo of it. It's neat, but I don't see its value of Visual Studio.NET just yet. I need to spend more time with it.
It was very kind of our beloved RIAA to reach such an amicable settlement with this 12-year-old girl's mother. Now 50 Cent will surely be able to afford that ivory backscratcher he has had his eye on.
The story's comment is misleading. You can't sit a VB.NET person down, show him C#, and expect him to know what's going on. Sure, the.NET class library calls are the same, but the syntax is a lot different.
I think it's much harder, however, for a C# person to work with VB.NET.
The article was scatterbrained, at best. I couldn't make it past chapter 2. What the hell is this guy trying to say? The awful color scheme doesn't help, either; I don't like having to highlight text in order to read it.
All that said, I offer my unasked-for opinion of "games journalism" on the Web: for the most part, it sucks. There are some really good sites that actually try to partake in real journalism, but there are far more sites that are just fanboy URLs to get free review copies from the games publishers.
I use to love IGN back before they just started hiring anyone who could type. The GameCube channel was particularly good (Peer Schneider and Matt Cassmassina really knew their stuff). But now, IGN is so bloated that the good parts (Cube) are dragged down by the bad parts (DVD, Gear, other non-game channels).
Now I only visit GameSpot, and that's just because of the clever writing style.
IBM released a Personal AS/400 a few years back. I have one as a footrest. Search Ebay. Oh, and AS/400s are midrange computers, not mainframes.
More importantly, head to ibm.com and read about the AS/400 architecture. Decide what OS you're going to concentrate on (OS/400 is a good choice), then decide what you want to do. Administration? There are tons of Windows-based tools for this. Programming? You'll want to look at RPG and/or COBOL, and CL is a must. You can program directly in the green screen environment or use one of the IBM tools.
After you get some knowledge, consider an internship at a local university or Fortune 500 company (assuming one is nearby). Shockingly, Hotels.com here in Dallas uses the AS/400 extensively. Maybe you can hook up with them in another capacity and then move over to the '400.
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Jimbo Jones: "Make a note on your Newton to beat up Martin!"
Dolph: (writes "Beat up Martin")
(screen converts it to say "Eat up Martha")
(Jimbo chucks the Newton at Martin's head)
Jimbo Jones: "Make a note on your Newton to beat up Martin!" Dolph:
You may also want to take a look at University of Waterloo. It has an excellent distance program too, and it is also a prestigious institution.
Finally, if UoL and UoW are not on your short list, check out this awesome list of accredited distance education schools.
I was in a situation similar to yours and I didn't want to waste time and money on a bullshit degree. I ultimately went with University of London because of reasonable cost and I'm a good self-studier.
If I had received this in my Inbox, I probably would have ignored it. It's interesting that I'm conditioned (brainwashed?) to ignore this stuff when it's in an email, but when I read it on /. I take it seriously.
What would be really cool is if Apple released a notebook with a 27" Trinitron CRT television built in.
It's already out. It's called C#Builder. I have a demo of it. It's neat, but I don't see its value of Visual Studio .NET just yet. I need to spend more time with it.
It was very kind of our beloved RIAA to reach such an amicable settlement with this 12-year-old girl's mother. Now 50 Cent will surely be able to afford that ivory backscratcher he has had his eye on.
Ariane in 1996
Ariane in 2002
How many of these cases have to be thrown out before people figure out they're not going to win?
Begun, the Clone() war has.
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What's the real value of going into space? This isn't a troll; I really want to know. Why spend the money?
I think it's much harder, however, for a C# person to work with VB.NET.
$150?? Are the pages gilded?
Of course, Darwin is another story. It should be a piece of cake to get it going.
All that said, I offer my unasked-for opinion of "games journalism" on the Web: for the most part, it sucks. There are some really good sites that actually try to partake in real journalism, but there are far more sites that are just fanboy URLs to get free review copies from the games publishers.
I use to love IGN back before they just started hiring anyone who could type. The GameCube channel was particularly good (Peer Schneider and Matt Cassmassina really knew their stuff). But now, IGN is so bloated that the good parts (Cube) are dragged down by the bad parts (DVD, Gear, other non-game channels).
Now I only visit GameSpot, and that's just because of the clever writing style.
Woe is me, the hapless gamer...
Maybe schools should teach practicing safe text.
"Carl and I have our Master's, but Homer just showed up when the plant opened."
Yes, you would really hate it if your projector burned an 8' image of Super Mario into a large white space on your wall.
I remember reading something a year or so ago about the German government subsidizing KDE development. I may be wrong on that.
Depending on your propensity to wear a tin foil hat, one could say that id software delays their games to ensure higher quality.
But I am a pervert. Is there a good book about that for me?
Someone will undoubtedly reply to this saying they have patented posting on /. patent stories.
IBM released a Personal AS/400 a few years back. I have one as a footrest. Search Ebay. Oh, and AS/400s are midrange computers, not mainframes.
More importantly, head to ibm.com and read about the AS/400 architecture. Decide what OS you're going to concentrate on (OS/400 is a good choice), then decide what you want to do. Administration? There are tons of Windows-based tools for this. Programming? You'll want to look at RPG and/or COBOL, and CL is a must. You can program directly in the green screen environment or use one of the IBM tools.
After you get some knowledge, consider an internship at a local university or Fortune 500 company (assuming one is nearby). Shockingly, Hotels.com here in Dallas uses the AS/400 extensively. Maybe you can hook up with them in another capacity and then move over to the '400.
That is indeed true, and John Carmack ported X11 to Darwin a while back.