Personally I think Internet access should be licensed, just like Ham Radio is. And tech support people should be able to revoke that license at any time for any reason. "You installed WHAT?! I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to revoke your Interent license."
I know (think, hope?) you're joking, but I just have to point out how bad an idea this is. Licensing will invariably end up in the hands of a corporation or a government entity that listens to corporations, upon which "You installed WHAT?!" will refer to the random piece of OSS the tech support people don't know about or even the stuff they're paid to suppress.
"teaching languages" are crap. I maintain that it really wouldn't be that much more effort to use a real language. Also, my AP CS A class had lots of trouble using Java (they can't read compiler errors except for line numbers); I doubt they could screw up C++ worse.
That question took me approximately five minutes. Also, I compiled the case study code about a month before the test and can assure you it works. Maybe you should rtfm? Incidentally, the review book I used for the test seemed to mention that recursion was the way to deal with binary trees, though I didn't really look at that closely because I was taking the A test.
This year is the first year that the AP test has been given in Java. The switch was made this year as well, so turnout was probably a bit low as schools were slow to switch. Here's a PDF explaining why the language was switched.
If you don't know that Java won't let you do implicit typecasting to a more restrictive type (int to double, or Object to String, say), you're in for a world of hurt on the exam. I don't know if C++ allows implicit casting of objects (I took AP CS A this year, it was a complete joke - teacher sucked, class slow, AB not offered, and this was at a special math, science, and technology center; my only experience in C++ is said center's 9th grade intro class), but it's certainly one of my pet peeves about Java. Point being that students are tested somewhat on knowledge of Java. Students are also tested on knowledge of their cute little Marine Biology Case Study, though a smart kid could probably read the code and figure it out in the test time without too much difficulty.
The Gentoo Handbook discusses all the choices involved in installing and explains exactly what to do every step of the way so you don't have to rely on (m)any automated installation programs. (There does exist a program to configure and build the kernel for you, but why use it?)
We need to concentrate everything on making sure Bush doesn't get into office again. Normally, I'd agree with you (Socialist tendencies here), but the man is just such a dick.
You forgot 5.5: say something novel and/or not ENTIRELY obvious! That's pretty much how I do papers on novels: introduce the ideas from the novel and take it a step further...IAAHSS (I Am A High School Student)
It's not secure when used with people you don't know in person and trust - one of them could eventually let an investigator (even RIAA rep, for example, would be damaging to anyone infringing their music copyrights) into your network. This means it can't be used on the Napster/KaZaA/Gnutella scale.
It'd still be relatively unsafe to use a WASTE-like system on a large scale - as long as the feds can download it, they can probably catch you (compare with "as long as I can hear it, I can rip it")
As an electrical engineering major, I can tell that at least half the people that graduate aren't worth having in a company.
Only half? You should visit your local high school some time...
Hmmm...I say we stamp out this faulty "it should just work" assumption about computers that seems to have existed since the dawn of time (aka the 90s). Of course, some of these people need to take classes just to use basic software, so the problem is probably with their general education. Oh, wait, we KNOW American schools suck! (sorry, U.S.-centric site and I have no data on other countries' schools)
Speed limits: of course you wouldn't want all those other idiots driving so damn fast, but YOU need to get there on time.
Taxes: of course you'd like some help and support and if you needed it...
This is quite similar to what would happen if Microsoft took all of the GNU tools, changed them slightly, and released their own Free Windows OS
You know, that's one hell of a fallback plan for MS in its quest for world dominaton...
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Personally I think Internet access should be licensed, just like Ham Radio is. And tech support people should be able to revoke that license at any time for any reason. "You installed WHAT?! I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to revoke your Interent license."
I know (think, hope?) you're joking, but I just have to point out how bad an idea this is. Licensing will invariably end up in the hands of a corporation or a government entity that listens to corporations, upon which "You installed WHAT?!" will refer to the random piece of OSS the tech support people don't know about or even the stuff they're paid to suppress.
"teaching languages" are crap. I maintain that it really wouldn't be that much more effort to use a real language. Also, my AP CS A class had lots of trouble using Java (they can't read compiler errors except for line numbers); I doubt they could screw up C++ worse.
That question took me approximately five minutes. Also, I compiled the case study code about a month before the test and can assure you it works. Maybe you should rtfm? Incidentally, the review book I used for the test seemed to mention that recursion was the way to deal with binary trees, though I didn't really look at that closely because I was taking the A test.
This year is the first year that the AP test has been given in Java. The switch was made this year as well, so turnout was probably a bit low as schools were slow to switch. Here's a PDF explaining why the language was switched.
If you don't know that Java won't let you do implicit typecasting to a more restrictive type (int to double, or Object to String, say), you're in for a world of hurt on the exam. I don't know if C++ allows implicit casting of objects (I took AP CS A this year, it was a complete joke - teacher sucked, class slow, AB not offered, and this was at a special math, science, and technology center; my only experience in C++ is said center's 9th grade intro class), but it's certainly one of my pet peeves about Java. Point being that students are tested somewhat on knowledge of Java. Students are also tested on knowledge of their cute little Marine Biology Case Study, though a smart kid could probably read the code and figure it out in the test time without too much difficulty.
The Gentoo Handbook discusses all the choices involved in installing and explains exactly what to do every step of the way so you don't have to rely on (m)any automated installation programs. (There does exist a program to configure and build the kernel for you, but why use it?)
I wasn't aware that P2P was a "protocol" per se...seems to me that it's just an overused buzzword.
We need to concentrate everything on making sure Bush doesn't get into office again. Normally, I'd agree with you (Socialist tendencies here), but the man is just such a dick.
You forgot 5.5: say something novel and/or not ENTIRELY obvious! That's pretty much how I do papers on novels: introduce the ideas from the novel and take it a step further...IAAHSS (I Am A High School Student)
It's not secure when used with people you don't know in person and trust - one of them could eventually let an investigator (even RIAA rep, for example, would be damaging to anyone infringing their music copyrights) into your network. This means it can't be used on the Napster/KaZaA/Gnutella scale.
It'd still be relatively unsafe to use a WASTE-like system on a large scale - as long as the feds can download it, they can probably catch you (compare with "as long as I can hear it, I can rip it")
As an electrical engineering major, I can tell that at least half the people that graduate aren't worth having in a company.
Only half? You should visit your local high school some time...
Got any resources on how to line up said "dream job"? I graduate HS in a year... =)
How will Linux make the HARDWARE faster? Better performance, maybe, but I didn't know one could overclock in software =)
It's a nickname for Nintendo.
You mean "who would Microsoft have left?".
*Ahem* Two words for you: man foo.
Hmmm...I say we stamp out this faulty "it should just work" assumption about computers that seems to have existed since the dawn of time (aka the 90s). Of course, some of these people need to take classes just to use basic software, so the problem is probably with their general education. Oh, wait, we KNOW American schools suck! (sorry, U.S.-centric site and I have no data on other countries' schools)
Speed limits: of course you wouldn't want all those other idiots driving so damn fast, but YOU need to get there on time. Taxes: of course you'd like some help and support and if you needed it...
And that is why one should use encrypt one's chat...you can even do it with the vanilla AIM client these days.
This is quite similar to what would happen if Microsoft took all of the GNU tools, changed them slightly, and released their own Free Windows OS
You know, that's one hell of a fallback plan for MS in its quest for world dominaton...
I was speaking from a security perspective, as specified by the "for security reasons" in my post.
Of course Longhorn will keep the registry in some form - it has to to maintain backward compatibility.
Why do you recommend not downloading music and videos for security reasons? Seems unnecessary to me...
One could simply doctor the photograph, so there's certainly a possibility of tampering.