I needed three semesters of calculus to get a B.S. in C.S. from an acredited but small and not well known program (Maine).
We were required to take two intro classes focused on C++ pogramming (but they are switching to Scheme), Discrete Math, Assembly, Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Computer Organization and Architecture, two symesters of physics, three of calc, linear algebra, statistics, an embedded programming class, plus another senior level course from the computer engineering department. A number of CS electives were filled through various upper level CS courses in areas such as AI (a strong point of our department), graphics, networking, modeling, parallel programming, databases, etc. Then there were gen-eds plus required courses emphasizing 'quantative analysis' (I took astronomy and geology for those).
Anyway, I feel I got a good education even though I didn't go to an 800 lbs Gorilla of a CS department.
well, since he's a geek, he must read slashdot, so on the plus side, he should at least realize how big of a geek he is (being called a geek on slashdot and all), and take appropriate action (so he at least has a chance of getting laid once before he graduates). He should probably start by going to parties on the weekend instead of playing dungeons and draggins.
Because of my job I've had the pleasure of being around several Apple engineers (and sales engineers too) on and off for the last 6 months or so and according to them most of the unix file manipulaiton commands are supposed to preserve resource forks now (this clearly wasn't always the case). I assume more and more will seemlesly deal with the forked files.
I'm a recent Linux to OS X convert, so I told them resource forks were the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. The good thing most apps have moved away from 0 byte regular files (with a bunch of shit in the resource fork) to the nice NeXT/OS X plist format to store application preferences.
I work on the Maine Xserve cluster, and while we didn't submit linpack numbers, I can tell you we would be FAR from 30th place if we had. It would be hurt significantly due to the fact that it uses GigE and linpack is very sensitive to the network (our code is much more forgiving when it comes to latency).
This American is all for more bare breasts on Broadcast TV. I don't get what the big deal was (and neither do a lot of other people). When I was a kid my parents didn't shelter me from tits on TV (like a movie with a shower scene).
King is much cooler than Lucas though...
King lives about a mile away from me, and I don't want to punch him when I see him at the grocery store. I can't say the same about Lucas. If I ran into him at the checkout line, I'd puch him in the face.
King keeps to himself much more (case of all the crazy stalker type people) so I haven't seen him around town for several years... I guess he can pay someone to get his groceries now.
It's called prebinding and it isn't a new idea.
OS X has (had, this has been fixed in Tiger) a huge penalty for non pre-bound apps. I saw some tests that showed apps like photoshop were over 10 times slower starting up when it was not pre-bound. The difference in tiger is minnimal thanks to (if I recall correctly) a complete re-write of their ld (the linker). Instead of forcing prebinding why don't the Yoper guys put some work into makeing gnu ld more efficient?
That is true, but all *entry level* macs come WITH a monitor. I already have an 18 inch LCD display, but if I just want a basic single processor Mac, I'm forced to buy a display as well.
My next home computer will be either a 2Ghz or 2.5Ghz powermac, so I can use my existing monitor, but this computer would be overkill for a lot of people.
I want an all aluminum single processor headless mac, to give an entry level machine without a monitor. I think a lot more people would go Mac if they weren't forced to either get an expensive LCD display or a top-of-the-line dual processor system.
I agree on binary drivers. I'm all for open source software, but if a company wants to release binary-only drivers for its products, then my attitude is "well at least they support the product under linux". Trying to 'force' hardware companies into releasing source isn't going to work (especially highend hardware like video cards). Source for drivers does have some educational value, but most people would just like native support for their video cards or whatever in linux.
I took a Geology course in college as an elective. My professor said he would volunteer to live on the same site as a proposed small scale waste storage facility (that got rejected) located in our home state of Maine, saying that even though some radiation would escape from the storage facility it would be much less than a few xrays at the dentist, or the radon problem that plagues much of Maine (large portions of the state's geology is comprised mainly of granite, which is high in uranium, people drill wells into the bedrock, and...)
If some of you don't know, Maine Yankee, a nuclear powerplant once operating on the coast of Maine, was the first large nuclear reactor in the United States to be completely decomissioned and disassembled (including land reclamation). The license for the plant expired (maybe it had gotten a few short extensions), and it would not be renewed.
The reactor core was taken by barge from Wiscasset Maine, to a port on the Missisippi River, where it was taken by train to a storage facility for highly radioactive waste. Low level waste such as concrete from the containment dome was truck to some low level storage facility. The spent fuel is sitting in big drums on a concrete pad, located at the original facility. Decades ago, there were plans to build other nuclear power plants in Maine, but that will never happen now.
Since there doesn't seem to be much hope for the lawsuits, and since the Linux licensing was a flop, for the sake of his company I hope he is being genuine.
Although I wouldn't be heart broken if(when) SCO goes under.
"Why are we reinventing the wheel and not coming up with something completely new?"
Coming up with something new IS reinventing the wheel. Basing something off well a well understood base is more efficient. Gradual improvements are good, re-writing a complex system from scratch rarely gets you ahead. Apple tried to write a replacement for the original Mac OS from scratch and failed - So they bought Next.
One of the band members said it was his personal copy. He was probably listening to it in his spare time to figure out where he wanted to make changes to the music.
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We were required to take two intro classes focused on C++ pogramming (but they are switching to Scheme), Discrete Math, Assembly, Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Computer Organization and Architecture, two symesters of physics, three of calc, linear algebra, statistics, an embedded programming class, plus another senior level course from the computer engineering department. A number of CS electives were filled through various upper level CS courses in areas such as AI (a strong point of our department), graphics, networking, modeling, parallel programming, databases, etc. Then there were gen-eds plus required courses emphasizing 'quantative analysis' (I took astronomy and geology for those).
Anyway, I feel I got a good education even though I didn't go to an 800 lbs Gorilla of a CS department.
I guess I wasn't being funny since no it only has a score of 1. : (
please excuse my horrible spelling of drageons in the parent post.
well, since he's a geek, he must read slashdot, so on the plus side, he should at least realize how big of a geek he is (being called a geek on slashdot and all), and take appropriate action (so he at least has a chance of getting laid once before he graduates). He should probably start by going to parties on the weekend instead of playing dungeons and draggins.
Because of my job I've had the pleasure of being around several Apple engineers (and sales engineers too) on and off for the last 6 months or so and according to them most of the unix file manipulaiton commands are supposed to preserve resource forks now (this clearly wasn't always the case). I assume more and more will seemlesly deal with the forked files. I'm a recent Linux to OS X convert, so I told them resource forks were the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. The good thing most apps have moved away from 0 byte regular files (with a bunch of shit in the resource fork) to the nice NeXT/OS X plist format to store application preferences.
I work on the Maine Xserve cluster, and while we didn't submit linpack numbers, I can tell you we would be FAR from 30th place if we had. It would be hurt significantly due to the fact that it uses GigE and linpack is very sensitive to the network (our code is much more forgiving when it comes to latency).
best question ever
Most OS X apps...
My recalled 9364U was made in Thailand.
by damage they mean that the thumbnails of movies won't work anymore (or something lame like that).
This American is all for more bare breasts on Broadcast TV. I don't get what the big deal was (and neither do a lot of other people). When I was a kid my parents didn't shelter me from tits on TV (like a movie with a shower scene).
King is much cooler than Lucas though... King lives about a mile away from me, and I don't want to punch him when I see him at the grocery store. I can't say the same about Lucas. If I ran into him at the checkout line, I'd puch him in the face. King keeps to himself much more (case of all the crazy stalker type people) so I haven't seen him around town for several years... I guess he can pay someone to get his groceries now.
It's called prebinding and it isn't a new idea. OS X has (had, this has been fixed in Tiger) a huge penalty for non pre-bound apps. I saw some tests that showed apps like photoshop were over 10 times slower starting up when it was not pre-bound. The difference in tiger is minnimal thanks to (if I recall correctly) a complete re-write of their ld (the linker). Instead of forcing prebinding why don't the Yoper guys put some work into makeing gnu ld more efficient?
an expresso cup You mean an espresso cup? Why does everyone pronounce it "expresso" when the word doesn't even have an 'x' in it?
That is true, but all *entry level* macs come WITH a monitor. I already have an 18 inch LCD display, but if I just want a basic single processor Mac, I'm forced to buy a display as well. My next home computer will be either a 2Ghz or 2.5Ghz powermac, so I can use my existing monitor, but this computer would be overkill for a lot of people.
I want an all aluminum single processor headless mac, to give an entry level machine without a monitor. I think a lot more people would go Mac if they weren't forced to either get an expensive LCD display or a top-of-the-line dual processor system.
I agree on binary drivers. I'm all for open source software, but if a company wants to release binary-only drivers for its products, then my attitude is "well at least they support the product under linux". Trying to 'force' hardware companies into releasing source isn't going to work (especially highend hardware like video cards). Source for drivers does have some educational value, but most people would just like native support for their video cards or whatever in linux.
I took a Geology course in college as an elective. My professor said he would volunteer to live on the same site as a proposed small scale waste storage facility (that got rejected) located in our home state of Maine, saying that even though some radiation would escape from the storage facility it would be much less than a few xrays at the dentist, or the radon problem that plagues much of Maine (large portions of the state's geology is comprised mainly of granite, which is high in uranium, people drill wells into the bedrock, and ...)
If some of you don't know, Maine Yankee, a nuclear powerplant once operating on the coast of Maine, was the first large nuclear reactor in the United States to be completely decomissioned and disassembled (including land reclamation). The license for the plant expired (maybe it had gotten a few short extensions), and it would not be renewed.
The reactor core was taken by barge from Wiscasset Maine, to a port on the Missisippi River, where it was taken by train to a storage facility for highly radioactive waste. Low level waste such as concrete from the containment dome was truck to some low level storage facility. The spent fuel is sitting in big drums on a concrete pad, located at the original facility. Decades ago, there were plans to build other nuclear power plants in Maine, but that will never happen now.
Since there doesn't seem to be much hope for the lawsuits, and since the Linux licensing was a flop, for the sake of his company I hope he is being genuine.
Although I wouldn't be heart broken if(when) SCO goes under.
The army is putting over 1500 Xserves in Huntsville...
It's just one of the standard screen savers on OS X (it's running Panther). I don't recall what the name is.
"get yourself a G5"
I just got myself 512 G5 Processors : )
http://www.clusters.umaine.edu/
http://www.clusters.umaine.edu/gallery/xserve
"Why are we reinventing the wheel and not coming up with something completely new?" Coming up with something new IS reinventing the wheel. Basing something off well a well understood base is more efficient. Gradual improvements are good, re-writing a complex system from scratch rarely gets you ahead. Apple tried to write a replacement for the original Mac OS from scratch and failed - So they bought Next.
One of the band members said it was his personal copy. He was probably listening to it in his spare time to figure out where he wanted to make changes to the music.
slashdot isn't that crucial to your Friday night, is it?