Why not learn both? At my university, I learned Java and then C++. They are very similar syntactically (minus pointers and a few other things). I've never learned C# though, so I can't really comment. As to what will be more useful, Cross-platform is good, but I would't think it's as important as one might think (since most, even busnesses, use Windows unless they can afford a very large IT department). And with rumors flying around that Java may have peaked, that adds even more confusion. In your case, I think I'd try to learn one language on my own (Maybe Java since it's similar), and learn another one through classes (which I'm assuming is the reason you can only take one). Then you can put them both on your resume as a language you know, with classroom time spent with the one that may be perhaps most different from what you already know (assuring you can probably code in it).
Nothing worse then searching for one thing, and coming up with a "*ultra-midget-fetish-sex-in-chocolate*" result when your g/f is around.......... That's my biggest gripe of indexers. Too easy to accidently find files. Like search for your g/fs name if you want pictures of her (and she is hooking over your shoulder wanting them), she may see her name come up in a convo between you and your bud that you'd rather her not see.
Yes, I am being hypocritical in some ways I see. It's a typical marketing campaign though. It just seems like when Microsoft does it that it lacks any of the style or subtleness some of Apple's ads. And it seems like most people Apple pays to promote their product are either people that the iPod exists because of (musicians), or people that may be doing something else with Mac hardware/software (while I've always had this image in my head of Gates handing a celebrity an XBox 360 w/ a bunch of money to say they like it without the actor really having and preferences about it).
This almost definitely won't get passed in it's current form if the article summary was right (I didn't read the article itself). There are always laws like this that would effect something or other that aren't really logical for the typical consumer (like this that would make an entire type of common computer peripheral illegal that almost none use for illegal uses other then commercial chopping). Not really newsworthy. There's like one of these a month on slashdot. When something is near being passed and put into law, then I'll be interested.
The thought crossed my mind that the "delivers unwanted software" hyperlink would be a hotlink to the virus. I know if I were sadistic enough I would have done it in samzenpus's place.....
I'm not a MS fanboy. I'm more of a linux/Mac fanboy, I should hate Microsoft. I don't like how they buy the best (rare, bungie) from the competition, and how they throw much money at getting their consoles popular (celebrities on the XB 360 revealing special on MTV). But from what I've read/heard, I like the XBox 360.... It seems to be much more then a console, and a big step in the direction of a true "set-top box" that I have always dreamed about. Games, PVR (Idk if you can schedule recordings on your WMC PC though), decent downloadable content, pretty good games.... In terms of what would make a new system good (I don't care if PS3 can do this that XBox 360 can't or vice-versa, they are the same generation, and fundamentally the same graphically), I think the XBox 360 did everything pretty good (other then the power brick overheating). In a similar way some of Nintendo's products or the Dreamcast brought on some pretty shocking default features, XBox seems to have a similar unique and good feature set. I don't have one yet, but I hope to get one soon enough.
A said it on an xbox forum when I heard about it (in a slashdotesque bitching style), and I'll say it here. I hate it when a headline is missworded purposely to get more attention.... They were not arrested for modding. They were arrested for loading 77 games onto the modded X-Box..... Arrested for modding would be surprising and interesting. Arrested for selling pirated games isn't. It's common sense.
I think the driving force behind this and Family Guy being resurrected was Adult Swim, because it's got a unique and growing audience (while Futurama and Family Guy were originally on at times aimed at everyone). It's intriguing as it seems to have become a popular thing, kind of becoming an "outcasts MTV"..... Although this is from a college student, so idk just how popular it is in HS at the moment. The humor in it seems like it may be beginning to catch on with the masses more.
These better be drugs with minimal health risks... The last thing we need is India's poverty hating US drug companies for doping some of there people knowing it may cause deaths, and in turn hating the US because of it. I have no gripes against hating drug companies since thousands of Americans alone probably die a year due to price gouging and not being able to afford medication that isn't available in generic form yet.... Yeah, it's part of the economy, and drives research...... But I'm sure there are probably a lot of drugs that are sold for way more then they cost to make, thus benifiting the creator for having exclusive rights to selling the drug, and lining their pockets even more w/ high prices.... If I'm wrong about them, someone feel free to correct me (and doing good in another way like donations doesn't make them good, since they aren't the last resort for life in that case).
You must all know what I'm talking about. Doc Oc in the second Spiderman movie was quite "well endowed" too. Could this be a sign "normal" and "normal American" proportions are spilling over into the "flawlessness" that is Hollywood?
Isn't the whole reasoning behind "democracy " (Yes, I know America isn't quite a full democracy, but tell that to loyal citizens) freedom? As in freedom of religion? The press? And freedom of political alignment? Even if it wasn't for research, would they really have the right to invade his privacy if he was trying to start a Maoist communist party? This isn't the cold war. I don't think there is much of a reason to be all uptight about communism..... Sounds like it would actually be a pretty intersting read. Maybe it even has some good points (As works by Marx relating to communism were quite good from what I read in a philosophy class, although a lot harder to implement then speak about). Brb, I see a strange black sedan with some people in suits coming to the door....
Yes.... Mentoring.... Where they can rant on an on about old rarely-used (As in still occasionally used, but not usually) languages such as LISP, Fortran, and cobol, and lecture that Object Oriented Programming is nothing more then a fad.... Not that that's a bad thing. A professor I know like that has got to be my favorite CS professor by far.
Sounds like what my Japanese Culture teacher said in a lecture once. She had a slide to see what we knew about Japanese culture, and we learned that "We will carefully inspect your resume for further consideration" is a flat out "no" for if you are going to get a job somewhere..... I hope to go to asia someday, idk if I would be able to stand the formality between me and a boss though. There's a certain relaxed atmosphere many US bosses have that you can joke around with them. My supervisor in a previous job was actually a pretty good friend of mine in the end.
Back in the early days of the computers.... "blah blah blah, this will make work so easy, people will be able to spend most of their free time doing whatever they wish since computers will do everything!!" Look to now "We bought these computers, so we are going to use them as much as possible. Could you please put in another 10 hours per week for now on?"...... Perhaps it's just lack of sleep talking, but if 3D interfaces (and i/o options) mature, why do I see it just giving an excuse to work even harder?
What I'm really curious about is the "AVIVO Video Converter", or transcoding abilities. I remember the demo of it on a site a few months ago, and actually gave me a reason to upgrade to the latest generation of cards. But the article said nothing other then a brief mentioning of it in the features.
Oh dear god, lisp... Lots of Irritating Silly Parenthesis.... I did some with it, and my professor was obsessed with lisp. He also thinks Object Orienting is a fad.... A friend once asked him a question about lisp, and I guess he got a half hour long answer. I couldn't help but laugh every time he said cdr (pronounced cooder (like cooter))....
Much like they have lead the way in innovative implementations of technology, I'm curious to see what they do with space. Their research into robotics (probably partially inspired by mecha fanboys) could probably contribute a lot to space exploration.
Maybe there is some truth, but people don't usually get fired when they are the only person who knows how something works......... *writes this as he submits a 1000 line badly coded file with no comments....*
They seem to never give up.... I've had some fairly good ones (cheery Pepsi/coke, vanilla pepsi/coke) that haven't completely died out, but I've had some rather bad (pepsi lime) and some rather terrible (Pepsi Christmas, with cinnamon and other Xmas flavors in it) beverages. I still don't understand how the christmas pepsi made it out of the lab.... It was like drinking pepsi out of a rusty plugged gutter... Wouldn't even drink it if I was desperate....
Since they seem to be finding more and more to determine you are a better driver (I just saw on the news they have studied how your houses proximity to a church makes you a better driver)......... Maybe a "gamers are better drivers" will finally even out the male:female insurance costs (sure, more males get DWIs and stuff, but why the hell do I have to pay for it when I don't even drink?)
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Why not learn both? At my university, I learned Java and then C++. They are very similar syntactically (minus pointers and a few other things). I've never learned C# though, so I can't really comment. As to what will be more useful, Cross-platform is good, but I would't think it's as important as one might think (since most, even busnesses, use Windows unless they can afford a very large IT department). And with rumors flying around that Java may have peaked, that adds even more confusion. In your case, I think I'd try to learn one language on my own (Maybe Java since it's similar), and learn another one through classes (which I'm assuming is the reason you can only take one). Then you can put them both on your resume as a language you know, with classroom time spent with the one that may be perhaps most different from what you already know (assuring you can probably code in it).
Nothing worse then searching for one thing, and coming up with a "*ultra-midget-fetish-sex-in-chocolate*" result when your g/f is around.......... That's my biggest gripe of indexers. Too easy to accidently find files. Like search for your g/fs name if you want pictures of her (and she is hooking over your shoulder wanting them), she may see her name come up in a convo between you and your bud that you'd rather her not see.
Yes, I am being hypocritical in some ways I see. It's a typical marketing campaign though. It just seems like when Microsoft does it that it lacks any of the style or subtleness some of Apple's ads. And it seems like most people Apple pays to promote their product are either people that the iPod exists because of (musicians), or people that may be doing something else with Mac hardware/software (while I've always had this image in my head of Gates handing a celebrity an XBox 360 w/ a bunch of money to say they like it without the actor really having and preferences about it).
This almost definitely won't get passed in it's current form if the article summary was right (I didn't read the article itself). There are always laws like this that would effect something or other that aren't really logical for the typical consumer (like this that would make an entire type of common computer peripheral illegal that almost none use for illegal uses other then commercial chopping). Not really newsworthy. There's like one of these a month on slashdot. When something is near being passed and put into law, then I'll be interested.
The thought crossed my mind that the "delivers unwanted software" hyperlink would be a hotlink to the virus. I know if I were sadistic enough I would have done it in samzenpus's place.....
I'm not a MS fanboy. I'm more of a linux/Mac fanboy, I should hate Microsoft. I don't like how they buy the best (rare, bungie) from the competition, and how they throw much money at getting their consoles popular (celebrities on the XB 360 revealing special on MTV). But from what I've read/heard, I like the XBox 360.... It seems to be much more then a console, and a big step in the direction of a true "set-top box" that I have always dreamed about. Games, PVR (Idk if you can schedule recordings on your WMC PC though), decent downloadable content, pretty good games.... In terms of what would make a new system good (I don't care if PS3 can do this that XBox 360 can't or vice-versa, they are the same generation, and fundamentally the same graphically), I think the XBox 360 did everything pretty good (other then the power brick overheating). In a similar way some of Nintendo's products or the Dreamcast brought on some pretty shocking default features, XBox seems to have a similar unique and good feature set. I don't have one yet, but I hope to get one soon enough.
A said it on an xbox forum when I heard about it (in a slashdotesque bitching style), and I'll say it here. I hate it when a headline is missworded purposely to get more attention.... They were not arrested for modding. They were arrested for loading 77 games onto the modded X-Box..... Arrested for modding would be surprising and interesting. Arrested for selling pirated games isn't. It's common sense.
I think the driving force behind this and Family Guy being resurrected was Adult Swim, because it's got a unique and growing audience (while Futurama and Family Guy were originally on at times aimed at everyone). It's intriguing as it seems to have become a popular thing, kind of becoming an "outcasts MTV"..... Although this is from a college student, so idk just how popular it is in HS at the moment. The humor in it seems like it may be beginning to catch on with the masses more.
And made of DNA? Damn. And I thought pewter or bone dice were fancy (and yes, I know bone has DNA in it, but it still isn't the same).
These better be drugs with minimal health risks... The last thing we need is India's poverty hating US drug companies for doping some of there people knowing it may cause deaths, and in turn hating the US because of it. I have no gripes against hating drug companies since thousands of Americans alone probably die a year due to price gouging and not being able to afford medication that isn't available in generic form yet.... Yeah, it's part of the economy, and drives research...... But I'm sure there are probably a lot of drugs that are sold for way more then they cost to make, thus benifiting the creator for having exclusive rights to selling the drug, and lining their pockets even more w/ high prices.... If I'm wrong about them, someone feel free to correct me (and doing good in another way like donations doesn't make them good, since they aren't the last resort for life in that case).
You must all know what I'm talking about. Doc Oc in the second Spiderman movie was quite "well endowed" too. Could this be a sign "normal" and "normal American" proportions are spilling over into the "flawlessness" that is Hollywood?
Isn't the whole reasoning behind "democracy " (Yes, I know America isn't quite a full democracy, but tell that to loyal citizens) freedom? As in freedom of religion? The press? And freedom of political alignment? Even if it wasn't for research, would they really have the right to invade his privacy if he was trying to start a Maoist communist party? This isn't the cold war. I don't think there is much of a reason to be all uptight about communism..... Sounds like it would actually be a pretty intersting read. Maybe it even has some good points (As works by Marx relating to communism were quite good from what I read in a philosophy class, although a lot harder to implement then speak about). Brb, I see a strange black sedan with some people in suits coming to the door....
Yes.... Mentoring.... Where they can rant on an on about old rarely-used (As in still occasionally used, but not usually) languages such as LISP, Fortran, and cobol, and lecture that Object Oriented Programming is nothing more then a fad.... Not that that's a bad thing. A professor I know like that has got to be my favorite CS professor by far.
Sounds like what my Japanese Culture teacher said in a lecture once. She had a slide to see what we knew about Japanese culture, and we learned that "We will carefully inspect your resume for further consideration" is a flat out "no" for if you are going to get a job somewhere..... I hope to go to asia someday, idk if I would be able to stand the formality between me and a boss though. There's a certain relaxed atmosphere many US bosses have that you can joke around with them. My supervisor in a previous job was actually a pretty good friend of mine in the end.
Back in the early days of the computers.... "blah blah blah, this will make work so easy, people will be able to spend most of their free time doing whatever they wish since computers will do everything!!" Look to now "We bought these computers, so we are going to use them as much as possible. Could you please put in another 10 hours per week for now on?"...... Perhaps it's just lack of sleep talking, but if 3D interfaces (and i/o options) mature, why do I see it just giving an excuse to work even harder?
What I'm really curious about is the "AVIVO Video Converter", or transcoding abilities. I remember the demo of it on a site a few months ago, and actually gave me a reason to upgrade to the latest generation of cards. But the article said nothing other then a brief mentioning of it in the features.
Oh dear god, lisp... Lots of Irritating Silly Parenthesis.... I did some with it, and my professor was obsessed with lisp. He also thinks Object Orienting is a fad.... A friend once asked him a question about lisp, and I guess he got a half hour long answer. I couldn't help but laugh every time he said cdr (pronounced cooder (like cooter))....
Much like they have lead the way in innovative implementations of technology, I'm curious to see what they do with space. Their research into robotics (probably partially inspired by mecha fanboys) could probably contribute a lot to space exploration.
Maybe there is some truth, but people don't usually get fired when they are the only person who knows how something works......... *writes this as he submits a 1000 line badly coded file with no comments....*
Well, newegg for a large variety of computer parts. And I can't forget about thinkgeek for the odd geek necessities...
You have something against Rite-Aid?
"Once you know, you newegg". And Amazon for anything non-electronic....
They seem to never give up.... I've had some fairly good ones (cheery Pepsi/coke, vanilla pepsi/coke) that haven't completely died out, but I've had some rather bad (pepsi lime) and some rather terrible (Pepsi Christmas, with cinnamon and other Xmas flavors in it) beverages. I still don't understand how the christmas pepsi made it out of the lab.... It was like drinking pepsi out of a rusty plugged gutter... Wouldn't even drink it if I was desperate....
Since they seem to be finding more and more to determine you are a better driver (I just saw on the news they have studied how your houses proximity to a church makes you a better driver)......... Maybe a "gamers are better drivers" will finally even out the male:female insurance costs (sure, more males get DWIs and stuff, but why the hell do I have to pay for it when I don't even drink?)
As Google is to America....... Or at least that's what this contest makes it sound like....