There might be another solution to kids playing video games all the time: don't buy them computers that can play the games.
When I was 14, I ended up being in a situation like that. I could play the basic games, but nothing that was really intensive. However, my computer was fast enough to code, so I ended up coding small 3d apps instead of playing video games. Those circumstances got me interested in game development, and that the extra experience helped me out in college.
They'll help students avoid silly mistakes, e.g. if they're trying to use a variable that is out of scope it might not autocomplete, etc. So, they might catch some mistakes and learn to avoid them before they hit compile.
I would let the students chose... Ofcourse, you might have to teach them how to create a project with an IDE, too.. [instead of just supplying the make files].
You can easily acheive the same effect using the GUI. I think it's better to do it using the GUI so you don't accidently mess up something behind the scenes.
Here's how you can do it:
Edit->Preferences->Startup
then check "Use only certified plugins"
and BAM... acroread loads REALLY quickly
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There might be another solution to kids playing video games all the time: don't buy them computers that can play the games.
When I was 14, I ended up being in a situation like that. I could play the basic games, but nothing that was really intensive. However, my computer was fast enough to code, so I ended up coding small 3d apps instead of playing video games. Those circumstances got me interested in game development, and that the extra experience helped me out in college.
They'll help students avoid silly mistakes, e.g. if they're trying to use a variable that is out of scope it might not autocomplete, etc. So, they might catch some mistakes and learn to avoid them before they hit compile.
I would let the students chose... Ofcourse, you might have to teach them how to create a project with an IDE, too.. [instead of just supplying the make files].
mod parent up!
This is true! I gained a 20%+ boost [with my personal project] when I compiled with the -ftree-vectorize option.
Anyone know why this isn't included in -O2?
You can easily acheive the same effect using the GUI. I think it's better to do it using the GUI so you don't accidently mess up something behind the scenes. Here's how you can do it: Edit->Preferences->Startup then check "Use only certified plugins" and BAM... acroread loads REALLY quickly
A bunch of us at UIUC started one too (ABSOLUTELY FREE):
Illini Book Exchange, and we WANT to share our code and expand to other universities.
We've started atleast 4 other book exchanges at other universities recently (Cornell being one of them).
Here are some numbers
(Basically in 8 months, ~$100,000 worth of trades, over 2000 users and 2500 trades).
So, if you want us to help just get a hold of us through: here.