The ending of Brood War is just begging to have a sequel done to wrap up all of the loose ends.
Though, since most of the developers that made Starcraft have left Blizzard, I wonder if it would actually end up being decent, or just another shoddy sequel. Hopefully not.
At my university, there is a 'baby compilers' second year course that all CS majors have to take.
The essential stuff on data structures is covered in a first year CS course, while the automata and formal language theory is taught with the compiler material. Assembly (we used a subset of MIPS) and machine code is also covered as well. Good course overall, but the assignments for making the compiler for a simple language take quite a bit of time. However, it gives you a great feeling of satisfaction once you finish it.:)
There's also a more advanced compilers course in 4th year where other issues are dealth with as well (Heap management and such).
So, it's not surprising that in a any other lower-calibre school where more technical aspects are taught, getting to compilers might not even happen. However, I don't see why it's not possible to teach even an introductory course on compilers during second year. It seems to work pretty well up here.
I mean, let's say Hatch outlaws file sharing...even say outlawing Bittorrent and things of that nature...will that change anything? The ONLY way to totally 100% stop piracy and file sharing over the Internet is to totally turn off the Internet. That's right, turn the entire thing off.
Either that or they somehow force isps to lower the bandwidth offered to make it seem completely unfeasable.. While still charging the same amount.
Woah, this reminds me of the libraries at my university. They have someone that checks your bags too, but it's done in such a way as to be essentially that anyone could go by and easily get away with stealing a few books.
Of course, oddly enough we don't have the magnetic strip bars installed, but I think the money they get from the tuition paid would be better spent on purchasing that.
A former co-worker of mine from one my old co-op job ended up arguing with one of the bag checkers about this issue too.. Ugh, so nice to think their own students are also big thiefs...
And when I saw the word prime in the title, I thought the Riemann Hypothesis might have been proven.
I guess I'll have to do it myself if no one else does soon.:P
I'm hoping this will continue the SC storyline in a decent way. I do have some doubts though, since a lot of the people that developed Starcraft and Brood War are now long gone.
I'll just have to wait and see.
At my university, the faculty started giving out first year students an official type of calculator (non-programmable) that they could use, and ONLY that one.
of course, the calculator is really a luxury, since the arithmetic on the exams is not that bad, since it's just easier for the examiners to mark (though my profs tended to screw up a lot of the arithmetic anyways... Maybe that's why too.:P)
Besides, the exams try to test you in problem solving, and not just merely regurgitating an algorithm for doing such and such a problem. You still need to know the basics in order to do well of course.
Of course, in the real world, you have tons of tools available that will do all the grunt work of differentiation, integration, etc. for you.
Well, programs like Kali (http://www.kali.net/) have been around longer then battle.net.
So, I'm sure the online gaming would continue in one form or another. Hell, this is how a lot of people that I know are able to play Hellfire: The Dark mod with others.
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The ending of Brood War is just begging to have a sequel done to wrap up all of the loose ends.
Though, since most of the developers that made Starcraft have left Blizzard, I wonder if it would actually end up being decent, or just another shoddy sequel. Hopefully not.
*Ding Ding* You are correct. :)
At my university, there is a 'baby compilers' second year course that all CS majors have to take.
:)
The essential stuff on data structures is covered in a first year CS course, while the automata and formal language theory is taught with the compiler material. Assembly (we used a subset of MIPS) and machine code is also covered as well. Good course overall, but the assignments for making the compiler for a simple language take quite a bit of time. However, it gives you a great feeling of satisfaction once you finish it.
There's also a more advanced compilers course in 4th year where other issues are dealth with as well (Heap management and such).
So, it's not surprising that in a any other lower-calibre school where more technical aspects are taught, getting to compilers might not even happen. However, I don't see why it's not possible to teach even an introductory course on compilers during second year. It seems to work pretty well up here.
Someone get this guy a sense of humour, before it's too late!
'stupider' ain't proper usage.
Speak for yourself, AC.
Ah, memories of CS 241.
A proof is a proof. What kind of a aproof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.
Hmm? I was just commenting on the extremely vague description of the article in agreement with the parent.
It had nothing to do with the fact that Ramanujan was indian or anything like that.
No kidding, since it seems like the submitter didn't bother himself to RTFA.
I mean, let's say Hatch outlaws file sharing...even say outlawing Bittorrent and things of that nature...will that change anything? The ONLY way to totally 100% stop piracy and file sharing over the Internet is to totally turn off the Internet. That's right, turn the entire thing off.
Either that or they somehow force isps to lower the bandwidth offered to make it seem completely unfeasable.. While still charging the same amount.
Try 1995. Yes, it's been that long since it was first released.
I'm surprised they havn't banned computers there, with a law like that..
Woah, this reminds me of the libraries at my university. They have someone that checks your bags too, but it's done in such a way as to be essentially that anyone could go by and easily get away with stealing a few books.
Of course, oddly enough we don't have the magnetic strip bars installed, but I think the money they get from the tuition paid would be better spent on purchasing that.
A former co-worker of mine from one my old co-op job ended up arguing with one of the bag checkers about this issue too.. Ugh, so nice to think their own students are also big thiefs...
And when I saw the word prime in the title, I thought the Riemann Hypothesis might have been proven. I guess I'll have to do it myself if no one else does soon. :P
I'm hoping this will continue the SC storyline in a decent way. I do have some doubts though, since a lot of the people that developed Starcraft and Brood War are now long gone. I'll just have to wait and see.
I beg to differ. Next time, troll on a topic you might actually be somewhat competent in.
The one time I really wish I had mod points. Modders with spare mod points please do so.
At my university, the faculty started giving out first year students an official type of calculator (non-programmable) that they could use, and ONLY that one. of course, the calculator is really a luxury, since the arithmetic on the exams is not that bad, since it's just easier for the examiners to mark (though my profs tended to screw up a lot of the arithmetic anyways... Maybe that's why too. :P)
Besides, the exams try to test you in problem solving, and not just merely regurgitating an algorithm for doing such and such a problem. You still need to know the basics in order to do well of course.
Of course, in the real world, you have tons of tools available that will do all the grunt work of differentiation, integration, etc. for you.
Punch-Out!! the Movie. Starring Little Mac, and his trainer Doc Louis. This is a story of true victory, but the road is long...
Ugh, so much for browsing at 0.
Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality: For any x and y in an inner product space,
<x,y> <= ||x|| ||y||
Very useful in a lot of branches of mathematics.
Also, the every so interesting identity,
SUM{n=1, infinity}( 1/n^2 )= (pi^2)/6
Very interesting how pi shows up where you least suspect it!
Well, programs like Kali (http://www.kali.net/) have been around longer then battle.net. So, I'm sure the online gaming would continue in one form or another. Hell, this is how a lot of people that I know are able to play Hellfire: The Dark mod with others.
Really? I thought it was changed so that Gollum that threw the first punch.