You know, if you kill a cat in the dead of winter steam will rise up from the wound. Native Americans though it was its soul escaping from the body... Oh... You said SCARE. Yeah, I suppose you can do that TOO. They are seriously cool, but I used mine for a while, and now that I've gotten busier, they've been rotting in my closet for a few months. But this book might get me back into them.
I am absolutely certain that with a little time and effort I could produce a robot that could go fetch me a beer. Would that not be useful? I could also (with a little more effort) build a robot that wins me some cash in a Lego robot building contest. It's also easy to build a robot that can keep your pets company when you're passed out or off to some contest. Have you ever considered what lonliness does to your pets' psyche?
I'll listen to most anything while coding; pretty much whatever I'm in the mood for at the time. There are a few things I'd normally listen to that I don't find suitable for coding. Here are my guidelines:
Most hard rock or heavy metal isn't good for code (with the exception of Tool, Skunk Anansie and any instrumentals.) Techno or electronic music can produce very streamlined, well formatted code. (-: Classic rock is often good for coding but it's not always the best. I like it a lot though, so it gets played alot. Classical is good (movie scores in particular.) Instrumentals are generally better Mellow stuff (Tom Petty gets lot's of coding time with me) is great. Gothic stuff (i.e. Type-O-Negative) is alright if I'm in the mood. They Might Be Giants is bonus (especially Apollo 18.)
Music that will not find its way into my collection includes country, adult contemporary, most rap, most "friendly" modern rock bands (i.e. Matchbox 20), Most wannabe-hardcore-but-aren't-really bands, boy bands (DUH), and new age crap (John Tesh, Yanni).
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You know, if you kill a cat in the dead of winter steam will rise up from the wound. Native Americans though it was its soul escaping from the body... Oh... You said SCARE. Yeah, I suppose you can do that TOO. They are seriously cool, but I used mine for a while, and now that I've gotten busier, they've been rotting in my closet for a few months. But this book might get me back into them.
I am absolutely certain that with a little time and effort I could produce a robot that could go fetch me a beer. Would that not be useful? I could also (with a little more effort) build a robot that wins me some cash in a Lego robot building contest. It's also easy to build a robot that can keep your pets company when you're passed out or off to some contest. Have you ever considered what lonliness does to your pets' psyche?
Most hard rock or heavy metal isn't good for code (with the exception of Tool, Skunk Anansie and any instrumentals.)
Techno or electronic music can produce very streamlined, well formatted code. (-:
Classic rock is often good for coding but it's not always the best. I like it a lot though, so it gets played alot.
Classical is good (movie scores in particular.)
Instrumentals are generally better
Mellow stuff (Tom Petty gets lot's of coding time with me) is great.
Gothic stuff (i.e. Type-O-Negative) is alright if I'm in the mood.
They Might Be Giants is bonus (especially Apollo 18.)
Music that will not find its way into my collection includes country, adult contemporary, most rap, most "friendly" modern rock bands (i.e. Matchbox 20), Most wannabe-hardcore-but-aren't-really bands, boy bands (DUH), and new age crap (John Tesh, Yanni).