Arthur: What manner of man are you that can summon up fire without flint or tinder? Tim: I... am an enchanter. Arthur: By what name are you known? Tim: There are some who call me... 'Tim'...? Arthur:...greetings, Tim the Enchanter.
to just blindly flinging poo at the wall and praying something sticks.
I assume the wall in question is... the consumers? On their next 'product' launch, remind me to wrap myself in saran wrap. That should do for software, but just remember to add a layer of padding beforehand if the product in question is something like a 'ZuneTwo'.
...I'm checking them out... I've got it figured out. Talking Heads, 'Cities' - great song! Although I always heard 'thinking' as 'drinking' in the last line you cited.
as Airbus has always told everybody with great confidence and pride that it's impossible to stall an Airbus
That would mean that it is also impossible to land an Airbus (a landing ~is~ a controlled stall). You are right on the banking angle though - and at 30,000 feet, there was time enough for ~some~ maneuvering.
I really think the pilots got stuck in a panicked "are my instruments or instincts right?" quandry, until it was too late.
After having RTFA, I can understand that the author has no solution for the problem, but because many topics covered in CS2 should be part of CS1 - or in other words, students should be introduced to the ~context~ of programming before being thrown into the code itself.
Coming from both a creative and academic background, I can say that programming (that I learned on my own) is a mindset completely different from any other course or trade I have learned - it is a trade of ~method~ more than anything, but classes today are putting the language before the method. Yes, I know I'm repeating myself.
The best way to learn programming is to ask a student "what do you want to do - what is the goal of the program you would like to make?". Only after he is able to draw a logical schema of what he wants to do, and identify the types of input/data that he would like to treat in his program, can he fully understand the purpose and syntax of the language he is going to be programming in. Better still, a student using this method will more quickly understand the capabilities and limitations of the language he is programming in, and this will allow him to think constructively, if not creatively, about the task he has at hand. What's more, once he has the 'goal, step and method' logical mindset down pat, learning yet another language will be much easier for him.
Pfffft - looks like you read the fine print for me ; P All the same, 24€ is around $17 nowadays. And yes, the "only with home combo" and "unlimited but limited high-speed options" imposition sucks too; basically, at the end of the month, you'll have no VOIP and will have only Edge for the web.
FWIW, I'm hooked up to a 'real' unlimited mobile plan (with Orange), but it costs me €72 ($50) a month.
In China, there is no voting, as it's an authoritarian government, so they don't have to worry about placating the voters, except to keep them from rioting too much. For this reason, I'd say things are probably a lot more honest over there.
...yet things were pretty scary during the Bush/Cheney years - "Freedom of speech zones"? Yes, China and the US' economy/government power balances are almost perfect opposites, but they are both headed towards a common middle ground: the merging of economy (corporation) and state.
I can't remember the name of the (horrible) movie I was watching, but it began with a description of a war between the North American and Eurasian corporations. I don't think I even finished the film, but that scenario really rang a bell.
Hear hear - but everyone, not only the news, has been doing that since as long as I remember. There are some perfectly stable-economy (and beautiful) places on this earth where one can live one year on one month of his 'first world' (hate that term) salary.
...proved quite nicely (and objectively) that violent video games incite an ~insensivity~ to violence, rather than promote violence itself. But whatever...
...of course there's no better way to protect your data - my basement door is securely locked, and I shred my HD's daily. And mom rarely lets anyone past the front door.
...the game players are already having fun playing the game as it is, and even if new features may be fun, learning to use them in itself is not so fun at all.
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Arthur: What manner of man are you that can summon up fire without flint or tinder? ...greetings, Tim the Enchanter.
Tim: I... am an enchanter.
Arthur: By what name are you known?
Tim: There are some who call me... 'Tim'...?
Arthur:
...not to mention AOL.
...we weren't expecting that to happen.
Mod parent +3 Funny.
to just blindly flinging poo at the wall and praying something sticks.
I assume the wall in question is... the consumers? On their next 'product' launch, remind me to wrap myself in saran wrap. That should do for software, but just remember to add a layer of padding beforehand if the product in question is something like a 'ZuneTwo'.
...I'm checking them out... I've got it figured out. Talking Heads, 'Cities' - great song! Although I always heard 'thinking' as 'drinking' in the last line you cited.
I was referring to the point that this 'article' reads like an ad (and tried to link it to the 'no ads' feature) - perhaps I wasn't clear, sorry.
I see that my 'disable ads' option is gone... has this changed for article content too?
as Airbus has always told everybody with great confidence and pride that it's impossible to stall an Airbus
That would mean that it is also impossible to land an Airbus (a landing ~is~ a controlled stall). You are right on the banking angle though - and at 30,000 feet, there was time enough for ~some~ maneuvering.
I really think the pilots got stuck in a panicked "are my instruments or instincts right?" quandry, until it was too late.
After having RTFA, I can understand that the author has no solution for the problem, but because many topics covered in CS2 should be part of CS1 - or in other words, students should be introduced to the ~context~ of programming before being thrown into the code itself.
Coming from both a creative and academic background, I can say that programming (that I learned on my own) is a mindset completely different from any other course or trade I have learned - it is a trade of ~method~ more than anything, but classes today are putting the language before the method. Yes, I know I'm repeating myself.
The best way to learn programming is to ask a student "what do you want to do - what is the goal of the program you would like to make?". Only after he is able to draw a logical schema of what he wants to do, and identify the types of input/data that he would like to treat in his program, can he fully understand the purpose and syntax of the language he is going to be programming in. Better still, a student using this method will more quickly understand the capabilities and limitations of the language he is programming in, and this will allow him to think constructively, if not creatively, about the task he has at hand. What's more, once he has the 'goal, step and method' logical mindset down pat, learning yet another language will be much easier for him.
Pfffft - looks like you read the fine print for me ; P All the same, 24€ is around $17 nowadays. And yes, the "only with home combo" and "unlimited but limited high-speed options" imposition sucks too; basically, at the end of the month, you'll have no VOIP and will have only Edge for the web.
FWIW, I'm hooked up to a 'real' unlimited mobile plan (with Orange), but it costs me €72 ($50) a month.
Not true! Numericable(.fr) just came out with an unlimited calls/unlimited data combo for only €29 a month.
You are already aware that your suggestion is insufficient for the needs of the hypothetical average Joe
My name is Joe, you insensitive clod!
In China, there is no voting, as it's an authoritarian government, so they don't have to worry about placating the voters, except to keep them from rioting too much. For this reason, I'd say things are probably a lot more honest over there.
...yet things were pretty scary during the Bush/Cheney years - "Freedom of speech zones"? Yes, China and the US' economy/government power balances are almost perfect opposites, but they are both headed towards a common middle ground: the merging of economy (corporation) and state.
I can't remember the name of the (horrible) movie I was watching, but it began with a description of a war between the North American and Eurasian corporations. I don't think I even finished the film, but that scenario really rang a bell.
Hear hear - but everyone, not only the news, has been doing that since as long as I remember. There are some perfectly stable-economy (and beautiful) places on this earth where one can live one year on one month of his 'first world' (hate that term) salary.
There were an amazing amount of comments here in the first thread about Bin Laden's death... ~2000? What's the record at /.?
...proved quite nicely (and objectively) that violent video games incite an ~insensivity~ to violence, rather than promote violence itself. But whatever...
My cat comes running whenever I open a can of tuna. So, logically, to attract contact from alien civilizations, we have to:
a) find an 'alien equivilent' to a can of tuna and
b) build the corresponding (intergalactic) can opener, then
c) profit!
or
c) be invaded !
Not me... (holding nose).
Mod parent +1 Dot On.
...of course there's no better way to protect your data - my basement door is securely locked, and I shred my HD's daily. And mom rarely lets anyone past the front door.
...the game players are already having fun playing the game as it is, and even if new features may be fun, learning to use them in itself is not so fun at all.
Don't Panic? I ~love~ to panic! Why do you think I bought my iPhone in the first place?
Except the RIIAA/MPAA is in the pocket of big government.
No, the RIAA and the government are trying to get into each other's pockets - that's called a 'double half-reacharound'.
Well, if everyone's going to be getting into everyone else's back door, the best we can hope for is an all-round reacharound.