Thanks, o_a. I'll take a look later and see if I can use Component. I think the tv may have that option.
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
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Zenkitty - Feb 18, 2010 10:09:12 am PST #12907 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Gris - Feb 18, 2010 10:53:48 am PST #12908 of 25501
Hey. New board.
You can now completely disable Google Buzz in one click if you want. Too late for some people, but I'm glad I held off trying to undo all their stupid automatic stuff manually.
Ailleann - Feb 18, 2010 11:01:17 am PST #12909 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Do we know if that will kill your follows/following in Google Reader? Cause that I actually want to continue to use.
Ailleann - Feb 18, 2010 11:01:17 am PST #12910 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Seriously, I only hit that once.
Gris - Feb 18, 2010 11:31:22 am PST #12911 of 25501
Hey. New board.
It looks like it might. Google made a classic mistake and combined too many things that should have been kept separate, it seems.
The button deleted your profile and removes all followers completely.
Ailleann - Feb 18, 2010 11:33:57 am PST #12912 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Oh Google. Way to make a classic blunder.
(They'll probably do much better in that land war in Asia...)
brenda m - Feb 18, 2010 12:23:15 pm PST #12913 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2010 4:51:33 pm PST #12914 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I found this PDF very interesting:
Hardware: Looking Back From the 1980s At Computers In Education
"As someone who went to high school in the '80s, this newsletter from 1980 (PDF) is a blast from the past. An interview with Microsoft talks up its BASIC language product and predicts voice control of computers in five years. Advertisements for Compute magazine, which was about to go monthly, and an article about a computer 'network' in Minnesota that connects some fax machine-looking terminal to a central computer over telephone lines. Lots of Atari, TI and RadioShack news too. It's a reminder from 30 years ago that we are still not using technology effectively in education."
DCJensen - Feb 18, 2010 6:32:15 pm PST #12915 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Ah MECC, I recall it well...Well, I recall it.
It's kind of disconcerting seeing a newsletter you remember clearly as being white is not only now digital, but yellowed with age before archiving.
tommyrot - Feb 19, 2010 5:30:26 am PST #12916 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You know how slahsdot has this "Ask slashdot" thing? This was interesting:
Ask Slashdot: What Knowledge Gaps Do Self-Taught Programmers Generally Have?
"I, like many others here, have learned to program by myself. Starting at a young age and learning through fiddling I have taught myself C++, Java, python, PHP, etc., but what I want to know is what I haven't learned that is important when taught in a traditional computer science curriculum. I have a degree in physics, so I'm not averse to math. What books, websites, or resources would you recommend to fill in the gaps?"
One comment:
Creating a good database (or object) model, or code structure is not something trivial and usually self-made programmers are not the best in those fields.
Huh. I'd say I'm very good at creating a database model. Is database stuff generally required for a CS degree?
I had a programming class in high school and a Fortran class in college, but that's the extent of my formal programming education. Anyone else here a programmer who didn't get a CS degree?