The difference between some web-scripting guy, and a guy who knows CS, is like difference between an automechanic and an automotive engineer. The engineer might not be able to fix your engine, but he understands the workings of it much better than your average mechanic. Source: Slashdot | Math And The Computer Science Major
Gmail – Trash No conversations in the trash. Who needs to delete when you have 1000 MB of storage?! Ha ha…
the exam was easier than i expected. it was multiple choice and short answer. a majority of the multiple choice questions were about java, but there were a couple more general ones, such as converting hexadecimal to decimal. the short answer, or written part of the exam was worth half the grade and was all…Continue Reading…
Maybe I’ll do an analysis of it later, because I don’t agree with all of it. But a lot of it is good.
Interesting bit of history. Search Back in Time: Gmail Before Google
Joe Consumer never “puts together” his computer or upgrades his CPU. Joe Consumer buys prepackaged systems with Windows XP preinstalled. Personally (and probably a lot of /.ers are like me) I bought my last 2 systems as case, motherboard, CPU/heatsink, hard drive, CDROM or DVDROM and assembled them. The advantages for me were (1) I…Continue Reading…