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 Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:25 |
 SaltyJon wrote:
At first I thought you said Tangerine Dream, and wondered why you were unhappy. Then I re-read what you said, and don't recognize what she's listening to.
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Katy Perry. Now it's Justin Bieber.
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A Person
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:26 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Henry: the first thing I look at on a resume is Matlab proficiency.
In other words, you better learn it. |
Yeah, I'm taking a computer programming for engineers next semester so I assume I'll learn something there, although from the description it seems to focus primarily on C++ and Fortran, which seems unnecessary? The problem with this is that this is an online course, and when I asked the professor a question she told me to look at the things posted on Blackboard, but the only things on there are the required assignment and a couple of very basic commands, since it's a broad lame ass intro class and you're not required to do it in any specific language, which is just as well since the materials are all from the mid '90s. But telling me the obvious way to calculate sine of something doesn't help me cobble together a program to run the quadratic equation, Cramer's rule, and screw around with complex numbers with some algebra. Ao I have to learn this entirely on my own. And the help files on the computers here are gone! |
I am pretty sure my college doesn't even teach C++ anymore.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:29 |
A Person wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
At first I thought you said Tangerine Dream, and wondered why you were unhappy. Then I re-read what you said, and don't recognize what she's listening to.
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Katy Perry. Now it's Justin Bieber.
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Oh, OK.
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:30 |
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Thanks, ZowieZiggy, for pushing a review I worked on really hard today nearly off the front page with your volley of reviews (many of them one star).
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Padraic
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:31 |
A Person wrote:
Henry Plainview wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Henry: the first thing I look at on a resume is Matlab proficiency.
In other words, you better learn it. |
Yeah, I'm taking a computer programming for engineers next semester so I assume I'll learn something there, although from the description it seems to focus primarily on C++ and Fortran, which seems unnecessary? The problem with this is that this is an online course, and when I asked the professor a question she told me to look at the things posted on Blackboard, but the only things on there are the required assignment and a couple of very basic commands, since it's a broad lame ass intro class and you're not required to do it in any specific language, which is just as well since the materials are all from the mid '90s. But telling me the obvious way to calculate sine of something doesn't help me cobble together a program to run the quadratic equation, Cramer's rule, and screw around with complex numbers with some algebra. Ao I have to learn this entirely on my own. And the help files on the computers here are gone! |
I am pretty sure my college doesn't even teach C++ anymore.
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Really? Nor C? Is it all Java at this point?
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:31 |
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People don't use C++ anymore? So why does the description say Fortran, Pascal, and C++...
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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SaltyJon
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:32 |
Epignosis wrote:
Thanks, ZowieZiggy, for pushing a review I worked on really hard today nearly off the front page with your volley of reviews (many of them one star).
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Based on people's description of the album, it doesn't look like my type. I like the album art, though.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:35 |
Epignosis wrote:
Thanks, ZowieZiggy, for pushing a review I worked on really hard today nearly off the front page with your volley of reviews (many of them one star).
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I assume most PA users (except of course for the occasional visitors) have the homepage bookmarked with the "show last 50 reviews" version on, like I do 
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A Person
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:36 |
Padraic wrote:
A Person wrote:
Henry Plainview wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Henry: the first thing I look at on a resume is Matlab proficiency.
In other words, you better learn it. |
Yeah, I'm taking a computer programming for engineers next semester so I assume I'll learn something there, although from the description it seems to focus primarily on C++ and Fortran, which seems unnecessary? The problem with this is that this is an online course, and when I asked the professor a question she told me to look at the things posted on Blackboard, but the only things on there are the required assignment and a couple of very basic commands, since it's a broad lame ass intro class and you're not required to do it in any specific language, which is just as well since the materials are all from the mid '90s. But telling me the obvious way to calculate sine of something doesn't help me cobble together a program to run the quadratic equation, Cramer's rule, and screw around with complex numbers with some algebra. Ao I have to learn this entirely on my own. And the help files on the computers here are gone! |
I am pretty sure my college doesn't even teach C++ anymore.
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Really? Nor C? Is it all Java at this point? |
IIRC, there was one but they lost it for some reason.  All I can find is VB.Net, COBOL, Java and C#. FWIW, it's a CC. 
Edited by A Person - November 10 2010 at 15:37
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:37 |
this music is just avantgarde and therefore unbearable 
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:38 |
SaltyJon wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Thanks, ZowieZiggy, for pushing a review I worked on really hard today nearly off the front page with your volley of reviews (many of them one star).
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Based on people's description of the album, it doesn't look like my type. I like the album art, though.
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You would absolutely not like the album.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:41 |
harmonium.ro wrote:
this music is just avantgarde and therefore unbearable
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SaltyJon
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:42 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:43 |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:49 |
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Epignosis
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:58 |
SaltyJon wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Thanks, ZowieZiggy, for pushing a review I worked on really hard today nearly off the front page with your volley of reviews (many of them one star).
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Based on people's description of the album, it doesn't look like my type. I like the album art, though.
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You would absolutely not like the album.
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Just for that, I'm listening to the samples. 
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Upon first listen, these two tracks remind me more than anything of Barenaked Ladies. I don't mind it, wouldn't be a favorite but it's definitely listenable.
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I stand corrected!
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SaltyJon
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:58 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 16:05 |
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A Person
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 16:07 |
I like more than Avant/RIO and Krautrock as well.
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CCVP
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 16:08 |
SaltyJon wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Thanks, ZowieZiggy, for pushing a review I worked on really hard today nearly off the front page with your volley of reviews (many of them one star).
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Based on people's description of the album, it doesn't look like my type. I like the album art, though.
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You would absolutely not like the album.
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Just for that, I'm listening to the samples.
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Upon first listen, these two tracks remind me more than anything of Barenaked Ladies. I don't mind it, wouldn't be a favorite but it's definitely listenable.
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I stand corrected!
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Indeed, don't forget I do like stuff other than Avant/RIO and Krautrock. 
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Really? Just because it is unbearable to human ears?
A Person wrote:
Padraic wrote:
A Person wrote:
Henry Plainview wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Henry: the first thing I look at on a resume is Matlab proficiency.
In other words, you better learn it. |
Yeah, I'm taking a computer programming for engineers next semester
so I assume I'll learn something there, although from the description
it seems to focus primarily on C++ and Fortran, which seems unnecessary?
The problem with this is that this is an online course, and when I
asked the professor a question she told me to look at the things posted
on Blackboard, but the only things on there are the required assignment
and a couple of very basic commands, since it's a broad lame ass intro
class and you're not required to do it in any specific language, which
is just as well since the materials are all from the mid '90s. But
telling me the obvious way to calculate sine of something doesn't help
me cobble together a program to run the quadratic equation, Cramer's
rule, and screw around with complex numbers with some algebra. Ao I have
to learn this entirely on my own. And the help files on the computers
here are gone! |
I am pretty sure my college doesn't even teach C++ anymore.
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Really? Nor C? Is it all Java at this point? |
IIRC, there was one but they lost it for some reason. All I can find is VB.Net, COBOL, Java and C#.
FWIW, it's a CC.
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CC is always superior. 
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