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Comment The Godfather (Score 1) 121

by Nomihn0 on Saturday December 09, 2006 @12:23AM (#17171184) Attached to: Criminals Target Tech Students With Job Offers

Sonny: Hey, whaddya gonna do, nice college boy, eh?

Hack, that's what!

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by nhp105 on Monday November 13, 2006 @06:16PM

Submission + - Happy Sweet 16 WWW!

Submitted by

GuNgA-DiN

on Monday November 13, 2006 @05:06PM

GuNgA-DiN writes: "Today marks the 16th anniversay of the World Wide Web. According to the timeline on the W3.org site: "the first web page [was] http://nxoc01.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.htm l. Unfortunately CERN no longer supports the historical site. Note from this era too, the least recently modified web page we know of, last changed Tue, 13 Nov 1990 15:17:00 GMT (though the URI changed.)" A lot has changed in 16 years and this little "baby" has grown into full-blown teenager."

Submission + - Interview with Spreadsheet Creator

Submitted by Gammu on Monday November 13, 2006 @04:32PM

Gammu writes: Dan Bricklin helped create one of the most successful computer metaphors of all time, and he never got rich. He, and another engineer, created Personal Software to create the computer spreadsheet VisiCalc, which established the Apple II as the standard microcomputer for small businesses and attracted the attention of IBM to the market. Josh Coventry recently interviewed Bricklin about VisiCalc and his newer projects, including a Wiki-style spreadsheet.

Submission + - What Math Courses Should We Teach CS Students?

Submitted by

Coryoth

on Monday November 13, 2006 @04:17PM

Coryoth writes: "If you're taking computer science then getting as much mathematics as you can is probably a good idea. Ultimately, however, there are only so many math courses you an squeeze in. Given that, what areas of mathematics should we be teaching CS students for maximum benefit? Traditionally university math courses are structured around the needs of the physical sciences and engineering, which means calculus is what gets offered. While a decent calculus course can teach a certain amount of formality in reasoning, wouldn't CS students be better served with a course in mathematical logic and foundations with its greater degree of formal reasoning and obvious connections to fundamental concepts in computer science? Are courses in abstract algebra and graph theory going to be useful to CS students? Should courses in category theory (yes, it applies to computer science) be required of students going on in theoretical computer science? In short — what areas of mathematics are going to be the most useful and most applicable to computer science students? What courses were of the most value to you?"

Journal Journal: Does anybody read this stuff? 1

Journal by anominous on Sunday November 12, 2006 @08:41PM

Curiosity leads me to ask - does anyone ever read the JE's of random people?

Long time listener, occasional poster.

There are 2 people on here who's JE's I frequent. I've considered posting my own, but wondered "is it worth the effort" - will anyone even notice, or will it be a purely self-serving exercise?

So, if you do read this, please let me know :) If I get "hits", I might start posting JE's.

Thanks,

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