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This is highly dependent on the professor of the class in question. Professor's will sometimes offer a student the option of testing out of a class. It of course depends on the institution exactly what goes on the transcript in these cases,
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I actually wrote a macro pre-processor for MIPS when I was an undergrad which took this concept even farther. I added scope blocks so you could re-use label names and "register names". see https://github.com/timtadh/jist/blob/master/memory
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I am very happy with the XPS 1330m laptop. I don't know if they still make it anymore, but I bought it with ubuntu pre-installed and it has been fantastic.
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> For more information I'd recommend you read these papers, starting with Ford's master's thesis. [1] Also remember that I wasn't talking about using packrat vs. a standard GLR parser -- I was talking about what you should do if you wa
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I would say your university is non-normative in this respect. There is usually no difference in the CS education. The difference is whether the full engineering core is required. If you don't intend to "be a engineer" the engineering core
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Hate to disagree with you. But having written many parsers (and even a few parser generators) it really isn't that difficult if you understand the theory. People encounter problems usually because they don't understand the theory and don't
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I am not sure anyone would think you could learn how to write a compiler from scratch from Muchnick's book. It is a fantastic book, easily one of the best CS books I have ever read. However, the author makes it pretty clear from the get go
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I call bullshit. No one, and I mean no one, cares about BA vs BS.
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Undoubtedly. However, from a standpoint of teaching a class to Math and Computer Science students you can and should present the backing theories in full detail. Student benefit greatly from having a common write up on the proofs. The philo
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I recommend The Incompleteness Phenomenon over GEB[1]. It thoroughly presents Gödel's Completeness and Incompleteness theories at a level appropriate to the collegiate Math or Computer Science student. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Incompleten
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> Using DropBox is the clever bit here for me. DropBox make it so the files follow you so you can edit them on any of your machines. I mean, I guess you could do that, if you really wanted too... or you could use Git. Dropbox is a gre
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Note: According to their terms[1] if ExchB looses your money (either USD or BTC) they are not liable for that money. Bitcoin is interesting, but these exchange markets are so shady. There is essentially zero consumer protection when using t
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> Let's face it, the best experts aren't the ones who knows all the answers, but the ones who know where to look for the answers. In many ways I feel like this is exactly what a degree in Computer Science or a related field gives you. B
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I believe Knuth says in his article on Binary Search in the art of computer programming that it took some ridiculous number of years from when Binary Search was first described to a implementation free of bugs. I find it highly likely that
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It seems to be related to whether or not you have a bing cookie in your browser or not. I can turn on private browsing have them fail, then use a session with a bing cookie and have them succeed.
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Yes it is a funny video but it isn't really representative of the city. Yes Clevelanders have all laughed at this video. For a positive take on the city see: http://juliaincleveland.tumblr.com/
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@tptacek thanks for saying this. Cleveland really isn't terrible and there are programming jobs here. There is a bit of a startup scene and they are looking for programmers. I can try and dig up contacts if some one wants me too. Columbus a
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Actually, using Python or similar is pretty attractive option for Gui development. I know it isn't hip to use WxWindows or Qt4, but if you want a gui that works on all three major platforms Python + Qt4/Wx is a pretty good way to go. Salt t
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take a look at Cigital or similar. Computer security consulting could give you the insight you are looking for and dole out some technical challenges along the way.
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Perhaps it is the sticky "menu" bar on top. Is it just me or do other people really despise these sticky bars that people like to stick on the top/bottom of their sites.
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I tried using it a month or so back and had a great time. Caveats: * You have to use a special patched version of virtualenv. * Numpy is unavailable for Pypy. For various reasons the pypy folks are just going to have to re-implement it. The
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> - Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, sounds like you don't have Flash installed, or no 3d acceleration (no video card drivers? What videocard are you using?) I am 100% certain you can't get netflix to work on linux. Also, flash sucks on linux. I
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The article title is bad and misleading. Here is what DARPA (not the US) is looking for: A system to analyze legacy binary applications and "slice" out the functional components allowing them to be encapsulated and run separately as part of
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Some of these courses look really interesting. Having just passed my Algorithms Qual it is interesting to see the different ranges of topics covered in equivalent courses.
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All true facts unfortunately. To get better teachers you have to attend a "teaching" college/university. This name is detrimental, as most students would probably be happier at such a place. The "research" university really isn't for everyo
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here is a book that will school you: http://www.amazon.com/Types-Programming-Languages-Benjamin-P... It is a great book, but a little dense. Its example language is a typed lambda calculus. This is both good and bad. The good: you can eva
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> Maybe it has even improved to the point that academic literature is half as easy to surf as, say, tvtropes.org. It is. try google scholar, pub med, or academic.research.microsoft.com for starters and Mendeley for building a personal "
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Not having heard of the service before, am I correct as characterizing this product as a WAF (web application firewall)? That also as a consequence of its architecture acts as proxy/CDN for its customers?
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> It would be easier to embrace academia if academic research, much of which is paid for with public funds, was published in open journals that all taxpayers could read for free, instead of in expensive private journals that only other
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Honestly, I think that SourceForge used to be easier to use than it is now. When it had its old interface circa (2002-2005 ish) I could find the information and do the tasks I wanted to do. It is difficult for me to find /anything/ on Sou

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