If you haven't had discrete, you WILL need it as a programmer.
Set theory is useful for more than just DB theory, as suggested by some here. Set theory is what your brain goes through when you create complex if-else statements, case-switch statements, etc.
1) It's a bit presumptuous to assume that I buy everything that Apple makes because it is "hip." I bought my Mac mini because I wanted a Unix system that my wife felt comfortable using. I don't like having multiple boxes. I don't like running virtual machines. I run Linux everywhere I can, laptops, work, and so forth, but for my home machine, I just want to check my e-mail, surf the web, and listen to music. Oh, and if I can/need to drop to a terminal, awesome.
2) If LaLa goes down, I'll probably get a refund. See Yahoo music store closing for details/precedent.
3) I'd rather license the stream because of [see original post]. I like NOT using up half my frickin harddrive on songs that I'll listen to maybe 6 times a year.
4) My experience with LaLa has been awesome. I pay less for music than I ever have before. My music is available from any web-enabled computer. I can use any modern web browser. I don't have to use proprietary software, specific hardware, or be running a specific operating system. I choose to give LaLa money because I felt that they really understood my needs as a consumer, and offered at an extremely palatable price. They have profitability issues, as many startups do, so if Apple's acquisition can keep them up and running for longer, I'm for it.
5) Like everyone else on
5) People that work for Microsoft, Apple, etc. don't drive Fords. They drive Priuses, Escalades, or imports. Just like the rest of us on
6) We, the people, are the government. It's not some scary guy in a dark suit that you've never met. It's you and me. We're the corrupt and/or stupid ones. Let's all keep that in mind.
Right now, I have iTunes that I use to update my iPod and LaLa which I primarily use to listen to music when I'm on ANY web connected computer. I use LaLa over iTunes at home because I have streams for some songs that I have a paid license to listen to on LaLa that I didn't pay the extra 79 cents to download, so they aren't available in my iTunes.
With LaLa, if I have an internet connection, I can listen to my songs and streams from anywhere, which means I don't need copies of all of my MP3s (or whatever) on my laptop, my work machine, my home machine, etc. It's amazing, and stream licenses are only 10 cents per song.
LaLa also provides a music mover app, which watches my iTunes directory and automatically unlocks the streams in LaLa of the tracks of whatever CD I just imported on iTunes.
Suffice it to say, I love it, and if they integrated the two products, I'd love it even more.
To the untrained eye IT is IT is IT.
This is true, but the question is, if the untrained eyes belong to the person hiring you, do we have a problem?
If you want to put yourself on the map, publish your own map.