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Comment Write a trivial web server (Score 1) 172

Its very handy to have a lightweight web server running on your machine that you control completely. You will immediately start learning about sockets, TCP-IP, and HTTP. You can set up a home page with useful information [e.g. how many cats do I own and what are their names]. Plus if you ever open a port on your router, you will quickly learn lots and lots about why security is important.

Comment Re:Good game to try (Score 1) 172

I wrote an implementation in C when the Sciam article was first published. Of course, Stomper (a one line program that copies itself to the next higher address) was pretty much unstoppable, until I introduced the ability to capture enemy processes and repurpose them for programs on the allied side. Lots of fun, but I could never get anyone to try it after I explained the game. I think they were afraid of a process "escaping" and overwriting their machine :)

Comment Re:Check out WGU (Score 1) 370

The only thing that concerns me about WGU is whether it is generally accepted
by employers as a substitute for attendance at a class-based school. That is, given
2 equally qualified candidates, one from WGU and one from an average state school,
would the state school graduate have preference in being hired?

Comment Re: really (Score 1) 285

the traffic is getting insane

a motorcycle might solve that :) weather certainly permits it as a year-long solution

Would be nice if that were true. What often happens is you end up waiting in gridlock like everyone else,
and lane splitting is not allowed. Your bike better be liquid cooled, especially in the summer.

Comment Re: i interpret it to mean (Score 1) 497

If you're a scientist doing actual Science today, then Laws exist. In fact, plenty of Laws exist. Plenty of Settled Science exists. There's always room for improvement, and plenty of things we don't know, but the new things we learn cannot contradict the past things we already learned. They can only polish the details.

This is demonstrably false. Citations provided:
Ether, contradicted by Michelson-Morley
Stationary continents, contradicted by plate techtonics.
Static universe, contradicted by Hubble (the astronomer, not the telescope).

Comment Re:Tell me again... (Score 1) 538

Your mileage may vary of course. I put myself and 2 children through school with 0 debt. In my state, 4 years in-state tuition+fees+housing+food is now about 64K. Higher than most states, I think. Subtract 2 upper division years housing+food and 2 lower division years and you get about 16K. Add about 6K for 2 years of community college and 2K for used/rented books and that is about 24K. Oops, I guess I did miscalculate a bit. Would be interested in hearing your exact costs.

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