Comment This is news? (Score 3, Insightful) 148
Wow. The barrier to entry for getting an article on slashdot has really lowered, hasn't it?
How is this even worth the blog post?
After Learning Java Syntax, What Next? 293
Niris writes "I'm currently taking a course called Advanced Java Programming, which is using the text book Absolute Java, 4th edition, by Walter Savitch. As I work at night as a security guard in the middle of nowhere, I've had enough time to read through the entire course part of the book, finish all eleven chapter quizzes, and do all of the assignments within a month, so all that's left is a group assignment that won't be ready until late April. I'm trying to figure out what else to read that's Java related aside from the usual 'This is how to create a tree. This is recursion. This is how to implement an interface and make an anonymous object,' and wanted to see what Slashdotters have to suggest. So far I'm looking at reading Beginning Algorithms, by Simon Harris and James Ross."
Comment There are so many other stories to be told! (Score 1) 589
I love Dune the novel, and much as I'd love to see it "done right", I'm not sure that's possible for many of the reasons already outlined.
But, why isn't anybody tackling some of the other great Science Fiction stories just waiting to be filmed?
Off the top of my head:
- The Mote in God's Eye
- Hellstrom's Hive
- The Humanoids
- Childhood's End
- Dragonriders of Pern
- Downward to the Earth
- The Two Faces of Tomorrrow
- To Say Nothing of the Dog
and so on...
Comment Re:Oh, Hubris! (Score 1) 589
Snap!
That one scene is the most fascinating in the book! On first reading, I got nothing out of that scene. In fact, thought it was boring to tears.
Then upon a re-read a few later, I was completely blow away by how much sub-text there was beneath the dialogue.
Comment Re:disappointing, it is relative! (Score 1) 842
I did. 10.5 runs snappier on my G4 PowerMac than 10.4 did. What's your point?
