As many have already pointed out, computer science != programming.

Exactly my argument for a long time.

Simply put, some of the best programmers I know don't know jack about their systems, network, interactions and operating systems.

It boils down, IMO, to: programming ~= pure math based and systems/network/OS is more of an art form, albeit less math based.

Seriously, you (the programmer) make it work for your narrow world view and I will make it work in a bigger picture, environment and/or world view.

Like the saying "In theory there is no difference from practice, in practice there is."

My college has the worst math dept. know to the continental U.S. and requires 3 levels of calculus. Now, first they split up derivatives (calc1) and integrals (calc2) which go hand-in-hand, but then foist upon us calc3 which boils down to "remember all that shit that was poorly taught and makes no sense, now apply it."

Yeah, uh-huh. Fuckers.

Discrete, useful as it is, is taught by "theoretical" mathematicians who've not a clue how it applies.
Bah!

Your premise is dead on...programming is a subset of CS and not the end all be all of it.

Are you claiming that news shows giving both sides of a story is a _bad_ thing?

Yes, if one of the sides is clearly false. Ignorance is not a point of view.

(smarmy) Unless you work for (false stories) or read the New York Times for ClimateGate emails (nope
they did not publish).

Ironically, I've been spending a few days clearing up years of bookmarks and visited one from alternet
I'd saved and upon re-reading, deleted it while thinking "God, it reads like the onion.com, only stupider
and without the humor".

And, yes, I must say online at least once:
NJ Governor Chris Christie for president in '12 or '16.

How long did it take Joe Wilson's 'YOU LIE' to go from decorum breaking to "well, duh".

Nice transparency, and wasn't this covered like...oh, about 6 months ago?

Hope we can change back to a republic before it's too late.

I keep hearing the line from Heavy Metal: "It's not like he'd do anything immoral/illegal".

Yeah, right.

.....Men at Work do come from a land down under, where women glow and lawyers plunder.

leaving us with a slack jaw, and not much to say...

How about saying that the Brit's Health Care system is extended to PC's and then download the
remote app, make them wait a few months before connecting to the machine (so it seems normal)
then take it over.

It could work.

(/tongue firmly in cheek, BTW)

You have to because some freaking idiot made it a unified/menu-like like IE.

So instead of a single click and you're done, it's now, click, menu, choose/click the fwd/back,
go wrong direction (possibly) or too far, click the unified button again (repeat).

A FWD (with menu and clear direction/levels) and BKWD with the same menu and CLEAR direction.

I HATE the way IE does it (can't seem to fix) and it's the first thing I fixed in FF3.

Both had a point in time when their names meant something good, now

"It's a Sony" and "This is CNN" only server as warning labels.

And a merger? I'm sure it'll work out as well as MSNBC has, if you're going for
two single digit viewer-ships, one might actually make it to double digits.

Which one works the best for those of us that bought it and hate the DRM?

Had Peerguardian running and forgot about it when I tried launching AC2...oops.

Even Allowing ubi.* did not work entirely, logged in and barfed with "no net, exit
to windows?"...grrr.

Just want to launch and go. C'mon ubi get a clue.

If AC3's DRM is worse (knew AC2 was a matter of time) may have to wait out AC3 and
consider if I should buy or not.

I've said time and time again, "Never replace hardware with software" because
something dedicated to the task will always work better, or be less failure
prone (more often than not).

Would Toyota be having these problems with an accelerator cable vs electronic?

99% sure the answer is "no"...heck the solution is add some grease, make sure
it isn't pinched/looped too tightly and/or add tension to the pedal side.

Or, replace the damn cable with a new one...a 20 to 30 minute task.
(less than 10min on a motorcycle)

Oh, well, what do I know? I'm just a CS major with real world experience, pay
no attention to the man behind the keyboard!!!

Special iAccessory called the iBag Of Holding.