"Linked lists. Recursion. Calling by reference. Strong typing. Explicit declaration" With the exception of calling by reference and maybe linked lists nothing here is low level: these are programming language features that you need to know as soon as possible so you can focus on the interesting stuff (designing efficient algorithms for instance). How can you even program if you don't know how to use recursion ? Even if it's introductory, it's supposed to be CS, not "how to hack up a CRUD in 12 steps". But I guess that's also a cultural thing. When I was taught the basics we had that in two separate modules: algorithms (pen and paper) and programming languages (the gory details). We didn't type in a single line of code until we knew how to build basic algorithms and how to implement it (we began with C++, then C and finally Java).

Yes. And it's a problem. I guess we're going to see if some red wine can solve it (yes, I'm french).

Aw, my mistake. And sorry for your ex. That's f***ed up.

Then when? The sooner you get this stuff carved into the students' minds, the better. Are you going to spend a whole semester on looping and conditional structures ?

Not exactly. Nobody can see who other people have put in their circles and that is the whole point of it: only you see how you have compartmentalized your contacts. In addition to that, if you don't have a Google+ profile (doesn't matter if you have a Google normal profile or any other email address), you can still be added to a Circle and when someone who has added your address in a Circle shares something into that particular Circle, you will only receive an e-mail with the message/video/thing shared and a link to join Google+. Nothing more than that.

I agree, it really is annoying to people like me who actually are right.

Except they "solved" that problem already by developing a PHP -> C++ compiler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HipHop_for_PHP).

My thought exactly - wish I could mod you up.

MySQL is not free ; and considering his curriculum, I'd put more trust in Stonebraker's advice than in any of Facebook's "engineers".

Want to kill used market? Stop selling your stuff as if customers were made of gold, and stop with the "Keep that up, and soon nobody will create anything anymore" fear-mongering crap: the entertainment industry has been using this line with "piracy" for decades and nobody gives a fuck. My 2 cents.

I wasn't disagreeing at all. As a matter of fact I also happen to think that this kind of animal and barbaric instinct is counterproductive, I just wanted to point that out.

"Human nature says transgressors must be punished." Actually that behaviour has been shown to exist among most animals that live in "societies". This isn't human nature at all.

Somehow I think they only created this project to fuck with future generations' brains. Picture this: nuclear war, everybody forgets about the clock. Year 9434: archaeologists discover the clock, somehow make it work and then all the idiots start wondering why the clock only goes up to 10 000 and make up doomsday scenarios.

So not only can the pirates watch movies for free, but they also reduce the chances a multi-billion dollars CGI piece of crap will be released in the future ? Sounds like a win-win to me.