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Comment No, but you should learn it anyway (Score 1) 1086

No, I highly doubt you won't use it much in your daily programming life. That being said...

1. Some of the benefits of these courses is not in the content itself, but in the mental exercises in logic and reasoning.

2. Unless you plan to work for yourself, a degree is usually a good choice. It is VERY likely that any CS degree you seek will contain un-escapable upper level math requirements.


In support of a degree.. A degree can show potential employers that you can stick with something, that you can jump through hoops that are outside your area of interest, and that you have made it through one of the most commonly used hiring filters in the industry.
Emulation (Games)

Submission + - NES Emulator for iPhone Emerges

An anonymous reader writes: The first emulator for iPhone, iPhoneNES has been released. It run very slow, and has no sound, but hacker NerveGas has managed to modify the source to release an optimized version that is playable. Let the battery draining begin!
Patents

Peer Review Starts for Software Patents 102

perbert writes "As seen in an interview in IEEE Spectrum: Qualcomm v. Broadcom. Amazon v. IBM. Apple v. seemingly everyone. The number of high-profile patent lawsuits in this country has reached a staggering level. Hoping to curtail the orgy of tech-industry litigation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is experimenting with reforming the way patents are applied for and processed. Launched on 18 June 2007 was an Internet-based peer-review program whereby anyone (even you) can help to evaluate a number of software patent applications voluntarily submitted for public evaluation. The one-year pilot Peer-to-Patent program is a collaboration between the USPTO and New York Law School's Institute for Information Law and Policy, in New York City. The program's Web site allows users to weigh in on patent applications by researching, evaluating, submitting, and discussing prior art, which is any existing information, such as articles in technology journals and other patents, relevant to the applicant's claims."
Censorship

Pirate Bay Launches Uncensored Image Hosting 461

Spamicles writes "The guys over at the Pirate Bay have launched a new, censorship-free image hosting website called BayImg. Users of the new service don't have to sign-up in order to upload images. However, they can assign a 'removal code' to uploaded images, in case they want to delete the files after a while, and tags to categorize images. BayImg currently supports 100+ file formats, and supports uploading Zip and Rar archives. The maximum file size of uploads is 100MB. The article also discusses TPB's plans for launching a video streaming service that will potentially compete with YouTube."

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