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I just got accepted into the MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering program at Texas A&MGross! You're going to be a dirty, dirty Aggie!
Actually, I'm told they have a great program. Alas, I'm not sure if there's going to be much of a rivalry anymore with UT and Texas A&M not playing in the same football conference anymore. My blind hatred will have to find another outlet.
so?Yes, but what if getting rid of the flower would kill you?
If you bought a potted flower and put it on your kitchen table, but it turns out you are extremely allergic to it, you wouldn't solve the problem by selling the house and moving, you'd get rid of the flower.
Tablets SuckI thought tablets were silly, too, but then I was given an iPad as a gift. Suddenly, I didn't have to carry around a binder full of academic papers. I didn't need to print out sections of dissertations to have easy access to them. It was convenient for me to pull something out at a bus stop or on the bus and actually use my time for something productive. Do I think my iPad will ever replace a my PC for programming, spreadsheets, Powerpoint, gaming, etc? No, I don't. Do I think the iPad is a great way to carry around a library full of relevant textbooks, dissertations, and academic articles? Yes, and it does it very well. It goes from sleeping to full speed in the blink of an eye, and it's a lot less bulky than my laptop. It's easier for me to hold the tablet comfortably and read it, regardless of my location.
Soup the tablet up as much as you want. Give it more cores, more RAM, better video and it will still suck. Why? As novel as the input interfaces are, either touch screen or dictation, they suck for anything more complicated than clicking links and reading e-mail. There is a growing myth that Ma and Pa who click links and read news articles make up the vast majority of computer users. Mean while, students, power users, gamers, and corporate users are programming, gaming, writing reports, making power point presentations, making spread sheets, doing their taxes, editing photos, managing collections of files, what else? And the computer industry actually thinks touch screens and dictation can do this well? Alright, you try doing this efficiently with touch screen, see how fast you tire. Ever play Wii? Try talking to your computer for 8 hours straight (and I know a deaf guy who programs in C++ with dictation). Give me a break. Tablets suck. Don't be fooled by friends and advertisers ... they're a novelty item at best, but more like a lightbulb (look Ma, it lights the room for 9 hours straight! How power efficient!).
I'll continue to enjoy efficient input and visualization with my keyboard/mouse and dual 28 inch screen setup. If I want portability, I'll use my slightly bulkier laptop which still beats the iPad's 7 or 10inch touch screen.
srsly, though: fuck subtleties and niceties. be clear and concise in your directions. she _should_ do a lit review, but does she know that? does she know how - she should...but does she really know how? also, in regard to "asking questions" can I assume you've told her that if she has a question and cant find the answer, then to ask for help?I don't expect a literature review. I do expect her to read the papers and chapters I've told her are worthwhile. If she's interested, she's welcome to look at more papers. I've told her if she is stuck to ask me questions, but she won't explore the literature for answers or ask questions at all. Usually, I show up to our weekly meeting thinking the work was done only to find out she was stuck for most of the week doing nothing.
Unless you're lucky enough to have been mentored from an early age, chances are you don't know how to do research and probably don't have a work ethic. This doesn't mean she's not genuinely interested though. This student just needs to be spoonfed initially.The work is done remotely for the most part; I'm not real sure how to monitor that. I'll tell her to spend a little time writing down what was accomplished every week, and I'll try giving her more direct feedback.
How do I know? I started out this way! I was very lucky to have changed my ways prior to graduate school.
You need to provide feedback and go out of your way to make sure she's working (e.g. punctuality, reading papers, etc... start with punctuality) for a little while. Then she'll establish a habit which will reinforce motivation and interest ... assuming she is genuinely interested in research. Feedback is especially helpful.
But then hackers don't have anything juicy to get to when they infiltrate your mainframez.Aha! So that was your plan all along. Never trust a Hawaiian!
Most people don't know the people who have impacted us in huge ways; for example: Dennis RitchieReally, the problem was he didn't have a turtleneck. C is just C... but a turtleneck, that's awesome!
I think I'm the only one in the world who has never read or heard of Hitchens.Funny (and almost relevant) story: When I told my wife Steve Jobs was dead, she asked, "Who's that?"
OMG Thank you guys ~~~~~! My birthday festivities included not sleeping and studying for finals.We love you, buddy!
Lucky guess, or can you explain why?Fibonacci sequence . 1 (1 white square), 1 (1 white square), 2 (2 white squares), 3 (3 white squares), 5 (3 white squares and 2 black squares with the black squares overlaying two of the white ones), 8 (3 white squares, 3 black squares on top of those, and 2 white squares on top of 2 of the black squares).
13?That'd both be wrong.On a related note, this is from last week's Pathfinder session. You find a locked door with the following configuration of tiles:
https://yfrog.com/odnyrpbj
and 20 buttons labeled 1 - 20. Which do you press?
I would either push all of them, or the last one.
FWIW, I'm the one who figured out which button to press during the game, and I was right.
