Amazon 7 #101 January 21, 2006 Hardware = EE\CS Software = CS DUDE... it was the 80's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #102 January 21, 2006 Actually: # 1. a) The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena. b) Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena. c) Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study. 2. Methodological activity, discipline, or study: I've got packing a suitcase down to a science. 3. An activity that appears to require study and method: the science of purchasing. 4. Knowledge, especially that gained through experience. Computer science would fall under 1c, 2, 3, and even 4. But I understand what you mean. By the usual definition (ie using scientific method to solve problems), it is not. So let us change all Comp Sci degrees that involve software programming to Software Engineering. And then we can get some tacos. Man, I am hungryWhy yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #103 January 21, 2006 It's ok, it WAS the 80's ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #104 January 21, 2006 Well, that makes sense then. After all, they were still figuring out how to "make fire" in the 80's.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #105 January 21, 2006 QuoteAfter all, they were still figuring out how to "make fire" in the 80's. There was a WHOLE lot of partying going on.. just like our president who was filling his nose with cocaine.. since he could afford it... after his daddies buddies were bailing himn out of one failed oil company after another. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #106 January 21, 2006 Oh geez, we had a fun little thing going here and you just HAD TO make it into a "Bush sucks" diatribe. And it doesn't even have to do with why it was called Comp Sci. Okay, that is it. I really need some tacos. I mentioned em once and now I cannot stop thinking about them. Soon.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #107 January 21, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuote If you'd taken more math and hard science instead of the soft options, you wouldn't have had a problem. Better universities require their students to take classes outside of their major/realm. If ones graduates with nothing but physics and math classes, what was the point? Could just buy a robot from Japan. Plenty of GenEd classes outside the major do not require deferring to some cranky opinions on politico-economic systems. You could take a hard course on Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer, for example, or a foreign language. By the way, "worser" universities require exactly the same thing as "better" ones, which you would know if you did a little research on accreditation requirements instead of just opinionating. I made no claims on accreditation. I attacked your foolish notion that avoiding the 'soft options' is a good plan of attack. I majored in that political psuedo science at the leading program in the country. Somehow I never had any need to defer to some cranky opinion in my paper writing. IMO, the majority of these cases are ones where the person failed to defend their claim, or couldn't write a coherent paper. My lower grades came when I wrote at the last hour, or in hindsight can see that my argument drifted. If you get into the trap of using all your good factoids irregardless of their value to your argument, you've blown it. And that, btw, is what the science majors can get out of the humanities requirements. In the working world, it's often not about being right. It's about convincing others. And when a professor has to make up words in his writings, it's a bit embarassing and less convincing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpjc2000 0 #108 January 21, 2006 IMHO we have way to many intelligent derelicts in the world...lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,113 #109 January 21, 2006 Hey, there are some 600,000+ words in the English language, and every one of them was made up by someone. It was a professor who made up "laser", for example, and another who made up "dinitrophenylhydrazine".... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViperPilot 0 #110 January 21, 2006 QuoteIf you'd taken more math and hard science instead of the soft options, you wouldn't have had a problem.Tongue But calc and physics sucks soooo bad!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #111 January 21, 2006 Quote Hey, there are some 600,000+ words in the English language, and every one of them was made up by someone. It was a professor who made up "laser", for example, and another who made up "dinitrophenylhydrazine". Interesting thing about quicksand is the more you struggle, the faster you sink. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,113 #112 January 22, 2006 QuoteQuote Hey, there are some 600,000+ words in the English language, and every one of them was made up by someone. It was a professor who made up "laser", for example, and another who made up "dinitrophenylhydrazine". Interesting thing about quicksand is the more you struggle, the faster you sink. Stop struggling, then.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #113 January 22, 2006 Quote Hey, there are some 600,000+ words in the English language, and every one of them was made up by someone. It was a professor who made up "laser", for example, and another who made up "dinitrophenylhydrazine". man, you're losing your game, John. LASER is an acronym - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. It was a new invention named after existing words. And your second one sounds similarly named after its composition. Which is a far cry from inventing words out of thin air when there are already existing ones that do the job fine. Unless you're some kid in high school, the existing words do the job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #114 January 22, 2006 Hey, language is a living, changing, tool for communication. I present half-assed : origin year 1932 Hokum: origin year 1917 which spawned hokey in 1927 Goof has been evolving gradually for over 150 years. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,113 #115 January 22, 2006 QuoteQuote Hey, there are some 600,000+ words in the English language, and every one of them was made up by someone. It was a professor who made up "laser", for example, and another who made up "dinitrophenylhydrazine". man, you're losing your game, John. LASER is an acronym - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. It was a new invention named after existing words. And your second one sounds similarly named after its composition. Now tell us how "amplification", "radiation","nitro", "phenyl" and "hydrazine" entered the language. Did the words come down from God on tablets of stone?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
