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by davidthefat
Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:34 pm
Forum: Current Events and Science/Technology
Topic: A possible glimpse into the future
Replies: 40
Views: 14062

Re: A possible glimpse into the future

well it says all the "architectural" types of glass are "damage resistant" and "durable". How they'll make it so, I'm not sure :| Either way, awesome concept! I saw that, but did you see how carefully the guy was holding the small phone-like device? I know it was conce...
by davidthefat
Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:07 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: Hire Me!
Replies: 30
Views: 5293

Re: Hire Me!

I'll hire you to do my homework... I'll pay you in cookies?
by davidthefat
Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:38 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: [SOLVED] Help in Pong Physics
Replies: 9
Views: 686

Re: Help in Pong Physics

I want to make a Pong game, but I have no idea how to make the gravity in the game that pulls the ball towards the floor and sends it flying in different directions when it is hit. Can you guys point me to a good site or can you guys just start me off and I'll take it from there. http://en.wikipedi...
by davidthefat
Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:36 pm
Forum: Current Events and Science/Technology
Topic: Judge sentenced for locking up kids for cash
Replies: 9
Views: 2121

Re: Judge sentenced for locking up kids for cash

That is messed up... Now why is it only 12 years?
by davidthefat
Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:23 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Assembly Isn't That Bad:
Replies: 14
Views: 1250

Re: Assembly Isn't That Bad:

There are only two reasons that assembly can ever be hard: 1) It is a nightmare to do anything substantial in assembly 2) It requires intricate knowledge of the CPU and hardware architecture. So naturally the more complex the architecture, the more nightmarish the instruction set and tasks required...
by davidthefat
Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:40 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Assembly Isn't That Bad:
Replies: 14
Views: 1250

Re: Assembly Isn't That Bad:

There are only two reasons that assembly can ever be hard: 1) It is a nightmare to do anything substantial in assembly 2) It requires intricate knowledge of the CPU and hardware architecture. So naturally the more complex the architecture, the more nightmarish the instruction set and tasks required...
by davidthefat
Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:08 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Assembly Isn't That Bad:
Replies: 14
Views: 1250

Re: Assembly Isn't That Bad:

So why are people so scared of it? BTW, I have only done basic operations and using inline assembly. This is why: ;*********************************************************** ;* ;* Lab6.asm ;* ;* USART RECEIVER ;* ;*********************************************************** ;* ;* Author: Benjamin A...
by davidthefat
Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:46 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Assembly Isn't That Bad:
Replies: 14
Views: 1250

Re: Assembly Isn't That Bad:

Oh whether I like it or not is not a choice :lol:. I'll eventually have to learn it anyway. I plan on double majoring in Computer Engineering and Computer Science and taking extra theoretical physics courses (don't say it is a stupid idea, I want to work on quantum computers, robotics, artificial in...
by davidthefat
Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:28 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Assembly Isn't That Bad:
Replies: 14
Views: 1250

Assembly Isn't That Bad:

So I thought assembly would be a very hard thing to learn, but surprisingly, it's not bad as all. It is not scary, or anything. I understand it. So why are people so scared of it? BTW, I have only done basic operations and using inline assembly. May be using it more will prove to be a pain. Also per...
by davidthefat
Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:37 pm
Forum: Current Events and Science/Technology
Topic: IBM Watson: Jeopardy Playing Super Computer
Replies: 1
Views: 1377

IBM Watson: Jeopardy Playing Super Computer

http://www.watson.ibm.com/index.shtml
http://video.pbs.org/video/1786674622

I know kind of late news, but this is going down in the history books for sure. First computer to beat a human in Jeopardy.
by davidthefat
Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:39 am
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: So, something pretty cool happened today...
Replies: 10
Views: 1365

Re: So, something pretty cool happened today...

So... Let me be the first to ask: what exactly is a "solutions architect"?
by davidthefat
Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:41 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: What is the irony in this?
Replies: 6
Views: 679

What is the irony in this?

Me, the lead programmer of our robotics club and the one with the most programming experience, gets tied to the most basic and boring jobs like testing sensors and graphing them in excel... I literally spent 2 hours getting 20,000 data points from the robot, filtering them out and graphing them toda...
by davidthefat
Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:07 pm
Forum: Current Events and Science/Technology
Topic: North Korea going to war?
Replies: 9
Views: 2441

Re: North Korea going to war?

So, here is my story: I came to California when I was 7 in January 13, 2001. Now, I was born in South Korea, so I am a Korean citizen as of now. I am only a permanent resident of these United States of America. I am turning 17 next month, in Korea that would mean I would turn 18 due to their weird a...
by davidthefat
Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:01 am
Forum: Current Events and Science/Technology
Topic: Google Interview Questions
Replies: 9
Views: 2260

Re: Google Interview Questions

IDK how to answer any of those question... Does it mean I'm dumb? :| :cry: :(
by davidthefat
Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:56 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: which programming book is right for me?
Replies: 3
Views: 539

Re: which programming book is right for me?

For free, you can check out the computer science lectures on iTunesU, I also suggest it on Youtube, but you can save it on iTunesU and there is a bigger selection to pick from. Just search MIT or Stanford, they are great classes. I suggest this first: http://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordUniversity#g...