im taking a computer science class online

einride · April 21st, 2012, 10:04 AM

hi

http://www.udacity.com/

this is one of the best applications of this wretched web of worthlessness i've seen yet

essentially you can take college-level courses for free on the interweb with professors talking on video cameras and whatnot. i'm takin CS212 like a boss

in the future maybe we will make time and money constraints to higher education essentially obsolete and i think this is a cool thing

unfortunately at this moment you are shit outta luck unless you want to become a computer nerd, but i hope in time this concept will expand to include basically everything

Vittra · April 21st, 2012, 11:41 AM

This may actually prove useful to me, I'll have to check it out when I have some time.

dorian gray · April 21st, 2012, 02:39 PM

My entire fuckin masters is online ...but it ain't free

Hell Mike · April 21st, 2012, 03:47 PM

http://allastudier.se/utbildningar/p...FedZmAod4DG6ag
9,425 distansutbildningar inom "Distans"

what

Dick Sirloin · April 21st, 2012, 03:51 PM

This forum has gotta count for something

LEARNING ONLINE

einride · April 21st, 2012, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hell Mike

http://allastudier.se/utbildningar/p...FedZmAod4DG6ag
9,425 distansutbildningar inom "Distans"

what

yeah but thats different because you still have a schedule to adhere to

this is more or less "do it at your own pace i dont care"

also, more hi-tech

swizzlenuts · April 22nd, 2012, 11:07 AM

Shit this is awesome. I need to get better at my coding.

einride · April 22nd, 2012, 11:12 AM

yeah i feel like a right idiot here

i guess i don't know many of python's language constructs well enough, and my math and logic thinking must have declined a lot since i was in school, because many of the assignments stump me pretty well

swizzlenuts · April 22nd, 2012, 11:48 AM

Once I learned the basics of python, I never want to go back. C just frustrates me now.

einride · April 22nd, 2012, 02:22 PM

ya, python is just really beautiful and fun

c is frankly pretty much dead (or should be) for everything except systems/embedded programming

it had a good run of 40 years or so but it's p. much time to bury it

swizzlenuts · April 22nd, 2012, 03:46 PM

Right now, the only reason why I use C is because it's so much faster than python in N-body simulations.

KILL TULLY · April 23rd, 2012, 02:21 PM

Fawk yea, gonna do this as a test run in Iraq before committing to a credit-earning course. (To test the internet etc. etc. see if it's possible). I know lots of dudes do it, but I still wanna give it a test run first. I'm afraid the internet will 'esplode randomly (as it does) right when I need to turn in an assignment/take a test or something.

einride · April 23rd, 2012, 02:33 PM

i've done almost everything in week 1 so far, i JUST finished the first homework assignment and i feel really smart

lurch70 · April 23rd, 2012, 03:44 PM

Quote:

i feel really smart

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swizzlenuts Smoke Pipe Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Arkham Posts: 8,947	Shit this is awesome. I need to get better at my coding. __________________ "The three of us sat there, quietly and with our eyes closed, for 37+ minutes. When it was over, we turned to each other and, without saying a word, gave each other high-fives." - Ogre after listening to Plague of the Planets for the first time.

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einride ikledd evighetens kappe Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,566	yeah i feel like a right idiot here i guess i don't know many of python's language constructs well enough, and my math and logic thinking must have declined a lot since i was in school, because many of the assignments stump me pretty well __________________

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swizzlenuts Smoke Pipe Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Arkham Posts: 8,947	Once I learned the basics of python, I never want to go back. C just frustrates me now. __________________ "The three of us sat there, quietly and with our eyes closed, for 37+ minutes. When it was over, we turned to each other and, without saying a word, gave each other high-fives." - Ogre after listening to Plague of the Planets for the first time.

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Vittra Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,490	This may actually prove useful to me, I'll have to check it out when I have some time.

April 22nd, 2012, 02:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
einride ikledd evighetens kappe Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,566	ya, python is just really beautiful and fun c is frankly pretty much dead (or should be) for everything except systems/embedded programming it had a good run of 40 years or so but it's p. much time to bury it __________________

April 22nd, 2012, 03:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
swizzlenuts Smoke Pipe Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Arkham Posts: 8,947	Right now, the only reason why I use C is because it's so much faster than python in N-body simulations. __________________ "The three of us sat there, quietly and with our eyes closed, for 37+ minutes. When it was over, we turned to each other and, without saying a word, gave each other high-fives." - Ogre after listening to Plague of the Planets for the first time.

April 23rd, 2012, 02:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
KILL TULLY . Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,586	Fawk yea, gonna do this as a test run in Iraq before committing to a credit-earning course. (To test the internet etc. etc. see if it's possible). I know lots of dudes do it, but I still wanna give it a test run first. I'm afraid the internet will 'esplode randomly (as it does) right when I need to turn in an assignment/take a test or something.

April 23rd, 2012, 02:33 PM	#13 (permalink)
einride ikledd evighetens kappe Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,566	i've done almost everything in week 1 so far, i JUST finished the first homework assignment and i feel really smart __________________