Recent content by gruven

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    Learning Javascript and Programming

    Webstorm is pretty nice, and very well done. Although, you are already using sublime text, you can install node.js locally, and install SublimeREPL in sublime using the package manager and use that with node. It allows you to run code line by line.
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    Looking for White optical Gaming mouse

    Logitech G600. I have it in black, and I will never use a non-mmo mouse again. n/m, you said optical.
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    A Career In Computer Programming

    That is great! What you are describing would be a Bachelor of Arts in CS at my university, and requires a lot less math. There is one thing to check though, and it may not even be a problem where you are located, but I know at quite a few 4 year universities they require you to take the...
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    A Career In Computer Programming

    I imagine it differs university to university. At the school I attend, CS is in the Math/Science department, and CIS is in the Business department. The classes don't intersect at all. CIS majors where I go only have to take up to Business Calculus for math. CS majors are requires to take Cal I...
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    A Career In Computer Programming

    This is valid, although that is already another major at my school. A CS degree is the basics of logic, math, data structures, and algorithms. Every CS student should be taught at least that. Upper level electives for me include AI, advanced data structures, advanced OOP, database programming...
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    A Career In Computer Programming

    This could be because there just aren't that many of them anymore. Most general advisers try to discourage CS and push the students into more of a human/earth science, or a business field for their degree. Not to mention the amount of students that can't pass the mass classes or are intimidated...
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    A Career In Computer Programming

    This is what I was stressing in my post. Programming experience will help a lot, but when you can't hold your own in a team environment (as most programming jobs will require) because you haven't had the logic, math, and general CS classes, you won't hold that job long. So yes, the degree does...
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    A Career In Computer Programming

    Sounds to me like you should have went into computer science instead for a career in programming. All the CIS majors I know that got their degree go on to be system or network admins. Don't take that in a bad way, I don't mean to offend you in any way, but CS is about application design...
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    Who here uses Windows Phone?

    Nokia Lumia 920 I have had iphones and android phones, and I much prefer my Windows Phone. It does what I need it to do, and doesn't get in my way. I haven't had a lack of apps, as it has everything that I need. Of course, I don't use just a huge amount of apps. The browser is better for me...
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    Stick with Android or shift to iOS?

    Fair enough. I don't know much about the cameras on the Android phones, but in the time I had android and iPhones, I actually preferred the iPhones because they just worked, although I hated iTunes. If it weren't for iTunes, I would say go with an iPhone, but it sounds like you should just...
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    Stick with Android or shift to iOS?

    Honestly a Windows phone sounds like what you are wanting, but what apps are you missing? I have not experienced any apps missing that I wanted on the WP8, but everyone's app requirements are different. Also, WP8 has a hefty amount of games available, including quite a few exclusives.
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    (Sold Out)Brother HL-2270DW Compact Laser Printer w/ Wifi, Duplexing $79.99

    I have one of these I use for school. It gets a lot of use and it is a trooper. Toner isn't expensive, and it is very small. Great printer, and it even works in Linux!
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    Moto cancels ICS for Atrix/Photon/Electrify

    I am posting from an ATRIX, and this really gets under my skin. The original Motorola XOOM has the exact same hardware minus the fingerprint reader and it is already on Jellybean.
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    Best Linux Distro(s) for Linux+ Exam

    For the purpose of the Linux+ exam, you need to know where the network configs of RHEL are. They pretty much expect you to think that RHEL is standard Linux. As a matter of fact, they didn't ask where they were stored, they wanted to know how to use the RHEL gui tools to set things.
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    Best Linux Distro(s) for Linux+ Exam

    This. The Linux+ test has a LOT of .rpm questions. I don't think I remember one .deb question. I used Fedora to go through the book with, but CentOS would be better. They say it is vendor neutral, but what they really mean is: "we are going to ask you a lot of questions about RHEL packages...