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First Java AP Computer Science Exam

the exam was easier than i expected. it was multiple choice and short answer. a majority of the multiple choice questions were about java, but there were a couple more general ones, such as converting hexadecimal to decimal. the short answer, or written part of the exam was worth half the grade and was all…Continue Reading…

Interesting Article About Computer Movies

Maybe I’ll do an analysis of it later, because I don’t agree with all of it. But a lot of it is good.

Googlewhacks No Longer

The World According To Google (Page 5 of 5) It can also showcase fads at the expense of substance. “Popular does not make a site accurate, comprehensive, or even interesting,” Vaidhyanathan says, using his own first name as an example. A Google search on “Siva” returns links to a song by the rock group Smashing…Continue Reading…

What to do with Spam

http://spamcop.net You can register with Spamcop for free, get an ID, and forward all spam messages (full headers) to Spamcop. They automatically trace the originis of the offending spam message, send a report to you, and you click on where to send the report, and it forwards it to the where it really hurts the…Continue Reading…

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For U.S. Hostage, the Timing Was Everything By Sewell ChanWashington Post Foreign ServiceTuesday, May 4, 2004; Page A20 BAGHDAD, May 3 — Stumbling across a field, a disheveled man approached a U.S. Army patrol Sunday, shouting and waving a white T-shirt as if to surrender. For a moment, the soldiers thought he was a local…Continue Reading…

Microsoft Lies?

Maybe Microsoft sucks, but they have deep pockets and they keep up their reputation with advertising. I had thought false advertising is illegal; but something is wrong here.