Second Test of the Year

Today I had (dun-dun-dundah!) the second test of the year, and again, it was in Computer Science. Well, actually, its more like the forth or fifth...but CS is the only class I care enough (I guess, I actually really like gov) to blog about. Today it was on basic code structure. Heres some q's I remeber for you:

T or F: GUI stands for Graphical Interface

What symbal will make Java ignore everything that comes after it? (Highlight below for answers)

Number 1: True
Number Two: Double slash: //

Come on Major: UPDATE

Latter on last night, MN did do a repost to the new information. Was this becuase of the report I had just made? Did I cuase history to happen? I doubt it...but a guy can dream.

Come On, Major

We all know Major Nelson, as a rep for MS, will usually tend to gloss over any article that shows either the 360 in a bad light...or the PS3 in a good one. Thats just the way it is...and thats cool. I understand. Everyone does it...from the NY Times to our faithful and war-loving president.

Today, however, I have no understanding for Major. This goes beyond the normal "Everyone loves the 360" news to the "your just being unfair". Heres how it goes down:

August 31, 2005 8:34 AM PST-
TeamXbox posts this story, about the PS3 chip being less powerful than some other cool PC chip alreadly out.

August 31, 2005 10:53 AM PST-
Major Nelson posts a link to the article. "Team Xbox has this article up that has some interesting details about next gen video cards". He's nice, and not baised. Kudos, MN.

August 31, 2005 4:16 PM PST-
TeamXbox retracts (sorta) the story, saying the PS# is more powerful.

August 31, 2005 7:53 PM PST-
At time of writting, nothing from MN...

Note on that Q's

I tricked you...The answer is really false. Java uses UNIX, and yes, I did that on purpose.

First Test of the Year

Yesterday I had my first test of the school year, in Computer Science. I manged a 27/30, which, when curved was about a 94%. I'm off to a good start.

The test was pretty easy...covering mostly the history of computers and some of the basic elements of code and Java. Sample question: True or False, Java uses ASCII to encode. True.

Expect more updates like this from my school life--it's part of my commitment I made at the 1-year mark to reinvent this blog.

Root Me On!

I made to the second week of the playoffs in my Fantasy B-ball league. Come anr root me on... link to the scoreboard page is below (May have to have a CBS accoutant...sorry).

Right now I am up 18-13. Carp got a win...he's two got losses!

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No More Spam

I've turned on word type for comments. No more spam! You get to type random squiggly letters!

Probably Won't See This On MN's Blog

$5 says you won't see Major Nelson posting link about this Xbox 360 story...probably becuase it realistically describes the situation the video game world Xbox 360 is about to create by launching without a HDD. Heres a quote from Valve (the 2nd best videogame company in the world, right behind Bungie in my book) leader Gabe Newell:

"Look, I spoke to some people at Microsoft, and as I said, I can't point to a single feature in Vista that I care about that solves problems for us at all. And I had the same conversation with the Xbox 360 guys. It's like, Xbox 360 doesn't make my life any better, and in fact, it makes it a lot worse, as you're telling me I can't count on having a hard drive."

Finally, someone important says what we've all been thinking: MS was nucking futs in spilting the Xbox 360 population.

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Coffee: Actually Good For You?

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This just seems too good to be true...but it is just one more excuse to make a trip to Starbucks.