http://www.scribd.com/people/view/317054-spn This a feed for documents on Scribd written by spn 30 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:38:44 GMT Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:38:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5136530/Randy-Pausch-last-lecture-transcript Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams Given at Carnegie Mellon University Tuesday, September 18, 2007 McConomy Auditorium For more information, see www.randypausch.com © Copyright Randy Pausch, 20071 Note that this transcript is provided as a public service but may contain transcription errors. Introduction by Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon’s Vice Provost for Education: Hi. Welcome. It’s my pleasure to introduce you to the first of our new university’s lectures titled Journeys – lectures in which members of our community will share with us reflections and insights Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:38:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5136530/Randy-Pausch-last-lecture-transcript http://www.scribd.com/doc/4974192/VisualStudio2008ProductComparisonv1-08 Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Data Sheet Published: April 2008 (Version 1.08) For the latest information, please see http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio Note: This product comparison is for illustrative purposes only. *The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:38:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4974192/VisualStudio2008ProductComparisonv1-08 http://www.scribd.com/doc/3963574/Turning-Learning-Right-Side-Up ChangeThis Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track Russell Ackoff and Daniel Greenberg No 47.02 Info */*8 *ChangeThis I Education should be a lifelong enterprise, a process enhanced by an environment that supports to the greatest extent possible the attempt of people to “find themselves” throughout their lives. For too long, we have educated people for a world that no longer exists, extinguishing their creativity, and instilling values antithetical to those of a free, 21st century democracy. The principal objective of education as currently provided is to ensure th Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:45:42 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3963574/Turning-Learning-Right-Side-Up http://www.scribd.com/doc/3481860/Dr-Dobbs-Creating-and-Destroying-Java-Objects-Part-1-June-13-2008 Creating and Destroying Java Objects: Part 1 By Joshua Bloch, Dr. Dobb's Journal Jun 13, 2008 URL:http://www.ddj.com/java/208403883 Editor's Note: This article is based on Effective Java, Second Edition, by Joshua Bloch, which presents proven rules ("items") for improving your programs and designs (a format, by the way, borrowed from Scott Meyers's Effective C++. All in all, Effective Java, Second Edition consists of 78 items. Part 1 of this article covers three items that involve creating and destroying Java objects Joshua Bloch is Chief Java Architect at Google, and previously a Distinguish Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:03:07 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3481860/Dr-Dobbs-Creating-and-Destroying-Java-Objects-Part-1-June-13-2008 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2987851/Think-Before-Speaking "Think Before Speaking" Question: If you could live forever, would you and why? Answer: "I would not live forever, because we would not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever." - Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." - Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal antismoking campaign "We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." - Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to Fri, 16 May 2008 04:43:13 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2987851/Think-Before-Speaking http://www.scribd.com/doc/2422547/Death-by-Powerpoint Death by PowerPoint (and how to fight it) Alexei Kapterev *There are 300 million PowerPoint users in the world* * estimate *They do 30 million presentations each day* * estimate *About a million presentations are going on right now* * estimate *50% of them are unbearable* * conservative estimate *LOTS of people are killing each other with bad presentations. NOW. *They are all DEAD! Well, almost. *A vicious circle Bad presentations Less training Bad communication Bad relations Less sales Less money *Let’s make the world a better place. *Why are they doing it?! *Research shows: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:27:18 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2422547/Death-by-Powerpoint http://www.scribd.com/doc/2422466/dodgingbulletsinpresentations ************************************************************************************************** Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:00:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2422466/dodgingbulletsinpresentations http://www.scribd.com/doc/2422143/Pay-Attention Have you been paying attention? *How do your students learn? *Are they… *Interpersonal, *Logical, *Spatial, *Intrapersonal, *Musical, *Linguistic, *Naturalist, *Or Bodily-Kinisthetic learners? *Yes! Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of Mind. *But mostly they're… *Digital Learners! *Here's Why… *Today's average college graduates have spent: *Over 10,000 hours playing video games… Interactive Videogames, Mediascope, June 1996. *Over 10,000 hours talking on cellphones… Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Natives Digital Immigrants. *And roughly 20,000 hours watching TV. Prensky, Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:44:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2422143/Pay-Attention http://www.scribd.com/doc/2368307/Differences-between-IronPython-10-and-CPython-243 Differences Page 1 Differences Differences between IronPython 1.0 and CPython 2.4.3 Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The example companies, organizations, products, people, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:02:22 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2368307/Differences-between-IronPython-10-and-CPython-243 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2263533/A-Case-For-Grid-Computing-On-Virtual-Machines A Case For Grid Computing On Virtual Machines Renato J. Figueiredo Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Florida renato@acis.ufl.edu Peter A. Dinda Department of Computer Science Northwestern University pdinda@cs.northwestern.edu e Jos´ A. B. Fortes Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Florida fortes@acis.ufl.edu Abstract We advocate a novel approach to grid computing that is based on a combination of “classic” operating system level virtual machines (VMs) and middleware mechanisms to manage VMs in a distributed environment. The abs Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:50:02 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2263533/A-Case-For-Grid-Computing-On-Virtual-Machines http://www.scribd.com/doc/2262865/Towards-2020-Science *Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. However, the discovery would not have been possible without the brilliant but short-lived Rosalind Franklin, whose work underpinned that of those above, but was never properly credited. ***About the Report The 2020 Science Group 4 6 8 10 Summary Introduction 1 Laying the Ground Computational Science Semantics of Data Intelligent Interaction and Information Discovery Transforming Scientific Communication Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:53:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2262865/Towards-2020-Science http://www.scribd.com/doc/2167118/Teaching-LaTex-Why-and-How The PracTEX Journal, 2007, No. 4 Article revision 2008/1/3 A Teaching L TEX: Why and How? Paul A. Blaga Address “Babe¸ -Bolyai” University of Cluj Napoca, s Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science 1, Kog˘ lniceanu Street, a 400609 Cluj Napoca, Romania A Abstract We discuss some of the problems related to the process of learning of L TEX A and the opportunity of a L TEX course. We also propose a syllabus for such A a course and briefly mention some of the L TEX books which, in our opinion, are suitable to be adopted as course material. 1 A Is teaching L TEX really necessary? A Le Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:56:26 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2167118/Teaching-LaTex-Why-and-How http://www.scribd.com/doc/2167081/fntdb07-Architecture-of-a-Database-System Foundations and Trends R in Databases Vol. 1, No. 2 (2007) 141–259 c 2007 J. M. Hellerstein, M. Stonebraker and J. Hamilton DOI: 10.1561/1900000002 Architecture of a Database System Joseph M. Hellerstein1 , Michael Stonebraker2 and James Hamilton3 1 2 3 University of California, Berkeley, USA, hellerstein@cs.berkeley.edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Microsoft Research, USA Abstract Database Management Systems (DBMSs) are a ubiquitous and critical component of modern computing, and the result of decades of research and development in both academia and industry. Historically, Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:44:18 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2167081/fntdb07-Architecture-of-a-Database-System