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which sin was it?? greed would be the obvious, but one could make a case for pride and sloth as well.
Primarily greed but I think one of my group members also mentioned pride and gluttony. This was 18 years ago so details are fuzzy. I probably have the project on an old hard drive or CD-R somewhere...
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Primarily greed but I think one of my group members also mentioned pride and gluttony. This was 18 years ago so details are fuzzy. I probably have the project on an old hard drive or CD-R somewhere...
CD-R: there's a word I hadn't heard for a long time. It's amazing how technology marches forward and you only notice it when you look back.
For my high school senior theology project, we were instructed to select a modern news event, categorize it into one (or more) of the seven deadly sins, and then give a class presentation. I miraculously convinced my group to choose the Microsoft antitrust case since I had just read the Wired cover story on it. Throughout the year, I sat in the back of the room and had a fake bible cover over my Flash 5 Bible and was…
... and this is the reason we can’t have nice things. Source: In 8th grade our class had to do a book report ‘project’. I selected an ebook on intro to processing (it’s an environment build on Java that lets you create graphics applications easily). I wrote an application that drove a (self built) 6-wheel drive robot wirelessly around our school for the project. Needless to say, there’s was little literary analysis d…
How does it compare to TempleOS? :)
'Ultron is designed with OOP in mind and has not failed to live up to the promise at all possible places.' Would that more professional programmers had this humility. :)
Jesus, at my high school it's an accomplishment to know how to read
In my experience, writing "scary" software like a compiler, an OS, a kernel driver, etc is more about bravery/daring than raw skill or intellect. There are quite a few people that know C and C++ in high school, so it seems reasonable that at least some of them would have someone (IRL or online) nudge them in the direction of an OS and tell them "it's not as hard as you think, if you dare to try." I don't say this to…
I actually did have a round-robin scheduler with prioritised processes and first-fit memory allocator in there as well.
During the presentation, as I pulled out a 3.5" floppy disk to boot up my OS, the teachers looked at me in disbelief: you've actually got something working?
If you are curious and willing to spend some quality time with your computer, this is a great way to learn about computers. Today though, I'd recommend people do it with ARM just for the kicks.
Jesus, at my high school it's an accomplishment to know how to read