Re: [issues] Pet peeve

1999-12-07 Thread Jenn V.
Terri Oda wrote: > > How come DVD (and other cool electronics ads) are so heavily aimed at men? > > Don't worry, it's a rhretorical question. :) I just heard one too many > radio ads yesterday of the "buy your husband a cool dvd player" sort. There Aint No Sich Critter As A Female Geek.

Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design

1999-12-07 Thread Jenn V.
"Natalie C. Heinen" wrote: > > The program at my school is based mostly on design and theory...I don't > know about anyone elses but we definantly have to learn the design > process, and it's very similar to any other engineering process...They > figure here that we will pick up the rest in the

Re: [issues] Pet peeve

1999-12-07 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 7-Dec-99 [issues] Pet peeve by Terri [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How come DVD (and other cool electronics ads) are so heavily aimed at men? Radio Shack has an ad where a woman asks a man (presumably a husband/boyfriend) for slectronics-type stuff... [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: EECS/CS/EE/CE/ECE Programs (Was: Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design)

1999-12-07 Thread Robert Kiesling
Maureen Lecuona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well. Both my undergraduate degrees (Mathematics, English Literature) are not > Comp Sci, yet I found it rather easy to read books on Algorithmics and design > and learn what I needed from these. I now have an MS degree in CS, > but prior to that (fo

Re: EECS/CS/EE/CE/ECE Programs (Was: Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design)

1999-12-07 Thread Maureen Lecuona
Well. Both my undergraduate degrees (Mathematics, English Literature) are not Comp Sci, yet I found it rather easy to read books on Algorithmics and design and learn what I needed from these. I now have an MS degree in CS, but prior to that (for about 14 years) I never studied CS formally. >From

Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design

1999-12-07 Thread Chris J/#6
> My first undergrad school had classes in software engineering. > > There's two types of CS, after all; EECS is the "hack and slash" > style, while (Math)CS is a more theoretical approach. Usually the > character of the department is determined by whether it grew out of a > math department or

RE: [issues] Pet peeve

1999-12-07 Thread clsmith
I agree :) I'm the only in our family that wants Santa to bring a DVD player. The pup and kitty could care less ;D Clare -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terri Oda Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 1:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [iss

[issues] Pet peeve

1999-12-07 Thread Terri Oda
How come DVD (and other cool electronics ads) are so heavily aimed at men? Don't worry, it's a rhretorical question. :) I just heard one too many radio ads yesterday of the "buy your husband a cool dvd player" sort. -> Terri (no husband, no dvd player) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design

1999-12-07 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Jenn V. wrote: > > I'm a graduate of the first type (Smith)... could you elaborate more on > > what an EECS-focused program looks like? I never got to do classes in > > formal design, and I'm looking for ways to make up that deficiency. > > My recommendation is to go to a uni

EECS/CS/EE/CE/ECE Programs (Was: Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design)

1999-12-07 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 7-Dec-99 Re: [issues] Prototype vs. .. by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm a graduate of the first type (Smith)... could you elaborate more on > what an EECS-focused program looks like? CMU has both ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering), part of engineering, and CS (Computer

Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design

1999-12-07 Thread Jenn V.
srl wrote: > > I'm a graduate of the first type (Smith)... could you elaborate more on > what an EECS-focused program looks like? I never got to do classes in > formal design, and I'm looking for ways to make up that deficiency. My recommendation is to go to a uni bookshop and look for books in

Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design

1999-12-07 Thread srl
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > There's two types of CS, after all; EECS is the "hack and slash" > style, while (Math)CS is a more theoretical approach. Usually the > character of the department is determined by whether it grew out of a > math department or an engineering departme

Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design

1999-12-07 Thread Natalie C. Heinen
The program at my school is based mostly on design and theory...I don't know about anyone elses but we definantly have to learn the design process, and it's very similar to any other engineering process...They figure here that we will pick up the rest in the "real world". thanks, Natalie > >