> I find it quite interesting that James needs to do PIC assembly for > securing a degree in physics! I can understand this requirement for > the compsci folks, but this seems a bit extreme for other sciences. > I also think that most academic programs are a bit antiquated as far > as technology goes. I wonder if the people designing these programs > have any idea what the real job requirements are. > > -- Doug I hate to drift so off-topic but here goes anyways... :) The program here at Drexel is varied to say the least. Right now I am only taking one "traditional" undergrad physics course, electrodynamics. My other courses include a nonlinear dynamics(chaos) course thats heavily slanted towards physics and also very computationally intense. Every assignment involves lots of coding and plotting and whatnot. I also have my aforementioned instrumentation class that's putting me through assembly hell. My other two courses (taking a light load to allow some hacking time) are both seminar-type courses where there are no tests and grading is based solely on participation and attendance. And to really toss things up, in three weeks I am starting a co-op employment at princeton plasma physics doing computational plasma dynamics... I am still deciding whether the patchwork exposure is a stroke of genuis on the part of the administration, or more a sign of disorganized incompetence. All I know for sure right now is... I am REALLY jealous of Doug for not being forced by these people to do stuff in assembly, and having all his nifty gadgets all done in basic :) I just want SOMETHING to work... *counts to self* only three more weeks till the new job and a new source of dinero, and I ain't talkin bout Robert... James Davidheiser Drexel University Department of Physics "Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you" "Say a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it" -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain
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