Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-15 Thread John Allred
Got in on this late... sorry. Nick McClure wrote: > > Well the reason most CS programs include a lot of math, is to help teach logic. > > I have worked with people who have note come from a CS background, some are > journalism majors some are art majors, but either way they had little math > ex

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-11 Thread Judith Taylor
Ok Judith...it's finally up there.Couldn't get all the hair into the pictureit goes well past my waist.. :o) http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/index.cfm?RecordID=22 and me only being a 37 year young Scorpio.. }:o) The Other Judith Judith Dinowitz put into words: >Judith, > >Ok, lets

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-10 Thread Nick McClure
huket on fonix worct for me sorry I know it was bad but I had to. At 01:17 PM 4/10/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > And about grammar, I can't believe how many smart, talented people do not > > know the difference between possessive and plural (e.g. "I drank three >cup's > > of coffee", "Change given

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-10 Thread Braver, Ben
High And Drew Peter Sun, Yew hour write! Butt you're spell cheque is knot vary in tell a gent. Been -Original Message- From: Andrew Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 11:18 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CS vs BFA > And about grammar, I can&#

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-10 Thread Andrew Peterson
> And about grammar, I can't believe how many smart, talented people do not > know the difference between possessive and plural (e.g. "I drank three cup's > of coffee", "Change given for customer's only"), never heard of an adverb > ("They drove over here quick" instead of "quickly"), don't unders

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-10 Thread Paul Ihrig
hehe.. in a strange twist of fate. just received notification that the old art school i drop out of is having a panel review of portfolios. a buddy here at nbbj, wants me to sit in to look at the schools new departments web design & development portfolios. i had plans to go to the Banff Mountain

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Brian bouldernet
I added myself... http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/index.cfm?RecordID=21 - Original Message - From: "Judith Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 9:32 PM Subject: Re: CS vs BFA > Judith

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Judith Dinowitz
Judith, Ok, lets see some of that red hair -- I'd love to know what the other Judith looks like. : ) http://www.houseoffusion.com/users BTW, I never got a CS degree, just a BA in Journalism, so don't feel alone! Judith (Dinowitz) > Man, with all these CS folks around here, I'm startin' to fee

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2001-04-09 Thread ron
> Okay, we've got skydiving and extreme skiing covered... guess it's time to > add another dangerous pastime to our community's repertoire... > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/index.cfm?RecordID=11 > ohhhI love snakes! I can't tell by the picture, but what kind is it? Timber Rattlesna

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Erika L Walker
e are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is." - Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 6:30 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA &

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread ron
> If you want to skydive it is very easy - as easy as falling out > of a plane... > (groan) > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/index.cfm?RecordID=7 Okay, we've got skydiving and extreme skiing covered... guess it's time to add another dangerous pasttime to our community's repertoire... htt

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2001-04-09 Thread Michael Smith
If you want to skydive it is very easy - as easy as falling out of a plane... (groan) http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/index.cfm?RecordID=7 actually that picture is of my first skydive - the two guys with me are there in case I flipped out. I took about 6 hours of training before the jump. Wit

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Braver, Ben
. Fortunately, the "guru" we were with got her down the run safely, and she was so proud of herself she let me live! Ben -Original Message- From: Lee Surma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CS vs BFA >only remaining adventure

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Paul Ihrig
Message- From: Lee Surma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:11 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CS vs BFA >only remaining adventures that are at all risky are skiing and my family >. I'm trying to fight my way back to being a halfway-decent >intermediate skii

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Lee Surma
>only remaining adventures that are at all risky are skiing and my family >. I'm trying to fight my way back to being a halfway-decent >intermediate skiier after a muscle injury. Has anyone ever been on the peak at Big Sky Montana? I had quite the adventure up there last year. I had to get hau

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Russel Madere
t the bear; some days the bear eats you. > -Original Message- > From: Judith Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 19:04 > To: CF-Community > Subject: CS vs BFA > > > Man, with a

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Braver, Ben
ot;mortal toil". Ben -Original Message- From: Daniel Dewey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:21 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA Ben -- It's interesting that you would ask me about counselors. Some of them are worth their salt, others are just wa

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Nick McClure
e >of mine. > >Ben > >-Original Message- >From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:00 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: CS vs BFA > > >And that is what is cool about programming. Don't have to worry about comma

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Paul Ihrig
614 241-3534 fax:614 485-5534 Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 614 449-1681 > icq: 47658358 -Original Message- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:00 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA And that is what is cool about programming.

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Jennifer
At 12:42 PM 4/9/2001 -0400, you wrote: >I was never "afraid" of math. I just didn't like it. I wasn't a "numbers >cruncher". Wasn't any fun for me. I much preferred painting and choirbut >also woodshop and metal shopso there was some amount of math a person >needed to know, but since I was

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Daniel Dewey
- From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:41 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA Daniel, Philosophical question: which is worse - bad counselors (then), or none at all (now)? And about grammar, I can't believe how many smart, talented people d

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Braver, Ben
11:00 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA And that is what is cool about programming. Don't have to worry about comma splices. And besides, it is just email. If I am doing something for a live site or a paying client, then I will have it checked before it goes live. At 12:41 PM 4/9/

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Nick McClure
; > >Ben > > >-----Original Message- >From: Daniel Dewey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 10:36 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: CS vs BFA > > >Like they say > >those who can - do >those who can't - teach >those who ca

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Marc Garrett
Monday, April 09, 2001 11:45 AM Subject: RE: CS vs BFA > To Marc's great credit, IMHO, at least he turned to code from law, and not > politics!! > ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Braver, Ben
sage- From: Daniel Dewey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 10:36 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA Like they say those who can - do those who can't - teach those who can't teach - counsel I absolutely hated my guidance counselors in High School. You

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Daniel Dewey
The National Association of Colleges and Employers These opinions are mine, and may not be the same as my employer -Original Message- From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:43 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA I was never "afr

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Nick McClure
I agree, it is not the only way, but it will make things go faster in the beginning. Once people get used to the ideas of structured logic then the math skills aren't that big of a deal. But until people get used to it, math can help speed that process along some. At 12:18 PM 4/9/2001 -0300,

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Angel Stewart
Yup..thats what the math is there for..to teach and help practice logical reasoning. However, doesn't writing Algorithms before coding do the same thing? I still find myself drawing up some pseudo-code before approaching a computing/programming intensive problem before I go to CF or VB or whateve

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Braver, Ben
April 09, 2001 9:48 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA >One of the important parts of an application is the logic structure. Things >must happen in a particular order or else it might work differently. While >most people understand this, some of the people I have worked with

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Judith Taylor
>One of the important parts of an application is the logic structure. Things >must happen in a particular order or else it might work differently. While >most people understand this, some of the people I have worked with in the >past have had trouble writing these apps. That's what philosophy is

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Erika L Walker
bert Einstein -Original Message- From: Daniel Dewey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:10 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA I'm always amazed at the number of people who consider math to be 'hard'. It really isn't, but we're taught f

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Angel Stewart
So when will be able to visualise a photo of you, Miss Dances-With-Horsies-For-Ten-Years ? :) -Gel IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above & may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with lo

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Erika L Walker
aire Partner - ColdFusion -Original Message- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:51 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA Well the reason most CS programs include a lot of math, is to help teach logic. I have worked with people who have note come from

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Tom Horn
> but to > visualize it might require some LSD. we allowed to put that on our expense account? ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm ~

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Nick McClure
e me an example? > > > >Erika > > > >"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a > >miracle, the other is as though everything is." - Albert Einstein > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Nick McClure [mailto:[

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Daniel Dewey
Employers These opinions are mine, and may not be the same as my employer -----Original Message- From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:08 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA Nick, For the mathematically challenged, those subjects

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Nick McClure
I can visualize 4d arrays. I understand how a 6d array would work, but to visualize it might require some LSD. >The thing that annoys the guys here when I can "visualise" 3d and 4d arrays >to code... you try explaining a 6d array to someone... > >Philip Arnold >Director >Certified ColdFusion D

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Nick McClure
gt; >Erika > >"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a >miracle, the other is as though everything is." - Albert Einstein > >-Original Message- >From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Braver, Ben
To Marc's great credit, IMHO, at least he turned to code from law, and not politics!! -Original Message- From: Judith Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 7:44 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CS vs BFA So, an English major who got a law degree (didn'

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Erika L Walker
al Message- From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:31 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA > So I still don't see where it comes into > play.unless you are talking about physically seeing how to get to the > bottom of calculatio

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> So I still don't see where it comes into > play.unless you are talking about physically seeing how to get to the > bottom of calculation like in shopping carts and things.which I can > visually see and work through. > > Just because I am curious how others code, can you give me an exampl

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Erika L Walker
PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 9:34 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA This is strange, I find myself using algebra and calc all the time in my programming. and I am not being a smart ass here. At 08:35 PM 4/8/2001 -0400, you wrote: >The short version: > >Tried co

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Marc Funaro
- From: Judith Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 3:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: CS vs BFA Cool! Did you have an area of specialization? If so, what was it? Do you still 'keep in practice'? Marc Funaro put into words: >I have a degree in M

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2001-04-09 Thread Judith Taylor
CCAD = Columbus College of Anxiety and Despair }:o) Judith - Who can now use her OSU degree to get handicapped parking in Athens ;o) Paul Ihrig put into words: >Judith i went to CCAD. >majored in fine arts painting > >amazing how many people will get completely naked for you if you say you

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2001-04-09 Thread Nick McClure
life." - Bryce >Courteney > > >-Original Message- >From: Marc Garrett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 10:12 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: CS vs BFA > > >I was an English major, then took my Juris Doctor and worked as an &g

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Paul Ihrig
] 614 449-1681 > icq: 47658358 -Original Message- From: Judith Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 9:58 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CS vs BFA Woohoo! Now I don't feel so awkward. What was your medium before you turned to code? ;o) I now

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-09 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> then trained horses (10 years, most full-time, part-time up until 3 years > ago) Strange that - a few years back I almost quit coding to become a riding instructor... Philip Arnold Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 "Websites for the real wor

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Erika L Walker
you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life." - Bryce Courteney -Original Message- From: Marc Garrett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 10:12 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CS vs BFA I was an English major, then took my Juris Doctor and worked

Re: Women, Cats.... (was RE: CS vs BFA)

2001-04-08 Thread Jennifer
At 06:46 PM 4/8/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Jennifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:09 PM > > > But I think that at some point I majored in picking up on > > men. That IS an art. > >Hah. That doesn't hold a candle to trying to fi

Women, Cats.... (was RE: CS vs BFA)

2001-04-08 Thread Chris Montgomery
> -Original Message- > From: Jennifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:09 PM > But I think that at some point I majored in picking up on > men. That IS an art. Hah. That doesn't hold a candle to trying to figure women out. I've long since given up on that! Af

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Jennifer
At 07:45 PM 4/6/2001 -0500, you wrote: >No CS geek heremy undergrad degree is Poli Sci (started in Biology, >moved to CS...which seemed to be too much brain work, then finally ended up >in Poli Sci. I think my *real* major was oggling the girls and gettin' drunk >on weekends. What a waste.).

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Judith Taylor
gt;Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 1:48 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: CS vs BFA > > >What was your area of specialization? > >Anybody here major in music? Judith Taylor Webmaster - http://www.busybobbins.com ICQ: 67460562 Freelance ColdFusion Developer

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Marc Funaro
I have a degree in Music from the University at Buffalo (SUNY) -Original Message- From: Judith Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 1:48 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CS vs BFA What was your area of specialization? Anybody here major in music? Kelly put

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Judith Taylor
What was your area of specialization? Anybody here major in music? Kelly put into words: >Hey Judith I went to the Art Institute of Atlanta and only have an AA. >Decided to go into >this career (web development) about 7 years ago and taught myself. But no >you are >still a geek just an artistic

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Kelly
Hey Judith I went to the Art Institute of Atlanta and only have an AA. Decided to go into this career (web development) about 7 years ago and taught myself. But no you are still a geek just an artistic one LOL :) 09:45 AM 4/8/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Hey! Bachelor of Fine Arts here. Never to

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Judith Taylor
So, an English major who got a law degree (didn't try for the Bar?), became an environmental consultant (what environment?) then decided to turn code jockey. Whew! And I thought I took some tortuous routes to get here. ;o) Marc Garrett put into words: >Law Degree. Sorry. :-) > >Marc Judith Tay

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Marc Garrett
Law Degree. Sorry. :-) Marc - Original Message - From: "Judith Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 10:17 AM Subject: Re: CS vs BFA > Not f

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread George Kaytor
Law degree >From: Judith Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: CS vs BFA >Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 10:17:38 -0400 > >Not familiar with the term 'Juris Doctor'. > >?? &g

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Judith Taylor
Not familiar with the term 'Juris Doctor'. ?? Judi Marc Garrett put into words: >I was an English major, then took my Juris Doctor and worked as an >environmental consultant before turning to databases and CF/ASP. > >Someday, in a perfect world, I hope to tie it all together. :-) > >Marc Garret

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Judith Taylor
That's pretty much how I describe my work. Yes, I have an art degree...now, my code is my art. As clean and simple as possible - although I'm not a minimalist. At the university where I got my degree had no cross-over for fine arts - graphic design. I fought with the system for over a year b

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Marc Garrett
TED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 9:58 AM Subject: Re: CS vs BFA > Woohoo! Now I don't feel so awkward. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at h

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Sharon DiOrio
I did a lot of photography. My major was actually in graphic arts. Talk about being the red-headed stepchild of the art school. :-/ I agree that writing beautiful code is an art form in itself. Too bad it's only a select group of people who truly appreciate the simple beauty of it. Sharon At

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Judith Taylor
Woohoo! Now I don't feel so awkward. What was your medium before you turned to code? ;o) I now think of my code as my art, although I have been picking up a brush more often latelyespecially when a piece of code isn't behaving and I need to get away to let the problem percolate in my back-

Re: CS vs BFA

2001-04-08 Thread Sharon DiOrio
Hey! Bachelor of Fine Arts here. Never took a computer class in college. Come to think of it, none of our senior developers studied CS. A big point in our favor. Sharon At 08:03 PM 4/6/2001 -0400, Judith Taylor wrote: >Man, with all these CS folks around here, I'm startin' to feel like a >re

RE: CS vs BFA

2001-04-06 Thread Chris Montgomery
No CS geek heremy undergrad degree is Poli Sci (started in Biology, moved to CS...which seemed to be too much brain work, then finally ended up in Poli Sci. I think my *real* major was oggling the girls and gettin' drunk on weekends. What a waste.). Chris <-- not red-headed, but I *DO* still

CS vs BFA

2001-04-06 Thread Judith Taylor
Man, with all these CS folks around here, I'm startin' to feel like a red-headed stepchild.Just because I studied Art, doesn't make me less of a geek or rather geekettejust means I have a different way of looking at neat, nifty abstract symbols.. ;o) >lessee.put this symbol ov