Good resources for Computer Science students

This site gives some good sites to use, if you're a computer science student. http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2008/50-killer-online-resources-for-computer-science-students/

The site categorizes the information into the following sections:

• Advice
• Money
• Organizations
• Careers
• Artificial Intelligence
• Hacking and Security
• Programming
• Information Sources
• Tools & Assistance

 

Here are some of my favorites:

http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~bthom/advice.html has some nice advice if you are considering graduate school, and the truth about job searching for unemployed students.

 

http://dobrev.com/AI/definition.html a nice write-up from PC Magazine on what is AI.

 

http://www.acooke.org/andrew/writing/lang.html  a really nice read on the several must know terminology found in the world of programming.

 

http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/ a humorous and interesting concept. Instead of a list of "Hello World" in every language, this site writes out the lyrics to the song.

 

http://www.nist.gov/dads/  a dictionary of computer science terms, algorithms, and data structures.

 

http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.html - list of acronyms, because in computer science we just love making new ones all the time just to confuse people.

Goating

Geek Dictionary:
Goating - When a user doesn't lock his computer before walking away, and allowing for others to pull pranks on him.

Some cool/classic pranks:
1) Replacing the desktop with a screenshot of the desktop, and hiding all the visible items on it.
2) Switching the mouse from right to left handed.
3) Using the video driver settings to rotate the display left, right, or upside down.
4) Switching the keyboard layout from QWERTY to Dvorak (or vice-versa).
5) Installing the bluescreen of death screensaver.
6) Installing a fake clippy that randomly pops up and says something annoying or insulting. http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/entertainment/clippy/default.shtml or other software from http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/entertainment/

Also something fun to do when bored working.

Recycle/Reuse those old computers

A great site where you can send your old computer(s) to be recycled or reused to under served communities around the world.

http://www.interconnection.org/index.php?pagina=inicio

An interesting fact:

Reusing just one computer with a CRT monitor saves
30 lbs of hazardous waste
77 lbs of solid waste
147 lbs (17.5 gallons) of water from being
polluted
32 tons of air from being polluted
1,333 lbs of CO2 from being
emitted
7,719 kilowatts of energy

- Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

A double benefit by helping others and saving the environment. You can ship your computer for just $12 if you don't live in Washington state.

When I was an resident advisor at SUNY-IT, I tried to do this as one of my programs but didn't have much luck finding a place that I could send these computers to. m( _ _ )m