This semester, I am taking a class called Applied Combinatorics, which has a large Graph Theory component. Today, my professor was introducing planar graphs. We got sidetracked on the Four Color Theorem, which states that a planar graph requires no more than four distinct colors so that no adjacent faces have the same color. I have been working on...

If you haven't checked out my thread Getting Better at Programming Java yet (or even if you have), you should check it out (again). It has now been updated with links to relevant tutorials on Dream.in.Code for most of the topics. If you have a tutorial that you feel belongs on the list, shoot me a PM and we'll look at placing it!

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Tonight, I installed Visual Studio 2010 Pro as part of my student software bundle. I have done nothing interesting with it, or even really used it. However, I now have Microsoft development tools on my computer. This is big. Not just big- huge. It will get even bigger if I start *gasp* learning Microsoft's .NET languages. C# is the most...

Today I came across this thread, where the OP refuses to do any critical thinking and continues to ignore the correct advice presented to her. When called on it, she uses the excuses of "I'm a beginner" and "but my professor didn't teach me that."


In this case, the instructor actually spelled out selection sort in...

I had a moment today at work that reminded me of the episode Who Mourns for Adonis in the original Star Trek. In this part of the episode, Spock is on the Enterprise trying to track down the generator Apollo uses to power his godlike abilities. Sulu reports that he cannot locate the generator, so Spock directs him to search the entire planet...