Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:50:23 +0000 admin@dreamincode.net (Dream.In.Code) IP.Blog 60 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-4181-graph-theory-love-four-color-theorem/ 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... Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-4181-graph-theory-love-four-color-theorem/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3924-qa-with-the-experts-answers/
http://www.dreaminco...826-qa-answers/]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:44:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3924-qa-with-the-experts-answers/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3722-getting-even-better-at-programming-java/ 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!

I...]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:16:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3722-getting-even-better-at-programming-java/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3718-successful-credit-by-exam/ ranting about my Data Structures I class. I heard back today that my credit by exam was successful. In order to complete my credit by exam, I had to complete a program and a written test, getting a 70% or greater on both. The program was representative of the major project taking about half of the semester. I had to...]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3718-successful-credit-by-exam/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3696-i-have-installed-visual-studio/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:02:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3696-i-have-installed-visual-studio/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3671-academia-doesnt-understand-what-industry-needs/ Today I had my first lab for Data Structures I, the same course I am working to test out of and drop. It was brutal. I wanted to beat someone. The assignment was straight-forward. Design a Computer class with three fields, the standard getter/setter methods, and a toString() method basically. The JUnit was new for me, but pretty easy. In a matter... Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:24:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3671-academia-doesnt-understand-what-industry-needs/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3574-the-excuse-im-just-a-beginner-is-no-longer-valid/ 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...]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3574-the-excuse-im-just-a-beginner-is-no-longer-valid/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3541-getting-started-with-data-structures/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3541-getting-started-with-data-structures/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3540-spock-to-sulu-use-the-debugger/ 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...]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:53:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3540-spock-to-sulu-use-the-debugger/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3464-some-fun-graph-theory-research-ive-been-doing/ Fri, 20 May 2011 01:31:00 +0000 http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/847/entry-3464-some-fun-graph-theory-research-ive-been-doing/