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It's that time of the year again to make up the schedules for next semester, and
so I'm trying to figure out what to take. I found out that with just two extra
4000 level math courses, I can get a math minor, and those extra courses will
even count toward my computer engineering major. Plus there are several
interesting sounding math courses that I'd like to try, though I"m worried they
may be a bit hard. Intro to Number Theory would teach cryptography and hashing,
and then Theory of Computing would deal with turning machines, finite and
infinite state machines, and other cool topics. So I'm leaning toward getting it
since I think it'd be interesting and a nice little addition to my resume. I'm
such a nerd :)
As for the classes I'll be taking next semester:
Intro to Computer Organization
Data Structures
Intro to Computational Analysis
Circuits 1 w/ Lab
For a total of 13 hours, which is the fewest number of hours I've taken so far
in college. Should be an interesting semester though.
Someone is looking into the future, and into the time when we can download
our minds into a computer. He figures that by 2039 it'll be possible to put
our minds into silicon, thus making humans immortal and infinitly more powerful
than we've ever been before. It's a facinating 18 minute radio piece and well
worth a listen to if you're wanting to know what some of the top minds in
computer science are visionizing for the future. Some even see putting our minds
onto silicon as the next evolution of humanity. Absolutly facinating topic to
me, and one where I look forward to see what ends up happening.
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