I am really developing a liking for Jonathan Coulton's work. My introduction to Coulton was the Portal song Still Alive, also written by Coulton- I think everyone knows that song- and then a friend recommended this one. :)

  

Today, I will leave uni for the Christmas break knowing that when I come back, Glen won't be around.

I like everyone else will miss her- she's always been understanding and there to offer sympathetic ear to anyone who needs it.

I wish Glen good luck for the future and offer my gratitude for the support and friendship she has given me and everyone else who knows her.

Bye Glen, we'll all miss you! 

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A video you may already have seen, the one referred to in my response to Shirley's post "Laptops in Lectures". Thanks to James Geddes for first making me aware of it via sse-ug-gen mailing list.

I think it is a well made and thought provoking video. I like the music too :)

http://www.microsoft.com/express/product/

Remember the 2005 Visual Studio Express Editions? The new 2008 versions were released on Monday this week. As you may already know, the Visual Studio Express Editions are lightweight versions of the main Visual Studio IDE. Have a play around with the Express Editions if you want to use VS08 but don't want to wait for the final release or use the beta version (not sure, but I think final release should be by end of the month- Microsoft currently has Beta 2 available for download on their site).

I think it's really worth trying out- especially now that Microsoft have provided more support and add-ons for the Express Editions, which I'm really looking forward to having a play around: Facebook Developer Kit, DarkGDK for making games in C++ (ala DarkMATTER, for people who know it :P), C4F Developer Kit with 20 ready-made controls for you to use in your own programs.

Like other SSE students, even though I can get the full Visual Studio 2005 from MSDNAA I still like using the Express Editions for a lot of things because it loads and runs faster.

I'm going to install the 2008 versions tonight when I get home.

 I couldn't find it on RedGloo so I'm posting it myself. Also, this is the first time I'm using the "Add External Video" feature on RedGloo.

A lighthearted look at necessity for transitioning from IPV4 to IPV6... very funny. :-) From the recent RIPE 55 conference in Amsterdam.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/visions- 

Just caught this BBC4 documentary about AI and what the future may hold. It's on iPlayer (I love iPlayer)...

This documentary may be of interest to people interested in AI, robotics or computing in general. I rather liked it.

1. THE INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION
Monday 5 November 2007 9pm-10pm; rpt 12.35am-1.35am; 3.05am-4.05am (signed); Wednesday 7 November 8pm-9pm
In the opening instalment, Kaku explains how artificial intelligence will revolutionise homes, workplaces and lifestyles, and how virtual worlds will become so realistic that they will rival the physical world. Robots with human-level intelligence may finally become a reality, and in the ultimate stage of mastery, we'll even be able to merge our minds with machine intelligence.

For the first time on television, see how a severely depressed patient can be turned into a happy person at the push of a button - all thanks to the cross-pollination of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. 

Hi guys, I know that the majority of you are going to bonfire nights etc this week so unless there is a few of you who still want to come, we'll cancel this weeks session and resume next week

Something interesting that I saw on slashdot today, probably more interesting for those doing cybernetics but interesting none the less:

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12861-cellphones-team-up-to-become-smart-cctv-swarm.html

http://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/publ/papers/bolligph-facet2007.pdf

Ok, no one has gotten back to me so I assume your all happy! :D

 Tonight we will be doing structures, for loops, classes and simple drawing of shapes on a canvas (form).

General overview:

You will click randomly on your form, your click positions will be recorded and when you select go, your points will be sorted by X and Y positions and then printed out on the form.

Each point will be a structure containing two integers... X and Y.

This should be a simple way to show you how useful structures can be and how to use them properly. (The intention is that you have the option of using them in your convex hull coursework. And i strongly suggest it!).

So overview, things you will be using tonight are:

lists, structures, foreach and for loops, classes, simple drawing procedures, mouse status monitoring.

As usual, I will see you all in G45 tonight at 6ish or G40 if there is no room.

 See you all later!