ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
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I read a few back in my college days, unfortunately it seems that these days computer science has no place in professional software development. When did ignorance become a point of view? Anyway, I liked thumbing through the publications when they came around if only because I like to read.
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computer science has no place in professional software development
Seems like it. A client of mine always introduces me to people as having a Master's Degree in Database Administration. I kindly correct him, but it gets annoying after awhile.
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
back in my college days
Same here. The CSCI department loaned them out to students to read and the university has the digital library, and I found it somewhat helpful when writing my thesis on software engineering tools/processes such as PSP. I was thinking of just the print subscription since I tend to like reading from paper more than off a computer screen. Articles around here that I find really good, I'll print them out for a more detailed read, otherwise, just a quick glance over. --- modified Just finished reading an article out of the complimentary issue interviewing Donald Knuth and found it interesting.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Seems every month I get offers from ACM in the mail. Today, they even sent a complimentary copy of their July 2008 issue. I am already a long time subscriber to Dr. Dobb's Journal ( since 1997 ), and curious about adding ACM to the mix. I figure it probably wouldn't hurt to add it to: Dr. Dobb's and Code Project :-D Just curious about what fellow CP-ians think of ACM, or what you have as resources to go along with all the quality articles here at CP.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Hey Paul, I have used it on and off through out my college days and I liked it. That is my quick 2 cents worth. Jeff
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Seems every month I get offers from ACM in the mail. Today, they even sent a complimentary copy of their July 2008 issue. I am already a long time subscriber to Dr. Dobb's Journal ( since 1997 ), and curious about adding ACM to the mix. I figure it probably wouldn't hurt to add it to: Dr. Dobb's and Code Project :-D Just curious about what fellow CP-ians think of ACM, or what you have as resources to go along with all the quality articles here at CP.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
I rarely read the magazine, but part of the $99/year membership fee is a free subscription to both Books 24x7 and O'Reilly Safari. That alone justifies the cost for me. http://pd.acm.org/books/books.cfm[^]
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Hey Paul, I have used it on and off through out my college days and I liked it. That is my quick 2 cents worth. Jeff
csciwizard wrote:
used it on and off through out my college days and I liked it
Same here, and I also liked IEEE.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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I rarely read the magazine, but part of the $99/year membership fee is a free subscription to both Books 24x7 and O'Reilly Safari. That alone justifies the cost for me. http://pd.acm.org/books/books.cfm[^]
Jon Sagara Some see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big. -- George Carlin .NET Blog | Personal Blog | Articles
Jon Sagara wrote:
$99/year membership fee is a free subscription to both Books 24x7 and O'Reilly Safari
I saw that and it seems to be of interest to me.
Jon Sagara wrote:
rarely read the magazine
Magazine are just best for in the restroom. My magazine rack is full with Dr. Dobb's, the free Oracle magazine, Sudoku puzzle books, and Model Railroader. Figured why not add ACM to the mix too :-\
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Seems every month I get offers from ACM in the mail. Today, they even sent a complimentary copy of their July 2008 issue. I am already a long time subscriber to Dr. Dobb's Journal ( since 1997 ), and curious about adding ACM to the mix. I figure it probably wouldn't hurt to add it to: Dr. Dobb's and Code Project :-D Just curious about what fellow CP-ians think of ACM, or what you have as resources to go along with all the quality articles here at CP.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
In my younger years, i managed to obtain a nice pile of back issues that fed me well for a month or so. But at the time, i was poor and liked Dr Dobb's better anyway, so i subscribed to that. Since then, Dobb's has gone down hill a bit... but they've also taken to giving me free subscriptions, so i figure it's a wash given that i rarely find more than a few hours a month to read magazines anyway. Forgot where i was going with this, sorry...
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Seems every month I get offers from ACM in the mail. Today, they even sent a complimentary copy of their July 2008 issue. I am already a long time subscriber to Dr. Dobb's Journal ( since 1997 ), and curious about adding ACM to the mix. I figure it probably wouldn't hurt to add it to: Dr. Dobb's and Code Project :-D Just curious about what fellow CP-ians think of ACM, or what you have as resources to go along with all the quality articles here at CP.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Seems every month I get offers from ACM in the mail. Today, they even sent a complimentary copy of their July 2008 issue. I am already a long time subscriber to Dr. Dobb's Journal ( since 1997 ), and curious about adding ACM to the mix. I figure it probably wouldn't hurt to add it to: Dr. Dobb's and Code Project :-D Just curious about what fellow CP-ians think of ACM, or what you have as resources to go along with all the quality articles here at CP.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
I long for the days of C/C++ Users Journal...... R.I.P.
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In my younger years, i managed to obtain a nice pile of back issues that fed me well for a month or so. But at the time, i was poor and liked Dr Dobb's better anyway, so i subscribed to that. Since then, Dobb's has gone down hill a bit... but they've also taken to giving me free subscriptions, so i figure it's a wash given that i rarely find more than a few hours a month to read magazines anyway. Forgot where i was going with this, sorry...
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
Shog9 wrote:
Dobb's has gone down hill a bit...
Yeah, my older issues from before about 2004 were over 100 pages, and now lucky to see one more than 60 pages. The free ACM issue I got in the mail today was hefty with 120 pages. I've only got through about 30-40 of those pages this evening.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Personally I think the ACM long ago devolved into one of those dinosaur organizations that exists simply for the sake of furthering it's existance.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
How about IEEE?
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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I long for the days of C/C++ Users Journal...... R.I.P.
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
Steve Echols wrote:
C/C++ Users Journal......
:(( I did really enjoy those as well. I have one issue that CG has an article in. I think he did more than one.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Steve Echols wrote:
C/C++ Users Journal......
:(( I did really enjoy those as well. I have one issue that CG has an article in. I think he did more than one.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
I probably read CG's article(s), but didn't make the connection until you mentioned it. We're they graphics? I'll have to dig back through them sometime. Probably could find them online, but there's nothing like the "printed code" that really brings them to life!
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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I probably read CG's article(s), but didn't make the connection until you mentioned it. We're they graphics? I'll have to dig back through them sometime. Probably could find them online, but there's nothing like the "printed code" that really brings them to life!
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
Steve Echols wrote:
they graphics?
No. I don't recall, and it wasn't graphics, though. All of my older magazines are at my parent's house, and I need to go get them back. I did discuss the article with CG quite a while ago.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Steve Echols wrote:
they graphics?
No. I don't recall, and it wasn't graphics, though. All of my older magazines are at my parent's house, and I need to go get them back. I did discuss the article with CG quite a while ago.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Maybe some template stuff... it's all a blur now. Hopefully my wife didn't have a cleaning fit and recycle them. :-)
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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How about IEEE?
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Seems every month I get offers from ACM in the mail. Today, they even sent a complimentary copy of their July 2008 issue. I am already a long time subscriber to Dr. Dobb's Journal ( since 1997 ), and curious about adding ACM to the mix. I figure it probably wouldn't hurt to add it to: Dr. Dobb's and Code Project :-D Just curious about what fellow CP-ians think of ACM, or what you have as resources to go along with all the quality articles here at CP.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
I am a member because I get a discount for being a student right now. It is great for sources for papers. Its a great source for research information, that's for sure. Can't say that I ever wen there to find a solution to a code problem.
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I am a member because I get a discount for being a student right now. It is great for sources for papers. Its a great source for research information, that's for sure. Can't say that I ever wen there to find a solution to a code problem.
Ray Cassick wrote:
great source for research information, that's for sure.
I agree. Some of the research I did in my thesis referenced to stuff from ACM and IEEE.
Ray Cassick wrote:
get a discount for being a student right now
I made a mistake of not joining when I did my Bachelor's and Master's.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Outside my field, I don't know anything about them.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
Off IEEE's site, www.ieee.org[^], The designated fields are, in broad terms: Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Management, Law, and Policy. Sounds like they cover a pretty broad area of study.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Off IEEE's site, www.ieee.org[^], The designated fields are, in broad terms: Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Management, Law, and Policy. Sounds like they cover a pretty broad area of study.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Well...again, I have no opinion on them specifically, I mean I've heard of them for decades but I don't really know much about them; in general terms I don't see the usefullness of any of these organizations to my daily life. In this day and age of the internet in a field that is so highly adapted to the on-line world I just can't see the relevance of *any* society, organization, magazine or book. Just as I don't have much use for a car that you need to crank to start, as a curiousity sure but relevant...no.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
