(16/11/2011 12:01 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  I didn't get that feeling when I did my introductory to computer systems course >_>
Then again, I've dealt so much with computers that I don't exactly know where I've gotten my info from.

What, in particular, made sense the most?

And yeah, people think up amazing things - you'll find even more clever tricks people have come up with the more you delve into computer science.

Definitely the logic side of computer science, y'know with all the building circuits and proofs. Also I get what you mean by introductory courses not being that much engaging, I'm taking another introductory course which could also be called a joke (it's easy as hell and wee don't really do much but just talk about coding theory).

If I really need to pick out one part though is definitely propositional logic statements, they're REALLY handy in coding and building circuits. Though I still don't know much, this is something that I've seen as a recurring theme as I've been going through the craft.

(16/11/2011 12:08 AM)Assassinator Wrote:  You mean registers and opcodes and cache hits/misses and that stuff?

Yeah, I'm doing a lab for it right now, it's really interesting. I'm just so glad that I'm ACTUALLY getting to the meat of systems after all this logical proofs and proofs by inductions, blah blah, etc.

Not that I'm saying it's useless of the sort, but working with paper really isn't all that fun nor interesting after the 100+ hours you've been doing it.

(This post was last modified: 16/11/2011 12:13 AM by Tetris999.)