46. Very true. Oftentimes I’ve ended up expanding my own knowledge when doing some research to make sure my answer is correct and as comprehensive as possible.
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45 so... it seems the only good teacher I had last year is only going to give a single lecture each week this year 
Even worse: Its only to the first years and even if it was useful for me it would be on a time that I have other lessons
something tells me I'm not going to enjoy this year
Even worse: Its only to the first years and even if it was useful for me it would be on a time that I have other lessons
something tells me I'm not going to enjoy this year
45 and in the case of that teacher, you learn stuff without actually having to think about it.
An example would be generic functions/ generic classes in C#/Typescript. I never used those language before nor did I ever use a language that has those features.
Despite this, I not only used those correctly at the company I work for without having to think about, I also correctly knew when to use these features and implemented it correctly. The only way I even knew about generic functions/classes is from his lessons which are just once a week and does NOT involve a "real" practicum. Its just him talking and writing on a board. I didn't even take notes for those lessons because at the time the way he explained it made it all so obvious that it didn't even feel like I learned something at the time.
So.... yea.... I was really hoping to get more lessons from him but it seems that school decided otherwise
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" is a saying (or whatever it is called in English) that he defiantly seems to live by.
An example would be generic functions/ generic classes in C#/Typescript. I never used those language before nor did I ever use a language that has those features.
Despite this, I not only used those correctly at the company I work for without having to think about, I also correctly knew when to use these features and implemented it correctly. The only way I even knew about generic functions/classes is from his lessons which are just once a week and does NOT involve a "real" practicum. Its just him talking and writing on a board. I didn't even take notes for those lessons because at the time the way he explained it made it all so obvious that it didn't even feel like I learned something at the time.
So.... yea.... I was really hoping to get more lessons from him but it seems that school decided otherwise
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" is a saying (or whatever it is called in English) that he defiantly seems to live by.
44. Case in point: Last year the physics teacher was really boring and not very many people got good grades (I did b/c suck it losers) and this year the teacher is really fun and the students are paying attention a whole lot more
44. My personal favorite of Parry Gripp's songs is I'm a Crazy Weirdo
44 I "found" my 2 oldest laptops again. one running windows 98 and the other runs (if I remember correctly) windows 95.
the windows 98 machine still works pretty much flawlessly. It seems the CMOS battery died and the build in mouse thingy but that seems to be it.
So, then now comes the challenge of turning them into virtual machines. The good news: The network expansion card I found works out of the box on the windows 98 machine and presumably the 95 machine. The bad news: the 98 machine only has 64 MB RAM. Clonezilla needs 196 MB of RAM.
So..... I need another option to turn the HDD partitions into an .ISO file. This program also needs to be able to send the .ISO file directly to a computer over the network as the drives inside the laptop are obviously not big enough and though it does have an USB-port I have never been able to use it for usb-sticks.
I also doubt I'm going to be able to pull the drive from the laptop and even if I could I wouldn't be able to connect it to my desktop, so that is also not an option
So... suggestions are welcome.
the windows 98 machine still works pretty much flawlessly. It seems the CMOS battery died and the build in mouse thingy but that seems to be it.
So, then now comes the challenge of turning them into virtual machines. The good news: The network expansion card I found works out of the box on the windows 98 machine and presumably the 95 machine. The bad news: the 98 machine only has 64 MB RAM. Clonezilla needs 196 MB of RAM.
So..... I need another option to turn the HDD partitions into an .ISO file. This program also needs to be able to send the .ISO file directly to a computer over the network as the drives inside the laptop are obviously not big enough and though it does have an USB-port I have never been able to use it for usb-sticks.
I also doubt I'm going to be able to pull the drive from the laptop and even if I could I wouldn't be able to connect it to my desktop, so that is also not an option
So... suggestions are welcome.
43 also, I played some settlers 2 on that machine.
Of course, the midi files from that game sound MUCH better than if I play them on my current computers. I'm guessing nostalgia is part of it but the fact that the soundfont I'm currently use on my desktop doesn't include every sound the midi files uses also doesn't help.
I'm guessing I should look at the soundcard in the windows 98 laptop and see if there is a soundfont based upon it.
For those wondering what I'm talking about: A midi file is an old music format. However, instead of containing the actual sounds it just contains when and for how long certain instruments play certain notes. This means that in order to get actual sound out of these files you need to have them stored somewhere. This is done using so called soundfonts. This means that midi files can sound VERY different depending on the computer it is played on depending on which soundfonts are available.
However, back in the day that midi files where actually common in games the soundfonts where part of the soundcard and as you can imagine where kind of an important aspect of these things (as almost no game used actual sound files). This means that extra care was taken to assemble the soundfonts on those cards despite the hardware limitations, meaning that there is a good chance that your current computer is worse at playing midi files than old hardware.
However, nowadays you can swap your soundfonts out for others and there is still hardware to play midi files. Thus, if you really want you should be able to beat the old computers at midi file quality, but other than that there is a good chance an old machine just is better at playing those files than current machines.
Of course, the midi files from that game sound MUCH better than if I play them on my current computers. I'm guessing nostalgia is part of it but the fact that the soundfont I'm currently use on my desktop doesn't include every sound the midi files uses also doesn't help.
I'm guessing I should look at the soundcard in the windows 98 laptop and see if there is a soundfont based upon it.
For those wondering what I'm talking about: A midi file is an old music format. However, instead of containing the actual sounds it just contains when and for how long certain instruments play certain notes. This means that in order to get actual sound out of these files you need to have them stored somewhere. This is done using so called soundfonts. This means that midi files can sound VERY different depending on the computer it is played on depending on which soundfonts are available.
However, back in the day that midi files where actually common in games the soundfonts where part of the soundcard and as you can imagine where kind of an important aspect of these things (as almost no game used actual sound files). This means that extra care was taken to assemble the soundfonts on those cards despite the hardware limitations, meaning that there is a good chance that your current computer is worse at playing midi files than old hardware.
However, nowadays you can swap your soundfonts out for others and there is still hardware to play midi files. Thus, if you really want you should be able to beat the old computers at midi file quality, but other than that there is a good chance an old machine just is better at playing those files than current machines.