Computers

Robert, Loans: If you think we can get by without taking out an extra $1000 than we should. We can scrimp and save. If there is an unexpected expense, then we can use your Mastercard. But I don't like owing people money any more than you do. I will try to help pay things off. If Steve can't get me on at the lab, than I will find a job elsewhere to help out. There are many things that I can do (just as there are many things that I can't do). We will find something for me. I have no objections to me working while we don't have kids. I am working 20 hours a week now and am going to school with 17-18 credit hours. I can do it. However, when we have children, I would like to stay home with them. I realize that there are cases where women need to work when they have kids. This decision will be made between you and I and our Heavenly Father if and when the need arises. I am fully confident that you will be able to provide for our family. You are very intelligent and quick minded. You will do well and you will succeed as far as you want to. You can do anything you want to. I know you can. And surely you have proven this to your family. I love you. Computers: Thanks for giving me the input on MHZ, RAM, Hard Drive, CPU, and Monitors. Actually I already knew this stuff. We HAD to know it for my computer science class. A lot of people didn't learn it, but once you tell me something that interests me, it usually sticks in my brain -- just like lactic acid. I am glad that you took the time to tell me this though. A lot of people just assume that I know something and go on forever. I would rather that you assume that I don't know something, than assume that I do know it. One of our first projects in computer science was to write a paper on what kind of computer system we would buy and set up and what kinds of software we would most often run. I received a perfect grade. We were tested on our knowledge of the 5 major components on the midterm. I got a 98%, the highest in the class. I probably did equally as well on the final. I aced all of the projects except Pascal. I misread one of the statements on the assignment sheet so she docked me 5 points (which is still an A). I did rather well in that class. See, I'm not a total dummy. I do do well in some classes. Just not History and Life Science. Well I have rambled on long enough about that. DOS vs Windows: No, my dad doesn't run windows. I am sure this is why I am probably going to be a die-hard DOS user. I CAN use Windows, but I have a hard time finding my way around. I would rather use DOS. I am sure that given enough time, I will become accustomed to Windows, but I won't like it at first. Why are you far more productive in Windows? What does Windows allow you to do that DOS doesn't? I know there is stuff that DOS allows you to do that Windows doesn't. Explain. What are the advantages to using Windows? Programming: I think I will enjoy programming just because I had fun watching my programs work in Pascal. However, we only did easy programs. I am not sure how much more difficult it will get. I don't like things that are too easy because then it doesn't challenge my mind enough, but I don't want to be totally confused when I work on my programs. I will need you there to teach me what I am doing. After I understand what each item means, then I won't need you that much. I might need a little help from time to time when I have forgotten a semicolon. That was kind of a joke. The hardest time I had with Pascal was when I would forget a semicolon. I did this quite often and I could never find where I had missed it. It is kind of funny because I could find the complex errors but I would miss the simple ones. This is kind of how my life usually is. I overlook all of the simple things and skip ahead to the hard ones. You said that "good" programmers write "easy-to-read codes." What are they? What is the difference between "easy-to-read" and "hard-to-read?" What do you mean by "Don't get 'clever' unless absolutely necessary?" How do you "document" programs. I still have two more messages to read and I reached the end of this one. I love you honey, even if you talk nerd-talk to me. It's rather sexy. :) I love you. Your future wife, Wanda