Computers

[JWHooper]

If you know computer science, then do you know all about computers? Is there more besides computer science in the study of computers?

Thanks,

J.

[rdrake]

You should learn a lot, but there's a lot to learn. You surely will not know everything there is to know.

[PaulButler]

Computer science is not so much the study of computers, but the study of the theories of computation. I imagine you will get to know computers quite well because you will be using them a lot, but not from directly studying them.

[JWHooper]

rdrake @ Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:26 pm wrote:

You should learn a lot, but there's a lot to learn. You surely will not know everything there is to know.

I want to work on the topic in any computer topics that involve a lot of math. Is computer science the best choice for me?

[PaulButler]

There is a lot of math in computer science. You should have no problem finding a field in computer science that involves math and interests you.

[Aziz]

Computer repair would have the least amount of math,
Networking a bit more,
And Computer Science quite a lot of math (depending on what you're doing)

Of course, it's all very dependent on what exactly you're doing. If you're designing a simple GUI, maybe math isn't so much. Also goes for repair or networking . . . it's a relevant to the job at hand and how you go about it. Don't do something just because you're good at it. Do what you know you can do for a living if that's what you're looking at.

And don't listen to some silly stranger on a forum

[Nick]

Aziz @ Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:21 am wrote:

And don't listen to some silly stranger on a forum

yea just completely disregard what he just said cause hes some stranger on the forum

[Aziz]

Glad you got the point momop

[Nick]

i always get the point... although i just ruined the point by responding because i cannot respond unless i have listened to you and your a stranger on the forums... AHH!!!!!!!!

[wtd]

Computers do absolutely nothing interesting by themselves. To be a good computer scientist, you must also understand people.

[Flikerator]

wtd @ Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:31 pm wrote:

Computers do absolutely nothing interesting by themselves. To be a good computer scientist, you must also understand people.

And you can't understand people unless you build a computer powerful enough.

[Aziz]

And you definitely can't understand wtd.

Let me make a comment on this quote

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If you know computer science, then do you know all about computers? Is there more besides computer science in the study of computers?

I think to say so is utterly ridiculous. No offense, but what I mean is that you can't know ALL about something. "Knowing" computer science doesn't mean you know everything about computer science. Generally most people are strong in certain areas such as programming, networking, hardware, etc etc, but understanding one area will help you understand others and vice versa.

[wtd]

Science is not a linear process. It does not have an end. There will always be some question to which there is no good answer.

It's be pretty boring if it were linear.