Should there be a hardware forum?

[josh]

the subject says it all. Should V3 have a forum for questions releating to hardware, technology, circuitry, engineering...

[Dan]

Well it dose say compsci on the logo not comp engering but with the V3 update if it even hapens there will be more fourm space......

[Andy]

oooo
can i have powers there? plz plz

[josh]

I realize that it says compsci, but if ppl have problems with there PC's they could post there instead of in GD. Also, many ppl who take compsci also take engineering. IT was just a thought....

[Amailer]

We should just stick to using the GD for stuff like that

[Hikaru79]

I took comp eng this year, so I'm all for this idea

Hacker Dan, I agree that Hardware isn't part of Compsci.ca's original scope... but the site has taken on a life of it's own since then, and people ARE posting questions about Hardware anyway. So instead of cluttering up the already-cluttered GD, a special forum for it sounds like a good idea ^ ^;

Just my 0.02$. You're the boss (one of them)

[Paul]

Yes, I'm also taking computer engineering. (stupid cisco course) but I can't complain since its easy marks. Hardware/ general computer problems forum would be welcome.

[wtd]

Hardware and software are fundamentally intertwined. Without hardware, we can write all the code we want on whiteboards and notebook paper, but it's not getting us anywhere.

Then again, without software, a $1,000 computer is just a silicon and metal doorstop.

[SuperGenius]

I think that a hardware forum would be nice.

[Paul]

If V3 ever comes out that is. Nothing directed towards dan, we're all busy.

[JHanson90]

I sometimes had hardware questions, and I too agree that software and hardware are intertwined. Plus it's sort of natural to find hardware questions on a software forum, anyway. I say "Aye" for a hardware forum.

Speaking of version 3, though, what would really be nice is ... a miscellaneous language category ... and one of those forum boards be.................................... can you guess? RUBY!

[wtd]

JHanson90 wrote:

I sometimes had hardware questions, and I too agree that software and hardware are intertwined. Plus it's sort of natural to find hardware questions on a software forum, anyway. I say "Aye" for a hardware forum.

Speaking of version 3, though, what would really be nice is ... a miscellaneous language category ... and one of those forum boards be.................................... can you guess? RUBY!

Time for you to learn another language. Not that your enthusiasm is bad, but it's a good idea to expand your horizons so you realize why, and see good ideas that Ruby doesn't include.

[JHanson90]

This is sort of making the posts all off-topic, but in response, what language would you recommend? I mentioned a while back that O'Caml was next on my list, but you've mentioned multiple times that it was hard for you to learn, or it "blew your mind." Sort of discouraging, me not even having a year's experience in programming. Eiffel, maybe, umm... Java, no, ... hmm .... ?

[josh]

java is pretty good, I took a two week course on it in the summer and I found that the basics where pretty easy to get.

[apomb]

a hardware forum is a great idea! cuz even now, we do have a lot of people modding and making their own computers, snd it is difficult to find other threads on a topic in GD since there are so many other posts in between.