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Hobby And Sport - College Essay

Hobby And Sport

My main consumption of time these days, is unfortunately not used on
homework, but on computers. Trendy words like 'Internet' and 'The
Superinformation Highway' are both terms which seem essential in my
everyday. When I though disconnect from cyberspace, and my computer and I
are all alone, programming is what I deal with. I make small programs, and
since practice makes perfect, that's where I'm heading.
QBasic is an updated version of the worlds first programming language,
Basic. With Basic you are, compared to other languages, quite limited, but
good results can still be obtained, even as a beginner.
I first started to program after one winter vacation, where my cousin
can to ...

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don't
satisfy any of the two demands: 1) It doesn't fulfill any of my needs.
2)It's not suitable for a wider audience.
Today, the list of programs I have made, satisfy in a much more
professional way those simple requirements. I have made, in cooperation
with a friend, a game which tests your short-term memory. There must be a
thousand of those on the market today, but 'RecoN' has a very nice
graphical interface, and online help. We released the game as 'shareware'.
This means that anyone can have a copy without paying for it, but if they
after 30 days chose to keep it on their computer, they must send X amount
of money to a specified address. Naturally we still haven't gotten any
donations, but at least we know for sure, that the game has been copied to
well over 250 persons, so it has satisfied some demands.
So how can programming benefit me in a more practical way? Well, I
made one program, which works like an alarm-clock. It's simple, but it
works. The knowledge I ...

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Added: 10/16/2008 10:11:40 PM
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