This looks very similar to linear programming. Is CP similar to LP? Is CP just another name for or type of linear programming? What are the differences(if any)?
For all the nay sayer's most of your objections are actually addressed in the original article. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.3381v1
A quote from the end of the abstract:
Can we take these estimates as an
approximate age of life in the universe? Answering this question is not easy because several
other problems have to be addressed. First, why the increase of genome complexity follows an
exponential law instead of fluctuating erratically? Second, is it reasonable to expect that
biological evolution had started from something equivalent in complexity to one nucleotide? And
third, if life is older than the Earth and the Solar System, then how can organisms survive
interstellar or even intergalactic transfer? These problems as well as consequences of the
exponential increase of genome complexity are discussed below.
I'm taking the Algorithms I course mentioned in the article, I had been programming as a hobby and some small projects at work, and I feel like a huge gulf has been bridged in my understanding of programming.
I feel like the programming assignments balance very well between being challenging without being overwhelming. The lectures and lecture notes are excellent and I prefer them to Sedgewick's book. Can't wait to start Algorithms II next week
Exactly what I thought. It seem to me that one of the principal reasons someone would takes an online course is if thier schedule won't allow them to take traditional college courses(i.e. works full time and has kids at home). Should it then surprise you that these are the people with the highest attrition rates.
http://www.amazon.com/In-Defense-Flogging-Peter-Moskos/dp/04...