Starting programming

fFirst and foremost, the best way where to start is with yourself. Focus, dedication and goals are important to achieve mastery of programming.

It depends on what school of thought you are going to follow. It's either you are with a Microsoft way school of thought (you embrace all Microsoft tools and applications) or Non/Anti-Microsoft way school of thought...Me, though, i don't necessarily like the way Microsoft conducts business but i decided that Microsoft way of thought will be my way for my programming needs.
the best way to learn programming is to self learn them...join forums... ask questions and make friends with programming gurus... never mind if you kissed their asses...the goal is to become one of them.

First, i suggest you study Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) because it is part of MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint). If you can update your Access database, make a Word document report or Powerpoint presentation by just using the Excel then you are a VBA guru already. In my office, i only used Excel to develop a DataMiner to capture data across network save it to Oracle database.

.....When the time comes when your programming needs are not satisfied by VBA you have to metamorphosed yourself...i suggest to take the same road in VB.NET. some say VB is too easy... but just try VB.NET and you will see for yourself the very improved Visual Basic (try the 2005 version). If you really wanted to make another computer language then C++ is for you but if you just want to develop Windows-based applications then VB.NET (from Visual Studio NET) is for you. Another advantage of using VB.NET is its capability to develop applications for Windows Mobile applications such as PDA, Smartphone, etc. Programming with your PDA phone is so cool, you can impressed your friends with it.

From here you are on your own now....

However, there is a interesting language in the market today. Its called "Python". Man, the learning curve for this language is very short and you will not be frustrated. Some of the big projects that use Python are the Youtube, the original BitTorrent client. Large organizations that make use of Python include Google and NASA.



Stay hungry! Stay foolish

On comparing the" TRUEness" of one's religion over the other.

Comparing the trueness of one's religion compared to the other religion will not be concluded in our lifetime moreso even our children's children's children lifetime.

Religion is as old as mankind and as young as ourselves because we are the religion. We become our religion because our strongly-held beliefs, values, and attitudes makes our religion.

Religion are people's beliefs, opinions and worship...concerning the existence, nature, and worship of God, a god, or gods, and divine involvement in the universe and human life. see... no matter how we influence other poeple's mind about OUR religion we will only be partially successful because man is logical... a thinking INDIVIDUAL who will only believe what he perceives is believable. His experiences in life may cause to increase or decrease his religion.

An individual may follow a particular institutionalized or personal system of beliefs and practices relating to the divine (denomination) but that individual is a variant (evolution) of that system of beliefs and practices.

Religion is a sensitive issue. It is the cause of so much war and conflict in the past and present..and it will still be in the future. It is understandable that we often stand for our beliefs... we may write about it pompously, talked about it rhetorically... but in the end we have feed the entropy of chaos and conflict with our fellowmen because of beliefs clashes.

We are all different individual. Let's respect each other's belief. Each of us has its own unique religion just as we have a unique idiosyncrasies and obsessions (fetishes).

(this was an entry to the forum of www.mybesthomes.net about the question on "What is the religion most likely true?")

Stay hungry! Stay foolish

The most beautiful thing is the....

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."

Albert Einstein