Archive for June, 2011

Monday 27 June, 2011

Decimal to Binary Conversion: Method 3

And….. the 3rd and final Sub Module for converting Binary using the ‘Alternative Subtraction Method’. Public Sub Method3(ByVal num1 As Integer) ‘ ############################################# ‘ METHOD #3 – Alternative Subtraction Method ‘ ############################################# Dim A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, [...]


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Binary Method 2
Saturday 25 June, 2011

Decimal to Binary Conversion: Method 1

Below is the sub module solution for converting Decimal to Binary using the Division Method.  As with the other method please post any ways you think the code could be improved. ‘ ############################## ‘ METHOD #1 – Division Method ‘ ############################## Public Sub Method1(ByVal num1 As Integer) ‘declare variables Dim working As String = String.Empty [...]


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Binary Method 2
Friday 24 June, 2011

Decimal to Binary Conversion: Method 2 [UPDATED]

In class yesterday we were set the task of creating a program which can convert decimal numbers to binary.  The program must use modules and demonstrate all three conversion methods outlined by the Curriculum Council Specification Guide.  The idea of this activity is for students to recognise decimal, binary (and eventually) hexadecimal numbers and be [...]


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Saturday 18 June, 2011

Mental Robot Hand!


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Monday 06 June, 2011

Like the blog on Facebook!

Hey guys! We all know what Facebook is (unless you have been living under a very well shielded rock for the past few years). If you would like to ‘like’ the blog and get up-to-date information, click the link! ~ Damian. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teachbook/155219997861788 <– Here http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/


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Monday 06 June, 2011

PlayStation Network Outage: The Real Costs

Now that Sony’s PlayStation Network is back online again, analysts are beginning to assess the real-world cost of the network breach and shutdown of the giant gaming establisment. Even as recently as this past week. Sony was still having trouble with the PlayStation Network, taking down its password resetting facility because of another Sony oversight: [...]


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Monday 06 June, 2011

iPhone 4GS or 5?

So as we know already, Apple always like releasing something from the same product line every year. For example, last year the iPhone 3GS was upgraded to the iPhone 4. So the spectliaction is pointing to another new iPhone, but this time instead of going from the 4 to the 4GS, everyone beleves that we [...]


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