CompAct Electronic Newsletter
Issue 35 | April 2010

Letter From The Chair

by Tim Deitz

When my daughter, who is now a sophomore in college, was in high school she wanted text messaging on her phone. My immediate answer was "No." It costs more money and the only purpose I saw was to communicate when you weren't supposed to, like during class! Well, she worked on my wife and negotiated a deal.
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Editorial

by Howard Callif

People have submitted feedback on our new online format. Much of it is positive, but there is a group of people that want the newsletter in a printed format. We are looking into adding functionality to the Web site so all of the articles can be printed, so everyone can view the newsletter in the format that is convenient for them.
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Horses For Courses

by Phil Gold

We live in an environment where the word open has positive connotations, while closed has a negative feeling to it. Linux is open source, and Windows is proprietary or closed. So Linux must be better, right? Well, for some people it is, and if you read the Internet blogs, there's no contest.
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Visual Basic NET References

by Howard Callif

This article will provide useful references for learning and using Visual Basic NET.
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R Corner-Graphics

by Steve Craighead

The graphical capabilities of R are extensive. R is truly an object-oriented language with classes built upon classes.
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Number Puzzle

by Marc Whinston

Test your problem solving skills with this fun puzzle.
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Articles Needed

by CompAct

Your help and participation are needed: Articles, book reviews and other information on technology useful to actuaries are needed!
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