Awesome sounds like your on the right track. I have been asked to do a Masters by one of my AI profs. I am still undecided though.

I agree with you Java is the easiest to learn. Since you are just starting out I would recommend Java since it is so user friendly. Once you are comfortable with the data structures and algorithms...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not EE :)
I had to take a Digital Logic course in 2nd year WOW was that boring do you really want to be tinkering around with circuit boards? Or would you...

Hmmm don't think my last post worked so here it is again.

Try Emacs for the mac or goto www.macupdate.com and do a search for Latex editors. I found about 10 there some look pretty good....