ACM Distinguished Dissertation 1985 - Two Issues in Public Key Cryptography
Advanced Calculus (Olmsted)
Advanced Engineering Mathematics - 6th Edtn (Kreyszig)
Advanced Windows - 3rd Edtn
AI...

best case complexity is O(n)

R Sedgewick has some freely available material here : Analysis of Shellsort and ... (http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~rs/shell/)

you should right away notice that it seems to be complaining about templates .... hit up either C++ Primer byt Lippman/Lajoie or Bjarne's book

keywords to search for on the web "inclusion...

How about the following ::

(1) Project Euler
(2) Try to extend a sequence that is 'difficult' to extend from the OEIS
(3) Find an existing program in C/C++/Java/C# and rewrite it in python [you...

I'm a lil surprised that no one pointed out the more obvious reasons LINUX hasn't made as much progress and in-roads as some would like or have expected::

(-) Splintering of distributions (yes a...

1) Improving game character AI
2) Parsing sarcasm in natural languages
3) Faking consciousness [think chatbots]
4) Artificial stock market analyst
5) Creating a better Mozart with evolutionary...

Well too bad you seem to have a thing against a Python environment - Py3k is quite handy.
Seems like you'd also be against F# soooooo

1) D [ not C++ / not Java / not C# but ... functionality...

Yes to evolution as a general principle to which there are a myriad quantity of relevant traits and details.

I do have an issue with those who feel that evolution goes counter to christian beliefs...

My 2 cents ::

Either heed jwents advice in choosing EE over IT/software development OR ponder a position in teaching at a secondary institution or a community college once you obtain your degree....

The Datawarehousing/Bus Intell would serve you better in the longrun and it will be more interesting and fun. You could also look at "data mining" if you do have a math bent but not a hearts-on-fire...

You can do it in well-under 5 months

CompTIA A+ certification
most sufficiently smart individuals can pass this cert after approximately 2 months [The Dummies series of books has a decent 9 in...

Perused for years (in the spatial pauses of keeping too busy) - finally thought I'd register.

I'm contemplating creating another non-artificial artificial lifeform; my one and only did not kill me...

As far as demonstrating big O - you're not going to be able to easily write programs which analyze running time of other programs. The easiest demonstration would be to look at some execution data...