It's not a major problem, but it's annoying to work with code containing mispellings. I've seen things like appendToQue or serie (used as the singular of series) in code I've worked in, it adds to the number of things you have to remember.
Autocomplete helps, but not every platform has it and it frequently breaks on VC++ IME.
You're answering the wrong question. He's asking about spelling errors in code, not interface text. I doubt any serious developer is dumb enough to hardcode interface text in code.
I had a few multiple choice questions in my 4 year engineering Masters course, but only on engineering basics papers where the result was pass/fail. That's at another top 3 UK university (although maybe we're using different league tables;-))
The choices were always carefully chosen to try to trip you up: common mistakes in the calculation would give you an answer that was one of the options.
Horses for courses, really, but I find most of the old-style games incredibly dull now (I'm 28, gaming since I was about 9). I loved space invaders etc. back in the day, but they're so repetitive that these days they're dull.
So you're saying the desire of a candidate to eschew modern science and instead rely on mumbo-jumbo has no bearing on their ability to make decisions on running a country based on the available evidence?
Would you be happy for a witch-doctor to be in control of the health budget?
Yes, that's pretty much how it works in the UK: you do ~10 subjects to GCSE level (age 16), then narrow down to 3-4 at A-level (16-18). I believe that is broadening out a little now, though.
I always wanted to be a scientist/engineer, so I only did Maths, Physics and Chemistry at A-level. I'm still interested in English, History, foreign languages etc., but I would have hated being forced to study them 16-18.
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Or you could give up on the theorising and just read their financial statements. Nintendo's are here:
http://www.nintendo.com/corp/annual_report.jsp
Attach rate for the Wii is about 4.5 games/console at the moment.
Those games are most likely of no interest to most of the Wii's target market.
Those are the total figures, hence the news story.
The Wii has been outselling the 360 on a monthly basis since it launched.
Or looking for Unix command references (kill).
How do people this dumb get appointed to such high office?
Whenever I've taken my mobile abroad I've got a text message from the network indicating that it's now operating in international mode.
You'd think so, but never underestimate the desire of the networks to rip off the customers.
The EU stepped in and regulated the maximum mobile roaming charges recently, I think the max is about $1/minute for calls now.
I doubt that's really a good idea, sales of PDAs have been dropping like a stone for years now.
The point is that a lot of the new format looks like the old binary format, except written out in XML format instead of in binary records.
Don't forget that diesel is denser, so you can't compare MPG with petrol really. A 50MPG diesel emits more CO2 than a 50MPG petrol car.
I think MS were stuck, really. The new format had to be sufficiently similar to the old binary format to allow relatively simple conversion of files.
It's not a major problem, but it's annoying to work with code containing mispellings. I've seen things like appendToQue or serie (used as the singular of series) in code I've worked in, it adds to the number of things you have to remember.
Autocomplete helps, but not every platform has it and it frequently breaks on VC++ IME.
You're answering the wrong question. He's asking about spelling errors in code, not interface text. I doubt any serious developer is dumb enough to hardcode interface text in code.
What's it like being dead inside?
Eledees and Excite Truck are fun, Mario Strikers is excellent.
Metroid 3, Mario Galaxy and Super Paper Mario are on the way in the next few months.
So we're talking about the same university after all, I knew it.
I had a few multiple choice questions in my 4 year engineering Masters course, but only on engineering basics papers where the result was pass/fail. That's at another top 3 UK university (although maybe we're using different league tables ;-))
The choices were always carefully chosen to try to trip you up: common mistakes in the calculation would give you an answer that was one of the options.
I wondered about that one too. They say the answer is A, which I guess means they're trying to refer to redshift expansion?
When I did A-level maths ('96), I saw questions on old 80's O-level maths papers that were comparable to our A-level questions.
Horses for courses, really, but I find most of the old-style games incredibly dull now (I'm 28, gaming since I was about 9). I loved space invaders etc. back in the day, but they're so repetitive that these days they're dull.
So you're saying the desire of a candidate to eschew modern science and instead rely on mumbo-jumbo has no bearing on their ability to make decisions on running a country based on the available evidence?
Would you be happy for a witch-doctor to be in control of the health budget?
Of course questioning the appetite of a scientist is going to get modded down, isn't it a bit irrelevant?
Yes, that's pretty much how it works in the UK: you do ~10 subjects to GCSE level (age 16), then narrow down to 3-4 at A-level (16-18). I believe that is broadening out a little now, though.
I always wanted to be a scientist/engineer, so I only did Maths, Physics and Chemistry at A-level. I'm still interested in English, History, foreign languages etc., but I would have hated being forced to study them 16-18.
You can't compare DirectX and OpenGL - OpenGL is the equivalent of Direct3D, one component of DirectX.
Indeed, or on OSX use File->Quit or right click on the dock icon->Quit, as it doesn't cover the dock or the menubar. Still annoying, though.
I'm tempted by the new iLife bundle, but will ship with the Leopard upgrade when it's finally released? Or is iLife only included with Mac hardware?