Though people in IT obviously have grief towards customers/clients I can almost guarantee that they've all been on the other end of the shaft. It might not have been talking with tech support but getting your car fixed, returning something to the store, lazy plumber, etc. Everyone has dealt with poor service so while we complain about our customers people forget that we are also customers and have dealt with it to. Sometimes customers(we) forget that the person on the other end of the phone line or other side of the desk actually does things outside of work(maybe, unless they own Oblivion).
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -Rich Cook
your program (n): a maze of non-sequiturs littered with clever-clever tricks and irrelevant comments. Compare MY PROGRAM.
my program (n): a gem of algorithmic precision, offering the most sublime balance between compact, efficient coding on the one hand, and fully commented legibility for posterity on the other. Compare YOUR PROGRAM. -Coding Horror Sound very similar
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graphical passwords that they say are a thousand times more secure than ordinary textual passwords. Someone a long time ago:
A picture is worth a thousand words
I'm not sure what the problem is, in 20 years with this system we will have a country filled with firemen, doctors, lawyers and veterinarians. Sure, the trash will be heaping around town without garbage men and the hospitals will be filthy without janitors.
I wouldn't really be surprised even though Diku and SMAUG are the most prevalent there are a lot of PennMUSH servers out there. Though people have destroyed Richard Woolcock's Godwars codebase and flooded the proverbial market with them I'm continually amazed at innovations people make in new games and many times I come across some that are much more complex than any graphical MMO. Richard Woolcock's Godwars 2/Gladiator Pits 3 codebase is insanely complex and has a fighting system that's richer and deeper than 95% of the console fighting games. It's a bit sad that some people have forgone the license restrictions and decide to make a profit off their games.
Even though they are obviously overtaken by Graphical MMOs like WoW, MUDs are still fairly prevalent.
There are still thousands of active MUDs/MUSHs/MOOs/BBSs and (extremely hard to calculate accurately)
roughly 15,000 active players in the community.
I completely forgot the show until I read the article then everything just snapped into place like a keyword programmed into my head to kill the Malaysian Prime Minister. The show definitely had a subliminal effect on my interest in the field of technology and it would be great to see it again.
Two simple words: Parent Window. Sure the toolboxes have the ability to dock to the main toolbox but if you want to see all of your image my maximizing it you have to switch between windows to get at your toolbox which becomes extremely tedious, even with shortcuts.
iPod Nano + Touchscreen = Most frustrating experience ever.
"ARGH, I tried to press play but deleted my entire library. Come on, my finger covers half the screen."
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
-Rich Cook
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Though people in IT obviously have grief towards customers/clients I can almost guarantee that they've all been on the other end of the shaft. It might not have been talking with tech support but getting your car fixed, returning something to the store, lazy plumber, etc. Everyone has dealt with poor service so while we complain about our customers people forget that we are also customers and have dealt with it to. Sometimes customers(we) forget that the person on the other end of the phone line or other side of the desk actually does things outside of work(maybe, unless they own Oblivion).
It may just be me but I think that's why they are called "customers"
Hooray for Arthur Scherbius, too bad that witch gave him that apple...
-Rich Cook
my program (n): a gem of algorithmic precision, offering the most sublime balance between compact, efficient coding on the one hand, and fully commented legibility for posterity on the other. Compare YOUR PROGRAM.
-Coding Horror Sound very similar
Well it looks like it now costs more to drive to the store than it actually does to buy the hard drive.
Do we really need the title to say "Windows PCs"? I thought that was implied any time malware was concerned.
I'm not sure what the problem is, in 20 years with this system we will have a country filled with firemen, doctors, lawyers and veterinarians. Sure, the trash will be heaping around town without garbage men and the hospitals will be filthy without janitors.
I wouldn't really be surprised even though Diku and SMAUG are the most prevalent there are a lot of PennMUSH servers out there. Though people have destroyed Richard Woolcock's Godwars codebase and flooded the proverbial market with them I'm continually amazed at innovations people make in new games and many times I come across some that are much more complex than any graphical MMO. Richard Woolcock's Godwars 2/Gladiator Pits 3 codebase is insanely complex and has a fighting system that's richer and deeper than 95% of the console fighting games. It's a bit sad that some people have forgone the license restrictions and decide to make a profit off their games.
Even though they are obviously overtaken by Graphical MMOs like WoW, MUDs are still fairly prevalent. There are still thousands of active MUDs/MUSHs/MOOs/BBSs and (extremely hard to calculate accurately) roughly 15,000 active players in the community.
Hopefully those little freaks aren't back in Halo 3
Tiny Linux laptop + Dead Quiet = Linux ninja
I completely forgot the show until I read the article then everything just snapped into place like a keyword programmed into my head to kill the Malaysian Prime Minister. The show definitely had a subliminal effect on my interest in the field of technology and it would be great to see it again.
Two simple words: Parent Window. Sure the toolboxes have the ability to dock to the main toolbox but if you want to see all of your image my maximizing it you have to switch between windows to get at your toolbox which becomes extremely tedious, even with shortcuts.
iPod Nano + Touchscreen = Most frustrating experience ever. "ARGH, I tried to press play but deleted my entire library. Come on, my finger covers half the screen."