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  1. Re:Lucky you're not contracting in Britain on When Do You Fire a Headhunter? · · Score: 1

    you've got a point with new/delete and STL. But it takes about 2 days to get over it.

    I've never seen heavy use of custom templates in professional code... most people find it difficult to debug them.

    I can't comment on exceptions. Im still haven't convinced myself that they are a good thing in c++.

  2. Re:Lucky you're not contracting in Britain on When Do You Fire a Headhunter? · · Score: 1

    I never said I have trouble with modular c programming... i simply said i'd rather use objects. why? because they are fun.

    When it comes down to it objects are just a tool

  3. Re:Except Canada... on Kindle Finally Ready For Global Distribution · · Score: 1

    screw amazon. They've ignored us Canucks too long for us to care about them anymore. I wouldn't buy a Kindle even if I could.

  4. IM SO PISSED OFF on Open Source Could Have Saved Ontario Hundreds of Millions · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That I might collapse of a heart attack.

  5. Re:Lucky you're not contracting in Britain on When Do You Fire a Headhunter? · · Score: 1

    ummm, I think your thought process is a little narrow... there is no reason why a competent c++ programmer cannot do c code.... Im going to throw java into this convo too.

    Hell a competent c++ programmer IS a competent C/Java programmer. you aint competent in C++ unless your competent in C (knowing c++ w/o knowing c is like an unimplemented abstract method... in an inverse sort of way). And you aint competent in Java w/o C knowledge.

    I work in a "C" shoppe and was trained in C before C++, but I would much rather be writing c++, objects are simply a tool to help write good code, alas... I do what the team lead tells me to do.

    I always find it curious how Java guys claim they "dont know c/c++"... to me its all the same, objects are just one way of keeping decoupled and reusable. The goals are the same (readability, reusability, and of course getting the job done). Sure c/c++ is a hell of a lot harder because of the additional powers, but you just have to run more tests...

    now asking a c++ programmer to write good perl/python code... thats another matter.

  6. Re:Personally I'd rather you were honest with me on When Do You Fire a Headhunter? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe thats why I dont get any second dates.

    I thought it was because I brought 21 of my friends along in my Smart car.

  7. Re:Personally I'd rather you were honest with me on When Do You Fire a Headhunter? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    no one knows what they mean, because they mean nothing.

  8. Re:four in a million? on NASA Downgrades Asteroid-Earth Collision Risk · · Score: 1

    maybe there are 4 asteroids... we aren't being told of the other 3.

  9. Re:Coming soon to MIT: Apply Via Twitter on MIT Axes the 500-Word Application Essay · · Score: 5, Funny

    i hz 515 mathz, 505 rding, 30 wrting. letmmein.

  10. Re:That's not how it was! on Sony Prototype Sends Electricity Through the Air · · Score: 1

    Season 6 episode 25. Timescape

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timescape_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation%29

    you owe me beer.

  11. Linux installation on What To Cover In a Short "DIY Tech" Course? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    rather useful skill... develops a desire to learn more about computers.

  12. Also on the Economist on Oracle Fined For Benchmark Claims · · Score: 1

    This ad was on the back of the Economist 3 or 4 weeks ago... can they be sued for that too? I felt the ad was very very misleading and meant to trick all those MBA guys who want to pretend like they know what they are doing.

  13. Re:People who write in textbooks... on In Trial, Kindles Disappointing University Users · · Score: 4, Funny

    shuddap! the weight builds character, and prepares your posture for a lifetime of grovelling which every engineer needs when speaking to MBAs.

  14. Re:Why? on In Trial, Kindles Disappointing University Users · · Score: 2, Funny

    Teacher... Amazon ate my homework!

  15. Im colourblind you insensitive clod on FreeBSD 8.0 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    NEVER solely use colours to describe things.

  16. Re:Boring... on Data Center Flood Captured By Security Cam · · Score: 1

    Ohhh DUUUUDE, it would be so fucking awesome if there were sea monsters in that video.... OR SHARKS... that would be sweeeewweeeeeeettt!

  17. Re:School entrance age cutoffs, maybe? on A New Explanation For the Plight of Winter Babies · · Score: 1

    Your grammar and spelling are amazing for a 6 year old! Do you understand most the articles on this website?

    Coochie Coochie cooo... who's the smart kinder... YOU are, YOU are

    Peekabo!

  18. Re:Winter where? on A New Explanation For the Plight of Winter Babies · · Score: 1

    i think your doing it wrong.

  19. Futbal on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    Re: Cutler - It would help if he had some compitent WR
    Re: Farve - who cares how he looked... all that matters is the W.

  20. Re:"pay extra" on Indie Game Dev On the Positive Side To DRM · · Score: 1

    Game developers poured a cup of coffee on you after you paid for their games? damn, and I thought DRM was bad!

  21. Re:All your tweets are belong to you! on Twitter Says Your Tweets Belong To You · · Score: 1

    damnit you beat me!

  22. Re:Do we really need the commentary? on Game Over For Sony and Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Yeah really you half brained homocandy. Im not going to buy something if it doesn't do what I want it to do.

    Is that so surprising for your petite mass of pea much between your ears.

    Do you realize how retarded YOU are? Probably not because your a brainwashed "ps triple" fanboi.

  23. Re:Do we really need the commentary? on Game Over For Sony and Open Source? · · Score: 1

    exactly. duh

  24. Re:Do we really need the commentary? on Game Over For Sony and Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Where the fuck did I bitch about this?

    I own an Xbox and an Xbox360 and am slightly pissed that in 3 years they will both be hanging out in the basement with my SNES collecting dust. I bought the 360 because it was considerably cheaper than the PS3.

    The only reason for me to buy another game system is if I could get some mileage out of it after it is replaced by the next gen.

    I might still buy the old system, we'll see if it's still available for purchase in 6months.

  25. Re:Do we really need the commentary? on Game Over For Sony and Open Source? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Im not mad at sony... Im simply not going to buy a PS3 and the 10games I would have eventually bought.

    I was thinking of getting a PS3 until I heard that it would no longer support linux. Linux would simply have extended the life of the system for me (I would have used it as some sort of server when the next gen of systems came out).