Thank you for the links.
Btw:
Well, first off, know that VC++ isn't really c++
I doesn't matter, I also use DJGPP and that's C++.
And I'm sorry but I won't forget everything I know about MFC. I will still be using it for Windows( until.NET programming gets common)
I am develpoing on C++ on VC++/MFC (I also do console programming). What reading material do you recommend so I can code for GNOME or KDE (In general, code a windowed application)?
Thank you.
I know it's not exactly the same but there was something simlar being advertised over at Microsoft's place. You could buy chapters from various Microsoft Press books and tie them all into a custom book.I never tried it so I don't know exactly how it works though...Anyone with more info?
Computers haven't changed all that much, have they? Sure, we now use GHzs to measure speed, nut that's just 1,000,000Hz, it's not a different measure. Computers have been working in pretty much the same way since then
and it kind of reminds me the way cars continue to use the same archaic technology used back in 1900, only greatly refined.This is simply because it's easier (and cheaper) for manufacturers to maintain a single common base for their products for as long as possible before throwing it away and starting all over again. The choice, I believe, is ours: Mass production or revolution? We have to find a balance, especially in the computer world (Pentium 11, anyone?).
You want a safe & simple password?
Use whatever you want, written in lame-language
e.g
password--->p455w0rd
Can't get any safer than that, and your Windows friends will admire you for your wisdom and coolness!
After checking all the links on the story to get all the info, I decided to check www.microsoft.com to see what the company itself had to say for its victory:
'Save $50 on Office XP'.
Oh, and by the way , you can get yourself cool 'Freedom to Innovate' support-microsoft t-shirts if you follow a link. Can't get that at ThinkGeek, huh?
Napster signing a deal with 150 record companies to distrube their music over the net...
Funny...Given the vast number of club remixes of songs available for download, I thought Napster didn't need deals to disturb music.
In case you haven't read the story, the guy says he's a poor student.I wont say he shouldn't buy it, cause he obviously needs it for some reason or another.But he won't seriously play games on it, so your complaint isn't relevant to the subject.
Anyway, poor student buddy, if you really really need a linux handheld, i'd recommend recommend IPaq, which at least comes with WinCE if change your mind about the OS.But being a poor student myself, I think you should opt for the cheapest of the two (don't know which one is the cheapest), or if you simply need Linux on the move, get yourself a old or second-hand laptop. This way you'll have full potential and less fuss.
Microsoft will win. It's as simple as that. Most of my friends use already using Windows Media for downloading clips and stuff, and it is my humble personal opinion that RealPlayer (although quite fast)... kinda sucks. It would clutter your system tray, and bombard you with that stupid channel commercials from time to time (and me being on the other side of the world, the name AOL doesn't mean anything).The Windows Media formats were quite a joy to use for users who didn't want a fuss. There was nothing to install
(>= WinMe), and it works.
And really this is kind of vain.It's two proprietary formats.Who cares which one will win? But personally , i would prefer WM, since it comes with Windows (note this phrase, that's the way the whole Winworld thinks, convenience is above everything).And this is actually Microsoft strategy, to turn their OS into a everything-but-the-kitchen-sing , all-singing all dancing, erm, thing.
But Windows Media Player is sooooooooo slow on my PC.And i noticed that all players would play MP3 much better than WMA's , which need all of your processing power.
But rest assured, if Microsoft tries to stop us from playing a cross-platform format like MP3, it will lose. Oh yes, it will lose... .....And has anyone else noticed that Microsoft's making itself extremely vulnerable to the courts? I guess it will break up after all.
Dragon's Lair an artform?!? A cool game? Man, that game sucked!You spent 20 minutes admiring the graphics and $2 to realise that losing wasn't your fault. Pretty graphics do not a arcade game make;Give me 'Pong' or 'PacMan' or 'Galaga'.Not Dragon's Lair.
Any if anything ever was a money-making scam, it was this piece of snobbish software.
As a Windows coder myself, I know a fair bit about DLL, and I know it's not the way they work that's causing the so-called Windows 'DLL-hell'. It is the fact that Microsoft allowed programmers to include core windows libraries with their programs to ensure compatibility (and those programs could replace the windows ones too). Sure, its cool to keep your exe size down by using a few system libraries dyn-linked, but most people think its better to shove all these libs into their installer than static-linking (i personally like to build one or two-file apps). DLLs have their use (e.g when you want your program to be easily upgradeable, or as plug-ins), but people you don't have to use them. It's not cool, its confusing and it serves little purpose.
And all this DLL hell stuff...I haven't met with a single DLL problem since Win95(i havent met any problems on linux either)...And WinXP will have even better core DLL protection and stuff...
By the way, one really (seemingly)cool thing about.NET programming is that you can use the.net dlls to access a huge number of cool.net functions for RAD programming.We shall wait and see though...
First of all , I have to point out that some of you got the entire.NET thing all wrong.The spreadsheet example isn't like.NET as it exists now, but it is exactly like the Sun and ASP (Application Service Provider) thing.Sun wants thin clients everywhere (It has already claimed that the PC 'is ridiculous) and all the serious number-crunching running on ('f course) Sun's big fat expensive servers. It's quite the same thing with ASP, with big companies giving you access to their apps through the Internet after paying for rental.
Both concepts scare me to death. What if these huge servers stop working( Think:'Excel is down- Try running it later').Surely, they want us to think that they simply won't. Read Murphy's Law aloud and repeat that statement if you dare. And do you really feel safe knowing that you can't work off-line(or even access your data, which will be held on their servers too)
Microsoft's.NET isn't all like that.If you want to know more about what.NET is all about, visit Microsoft's site or any other.NET dedicated site. The concepts behind it really are bright and may mark a new era of communication (XML of course being the base of it all), but that depends on Microsoft. The current state of the Internet and the amount of technologies coming and going at the speed of light have confused not-so-poor Bill's megacorp. On the one hand, they want their (quite nice I have to say).NET way to work. From the other hand, they're scared to death by the ASP model and the possibility that it may succeed (leaving them behind like the time they tried to ignore the Internet).So they are trying to do both in a way. So, don't worry, the fog will clear out soon enough and we will see who won.
Anyway, back to Corel. For those of you who haven't noticed, this is their last chance before they go 'poof',since they screwed up one time too many. I really hope they manage to do what we want them to do( that is, bring.NET to Linux), and do it right. Otherwise, Corel dies,Microsoft loses money, Linux & Windows stay separate for ever (since neither of them will die away in the next few years), and.NET is doomed to be a Windows Only Thing. Which is , of course, er, bad.
Oh, and that 'open source' definition by that Corel chap, isn't that an oxymoron? Oh, well.
This doesn't make any sense, and it looks too much like an evil New World Order than anything else.Fortunately,hopefully they're much too late to accomplish this evil,erm, thing.
A nice response from Sun we have, but not the first. This MS vs. Sun thing has gone much too far, and it's Microsoft's fault this time around: People like that Chuck guy representing the biggest software company in the world? Tsk, tsk.But then, Sun has been incredibly stupid at times, distorting facts just as bad (like the time they said Windows 2000 had 63,000 bugs!). I think both companies should just shut up , do their stuff really work right,and let the consumer choose.
And now some advice for the two companies:
a) Double-check what you say. If you want to accuse the other company of something, make sure it is completely true. They will surely find a way to fight back, but it will be less embarassing.
b) Ask the consumers! They know best, cause they could be using products from both companies, and they know if something just doesnt work with the other company's implementation.
c) Don't say anything for something that's not yet out.Sun doesnt know much about.NET and,frankly, neither do most of us, but clever people will wait and see before deciding what is good and what is bad..NET can very well be marvellous but then again, so can Sun's future technologies.
So, don't write anything off just yet....Let the truth be decided by us.
A nice response from Sun we have, but not the first. This MS vs. Sun thing has gone much too far, and it's Microsoft's fault this time around: People like that Chuck guy representing the biggest software company in the world? Tsk, tsk.But then, Sun has been incredibly stupid at times, distorting facts just as bad (like the time they said Windows 2000 had 63,000 bugs!). I think both companies should just shut up , do their stuff really work right,and let the consumer choose.
a) Double-check what you say
Now now, its not so hard to figure out why that company registered that name, is it? Why do you state the obvious , saying that MS will pay them big bucks. 'Course it will. Any company worth its salt would (and after all, it's obviously what the other company wants). And I don't see how you can say anything vs Microsoft this particular time. You could laugh at it for this hiccup, as you often enjoy doing, but ranting anti-Microsoft stuff right now is OffTopic (-1), and almost as stupid as that 'Microsoft's DNS is down' article comments.Jesus.
And by the way, many companies like to patent lots of things they MAY use.Blame the laws.
Anyways, long live Linux, long live Windows, and peace.
Slashdot Mirror
Thank you for the links. Btw: Well, first off, know that VC++ isn't really c++ .NET programming gets common)
I doesn't matter, I also use DJGPP and that's C++.
And I'm sorry but I won't forget everything I know about MFC. I will still be using it for Windows( until
I am develpoing on C++ on VC++/MFC (I also do console programming). What reading material do you recommend so I can code for GNOME or KDE (In general, code a windowed application)? Thank you.
I know it's not exactly the same but there was something simlar being advertised over at Microsoft's place. You could buy chapters from various Microsoft Press books and tie them all into a custom book.I never tried it so I don't know exactly how it works though...Anyone with more info?
Interview with Tom Sloper, Veteran Game Designer
What the hell is a veteran game?
Sorry.
What's even more incredible is the fact that you used the word 'programmable' 4 times in 3 sentences.
Computers haven't changed all that much, have they? Sure, we now use GHzs to measure speed, nut that's just 1,000,000Hz, it's not a different measure. Computers have been working in pretty much the same way since then and it kind of reminds me the way cars continue to use the same archaic technology used back in 1900, only greatly refined.This is simply because it's easier (and cheaper) for manufacturers to maintain a single common base for their products for as long as possible before throwing it away and starting all over again.
The choice, I believe, is ours: Mass production or revolution?
We have to find a balance, especially in the computer world (Pentium 11, anyone?).
You want a safe & simple password? Use whatever you want, written in lame-language e.g password--->p455w0rd Can't get any safer than that, and your Windows friends will admire you for your wisdom and coolness!
After checking all the links on the story to get all the info, I decided to check www.microsoft.com to see what the company itself had to say for its victory:
'Save $50 on Office XP'.
Oh, and by the way , you can get yourself cool 'Freedom to Innovate' support-microsoft t-shirts if you follow a link. Can't get that at ThinkGeek, huh?
Napster signing a deal with 150 record companies to distrube their music over the net... Funny...Given the vast number of club remixes of songs available for download, I thought Napster didn't need deals to disturb music.
In case you haven't read the story, the guy says he's a poor student.I wont say he shouldn't buy it, cause he obviously needs it for some reason or another.But he won't seriously play games on it, so your complaint isn't relevant to the subject. Anyway, poor student buddy, if you really really need a linux handheld, i'd recommend recommend IPaq, which at least comes with WinCE if change your mind about the OS.But being a poor student myself, I think you should opt for the cheapest of the two (don't know which one is the cheapest), or if you simply need Linux on the move, get yourself a old or second-hand laptop. This way you'll have full potential and less fuss.
...Until the 1U 'genetically-modified rodents and treadmill' model appears.You will surely need good ventilation though.
Microsoft will win. It's as simple as that. Most of my friends use already using Windows Media for downloading clips and stuff, and it is my humble personal opinion that RealPlayer (although quite fast)... kinda sucks. It would clutter your system tray, and bombard you with that stupid channel commercials from time to time (and me being on the other side of the world, the name AOL doesn't mean anything).The Windows Media formats were quite a joy to use for users who didn't want a fuss. There was nothing to install (>= WinMe), and it works.
.....And has anyone else noticed that Microsoft's making itself extremely vulnerable to the courts? I guess it will break up after all.
And really this is kind of vain.It's two proprietary formats.Who cares which one will win?
But personally , i would prefer WM, since it comes with Windows (note this phrase, that's the way the whole Winworld thinks, convenience is above everything).And this is actually Microsoft strategy, to turn their OS into a everything-but-the-kitchen-sing , all-singing all dancing, erm, thing.
But Windows Media Player is sooooooooo slow on my PC.And i noticed that all players would play MP3 much better than WMA's , which need all of your processing power.
But rest assured, if Microsoft tries to stop us from playing a cross-platform format like MP3, it will lose. Oh yes, it will lose...
Dragon's Lair an artform?!? A cool game? Man, that game sucked!You spent 20 minutes admiring the graphics and $2 to realise that losing wasn't your fault. Pretty graphics do not a arcade game make;Give me 'Pong' or 'PacMan' or 'Galaga'.Not Dragon's Lair.
Any if anything ever was a money-making scam, it was this piece of snobbish software.
As a Windows coder myself, I know a fair bit about DLL, and I know it's not the way they work that's causing the so-called Windows 'DLL-hell'. It is the fact that Microsoft allowed programmers to include core windows libraries with their programs to ensure compatibility (and those programs could replace the windows ones too). Sure, its cool to keep your exe size down by using a few system libraries dyn-linked, but most people think its better to shove all these libs into their installer than static-linking (i personally like to build one or two-file apps). DLLs have their use (e.g when you want your program to be easily upgradeable, or as plug-ins), but people you don't have to use them. It's not cool, its confusing and it serves little purpose.
.NET programming is that you can use the .net dlls to access a huge number of cool .net functions for RAD programming.We shall wait and see though...
And all this DLL hell stuff...I haven't met with a single DLL problem since Win95(i havent met any problems on linux either)...And WinXP will have even better core DLL protection and stuff...
By the way, one really (seemingly)cool thing about
Microsoft is not slowing down...
*mock* No!
First of all , I have to point out that some of you got the entire .NET thing all wrong.The spreadsheet example isn't like .NET as it exists now, but it is exactly like the Sun and ASP (Application Service Provider) thing.Sun wants thin clients everywhere (It has already claimed that the PC 'is ridiculous) and all the serious number-crunching running on ('f course) Sun's big fat expensive servers. It's quite the same thing with ASP, with big companies giving you access to their apps through the Internet after paying for rental.
.NET isn't all like that.If you want to know more about what .NET is all about, visit Microsoft's site or any other .NET dedicated site. The concepts behind it really are bright and may mark a new era of communication (XML of course being the base of it all), but that depends on Microsoft. The current state of the Internet and the amount of technologies coming and going at the speed of light have confused not-so-poor Bill's megacorp. On the one hand, they want their (quite nice I have to say) .NET way to work. From the other hand, they're scared to death by the ASP model and the possibility that it may succeed (leaving them behind like the time they tried to ignore the Internet).So they are trying to do both in a way. So, don't worry, the fog will clear out soon enough and we will see who won.
.NET to Linux), and do it right. Otherwise, Corel dies,Microsoft loses money, Linux & Windows stay separate for ever (since neither of them will die away in the next few years), and .NET is doomed to be a Windows Only Thing. Which is , of course, er, bad.
Both concepts scare me to death. What if these huge servers stop working( Think:'Excel is down- Try running it later').Surely, they want us to think that they simply won't. Read Murphy's Law aloud and repeat that statement if you dare. And do you really feel safe knowing that you can't work off-line(or even access your data, which will be held on their servers too)
Microsoft's
Anyway, back to Corel. For those of you who haven't noticed, this is their last chance before they go 'poof',since they screwed up one time too many. I really hope they manage to do what we want them to do( that is, bring
Oh, and that 'open source' definition by that Corel chap, isn't that an oxymoron? Oh, well.
This doesn't make any sense, and it looks too much like an evil New World Order than anything else.Fortunately,hopefully they're much too late to accomplish this evil ,erm, thing.
Ignore this message.Accidentally pressed enter.
A nice response from Sun we have, but not the first. This MS vs. Sun thing has gone much too far, and it's Microsoft's fault this time around: People like that Chuck guy representing the biggest software company in the world? Tsk, tsk.But then, Sun has been incredibly stupid at times, distorting facts just as bad (like the time they said Windows 2000 had 63,000 bugs!). I think both companies should just shut up , do their stuff really work right,and let the consumer choose. .NET and ,frankly, neither do most of us, but clever people will wait and see before deciding what is good and what is bad. .NET can very well be marvellous but then again, so can Sun's future technologies.
And now some advice for the two companies:
a) Double-check what you say. If you want to accuse the other company of something, make sure it is completely true. They will surely find a way to fight back, but it will be less embarassing.
b) Ask the consumers! They know best, cause they could be using products from both companies, and they know if something just doesnt work with the other company's implementation.
c) Don't say anything for something that's not yet out.Sun doesnt know much about
So, don't write anything off just yet....Let the truth be decided by us.
A nice response from Sun we have, but not the first. This MS vs. Sun thing has gone much too far, and it's Microsoft's fault this time around: People like that Chuck guy representing the biggest software company in the world? Tsk, tsk.But then, Sun has been incredibly stupid at times, distorting facts just as bad (like the time they said Windows 2000 had 63,000 bugs!). I think both companies should just shut up , do their stuff really work right,and let the consumer choose. a) Double-check what you say
Now now, its not so hard to figure out why that company registered that name, is it? Why do you state the obvious , saying that MS will pay them big bucks. 'Course it will. Any company worth its salt would (and after all, it's obviously what the other company wants). And I don't see how you can say anything vs Microsoft this particular time. You could laugh at it for this hiccup, as you often enjoy doing, but ranting anti-Microsoft stuff right now is OffTopic (-1), and almost as stupid as that 'Microsoft's DNS is down' article comments.Jesus. And by the way, many companies like to patent lots of things they MAY use.Blame the laws. Anyways, long live Linux, long live Windows, and peace.
Hehehehehe...if u haven't already noticed.