I would recommend C++ for Game Programmers by Noel Llopis. This is a a good book discussing the intersetion between C++, game programming, and OOP and is definately not just another cookbook. The book covers a number of topics such as plugins, abstract interfaces, performance, and memory allocation, but the chapter on seralization covers specifically how to implement seralization for games.
Oh please mascforever, for all the posts I have read on/. over the years this is the first one that actually got me to register so I could flame you.
"I hope all you Dubya voters are happy with yourselves." George W. Bush has not yet had a chance to appoint judges and none have been confirmed (if you read the papers, that was the big deal with the Senate changing hands).
2. "think about your rights slipping away" What rights have slipped away? Seriously, this is just a mindless rant as a scare tactic. Nothing more than your attempt at FUD. But, either way, the district court UPHELD the rights of individuals (in this case MS and its shareholders.) You might not like microsoft, or its shareholders, but the government was trying to FORCE them to change their buisness practices. MS's rights are just as valuable as yours or mine because cooporations are OWNED by people.
3. "wealthy executives who actually control our government." Actually it is the wealthy executives who ARE the government. They get elected in part because they are rich, and in part because they are hard workers. Yes, the ones that do not run for offices donate large amounts of money to the political parties; HOWEVER, rather than ranting on/. why not call up your congressman or senator? You might be STUNNED how quickly they will meet with you. You are a vote, coporations are not.
4. "society controlled by a privileged few with no interest in our well being." Yes and no, they are looking out for THEMSELVES (i.e. to get re-elected.) There are few (congress+executive) but they are bound by the will of the people. Their interest is to not piss us off. IF they do, they loose - so therefore it is in there best interest to at least partially please us. Coporations, again, do NOT vote. They cannot tell their workers how to vote. Ross Perot spent a fortune and look how well that worked. Money isnt everything, even in our capitalistic society.
5. on your mindless rant about AT&T: Your entire comparison is flawed. AT&T was the ONLY choice. When wireless technologies matured, they would have had NATURAL competition anyway (from Europe vendors if nothing else). Even assuming that AT&T would still be a total monoploly today if not broken up, you forget one VERY important thing...
MS HAS COMPETITION. Linux is MS's competition. MS is therefor NOT a monopoly because it is slowly, and steadily LOOSING its marketshare. It is pure capitalisim to allow linux to compete naturally. If Linux really is the better platform (which I believe), then it will win.
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I would recommend C++ for Game Programmers by Noel Llopis. This is a a good book discussing the intersetion between C++, game programming, and OOP and is definately not just another cookbook. The book covers a number of topics such as plugins, abstract interfaces, performance, and memory allocation, but the chapter on seralization covers specifically how to implement seralization for games.
Oh please mascforever, for all the posts I have read on /. over the years this is the first one that actually got me to register so I could flame you.
"I hope all you Dubya voters are happy with yourselves." George W. Bush has not yet had a chance to appoint judges and none have been confirmed (if you read the papers, that was the big deal with the Senate changing hands).
2. "think about your rights slipping away" What rights have slipped away? Seriously, this is just a mindless rant as a scare tactic. Nothing more than your attempt at FUD. But, either way, the district court UPHELD the rights of individuals (in this case MS and its shareholders.) You might not like microsoft, or its shareholders, but the government was trying to FORCE them to change their buisness practices. MS's rights are just as valuable as yours or mine because cooporations are OWNED by people.
3. "wealthy executives who actually control our government." Actually it is the wealthy executives who ARE the government. They get elected in part because they are rich, and in part because they are hard workers. Yes, the ones that do not run for offices donate large amounts of money to the political parties; HOWEVER, rather than ranting on /. why not call up your congressman or senator? You might be STUNNED how quickly they will meet with you. You are a vote, coporations are not.
4. "society controlled by a privileged few with no interest in our well being." Yes and no, they are looking out for THEMSELVES (i.e. to get re-elected.) There are few (congress+executive) but they are bound by the will of the people. Their interest is to not piss us off. IF they do, they loose - so therefore it is in there best interest to at least partially please us. Coporations, again, do NOT vote. They cannot tell their workers how to vote. Ross Perot spent a fortune and look how well that worked. Money isnt everything, even in our capitalistic society.
5. on your mindless rant about AT&T: Your entire comparison is flawed. AT&T was the ONLY choice. When wireless technologies matured, they would have had NATURAL competition anyway (from Europe vendors if nothing else). Even assuming that AT&T would still be a total monoploly today if not broken up, you forget one VERY important thing...
MS HAS COMPETITION. Linux is MS's competition. MS is therefor NOT a monopoly because it is slowly, and steadily LOOSING its marketshare. It is pure capitalisim to allow linux to compete naturally. If Linux really is the better platform (which I believe), then it will win.