I agree. And to add to this comment, if you are still dead set on writing a game, use the highest level langauge you can find. Since you are new to programming, you will want to use Visual Basic, or C#. They are the easiest to learn in the shortest amount of time. Keep in mind that a computer programming course in college is a few months long. You will be hard pressed as it is just to learn the programming skills necessary to write a game. The best advice on a short project is to let performance fly to the wind. If you see two solutions and one performs well but takes more time to code, just do it the other way and save that time. For example, instead of using a binary tree, just iterate over every element in the array. If some has just read this part of the comment and skipped the rest of the comment, please re-read the rest of the comment. Thanks.
I agree. Everyone else here that is commenting otherwise, has probably never worked without a version control system. Most of the time a small CVS problem can be done, by just making a backup copy of the directory if necessary.
You are a sys admin. Grandma, would never use the word "workgroup"
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Microsoft has a difficult interview process. I've had a job there a couple of times.
They usually do an interview loop with between three and five people. I think that is a lot.
Personally, I think interviewing more than that (ie. 16 times) is just plain stupid. Google should refine their process. On another note, eventually they will find out that all of these aptitude tests are really quite pointless.
An interview should look for traits in people such as a work ethic. Smart people are smart, but hard working people get the job done. I'm sure other people besides myself, have noticed that being smart does not equate to being successful.
Right,
I'm not sure why people don't think you can do distributed stuff on windows. I do it all the time in my job and it works fine.
Windows has a lot to provide in this area, and it just gets better and better. Granted it could have been better a long time ago. (Cough, Cough, DCOM, gag)
Be careful. Washington state tried to keep jobs here, but the Governor did it by caving into big business and puting limits on overtime pay. Now there are quite a few people that are ineligable for it. Including me.
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You are right. I guess people just can't stand hearing the truth.
Actually there are guidelines setup, and standards to meet that are part of the process.
At the code level programs are compiled and checked by two different people. All bug fixes are checked by at least two different people.
Compiles are constructed in an organized way. Security test checklists are worked through.
Trustworthy computing means that a company follows these guidelines and then submits to a third party scrutiny such as a standards organization that created their own tests for your product.
This slashdot thing is an open forum right? I suppose that because you agree with an extremist conspiracy opinion that one truth is higher than another makes you the all knowing omniscient? Try to compare facts next time.
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I agree. And to add to this comment, if you are still dead set on writing a game, use the highest level langauge you can find. Since you are new to programming, you will want to use Visual Basic, or C#. They are the easiest to learn in the shortest amount of time. Keep in mind that a computer programming course in college is a few months long. You will be hard pressed as it is just to learn the programming skills necessary to write a game. The best advice on a short project is to let performance fly to the wind. If you see two solutions and one performs well but takes more time to code, just do it the other way and save that time. For example, instead of using a binary tree, just iterate over every element in the array. If some has just read this part of the comment and skipped the rest of the comment, please re-read the rest of the comment. Thanks.
Yep, Linux has got some catching up to do in that area.
I agree. Everyone else here that is commenting otherwise, has probably never worked without a version control system. Most of the time a small CVS problem can be done, by just making a backup copy of the directory if necessary.
This got a score of one? Does nobody on slashdot know how to read?
You are a sys admin. Grandma, would never use the word "workgroup"
Microsoft has a difficult interview process. I've had a job there a couple of times.
They usually do an interview loop with between three and five people. I think that is a lot.
Personally, I think interviewing more than that (ie. 16 times) is just plain stupid. Google should refine their process.
On another note, eventually they will find out that all of these aptitude tests are really quite pointless.
An interview should look for traits in people such as a work ethic. Smart people are smart, but hard working people get the job done. I'm sure other people besides myself, have noticed that being smart does not equate to being successful.
Why isn't Linux on every desktop then? Maybe windows has evolved over the decades.
Right,
I'm not sure why people don't think you can do distributed stuff on windows. I do it all the time in my job and it works fine.
Windows has a lot to provide in this area, and it just gets better and better. Granted it could have been better a long time ago. (Cough, Cough, DCOM, gag)
please someone mod this parent as flamebait.
Can't blame them for wanting to make money off of what they pay for.
I don't think a company would hire an idiot to admin an expensive tool like oracle.
The current powergrid is unsightly. People won't be happy until they are invisible or underground entirely.
Could you point us to some documentation abou that? I would like to read about it some more.
Agreed. This is an excellent point. Education is what you make it to be.
That's okay with me, since I expect a similar amount of loyalty from them.
That's not a very good translation. Try again.
Be careful. Washington state tried to keep jobs here, but the Governor did it by caving into big business and puting limits on overtime pay. Now there are quite a few people that are ineligable for it. Including me.
You are right. I guess people just can't stand hearing the truth.
Did you miss the *ducks* referring to the verb avoiding your anti microsoft mumb jumbo.
You make $20 an hour, and you are complaing about a dvd burner. Poor baby.
I saw recently that Perl is now an accepted form of spelling.
ie is just plain better at this sort of thing. run the test yourself, or create your own. It's obvious.
Actually there are guidelines setup, and standards to meet that are part of the process.
At the code level programs are compiled and checked by two different people. All bug fixes are checked by at least two different people.
Compiles are constructed in an organized way. Security test checklists are worked through.
Trustworthy computing means that a company follows these guidelines and then submits to a third party scrutiny such as a standards organization that created their own tests for your product.
This slashdot thing is an open forum right? I suppose that because you agree with an extremist conspiracy opinion that one truth is higher than another makes you the all knowing omniscient? Try to compare facts next time.
SQL means that it is standard. You missed the point.