I think by portability he meant being able to use the same make file for all systems. Many open source projects I've downloaded have come with a slough of makefiles (eg. Makefile, Makefile.W32, Makefile.sco, Makefile.vms, Makefile.NT,....)
Not really, the fact that it was +5 reflects that the moderators also didn't know anything, so the question provoked responses which could fill in the knowledge gap for many people. Instead of complaining, go and mod up the replies which give the correct answer.
The words "global variable" jumped out at me too, but for different reasons. Who the hell uses global *pointers* for code that's meant to be secure. Constants yes, variables no. It's just too hard to keep track of them in a project that is evolving. One person changing some code can inadvertantly break something way over on the other side of the project (probably what has happened here).
To those calling for banning C: I'd modify this a bit: ban bad programmers (especially on projects that run as root).
This site is mostly read by Americans and I think CmdrDupo is an American. It's well known by the rest of the world that you have to say things over and over to try and get Americans to understand it. Eg. hollywood movies. Hence the dupe posting. We should be culturally tolerant of Taco's need to service his people's intellectual capacity.
The article says, "Tetris was the game that originally sold GameBoy, the single hit game that convinced people to buy the device."
I beg to differ - I had a GameBoy but was annoyed that it only came with stupid Tetris. I think GameBoy sold well because of the idea of being able to walk around playing games that were a bit more involving than existing handheld games (eg. those crappy flat display ones).
Back to my main point.... two other puzzle games I loved were Sokoban (although the version I have has 100 maps and is free) and Blots, a game that was remarkable because you controlled one guy with the left hand and another with the right hand. Unfortunately, I cannot find Blots anywhere now. It was a shareware game in pre-web days but the author seems to have slipped out of existence after posting only five free levels. Any one got info?
Finally, I don't think it matters what the game is called... I've played this game but have never heard the names 'Snood' or 'Bust A Move', I'm sure when the survey called it the 9th most played game, they were referring to all games with this same theme.
Doubt it. Security is a good thing, isn't it? For example, some Eftpos terminals contain a "secure chip" alongside the CPU, which you can write 3DES keys in, and do 3DES on any data, but it is physically impossible to extract the keys. I think few people would call this a bad thing (except people who want to rip off banks...)
Having the Transmeta CPU support this, as the article suggests, would mean that PCs, laptops and other devices could do secure banking and other tasks without their keys being discovered.
Security isn't bad. Rights removal is bad. Don't mix them up..
Yeah right. And next you're going to tell us that the victims of September 11 are actually victims of the US Government foreign policy. Got your lawsuit ready?
Is this just a general fantasy movie, or does it use Tolkien characters or races? I guess they would have to be careful to not step on copyrights etc. owned by the Tolkien estate, who are notorious for shutting down productions that they don't like.
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Come on, everybody who lives outside of the U.S. doesn't matter
Hopefully the script kiddies will just ddos this IP into oblivion
Not enough. They won't be overthrown until the big guys pull an "OMG WTF".
Come on, you aren't supposed to reason logically about religious issues.
Actually, CNN said that its first flight after the rebuild was March 2002
Are those pairs allophonic?
Duh. You think asians would subtitle a movie in English with English captions?
Hurrah! That stupid Tux Racer didnt get mentioned.
I think by portability he meant being able to use the same make file for all systems. Many open source projects I've downloaded have come with a slough of makefiles (eg. Makefile, Makefile.W32, Makefile.sco, Makefile.vms, Makefile.NT, ....)
ok i've fp'd, time to go read the article
Not really, the fact that it was +5 reflects that the moderators also didn't know anything, so the question provoked responses which could fill in the knowledge gap for many people. Instead of complaining, go and mod up the replies which give the correct answer.
Hypocrites. Next time I see a MS anti-piracy pay-us-thousands parasite i'm gonna throw this in his face.
The words "global variable" jumped out at me too, but for different reasons. Who the hell uses global *pointers* for code that's meant to be secure. Constants yes, variables no. It's just too hard to keep track of them in a project that is evolving. One person changing some code can inadvertantly break something way over on the other side of the project (probably what has happened here).
To those calling for banning C: I'd modify this a bit: ban bad programmers (especially on projects that run as root).
This site is mostly read by Americans and I think CmdrDupo is an American. It's well known by the rest of the world that you have to say things over and over to try and get Americans to understand it. Eg. hollywood movies. Hence the dupe posting. We should be culturally tolerant of Taco's need to service his people's intellectual capacity.
I bought a HD once and ran unformat.. got some porn... and got covered in Junkie virus. Serves me right
namespace Nethack
{
interface FalconsEye;
};
namespace DoorGames
{
TurnBasedRpg FalconsEye;
};
They fight against US laws restricting freedom of speech...
Oh how the tables have turned
So, when does the court case open?
And so Noah's Archive was born
Isn't a cubit the length of your forearm? that's a bit big for storage isn't it?
The article says, "Tetris was the game that originally sold GameBoy, the single hit game that convinced people to buy the device."
I beg to differ - I had a GameBoy but was annoyed that it only came with stupid Tetris. I think GameBoy sold well because of the idea of being able to walk around playing games that were a bit more involving than existing handheld games (eg. those crappy flat display ones).
Back to my main point.... two other puzzle games I loved were Sokoban (although the version I have has 100 maps and is free) and Blots, a game that was remarkable because you controlled one guy with the left hand and another with the right hand. Unfortunately, I cannot find Blots anywhere now. It was a shareware game in pre-web days but the author seems to have slipped out of existence after posting only five free levels. Any one got info?
Finally, I don't think it matters what the game is called... I've played this game but have never heard the names 'Snood' or 'Bust A Move', I'm sure when the survey called it the 9th most played game, they were referring to all games with this same theme.
Doubt it. Security is a good thing, isn't it?
For example, some Eftpos terminals contain a "secure chip" alongside the CPU, which you can write 3DES keys in, and do 3DES on any data, but it is physically impossible to extract the keys. I think few people would call this a bad thing (except people who want to rip off banks...)
Having the Transmeta CPU support this, as the article suggests, would mean that PCs, laptops and other devices could do secure banking and other tasks without their keys being discovered.
Security isn't bad. Rights removal is bad. Don't mix them up..
Yeah right. And next you're going to tell us that the victims of September 11 are actually victims of the US Government foreign policy. Got your lawsuit ready?
Is this just a general fantasy movie, or does it use Tolkien characters or races? I guess they would have to be careful to not step on copyrights etc. owned by the Tolkien estate, who are notorious for shutting down productions that they don't like.
No no... in Soviet Russia, all Natalie Portmans are to belong your base.