It's still better than drinking and playing Counter Strike instead of studying and not having programmed before.
No, I don't have my 5y/o experience in my resume, but I do have my earlier 15y/o attempts at freeware in Simtel listed. Anyway, that's not the point. My resume looks good for what I've done recently, not for what I done when I was 5, but the fact is that I'd never be able to do what I do at this age if I haven't had that early experience.
The difference is obvious. Most of my classmates are afraid of thinking about pointers. Most of them can code in VB or maybe Java and never know what's going on behind the scenes. I can program in Python (and I do) but I can also do all sorts of low-level stuff in C or assembler if it must be done.
You were writing real-world mission critical apps at 9? Doubtful.
Of course not. But he's right. I come from the same place (started coding at age 5, in ZX-Spectrum BASIC, switched to gwbasic at 11, switched to C++ at 13 and stayed there to this day) and there's just no comparison with my classmates (I'm 22 and about to graduate).
True, you don't code mission critical apps at 9 or at 5. But you do code. I guess the effect of "programming" since such young age is that you model your mind and your way if thinking in a certain way that is optimized for programming.
At least in these days, when you had 48 KB of RAM and a 4 MHz processor. You couldn't solve everything with brute force. I admire the guys who made fun, addictive games with such a simple platform - they were artists. Today, very few people care about being elegant (a certain John Carmack being an exception, maybe) - they just throw another GB of RAM and 200 MHz more.
Not to support MS, but from a developer's point of view, I doubt we'll have to rewrite all our apps. They're simplifying the Win32 API, not everything on top. If most of your app is MFC, you'll just need to recompile and link to a new MFC that uses the new Win32 API.
Granted, there will be some manual changes, but I don't think they'll get as far as a full rewrite.
The bad english seems to be due to the automated translation:
In A.D. 2003
War was beginning
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of large explosions rocked Iraq's capital sending plumes of smoke and fire into the skies over Baghdad as the intense coalition air assault got underway.
Saddam: What happen?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Saddam: What!
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Saddam: It's You!!
Bush: How are you gentlemen!!
Bush: All your oil are belong to us.
Bush: You are on the way to destruction.
Saddam: What you say!!
Bush: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Bush: Ha Ha Ha Ha....
Saddam: Take off every 'Scud'!!
Operator: You know what you doing.
Saddam: Move 'Scud'.
Saddam: For great justice.
Yes, you're right. It was in F&E. Anyway, what a GREAT series! And I mean, the whole series - I loved reading it as one series, starting with the Robots novels (actually, with The End of Eternity, which opens the possibility of space travel), then the Empire novels, and then the Foundation novels... what a master Asimov was.
This sounds (no pun intended) like that musical instrument played by Magnificus in Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation... I just hope it doesn't have the same consequences:)
Actually, I'm not sure if he was called Magnificus in the english edition (I have the spanish one) but you know who am I talking about...
I have to say I like third edition much better than second. It's much easier to play and to convince newbies to play because mysterious concepts like THAC0 have been eliminated in favor of a more intuitive system.
I don't know. True, 3E rules are more intuitive and consistent, but I'm not sure whether I like it or not... being a rules lawyer becomes easier.
Have you played Alternity? It was a short-lived attempt from WoTC to make a sci-fi setting with a different set of rules. They dropped it in favor of new d20 titles. However, I found it to be a much more enjoyable rule system.
There is such API, it's SDL, as most guys pointed out. However, it's slightly lower-level than DirectX - using 2D and 3D (via OpenGL) in the same window requires some work, but it can be done (I hacked transparent 3D support in my SDL-based sprite library in a weekend).
And it is really cross-platform, as it runs on Linux, Windows, BeOS, MacOS and many more. Personally, I tested its portability making and running a moderately complex game in both Windows and Linux with almost zero changes (I had some trouble with SDL_Mixer and #ifdef'd some native windows calls, but I have to check OpenAL sometime)
Yet another metodology that addresses the fundamental flaws of the last 20 years of software engineering. Another book that makes a subtle but vital revelation about the nature of software projects and how to better run them. Anothersimple but profound book.
What would be of us if the Jedi Code Masters and Tibetan Monks didn't write this kind of book... once or twice in a month!
Hello. Most people have the feeling that hackers need to use aliases. Script kiddies always use and abuse them, and think that's "cool". I always thought the practice was somewhat stupid (calling myself The Net Destructor or something won't make me any more competent), but even movies like the terrible Hackers and the great The Matrix promote them.
As one of the most known hackers in the world, and being known as Kevin, what's your opinion on the subject?
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It's still better than drinking and playing Counter Strike instead of studying and not having programmed before.
No, I don't have my 5y/o experience in my resume, but I do have my earlier 15y/o attempts at freeware in Simtel listed. Anyway, that's not the point. My resume looks good for what I've done recently, not for what I done when I was 5, but the fact is that I'd never be able to do what I do at this age if I haven't had that early experience.
The difference is obvious. Most of my classmates are afraid of thinking about pointers. Most of them can code in VB or maybe Java and never know what's going on behind the scenes. I can program in Python (and I do) but I can also do all sorts of low-level stuff in C or assembler if it must be done.
BTW, I don't drink.
You were writing real-world mission critical apps at 9? Doubtful.
Of course not. But he's right. I come from the same place (started coding at age 5, in ZX-Spectrum BASIC, switched to gwbasic at 11, switched to C++ at 13 and stayed there to this day) and there's just no comparison with my classmates (I'm 22 and about to graduate).
True, you don't code mission critical apps at 9 or at 5. But you do code. I guess the effect of "programming" since such young age is that you model your mind and your way if thinking in a certain way that is optimized for programming.
At least in these days, when you had 48 KB of RAM and a 4 MHz processor. You couldn't solve everything with brute force. I admire the guys who made fun, addictive games with such a simple platform - they were artists. Today, very few people care about being elegant (a certain John Carmack being an exception, maybe) - they just throw another GB of RAM and 200 MHz more.
So non-gamers can track up to 3,846153846153846153846153846153 objects?
There's some severely screwed up people out there. I actually think the cardboard model is cool - does this make me one of them?
...all your box are belong to us!
Not to support MS, but from a developer's point of view, I doubt we'll have to rewrite all our apps. They're simplifying the Win32 API, not everything on top. If most of your app is MFC, you'll just need to recompile and link to a new MFC that uses the new Win32 API. Granted, there will be some manual changes, but I don't think they'll get as far as a full rewrite.
We (small indie studio) were toying with a Stunts remake for our next project... looks like they've beaten us :(
I agree completely. And the soundtrack is also INCREDIBLE!
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Other great quotes
Cornelius : Zorg, you're a monster!
Zorg (flattered) : I know...
Officer : Are you classified as human?
Korben : No, I'm a meat popsickle.
Actually, there are many more... the movie is full of tiny jokes.
The bad english seems to be due to the automated translation :
....
In A.D. 2003
War was beginning
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of large explosions rocked Iraq's capital sending plumes of smoke and fire into the skies over Baghdad as the intense coalition air assault got underway.
Saddam: What happen?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Saddam: What!
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Saddam: It's You!!
Bush: How are you gentlemen!!
Bush: All your oil are belong to us.
Bush: You are on the way to destruction.
Saddam: What you say!!
Bush: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Bush: Ha Ha Ha Ha
Saddam: Take off every 'Scud'!!
Operator: You know what you doing.
Saddam: Move 'Scud'.
Saddam: For great justice.
This wasn't the case. I was one of the final 16 but I wasn't selected to be one of the definitive 8 - so they got at least 16 applications :)
Application time ended Monday 10th.
There are great games now. I particulary liked The Lost World!
Yes, you're right. It was in F&E. Anyway, what a GREAT series! And I mean, the whole series - I loved reading it as one series, starting with the Robots novels (actually, with The End of Eternity, which opens the possibility of space travel), then the Empire novels, and then the Foundation novels... what a master Asimov was.
This sounds (no pun intended) like that musical instrument played by Magnificus in Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation... I just hope it doesn't have the same consequences :)
Actually, I'm not sure if he was called Magnificus in the english edition (I have the spanish one) but you know who am I talking about...
I have to say I like third edition much better than second. It's much easier to play and to convince newbies to play because mysterious concepts like THAC0 have been eliminated in favor of a more intuitive system.
I don't know. True, 3E rules are more intuitive and consistent, but I'm not sure whether I like it or not... being a rules lawyer becomes easier.
Have you played Alternity? It was a short-lived attempt from WoTC to make a sci-fi setting with a different set of rules. They dropped it in favor of new d20 titles. However, I found it to be a much more enjoyable rule system.
There is such API, it's SDL, as most guys pointed out. However, it's slightly lower-level than DirectX - using 2D and 3D (via OpenGL) in the same window requires some work, but it can be done (I hacked transparent 3D support in my SDL-based sprite library in a weekend).
And it is really cross-platform, as it runs on Linux, Windows, BeOS, MacOS and many more. Personally, I tested its portability making and running a moderately complex game in both Windows and Linux with almost zero changes (I had some trouble with SDL_Mixer and #ifdef'd some native windows calls, but I have to check OpenAL sometime)
Yet another metodology that addresses the fundamental flaws of the last 20 years of software engineering. Another book that makes a subtle but vital revelation about the nature of software projects and how to better run them. Another simple but profound book.
What would be of us if the Jedi Code Masters and Tibetan Monks didn't write this kind of book... once or twice in a month!
...Google fears YOU!
Sorry, I had to. This is my first Soviet Russia and also my last one, I swear.
Yes, but apps will tend to be like psDooM - DooM for Sys A's :)
Windows has my games
That's what the 10 GB FAT32 partition and the GRUB bootloader are for.
Hello. Most people have the feeling that hackers need to use aliases. Script kiddies always use and abuse them, and think that's "cool". I always thought the practice was somewhat stupid (calling myself The Net Destructor or something won't make me any more competent), but even movies like the terrible Hackers and the great The Matrix promote them.
As one of the most known hackers in the world, and being known as Kevin, what's your opinion on the subject?
You're being paid by RMS, aren't you?
(btw, that all compiled down into the wrong byte code when it ran, she did have a boyfriend, but I still got a rain check. :-)
How do you expect a girl accepting such an offer?? With the opening braces THERE??? With a space between char and *?? C'mon...
Actually, it's GNU/Cygwine :)
Could I sell enough $10 shareware GPG extensions to compensate for not locking in 20 years of patent protection (and the $20,000 to patent it)
Is he talking about GnuPG, or is he a cryptography genius who can't spell Pretty Good Privacy?