I don't have a degree because the degree program required a difficult, pointless, and utterly useless class. After a few years, I realized it wasn't me who was dumb. And that was confirmed when I entered the industry and began interviewing candidates who had calculus degrees, but couldn't code worth crap.
I must have looked at different Computer Science degrees than you have. All the ones I've seen require not one Calculus class, but three or four (Calculus 1-3 and sometimes Multi-variable Calculus).
Incidentally, this is why I don't have a Comp Sci degree.
Trademarks are generally classified by product markets, at least for names. I sincerely doubt Chinese emperor Yao was making Go for computers back in the 23rd century BC.
Why would they compare it with HDMI? They'd rather be misleading and say "The Mini DisplayPort is 10 percent the size of a full DVI connector" (emphasis mine), which, if the images on that page are actual size, is also wrong.
What's even worse is knowing that DVI is HDMI compatible and having a simply HDMI cable and connector was forfeited for that crap design for some unfathomable reason.
Um... DVI came out first. Thus, nothing was forfeited as HDMI is the newer, fixed design.
Did you read the post I was responding to? Hell, I even quoted it! In particular, this section:
There's a difference between a calling a method, where the object has internal state, and a C Win32 API function call, i.e., sans objects. I absolutely guarantee that you won't see many pretty signatures in the Win32 API. I'd bet that 99% of the Win32 API function SIGNATURES won't make it through a standards-compliant compiler without Windows.h.
If you really wanted to see if the code was the same without having the original source code, wouldn't the smart thing be to use the same decompiler on the compiled versions of both?
Otherwise, you're comparing apples to applesauce... they may both be forms of spple, but they don't look the same.
There's a difference between a calling a method, where the object has internal state, and a C Win32 API function call, i.e., sans objects. I absolutely guarantee that you won't see many pretty signatures in the Win32 API. I'd bet that 99% of the Win32 API function SIGNATURES won't make it through a standards-compliant compiler without Windows.h. Anyway, my comment was supposed to be funny, but on second thought, it might actually deserve that informative mod.
Don't even get me started on the dual-version ANSI and Unicode functions, although given the mess that the Win32 API is, it's probably an elegant solution.
I was under the impression that we were talking about a function in a program, not an API call.
If you mean not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign, is that a serious offense? There'll be a lot of wasted fuel if everyone stopped at every stop sign.
Well, see, if you weren't required to stop completely, that corner would have a Yield sign instead.
Since you didn't say which company, I'll point out that you're referring to Valve's Steam Stats for Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike, and Team Fortress 2.
I'll also point out that those numbers are the number of concurrent players, not the number of total players.
Someone thinks OOo is popular enough to need its own mouse.
I mean, to my knowledge, even MSOffice isn't popular enough to have its own conference or its own mouse! Every mouse I've seen with more than the standard number of buttons either has them mapped to web browser actions or to game functions.
To extend the analogy someone else used earlier, OO in Javascript is like attempting to tighten a screw with a hammer.
I respectfully disagree.
See for example John Resig's approach. Basically it adds more familiar class-based inheritance to JavaScript, building upon the existing prototype-based inheritance. I am using it in a large project (see my homepage link), and it works great. Btw, it seems Google has something similar in the Closure Library, as well, but I didn't check if it was as concise as Resig's.
JavaScript is a flexible language (Crockford once called it "Lisp in C's clothing"), which lets you 'extend' it in ways like the one linked to above.
Something from way back at the first post in this thread just came to mind:
JavaScript is so inefficient and so many hacks are required to do anything useful...
People continue to use JavaScript to do things it was never meant to do and then wonder why it's so much slower than desktop applications.
I know the GP post isn't the easiest to read, but you replied to a post that boiled down to "why use web technologies when you can write native apps" with "it's either javascript, flash or silverlight" and got modded insightful? WTF?
Anyway, what's wrong with C/C++ and a cross-platform GUI lib, like, say... wxWidgets? Or if you want something at a lower level, SDL?
Just as long as the auditors don't decide that Death isn't doing his job, try to stop people from believing in Santa Claus, or try to destroy the world by trapping time...
Likewise, I have no desire to disguise as your coworker, then try to backstab you while you're off in a dark corner outside someone's house waiting to blow their head off with a sniper rifle.
Didn't you even READ his post before hitting reply? He said that he removed Vista!
The top poster said "although Vista disappeared ten minutes after I got it out of the box and Windows 7 magically appeared later." (emphasis mine)
Which means he didn't upgrade, he uninstalled one then installed the other. However, the person I replied to said "Ten minutes!? My upgrade took 5 hours!" (emphasis mine)
I'll admit, I don't own a DSi... but why should the game care? It's the console that's doing the network connection, and once that data is past your access point, it's no longer in a WiFi format anyway!
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I must have looked at different Computer Science degrees than you have. All the ones I've seen require not one Calculus class, but three or four (Calculus 1-3 and sometimes Multi-variable Calculus).
Incidentally, this is why I don't have a Comp Sci degree.
Um... taking time doesn't necessarily mean it gets done right.
See Also: Windows Vista
Trademarks are generally classified by product markets, at least for names. I sincerely doubt Chinese emperor Yao was making Go for computers back in the 23rd century BC.
Yes, but we could bring snakes instead. Snakes, on a mother-fucking plane!
Why would they compare it with HDMI? They'd rather be misleading and say "The Mini DisplayPort is 10 percent the size of a full DVI connector" (emphasis mine), which, if the images on that page are actual size, is also wrong.
Um... DVI came out first. Thus, nothing was forfeited as HDMI is the newer, fixed design.
How do we know that Microsoft didn't intentionally leak this?
Maybe they did it so that they can start selling Microsoft CREAM!
Hi, did you read the post I quoted?
Here's the relevant section of it:
Did you read the post I was responding to? Hell, I even quoted it!
In particular, this section:
If you really wanted to see if the code was the same without having the original source code, wouldn't the smart thing be to use the same decompiler on the compiled versions of both?
Otherwise, you're comparing apples to applesauce... they may both be forms of spple, but they don't look the same.
er... video game systems and the games themselves are private property.
I was under the impression that we were talking about a function in a program, not an API call.
Well, see, if you weren't required to stop completely, that corner would have a Yield sign instead.
Since you didn't say which company, I'll point out that you're referring to Valve's Steam Stats for Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike, and Team Fortress 2.
I'll also point out that those numbers are the number of concurrent players, not the number of total players.
OK, you win!
Which of these is more scary?
I mean, to my knowledge, even MSOffice isn't popular enough to have its own conference or its own mouse! Every mouse I've seen with more than the standard number of buttons either has them mapped to web browser actions or to game functions.
Something from way back at the first post in this thread just came to mind:
People continue to use JavaScript to do things it was never meant to do and then wonder why it's so much slower than desktop applications.
I know the GP post isn't the easiest to read, but you replied to a post that boiled down to "why use web technologies when you can write native apps" with "it's either javascript, flash or silverlight" and got modded insightful? WTF?
Anyway, what's wrong with C/C++ and a cross-platform GUI lib, like, say... wxWidgets? Or if you want something at a lower level, SDL?
To extend the analogy someone else used earlier, OO in Javascript is like attempting to tighten a screw with a hammer.
Just as long as the auditors don't decide that Death isn't doing his job, try to stop people from believing in Santa Claus, or try to destroy the world by trapping time...
Likewise, I have no desire to disguise as your coworker, then try to backstab you while you're off in a dark corner outside someone's house waiting to blow their head off with a sniper rifle.
Whoops, hit the wrong reply button.
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The top poster said "although Vista disappeared ten minutes after I got it out of the box and Windows 7 magically appeared later." (emphasis mine)
Which means he didn't upgrade, he uninstalled one then installed the other. However, the person I replied to said "Ten minutes!? My upgrade took 5 hours!" (emphasis mine)
I can tell you right now that some of the code is shared.
Otherwise, on my DS Lite, I'd have to reconfigure my WEP settings for each game.
Except I don't, because it's saved somewhere in the system settings.
I'll admit, I don't own a DSi... but why should the game care? It's the console that's doing the network connection, and once that data is past your access point, it's no longer in a WiFi format anyway!