Not only that, but lego sets these days contain so many special pieces to make the models more closely resemble their movie conterparts that it takes all the fun out of construction.
In the old days to build something like a pirate ship or castle you needed to figure out how to arrange the various rectangular blocks together to make the right shapes. Now you just grab the large pre-made lego pieces and all the work is done for you.
The problem with Qbasic is that it is becoming harder and harder to get DOS software to run properly with each release of Windows. You could also try one of these Basic compilers/interpretters: Basic compiler/interpretters list
I believe this should be, at least partly, the responsibility of the distribution companies. Too many of the Linux distros come with everything and the kitchen sink installed, and the end user gets a whole bunch of applications that look completely different.
The distros should limit the number of applications that are included in a standard install to the few that the think that a typical user is really going to need, and then work on making each of them look the same. The other applications can then be provided as optional, if you accept that some of them dont look nice.
Redhat's Bluecurve and projects like Gnome and KDE are slowly getting there, but too many applications that are being shipped with the major distros have entirely different layouts, widgets and icons, or dont work with things like mouse scroll-wheels or the clipboard correctly.
I thought a better title would be something along the lines of Episode III: Fall of the Jedi, which ties in with Episode VI being the Return of the Jedi.
First note to anyone setting up commercial installations is ONLY KEEP WHAT YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED, actively/dev/null everything else. Records have a way of getting outed in court, refer to Netscape/M$/MCI cases.
Isn't redirecting information to/dev/null technically destroying it. If an application generates some logging info, then you have it in your possesion, sending it to/dev/null is therefore destruction of data you own.
Unless you have strange boomerang shaped pockets, that beast isn't going to fit either.
What I was getting at is, for a similar price to the Eve portable you could buy a second hand notebook pc with the same specs, except that it would have a keyboard and a larger screen.
If you want a handheld gaming system, buy something like a gameboy that has a large set of titles and fits right in your pocket, if you want a portable pc that plays games and connects to the net, buy a notebook. I think the Eve is attempting to fill a non-existant gap in the market.
A small notebook pc would be about as easy to carry around as that thing, and it will play most existing pc games too. Plus the notebook's screen will actual ly fold down, meaning you could store it somewhere when you aren't using it.
main should never, ever, even in signatures, return void. You also failed to include stdio.h, and you will most probably run out of stack space at some stage seeing as main is recursive and all. A more "l33t" signature would be:
#include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Jorkapp is a \"Programmer\""); return 0; }
public class Geek implements Acne, Drool {
public boolean getLaid() {
Woman woman;
boolean foundWoman = false;/* Find a potential date */
while(!foundWoman) {
woman = findWoman();
if(woman != null) foundWoman = true;
}/* Go out on a date */
if(requestDate(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
}/* Ask her back to your place */
if(askComeHome(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
}/* Try and get laid */
if(askForSex(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
} else {
panic("Still a virgin");
}
}
}
The first probelm with this algorithm is that the findWoman() method for the Geek class is NP-Complete;-)
I didn't know others still used these keyboards. I hunted for ages to find one, plus I had to get a 5-pin DIN to ps/2 adapter so I could plug the beast into my machine.
My girlfriend hates it at the moment cause the computer is in our bedroom and the clicky keys keep her awake;-)
More and more applications are becoming intrusive, software such as Winamp, Windows Media Player and Kaaza all having annoying dialog boxes which popup each time you run them if they detect a newer version which you haven't yet downloaded. MSN actually refused to do anything until I upgraded it.
A large number of applications now have an online registration feature, they dont force you to do the registration, but they will bug the hell out of you if you choose not to.
Applications such as RealPlayer try and sign you up to email based newsletters(spam), why should I have to give my details (email address, home address and hobbies for example) to a company in exchange for using their software?
There seems to be a gradual increase in the invasiveness of software, currently most of these 'features' are still optional, but I dont think it will be long before many software companies start making things like software updates, online registration and having a valid email address mandatory.
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In the old days to build something like a pirate ship or castle you needed to figure out how to arrange the various rectangular blocks together to make the right shapes. Now you just grab the large pre-made lego pieces and all the work is done for you.
There is even an active Qbasic community: www.qbasicnews.com
The problem with Qbasic is that it is becoming harder and harder to get DOS software to run properly with each release of Windows. You could also try one of these Basic compilers/interpretters: Basic compiler/interpretters list
I believe this should be, at least partly, the responsibility of the distribution companies. Too many of the Linux distros come with everything and the kitchen sink installed, and the end user gets a whole bunch of applications that look completely different.
The distros should limit the number of applications that are included in a standard install to the few that the think that a typical user is really going to need, and then work on making each of them look the same. The other applications can then be provided as optional, if you accept that some of them dont look nice.
Redhat's Bluecurve and projects like Gnome and KDE are slowly getting there, but too many applications that are being shipped with the major distros have entirely different layouts, widgets and icons, or dont work with things like mouse scroll-wheels or the clipboard correctly.
I thought a better title would be something along the lines of Episode III: Fall of the Jedi, which ties in with Episode VI being the Return of the Jedi.
Unless you have strange boomerang shaped pockets, that beast isn't going to fit either. What I was getting at is, for a similar price to the Eve portable you could buy a second hand notebook pc with the same specs, except that it would have a keyboard and a larger screen. If you want a handheld gaming system, buy something like a gameboy that has a large set of titles and fits right in your pocket, if you want a portable pc that plays games and connects to the net, buy a notebook. I think the Eve is attempting to fill a non-existant gap in the market.
A small notebook pc would be about as easy to carry around as that thing, and it will play most existing pc games too. Plus the notebook's screen will actual ly fold down, meaning you could store it somewhere when you aren't using it.
Oops, Forgot the code mode ;-)
/* Find a potential date */
/* Go out on a date */
/* Ask her back to your place */
/* Try and get laid */
;-)
public class Geek implements Acne, Drool {
public boolean getLaid() {
Woman woman;
boolean foundWoman = false;
while(!foundWoman) {
woman = findWoman();
if(woman != null) foundWoman = true;
}
if(requestDate(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
}
if(askComeHome(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
}
if(askForSex(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
} else {
panic("Still a virgin");
}
}
}
The first problem with this algorithm is that the findWoman() method for the Geek class is NP-Complete
public class Geek implements Acne, Drool { public boolean getLaid() { Woman woman; boolean foundWoman = false; /* Find a potential date */
while(!foundWoman) {
woman = findWoman();
if(woman != null) foundWoman = true;
} /* Go out on a date */
if(requestDate(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
} /* Ask her back to your place */
if(askComeHome(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
} /* Try and get laid */
if(askForSex(woman) == Woman.ANSWER_NO) {
return false;
} else {
panic("Still a virgin");
}
}
}
The first probelm with this algorithm is that the findWoman() method for the Geek class is NP-Complete ;-)
I didn't know others still used these keyboards. I hunted for ages to find one, plus I had to get a 5-pin DIN to ps/2 adapter so I could plug the beast into my machine. My girlfriend hates it at the moment cause the computer is in our bedroom and the clicky keys keep her awake ;-)
More and more applications are becoming intrusive, software such as Winamp, Windows Media Player and Kaaza all having annoying dialog boxes which popup each time you run them if they detect a newer version which you haven't yet downloaded. MSN actually refused to do anything until I upgraded it.
A large number of applications now have an online registration feature, they dont force you to do the registration, but they will bug the hell out of you if you choose not to.
Applications such as RealPlayer try and sign you up to email based newsletters(spam), why should I have to give my details (email address, home address and hobbies for example) to a company in exchange for using their software?
There seems to be a gradual increase in the invasiveness of software, currently most of these 'features' are still optional, but I dont think it will be long before many software companies start making things like software updates, online registration and having a valid email address mandatory.