Where I work, we do have coding standards, but no-one follows them, and no-one cares (except me). When I review code, I'll throw it back in their face if it doesn't follow standards. The problem is, I very rarely review code anymore since I'm too busy writing it, and the people who review code without checking for standards are the same ones who code like that.
I've sent out emails to the entire development team reminding them of coding standards, but no-one listens. Some of the standards refer to code formatting, and I've told everyone that it's as difficult as pressing Ctrl+Shift+F in Eclipse, and I still see random whitespace everywhere and poor indentation. It's almost enough to make me leave, to be honest.
That might be the case, but people still use it, irregardless.
dictionary.com on "irregardless".
Essentially a made up word that somehow made it into the dictionary (read the "Usage Note" paragraph).
On another note, finally a thread I can be a grammar nazi without being completely offtopic.:)
Anyway Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty World at War both have great online play. Its a FPS but as you get kills you gain XP and you level up an unlock perks and new weapons.
Except for that fact that (with CoD4 at least) your rank is stored client side so you can just go and manually make yourself rank 50 or whatever the max was (I haven't played it in ages).
According to the OpenOffice.org page on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org/), the name "OpenOffice" was trademarked by another company. This prevented the makers of "OpenOffice.org" from using the name.
Intriguing... perhaps they could have just chosen a completely different name then. Putting "open" or "free" in a FOSS project name doesn't automatically make it cool.:)
Perhaps if they removed the.org from the end of the product name, I (and I think many newcomers) might take it more seriously. That part belongs in a domain name, not in a product name. Actually, the name of the.NET framework bugs me too.
Isn't VNC already available on the iPhone? Atleast jail broken iPhones?
Comparing ICA to VNC is like comparing Word/OO.o to WordPad. ie. A lot more features and complexity than most people will use, but those features are there when you need them, and any new features and/or bugfixes will be released periodically rather than being a fixed standard. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with VNC (it's a clean protocol which is widely supported, and I use it myself), but for the markets that Citrix are targeting, ICA is possibly a better choice.
My $0.02.
Disclaimer: If you were simply making a point and not a comparison, ignore me.:)
By "Crysis", I assume you mean that benchmarking software, as it sure as hell isn't a game. I'd *almost* rather play Spore, and that's saying something.
Filthy, barbaric Humans are killing good, honest Humans right here on this planet, and all you can think about is water being found billions of miles away? Get some priorities!
Fixed again. People of other faiths (and those with none) are just as guilty. Violence and barbarism are human nature, despite best intentions.
"Banning repeat offenders will reduce your congestion issues and your costs." - RIAA
On the other hand, bringing in a draconian Great Firewall like we may soon receive here in Australia will do the exact opposite (ie. increase congestion and costs).
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Where I work, we do have coding standards, but no-one follows them, and no-one cares (except me). When I review code, I'll throw it back in their face if it doesn't follow standards. The problem is, I very rarely review code anymore since I'm too busy writing it, and the people who review code without checking for standards are the same ones who code like that.
I've sent out emails to the entire development team reminding them of coding standards, but no-one listens. Some of the standards refer to code formatting, and I've told everyone that it's as difficult as pressing Ctrl+Shift+F in Eclipse, and I still see random whitespace everywhere and poor indentation. It's almost enough to make me leave, to be honest.
As amusing as that "quote" is, it's an urban myth. ;)
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15180#fn*
...no, no I'm not going there.
http://xkcd.com/350/
Hopefully we'll have Duke Nukem Forever by then...
Then again, probably not.
Surely with the world's mean unemployment rate, they could just hook up huge engines to millions of treadmills...
'Dentists say, "Give me a root and I can put a crown on it."'
This is the same thing that a king says when looking for a potential queen.
Dear lord, must we really suffer summaries on /. that confuse the difference between uploading and downloading??
As soon as I read that I looked up at the summary and sure enough, kdawson.
I know it was intentional. Just because I posted a reference doesn't mean I can't spot sarcasm. ;)
That might be the case, but people still use it, irregardless.
dictionary.com on "irregardless". :)
Essentially a made up word that somehow made it into the dictionary (read the "Usage Note" paragraph).
On another note, finally a thread I can be a grammar nazi without being completely offtopic.
Anyway Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty World at War both have great online play. Its a FPS but as you get kills you gain XP and you level up an unlock perks and new weapons.
Except for that fact that (with CoD4 at least) your rank is stored client side so you can just go and manually make yourself rank 50 or whatever the max was (I haven't played it in ages).
Or folks who think "would of" is an acceptable replacement for "would have".
One step closer to taxing air.
According to the OpenOffice.org page on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org/), the name "OpenOffice" was trademarked by another company. This prevented the makers of "OpenOffice.org" from using the name.
Intriguing... perhaps they could have just chosen a completely different name then. Putting "open" or "free" in a FOSS project name doesn't automatically make it cool. :)
Perhaps if they removed the .org from the end of the product name, I (and I think many newcomers) might take it more seriously. That part belongs in a domain name, not in a product name. Actually, the name of the .NET framework bugs me too.
Nah I think you want an underwater city like Rapture.
Isn't VNC already available on the iPhone? Atleast jail broken iPhones?
Comparing ICA to VNC is like comparing Word/OO.o to WordPad. ie. A lot more features and complexity than most people will use, but those features are there when you need them, and any new features and/or bugfixes will be released periodically rather than being a fixed standard. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with VNC (it's a clean protocol which is widely supported, and I use it myself), but for the markets that Citrix are targeting, ICA is possibly a better choice.
My $0.02.
Disclaimer: If you were simply making a point and not a comparison, ignore me. :)
By "Crysis", I assume you mean that benchmarking software, as it sure as hell isn't a game. I'd *almost* rather play Spore, and that's saying something.
Filthy, barbaric Humans are killing good, honest Humans right here on this planet, and all you can think about is water being found billions of miles away? Get some priorities!
Fixed again. People of other faiths (and those with none) are just as guilty. Violence and barbarism are human nature, despite best intentions.
...they both pray on the hopes and fears of disadvantaged people...
pray/prey ;)
A double entendre there?
Or, find "TinyLauncher" and your problems go away (for single player at least).
Only if I lose the "Homonyms are fun!" part, otherwise I run out of characters. Slashdot needs to be a little looser with their sig restrictions. :)
...if all it can do better than Linux is games, well ...
For me, unfortunately, that "all" is the most important thing. But you're right, gamers are only a fraction of the marketplace.
"Banning repeat offenders will reduce your congestion issues and your costs." - RIAA
On the other hand, bringing in a draconian Great Firewall like we may soon receive here in Australia will do the exact opposite (ie. increase congestion and costs).