Touche. You very well could be right. I'm 19 and the earliest computer I used was an Apple II, briefly. I got interest in computers using Win95, so I guess I may have low expectations. But as a game developer, DirectX is a dream. OpenGL works well, true, but I personally prefer DirectX.
There is one thing I definitly hate about Windows, and that's the registry. Moving an app or program from one PC to the other is far more difficult than it should be. A config file (with proper UI support in-app!) is much better.
Have you not used Windows XP? It works great. I rarely get blue screens (and they're not Windows fault, because my laptop is overheating). I game on it. I code C++ on it using VStudio.NET.
Your post smacks of zealotry, along with most of Slashdot. It annoys the hell out of me, all this Microsoft bashing.
Of all the things to whine about, you chose that! It's ridiculous, since it makes logical sense! Yes, I realize that "it's" is incorrect in this case, but it's not a terrible mistake, since for normal nouns, you just toss on an "'s" to make it possessive.
I would say the moment they required the kids to use the laptops and to take them home, off of school property, was the moment it stopped being someone else's sole property.
Websense was used in censorship/blocking at my high school. It was ridiculous trying to find articles on my future career (Game Programming) because most of the places I found were blocked by Websense.
Computer Science is bleck. I want to be a programmer, and CS does *not* teach you programming. I'm currently going for my bachelor's in Game Design and Development, which fits perfectly because I want to be a game programmer (not a "software engineer").
I think that could be part of the reason of declining numbers is there being alternatives out there now that will teach you programming as a base and theory secondary, rather than theory first, followed by programmer. I know 2nd and 3rd year CS majors that I could EASILY out-code and I'm only in my 5th month at Full Sail.
My high school (freshly built in 2003) had automatic light sensers like that. It was fun when the lights would go out in the middle of class when the teacher was giving a lecture, or after-school when the teacher was the only one in the room.
Manager: Alright guys, we got the deadline coming up soon and it's looking grim. Hey, can you give me a percentage based on our chance to complete in time?
Guy 1: Yeah, it's looking like our game only has a 33% chance of shipping by Christmas, so we..
Leroy: Alright, let's do this. LEEEEEROOOOOY JEEEEENKINGS *as he tackles a terminal and begins savagely beating it*
Aha. This is why people say technology can make us worse!
Those that use Visual Studio for C++ probably know about Visual Assist. It makes Intellisense so much better, but the problem is when you stop using it, you make a lot of mistakes that Visual Assist would have fixed. Most common one is Visual Assist will automatically use the right membership operator (. or ->) no matter what you type. Normal Intellisense won't.
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Because I said something. It was modded up when I originally posted.
Touche. You very well could be right. I'm 19 and the earliest computer I used was an Apple II, briefly. I got interest in computers using Win95, so I guess I may have low expectations. But as a game developer, DirectX is a dream. OpenGL works well, true, but I personally prefer DirectX. There is one thing I definitly hate about Windows, and that's the registry. Moving an app or program from one PC to the other is far more difficult than it should be. A config file (with proper UI support in-app!) is much better.
Have you not used Windows XP? It works great. I rarely get blue screens (and they're not Windows fault, because my laptop is overheating). I game on it. I code C++ on it using VStudio .NET.
Your post smacks of zealotry, along with most of Slashdot. It annoys the hell out of me, all this Microsoft bashing.
Of all the things to whine about, you chose that! It's ridiculous, since it makes logical sense! Yes, I realize that "it's" is incorrect in this case, but it's not a terrible mistake, since for normal nouns, you just toss on an "'s" to make it possessive.
uNF, troll.
Thanks, Bob. I appreciate your work.
I would say the moment they required the kids to use the laptops and to take them home, off of school property, was the moment it stopped being someone else's sole property.
"Hey, I can't open BackDoorSluts9.avi"
You forgot to download the latest DivX codec. I had a simi...
Nevermind.
And Jack Thompson, like McCarthy, will cause a whole lotta trouble before someone finally stands up to him in his witch hunt.
"Mr. Thompson, have you no decency? At long last, have you no decency?"
Websense was used in censorship/blocking at my high school. It was ridiculous trying to find articles on my future career (Game Programming) because most of the places I found were blocked by Websense.
When you replace parts of your body WITH technology, it certainly makes you less human.
Verbal contracts are legally binding in New Hampshire. The problem is getting proof of said verbal contract.
Computer Science is bleck. I want to be a programmer, and CS does *not* teach you programming. I'm currently going for my bachelor's in Game Design and Development, which fits perfectly because I want to be a game programmer (not a "software engineer").
I think that could be part of the reason of declining numbers is there being alternatives out there now that will teach you programming as a base and theory secondary, rather than theory first, followed by programmer. I know 2nd and 3rd year CS majors that I could EASILY out-code and I'm only in my 5th month at Full Sail.
Boondock Saints was released straight to video/DVD.
My high school (freshly built in 2003) had automatic light sensers like that. It was fun when the lights would go out in the middle of class when the teacher was giving a lecture, or after-school when the teacher was the only one in the room.
Mine too. But she bought a brand new damn WinXP comp, paid Best Buy to install it AND bought an in-home service plan. *shakes his head*
Well, duh. Doing something that involves narcoleptic judges makes the contest more interesting.
I know what you're saying. "But how can a contest that involves memorizing AND reciting pi be made anymore interesting?!" I... I can't go on anymore.
Well, no duh you can't find the Necronomicon. You didn't use the author's full name, "The Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred." Geez.
Manager: Alright guys, we got the deadline coming up soon and it's looking grim. Hey, can you give me a percentage based on our chance to complete in time? Guy 1: Yeah, it's looking like our game only has a 33% chance of shipping by Christmas, so we.. Leroy: Alright, let's do this. LEEEEEROOOOOY JEEEEENKINGS *as he tackles a terminal and begins savagely beating it*
Invalid syntax. Did you mean "!=" ?
Did you not read what he said? He wasn't the victim of eminent domain. He's the victim of fucked up feminism.
In the Empire trilogy co-written by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, Lujan tells his mistress, "Tradition is stronger than law."
I think it's a problem of the underlying community. I've lost faith in Slashdotites and the such.
I don't know what to do if the admins are AGREEING with what was done. It's just disgusting.
Aha. This is why people say technology can make us worse!
Those that use Visual Studio for C++ probably know about Visual Assist. It makes Intellisense so much better, but the problem is when you stop using it, you make a lot of mistakes that Visual Assist would have fixed. Most common one is Visual Assist will automatically use the right membership operator (. or ->) no matter what you type. Normal Intellisense won't.
I dunno. I, however, do know that you can't spell "copyrighted." Copyright is the right to copy, not the write to copy.