Don't even mention that thing. I thought it would be cool, downloaded and ran it a few times but the fucking thing always bluescreened when I activated it.
It took me a few reboots to think "wait a minute, the BSOD screensaver BSODs? Goddamnit"...
You mean it actually gave you a STOP screen, or did it just crash? A blue screen sounds impossible, how did it manage to do that? Maybe there's something wrong with your hardware, I don't think any normal program (i.e. that doesn't directly access hardware or load any drivers or anything) can bluescreen windows...
Hmm, odd, it never gave me a problem... Of course, I just dismiss the updater. Nowadays I use foxit because it's marginally faster, but I might go back for the better rendering.
I agree with you in general, but there's a particular point I disagree with. VBScript is a great scripting language to embed into applications (well, nowadays you can embed python wherever you can embed VBScript, so it's not that great), but the GP's beef is with the actual Visual Basic language, I think. I learnt Visual Basic as a first serious language and you could do a great deal with minimal effort, and that is what is great about VB.
I was a staunch supporter for years, until I learnt python and realized that VB didn't teach me any important programming concepts like classes, exceptions, etc etc (that's until VB 6 or so,.NET is totally different I think). In VB, you don't really need classes, so you get by without them. I don't know if you need classes in python or if I just happened to learn them then, but the fact is that I couldn't understand a single word of advanced programming APIs when I knew VB and I know a great deal more now with python (admittedly, I learnt C/C++, assembly, php, etc etc in the meantime as well).
To recap, my point is that since VB is good enough, you never become a "real" programmer with it.
Actually, the name doesn't have anything to do with the actual word hero, it's just that enough letters were dropped in the English transliteration that it now is written the same. In Greek the name is and the Greek word for hero is - (ancient-modern).
I don't think it works that way, the code is already as small as it can be and if you didn't have the extra 10k you just wouldn't add the feature. Sometimes the only fact that motivates people to create fantastically innovative programs is that they just can (and it's cool).
Have you noticed how when you're listening to the radio the quality seems good, until you actually pay attention? I assume the brain fills in the missing information (if you're familiar with the song) and you don't notice it at all. It still bugs me right away if I play a 128 kbps mp3 on my pc though (even though its quality is higher than radio's)...
God, don't you understand? You and everyone else supporting solar energy will be the death of us all. If you use solar energy, YOU USE THE ENERGY OF THE SUN! You're using up the sun, and if you use up all of it, it'll blow out! What are we going to do THEN, mr. Smartypants?
Nah, there's a whole scene devoted to this thing. That's why people have written a 3d FPS (with great graphics) in something like 96k (I forget the name).
It's actually a company, but it's not large enough that they'd care about this, Cisco is too expensive. I haven't installed the latest firmware, I guess I thought something this glaring would be a "feature". I will, though, now that you mention it. My home network runs DD-WRT on a GL and OpenWRT on a DSL-504T, nothing like that ever happens (although the latest Kamikaze OpenWRT SVN version is a bit unstable, otherwise it's great).
That's not the actual worst thing. I can handle all the "access from anywhere", that was what it's designed to do. The worst thing is when the access point sometimes decides to reset (I have a Linksys AP) and it reverts back to it's original, OPEN SETTINGS. I go to work one day and I notice that the AP changed its ssid back to "linksys", giving free access to everyone within the radius for the past week.
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Don't even mention that thing. I thought it would be cool, downloaded and ran it a few times but the fucking thing always bluescreened when I activated it.
It took me a few reboots to think "wait a minute, the BSOD screensaver BSODs? Goddamnit"...
I clean my artificial heart every morning. It's in a glass case next to the dialysis machine, I am a bit of a collector!
You mean it actually gave you a STOP screen, or did it just crash? A blue screen sounds impossible, how did it manage to do that? Maybe there's something wrong with your hardware, I don't think any normal program (i.e. that doesn't directly access hardware or load any drivers or anything) can bluescreen windows...
Lame.
Hmm, odd, it never gave me a problem... Of course, I just dismiss the updater. Nowadays I use foxit because it's marginally faster, but I might go back for the better rendering.
Actually Adobe Reader has gotten pretty fast with the latest version, whereas you had to book appointments if you wanted to open the earlier ones.
Musicmatch Jukebox I never cared for, after the last time I tried it 4 years ago. I imagine it's worse than even iTunes now...
I agree with you in general, but there's a particular point I disagree with. VBScript is a great scripting language to embed into applications (well, nowadays you can embed python wherever you can embed VBScript, so it's not that great), but the GP's beef is with the actual Visual Basic language, I think. I learnt Visual Basic as a first serious language and you could do a great deal with minimal effort, and that is what is great about VB.
.NET is totally different I think). In VB, you don't really need classes, so you get by without them. I don't know if you need classes in python or if I just happened to learn them then, but the fact is that I couldn't understand a single word of advanced programming APIs when I knew VB and I know a great deal more now with python (admittedly, I learnt C/C++, assembly, php, etc etc in the meantime as well).
I was a staunch supporter for years, until I learnt python and realized that VB didn't teach me any important programming concepts like classes, exceptions, etc etc (that's until VB 6 or so,
To recap, my point is that since VB is good enough, you never become a "real" programmer with it.
Does your wife know about this?!
I was about to say, that's a very old man :P
OK, slashdot doesn't like greek characters. The name is Hron and the word for hero is Hros-Hroas.
Actually, the name doesn't have anything to do with the actual word hero, it's just that enough letters were dropped in the English transliteration that it now is written the same. In Greek the name is and the Greek word for hero is - (ancient-modern).
Isn't Futurama slated to begin again next year?
I'm sorry, my post had an unclosed sarcasm tag, I guess that's why it didn't validate with you.
I don't think it works that way, the code is already as small as it can be and if you didn't have the extra 10k you just wouldn't add the feature. Sometimes the only fact that motivates people to create fantastically innovative programs is that they just can (and it's cool).
You can use the Windows XP recovery console from the CD. That thing has like, five whole commands!
Have you noticed how when you're listening to the radio the quality seems good, until you actually pay attention? I assume the brain fills in the missing information (if you're familiar with the song) and you don't notice it at all. It still bugs me right away if I play a 128 kbps mp3 on my pc though (even though its quality is higher than radio's)...
God, don't you understand? You and everyone else supporting solar energy will be the death of us all. If you use solar energy, YOU USE THE ENERGY OF THE SUN! You're using up the sun, and if you use up all of it, it'll blow out! What are we going to do THEN, mr. Smartypants?
Stop the insanity! Stop using solar cells!
The only non-infuriating way to Lost is this summary:
People land on island, stuff happens for three months but none of it makes sense.
Do you still get the slowdown in Wii's virtual console?
Nah, there's a whole scene devoted to this thing. That's why people have written a 3d FPS (with great graphics) in something like 96k (I forget the name).
I don't want to have to choose between it and DNF!
It's actually a company, but it's not large enough that they'd care about this, Cisco is too expensive. I haven't installed the latest firmware, I guess I thought something this glaring would be a "feature". I will, though, now that you mention it. My home network runs DD-WRT on a GL and OpenWRT on a DSL-504T, nothing like that ever happens (although the latest Kamikaze OpenWRT SVN version is a bit unstable, otherwise it's great).
Well, they basically say it's not not an impact crater!
That's not the actual worst thing. I can handle all the "access from anywhere", that was what it's designed to do. The worst thing is when the access point sometimes decides to reset (I have a Linksys AP) and it reverts back to it's original, OPEN SETTINGS. I go to work one day and I notice that the AP changed its ssid back to "linksys", giving free access to everyone within the radius for the past week.
Seriously, wtf.
I don't understand the part about users "only wanting the iPod functionality of the iPhone". Why not just buy an iPod then?