Do you actually think holding a sign is going to change things?
I don't know what's the sign say? How many or which people saw it?
Expressing your views through print is a noticably different then expressing you rage through violenve and destruction. That's kinda the reason for two different terms.
Only cowards hold a distinction between a riot and a protest
Are you calling Webster and Funk & Wagnal cowards? Wagnal is a puss, Maybe you have a point.
It is both outdated and, quite frankly, useless in our society. It must now realize it's obsolescence or fail spectacularly as more and more games get higher ratings and still maintain incredible sales
Isn't it possible, that there are mature(AGE) adults purchasing video games and maintaining sales? Or must it be every sale is from an irresponsible parent.
I want to save the children too. I only have the power to save my own. Don't destroy the tools I use to do so. They are NOT outdated or useless. I use them every time I buy. I also watch G4, read GamePro & PC Gamer and, I know its a crazy idea, PLAY GAMES With them.
My kids respect my decision on games because I speak from an obviously informed position.
My wife on the other hand is clueless about gaming, and cannot uderstand why I pay so much attention. Fortunately, its not important to me if she understands why I watch/read/play.
I prefer to uses the systems that we all know and love: MPAA for movies, ESRB for games, TVRB for the telly. Listen to whatever sounds best to you for music. Screw Tipper.
Beginners write code that's pretty simple because they don't know any more, but that code sometimes doesn't perform well, or misses cases, or contains other subtle bugs
This is the problem when they are taught more they must be held to some coding standard. Readability / Naming Convention Any standard helps. Most CS (intermediate skills) are giving homework and graded without regard to readability/maintainabilty. You end up with a lot of "I know I need another integer- I'll call it a." int a;
Great, now if (WaterTemp>a) WTF is 'a' again. Oh, 'a' is a temporary place for SetTemp. Then I should be able to read that. Somehow our industry survives this and teaches maintainabilty by making us try to maintain and then rewrite unmaintainable code by our predecessors.
We should strive for CLARITY and SIMPLICITY by design. No matter how complex the problem it can be solved by combinations of simple clear instructions, If they were thought out on the outset.
I love a good obfuscation challenge as much as the next guy, but only as a hobby. I don't wanna be paid to figure out why the hell there are so many GLOBAL Variables all starting with prefix temp (bad VB experience, sorry, First fire VB hack. Then replace VB software one piece at a time.) I was able to rescue 2 apps without ditching all the code but it took 3 times as long as rewriting any of the others.
> To say it briefly, Delphi and Eiffel read like English. C++ reads like machine language. Guess which group of developers is going to have a higher defect rate?
Almost any language can read like english if done cleverly.
Actual Temp control code in working C++ application:
MSFT makes cash on OS for other handhelds. Not saying they won't at some point stab thier Embedded OS customers in the back, they are good at this. Its better to let other people test the market with your software for a while. Then swoop in, when all the kinks and prices have been worked out, and bam under market-priced microXbox.
PMC's using CE are all the rage right now. Give it a few years.
MicrosSOFT is and always will be a software company. Consoles are a software delivery method. More consoles = more distribution. If you can make 30bucks on a DS game & not lose 100 on the console you would be more than stupid to not do it. What I can't understand is why MS doesn't insist on CE class ports of 1st party games. All Xbox and Microsoft games should have low quality ports for phones and MS pda's. Departmentalization can be a liability.
Add my tick mark bub..Net Soured me. 1.0 or 1.1 check for using IE, what?
Dependency checking? Screw it. Run to FOSS. Single APP no requirements. No Checking. Cross Platform.
Went from single OS support to Linux/MAC/WIN 98/2000/XP. Just by dropping MSFT development & learning how to program. Never Look back. Worst part of my day is XP testing latest compiles.
I spread the word to every developer who cares to listen, I teach it to my children, I implement it where I work. Try to get me back with your key fobs and eval cds and free lunches(TANSTAAFL).
I still go, I listen, I eat, then I go home and fire up my debian box and enjoy.
I was employed at a PC repair shop a few years back.
We had this customer who was irate that his new computer was acting up and it was new I built it myself. No reason for it to be acting so strange.
He brought it in we checked it out seemed fine.
He comes back complaining again. We replace the entire PC. He leaves happy for 2 days. Then he comes back demanding a refund.
We tell him if there is something wrong with the PC we will make it right. Leave it with us and we'll throw everything we got at it. He does.
His wife comes in an hr later.
"Can I see my husbands computer for a minute, I just need to check one thing.?"
Sure come on back. She presses Shift Ctrl ScrollLock or something similar & up pops this EVIL unnoticable Screengrabber. She quickly scans through the last 3 days worth of pics. Instant message from her teen daughter, Web surfing of her hubby 3 pics a second. Gobbling up space & cycles.
If she doesn't check it daily & dump it fills the harddrive with 1280x1024x32 Pics.
I explain to her it is unnecessary to grab so many, 1 every couple of minutes is more than sufficient. She asks me to promise I won't tell her husband. I promise she tips me 50 bucks and promises to bring me a bottle of wine (her Idea).
Later that same day.
The owner (who has dealt with the husband only on more than one occassion since the sale.) checks in with me to see if I found the problem. I calmly explain the situation, and the promise. He asked me "Did she make you promise not to tell me?"
Obviously I can not and did not make that promise.
"Well then, I never promised her shit. But I did promise her husband I would find out what was up & fix it." Cue Dialing.
Later that same day, Hubby comes in pays us for all our service (3 hrs on site. 3 trips to the shop) and tips me 50 bucks.
Still Later
She comes in like a rocket right passed the counter into the bench area Slams down a shiny bottle of wine & says thanks a fuckin lot.
My boss says thank you come again.
The husband still shops there service & purchase.
Moral of the story: If you are gonna spy on your kids do it with your loved one.
Opened the wine on my wedding day. Wife loved it.
>The way I see it the GPL and the idea behind it is a tool that can be used to take back what has been stolen by the Robber Barons. Many of these same nameless masses who made the Barons are also producing open source code under the GPL and the GPL is poison to the thieving Barons, that is why they despise it to no end.
Damn it man, never speak "the plan" in a public forum. Geek Cruise only.
If you want develop new OS. Embedded OS is the only way to go. We evaluate them all, ALWAYS.
You will NEVER change the desktop OS.
Bill, Steve, Linus and a few thousand others have it covered. But if you wanna change the device interface, go ahead, roll it up again.
I personally choose Linux for many reasons. But if NEWOS works, and fits, and is reliable, and is FREE, I'll look at it and still probably choose Linux. If the device can't take Linux it really isn't my project at this point. But, I would hand it off to another engineer, with my recommendation of the new OS.
We came in from the fireworks show and my daughter sat down by the lake to do some fishing on her gamecube. "Beautiful fireworks on here too Dad. It knows its Independence day"
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I don't know what's the sign say? How many or which people saw it?
Expressing your views through print is a noticably different then expressing you rage through violenve and destruction. That's kinda the reason for two different terms.
Only cowards hold a distinction between a riot and a protest
Are you calling Webster and Funk & Wagnal cowards? Wagnal is a puss, Maybe you have a point.
Isn't it possible, that there are mature(AGE) adults purchasing video games and maintaining sales? Or must it be every sale is from an irresponsible parent. I want to save the children too. I only have the power to save my own. Don't destroy the tools I use to do so. They are NOT outdated or useless. I use them every time I buy. I also watch G4, read GamePro & PC Gamer and, I know its a crazy idea, PLAY GAMES With them.
My kids respect my decision on games because I speak from an obviously informed position.
My wife on the other hand is clueless about gaming, and cannot uderstand why I pay so much attention. Fortunately, its not important to me if she understands why I watch/read/play.
I prefer to uses the systems that we all know and love: MPAA for movies, ESRB for games, TVRB for the telly. Listen to whatever sounds best to you for music. Screw Tipper.
Holy Flurking Schnit!
Xbox. Sure its just a PC but it just runs, any BSODs on yours?
Live
Notepad
AntiSpyware
DOS
Granted, none were revolutionary. But good products, I think they qualify.
I'm a Zealot, I know. A linux zealot, but sometimes bullshit is just bullshit.
BTW, RE: good product prior to version three
When have you? I haven't put out a good 1.0 in years. I mean Damn, I never even release 1.0s to the wild. Ah, but the 1.3 that ones sweet.
This is their second release.
Your skepticism is healthy, but wrong. MS wants to play, and they don't play to lose, unless they will win in the long run.
Fix it then I want it.
In related news, Broadcast Networks, FM Radio, AM Radio, Compact Discs, Ozone layer, Earth all dying.
I was tempted to put FreeBSD but, it really is dying.
This is the problem when they are taught more they must be held to some coding standard. Readability / Naming Convention Any standard helps. Most CS (intermediate skills) are giving homework and graded without regard to readability/maintainabilty. You end up with a lot of "I know I need another integer- I'll call it a." int a;
Great, now if (WaterTemp>a) WTF is 'a' again. Oh, 'a' is a temporary place for SetTemp. Then I should be able to read that. Somehow our industry survives this and teaches maintainabilty by making us try to maintain and then rewrite unmaintainable code by our predecessors.
We should strive for CLARITY and SIMPLICITY by design. No matter how complex the problem it can be solved by combinations of simple clear instructions, If they were thought out on the outset.
I love a good obfuscation challenge as much as the next guy, but only as a hobby. I don't wanna be paid to figure out why the hell there are so many GLOBAL Variables all starting with prefix temp (bad VB experience, sorry, First fire VB hack. Then replace VB software one piece at a time.) I was able to rescue 2 apps without ditching all the code but it took 3 times as long as rewriting any of the others.
Thanks, I'll look into it. Can't believe that I haven't heard of it.
That's what they said. Why do you think they dropped it?
In other news, Westinghouse drops hot & cold running icewater from it's toaster line.
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.There, is that enough, you white space hoarding fool?
Ha,ha even slashdot responds with :
Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 2.5).
Almost any language can read like english if done cleverly.
Actual Temp control code in working C++ application:
if(WaterTemp>SetTemp)
{
. setHeatON(FALSE);
}
else
{
. setHeatON(TRUE);
}
Oh yeah confusing. QT for gui, program reads like an instruction manual.
PMC's using CE are all the rage right now. Give it a few years.
MicrosSOFT is and always will be a software company. Consoles are a software delivery method. More consoles = more distribution. If you can make 30bucks on a DS game & not lose 100 on the console you would be more than stupid to not do it. What I can't understand is why MS doesn't insist on CE class ports of 1st party games. All Xbox and Microsoft games should have low quality ports for phones and MS pda's. Departmentalization can be a liability.
Does IT suck? No, but MS BOUGHT it and didn't WRITE it.
Give them a few more months to "enhance" it then we can all say it sucks. Rather good start with this news, I'd say.
Oh yeah, Microsoft Sucks!
Dependency checking? Screw it. Run to FOSS. Single APP no requirements. No Checking. Cross Platform.
Went from single OS support to Linux/MAC/WIN 98/2000/XP. Just by dropping MSFT development & learning how to program. Never Look back. Worst part of my day is XP testing latest compiles.
I spread the word to every developer who cares to listen, I teach it to my children, I implement it where I work. Try to get me back with your key fobs and eval cds and free lunches(TANSTAAFL). I still go, I listen, I eat, then I go home and fire up my debian box and enjoy.
We had this customer who was irate that his new computer was acting up and it was new I built it myself. No reason for it to be acting so strange. He brought it in we checked it out seemed fine.
He comes back complaining again. We replace the entire PC. He leaves happy for 2 days. Then he comes back demanding a refund.
We tell him if there is something wrong with the PC we will make it right. Leave it with us and we'll throw everything we got at it. He does. His wife comes in an hr later. "Can I see my husbands computer for a minute, I just need to check one thing.?" Sure come on back. She presses Shift Ctrl ScrollLock or something similar & up pops this EVIL unnoticable Screengrabber. She quickly scans through the last 3 days worth of pics. Instant message from her teen daughter, Web surfing of her hubby 3 pics a second. Gobbling up space & cycles. If she doesn't check it daily & dump it fills the harddrive with 1280x1024x32 Pics. I explain to her it is unnecessary to grab so many, 1 every couple of minutes is more than sufficient. She asks me to promise I won't tell her husband. I promise she tips me 50 bucks and promises to bring me a bottle of wine (her Idea).
Later that same day.
The owner (who has dealt with the husband only on more than one occassion since the sale.) checks in with me to see if I found the problem. I calmly explain the situation, and the promise. He asked me "Did she make you promise not to tell me?"
Obviously I can not and did not make that promise.
"Well then, I never promised her shit. But I did promise her husband I would find out what was up & fix it." Cue Dialing.
Later that same day, Hubby comes in pays us for all our service (3 hrs on site. 3 trips to the shop) and tips me 50 bucks.
Still Later
She comes in like a rocket right passed the counter into the bench area Slams down a shiny bottle of wine & says thanks a fuckin lot.
My boss says thank you come again.
The husband still shops there service & purchase.
Moral of the story: If you are gonna spy on your kids do it with your loved one. Opened the wine on my wedding day. Wife loved it.
Damn it man, never speak "the plan" in a public forum. Geek Cruise only.
Plus now they don't have to ship a manual we've all read it.
If you want develop new OS. Embedded OS is the only way to go. We evaluate them all, ALWAYS. You will NEVER change the desktop OS.
Bill, Steve, Linus and a few thousand others have it covered. But if you wanna change the device interface, go ahead, roll it up again.
I personally choose Linux for many reasons. But if NEWOS works, and fits, and is reliable, and is FREE, I'll look at it and still probably choose Linux. If the device can't take Linux it really isn't my project at this point. But, I would hand it off to another engineer, with my recommendation of the new OS.
{
setting.yourVCR=ART;
}
Output can be Art. That includes the program. Programming in and of itself is not. Now ask again. Are programs art?
Are paintings/Drawings art?
is Poetry art?
I think the answer to all is sometimes.
Yes, but could they run Linux?
RealTimeClock usage, nice touch.
No response from the Wonkapedia (tm) either.
Conditional Tounge had me searching through my wonk dictionary for a while.
Perhaps you mean tongue.