Maybe this is what we need: a program that looks at the topic ("windows", "handhelds", "games", etc) and shows the editor the last 15 or so stories that were posted in that topic. That could be written in 15 lines of python couldn't it?
"I was using PSP to create some graphics from my new PSP game. Of course I'm using the PSP to develop it. I just hope the PSP don't think I'm violating the DCMA."
The sources to Descent 1 & 2 were released several years ago. The Descent 2 code is being worked on in a project called d2x. http://www.icculus.org/d2x/ I'm trying to find a copy of Descent 2 so I can use the data files with it. Does anyone know if it's still available? I've googled for the shareware version, but couldn't find much. (I found it at descent2.com but i couldn't get the download to finish.)
I think many people here bashing vb (6) are missing the point. VB 6 is a Rapid Application Development tool. The idea is to be able to create a program quickly and easily. I have several (admittedly) small applications on my desktop that I wrote in vb. I use them on a weekly basis. It would have taken me a long time to write them in another language. Now, I don't disagree that larger programs are hard to maintain. And I admit that it has its problems. But I've always (well, usually) enjoyed working with it. I think it deserves consideration as a rad tool.
My first experience with a computer was when I was five. My dad had an Atari 800. (He ended up selling it because he couldn't afford a disk drive! This was when disk drives cost hundreds of dollars.) I remember one night he typed in a program that acted like an etch-a-sketch.
I few years later, my parents bought me an Atari ST. I was hooked on computers from that point on. One day I was reading an article in Atari Explorer magazine about programming. The article presented a simple "Hello, world" type program in BASIC. I decided to play around with it and see if I could change it slightly. (This was back when every computer came with a copy of BASIC.) I ended up teaching myself BASIC over the summer.
Anybody remember when computer magazines used to publish type-in programs?:-)
I know nowadays a lot of people don't like BASIC because of goto and what not. But I think it is a good language to teach some basic principles (what a variable is, what a loop is, etc).
I'm currently learning python. I've wondered if it would be a good first language for someone. I'm not sure it would be. For one, I'm not sure if someone who learns it would appreciate all the things it does for you. Second, when they learn another language, I'm not sure what the learning curve will be like. It might take them a while to get used to the new ideas. On the other hand, maybe starting fresh and not carrying some of the baggage of older languages would be good for a new generation of programmers.
I've never used Pascal, but I've heard it's a good language for learning programming.
Now, I've heard some people say that OO is the way to go and should be taught to newbies. But even with OO you still use parts from procedural programming: you still use variables, still use loops, still call functions, etc. I see no harm in using a simpler language to teach the fundamentals before moving on to objects.
Maybe what we need is a version of knoppix set up for teaching programming.
Basic:
I don't have a link for a version of basic. But I know there are some on the web. And Win 95 & 98 have a copy (buried) on the setup disk. Look in the other\oldmsdos folder.
Hmmm...weren't Black & White and Populous games where the player had 'absolute' power? And isn't the monarchy something that used to have 'absolute' power?:-)
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Bob Hope has entertained millions over the years (and continues to do so thru video). He used his talent to help entertain troops during World War II. He has made (IMHO) a great contribution to society and I believe he deserved such an honor.
... Lucas has decided that special effects should be the focus of the story, instead of the story. The originals were groundbreaking in their look, but also magnificently told a story.
I agree. I've said many times before that the orginal movies told a great story against a scifi backdrop. And the new movies tell a so-so story against a great scifi backdrop.
Also in the orginals, there was build up and then an action scene. Then more build up and another action scene. They were paced like that. Contrast that to Esp. I. Almost the whole movie was build up. Then at the end there is several battles going on at once.
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Might be interesting if they combined the two: Explain a problem they are currently having and ask the candidate how they would solve it.
We recommend Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP
A personal computer running Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or XP that meets or exceeds the following requirements: 233 mhz, PentiumII processor 128 MB RAM 25 MB free disk space
I don't think I'd want to even try running wmp on a 233MHz computer.
I was thinking the other day that I'd like to have a Mac to play with. But they've always been a little pricey. I could get one -- but what if I didn't like it? I'd waste all that money. (I could get an eMac, but I just don't like the "monitor is the computer" thing.) Now if they had a model for $499, I could try it out to see if I like it. And if I did, I might one day buy one of the more expensive units.
My senior manager recommended using.NET. His argument is that most desktops he has seen in hospitals already run Windows, the development time will be cut down for this small to mid-size project, rich desktop clients are possible and there will be no application server costs involved. He also contends that.NET has more templates and abilities than J2EE (which is simply 'web targeted' in his opinion.
How many desktops has he seen in hospitals? What version of Windows were they running? You know.net only works on certain version of windows (I'm thinking 98 and above. Not sure about me).
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Maybe this is what we need: a program that looks at the topic ("windows", "handhelds", "games", etc) and shows the editor the last 15 or so stories that were posted in that topic. That could be written in 15 lines of python couldn't it?
I can see it now:
"I was using PSP to create some graphics from my new PSP game. Of course I'm using the PSP to develop it. I just hope the PSP don't think I'm violating the DCMA."
The sources to Descent 1 & 2 were released several years ago. The Descent 2 code is being worked on in a project called d2x. http://www.icculus.org/d2x/ I'm trying to find a copy of Descent 2 so I can use the data files with it. Does anyone know if it's still available? I've googled for the shareware version, but couldn't find much. (I found it at descent2.com but i couldn't get the download to finish.)
I think many people here bashing vb (6) are missing the point. VB 6 is a Rapid Application Development tool. The idea is to be able to create a program quickly and easily. I have several (admittedly) small applications on my desktop that I wrote in vb. I use them on a weekly basis. It would have taken me a long time to write them in another language. Now, I don't disagree that larger programs are hard to maintain. And I admit that it has its problems. But I've always (well, usually) enjoyed working with it. I think it deserves consideration as a rad tool.
Not quite what you asked for, but you can read old issues of Creative Computing from that same time frame (they had an Apple column) at this website.
I thought he was simply refering to the old saying "Managing programmers is like herding cats."
I know Powerpoint Considered Harmful, but I didn't realize that this was what they meant!
installed heaters
So your saying they put heaters....on a fuel tank?
Now the government has some great pictures of you wearing your hat.
My first experience with a computer was when I was five. My dad had an Atari 800. (He ended up selling it because he couldn't afford a disk drive! This was when disk drives cost hundreds of dollars.) I remember one night he typed in a program that acted like an etch-a-sketch.
:-)
I few years later, my parents bought me an Atari ST. I was hooked on computers from that point on. One day I was reading an article in Atari Explorer magazine about programming. The article presented a simple "Hello, world" type program in BASIC. I decided to play around with it and see if I could change it slightly. (This was back when every computer came with a copy of BASIC.)
I ended up teaching myself BASIC over the summer.
Anybody remember when computer magazines used to publish type-in programs?
I know nowadays a lot of people don't like BASIC because of goto and what not. But I think it is a good language to teach some basic principles (what a variable is, what a loop is, etc).
I'm currently learning python. I've wondered if it would be a good first language for someone. I'm not sure it would be. For one, I'm not sure if someone who learns it would appreciate all the things it does for you. Second, when they learn another language, I'm not sure what the learning curve will be like. It might take them a while to get used to the new ideas. On the other hand, maybe starting fresh and not carrying some of the baggage of older languages would be good for a new generation of programmers.
I've never used Pascal, but I've heard it's a good language for learning programming.
Now, I've heard some people say that OO is the way to go and should be taught to newbies. But even with OO you still use parts from procedural programming: you still use variables, still use loops, still call functions, etc. I see no harm in using a simpler language to teach the fundamentals before moving on to objects.
Maybe what we need is a version of knoppix set up for teaching programming.
Python links:
Main python site: http://www.python.org/
Dive Into Python book: http://diveintopython.org/
Pascal:
A free Pascal compilerhttp://www.freepascal.org/
Basic:
I don't have a link for a version of basic. But I know there are some on the web. And Win 95 & 98 have a copy (buried) on the setup disk. Look in the other\oldmsdos folder.
More:
http://thefreecountry.com/ Has links to free compilers & more for various languages.
Old computer magazine archives:
http://www.atarimagazines.com/
Hmmm...weren't Black & White and Populous games where the player had 'absolute' power? And isn't the monarchy something that used to have 'absolute' power? :-)
Bob Hope has entertained millions over the years (and continues to do so thru video). He used his talent to help entertain troops during World War II. He has made (IMHO) a great contribution to society and I believe he deserved such an honor.
... Lucas has decided that special effects should be the focus of the story, instead of the story. The originals were groundbreaking in their look, but also magnificently told a story.
I agree. I've said many times before that the orginal movies told a great story against a scifi backdrop. And the new movies tell a so-so story against a great scifi backdrop.
Also in the orginals, there was build up and then an action scene. Then more build up and another action scene. They were paced like that. Contrast that to Esp. I. Almost the whole movie was build up. Then at the end there is several battles going on at once.
Might be interesting if they combined the two: Explain a problem they are currently having and ask the candidate how they would solve it.
We recommend Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP
A personal computer running Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or XP that meets or exceeds the following requirements:
233 mhz, PentiumII processor
128 MB RAM
25 MB free disk space
I don't think I'd want to even try running wmp on a 233MHz computer.
...will they be able to get permission to use Robert Picardo's likeness?
Someone should grab the rights to the broadcast and run it in prime time!
The human slashdot editors where replaced long ago. I think it's some google news beta program that currently posts the stories.
I was thinking the other day that I'd like to have a Mac to play with. But they've always been a little pricey. I could get one -- but what if I didn't like it? I'd waste all that money. (I could get an eMac, but I just don't like the "monitor is the computer" thing.) Now if they had a model for $499, I could try it out to see if I like it. And if I did, I might one day buy one of the more expensive units.
Sounds like they are trying to make Halo 3!
So there's a store called Half Price Books that's selling books for 20% off? :-)
Assuming, of course, that they let you have a debugger, unlike my last employer...
If you want to add a development section, www.thefreecountry.com has a lot of listings. Although they don't guarantee them to be spyware free.
"and a virtual team of Microsofties"
So is that like little fairies or something that write code while everyone is asleep?
My senior manager recommended using .NET. His argument is that most desktops he has seen in hospitals already run Windows, the development time will be cut down for this small to mid-size project, rich desktop clients are possible and there will be no application server costs involved. He also contends that .NET has more templates and abilities than J2EE (which is simply 'web targeted' in his opinion.
.net only works on certain version of windows (I'm thinking 98 and above. Not sure about me).
How many desktops has he seen in hospitals? What version of Windows were they running? You know