Or should I just go stand in line for the cavity search straight away? I sure hope there won't be a lot of junk blocking that path, because then it's going to be a real bitch.
For one thing, it's annoying to other players. Is it so unreasonable to move in a somewhat humanoid manner?
If you don't like it, don't buy (or copy) the fucking game! UT and Quake are FPS Action games. If you want some degree of realism, play counterstrike, or even better, paintball.
How about some mental acrobatics where you use strategy rather than finger speed to win games? Save the "finger acrobatics" for surfing the porn web sites.
Once more, if you don't like the game, don't play it. You want the reason UT and Quake are so god damn popular?! Because they're inherently simple games. Everyone can grasp the rules before you can say 'cheese'. If you get beaten by players who are jumping around the level while you are 'realistically' sticking to the floor, there are two solutions; you either quit playing the game (and quit whining) or you learn how to handle the 'jump' button for yourself. The problem with so many geeks out there is that they're pretty intelligent and therefore think that intelligence, strategy and cunning is the only legit way to pursue tehir goals. And although I agree games that do encourage mental skill can be interesting, that doesn't make avid bunny-hopping any less of a skill!
Apart from the classic Software Engineering advantages of a proper design document, it can also save you the problems which can arise if the customer and the supplier have different ideas about the eventual product. I've seen it happen way too often; the expectations of customers can be very unrealistic simply because they have no knowledge about software engineering. Having a complete design document with two signatures can prevent 'just add this one little feature'-type problems.
My experience is that usually these interviews are held by management types and it's fairly easy to pretend to know everything about topics varying from Prolog (yes, I love languages with no real application whatsoever!) to complex quantum physics (There was this german guy who had a cat)...
Maybe they do, but aboce all, the (and forgive my seemly arrogance) Unwashed Masses want cheap products, tailored to that very audience more than anything else.
Apparently you are a manager but frankly I wouldn't want you to manage my company - I have found employees which did NOT yessir-nosir me at their interview to be far more intelligent, proactive and generally useful at their jobs.
If you have programmers move furniture or print bulk mailouts you either are managing a very small company or department (which would be a valid excuse) or not using your human resources correctly.
And although knowing your hardware/networking CAN be a sign of profiency of the darker arts of IT (and therefore can indicate a more profound knowledge of matters), in a lot of cases it can also mean 'no social life whatsoever', which can be a Very Bad (TM) thing when your I-know-all-assembler-opcodes-by-heart-hardcore-har dware-specialist is going to talk to you customer.
Your glimpse must have been very brief. There are more differences than the 'using' keyword: - Properties - Proper delegates and event raising/handling - Redefining of operators - Better way of using threads - The possibility to write 'unsafe' code (which disables bounds checking and allows pointer use) for those tight loops that need to be extremely optimised. And I know it isn't a language feature but I have yet to see an IDE that's as productive as VS.NET.
If you are running any kind of critical operation, support has to be guaranteed. And in our capitalist world, that means paying for it. No matter how good it is, free software has no guarantees whatsoever. And companies need those guarantees. Simply because in court a 'we'll do our best to support our l33t software' is just not good enough
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Why is parent modded a troll?! He has a point that is much more valid than the point the grandparent post is trying to make. But the grandparent-post is anti-MS and unfortunately that triggers some conditioned anti-MS-responses with some moderators.
You are advocating a solution without logic or reason. Perhaps you have a problem with my arguments (I _did_ name some). If you do have problems with my reasoning, please feel free to point them out. But what you are doing right now is pointless namecalling (as an AC), which does not help your credibility.
He already prempted and answered that question: "I am being serious about these questions because every time I hear someone say what you just typed they have not worked with anything but Microsoft development tools."
I think the 'I am being serious about these questions because every time I hear someone say what you just typed they have not worked with anything but Microsoft development tools' kind of justified my belief. However, I did take my time to give arguments why there are certain circumstances that I use Microsoft products.
I'll ask a question now. Why do Microsoft developers get all grouchy whenever someone asks them to justify they're decision? I'll tell you why; because they have no justification apart from zealotry and blind obedience to whatever MS has told them to do today. Your post justifies my belief.
At least I did not post AC.
And how am I a zealot for crying out loud?! Does saying that Microsoft has some products that work perfectly for me make me a blind, obedient zealot?!
What else besides Microsoft stuff have you developed in? What does.Net provide that say Java doesn't that gives you more productivity? Why do people automatically assume that when someone's happy with a Microsoft product it must be because he does not know the alternatives?! It's simply a case of the right too for the right job. I've developed web applications in PHP, Servlets, ASP and found PHP to be the clear winner. Although I absolutely loathe ASP, ASP.net actually works quite well. I've been developing games, which used C++ and Unrealscript. Neither were my choice, because using Unreal dictates it but they worked pretty well. For run-of-the-mill business applications, often requiring interaction with some form of database my choice used to be either Borland Delphi or Borland C++ Builder, because of RAD development. I have a lot of Java experience and as a language it has my personal preference (especially since Eclipse, which I like very much). I have no experience deploying large J2EE applications though.
What type of applications do you develop with.Net that give you this productivity increase? How much of an increase would you say it is over other languages like Java? Why? They would mainly fall into the category 'business applications'. The.NET windows form designer is much better than what Borland currently has (although Delphi.NET is a step in the right direction). C# and VB.net being property-based languages, and their event andling make them superior to Java for business applications with a lot of GUI logic.
Working with.dll s is a lot simpler with.NET languages than with Delphi, not to mention Java. Yes, they are Windows specific but that's wat my customers use anyway.
Actually, right now I'm developing a process control application in C#. Its performance of course is less than the performance that a C++ solution would give. But the increased cost of a slightly more expensive CPU is easily offset by the decreased development and code maintenance cost.
I am being serious about these questions because every time I hear someone say what you just typed they have not worked with anything but Microsoft development tools. Yes they may have had a college class or two with some other language, but no real development. I continue to talk to "developers" who think that Java web development is still servlets. They have no clue about JSP's let alone custom tags. I love Java, but it's not the end-all-be-all solution. I'm conviced that in some cases.NET offers me productivity Java can't.
Does that mean I think.net, well specifically c# is bad? No, but there will always be that one limitation... only runs on Microsoft servers.... Don't fool yourself in to thinking you will run any serious app on anything but Windows. I'm not developing multi-platform, so that's not a problem.
.NET started out bad and just continued. VB/C/C++ programmers did not move over in droves as planned and STILL have not. I have yet to find a good reason why they should. I am currently developing applications on.NET and I have to say I'm very happy with it..NET delivers in terms of productivity. I love C# and VB.net isn't that bad (and I _HATE_ VB6). Fact of the matter is, for a lot of applications.NET gives more productivity for the buck and that's what counts in business.
I competed in the Northwest-European finals but didn't make it to the world finals. The problems looked pretty difficult. I, for one welcome our new russian fiberoptic programming overlords.
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Or should I just go stand in line for the cavity search straight away?
I sure hope there won't be a lot of junk blocking that path, because then it's going to be a real bitch.
"Aviation is good for sport, but for the Army it is useless!"
- Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Given this quote it's pretty funny the french named an aircraft carrier after this guy.
This is why the germans invented the term 'schadenfreude'.
The idea isn't to ensure that Microsoft makes a fair profit from its patents; it's to make sure that no one else can write fully compatible software.
Thank you slashdot, but I can think for myself. I'd rather have the bare facts (which speak for themselves) than a link with some anti-MS spin.
For one thing, it's annoying to other players. Is it so unreasonable to move in a somewhat humanoid manner?
If you don't like it, don't buy (or copy) the fucking game! UT and Quake are FPS Action games. If you want some degree of realism, play counterstrike, or even better, paintball.
How about some mental acrobatics where you use strategy rather than finger speed to win games? Save the "finger acrobatics" for surfing the porn web sites.
Once more, if you don't like the game, don't play it. You want the reason UT and Quake are so god damn popular?! Because they're inherently simple games. Everyone can grasp the rules before you can say 'cheese'. If you get beaten by players who are jumping around the level while you are 'realistically' sticking to the floor, there are two solutions; you either quit playing the game (and quit whining) or you learn how to handle the 'jump' button for yourself.
The problem with so many geeks out there is that they're pretty intelligent and therefore think that intelligence, strategy and cunning is the only legit way to pursue tehir goals. And although I agree games that do encourage mental skill can be interesting, that doesn't make avid bunny-hopping any less of a skill!
Apart from the classic Software Engineering advantages of a proper design document, it can also save you the problems which can arise if the customer and the supplier have different ideas about the eventual product.
I've seen it happen way too often; the expectations of customers can be very unrealistic simply because they have no knowledge about software engineering.
Having a complete design document with two signatures can prevent 'just add this one little feature'-type problems.
Not true. In the upcoming Indiana Jones movie, there will be no nazis. It's the end of the world as we know it!
My experience is that usually these interviews are held by management types and it's fairly easy to pretend to know everything about topics varying from Prolog (yes, I love languages with no real application whatsoever!) to complex quantum physics (There was this german guy who had a cat)...
Maybe they do, but aboce all, the (and forgive my seemly arrogance) Unwashed Masses want cheap products, tailored to that very audience more than anything else.
Apparently you are a manager but frankly I wouldn't want you to manage my company - I have found employees which did NOT yessir-nosir me at their interview to be far more intelligent, proactive and generally useful at their jobs.
r dware-specialist is going to talk to you customer.
If you have programmers move furniture or print bulk mailouts you either are managing a very small company or department (which would be a valid excuse) or not using your human resources correctly.
And although knowing your hardware/networking CAN be a sign of profiency of the darker arts of IT (and therefore can indicate a more profound knowledge of matters), in a lot of cases it can also mean 'no social life whatsoever', which can be a Very Bad (TM) thing when your I-know-all-assembler-opcodes-by-heart-hardcore-ha
Your glimpse must have been very brief. There are more differences than the 'using' keyword:
- Properties
- Proper delegates and event raising/handling
- Redefining of operators
- Better way of using threads
- The possibility to write 'unsafe' code (which disables bounds checking and allows pointer use) for those tight loops that need to be extremely optimised.
And I know it isn't a language feature but I have yet to see an IDE that's as productive as VS.NET.
If you are running any kind of critical operation, support has to be guaranteed. And in our capitalist world, that means paying for it. No matter how good it is, free software has no guarantees whatsoever. And companies need those guarantees. Simply because in court a 'we'll do our best to support our l33t software' is just not good enough
Plus, it can actually be a lot of fun for the manager, which of course has a vary hard job and low morale as well
NOW I see why outsourcing to India is so much cheaper...
Yes. They call it a pencil.
Always sleep at HER place! You can leave silently if you want to, and if you don't, she might end up preparing you a lunch!
Why is parent modded a troll?! He has a point that is much more valid than the point the grandparent post is trying to make. But the grandparent-post is anti-MS and unfortunately that triggers some conditioned anti-MS-responses with some moderators.
I've been trying for ages to get my hands on a crisp mp3 version of 'Animals'
You are advocating a solution without logic or reason.
Perhaps you have a problem with my arguments (I _did_ name some). If you do have problems with my reasoning, please feel free to point them out.
But what you are doing right now is pointless namecalling (as an AC), which does not help your credibility.
He already prempted and answered that question: "I am being serious about these questions because every time I hear someone say what you just typed they have not worked with anything but Microsoft development tools."
I think the 'I am being serious about these questions because every time I hear someone say what you just typed they have not worked with anything but Microsoft development tools' kind of justified my belief. However, I did take my time to give arguments why there are certain circumstances that I use Microsoft products.
I'll ask a question now. Why do Microsoft developers get all grouchy whenever someone asks them to justify they're decision? I'll tell you why; because they have no justification apart from zealotry and blind obedience to whatever MS has told them to do today. Your post justifies my belief.
At least I did not post AC.
And how am I a zealot for crying out loud?! Does saying that Microsoft has some products that work perfectly for me make me a blind, obedient zealot?!
Please get out of your cellar.
What else besides Microsoft stuff have you developed in? What does .Net provide that say Java doesn't that gives you more productivity?
.Net that give you this productivity increase? How much of an increase would you say it is over other languages like Java? Why? .NET windows form designer is much better than what Borland currently has (although Delphi.NET is a step in the right direction). C# and VB.net being property-based languages, and their event andling make them superior to Java for business applications with a lot of GUI logic.
.dll s is a lot simpler with .NET languages than with Delphi, not to mention Java. Yes, they are Windows specific but that's wat my customers use anyway.
.NET offers me productivity Java can't.
.net, well specifically c# is bad? No, but there will always be that one limitation... only runs on Microsoft servers.... Don't fool yourself in to thinking you will run any serious app on anything but Windows.
Why do people automatically assume that when someone's happy with a Microsoft product it must be because he does not know the alternatives?!
It's simply a case of the right too for the right job.
I've developed web applications in PHP, Servlets, ASP and found PHP to be the clear winner. Although I absolutely loathe ASP, ASP.net actually works quite well.
I've been developing games, which used C++ and Unrealscript. Neither were my choice, because using Unreal dictates it but they worked pretty well.
For run-of-the-mill business applications, often requiring interaction with some form of database my choice used to be either Borland Delphi or Borland C++ Builder, because of RAD development.
I have a lot of Java experience and as a language it has my personal preference (especially since Eclipse, which I like very much). I have no experience deploying large J2EE applications though.
What type of applications do you develop with
They would mainly fall into the category 'business applications'. The
Working with
Actually, right now I'm developing a process control application in C#. Its performance of course is less than the performance that a C++ solution would give. But the increased cost of a slightly more expensive CPU is easily offset by the decreased development and code maintenance cost.
I am being serious about these questions because every time I hear someone say what you just typed they have not worked with anything but Microsoft development tools. Yes they may have had a college class or two with some other language, but no real development. I continue to talk to "developers" who think that Java web development is still servlets. They have no clue about JSP's let alone custom tags.
I love Java, but it's not the end-all-be-all solution. I'm conviced that in some cases
Does that mean I think
I'm not developing multi-platform, so that's not a problem.
.NET started out bad and just continued. VB/C/C++ programmers did not move over in droves as planned and STILL have not. I have yet to find a good reason why they should. .NET and I have to say I'm very happy with it. .NET delivers in terms of productivity. I love C# and VB.net isn't that bad (and I _HATE_ VB6). Fact of the matter is, for a lot of applications .NET gives more productivity for the buck and that's what counts in business.
I am currently developing applications on
I thought April 1st was 4 days ago?!
Because it's pretty easy for the NY times to block all requests with HTTP_REFER = slashdot.org
I competed in the Northwest-European finals but didn't make it to the world finals. The problems looked pretty difficult.
I, for one welcome our new russian fiberoptic programming overlords.