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  1. Re:For Java, yes... on Should Students Be Taught With or Without an IDE? · · Score: 1

    No offence buddy, but that is just lack of use. Once you get back into your vibe, its easy. I never forget a variable name myself, so that kinda' helps. I avoid using features like that because I rely on my memory if I ever get caught with partial code or something. It's not fun looking things up.

  2. Vim'n'Joe for starters on Should Students Be Taught With or Without an IDE? · · Score: 1

    I personally use Vim and Joe to write C++ in linux. For windows, I am more relaxed with an IDE. I'll tell you though, tha writting the basis for an operating system kernel is best written without the distraction of "special features" as you will not be able to use most of them. I recommend you just use your best judgment, and what you would use to teach yourself. For me, that would be using Vim and Joe, writing custom makefiles (a VERY usefull skill) as well as mastering utilities such as automake and autoconf, etc. It all depends on your taste in the end though

  3. Solution on Boot Camp For Suckers? · · Score: 1

    Switch to Linux

  4. Re:Since we were kids... on Do Kids Still Program? · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I've pretty much dumped BASIC (all forms) at this point because it has tought me many bad habits. I'm now 90% C/C++. Too much time is spent on overly complex programs like Excel. I wish spreadsheets were more like Lotus 1-2-3 than they are now. Sure many of the features are nice, but they are lacking in ways of their own. If these programs were simpler, people could focus more on programming, which is a good thing to be doing.

  5. Long time programmer on Do Kids Still Program? · · Score: 1

    I've been programming BASIC since 4. I started with print, color, input and the usuals to make simple things like password protection. At six, I had an ok text processor. At 10, I got Visual Basic under control. Now, at 16, I'm doing ok at C/C++ as well as Assembly. Age doesn't matter really, it's what you are willing to learn, how much time you put into it, and how you learn things. I learn by doing, which gives me exellent experience. I encourage all people that have even a slim amount of interrest to play with things like BASIC. The best thing to do is show kids source code to simple games, let them modify it, and take time to explain it REALLY well. I spent about an hour each day with my dad learning how to make a text adventure. After that, I began playing with graphics on my own, and had a tile engine going. It sucked, but it was a lot of fun to play with. I know about 20 people with my level of skill or better. I know 10 more who have strong interrest, and play with it. All under 18.

  6. Relative letters on Judge Creates Own Da Vinci Code · · Score: 1

    Maybe the letters are pointing to others in the document? What I mean is, the letter BEFORE or AFTER might be the letters to be decoded. If this was the case, the code could be just a simple trick! Somebody mentioned this being "Kryptos all over again". Maybe if you take the table from the Kryptos (http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/tour/kryptos_c ode.html) and apply it to this code, it might reveal sometihng interresting. As a rule of hiding things, hide it where nobody will look: in the open.

  7. Re:Look Closer.... on Judge Creates Own Da Vinci Code · · Score: 1

    hahaha. Agreed. I saw about two dozen in total

  8. Re:Shades of 1984 on Apple's All-Seeing Screen · · Score: 1

    This is sounding like something from a horror movie. I personally do not believe in the ability to monitor (no pun intended) the user. It's bad enough that there is software out there to monitor your ACTIONS, but once they get into video, and literally watching you, they've stepped to far. If this goes through, you should be able to PHYSICALLY disable it. I always unplug my webcam when I'm done with it, and I want to be able to do the same if such a technology comes around the corner. All fear aside, I think it would be interresting to see how this would make webcam chatting. You would be looking at the person in the eyes without looking into the camera, and still looking at the screen. It would be exellent for busineses who like face to face conversation due to the nature of talking to a face versus a screen, or keyboard. Overall, this would be a good venture for Apple to take!

  9. Re:Insert Typical Slashbot April Fools Complaint on OpenSSH Vulnerability Discovered · · Score: 1

    You need to recompile your kernel and #include "tollerance_awsome.h"!

  10. Re:Not until the moon dust problem is solved. on US Plans Lunar Motel · · Score: 1

    whatever the case is, people going to the moon better be ready to hear that they have asbestosis. The US had better get some other countries on board too!

  11. WOW on FFVII Advent Children Dated · · Score: 1

    I saw a fan-sub, and it was GREAT!!! Now for it in ENGLISH!!!! 10/10 for the Japanese version, and hopefully the English dub will reflect.

  12. LUGs do matter on Do LUGs Still Matter? · · Score: 1

    I don't believe there is a group in my city (Saint John, NB), but I do know there is a high need for one. Linux is still a mystry to many many people and thus there is a strong desire for them to exist, and to be more publisized! If people knew about LUGs more, I think people would be able to more use linux and learn about the freedom it grants to everybody.