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03-03-14, 07:25 AM
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Posted By slynkie

You need something to seed the generator. I've...

You need something to seed the generator. I've never written a lib function for this but iirc, some common textbook examples are a) mouse cursor input and b) microphone input. I doubt lower level...
11-17-11, 11:19 AM
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Posted By slynkie

yea. i guess sometimes people just like to...

yea. i guess sometimes people just like to complain...

...like me, here. :o
11-17-11, 10:28 AM
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Posted By slynkie

a "senior architect" is giving me s#&% for...

a "senior architect" is giving me s#&% for opening a defect against his (brand new) code that has blatant memory leaks. he doesn't want to bother fixing it because he doesn't expect anyone to use the...
11-03-11, 12:47 PM
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Posted By slynkie

also, if you don't want to use the touchpad at...

also, if you don't want to use the touchpad at all, you can disable it completely in the bios.
10-26-11, 08:20 AM
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Posted By slynkie

D&D was brought up in this thread before, but...

D&D was brought up in this thread before, but it's been on my mind...

I haven't actually played in 15+ years. Lately though I've been watching the youtube videos of the guys from Penny Arcade,...
05-24-11, 08:44 PM
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Posted By slynkie

hey geeks, wake up...what's your "favorite" (aka...

hey geeks, wake up...what's your "favorite" (aka most-hated) compiler, linker, or runtime error?

a co-worker asked me to look at a bug of his today, I said sure. THEN I check the core dump.
...
03-01-11, 10:16 AM
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Posted By slynkie

good question. I think it has to do with the...

good question. I think it has to do with the visual interface aspect. the scrolling device on a touchscreen (your finger), nor the wheel on a typewriter, don't directly show feedback on the scroll...
01-26-11, 08:06 AM
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Posted By slynkie

that's freaking cool. open source?

that's freaking cool. open source?
12-08-10, 09:52 AM
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Posted By slynkie

i'm not actually writing out a schema to verify...

i'm not actually writing out a schema to verify against. just an ad hoc xml file for the data itself, then the xslt. i'd be happy to use a db or anything that would ease the pain of making updates,...
12-08-10, 09:11 AM
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Posted By slynkie

an xml file that we'll have to manually update,...

an xml file that we'll have to manually update, at least initially. nothing special.

right now they just have a javascript+html table conglomeration that is...unbearable. but i have zero...
12-08-10, 09:03 AM
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Posted By slynkie

i'm reading up on xslt to try and kludge together...

i'm reading up on xslt to try and kludge together a race results page for my team's website that's easier to manage.
11-25-10, 07:04 AM
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Posted By slynkie

:lol: my friends and i were never too clued...

:lol:

my friends and i were never too clued in to the warez/ansi art/other scenes, despite the huge amounts of time we spent dialed in to BBS'. it seemed it was all we could do just to find a...
11-24-10, 06:27 PM
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Posted By slynkie

too much time on their hands? or maybe they're...

too much time on their hands? or maybe they're veterans of the ANSI art days.

haha, iCE is on facebook.
11-22-10, 03:43 PM
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Posted By slynkie

Ok, but I think you've missed my point. They're...

Ok, but I think you've missed my point. They're not mutually exclusive, i.e. there's no reason you can't run a RAID array in a WHS or Drobo server.


home server, I agree unless you are looking...
11-22-10, 03:34 PM
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Posted By slynkie

eh? WHS is an OS, RAID is a storage scheme (or...

eh? WHS is an OS, RAID is a storage scheme (or set of schemes), and Drobo (from what I can tell; never heard of it previously) is a HW/SW combo solution..
11-22-10, 03:27 PM
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Posted By slynkie

RAID's been around a long time, I'd guess much...

RAID's been around a long time, I'd guess much longer than techs like TLER have existed. I'd think of it like ECC RAM. Not necessary, but depending on your intended use it can be worth it.

For a...
11-19-10, 03:34 PM
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Posted By slynkie

if this is the company i think is, we've had some...

if this is the company i think is, we've had some dealings with them. they had a really nice big break room with free coffee and snacks :D
11-19-10, 03:25 PM
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Posted By slynkie

whoa, you're speakin' my language dude. i suppose...

whoa, you're speakin' my language dude. i suppose i work on a competitor's product, though funnily enough i joined my department just a couple of months before you left yours.

you might be...
11-19-10, 09:31 AM
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Posted By slynkie

:lol: definitely a good Friday quote.

:lol: definitely a good Friday quote.
11-18-10, 10:27 PM
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Posted By slynkie

REXX got me my first raise.

REXX got me my first raise.
11-18-10, 10:25 PM
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Posted By slynkie

i don't disagree, you can shoot yourself and...

i don't disagree, you can shoot yourself and others in the foot with any language.
11-18-10, 10:10 PM
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Posted By slynkie

yikes, i was just poking a bit of fun! ;p ...

yikes, i was just poking a bit of fun! ;p

i've got my opinions and preferences sure, but there's no way i could ever be a real language snob - not at the company i work for. we've got products...
11-18-10, 09:43 PM
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Posted By slynkie

speaking of VB, my first introduction to...

speaking of VB, my first introduction to programming (other than LOGO, haha..) was watching my buddy write a D&D character generator in VB - I suppose v2? - on his desktop while we downloaded Linux...
11-18-10, 09:38 PM
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Posted By slynkie

keeping my thoughts to myself...:innocent:

keeping my thoughts to myself...:innocent:
11-18-10, 09:29 PM
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Posted By slynkie

Tell your client that any software you install...

Tell your client that any software you install would also track his usage. I bet he'll change his mind. :D
11-17-10, 09:05 AM
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Posted By slynkie

thanks for the description - that does sound fun....

thanks for the description - that does sound fun. that type of logical hunt can be very satisfying.
11-17-10, 08:27 AM
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Posted By slynkie

chasing leaks + inefficiencies are somewhat...

chasing leaks + inefficiencies are somewhat normal to me now, and there are some good tools out there. i'm not sure i'd even know where to begin to hunt down fragmentation though. got any good...
11-17-10, 08:22 AM
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Posted By slynkie

+1... though it seems whenever i'm working...

+1...

though it seems whenever i'm working with Java, I miss C++. whenever I'm working with C or C++, I reluctantly miss Java.

I never miss assembly.
11-16-10, 02:33 PM
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Posted By slynkie

wow some of those are pretty sweet. let's see...

wow some of those are pretty sweet. let's see your stuff!
11-16-10, 01:59 PM
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Posted By slynkie

:lol: I tried painting some Dragonlance...

:lol:

I tried painting some Dragonlance (AD&D) miniatures when I was a kid. Turns out if you've got zero artistic skills in general, combining something you love with those lack of skills does not...
11-16-10, 01:47 PM
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Posted By slynkie

yep you got it. sorry, wasn't trying to be...

yep you got it. sorry, wasn't trying to be obscure just easier to type K&R, etc. Also Stevens' other books too - good stuff.

i've never read the dragon book, would like to...the book we used for...
11-16-10, 01:26 PM
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Posted By slynkie

Thanks! Library = awesome. I've been working...

Thanks!

Library = awesome. I've been working from home the last few years and one of the things I miss the most (aside from the social stuff) is the library. Local public library is of course a...
11-16-10, 01:17 PM
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Posted By slynkie

good rule. check your company's education...

good rule. check your company's education resources; they may have an enterprise agreement with something like books24x7 or o'reilly's Safari. books24x7 doesn't usually have the very newest stuff but...
11-16-10, 01:14 PM
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Posted By slynkie

good list. in addition to Stroustrup, other...

good list. in addition to Stroustrup, other typical indispensables for me include:
- K&R
- W.Richard Stevens in general.
- the dinosaur book
- Computer Organization and Design by Patterson and...
11-05-10, 12:55 PM
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Posted By slynkie

whafor? just curious.

whafor? just curious.
10-28-10, 09:17 AM
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Posted By slynkie

or...a footbed prototype??

or...a footbed prototype??
10-26-10, 02:52 PM
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Posted By slynkie

i'm not an EE/physicist/anyone else who'd know,...

i'm not an EE/physicist/anyone else who'd know, so - regarding electronic gruppos. will wireless ever be feasible in the pro peloton? is there any existing technology that couldn't be jammed/hacked?
10-26-10, 02:42 PM
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Posted By slynkie

it's refreshing to hear of people doing voluntary...

it's refreshing to hear of people doing voluntary code reviews.


good luck!
10-26-10, 02:38 PM
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Posted By slynkie

you're all crazy. i write my code with a hole...

you're all crazy. i write my code with a hole puncher.
10-25-10, 09:56 AM
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Posted By slynkie

ah yes, of course :) my life's been 95% c and c++...

ah yes, of course :) my life's been 95% c and c++ the last few years, it's easy to forget!


sounds fun. if i find the time though, i was thinking of a telemetry overlay project ala the rides...
10-25-10, 08:48 AM
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Posted By slynkie

i love eclipse, i don't get to use it often...

i love eclipse, i don't get to use it often enough. though i still think VS beats it on the debugging front.

i can't believe there's no tetris plugin view!! hmm...the first BF OSS project?..
10-25-10, 08:00 AM
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Posted By slynkie

fwiw, I (and most of my development team) use vim...

fwiw, I (and most of my development team) use vim as well.
10-25-10, 06:44 AM
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Posted By slynkie

Ok maybe I should clarify...my company has pretty...

Ok maybe I should clarify...my company has pretty decent rules around this. If you bother going through the process, you can get most tools approved for use if they're sane. What my company is...
10-24-10, 07:56 PM
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Posted By slynkie

nope. I'd imagine any U.S. corporation big enough...

nope. I'd imagine any U.S. corporation big enough to get sued has similar guidelines. Even those heavily involved in FOSS.
10-24-10, 10:29 AM
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Posted By slynkie

hand-editing SNMP MIB files. corporate rules...

hand-editing SNMP MIB files. corporate rules prevent me from using any of the nice free tools that make this so much easier.
10-20-10, 07:11 PM
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Posted By slynkie

C++ binary compatibility issues are not fun.

C++ binary compatibility issues are not fun.
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