Posts by Infarction

Approximately 400 GB of music. That's like, I dunno, 30,000 songs? Something like that :p

Your collection has grown since your last post in the thread 2+ years ago...

I'm up to 5218 songs, which is putting me at around 34GB. A lot more of it was legally acquired than when I last posted though ;)

Morale: don't drink and code.

At least, drink responsibly when you code :P

There have never been plans to merge the two sites.

And may such plans never come to be... :P

You can use the key with any Home Premium disc. You're even allowed to buy another copy and change your key after it's been installed (don't know why they have this feature, but it can be useful if you need a quick install but don't have a new key handy).

alt or Ctrl+o

It was weird not having the menus at first, but I use them little enough that I've started to appreciate the extra viewing space... all 50 pixels of it :P

[edit:] also, you can click the tools button on the lower-left of the toolbar and turn on the menus if you'd prefer.

ScrewingWithPeople++

Also, breaking things (not destructively, just finding ways in which they don't function as intended or the intended behavior has a flaw). Especially code.

I'm again suspicious of your PATH. Here's mine:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Imaging\;C:\PROGRA~1\CA\SHARED~1\SCANEN~1;C:\Program Files\CA\eTrust Antivirus;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\

Notice the system directories at the beginning. These should be first, as they should be the first place the system looks for executables. Since they didn't show up in yours, I'm almost curious if something wiped your PATH out. You can try putting those back in (just edit the value from that dialog) and see if that fixes it. ping, for example, is in the %systemroot%\system32 directory.

Most people who are Republicans.

Why? Because they have a different perspective, which lends itself better to a capitalist economy?

People who make racists comments in the Geek's Lounge.

Nigga please

People who like to get drunk to destroy their livers.

I do, however, completely agree with you on this one.

Violence committed in the name of a religion. I have pretty well had it with this islamic crap.

Not that the Muslims are the only one's who've ever done that...

Welcome to the Internet(TM) where Trolls(TM) run rampant on open-topic forums.

Start -> Control Panel -> Security -> Turn automatic updating on or off, select a setting other than "Install new updates automatically". It's the first thing I do whenever I set up my own box.

They are? What, are do yall brits have a better education system or something? America not the best in something?? I refuse to believe that... lol ;-)

Well anyway, the SAT results backed me up a bit.

American high school sucks. A lot of places around the world tend to have more difficult curricula in what we call high school, and we make up for it in what we call university.

No, I don't have facts to back this up. But I went through our system and came out rather dissatisfied.

True. On the other hand, the Mac community is stereotypically middle to upper class and/or working professionally from their computer. This makes a workable exploit still profitable, especially if stealing IP is involved. For instance, I recall hearing (from an industry source, not the media) about an exploit in Photoshop on OSX only that would upload the user's projects to a server owned by the exploit authors. This only affected a very small population (people using that version of PS on that version of OSX) so it wasn't publicized - which might also allow the exploit to live longer - and the payoff was a bunch of potentially valuable content.

A windows virus has the potential to have larger global effect, which makes it more desirable for short term use (e.g. DDoS) or for building a bot net (like Storm). If it gets well known, it will be blocked by AV products sooner than later and the virus will be less successful, plus if the media talks about it, then people will [hopefully] know how to avoid getting it or how to get rid of it.

[edit:] another thought: Apple doesn't want publicity about OSX exploits, as it will damage the "safer than Windows" image of their product. Also, a good many Windows-specific exploits are for Windows-specific software but not the OS itself. Having the OS hardened can prevent a lot of exploits from running, but they'd break compatibility with most software. The end-user usually isn't willing to …

JUST FILL OUT A BOGUS EMAIL ADRESS!!!!

I entered 1@2.com :D

It's more fun to put webmaster@<hosting domain>.com :icon_twisted:

This is why I vote R instead of D.... :icon_twisted:

Why not help make some of these places better places to be? One poster said it himself; mexico is crap.

Aside from the political and economic reasons not to, the US does give a lot out. There are many, many non-profit organizations that do improvement projects overseas, and the US government gives out a ton of aid every year (enough so that some people at home would rather see the money put to use cleaning our own country first). Unfortunately, a lot of those funds end up going through corrupt government channels, and the aid never reaches it's intended destination or purpose. If you'd prefer, the US could go around and depose all the corrupt governments guilty of this, but somehow I think the rest of the world would frown on such action.

user32.dll brings tears of joy to my eyes...

sorry, couldn't help it :P

Why not run the query and see what it does? My guess would be that it basically makes a copy of table1 and saves it to table2.

Yes, especially in the English department. ".. needs to be scrapped and rebuilt".

It's been a loooong week... my speech is about as bad as my spelling too, maybe even worse... :'(

All men are not fools, some remain bachelor.

For your humor to work, it should be "Not all men are fools." Logically, "all men are not fools" would mean that there are no fools who are men, therefore the second phrase has no implications with respect to the first. :icon_wink:

I don't know. But most here will tell you to never use void main()

They'll probably tell you to never use goto as well, but that doesn't mean you should just listen to them. Find out why, and then do what is best; and yes, the popular opinion can be wrong sometimes.

main() is a special function that, as mentioned, returns to the OS a value signifying if it completed successfully or not (0 being success, any other being typically an error). The OS usually doesn't act on that, but other programs waiting for yours might. The C and C++ standards have specified that main() should return an int-compatible type (which void is not). So, there's both technical and conventional reasons why you should not use void.

The point of reputation isn't for thanks. Reputation is a meter that shows how you've been recognized by the other established members at Daniweb based on the value of your contributions. Noobs who do use the rep system will give rep for a simple answer. If you want thanks, read the reply they almost always leave...

I don't know about the < and > since it's a text property, but to hide the other month numbers you can set the font size to 0 (here's 2 ways):

<asp:Calendar ID="Calendar1" runat="server" 
        OtherMonthDayStyle-Font-Size="0px" >
        <OtherMonthDayStyle Font-Size="0px" />
    </asp:Calendar>

booty and little brain not much of it i don't want a girl out stand me in smartness

Psh, find a smart girl who can cook and provide you with a comfortable lifestyle. And has some time leftover in the evenings. Then you'll have it made... :P

I think that his post translates approximately to the following:

Hello. I am going to Sudan in 1 week and 5 days. It would be very useful to me if you could find a Ford Mustang for sale. My mom has taken away my current car (a Lancer), and now I want to buy a Mustang to replace it. Thanks for helping.

Hamada, please use proper punctuation...

We strive to be a community geared towards the professional. We strongly encourage all posts to be in full-sentence English. Please do not use "leet" speak or "chatroom" speak.

July 12th here :icon_wink: Happy B-day! :icon_biggrin:

However, we can not dismiss microsoft for what it has gave to computers. If anything Microsoft has taught us this... Do not allot a single company so much power else single CEO's chairmen and Executives that do not code anything get insanely rich.

If it were only the coders who made money, there wouldn't be anyone to run the business.

It is easy for us to now 'Give Microsoft a break' when we all see how short it comes with compared to Open Source.

From of very skewed perspective, perhaps it comes up short. Many of Microsoft's products are of good quality. And several open-source projects have very annoying bugs as well.

Vista does not compare to Ubuntu and BERYL. Open Office is free.

So don't compare them. Personally, I find Aero much nicer to use. And Open Office hardly compares to MS Office.

Did you know that the minda / Bill Gates Charity foundation was formed to spend charities money in order to avoid the I.R.S. ? I do not feel sorry for all the BMW driving a-holes in Redmond that do not contribute a line of code yet take golfing trips and enjoy all their money and freedom while M$ outsources programmer jobs from India, Germany, Russia and China and Japan and... on and on...

Did you know that most people who have any money and any sense whatsoever use similar loopholes? Not that Bill would have to bat an eyebrow to pay taxes... I …

>Is there a better compiler collection than gcc?
Subjective. VS and XCode are both good for their respective platforms. I know they're IDEs, but that's what people tend to care about.
>Is there a better shell than bash?
Subjective. Some people prefer features of csh, ksh or zsh, or else they wouldnt get used.
>Is there a better editor than emacs ;-) ?
Of course. It's called vim. :P
>Is there a better wm than ratpoison or evilwm? (for my tastes that is)
Highly subjective, as you noted. I prefer something that does look decent and a little mouse movement won't kill a guy.
>Is there cooler special effects than beryl?
Subjective. I found beryl to be too distracting/too much hassle to get the way I wanted and so I got rid of it. Both Aqua and Aero are nice looking without requiring any configuration and without being obstructive.
>Is there a better web server than apache?
Subjective. IIS is much easier to deal with if you want to develop with .NET technologies. As to which is more secure, I'll leave the discussion to people who know more than I.
>Is there a better OS dev VMmachine than bochs?
Never heard of it till now. Most people probably aren't worried about OS development though. :icon_wink:
>Is there a better browser than firefox?
Subjective. Firefox does have issues.
>Is there a better email client than …

Before this topic dies, I'll bring it back! muahaha!

I voted for application programming, which I consider to include web applications as well. Application design is of considerable interest, especially with regard to operating systems and security considerations.

First tip: don't trade just based on someone's advice. Do your own research to make sure you agree with them. This doesn't mean to ignore them, just not to blindly follow.

I'll start with HDY: avoid it. My reason is simple, it just doesn't have enough volume. This makes it more prone to quick jumps and less liquidity. If nobody's trading it when it drops, you'll never get out.

DYN: Bearish outlook. While it's at a several year high, it looks like it's currently running on fumes. Also, it's got a very low value, which leaves litte room for movement one way or the other. I wouldn't touch it, personally. There's bigger fish to fry.

PFE: It looks like it'll break one way or another soon, but cant' tell which. Earnings on July 19th will likely be a driving force, and chart patterns suggest that it could go either up or down. I'd not touch stock on it, 'cause you have to pick sides. It might be feasible to try a 27.5 straddle with September or December options, but the stock'll have to move a few points in either direction to make it profitable; it's not been particularly volatile in the last year though, so the odds of that happening are probably low. Also, 28 has been a point of resistance in the past, so breaking it will require a bit of a push...

Overall: find something more attractive :icon_wink:

Well then you must be gifted.

Different learning style. If I pay attention in lecture and use the material on homeworks or projects, I'll remember it for at least the whole term (some things fade away with time...). That, and my personal belief that finals are a way to measure what I've learned over the quarter rather than the 48 hours leading up to the test, makes finals week fun. I do whatever I want except for the two hours per test... and yes, I do pass my classes as well :P

I think the rep system is horribly broken by an unfixable human element. It has lost all meaning.

The one chick hits like a girl... :P

Also, strcmp will tell you the relative ordering of the strings rather than simply if they are equal, if you needed that as well.

i've noticed a lot of people like to pick apart christina's post at a poor attempt to look either cool or intelligent. I mean, if a 27 year old man and a 28 year old woman feels good about picking on a 17 year old highschooler... that says a lot. maybe i should go make fun of my little cousin so the family thinks i'm cool!! yeah... that'll show them

Welcome to the Internet. More specifically, an intellectual part of it. It ain't the fun games of high school. There's a lot of witty people here. If you say something and it can be picked apart, sucks to be you. Learn from it and grow from it; at the very least, get over it, it's gonna happen. If you want to mope and whine about how hard life is, people are either going to ignore you or flame you more.

You're obviously unaccustomed to the culture here, and you're refusing to adapt to how it works. Instead you're trying to force your own culture on us. Well, that might work where you're from, but it doesn't work here. I recommend you read this page, though I will tell you now that the tone is very unkind at best.

I don't know why everyone seems to be giving Narue good reps JUST for making fun of me.

I don't know why you give everyone reputation based on whether or not they agree with you. Or for other …

I use VLC on both Windows and Linux. I think my roommate uses it on his Mac too.

Aha! first chance to hijack a discussion!

So, I just built a new computer the last 2 days. It's got a AMD 3800+ on an Asus mobo, with 2GB of RAM and I'm using integrated graphics because I'm too poor for a good graphics card atm. For the CPU, mobo, RAM, case, and PSU I paid about $470 (I just pulled a couple hard drives from my other comp for this one). Runs Vista just fine so far.

So you impeach them. Then what? Do you really think they'll be removed from office? Nothing of consequence will happen, just as with Clinton's silly impeachment, except that we'll have spent a ton of taxpayer money and the media will have a hay day. Ever since Clinton's personal affair became the number one national priority, impeachment is something that gets thrown around but the general public doesn't seem to realize how little it does.

It's just a case of lazy evaluation. if $ret is false, then $ret = $ret && foo() will never evaluate foo. The loop will execute 10 times, but the function call only as long as $ret is true.

I know I said I'd stop in this thread, but I can't help it :(

THEORY DOES EQUAL FACT. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html
http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/lenski.html
http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_fact-and-theory.html

Who are you to say that theory !=fact when hundreds of people with PHDs say otherwise?

hm...

the·o·ry –noun, plural -ries.
1.a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity.
2.a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.
3.Mathematics. a body of principles, theorems, or the like, belonging to one subject: number theory.
4.the branch of a science or art that deals with its principles or methods, as distinguished from its practice: music theory.
5.a particular conception or view of something to be done or of the method of doing it; a system of rules or principles.
6.contemplation or speculation.
7.guess or conjecture.

I point you to #1, 2, 6, and 7. Propositions, conjectures, speculations, and guesses. A standing theory is the "best guess" of how something works, not a proven truth.

I don't see it happening, at least not given the current status of each company. Microsoft is already pouring a ton of money into their search, and they are quickly improving their product. I can't see them gaining anything by integrating Yahoo's search. The benefit for Microsoft AFAICT would be in the other services Yahoo provides, which are very very widely used. Unfortunately for Microsoft, I don't think that buying out the services for the userbase is a good idea either.

That is basically agnosticism. Agnostics aren't against the idea of a god. They just think there is a lack of evidence..

Coincidentally, I am an agnostic. :)

How can something be scientific if it is not proven?

Your question insinuates that most of the details of scientific theory and research are non-scientific. However, ~s.o.s.~ has asked me to stop, so I won't argue it anymore.

> Until the thread is closed or I am specifcally told to stop, I will continue the discussion.

Infaction, please stop.. ;-)

Fine :P

Instead of refuting joshes comments (and I think there quite logical and well thought out) with insults and replies that have no intellectual value ot merit WHATSOEVER why don't refute it with logic?

When I read this, I honestly did LOL :D

I understand that it is quite hard to defend your position through deductive and inductive reason when you are religious but how about trying?

We've been giving counter-arguments to everything, then posing our own questions. None of which have been answered in a logical manner.

Give me ONE reason why god exists and I will refute it. Or give me more, I will refute them all.

God may exist because there is no concrete evidence otherwise. That's basic logic. Refute it.

But you can't say that Rashakil hasn't voluntarily pushed out personal attacks on him. That would be absurd! -In almost every thread, he says something judgmental about someone's post, particularly Josh's. ... Rashakil indeed started the name calling and personal attacks in this thread for absolutely no reason. It seems like everytime Josh says something, he bashes every word!

Hm... just looking through his posts rather quickly (I might have missed something), I see some witty phrasing and contradictions but no direct personal attacks. And if someone is posting arguments with holed or undefined regions, there's nothing wrong with pointing that out.

I'm not trying to take sides, but in all seriousness.... look at Rashakil's profile and tell me that he doesn't come off as a mean person. =/

He comes off as an entertaining person. On some forums, they're called trolls (though his posts are usually more intellectual than a troll), but I find it quite funny. I'd do the same if I had the wit and knowledge to back it up. The world needs less political correctness.

Heh, that request was once made by me, but was rejected saying that it would just make people go out for vengeance when they get a bad rep and would hamper community building.

And considering that after being a member for so long, when you suddenly start asking for this feature, its a clear indication that someone doesn't whole heartedly agree with you in the Geek's Lounge. :P

I totally understand that, and I even felt the same way a bit. I'm just getting a little irked that simply expressing my opinion is taking down my rep, and I'd like to just ask people why they're marking me down. I know I've made some bad posts, but I don't want to participate in a discussion if I know people are just going to give negative rep for my views and my [sometimes direct, sometimes oblique] way of expressing them.

with some code or description of what you've attempted

Floating point numbers are not stored precisely in memory. They are usually stored according to the IEEE 754 standard. If you want exact precision, you need to use a 3rd party library or write your own. For most calculations, however, the small degree of error is acceptable.

The one problem I see is that you can't compare floating point numbers directly. Here's a re-write with slightly different logic (you can keep yours if you want, they're about the same) and a better way to compare the doubles:

#include <cmath>
#include <limits>
triangleType triang(double a, double b, double c)
{
  const double eps = std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon();
  triangleType shape = scalene;
  if( fabs(a - b) <= eps && fabs(a - c) <= eps)
    shape = equilateral;
  else if( fabs(a-b) <= eps || fabs(a - c) <= eps)
    shape = isosceles;
  else if ( a > b + c || b > a + c || c > a + b) // this could be first like you had it
    shape = noTriangle;
  return shape;
}

Admittely, I just copied the epsilon thing from some google result, so I don't know if that's the correct way to go about it.

The answer