Calefaction
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I absolutley cannot STAND stupid people. I would MUCH rather a girl be smart then great looking, although I can't see myself dating anyone who I don't find at least marginally attractive.
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I am catholic. I without a doubt totally believe in after life. I believe in heaven and hell. I believe that Jesus died for our sins. I do not believe in evolution. I know that there MUST be something more to life than this. I think that life is just a test, if you pass you go to heaven. If you fail you go to hell. Maybe I have these strong beliefs because I was raised catholic??? NO. I choose to be a catholic.
BTW: I love this topic.
-Shaheen
So basically, you are offhandidly disregarding all proven scientific information that states that the world is far older then creation would allow it to be? What, the dinosaurs didn't really exist, they are fake bones?
Unfortunatley this is a prime example of the dangerous slippery slope that blind faith in any religion (Christianity or otherwise) can send you down. To offhandidly disagree with mountains of scientific evidence simply because a book and some guy in a robe with a big hat told you to, is dangerous at best.
For instance, evidence suggest that getting in a car wreck without your seat belt is probably going to kill you. It's not 100% for certain, but the evidence is strong. If your priest or the bible told you not to wear your seat belt, would you stop?
Now, before anyone jumps down my throat. I am a practicing Lutherian and do beleive in whats known as "Progressive Creation Theory". Basically, PCT states that God did not go "Poof, the world exists", but instead set in to motion a series of controlled events that caused the formation of the known universe over millions of years. Basically, if the big bang happened ,it's because God caused it to happen. People who read Genesis and go "Oh, well God created the earth in 7 days" are really naive. You are trying to apply a human time measurement to a being that is far beyond human comprehension. God probably told his prophets that the creation took 7 days because humans at the time could not possibly comprehend time in stretches of billions of years. Applying human characteristics to God is dangerous and in my opinion foolhardy. My beleif is that God exists beyond our realm of comprehension and thought. We cannot possibly fathom the universe as He sees it. Trying to has caused the perversion of modern Christian thought over hundreds of years. In my opinon, Christianity as an institution today is a joke and a mockery of what Jesus, and through him God, wanted.
In regards to the bible as the end all be all book, remember one thing: God may have inspired it, but man wrote it. If you think for a moment that the words written by man were not influenced by not only their own desires, but the socio-political climate of the time, then you really need to re-think your core belief system.
To deny mountains of evidence that state that the world IS older then 10,000 years and that humans WERE NOT the first semi-sentient beings on the planet is foolhardy. Rather then the theories of evolution and creationism constantly bickering about who is right, perhaps one should meld the theories and see how well they fit together when looking at them with the right frame of mind. To think that a being as powerful, and inheriently subtle, as God would simply snap his fingers and bring the entire universe in to creation is really kind of laughable.
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I have over 1TB total in my house, if you include:
My three PC's (200GB each, 10,000RPM Raptor SATA drives)
My fiance's Mac G5 (100GB)
My X-Box
My two TiVO's
My sisters PC (same as my 200GB system with the raptors)
I would have more, but I sold my FreeBSD server to a friend who desperatley needed a new box and was low on cash.
Actually, its probably a little less then 1TB, as I have 2 Raptors in each machine at 74GB each, so I am riding right at 1TB, maybe a little over with all my machines added up. Regardless, I have a ton of storage, and I am adding more soon (network fileserver at home to store all our music and such on, going to be a RAID box with probably 4 drives).
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Drum'n'Bass rullllllllllesssssssssssssss
Calefaction is such a seczy uber rock star DJ, I want to have his babies! -
Welcome Sunny, good to have you on the team
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I use Reason 2.5 to do my initial track creation, sampling, synth work etc. I then use Reason through ReWire in to Cubase SX 2.0 for my final mixdown.
I also use Cubase SX for all my VST soft synth sample creation. I use Absynth, Moog Modular V, FM7, ReeseMx and Jungilist as my main synth plugins. I use Battery as my sampling plugin for Cubase SX, although I don't do much sampling in it (I use the NN19 digital sampler in Reason).
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Just curious if any of you are in to Drum'n'Bass? If you don't know what it is, see:
And listen to some samples. It's a pretty interesting form of electronic music. I only ask because I DJ and produce it, and I always like to see who has been exposed to it, and try expose possible new fans
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What I hat is that:
public void someFunction( int someParameter ) { a=3; b=323; ....}
do you agree?
I'm not sure yet which camp I belong to. I'm changing from time to time.
What do you programme?
I program in C, C++, C#, PHP, Perl, Python, Lua and JavaScript on semi-regular basis (some more then others, like C++ and C# I use a lot).
I also regularly use things like XML, XSD, XPath etc.
As far as what I program, when I am employed I am generally a database front end developer, as well as generally becoming the scripting guru wherever I work
For personal kicks, I have a little project .NET Pre-Build which is written in C# that I actively maintain. I also have various other pet projects that live on my HDD from the bare innards of an OpenGL based 3D engine, to a half-written MUD server, and all kinds of other snippets and random piesce of code.
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Yeah I think that really depends on the coder himself.
By the way are you from the
public void someFunction( int someParameter ) {
}or the
public void someFunction( int someParameter )
{
}camp ?
the
public class MyClass
{
private int m_SomeField;
private void SomeFunction(int someParam)
{
}
}camp
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My real name is Matt (Matthew, but I prefer Matt).
Wohoo..just another Matt.
Must be the 5th here on the forums. And yes, I have read the site. They have some interesting articles, but I don't always agree with everything they say Especially in the area of design.Oh really ? Well I would like to talk to you about some details then of what tehy say as I am currently reading a book written by them.
WHat is one thing that they say that you don't agree with that hops to your mind immeditaly ? Oh by the way, where are you from, Matt ?
I am from Houston Texas.
And off the top of my head, for instance, I don't agree with everything said in their zero tolerance construction article. I find that I code much cleaner, stronger, harder to break code in a more layed back, sorta willy nilly environment. I am most comfortable when I am using the conventions I find appealing, and the structure that I feel most at home with. When a bunch of rigid structure is placed on my construction environment, I write less clean, well thought out code.
But hey, thats just me
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Hey Calefaction. What is your real first name ?
By the way, have you ever looked at http://pragmaticprogrammer.com ? I can only recommend their books. They have some good one about the really important stuff of software development. Like design, when to implement assertions, orthoganility, coding tips, etc.
I am reading a book every 3 months and the next one will be a C++ one.
Gotta revise some C++, maybe you have some good recommendations for me ? My real name is Matt (Matthew, but I prefer Matt).
And yes, I have read the site. They have some interesting articles, but I don't always agree with everything they say
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Hey Calefaction. What is your real first name ?
By the way, have you ever looked at http://pragmaticprogrammer.com ? I can only recommend their books. They have some good one about the really important stuff of software development. Like design, when to implement assertions, orthoganility, coding tips, etc.
I am reading a book every 3 months and the next one will be a C++ one.
Gotta revise some C++, maybe you have some good recommendations for me ? Thinking in C++ Volume 1 and 2 by Bruce Eckel. They are arguably the two best C++ manuals written to date
Bruce Eckel really knows his C++. He used to give away volume 2 free with the purchase of volume 1, but I don't think he does anymore. Regardless, on Amazon they are both just over 30 USD brand new, and very much worth adding to your bookshelf.Amazon links:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=books&n=507846
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=books&n=507846
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I see you mentioned SharpDevelop... I was under the impression that SharpDevelop also could create VB.NET applications - is that correct?
They are working on it, yes. I beleive the support is still very early in it's development, but it's coming
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Is it really hard to learn C(++), or is just the beginning hard? I download .NET I guess (there are some file on the compu, but I don't know wich is the right one, could you help me out?
C++ isn't really .NET
.NET is a new object model and programming framework from Microsoft that has some really really nice features (a unified object model, reflection, cross-language interoperability through the CLR). If you are interested in .NET development, you might want to check out the following things:Microsoft .NET Framework SDK
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en
SharpDevelop (a free C# IDE, written in C#):
http://www.icsharpcode.com/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx
Alternativley, if you are looking for a set of C++ tools to learn C++, you can use one of two good Windows tool sets: The free Visual C++ toolset, or Dev-C++ which uses MingW, URLs:
VC 2003 Toolkit:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en
Dev-C++
http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html
Note that the VC 2003 Toolkit is NOT an IDE, it's just the command line C++ tools shipped with Visual Studio. You will need a nice text editor (Notepad++ is good, google it), or you will want to check out Dev-C++ for a functional C++ IDE (although it doesn't use the MS build tools).
I personally use Visual Studio.NET 2003 Enterprise Architect. If you can get your hands on a copy of VS 2003, it's your best bet as it's really the most complete IDE available, allowing for C++, VB.NET and C# development, as well as nice editors and designers for XML, XML Schema, databases, and a slew of other neat goodies. But if you can't get VS 2003, the free tools I listed above should do you good
One thing to keep in mind when selecting your C++ tools is ISO standards comformance. Versions of Visual Studio/Visual C++ prior to 7.1 (2003) are not fully standards compliant, meaning some well formed C++ code will not compile (ask a VC 7/VC 6 developer about partial template specilization
). If you can't get VS/VC 2003, you are better off using MingW/GCC/Dev-C++.Phew...hope all that didn't totally confuse you
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Welcome, Calefaction! Have you done any VB.NET work? I'm still using VB6 for my application development
I have, but given the way the .NET framework is built, and the fact that VB.NET offers no clear advantages (or disadvantages for that matter) over C#, I opted to use C# because my background is in C/C++. Remember that code written in VB.NET and C#, or any CLS compliant language for that matter, is 100% interoperable (provided you write CLS compliant code of course, there are ways to break interoperability in both languages).
If you have any C#/VB.NET/.NET questions, don't hesitate to PM me
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NFS:Underground.
That game 0wns
I have alot of maximum skills with that game, ask Brian/Desmond. Got some screenshots going 215 MPH on a Miata, when it can only go 200MPH max. And I don't cheat (there aren't cheats for stuff like that anyway) I love my skills. Actually, nearly any car can go over 200 with the special NOS package you get near the end of the game.
I have had my Nissan SKyline up to 225 before the engine finally cracked on me.
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Really? That is really neat. Do you happen to have any samples of you music or C++?
The short answer is: yes and no to my music, and no to my C++.
The long answer is: As far as my music, I have an older mix from last year that I don't like to give out, because its really not terribly good. I am working on a new one, but I just haven't gotten around to it. As far as my production, it is not at a level yet that I feel like releasing any tunes. I want my tunes to be good before I go releasing them on an unsuspecting world.
As for my C++, all my work that is good was closed source for companies I have worked for. Most of my personal code as of late has been C#, as I am starting to really dig the .NET platform. I still keep my C++ skills up to date, as I am searching for a job currently.
For some C# code I have written see: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/dnpb
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Not really my profession. I am a C++ developer by profession. I do the DJ'ing thing for fun, and some times a little bit of profit
I do a lot of DnB parties in the local Houston area. In fact, I have a time slot at a party on Saturday night -
Matt's of the world......get high...err untie...err unite!
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I was told to come say "Hi" here, so I thought I would
I found out about 0 A.D. through a Gamedev article written by Jan Wassenberg. I am a professional C++ programmer and crazy avid gamer
I am a huge fan of RTS and RPG games, but I will play anything (Soul Calibur II anyone? ).I am also a Drum'n'Bass DJ and producer, so I am really in to that whole scene as well. What else can I say? I can't think of anything else
Hope to talk to some of you soon!
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Actually, I have been doing the Call of Duty thing lately. Been really in to that game
Also, Rise of Nations is on my play list, even though its way too easy
I still play StarCraft, I always will and thats about it right now I think Oh yah, Splinter Cell, got that one for the PC too
What Is The Total Hard Drive Capacity In Your Home?
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Well, I did used to work for Microsoft
All of my machines use almost no space, but I love to use a sledge hammer to crack open a walnut as they say. Probably the same reason all three of those boxes have 2GB of Corsair XMS memory in them.