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A Programmers Plea to Laptop Makers

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:58:46 -0700

While a lot of what he says would be nice, he probably should be developing on a *desktop* if these things are an issue for him. No, really.

Loop the Loop Puzzle

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:05:24 -0700

Fun, but the implementation is very buggy and ruining very good times.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/6/62/ZOIDBERBPISSED.jpg

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:58:06 -0700

YOU ALL STILL HAVE ZOIDBERG!

The 15 Strangest College Courses In America | Online Colleges

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:35:37 -0800

As a student at the Claremont Colleges (which Pitzer is one of), I was glad to see the Youtube course on there. For anyone curious, the teacher of the course was unfamiliar with the Rickroll before one of my friends introduced her to it, so take from that what you will.

blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk & Blog Archive The 10 Scariest Video Games Ever (Rated 18)

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:23:20 -0800

I knew this was going to be a terrible list as soon as I saw Doom 3. There are a few items that deserve to be on there, but no one is stupid enough to leave Fatal Frame and Eternal Darkness off one of these lists, so that's not even a point in their favor.

AT-AT Boom Box

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:34:45 -0800

DO WANT

Everything Random

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:23:00 -0800

If we assume that the fingers match up (that is, when I high-five you, your thumb and my thumb touch, etc), then only 50% of people high five with their right hand. If we don't assume this, then what's to stop you from using your right hand?

Why I Dislike C++ For Large Projects

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:15:45 -0800

I'll admit it: I have plenty enough knowledge to write the correct version, but I would have written the first version if given this test. *BUT*, I note that this is simply because of the way he worded it. In general, if given an interview and told "make it do this", they want you to do exactly as they say, and usually nothing more. Were I doing this for production, I would have done it correctly, however. I believe this is likely the case for most interviewees with a decent knowledge of C++, as well.

That said, the choice of language doesn't have much to do with it. Choose any language, and you will find people who would have passed initial screening and who very well should be able to do a relatively simple, but will fail at it. In fact, most people you find will fall into this unless your initial screening is *very* good.

As a final note, to people saying "just use the string class", you're missing the point. There are a good many uses of pointers that don't have an STL class you can use, and would fall into the same trap. It just so happens that people *should* be familiar with char* strings, and so they make for a good test.

10 Things Science Fiction Got Wrong - Neatorama

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:12:41 -0800

A fairly mediocre article, so no thumbs either way. It makes some valid points, while other points show a lack of thought, and others still are just plain wrong. However, I really love the SU reviews for this site... like Pottled-Benis attempting to refute each point, punctuating the "review" by calling the author a moron, all the while showing that he didn't really pay enough attention to the article to even attempt to comment on some of the points.

Also, I am laughing a lot at the people who insist that the author didn't pay attention to the "fiction" in "science fiction" while these people happily ignore the "science" part >.>

If Your Blog Doesn't Have Ads, Are You Evil? | The Blog Herald

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:36:30 -0800

Good points, but saying to put the customer first is counterproductive. If your site is powered by ads, the advertisers are your customer and the readers are your product!