Lounge - February 2010 (Page 2)

One Molecule Transistors and Light wave Computers
 
So, It would appear we are at the advent of the second technological revolution. Scientists at MIT as well as many other technical colleges have developed and p...
[12 replies] Last: You read this : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100205... (by Mythios)
What are some good game development programs?
 
I am pursuing a career in game development. I have vast knowledge of C++. I don't know what programs to use to develop games, though. I wanted to use Adobe Flas...
[18 replies] Last: http://unity3d.com/ Might be an option for you? (by Mythios)
I'm so confused...
 
Ok, so I was on the internet just browsing around, when I found a little thing on Wikipedia. It proved that 0.9... equals 1. (Come to think of it, I remember th...
[3 replies] Last: thanks (by tortillahead)
by Disch
Free as in Beer?
 
Have you guys seen this ad? It's on these forums. It says "Free as in Beer. Splunk 4 Free is Here." and has some guy holding up a glass of beer. What do...
[6 replies] Last: Okay so it was some weird expression I never heard of before. Thank... (by Disch)
first makefile
 
Hey, this is my first makefile and I've tried to add as many bells and whistles as possible. Basically I've never used most of the GCC commands I've added, so I...
[1 reply] : Also anyone know how to turn an auto-managed CDT project under eclipse... (by gcampton)
by NGen
Find Registry Keys in Windows
 
Does anyone know how to find registry keys set by an installer? I would think that they'd be in the same section or something. I have no experience with the reg...
[1 reply] : Open up regedit and you'll probably find it in Hkey local machine. I c... (by tummychow)
internation characters ä ö å œ æ é
 
Hello everybody i would like some help from you I have a toshiba sattelite laptop in which i m running cygwin under windows xp home edition. This laptop has an...
[11 replies] Last: I have tried to read stuff in that direction but it was confusioning a... (by tukuniata)
Hard-coding
 
How do you define hard-coding?
[15 replies] Last: Yeah but it means you only have to replace the constant in one place: ... (by chrisname)
Book Of Brilliant Things: discussion
 
There have been a few questions about books recently so I thought I would put a list together. The beginning of which can be seen here while it waits approval:...
[6 replies] Last: You can get the 3rd edition of Operating Systems Design and Implement... (by chrisname)
by pete81
Finding & repositioning cursor position
 
I'm quite new to programming and wondering if anyone can help. I'm looking for a basic c++ program to run and display the co-ordinates of the cursor (I presume...
[1 reply] : You won't be moving the cursor in pixels on console. You'd be moving i... (by tummychow)
Source code management
 
Does anyone here use any SCMs, and if so, what one(s) are your favourite(s)? What would you recommend and why? I want to try to learn to use one (probably SV...
[5 replies] Last: Actually, I'm looking for something like that. I'd like to keep a loca... (by helios)
Code Review
 
Hi Guys, I was reading on "Strategy design pattern." I attempted to write a program that uses it. Can someone please point if it looks all right? or what ch...
[7 replies] Last: The problem now is that whoever gets to use the values contained in m... (by kevinchkin)
loan calculator problems
 
i have the program pretty much complete but i am having problems with the output, it seems like the formulas are wrong. it is supposed to take user input of th...
[4 replies] Last: The reason you don't know what code tags are is because you should hav... (by tummychow)
Direct file table manipulation
 
This is a topic I wanted to raise after dealing with a ridiculous file system error. When XP booted up with my flash drive plugged in, it performed a chkdsk th...
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by helios
Finally, an answer to the old question
 
http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/what_is_the_airspeed_velocity_of_an_unladen_swallow
[11 replies] Last: It gets it wrong: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=death+of+terry... (by Bazzy)
What every beginner really needs ...
 
I found this and thought you guys might find it amusing: One day a Novice came to the Master. "Master," he said, "How is it that I may become a Writer of P...
[14 replies] Last: This is why r/l is such a bad game. All the quests suck and the NPCs ... (by gcampton)
Cool Post by Disch
 
[quote=Disch]- lack of code tags: check - undescriptive 1-letter variable names: check - no comments: check - vague explanation of the problem: check - arra...
[1 reply] : <smile> (by closed account z05DSL3A)
Why doesn't every operating system have a program like this? (1,2)
 
sizeof.c /* sizeof: given a file in argv , use stat(3) (sys/stat.h) to get the file's * size, and then print it */ #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/st...
[31 replies] Last: Isn't flexibility fun? Isn't the ability to change themes fun? (by DrChill)
3D Textures
 
Hey guys was wondering if anyone has any sites/tutorials for using textures in 3d with directx and c++. Not riemers.net :) Cheers, Myth.
[2 replies] Last: Cheers mate I actually read some off it a little before your post. Got... (by Mythios)
void main (1,2)
 
Any comments on this program starter?
[21 replies] Last: Then his statement is false from the beginning, as nothing can be less... (by QWERTYman)
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