Lounge - C++ Forum - March 2010

I hate when people abbreviate 'you' with 'u' I hate it. I can't stand it. It drives me crazy. I know it's irrational of me, but it really gets under my sk...

[23 replies] Last: So you're a German, speaking in English who finishes all his posts wi... (by imi)

by Bazzy

Fee Beer as in Freedom (1,2,3)

Stallman cannot explain what free software is anymore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Beer : Free Beer, formerly known as Our Beer is the first brand o...

[49 replies] Last: "Open source is magic": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZyyBVbkOQ ... (by tition)

by sajakob

problem with reading a txt file into vestors of vectors

Hi, i have the problem mentioned in the header: my file looks as this: Iso: pfmzv600ta70lp703 T050S 1 D05030 2 Iso: pfmzv600ta70000 T050S 1 D05030 1...

[2 replies] Last: okay, thanks. went to the windows-based forum, although i think it is ... (by sajakob)

by DrChill

Arch Linux + Emulator

I want to run Arch Linux on an emulator of some sort before I use it on another computer, where do I start?

[12 replies] Last: Compiling from source ... (by DrChill)

by DrChill

Graphic Card in Arch Linux

So ... since I have Arch Linux set up, I was wondering if I could figure out how to manipulate pixels, I just want something like this: screen = PIXEL_BLUE...

[2 replies] Last: Hmm, well then I'm probably going to use something like NCurses (by DrChill)

by himanshu92

[Codefest] Manthan, Algo Intensive Coding Contest. Prizes worth

Codefest, in association with Codechef presents Manthan, an algorithm intensive programming contest, which is scheduled on 06:00 pm, Mar 28 IST. It is a 6 hour...

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by mcleano

How innovative haha

http://gizmodo.com/5498412/sql-injection-license-plate-hopes-to-foil-euro-traffic-cameras

[4 replies] Last: Funny, it also reminded Bruce Schneier of that exact cartoon. What a ... (by jsmith)

by chrisname

I just fell in love with Valve

http://i40.tinypic.com/ehgrjr.png Mind = blown Edit: obviously it's not "open source" to the same level as Linux or BSD; I suppose it's still proprietary....

[4 replies] Last: Huh? id has been consistently making its engines open source around 10... (by helios)

by closed account S6k9GNh0

Packet Catcher

Anyone know a program that catches packets from a specific process?

[8 replies] Last: @computerquip: You want WPE PRO (if you're using windows) WPE PRO w... (by mackabee)

by chrisname

Image formats (1,2)

I was bored so I came up with this list of the only image formats I think are worthy of existance. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) (pronounced: ping) (.png):...

[21 replies] Last: It all depends on the source data. PNG performs better with images wit... (by helios)

by Return 0

C++.com Website Performance Issues

Anyone else having massive perfomance problems with the forum? It sometimes takes me 15 minutes just to get a page to refresh or post a reply from both home an...

[5 replies] Last: Never really had a problem with this site, it's one of the best forums... (by Umz)

by gcampton

FREE Microsoft goodies...

Been afk for a long time, not really just getting busy with coding. Anyway I stumbled upon this while browsing: Normally I get free gear directly via MSDN anywa...

[2 replies] Last: You sir, are a King amongst men. It is always good to be able to obta... (by Umz)

by joshky

Problem Programs

Does anyone know of a site that has more advanced practice programming problems? I've been working on Project Euclid, but I want I am looking for is something ...

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by foobarbaz

quitting smoking (1,2,3,4,5,6)

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[116 replies] Last: E-Cigarette is being a boon for smokers to quit. Even there are many ... (by joshuab)

by Vidus

ahh well

Not that big a deal.

[7 replies] Last: helios +1 I was going to post an angry comment about how damn stupid ... (by tummychow)

by Seraphimsan

It's My computer's first birthday (1,2)

It's kaeda's, my most recent build, first birthday. What should I do for the little compilation of hardware? also to answer some awkward questions. 1) Yes I...

[24 replies] Last: Well... we do get memory leaks... (by Return 0)

by tummychow

Article auditing

I've seen a lot of dumb threads in the articles forum that really aren't articles. I'm not talking about articles that just aren't quite on point but things tha...

[2 replies] Last: I was thinking of rehashing my includes/headers article and submitting... (by Disch)

by imi

Just to be sure...

free(p); return; delete p; p = NULL; When the student who wrote this was asked, he explained the reasoning: "First, there was only th...

[4 replies] Last: For how many minutes had this student been programming? Actually lo... (by mcleano)

by Seraphimsan

mechanical key switch keyboard

Anyone know where i can buy one dirt cheap? I'm looking 20-60 dollars.

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by Return 0

Windows 7 Phone

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/KEY01 (skip past the moron with the yo-yo) This looks great! There's a lot of potential for rapid development and ...

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