Lounge - September 2010 (Page 2)

Things you wish you had the courage to say
 
I wish I had the courage to go up to someone at a urinal and say, "Sir, are you aware that you're leaking coolant at an alarming rate? Let me just patch you up ...
[11 replies] Last: @MottMan, Sure, I like it, but I'm not a huge fan. I think some of th... (by chrisname)
by juvan
A brain teaser/math problem (1,2,3)
 
Hello all since I don't know where to post this, I thought this would be the most neutral place to post on this forum. As seen from the title, I have a sort ...
[40 replies] Last: A mathematician, a biologist and a physics-expert are standing in fron... (by Kyon)
Regarding world travels
 
When we were young, me and my friends swore on our lives that when we graduated high school we'd go see the world. specifically japan. Well obviously that was a...
[10 replies] Last: If I would go to travel around the world/some far off country, I'd pro... (by Kyon)
by jsmith
Functional vs. imperative
 
There have been recent posts in which small programs were written in both an imperative language (such as C++) and a functional language (such as Scala) and c...
[3 replies] Last: Functional is good, because of immutable, persistent data structures. ... (by xorebxebx)
Why, why, why?
 
A lot of people in the UK petitioned to have the Pope arrested for crimes against humanity . This, I agree with. Strongly. But our government, in it's infi...
[7 replies] Last: Great. So not only does he let his clergy get away with child rape, he... (by chrisname)
Regarding two's complement
 
I've come to the conclusion that 2's complement is black magic. Bare with me Lets take a random signed binary 8-bit integer. Say 5. 00000101 now lets m...
[18 replies] Last: ^agreed. (by Seraphimsan)
by Disch
I just passed 3000 posts
 
I didn't even notice. Yay me.
[9 replies] Last: By averaging 10 posts per day. =P (by Disch)
Battle Stations! (1,2)
 
Post your battle...er I mean Development Environment. Do you use an IDE? Or is it a comline toolset and text editor combo. What text editor do you use if so?Als...
[25 replies] Last: I don't really like using Windows to code, specifically because XP isn... (by Lvl80RetPaladin)
by kaduuk
Visual programming
 
Hey guys! I've been at c++ for about 5 months now, and I've gotten a bit of the basics.. So now I want to start learning a visual language. A few I know of ...
[9 replies] Last: Hello kaduuk, Here is the link to one which core will turn you visu... (by Sinkureness)
Partition recovery?
 
Hey guys, I recently reformatted my computer (and re-partitioned it), then realised that there was some important stuff I'd accidentally deleted. Any ideas o...
[6 replies] Last: so there is possibility to get your data back...try proposed way above... (by Mazd)
911 emergency Vb.Net forms
 
Hey guyz i am working on a project with a bunch of ladies so i am doing most the work , and i want to find out how display one form in another more like html fr...
[12 replies] Last: Man, I love dinosaurs. And sharks. (by chrisname)
The ability to call the destructor (1,2,3)
 
I was just looking over something on parashift about destructors (http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/dtors.html#faq-11.5 ... and then onwards) and it made me...
[51 replies] Last: I'm not saying I don't like what you're saying either. And if you wan... (by kbw)
by LB
Conversion Fun
 
Something to do when you're bored. signed long A = 1151803392; float B; Try converting A to B, so that B contains the same bits as A. You'll know when ...
[4 replies] Last: same difference. That's a C-style cast instead (by Disch)
Scala (1,2)
 
So, since xorebxebx showed up and got around to promoting scala like it was the embodiment of christ in code form I've been looking into the language. I must sa...
[35 replies] Last: I'm not. (by Seraphimsan)
Sadness
 
Last night an unknown predator got into the chicken coup and killed one of our Giant Pekin ducks, Ava. The survivor, Trouble, is broken-hearted. He has been cry...
[8 replies] Last: I'm really not quite sure why you posted this in a forum full of most... (by Thumper)
Problem with finding dell drivers.
 
Hi. I just bought a n5010 Dell laptop. in Dell.com there's only windows 7 64-bit drivers. Where Can I find its 32-bit drivers ? Thanks :-)
[13 replies] Last: If you are running 64bit Windows, it is likely that you will (for the ... (by closed account 1yR4jE8b)
What should I name this? O.o
 
I've been making a comic series for a few weeks now, and I don't have a name... Doesn't feel right, man. Whaddaya think I should name it? http://master-of-pi...
[19 replies] Last: If my logic is right; how about: 01000000010010001111010111000011 ... (by closed account iw0XoG1T)
VS Compiler warning :'unreferenced variable': use?
 
Hey... I was working on a project of mine, which Warning level I set to /Warnall ... This did not work well, because it started complaining about the non-sta...
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by filipe
What to use for a map editor? (1,2)
 
I'm currently writing an old school 2d RPG in my spare time. I use Direct3D 9 to do the rendering. Now I got to a point where I need an editor for maps/scripts....
[20 replies] Last: Hamsterman: Not quite. It depends on what functions you have called pr... (by NGen)
by Disch
y = i? Is this a language thing?
 
I've been seeing more and more people mistyping "y" for "I". Example post: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/28154/#msg151298 Now as much as I lo...
[12 replies] Last: haha and then there was me thinking it's weird :P lucky i'm not the on... (by kaduuk)
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