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    Why is game programming so hard? I'm working on my first ever game and to say it's "challenging" would be understimating the size of the challenge by an order of magnitude. It has consumed me totally - I even wake up early before I go to work and put in around an hour/ hour and a-half working on it before I go to work to code. And when I get back home I barely eat before I have my nose shoved down some crazy document from Nvidia. I can only say that it's very addictive! Thank god I have a very understanding girlfriend :) Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Brian Azzopardi PS And no I'm not willing to release any screen shot. Not yet anyway :) bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur

    [eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]

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      Why is game programming so hard? I'm working on my first ever game and to say it's "challenging" would be understimating the size of the challenge by an order of magnitude. It has consumed me totally - I even wake up early before I go to work and put in around an hour/ hour and a-half working on it before I go to work to code. And when I get back home I barely eat before I have my nose shoved down some crazy document from Nvidia. I can only say that it's very addictive! Thank god I have a very understanding girlfriend :) Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Brian Azzopardi PS And no I'm not willing to release any screen shot. Not yet anyway :) bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur

      [eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]

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      Are you willing to tell us what sort of game it is, even if we can't have a screen shot? John

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        Why is game programming so hard? I'm working on my first ever game and to say it's "challenging" would be understimating the size of the challenge by an order of magnitude. It has consumed me totally - I even wake up early before I go to work and put in around an hour/ hour and a-half working on it before I go to work to code. And when I get back home I barely eat before I have my nose shoved down some crazy document from Nvidia. I can only say that it's very addictive! Thank god I have a very understanding girlfriend :) Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Brian Azzopardi PS And no I'm not willing to release any screen shot. Not yet anyway :) bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur

        [eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]

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        Why O Why do you insist on <marquee></marquee>-ing your name? ;P Jon Sagara Help me out here, Spock. I don't speak stupid.

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          Why is game programming so hard? I'm working on my first ever game and to say it's "challenging" would be understimating the size of the challenge by an order of magnitude. It has consumed me totally - I even wake up early before I go to work and put in around an hour/ hour and a-half working on it before I go to work to code. And when I get back home I barely eat before I have my nose shoved down some crazy document from Nvidia. I can only say that it's very addictive! Thank god I have a very understanding girlfriend :) Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Brian Azzopardi PS And no I'm not willing to release any screen shot. Not yet anyway :) bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur

          [eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]

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          Brian Azzopardi wrote: Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Nope, you're not the only one. I have an OpenGL project I'm working on in my spare time. It was totally consuming me, until I had to go to a conference in the middle of nowhere (near Cambridge). I hope to get back to it over the next week. Kevin

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            Why O Why do you insist on <marquee></marquee>-ing your name? ;P Jon Sagara Help me out here, Spock. I don't speak stupid.

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            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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            Because <blink> doesn't work on CP ;) -- Giles wrote: You Scandinavians invaded my home land, like 1500 (+-500) years ago, and kept coming back for more. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Viking Tour, England, 15th July 563. Ticket price: £10 Sold out!

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              Because <blink> doesn't work on CP ;) -- Giles wrote: You Scandinavians invaded my home land, like 1500 (+-500) years ago, and kept coming back for more. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Viking Tour, England, 15th July 563. Ticket price: £10 Sold out!

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              Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Because doesn't work on CP And heaven knows there must be a reason for that! :-) Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                Why is game programming so hard? I'm working on my first ever game and to say it's "challenging" would be understimating the size of the challenge by an order of magnitude. It has consumed me totally - I even wake up early before I go to work and put in around an hour/ hour and a-half working on it before I go to work to code. And when I get back home I barely eat before I have my nose shoved down some crazy document from Nvidia. I can only say that it's very addictive! Thank god I have a very understanding girlfriend :) Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Brian Azzopardi PS And no I'm not willing to release any screen shot. Not yet anyway :) bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur

                [eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]

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                Brian Azzopardi wrote: Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Let's see. Right now at home I am trying to a. Write an app that turns a huge emf into a bunch of smaller ones ( and in the process finding new ways that the .NET framework is broken ) b. Write an asteroids game in SVG, and make it generic enough that I can do several other vector games in SVG easily. c. Finish off my XML wrapper in C# and write an article to go with it for WDJ d. Write an interactive ASP.NET page to document the wrapper e. Get enough experience with Palm programming that I can write my own app which displays records in a table and syncronises to the PC, and f. Write a bug tracker in ASP.NET which syncronises to that Palm app. I'm not sure who that woman and the two little people I keep passing in the hall are, but they seem to know me, so I guess they are my family. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                  Brian Azzopardi wrote: Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Let's see. Right now at home I am trying to a. Write an app that turns a huge emf into a bunch of smaller ones ( and in the process finding new ways that the .NET framework is broken ) b. Write an asteroids game in SVG, and make it generic enough that I can do several other vector games in SVG easily. c. Finish off my XML wrapper in C# and write an article to go with it for WDJ d. Write an interactive ASP.NET page to document the wrapper e. Get enough experience with Palm programming that I can write my own app which displays records in a table and syncronises to the PC, and f. Write a bug tracker in ASP.NET which syncronises to that Palm app. I'm not sure who that woman and the two little people I keep passing in the hall are, but they seem to know me, so I guess they are my family. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                  I envy you !!! You trully are a hardcore programmer and have a lot of energy and your wife is a goddess that let you play !!!! Now me to earn some money these 2 last weeks I'm giving unix training lessons every single day from 18.30 to 22.00, work from 7.30-18.30 doing a boring job (no c++, no net ..., and oracle) , and today I'll work all night long , it's almost 24 h and I'm seeing one deadline coming tomorrow at the end of the day and I killing for a bed and I known that I only go to bed at 24h of tomorrow :mad: You are a blessing man for doing what you love and for having a supporting family . Have fun doing all these interesting stuff :-) Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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                    I envy you !!! You trully are a hardcore programmer and have a lot of energy and your wife is a goddess that let you play !!!! Now me to earn some money these 2 last weeks I'm giving unix training lessons every single day from 18.30 to 22.00, work from 7.30-18.30 doing a boring job (no c++, no net ..., and oracle) , and today I'll work all night long , it's almost 24 h and I'm seeing one deadline coming tomorrow at the end of the day and I killing for a bed and I known that I only go to bed at 24h of tomorrow :mad: You are a blessing man for doing what you love and for having a supporting family . Have fun doing all these interesting stuff :-) Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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                    Joao Vaz wrote: You are a blessing man for doing what you love and for having a supporting family . Don't I know it. It's at least partially because Donna works, too. My day goes something like this: 5:30 am - wake up, kids are in bed 6:00 am - open eyes, read kids a story, have a shower. 7:00 am - go to pool 8:00 am - get to work after a swim 4:45 pm - go home, look after kids and cook dinner 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Donna gets home somewhere in this time range 7:30 pm - put kids to bed, read stories, rub backs, etc. 8:15 pm - kids are in bed, Donna is asleep in front of the TV, I start coding 11:00-12:00 - the range of times in which I go to bed. :-) I do nowhere near as much as I would like on the weekends, because I try to also spend a lot of time with the kids, taking them swimming or to the park, etc. I never saw my Dad because he was always working, and I have the gene to obsess on work and neglect my kids, I work hard to beat it down. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                      Joao Vaz wrote: You are a blessing man for doing what you love and for having a supporting family . Don't I know it. It's at least partially because Donna works, too. My day goes something like this: 5:30 am - wake up, kids are in bed 6:00 am - open eyes, read kids a story, have a shower. 7:00 am - go to pool 8:00 am - get to work after a swim 4:45 pm - go home, look after kids and cook dinner 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Donna gets home somewhere in this time range 7:30 pm - put kids to bed, read stories, rub backs, etc. 8:15 pm - kids are in bed, Donna is asleep in front of the TV, I start coding 11:00-12:00 - the range of times in which I go to bed. :-) I do nowhere near as much as I would like on the weekends, because I try to also spend a lot of time with the kids, taking them swimming or to the park, etc. I never saw my Dad because he was always working, and I have the gene to obsess on work and neglect my kids, I work hard to beat it down. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                      Christian Graus wrote: 5:30 am - wake up, kids are in bed Wow ! you wake up early ! Normally I only wake up at 6.15 and only if I need to prepare the classes I wake up at 5.00 am. Christian Graus wrote: 6 am ... read kids a story Very nice of you :-D Christian Graus wrote: 7:00 am - go to pool Nice !!!! Christian Graus wrote: 8:00 am - get to work after a swim Even nicer !!!! Christian Graus wrote: 4:45 pm - go home So soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great schedule !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christian Graus wrote: 7:30 pm - put kids to bed, read stories, You are a nice father indeed . Christian Graus wrote: 8:15 pm - kids are in bed, Donna is asleep in front of the TV, I start coding Lucky you :-) Christian Graus wrote: 11:00-12:00 - the range of times in which I go to bed. I always thought that you worked long late hours having fun while coding. :omg: Christian Graus wrote: I do nowhere near as much as I would like on the weekends, because I try to also spend a lot of time with the kids, taking them swimming or to the park, etc. I never saw my Dad because he was always working, and I have the gene to obsess on work and neglect my kids, I work hard to beat it down. I have also this gene , but as you I fight it hard , because my wife deserves it. You are a good father , it's important to pass time with our children , it makes good for them and surely you are going to have a special relationship with them when they grow older. I see myself if God permits me, in a 3/4 years time frame to have 2 children, I want to be a father and I want myself to have time to educate and pass quality time with them. They fully deserve it. No question about it . My father always worked too many hours as yours and it's kind of a cold person, I don't want that kind of relationship with my kids. Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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                        Christian Graus wrote: 5:30 am - wake up, kids are in bed Wow ! you wake up early ! Normally I only wake up at 6.15 and only if I need to prepare the classes I wake up at 5.00 am. Christian Graus wrote: 6 am ... read kids a story Very nice of you :-D Christian Graus wrote: 7:00 am - go to pool Nice !!!! Christian Graus wrote: 8:00 am - get to work after a swim Even nicer !!!! Christian Graus wrote: 4:45 pm - go home So soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great schedule !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christian Graus wrote: 7:30 pm - put kids to bed, read stories, You are a nice father indeed . Christian Graus wrote: 8:15 pm - kids are in bed, Donna is asleep in front of the TV, I start coding Lucky you :-) Christian Graus wrote: 11:00-12:00 - the range of times in which I go to bed. I always thought that you worked long late hours having fun while coding. :omg: Christian Graus wrote: I do nowhere near as much as I would like on the weekends, because I try to also spend a lot of time with the kids, taking them swimming or to the park, etc. I never saw my Dad because he was always working, and I have the gene to obsess on work and neglect my kids, I work hard to beat it down. I have also this gene , but as you I fight it hard , because my wife deserves it. You are a good father , it's important to pass time with our children , it makes good for them and surely you are going to have a special relationship with them when they grow older. I see myself if God permits me, in a 3/4 years time frame to have 2 children, I want to be a father and I want myself to have time to educate and pass quality time with them. They fully deserve it. No question about it . My father always worked too many hours as yours and it's kind of a cold person, I don't want that kind of relationship with my kids. Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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                        Joao Vaz wrote: Wow ! you wake up early ! Donna goes walking, so if the kids don't wake me, the alarm does. Joao Vaz wrote: Christian Graus wrote: 8:00 am - get to work after a swim Even nicer !!!! The swimming is for my RSI. I am pathetic at it, but it makes my arms feel a lot better. Joao Vaz wrote: You are a good father , it's important to pass time with our children , it makes good for them and surely you are going to have a special relationship with them when they grow older. I try very hard to be, I have a great relationship with my daughter especially and I try hard to look after it. But it can be hard, life is so busy..... Joao Vaz wrote: My father always worked too many hours as yours and it's kind of a cold person, I don't want that kind of relationship with my kids. I don't know about your dad, but it's pretty obvious to me now how much he regrets not being part of our growing up. I think when I gave him Hannah it may have been the first time in his life he held a baby. It's good to learn from your parents mistakes, rather than repeat them. Sounds like you have the right idea, I hope you get a chance to put it into practice. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                          Christian Graus wrote: The swimming is for my RSI. I am pathetic at it, but it makes my arms feel a lot better. X| , I hope that you can beat it !!! Swimming activates the blood circulation, so it only can good things for your RSI. Christian Graus wrote: I try very hard to be, I have a great relationship with my daughter especially and I try hard to look after it. But it can be hard, life is so busy..... Yeah, since I got married and leaved my Dad's house and married my wife I'm always too damn busy :-( , unfortunately I cannot live with the opposite. I have always a strong desiree to learn each day more and be better that I currently I'm. Christian Graus wrote: I don't know about your dad, but it's pretty obvious to me now how much he regrets not being part of our growing up. I think when I gave him Hannah it may have been the first time in his life he held a baby. It's good to learn from your parents mistakes, rather than repeat them. Without a question , it's always important to learn from other's mistakes and ours too. Christian Graus wrote: Sounds like you have the right idea, I hope you get a chance to put it into practice. If God would permit it, I surely want to have my fair chance. I love children, I was a catholic cathequist during 4 great years (17-21) , I teached chidren from 5 - 13 and indeed it was a delighting experience :-D Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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                          Joao Vaz wrote: Swimming activates the blood circulation, so it only can good things for your RSI. Yes, just doing an action which requires broad movement is really good as well. Joao Vaz wrote: unfortunately I cannot live with the opposite. I have always a strong desiree to learn each day more and be better that I currently I'm. Yes, I know what you mean. I'm the only programmer here without a degree, which I think drives me all the more. But either way, I love learning new stuff. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                            Joao Vaz wrote: Wow ! you wake up early ! Donna goes walking, so if the kids don't wake me, the alarm does. Joao Vaz wrote: Christian Graus wrote: 8:00 am - get to work after a swim Even nicer !!!! The swimming is for my RSI. I am pathetic at it, but it makes my arms feel a lot better. Joao Vaz wrote: You are a good father , it's important to pass time with our children , it makes good for them and surely you are going to have a special relationship with them when they grow older. I try very hard to be, I have a great relationship with my daughter especially and I try hard to look after it. But it can be hard, life is so busy..... Joao Vaz wrote: My father always worked too many hours as yours and it's kind of a cold person, I don't want that kind of relationship with my kids. I don't know about your dad, but it's pretty obvious to me now how much he regrets not being part of our growing up. I think when I gave him Hannah it may have been the first time in his life he held a baby. It's good to learn from your parents mistakes, rather than repeat them. Sounds like you have the right idea, I hope you get a chance to put it into practice. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                            Christian Graus wrote: The swimming is for my RSI. I am pathetic at it, but it makes my arms feel a lot better. X| , I hope that you can beat it !!! Swimming activates the blood circulation, so it only can good things for your RSI. Christian Graus wrote: I try very hard to be, I have a great relationship with my daughter especially and I try hard to look after it. But it can be hard, life is so busy..... Yeah, since I got married and leaved my Dad's house and married my wife I'm always too damn busy :-( , unfortunately I cannot live with the opposite. I have always a strong desiree to learn each day more and be better that I currently I'm. Christian Graus wrote: I don't know about your dad, but it's pretty obvious to me now how much he regrets not being part of our growing up. I think when I gave him Hannah it may have been the first time in his life he held a baby. It's good to learn from your parents mistakes, rather than repeat them. Without a question , it's always important to learn from other's mistakes and ours too. Christian Graus wrote: Sounds like you have the right idea, I hope you get a chance to put it into practice. If God would permit it, I surely want to have my fair chance. I love children, I was a catholic cathequist during 4 great years (17-21) , I teached chidren from 5 - 13 and indeed it was a delighting experience :-D Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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                              Joao Vaz wrote: Swimming activates the blood circulation, so it only can good things for your RSI. Yes, just doing an action which requires broad movement is really good as well. Joao Vaz wrote: unfortunately I cannot live with the opposite. I have always a strong desiree to learn each day more and be better that I currently I'm. Yes, I know what you mean. I'm the only programmer here without a degree, which I think drives me all the more. But either way, I love learning new stuff. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                              Christian Graus wrote: Yes, I know what you mean. I'm the only programmer here without a degree, which I think drives me all the more. Yeah ! And that simply makes you to want to prove that indeed that are decent and good programmers without any degree , and that they to deserved respected even more, because the road is harder , but they can beat it and many times be much better that programmers with a degree. You're such a case. You made your own path with a lot of sacrifice , you got published articles on a good magazine like wdj and a lot more here at CP and you earned the right to be respected as a good programmer and the right that management should make no distinction aout you and rest of the gang , and that they are making a very safe bet on hiring you, a self made man(programmer) , because it's no risky and you are better than many graduated programmers (I'm including myself on this sack ) I feel the same , even having a bachelor's degree, I had a mediocre average of 12 (max 20), because at that time I was a stupid and dumb fellow that didn't like to program , nowadays I consider myself a lot smarter than on these 3 years(5 if I include my last 2 years at school). I had to sutdy a lot to prove to other's that I'm better than many master's students and/or good average students and I continue to study a lot , reading a lot of books and coding a little in my mythical spare time. Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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                                Joao Vaz wrote: You are a blessing man for doing what you love and for having a supporting family . Don't I know it. It's at least partially because Donna works, too. My day goes something like this: 5:30 am - wake up, kids are in bed 6:00 am - open eyes, read kids a story, have a shower. 7:00 am - go to pool 8:00 am - get to work after a swim 4:45 pm - go home, look after kids and cook dinner 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Donna gets home somewhere in this time range 7:30 pm - put kids to bed, read stories, rub backs, etc. 8:15 pm - kids are in bed, Donna is asleep in front of the TV, I start coding 11:00-12:00 - the range of times in which I go to bed. :-) I do nowhere near as much as I would like on the weekends, because I try to also spend a lot of time with the kids, taking them swimming or to the park, etc. I never saw my Dad because he was always working, and I have the gene to obsess on work and neglect my kids, I work hard to beat it down. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                                Christian Graus wrote: 11:00-12:00 - the range of times in which I go to bed. Lies, damn lies I have seen you on Code Project many a time after midnight. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002

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                                  Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Because doesn't work on CP And heaven knows there must be a reason for that! :-) Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                                  Christopher Duncan wrote: must be a reason That particular reason is called 'good taste'.

                                  people are not very wise / don't know their limitations / don't know what death means / when they play their dirty games
                                  'Killing Fields' Funker Vogt

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                                  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                                    Because <blink> doesn't work on CP ;) -- Giles wrote: You Scandinavians invaded my home land, like 1500 (+-500) years ago, and kept coming back for more. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Viking Tour, England, 15th July 563. Ticket price: £10 Sold out!

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                                    Bruce Duncan
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                                    It doesn't work in IE, but it does in Mozilla X|

                                    Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030
                                    I can levitate birds...

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                                      It doesn't work in IE, but it does in Mozilla X|

                                      Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030
                                      I can levitate birds...

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                                      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                      Wow. The IE-team just earned some respect from me. -- Please state the nature of your medical emergency.

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                                      • B Brian Azzopardi

                                        Why is game programming so hard? I'm working on my first ever game and to say it's "challenging" would be understimating the size of the challenge by an order of magnitude. It has consumed me totally - I even wake up early before I go to work and put in around an hour/ hour and a-half working on it before I go to work to code. And when I get back home I barely eat before I have my nose shoved down some crazy document from Nvidia. I can only say that it's very addictive! Thank god I have a very understanding girlfriend :) Has any of u got so engrossed in a project? I hope I'm not the only one, I surely can't be? Brian Azzopardi PS And no I'm not willing to release any screen shot. Not yet anyway :) bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur

                                        [eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]

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                                        Hell Tank[^] is the little game I'm working (not forgetting LMA Manager[^] and Club Football[^] of course, but working as part of a huge team is never the same as having a project all of your own) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                                          Because <blink> doesn't work on CP ;) -- Giles wrote: You Scandinavians invaded my home land, like 1500 (+-500) years ago, and kept coming back for more. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Viking Tour, England, 15th July 563. Ticket price: £10 Sold out!

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                                          the blink tag hasn't worked in browsers for a long time -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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