So what is everyone playing with ???
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Trying my hand at graphics A bit of advice don't shake Nish. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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[A good example of "Fully Managed" coding ] linking to http://www.vmtu.com/CPianSonorkers.html Neat trick :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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Trying my hand at graphics :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Trying my hand at graphics I advise you to give up on that - it's a mugs game :-) Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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I presume I'm not the only one using their Xmas break to catch up on some side projects. So what is everyone working on ? I'm working on a library of graphics filters, learning to extend IOStreams, playing a bit with GDI+ ( cleaning up one WDJ article and starting another ), and I need to go back and work some on my movie database program ( all my movies are on CDR now so I want to add indexing so I can number my CD's and find files easily). Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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My side projects these days consist of playing "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" and "Serious Sam 2nd Encounter". I'm also reading "Kiss and Makeup" by Gene Simmons. (I'm a big Kiss fan!) No programming on the side right now. Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
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Jon Sagara wrote: Working through the "Debugging Applications" book The Robbins book ? I always reopen that when I am between other things, one day I hope to actually have learned everything that is in it ( especially the assembler stuff ). Jon Sagara wrote: Just now starting to delve into the STL And you'll never regret it. Do you have any books ? I recommend STL tutorial and Reference or Generic Programming and the STL ( probably the latter as it's a better reference and moves faster ), and you will *need* Effective STL by Scott Meyers, probably the best book I bought this year. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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The best book I bought this year was "Modern C++ Design" by Andrei Alexandrescu. I think it should've been called "Templates on Steriods" or something like that. It absolutly takes C++ to a higher level. Beware though... you'll curse Microsoft and VC for ages because most of the techniques shown in the book requiere Partial Template Specialization, which isn't supported by neither VC6 nor VC7. Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
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I presume I'm not the only one using their Xmas break to catch up on some side projects. So what is everyone working on ? I'm working on a library of graphics filters, learning to extend IOStreams, playing a bit with GDI+ ( cleaning up one WDJ article and starting another ), and I need to go back and work some on my movie database program ( all my movies are on CDR now so I want to add indexing so I can number my CD's and find files easily). Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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I'm working on developing an idea for another book and catching up on writing some articles. The tough part is coming up with cool sample applications that don't obscure the book's/article's content. Essam ___________________________________________ Author - JScript .NET Programming ...and a bunch of articles around the Web
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I presume I'm not the only one using their Xmas break to catch up on some side projects. So what is everyone working on ? I'm working on a library of graphics filters, learning to extend IOStreams, playing a bit with GDI+ ( cleaning up one WDJ article and starting another ), and I need to go back and work some on my movie database program ( all my movies are on CDR now so I want to add indexing so I can number my CD's and find files easily). Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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I presume I'm not the only one using their Xmas break to catch up on some side projects. So what is everyone working on ? I'm working on a library of graphics filters, learning to extend IOStreams, playing a bit with GDI+ ( cleaning up one WDJ article and starting another ), and I need to go back and work some on my movie database program ( all my movies are on CDR now so I want to add indexing so I can number my CD's and find files easily). Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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STL, boost and other more obscure template libraries. It is amazing how functional C++ gets with just a pinch of templates ;) It's like taking the Functional Programming course again, only this time I don't have to sit there clueless with Haskell (Haskell is perfect for doing nifty little brain exercises, but have you ever tried to make a real application? GUI, networking and etc..) And I am also very impressed with the boost library. The guys that are writing boost are pretty clever indeed. It's probably the most well designed and scalable library that I have ever used (not counting STL, but then again, boost is STL++ more or less). So my biggest task right now is to look at the boost interfaces and come up with a similar implementation. It is quite a good exercise and I can recommend it to anyone that wants to get their hands dirty wrt templates.
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My side projects these days consist of playing "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" and "Serious Sam 2nd Encounter". I'm also reading "Kiss and Makeup" by Gene Simmons. (I'm a big Kiss fan!) No programming on the side right now. Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
So Gene has found another way to take money from the fans ? I love a lot of KISS' music, but doesn't it sit badly with you that KISS want to sell you everything from lunch boxes to coffins ? Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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The best book I bought this year was "Modern C++ Design" by Andrei Alexandrescu. I think it should've been called "Templates on Steriods" or something like that. It absolutly takes C++ to a higher level. Beware though... you'll curse Microsoft and VC for ages because most of the techniques shown in the book requiere Partial Template Specialization, which isn't supported by neither VC6 nor VC7. Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
I have alternated between salivating over the thought of buying this book and cursing Microsoft in advance that when I do I will not be able to use it ever since I read a review in CUJ. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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I'm planking a canoe. "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I'm planking a canoe. I've never heard it called that before.... Seriously, does that mean fixing one, making one, what ??? Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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STL, boost and other more obscure template libraries. It is amazing how functional C++ gets with just a pinch of templates ;) It's like taking the Functional Programming course again, only this time I don't have to sit there clueless with Haskell (Haskell is perfect for doing nifty little brain exercises, but have you ever tried to make a real application? GUI, networking and etc..) And I am also very impressed with the boost library. The guys that are writing boost are pretty clever indeed. It's probably the most well designed and scalable library that I have ever used (not counting STL, but then again, boost is STL++ more or less). So my biggest task right now is to look at the boost interfaces and come up with a similar implementation. It is quite a good exercise and I can recommend it to anyone that wants to get their hands dirty wrt templates.
You realise boost contains stuff that is being put forward for the next standard ? So apart from anything else, you're learning the stuff that is likely to be in the next version of the language... Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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I have alternated between salivating over the thought of buying this book and cursing Microsoft in advance that when I do I will not be able to use it ever since I read a review in CUJ. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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Just buy it. It's an incredible book. For those that thought that templates were only good for building "collections" are in for a big surprise! :cool: Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
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So Gene has found another way to take money from the fans ? I love a lot of KISS' music, but doesn't it sit badly with you that KISS want to sell you everything from lunch boxes to coffins ? Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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****Christian Graus wrote: but doesn't it sit badly with you that KISS want to sell you everything from lunch boxes to coffins ? And who doesn't want to sell you something? What I think is crap I just don't buy. I think the coffin is the stupidest of all of Gene's ideas... but as he says "they are the whores of rock'n roll: they are where the money is". About the book: I actually like his writing style and I consider him a very intelligent person, at least by rock star standards! :) Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
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Just buy it. It's an incredible book. For those that thought that templates were only good for building "collections" are in for a big surprise! :cool: Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
You just sold me. I'm going to buy some stuff from Amazon shortly ( Deep Purple live DVD, and probably 'More Effective C++', so I'm adding it to the must have list as we speak.... Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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****Christian Graus wrote: but doesn't it sit badly with you that KISS want to sell you everything from lunch boxes to coffins ? And who doesn't want to sell you something? What I think is crap I just don't buy. I think the coffin is the stupidest of all of Gene's ideas... but as he says "they are the whores of rock'n roll: they are where the money is". About the book: I actually like his writing style and I consider him a very intelligent person, at least by rock star standards! :) Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
Eddie Velasquez wrote: And who doesn't want to sell you something? That's a fair point, but few take it to these levels. There are no Deep Purple lunchboxes, no Motley Crue action figures. Eddie Velasquez wrote: What I think is crap I just don't buy. I think the coffin is the stupidest of all of Gene's ideas I'm pleased you think so, most KISS fans I meet are so one eyed, if Gene set his sewerage system to run into a packaging plant, they would buy the result. Eddie Velasquez wrote: About the book: I actually like his writing style and I consider him a very intelligent person, at least by rock star standards! I have found him a very intelligent and articulate person from what I've seen in videos. To be honest, I'm going to ask my friends who are KISS zealots and see if I can scam a read of a copy. Do you have the box set ? Is it worth buying ? Worth downloading ? Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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You just sold me. I'm going to buy some stuff from Amazon shortly ( Deep Purple live DVD, and probably 'More Effective C++', so I'm adding it to the must have list as we speak.... Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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What??? You don't have More Effective C++? :confused: I bet you know what you're missing! ;) Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
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Eddie Velasquez wrote: And who doesn't want to sell you something? That's a fair point, but few take it to these levels. There are no Deep Purple lunchboxes, no Motley Crue action figures. Eddie Velasquez wrote: What I think is crap I just don't buy. I think the coffin is the stupidest of all of Gene's ideas I'm pleased you think so, most KISS fans I meet are so one eyed, if Gene set his sewerage system to run into a packaging plant, they would buy the result. Eddie Velasquez wrote: About the book: I actually like his writing style and I consider him a very intelligent person, at least by rock star standards! I have found him a very intelligent and articulate person from what I've seen in videos. To be honest, I'm going to ask my friends who are KISS zealots and see if I can scam a read of a copy. Do you have the box set ? Is it worth buying ? Worth downloading ? Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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****Christian Graus wrote: There are no Deep Purple lunchboxes, no Motley Crue action figures. LOL! My goodness! Can you imagine that? A Tommy Lee action figure... with a Pamela Anderson barbie doll... you can image the rest! :laugh: ****Christian Graus wrote: if Gene set his sewerage system to run into a packaging plant, they would buy the result Come on Christian... don't give him ideas! ****Christian Graus wrote: Do you have the box set ? Is it worth buying ? I got it as a christmas present from my brother. I like it, but I think it's only worth it if you're a real fan and find it cool to listen to half-baked demos of unreleased songs or if you think it's cool to listen to Paul Stanley when he was 14 years old. I do find it cool! :) Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
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What??? You don't have More Effective C++? :confused: I bet you know what you're missing! ;) Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
I've wanted it for a while, but buying Effective STL finally prompted me to buy Effective C++, with the second book to come, along with a fine Image Processing book, with my birthday money in Feb. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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****Christian Graus wrote: There are no Deep Purple lunchboxes, no Motley Crue action figures. LOL! My goodness! Can you imagine that? A Tommy Lee action figure... with a Pamela Anderson barbie doll... you can image the rest! :laugh: ****Christian Graus wrote: if Gene set his sewerage system to run into a packaging plant, they would buy the result Come on Christian... don't give him ideas! ****Christian Graus wrote: Do you have the box set ? Is it worth buying ? I got it as a christmas present from my brother. I like it, but I think it's only worth it if you're a real fan and find it cool to listen to half-baked demos of unreleased songs or if you think it's cool to listen to Paul Stanley when he was 14 years old. I do find it cool! :) Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
Eddie Velasquez wrote: LOL! My goodness! Can you imagine that? A Tommy Lee action figure... with a Pamela Anderson barbie doll... you can image the rest Well, then you'd need Brett Michaels, and Kid Rock, it just doesn't bear thinking about. Eddie Velasquez wrote: I like it, but I think it's only worth it if you're a real fan and find it cool to listen to half-baked demos of unreleased songs or if you think it's cool to listen to Paul Stanley when he was 14 years old. I do find it cool Hmm.. I'm probably not *that* much of a fan. I was hoping for some missing tracks off 'Revenge', hands down the best KISS album ever. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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Eddie Velasquez wrote: LOL! My goodness! Can you imagine that? A Tommy Lee action figure... with a Pamela Anderson barbie doll... you can image the rest Well, then you'd need Brett Michaels, and Kid Rock, it just doesn't bear thinking about. Eddie Velasquez wrote: I like it, but I think it's only worth it if you're a real fan and find it cool to listen to half-baked demos of unreleased songs or if you think it's cool to listen to Paul Stanley when he was 14 years old. I do find it cool Hmm.. I'm probably not *that* much of a fan. I was hoping for some missing tracks off 'Revenge', hands down the best KISS album ever. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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****Christian Graus wrote: I was hoping for some missing tracks off 'Revenge', hands down the best KISS album ever My favorites albums are 'Unplugged', 'The Elder' and 'Revenge' (In no particular order). But I like all their albums, I think 'Dynasty', 'The Elder' and 'Unmasked' just show a different aspect of them. BTW, the box set isn't only the demos, it does contain the best KISS songs ever but the rare stuff is very cool: Wicked Lester songs, unrelease tracks from several albums, the crude demo versions of several hits, etc. Do you want me to post the track list? Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook