Derek Viljoen wrote:

In other words, you have yet to provide any empirical evidence for your worth to this site. No be a good boy and go away, please.

You have much to learn, little one.

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Aamir Butt wrote:

In some cases, C# can outperform C/C++

How about ALL cases ? People who talk about C# (or any other retards' language) performance are talking about void while engaged with other C# (or any other retards' language) performance addicts in group masturbation. The link in your post points to another post by a C# guru (read as: VB guru). It says: "Remember : Engineers are expensive and servers are not!". Look at that! I mean just look at how pathetic that retard is.

Aamir Butt wrote:

However, if you like to follow the sheep, go ahead.

I'll bet you are one of those that believe Java is the future of 3D.

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Indivara wrote:

I suppose it is whatever a certain individual in the back room uses for his 'software engineering'

Are you trying to please Big Brother ? If yes, then you are smart.

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My statement was made because I had to maintain some Native code I wrote some years ago. I realized how retarded I had become doing retards' languages.

peterchen wrote:

Are you open to evidence for my statement

I'm all ears (big, pointy ears).

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Super Lloyd wrote:

any C# performance tip is welcome!

That is like looking for performance from Java: You won't get it. If you need (or want) performance, don't do retards' languages. I know this thread isn't meant to incite hatred against retards' languages.

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regsvr32 ... Different versions in different directories. Doing different things. Both put the info in different locations. And if you happen to have to use a 32bit ActiveX in a 64bit app, then you better remember which regsvr to use.

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

People don't often realize that in 64 bit Windows, the regsvr32.exe in the System32 folder is actually 64 bit.

People are my greatest enemies. Programmers, on the other hand are fine humanoids who know the difference between 32 and 64. People have started programming these days, unfortunately.

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

I know it's not a CCC, or a poorly worded joke, or even an xyz-sucks thread. So I am aware that it's kinda off-topic here, please accept my apologies for that.

The Lounge.aspx is mostly spam these days. Spammers make threads and are the first to respond to other threads no matter what... unless the thread is useful (like this one).

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There aren't too many of us here, unlike India where everyone and their dog is writing code.

JazzJackRabbit wrote:

make myself really irreplaceable

Everyone is replaceable. You think there wouldn't be any programmer in India with almost the same skill-set as you ? ...and willing to work overtime for less ?

JazzJackRabbit wrote:

and save yourself 50 years of pain, agony, and eating breadcrumbs on non-existing retirement

Is it all about the illusion of enjoyment ? How much do you remember enjoying yourself ten years ago ? Did it help much ? Can you still enjoy the enjoyment you enjoyed ten years ago ? I guess not. And yes, all I do is work and sleep and am quite happy with that. It is much better than the alternative.

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JazzJackRabbit wrote:

while everybody else will get a very well deserved rest. I'll be camping, hiking and biking instead

Please do! Meanwhile, your boss will be looking at outsourcing your job to India where people are willing to work overtime and over weekends without getting cranky about it.

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pseudonym67 wrote:

Mumble mumble mumble

... and I thought you were talking about Mumble: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/[^]

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kinar wrote:

I am not paid to care about the software I write and I am not paid to think about work after I leave the office. If I was paid to do that, then I would see some benefit if the software I write makes the company more money than they expect it to. I was hired to do a 9-5 programming job and I do it well (actually, I do it 7:30-5 but meh). Just because I don't live my life for a company doesn't make me a bad programmer...in fact, it makes me a good person and a good husband (and someday it will make me a good father). My work doesn't define who I am and that is exactly what makes me good at my job. It allows me to be flexible and that is exactly what I am paid to do.

See my other reply:

Mechanical wrote:

That is what they (the ones in control) are doing. Making the Software industry just like the Food industry. Making things so simple and repetitive that they can hire just about anyone to do the job.

I guess you will soon become the coding cousin of the burger-flipper. You will be hired to do just one job, and nothing else. You will be trained not to think about it, not to get passionate about it. Just wear your suit and tie and report to the manager in charge who will assign you to a table serve a customer that day. You represent the downfall of the Programming community. X|

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Ian Shlasko wrote:

That's a little creepy

I guess you're not a Trekky after all. Five points for those who can correctly guess where I got it from. :)

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Ian Shlasko wrote:

I still care a great deal about the code I write.

You are one of the last few remaining lights. Most of what I see is darkness.

Ian Shlasko wrote:

Who cares about the work? Be passionate about your creations. Everything you create is a part of you, and everything you create reflects on you.

Damn right! When you look at my code, it is not just code you're looking at, you're looking at me. When you edit my code, it is not just code you're editing, you're editing me.

Ian Shlasko wrote:

if you're just one person on a large team, mindlessly filling in the blanks in a detailed spec document ("You write a function that parses X and Y and returns Z, then he'll make the one that turns Z into..."), I can see how it'd be pretty hard to care about it.

That is what they (the ones in control) are doing. Making the Software industry just like the Food industry. Making things so simple and repetitive that they can hire just about anyone to do the job.

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Christopher Duncan wrote:

IE9 doesn't support XP.

They cannot be arsed to work hard any more. Most programmers they've hired are programming is because its where the money is. Gone are the days when all nighters were the norm and you actually cared about what you worked on. Now it is just a bunch of copy-paste artists making a living, working 9-5, wearing suits and tie and not giving a f*** about the software they are working on. Caring about the software has gone out of fashion and out of style. You are not longer supposed to be passionate about your work. You are expected to be just a drone putting sentences together and making someone money. I just had a "meeting" with some managers. All they asked is "write more code, care less about the quality", although I care less about their lifestyle than they think I do. I will continue to care about the stuff I write, release only the code that I personally believe has quality.

Christopher Duncan wrote:

I'm just going to whack him in the head with an empty pizza box

Please include a flywheel from a Ford truck.

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It can easily be made using the good old copy con command: c:\sob\csmf\pos\analpore>copy con: .wtf you are a useless pos ^Z 1 file(s) copied. etc. :)

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daveauld wrote:

Someone posted this on FB

What ? You visit Arsebook ? And who is "Lady Gaga" ?

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I have so much work to do until this Thursday that I cannot get started. The pressure is building up. Project 1: Some tasks have to be finished. Project 2: Almost all tasks have to be finished. Project 3: Some tasks have to be finished. Project 4: All tasks have to be finished. Project 5 (Personal project): Some tasks have to be finished. The same project I haven't worked on in two years. All projects need full-time work. I would be very surprised if I get to finish any of them. Better get some sleep... :baaaa!: I guess not. X|

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Hosting video has two meanings: 1- Progressive download (Youtube etc) 2- Streaming. (1) is inexpensive. You just put the video on the http server and let the player download it. No need for any special software. (2) has to be hosted with a provider that lets you stream videos. Special software like Flash Media Server, or Wowza Media Server or Red5 has to be used. It does not usually run well from Virtual servers or shared servers. When you are going for streaming, then better use a dedicated server with good specs and fast connection to give quality user experience. If you do not wish to have your own server for streaming, then host the video files on some CDN. Highwinds seems to work well: http://www.highwinds.com/[^] Compatibility is an issue with Apple devices. There are different formats for iPad and iPhone, and the next iSomething. There are formats for other mobile devices too. So to enable the video for these devices, you have to convert the video into multiple formats. Look into: http://encoding.com[^] and see what formats are needed for what device. Some devices only support progressive download (I'm not sure which ones).

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Electron Shepherd wrote:

One aspect of not supporting something is that you don't usually include details about it when writing documentation

I didn't know that. Wouldn't have hurt them one bit including such details. Will definitely help knowing this when I start developing native Windows apps again. Thanks.

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peterchen wrote:

Everything that was available earlier is tagged "XP".

That would make it inaccurate. The function isn't available on Windows earlier than 95 and NT 3.1. But they no longer care. MSDN is as useless (and now inaccurate) as itself.

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Mis-information from MSDN: According to the link[^], the minimum client for using timeSetEvent() is Win XP. In reality, the minimum is NT 3.1 and Win 95. And the function works well. Does not need to be replaced.

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