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I guess it depends on what your ambitions are, but IMO, just doing your job (even well) within the confines of its current technology is a really dangerous rut to sink into - you will end up being perfectly qualified for exactly one job - the one you are being downsized from. As you know, it is real...

Simplest way if you only care about using the script on your own computer is to use basic string concatenation (using +) like the following. You're dvddecryptor program probably needs paths/filenames enclosed in their own quotes (so with spaces it is still considered one string) - take out the doubl...

<edit - TithonusSyndrome's advice is good, although I wouldn't spend that much on a first guitar> For an acoustic I would say look at Yamaha in about the $150 (100GBP?) range. Too much cheaper, and you will just get frustrated with junk that buzzes, has lousy intonation and won't stay in tune. Washb...

MP3 tag tools is free and pretty good. You can set up whatever expression you want for the filename (track # + song name for example) http://sourceforge.net/projects/massid3lib/

Did you run this through the debugger? You have a classic typo: while (!done); I'm not totally sure what you meant for the table, but something like this came to mind: void DoTable() { cout << "Size\t\tX-Section\tMoment/Inertia\tModulus\n"; for (int w = 2; w < 12; w+= 2 ) { for (int h=2; h...

Debugging the Release build is a good suggestion to find the crash point - try turning off all optimizations and inlining in the release build, as this will help the debugger report your variable values better, or post some code if you can. In my experience, by far the most common source of debug/re...

Darth Paul Never, EVER use break unless you have to!!! When programming in C or C++, you should only use break in a switch statement and very rare occasions when you can't accomplish your goals without it. This problem isn't one of those occasions. That was a bit over the top, don't you think? Yes,...

The simplest change to your code would be: while( true ) { NG=0.5*(LG+N/LG); if (abs(NG-LG)<= 0.005) { printf("%f is a squareroot of N\n", NG); break; } else LG=NG; } you can also evaluate the if condition in your while loop if you compute NG before the while loop as well.

Best ever: in Florida I saw "I FRTED" (It was a back plate - I can't believe that was approved!) Today I saw a plain pickup truck with "THE BAKE" - WTF? C U N QRT BMW parked at the law school, not sure how the spaces were laid out. LP Well, a bit of white masking tape and you cou...

You may want to try the vrml option if you haven't already. I have heard of others having more success than with dxf. If you can get your mesh to wavefront obj format, C4D is strong with that format... For sure you could also do those shapes in Cinema. Are you putting that mesh in a hypernurbs in C4...

Well, as with most optimization-type problems, the answer is a solid "it depends" :) You need a heuristic to help you evaluate what best means. I would probably assign positions 1 through 6 a prize value in line with how the tv tournaments work (ie in a $1M pool, first place might get $600...

A classic. You may also enjoy http://thedailywtf.com/.

The sad thing is, after maintaining some (rather expensive) legacy code for awhile, I have seen way too many of these, uh, techniques employed for real.

I don't need to test my programs. I have an error-correcting modem.

We had an office break-in awhile back and the thief left behind a trench coat. In the pocket there was a large white vibrator.

Well, at least the guy who found it claimed that it must have belonged to the burgler...

They're Ham Radio operators (amateur radio). It is a tradition to use callsigns for licence plates so they can talk as they pass each other on the highway. VE3 is the prefix for Ontario ham licences, VA4 or VE4 is Manitoba.

Damn Canadian TV advertisement rules - I saw exactly 0.5 seconds of Obi Wan during a cutover

I've always had a problem with the terms "child porn" and "peodphile." Say you're 20 and you fall for a 17 year old girl, are you a pedophile? I was told by a cop who does this kind of investigation that the Canadian police only go after pre-pubescent cases, which would generall...

Since I wasn't listed, I voted for Terry Fox, but many others are worthy as well. Seriously, how can they even put Don Cherry on that list??

You're spot on about the labotomy. At 2 Sigs in Petawawa we would often have Sigs Officer Cadets at our unit for OJT in the summer. And typically they were good, treated the troops well. But after they recieved their commisions and returned as full-fledged officers they were complete assholes, and ...

I voted for Ma Deuce's M1A2 Abrams. All four models are very solid. The Enterprise kitbash has a nice neat decal job.

The T34 looks nice too - maybe he will star in the next comp.

To me, decisiveness is a misleading term here. For a strong leader, doing nothing (in an informed way) is also a sign of decisiveness. In the role of president, decisiveness is a forgone requirement. From that perspective, I don't personally see Bush as being significantly more or less decisive than...

darthdavid wrote:It crashes firefox everytime I get to a certain point...

Same with Netscape - that must be some impact...

Saw it on the header at SFM - great work! I think the new material works alot better - it is more subdued, and the green veiny texture is very cool and organic. (PS - I rated it 5 stars!)

vi for sure, but neither is really useful for any serious amount of editing. Sure, emacs is highly customizable, but in a useless way - everyone customizes it differently, so you can't do anything on someone else's machine! Pico was ok, but I disqualify it since it isn't installed with the basic OS ...

Like StormTrooperTR889 said - the best way to get good at pushups is to do lots of them. If you can do 10 now, I suggest you try to do 10 6 times a day, spread out. Then work up to 12, 15, ... It works, and you should gain quickly if you are consistent - when I finished basic training, I could do 50...

It was awhile back - I think I may have proofread some of the early pages for Mike ...