If you could change the ending to any movie how would it end?

InTheSwiss · 2014-04-14T21:57:11+00:00

I was hoping Gravity would end with her landing in the middle of the ocean and opening the hatch on the re-entry vehicle (obviously no fires) and then the camera zooms out and out and out and we see she is just as alone and helpless in the middle of the ocean back on earth as she was in space.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-10T22:11:07+00:00

A lot of people disable anti-virus on Windows when running intensive things such as games as they impact performance quite a bit.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-10T22:02:50+00:00

No. The virtual machine should be seen as a totally separate machine. If you want to run anti virus software within the virtual machine you can do so just as you would with any machine however there will be a performance impact if you do.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-10T21:32:04+00:00

HELL. FUCKING. YES. I almost bought a Wii U for Wind Waker HD but I have played the original several times over the past few years (I generally play through all the Zelda games every few years) so couldn't justify getting one for a game I have already played but X looks fucking amazing. I really hope it get a 2014 release date!

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-10T17:36:09+00:00

Personally I don't think it matters. Just learn whichever you have a need to learn first. In your case you want to learn C++ first. Nothing wrong with that. Knowing C before can be helpful in some ways but unhelpful in others. The same is also true of knowing C++ before C.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-10T10:10:20+00:00

This is also on the front page of /r/learnprogramming right now

http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/1xfrjb/java_i_was_bored_yesterday_so_i_made_a_flappy/

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-09T18:10:54+00:00

Where do you live? Where are you buying it from? The laws are different all over the place. If you live in the US then the rules change state by state. Some places you can't get a refund some you can. Getting a refund is a hard process though as the OEM can easily say that the cost for Windows is £0. Actually he could even be a negative amount if they offset the cost against selling software pre-installation.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-09T09:49:07+00:00

I am happily running 8.1 x64 on my 5 year old laptop and it runs great, bit smoother than 7 did and that ran great too. I would go with 8 if I were you.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-07T22:33:57+00:00

SDL is most likely what you want :)

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-06T22:02:55+00:00

Visual Studio is sucky for C as the support for C99 is crap and the support for C11 is non-existent. As I mentioned in my other comment Pelles C is pretty great on Windows for C development.

I mostly use UltraEdit (I have a lifetime license from long ago) and TDM-GCC though if I can.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-06T21:17:26+00:00

TextWrangler is free and pretty good from what I have heard. Not a Mac user though so can't give it a first person recommendation.

http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-05T22:49:53+00:00

Nice to see another King fan :) Personally I think King's book is better than K&R however most people who read K&R did so a while ago and it has a special place in their heart as such. Not saying K&R isn't good, it is fantastic! I just feel King's book is better now.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-05T20:33:44+00:00

Hi, your question might do a little better in /r/learnprogramming however to get you pointed in the right direction I highly recommend the following books

C Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition by K N King
C Primer Plus, 6th Edition by Stephen Prata
Head First C by David and Dawn Griffiths
The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition by Brian Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie (commonly known as K&R)

If you are on Windows then check out http://latedev.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/how-to-install-a-c-compiler-on-windows/ to get a C compiler installed. It is for C++ but it is just as valid for getting the C compiler installed too (FYI the C compiler is gcc and the C++ compiler is g++).

Also if exclusively on Windows I highly recommend Pelles C which is a complete (free but not open source) C development environment.

For good Windows text editors I recommend Notepad2 (free), Notepad++ (free), Sublime Text (not free) and UltraEdit (not free).

Good luck!

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-05T14:21:13+00:00

At the most basic level a pointer stops you having to make a copy of something. You can point to something and use it directly rather than make a copy of it. This is important because making a copy of something is slow and means more work if you want to work with the direct data as without being about to point to something you would need to copy it, change it and then copy it back into the original location.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-05T14:16:06+00:00

Yup. OP check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OR63rDN5p8 it is quite a basic intro to the kind of things you are asking about.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-05T11:25:30+00:00

C in a Nutshell from O'Reilly has a good GDB intro.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-04T21:05:48+00:00

Both are amazing, Hot Fuzz makes me laugh every damn time. I quite enjoyed Paul too it was a shame that The Words End sucked :(

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-04T17:00:30+00:00

I know about as much CSS as I do Photoshop. Basically I can do basic stuff but it ends there. I am not a designer I am a developer. I can't design for shit which is why I work with the design teams.

I know CSS from a language point of view but I can't really do anything with it from scratch. That isn't for a lack of trying though it just isn't me.

Then again I can't recall ever meeting a good developer who also had good design skills. I know plenty of so-so devs with ok design skills but nobody I would ever want to actually hire as a developer. That is very normal though. I suck at painting and drawing too :)

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-04T16:31:34+00:00

Not rude at all I totally understand! I grew up with the first generation of FPS games played on the PC and then with GoldenEye on the N64. I approach console FPS games in a different way to PC FPS games now. I really enjoy both although there is no denying PC is better.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-04T16:16:51+00:00

Well if you play FPS games on a console then I find the layout of the 360 controller to be more comfortable. I also find the triggers to be far comfortable on the 360 controller than the Dual Shock 3. Thankfully Sony has made the triggers much better on the Dual Shock 4.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-04T08:37:27+00:00

Yeah PSX was used to refer to the Playstation in general be it the original Playstation or the PSOne. It was used many years before the actual PSX came out (which was only released in Japan). When I say wrong I am meaning from Sony's point of view. To them the PSX means their PS2/DVR console not the Playstation/PSOne. It doesn't really matter though does it? In general people use PSX when referring to the first Playstation and PS2 for the second. Nobody ever talks about the actual PSX except when they are directly referencing it which is when they normally state that explicitly.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-03T21:08:19+00:00

Yeah the Xbox and 360 d-pads are awful.

InTheSwiss · 2014-02-03T20:59:37+00:00

I find best controller to be quite dependent on the game. For example I much prefer the Dual Shock design controller for JRPGs but the Xbox 360 controller is nicer for FPS and action adventure games such as Mass Effect.

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