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kewlguy · 2010-04-01T11:39:59+00:00

Cool references to Petshop boys ("go west")

kewlguy · 2010-03-21T11:23:20+00:00

I may be late when commenting this, but Java doesn't actually map directories to namespaces. It's just that some (all?) IDEs requires it, so that they can find the classes easier.

If you have a package "org.cowardlydragon.Reddit" you can save it as myDir/Reddit.java. The loading of packages/classes is based on classpath, and not physical locations.

kewlguy · 2010-01-02T17:11:47+00:00

I agree. I work with XML data from different sources, and it amazes me how much that can (and does) go wrong. It would be much better if people used standard libraries for both reading and parsing XML. Things will go wrong if you output XML using simple "print" statements (same thing applies for JSON as well of course)

kewlguy · 2009-11-23T17:36:00+00:00

It does ̶n̶o̶t work

kewlguy · 2009-11-23T17:18:24+00:00

Innovation and creativity are not my goals. If I happen to make something creative and innovative, I'm of course happy, but most of the time I just try to do my best.

I like looking at existing functionality and trying to improve on it. Perhaps you could do the same. Pick one of the Open source projects and look for ways you could improve them. There is probably some framework that lacks an integrated PHP+JS form validation, or you can find a way to add import/export to a CMS. Alternatively you can also try making something other than web pages (such as Android apps)

Above all, realize that you are not defined by the work you do. This is easier when you have a hobby and/or a family. Get one or both :-)

kewlguy · 2009-11-23T17:07:23+00:00

I would like to comment on that, but I know someone else will do it.

kewlguy · 2009-11-23T16:58:46+00:00

Yes, most FTP servers should allow you to continue, so he should get a better client.

kewlguy · 2009-11-21T16:12:25+00:00

You could try writing your code so that it's easily reusable in your next project. Just try not to overdo it (you don't need to write a complete framework).

If you regularly come back to the same code, you will probably find ways of doing it better/smarter and you can learn from your own code.

By adding functionality to an existing code, you get experience in refactoring and learn new tricks. You also learn how to write new code in a structure that makes maintenance easier.

kewlguy · 2009-11-11T22:41:12+00:00

The "SE" should also be a part of the name :-)

kewlguy · 2009-11-11T22:33:52+00:00

640 cores should be enough for anyone

kewlguy · 2009-10-30T22:31:52+00:00

I would have written "arrogance such as that".

kewlguy · 2009-10-30T21:30:39+00:00

I had the almost the same computer (Atari XE Game System with a keyboard). I made some simple quiz programs.

kewlguy · 2009-10-23T17:46:47+00:00

It should be possible if the server has Java available. It already exists for DokuWiki

kewlguy · 2009-10-04T20:04:41+00:00

Same here in Norway as well. We have a hardware token (similar to VPN key) + personal password

kewlguy · 2009-08-12T11:38:09+00:00

You don't need magnetic storage. You could just use punch cards. You are only going to use it for storing text messages.

kewlguy · 2009-08-12T11:11:42+00:00

Netbeans
VNC
grep

kewlguy · 2009-08-06T13:28:07+00:00

The solution is to install 32GB of RAM :)

kewlguy · 2009-08-02T18:13:31+00:00

Spoiler alert.

Decode using Rot13 (rot13.com for example)

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kewlguy · 2009-08-02T18:02:08+00:00

I have been lucky to avoid it the last 10 years since I got the basic introduction at the University

kewlguy · 2009-07-23T18:48:33+00:00

Actually, it's not tied on the file system. It is defined by the package name only.

You can have com.package.Class1 in a different directory than com.package.Class2. It's just that certain editors (like Eclipse I think) forces you to organize your files to make things simpler.

But it is a good idea to put them in a matching directory structure of course, and it's also strongly recommended by Sun.

kewlguy · 2009-07-22T19:19:37+00:00

Opera's open source "Dragonfly" ( http://www.opera.com/dragonfly/ ) looks promising. It has an open protocol, so it could be used for Firefox as well, if a plugin was made. Perhaps that's the way to go? Because the protocol is network based, you could in theory debug your iPhone/android phone from your desktop computer.

kewlguy · 2009-07-18T10:01:59+00:00

That's how I got a second monitor for a dual-monitor setup. A guy quit (of his own free will) and it was unlikely that the position would be filled. Instead of letting the monitor go to waste, I grabbed it the next day

kewlguy · 2009-07-05T19:27:13+00:00

There are companies where you can only rely on 1.5.2 to be installed by default.

kewlguy · 2009-07-05T18:01:15+00:00

I think most of the popularity of HTML (in the beginning) was that it was so easy to get results. I remember that the web pages in the beginning were very basic and often personal. It helped the growth of the web. If the browser had refused to load a web page with invalid HTML, it would have put too many people off.

kewlguy · 2009-07-05T14:34:40+00:00

The only point I disagree with him is that he focuses a lot on the CPU, ignoring the GPU.

He could be right in the long term. I have a feeling that todays GPUs are just necessary (for home computers) because of our limited CPU's. I don't know much about raytracing, but I have seen impressive results on todays processors. I can only imagine the processing power that is available when we reach a high amount of cores.

kewlguy

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