Random Thoughts Thread

[Rurouni_Fencer]

...wish I was still in school.

[Luke]

A great way to remove dog hair from your car is to put on yellow dish washing gloves (the cheap kind) and rub the hair off. Works like a charm, but your hands will smell like those gloves for hours.

[CFFJR]

My wife is playing Fable 3, and I guess the balverines are frustrating her.

I heard her yelling from the other room, and when I asked her what was wrong, she told me it was the "Stupid fucking bullshit balverine guys".

It warms my heart when she gets into a game enough for that kind of reaction.

[AdamGomez1987]

Getting used of this fight stick, have to try out Super Street Fighter IV with it after tormenting myself of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

[spiritplx]

Writing a game in Java is hard as hell. Hopefully if I can get it working, it'll be rewarding though.

What IDE are you using (if any)? I'm assuming this is for a class. Is this your final? I'm curious of what the assignment outline looks like. Good luck with the assignment, programming is very rewarding.

[YoshiEgg25]

Writing a game in Java is hard as hell. Hopefully if I can get it working, it'll be rewarding though.

What IDE are you using (if any)? I'm assuming this is for a class. Is this your final? I'm curious of what the assignment outline looks like. Good luck with the assignment, programming is very rewarding.

Using Netbeans 6.9. It's for my Object Oriented Programming & Design I class (or as everyone calls it, OOPS), but it isn't a final.

Here's the outline for it: http://www.uwplatt.edu/csse/courses/cs243/Prog6.html

I'm essentially making a Robotron 2084 clone. It's SORTA working, but, um...bullets don't move when shot, and if you move over any that were shot before the last one shot, they disappear. And nothing else happens when you touch them. And right now, it only supports one enemy.

Oh, and it's due Wednesday and my partner hasn't done shit. So yeah, I'm going to have a fun weekend ahead of me...

At least I'm having more fun with this than anything else I've programmed before. That at least helps me feel better about sinking seven hours into this already, and another 10+ ahead.

[spiritplx]

Using Netbeans 6.9. It's for my Object Oriented Programming & Design I class

I'm pretty familiar with Eclipse, but I've heard NetBeans is pretty good as well (they are very similar in functionality). If you are planning on developing software for a living, I cannot stress enough how important it is to learn how to use the interactive debugger in your IDE (or whichever debugger you prefer). It can be a little challenging at first, but once you get the hang of it, you will have no idea how you programmed without it. I work with people who still do not use it, and it just blows my mind. If you are already familiar with it, my hat's off to you.

On the other hand, if you are only taking one programming course, I wouldn't bother (especially since the semester is about over, right?).

I've never done anything with applets, so I can't help you there. Oh, and group projects are horrible. Even in college there are people who do not care about learning/passing. And then those people go out and get jobs a few years later...

If your partner has done nothing, you should let your professor know, and perhaps try to get this turned in as a single person assignment. Some professors are more lenient than others, but either way, someone who hasn't contributed should *not* get credit.

[YoshiEgg25]

I'm pretty familiar with Eclipse, but I've heard NetBeans is pretty good as well (they are very similar in functionality). If you are planning on developing software for a living, I cannot stress enough how important it is to learn how to use the interactive debugger in your IDE (or whichever debugger you prefer). It can be a little challenging at first, but once you get the hang of it, you will have no idea how you programmed without it. I work with people who still do not use it, and it just blows my mind. If you are already familiar with it, my hat's off to you.

On the other hand, if you are only taking one programming course, I wouldn't bother (especially since the semester is about over, right?).

I do know how to debug; pretty much required with some of these programs. Can't imagine how I'd manage to do some of these without knowing that. I have a software engineering class as well, but we're coding that in VB and I don't know VB. So my partners are doing all the legwork on that.

I've never done anything with applets, so I can't help you there. Oh, and group projects are horrible. Even in college there are people who do not care about learning/passing. And then those people go out and get jobs a few years later...

If your partner has done nothing, you should let your professor know, and perhaps try to get this turned in as a single person assignment. Some professors are more lenient than others, but either way, someone who hasn't contributed should *not* get credit.

As I learned last program, my professor doesn't care who does how much as long as it gets done. Mostly because we didn't get it finished, even though I put in far more work than everyone else.

Oh well, at least this way, I can pretty much take full ownership of this thing after it's done.

[Flake]

Every man dreams of the day when he can pick up a weapon, look his best friends in the eyes and announce that the "end game" has begun.

[LuketheX]

Bloodsport is the greatest movie ever made.