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General Software Discussion / Re: Powerpoint sucks - what to use instead?
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 19, 2010, 06:37 PM »
The only thing is, it looks like Prezi requires a subscription.
2602
Living Room / Re: and now the next question is about chat!
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 19, 2010, 07:35 AM »
It becomes quite a lively place when there's a server migration in progress ... :P
2603
Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 19, 2010, 07:29 AM »
I enjoyed George R.R. Martin's Fire & Ice novels: the first three more than the rest.  Haven't read his other works.  Read the first two Book of the Fallen novels.  My dad's really gotten into them.  He ordered the whole set off eBay ;)
2604
Living Room / Re: Obscene # of Tabs in FF
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 19, 2010, 07:26 AM »
That's why I switched to IE9:  it'll crash way before 74 tabs.  :P

Actually, I switched because FF was locking up my PC.  Only showed this behavior when FF was left running.
2605
N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 10:19 PM »
"Hey, nice #9F8170"
"Thanks, I just had it stuffed'

LOL!!  And a fitting tribute to the late actor who spoke those words... :)
2606
N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Teaser: JottiQ
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 09:39 PM »
Add to JottiQ(ueue)

Actually, I quite like it...
2607
Living Room / Re: Official DonationCoder song
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 09:04 PM »
Hmm, I kinda like what it does to my page:

http://kyrathaba.dcmembers.com

Has sort of an angst to it...
2608
N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 08:45 PM »
Here's some of those mysteriously appearing question marks:

mysteriousQM.png
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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder.com NEW SERVER ACTIVATED Dec 17, 2010
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 06:22 PM »
Browsing with IE9, and everything is quick, quick, quick!  :Thmbsup:
2610
N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 06:02 PM »
BTW, the three question marks above were intentional :)
2611
N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 06:01 PM »
...and as you can see, no funky ??? insertion (this post also posted using Alt-S.
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 06:01 PM »
I've installed and started using IE9, and the behavior went away, but I was getting it in both Chrome and FF, seemingly when I'd use Alt-S to post, instead of clicking the Post button.  But I'm using Alt-S to post this...
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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 05:59 PM »
I have Crytonomicon, but haven't read it yet.  Will have to give it a go.

Also, just finished an oldie but a goodie:  a scifi novel by Gerard Klein entitled "Starmaster's Gambit."
2614
Living Room / Re: can u recommend Computer Beginner's book(s)
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 05:57 PM »
I like the "Head First" series, by O'Reilly.
2615
N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 05:20 PM »
C# coders can play with it and adapt it

The included Card class is quite useful. It'll work with any game that uses the standard 52-card deck of playing cards, and could easily be adapted to other card games. The class can take any size canvas image of 52 playing cards (so long as they're in the same arrangement as the one included as a project resource) and will correctly crop out individual cards. However, I'd recommend that you err on the side of larger images. You can use the "Zoom" SizeMode property for your PictureBoxes, and they'll make a larger image look pretty good, even in a smaller PictureBox; however, trying to "Zoom" small images "up" to fit larger PictureBox width x height doesn't yield such good results.  The best practice is to make your PictureBoxes the exact dimensions that each cropped-out individual card will be.  In my app, this was 119x100, or something close to that.

Here's the canvas pic I used:

classic-playing-cards.png

P.S.  I'm using Chrome (but downloading IE9 as I type).  Is Chrome responsible for inserting question marks into my posts?  Or is this some glitch from the migration?  Been noticing this behavior all day.
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 05:17 PM »
My pleasure to provide source code.  I may use this project to do a series of C# web-lessons, showing the incremental development of the project, from start to completed app.

Mouser, I carefully went through the source code, and refactored.  If you look at my latest post under Assignment 5, you'll see a summary of changes I've made.  
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 04:34 PM »
Thanks, Shades, I fixed the entry under "requirements".
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: UQ Web Service
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 04:32 PM »
Super stuff, guys!
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / NANY 2011 Release: BlackJack
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 18, 2010, 03:14 PM »
NANY 2011 Entry Information

Application Name BlackJack
Version 1.1
Short Description my implementation of the classic Black Jack card game
Supported OSes Windows XP forward
Download Link A link to the game executable (no setup) {won't function if you don't have .NET Framework 4.0 installed} (~117 Kb)
Setup File A link to the Setup program {will check for absence of .NET Framework 4.0 and download if needed} (419 Kb)
System Requirements

Author kyrathaba Profile page Kyrathaba DC page


Description
This was a project I did for C# Programming School

Destined to replace those oh-too-flashy Black Jack derivatives that have come out over the years, this minimalist implementation is a breath of fresh air! -- PC Magazine.

What!  This program is FREE!??  A crime, that's what it is!  Someone slap the developer around until he starts showing some sense and charging for this gem of genius! -- Gamasutra



Features


+ a smart-ass card Dealer
+ a functional card Class in the source code
+ ability to place bets of differing amounts based upon the first card you're dealt
+ intuitive GUI
+ source code: download link

Planned Features

+ I may add option for Vegas casino music
+ May add option to change starting Max cash available to player
+ Add ability to whip out a pistol and waste the smart-ass Dealer
+ An option for the Dealer to cheat by using a marked deck of playing cards.

I would appreciate suggestions for future features of the program.

Screenshots

MyBlackJack.png


Usage

Installation

Download and run the Setup installer. Alternatively, download the ZIP file and extract BlackJack.exe wherever you wish. Keep the directory structure intact when unzipping.  Run the program.

Using the Application

The GUI is super-intuitive.

Uninstallation

Use the uninstall Program Files menuitem; or, if you didn't use the setup installer, just delete the extracted file.

No registry entries or INI files are written by the Black Jack program itself.

Known Issues

None.


2620
Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 16, 2010, 05:00 PM »
Nice pic, cthorpe :)  Reminds me of winters when I was a kid...
2621
Living Room / Re: (MMORPG) King of Kings 3, taking gaming to a new level!
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 14, 2010, 12:01 PM »
What if you like WoW but you don't like the PvP part of it?

MMOs still aren't doing it right, IMO.

+1.  Never enjoyed PvP.  I've always been more oriented to PvE.
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It's a bit more than skill though (and I know from wanting the same goal... at least to an extent).  That's the discouraging part... that you can do it forever and still never have a break (just like acting and other entertainment arts).  You have to have an audience, and that's daunting.

Even authors who are now highly successful will generally admit to hundreds of rejected submissions before they achieved recognition.  "I just don't know if I can handle that sort of rejection!" (spoken with the voice of Sheriff Woody from the first Buzz Lightyear movie).

he market is glutted with tons of self-published technical e-books. About 30% are good. The remaining 70% are pitiful and have had the unfortunate effect of damaging the reputation of the entire tech e-book market.

So unless you can interest a publisher (Que, O'Reilly, SAMS, Wrox, Prentice-Hall, APress, etc.) to sign you on, it's going to be a tough sell to the consumer since they don't know you.

Absolutely true!  I can't tell you how frustrating it is to sift through the thousands of free eBooks (PDF, mobi, Kindle, etc.), only to discover that most of what you've downloaded is rubbish.
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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 14, 2010, 11:49 AM »
Sounds like my kind of novel.  I've added it to my wish list.
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Developer's Corner / Re: How to program for all 3 platforms at once
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 14, 2010, 09:35 AM »
I've heard Adobe AIR mentioned a lot lately.  What code does it use?  Java?
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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (beta - download)
« Last post by kyrathaba on December 13, 2010, 09:35 PM »
Been following your progress on this thread, Stoic.  I have to say it:  I'm awed by you C++ gurus.  I'm just now finally starting to understand events and delegates in C#.  Tried delving into C++ a couple years ago, but was quickly overwhelmed and ran whimpering  back into my C# Cave ;)
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