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Living Room / Re: I'm thinking about learning how to program.
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 28, 2010, 07:17 AM »
Cute!

Also, since you're just beginning with C#, I'll point out that often-times the boilerplate code inserts using lines that you don't need.  In your program, you should be able to delete the following two lines without problems:

[Select]
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
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Developer's Corner / EtherCodes Collaborative Online Code Editing Pad
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 27, 2010, 07:53 PM »
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Living Room / Re: I'm thinking about learning how to program.
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 26, 2010, 06:52 PM »
+1 for Iron Python.

Speaking of Python, you may enjoy/benefit from this article about that language, and its evolution, Superboyac.
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Living Room / Windows 8 not to debut until 2012?
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 26, 2010, 06:44 PM »
In a post on its Dutch website, Microsoft says Win8 may not debut for another couple of years.
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Living Room / Wi-Fi Direct: Device-to-Device without Wireless Network
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 26, 2010, 06:34 PM »
The Wi-Fi Alliance is about to drop a wireless connectivity bombshell called Wi-Fi Direct. It will enable device-to-device connections using current Wi-Fi standards. The Wi-Fi Alliance will begin certifying Wi-Fi Direct devices today.

Communication between Wi-Fi devices isn’t specifically new. The Nintendo DS, for instance, has had device-to-device Wi-Fi interaction for some time, but the technology is proprietary.

The Wi-Fi Alliance differentiates Wi-Fi Direct by certifying the standard, ensuring interoperability. Devices stamped with the Wi-Fi Direct certification don’t need wireless networks, as they essentially become micro-hotspots.

This technology will conceivably allow devices like an Eye-Fi memory card to directly beam an image to a wireless printer. Since Wi-Fi Direct is largely software based, many recent devices should be upgradeable.

Speeds for Wi-Fi Direct are based on 802.11b/g/n channels, so we’re looking at intra-device throughput at rates upwards of 300Mbps. Range will also be a major selling point, and it’s reasonable to expect that future Wi-Fi Direct devices will eventually achieve distances similar to our home wireless networks.

Bluetooth will undoubtedly be the first technology to suffer as a result of Wi-Fi Direct. Although Bluetooth is aimed, almost universally, at close connections like headsets, it will be hard to trump the speed of Wi-Fi direct. Additionally, Wi-Fi Direct would use the same transponders as other Wi-Fi functions, so device manufacturers will likely be quick to cut redundant technologies.
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Living Room / Re: I'm thinking about learning how to program.
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 26, 2010, 07:41 AM »
Yep, all good advice, super. 

The only caveat I'd add would be that if you have no programming background, you probably don't want to jump immediately into C++.  I tried that, and was very frustrated.  Backed up to C# and was delighted.  Delphi isn't a bad choice; however, having programmed in both, I can opine that C# is, to me at least, a more succinct language.  But there is .NET support in Delphi now.
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Living Room / Re: I'm thinking about learning how to program.
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 25, 2010, 10:09 PM »
I'm thinking of getting into dot Net and C sharp.  I think that's a good beginning for a newbie and the combo will mean fast applications I think.

A good choice, I think, as long as you don't mind that you'll be coding primarily for Windows machines.  Mono isn't far enough along to compare favorably with .NET Framework just yet.

I myself am a novice programmer.  I got my start with C# back in '06, and am still going strong.  I have some tutorials here on DC that'll get you started.  The only thing outdated is that I refer to Visual C# Express 2005 edition, rather than the 2010 edition ;)  And I'd be glad to answer any newbie questions, or to at least research it (if I don't know the answer) and point you in the right direction...
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Living Room / Re: Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken!
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 24, 2010, 08:30 PM »
Ergonomic coffin:

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Living Room / Re: Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken!
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 24, 2010, 07:03 PM »
Hehe, nice ones!

Here's another (notice the toilet paper coming out of the printer):

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Living Room / Re: Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken!
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 24, 2010, 05:22 PM »
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Living Room / Re: Tom Vassel Begins his YouTube Series: Top 100 Board Games of all Time
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 24, 2010, 02:10 PM »
Cute video; also, it put me onto the website, which is interesting :)
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Living Room / Re: Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken!
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 24, 2010, 01:50 PM »
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Living Room / Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken!
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 24, 2010, 08:18 AM »
Just when you thought all the good ideas were taken...

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more to come; post your own...
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Living Room / Re: Facebook is starting to tick me off
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 24, 2010, 08:14 AM »
Hmm, looks nifty.  Wonder if they're advertising it on FB?
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Living Room / Re: New Supercomputer Accomplishes What Other Supercomputers Can't
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 23, 2010, 10:24 AM »
In thinking about its uses now in biochemistry, imagine what they'll be able to model in a decade, with the improvements and innovations made in the intervening years...
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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 21, 2010, 06:40 AM »
In the mean time, if someone here recognizes the synopsis...

Hmm, I've not read that one, yet. 
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Living Room / Re: Postcard to our past selves.
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 10:14 PM »
Ouch! I trust your wife doesn't read this? Or is this a case of you married the brunette the first time and the redhead the second?

Right.  The red-head is my second (and last) wife.
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Living Room / Re: Postcard to our past selves.
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 08:54 PM »
Marry the redhead, not the brunette...
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Living Room / Re: Facebook is starting to tick me off
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 08:26 PM »
My apology for not searching more thoroughly for mention of this elsewhere on DC.
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Living Room / Re: Father & Son team send iPhone into Outer Space!
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 08:24 PM »
Might just be me, but that would have been a much better story if it was the following:

Father and Son team gather all iPhone's and other Apple related products, launch them into space, then detonate their self-destruct function outside the earths atmosphere causing an epic iMeteor Shower.

Now...thats a story I could sink my teeth into cheesy

LOL!  +1


My favorite part of the video is when the dad asks the little boy if everything seems to be in order and the kid's expression and no-pause, authoritative answer...
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Living Room / Re: Google testing cars that drive themselves...
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 08:18 PM »
There are multiple possible reasons for failure, and until every single one of these has been addressed I don't they should be allowed on public highways.

Same can be said of people ;)


I would trust the Google car in its present state (with a human behind the wheel just in case) far more than the majority of motorists around every day

+1
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Living Room / Re: New Supercomputer Accomplishes What Other Supercomputers Can't
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 06:47 PM »
It sort of reminds me of the computer "Ira" from the old Wonder Woman series.
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Living Room / Father & Son team send iPhone into Outer Space!
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 06:46 PM »
You guys have got to watch the video on this page.  How cool is that?
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Living Room / Re: Facebook is starting to tick me off
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 06:26 PM »
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that some Facebook apps are leaking user data.
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Developer's Corner / The Fear of Programming
« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 06:22 PM »
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Interesting video about how our emotional outlook -- an in particular, a species of 'fear' -- can affect our programming productivity.
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