Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Feb 2013 10:40 UTC
"Since I left my job at Amazon I have spent a lot of time reading great source code. Having exhausted the insanely good idSoftware pool, the next thing to read was one of the greatest game of all time: Duke Nukem 3D and the engine powering it named 'Build'. It turned out to be a difficult experience: The engine delivered great value and ranked high in terms of speed, stability and memory consumption but my enthousiasm met a source code controversial in terms of organization, best practices and comments/documentation. This reading session taught me a lot about code legacy and what helps a software live long." Hail to the king, baby.
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RE[9]: Comment by ilovebeer
by Alfman on Wed 20th Feb 2013 14:33
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ilovebeer,
"Umm... What are you rambling about? If telling you directly I wasn't calling you out specifically doesn't soothe your butthurt then I guess your confidence really is shot and the shoe fits. Unfortunately lashing out won't solve either of those problems."
You're still doing it, it's totally immature, but then you already know that and it was your intention all along. Grow up. I try to take the discussions seriously and here you are continuing to fling insults without cause. I've been more patient than you deserve; it's just very disappointing to have this caliper of discussion on osnews. Obviously your just going to reply with more unprovoked insults, it's totally lame.
RE[10]: Comment by ilovebeer
by ilovebeer on Wed 20th Feb 2013 16:01
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Member since:2011-08-08
"Umm... What are you rambling about? If telling you directly I wasn't calling you out specifically doesn't soothe your butthurt then I guess your confidence really is shot and the shoe fits. Unfortunately lashing out won't solve either of those problems."
You're still doing it, it's totally immature, but then you already know that and it was your intention all along. Grow up. I try to take the discussions seriously and here you are continuing to fling insults without cause. I've been more patient than you deserve; it's just very disappointing to have this caliper of discussion on osnews. Obviously your just going to reply with more unprovoked insults, it's totally lame.
You're still doing it, it's totally immature, but then you already know that and it was your intention all along. Grow up. I try to take the discussions seriously and here you are continuing to fling insults without cause. I've been more patient than you deserve; it's just very disappointing to have this caliper of discussion on osnews. Obviously your just going to reply with more unprovoked insults, it's totally lame.
If you took discussions seriously then you would make more of an effort to pay attention to detail and is actually being said. You wouldn't intentionally misquote or misrepresent what has been said. Being deceitful is not how to have good debate. You claim I'm naive, then immediately agree with me. You put on a display after a general comment hits too close to home for you (I guess), and after being told it wasn't directed at you specifically, you put on an even bigger display. You're guilty of all this and more, but pretend you haven't provoked anything.
Your deceitfulness and erratic behavior is what's disappointing because you don't seem to be an idiot. Then again it gets you more attention than you would get otherwise, which may have been your issue all along -- a need for attention. Go ahead making false claims and lashing out. Sadly it's what I've come to expect from you.
RE[9]: Comment by ilovebeer
by BallmerKnowsBest on Wed 20th Feb 2013 19:25
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Member since:2008-06-02
"You can quit this stupid double speak now.
Umm... What are you rambling about? If telling you directly I wasn't calling you out specifically doesn't soothe your butthurt then I guess your confidence really is shot and the shoe fits. Unfortunately lashing out won't solve either of those problems. "
So Alfman calls you on your painfully-transparent attempts at underhanded insults, and what's your response? Deny it... and then immediately fall back into the same weaselly, passive-aggression that he called you on in the first place (all in the same paragraph, no less). If nothing else, I do have to admire that level of shameless audacity.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 11:29 UTC
The day has finally come! Jolla has finally announced the launch device for its Sailfish operating system - and by god this is a looker. It's decidedly different from other phones out there, but it has good specifications and carries a relatively reasonably price tag - EUR 399, and it's up for pre-order today, shipping in the fourth quarter of this year.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:33 UTC
Why does Google get so much credit in the technology industry? Why, despite the company's many obvious failings, do many geeks and enthusiasts still hold a somewhat positive view on the all-knowing technology giant? A specific talk at Google I/O this week provides the answer.
Linked by David Adams on 05/16/13 4:23 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/11/13 21:41 UTC
"Windows is indeed slower than other operating systems in many scenarios, and the gap is worsening." That's one way to start an insider explanation of why Windows' performance isn't up to snuff. Written by someone who actually contributes code to the Windows NT kernel, the comment on Hacker News, later deleted but reposted with permission on Marc Bevand's blog, paints a very dreary picture of the state of Windows development. The root issue? Think of how Linux is developed, and you'll know the answer.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/08/13 14:22 UTC
This is one of those news items that's fun to write, fun to read, fun to comment on, and where no one will be able to say anything unkind. It's all just one big ball of awesome fluffiness. TuneTracker, the BeOS radio automation software, has just released something very special: TuneTracker System 5, the first version designed entirely and specifically for Haiku. In fact, it actually includes Haiku in the software package. Better yet, TuneTracker also unveiled several system-in-a-box products - which have Haiku and TuneTracker pre-installed.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/02/13 15:28 UTC
Exactly twenty years ago, a document was published that played a huge role in establishing the web as we know it today. Twenty years later, and this simple and straightforward document is proof of an irrefutable fact: while closed technologies can change markets, open technologies can change the world.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/29/13 21:06 UTC
Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/24/13 22:24 UTC
They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 04/18/13 11:21 UTC
Nokia has posted its quarterly results for the first quarter of 2013, and just like the quarters that came before, there's not a whole lot of good news in there. The rise in Lumia sales still can't even dream of making up for the sales drop in Symbian phones, and when broken down in versions, the sales figures for Windows Phone 8 Lumias in particular are very disappointing. In North America, Nokia is getting slaughtered.More Features »
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Umm... What are you rambling about? If telling you directly I wasn't calling you out specifically doesn't soothe your butthurt then I guess your confidence really is shot and the shoe fits. Unfortunately lashing out won't solve either of those problems.
*Sometimes* that is true, but your initial claim that code and designs can't be bad as long as they work was completely naive. There's nothing more to say here since this is obviously true to everyone else.
That's nice. Only one problem... I never said designs can't be bad as long as they work. I said if they work as intended and are stable then they were engineered correctly.
I don't know why you try to be deceiving but whatever the reason, it's pretty dumb. If it's a matter of not paying attention to what's actually being said, maybe you should start....