Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> writes:

    > Yeah, I hear ya. My C++ lecturer from years ago once said to the whole
    > class "I dunno why you guys are studying this stuff. Programming
    > sucks.", to a bunch of astonished faces.
    >
    > He was right.

Programming in C++ sucks, for sure.

Des

On 16 Mar 2005 14:50:25 +0000, Des Small <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> writes:
    >> Yeah, I hear ya. My C++ lecturer from years ago once said to the whole
    >> class "I dunno why you guys are studying this stuff. Programming
    >> sucks.", to a bunch of astonished faces.
    >>
    >> He was right.
    >Programming in C++ sucks, for sure.

Try doing the same thing in assembly.
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:49:48 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    >On 16 Mar 2005 14:50:25 +0000, Des Small <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> writes:
    >>> Yeah, I hear ya. My C++ lecturer from years ago once said to the whole
    >>> class "I dunno why you guys are studying this stuff. Programming
    >>> sucks.", to a bunch of astonished faces.
    >>>
    >>> He was right.
    >>Programming in C++ sucks, for sure.
    >Try doing the same thing in assembly.

I did. :-)
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:31:10 +0100, nitram <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:49:48 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls
    > <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
    >> On 16 Mar 2005 14:50:25 +0000, Des Small <[email protected]>
    >> wrote:
    >>> Programming in C++ sucks, for sure.
    >> Try doing the same thing in assembly.
    > I did. :-)

Do I have to mention the language 'Delphi'. For Win32, it can't get much
easier...

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"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure
sign of a diseased mind."
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:31:10 +0100, nitram <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:49:48 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls
    ><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
    >>On 16 Mar 2005 14:50:25 +0000, Des Small <[email protected]>
    >>wrote:
    >>>Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> writes:
    >>>> Yeah, I hear ya. My C++ lecturer from years ago once said to the whole
    >>>> class "I dunno why you guys are studying this stuff. Programming
    >>>> sucks.", to a bunch of astonished faces.
    >>>>
    >>>> He was right.
    >>>Programming in C++ sucks, for sure.
    >>Try doing the same thing in assembly.
    >I did. :-)

http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~omri/Humor/write_in_c.html

"If you've just spent nearly 30 hours
Debugging some assembly,
Soon you will be glad to
Write in C."

(It was just a matter of time before someone posted that)
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:32:56 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    >On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:31:10 +0100, nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:49:48 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls
    >><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
    >>>On 16 Mar 2005 14:50:25 +0000, Des Small <[email protected]>
    >>>wrote:
    >>>>Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> writes:
    >>>>> Yeah, I hear ya. My C++ lecturer from years ago once said to the whole
    >>>>> class "I dunno why you guys are studying this stuff. Programming
    >>>>> sucks.", to a bunch of astonished faces.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> He was right.
    >>>>Programming in C++ sucks, for sure.
    >>>Try doing the same thing in assembly.
    >>I did. :-)
    >http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~omri/Humor/write_in_c.html
    >"If you've just spent nearly 30 hours
    >Debugging some assembly,
    >Soon you will be glad to
    >Write in C."
    >(It was just a matter of time before someone posted that)

I wrote in machine code initially, I really appreciated assembler. :-)
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:32:56 GMT, wrote:

    > http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~omri/Humor/write_in_c.html
    > "If you've just spent nearly 30 hours
    > Debugging some assembly,
    > Soon you will be glad to
    > Write in C."

http://users.pandora.be/dirk.claessens2/howto.htm

The standard joke about programming languages.

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"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure
sign of a diseased mind."
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:24:41 +0100, "Martin Strand"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:32:56 GMT, wrote:
    >> http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~omri/Humor/write_in_c.html
    >> "If you've just spent nearly 30 hours
    >> Debugging some assembly,
    >> Soon you will be glad to
    >> Write in C."
    >http://users.pandora.be/dirk.claessens2/howto.htm
    >The standard joke about programming languages.

On the subject of shooting oneself in the foot:

http://www.ogrish.com/archives/2005/...foot_shoot.wmv

Do you laugh, or are you too astonished that he continues talking and
asks for the other gun?
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:13:25 GMT, wrote:

    > Do you laugh, or are you too astonished that he continues talking and
    > asks for the other gun?

I'm just glad I come from a country where the police force doesn't carry
guns...

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sign of a diseased mind."
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Aaaack! What happened to my thread?

Paul


"Martin Strand" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:13:25 GMT, wrote:
    >> Do you laugh, or are you too astonished that he continues talking and
    >> asks for the other gun?
    > I'm just glad I come from a country where the police force doesn't carry
    > guns...
    > --
    > Martin Strand
    > "Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure
    > sign of a diseased mind."
    > -Terry Pratchett, «Eric»

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 06:03:37 -0500, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Aaaack! What happened to my thread?
    >Paul

You top posted, so others hijacked it.

Welcome to RTE.
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Deep Foiled Malls <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 06:03:37 -0500, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >Aaaack! What happened to my thread?
    > >
    > >Paul
    >
    > You top posted, so others hijacked it.

And he still got some pretty good answers.

    > Welcome to RTE.

Indeed.

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Paul a écrit :
    > We're traveling to Austria, Croatia, Corsica, and Mainland France this
    > summer. Will have the laptop with me for digital photography. Anybody had
    > much luck with Wi-Fi internet connections in Europe? It appears that many
    > of these are located in hotels? Do you usually have to be a guest to logon
    > to access in those places?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    > Paul
    >
    >
France 3297 locations.
PARIS, free (gratuit) 77 locations
http://intel.fr.jiwire.com/
ex.
Frog and British Library
113 Avenue de France
Paris, 75013 FR
http://intel.fr.jiwire.com/wi-fi-wir...ry-1024903.htm

Martin Strand a écrit :
    > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:32:56 GMT, wrote:
    >
    >> http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~omri/Humor/write_in_c.html
    >> "If you've just spent nearly 30 hours
    >> Debugging some assembly,
    >> Soon you will be glad to
    >> Write in C."
    >
    >
    > http://users.pandora.be/dirk.claessens2/howto.htm
    >
    > The standard joke about programming languages.
    >
You cannot shoot in Python. It is a shame.

chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn wrote:
    > Bob Fusillo <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > I have just got a new laptop with wi-fi. Now --- how does it work
in pay
    > > situations? I find a net cafe or whatever, then what? How does the
money
    > > work?
    > If it's paid wi-fi, when you log on to the network and open your
    > browser, it ought to be redirected to the wi-fi network's home page.
You
    > can pay by credit card for the amount of time you want.

And in some places you can buy a physical voucher with an access code -
this is how Starbucks works in the UK IIRC.

I stayed recently at a Citadines Apart'Hotel in London where you got
24-hour free access just by taking a ticket from a machine in the lobby
to get your password - strictly speaking it was for guests only, but I
don't see why anyone who looked plausible couldn't wander in and do so.