I learned C++ 5 years ago from Accelerated C++ by Koenig and Moo. It's pretty good, and gets you introduced to the language relatively quickly (it's not a really thick book).

To say that one is a developer to a degree because you're testing a system is not a valid point at all. Release (not development) versions of kernels, especially those picked up and used by...

Astrology is a good strategy for use on internet forums for deciding who you should align yourself with, especially when you don't actually understand what is going on.

As pty said, KDE 4 will be brand new when 8.04 comes out. It is not going to be a well known and tested platform yet. That said, KDE 4 has a number of great improvements over KDE 3.5, and I'm sure...

You need to show the window before you move it around, otherwise you'll just see where it ends up.

I already knew the answer, but I scrolled down to see if there was a stupid statement at the bottom. Predictably, there was.

As you may all be aware, the user known as Digg Bot (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/member529.html) has been wreaking havoc in the various lounges:

IT Professionals' Lounge...

A driver handles the abstraction of hardware to a software construct.

Operating systems handle allocation and management of other more abstract constructs (such as files, sockets, and processes),...

No, beginners aren't allowed to use forks. They are a level 2 restricted system call (L2SYS). Talk to your manager about getting certified.

On a more technical note, yes I suppose you could do...

Can you explain google to me?

This is a message from the future, when the 'text tobe posted' arrived. It is the answer to all our energy problems, but it has a few kinks that need to be worked out. If someone can let me know...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,21980496,00.html

http://youtube.com/watch?v=F-ES8Bv0_8w

That's all.

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html

This is the best approximation for what you were looking for that I can find. I hope you find it interesting reading.

You're not getting it. You've assumed that you know the goals of the majority of the open source movement, which I don't think you do. Those may well be YOUR goals in open source, but they aren't...

sk8ndestroy,

You said there were no benefits to smoking. I was just being the nitpicker that I am :)

Dave,

Yes, second hand smoke is bad.
No, I do not agree with you on 'supply and demand' for whether it should be allowed. It's downright harmful, and nonsmoking sections are never fully clear...

You still don't understand. What I'm saying is that it HAS accomplished its goal. There is no problem of 'not accomplishing much'. Do you know what I am trying to say now?

Linux is not windows. Most Linux users are not trying to replace all Windows boxes. We have our freedom, and are better off for it. So Josh, it does not matter that Linux will not replace Windows....

All hail GNU autotools.

I like GNOME most of the time, but Linus is right that sometimes it assumes you don't know anything. I mostly like it because it's aesthetically pleasing and does everything I want it to.

Another...

passwd -l username
passwd -u username to unlock again

man passwd for more details.

Ugh, what a moron.

There is nothing that can be done about this from the technical side. It will always be possible. If you lock down the computers to the point that they can't do this, they won't be able to get any...

Soya3D kills vertex/normal layout, converting your mesh to polygons with individual verticies, then merging these verticies back together based on proximity, then computes the normals based on this. ...

You can't use cookies if you are using an HTML file stored locally (at least without a webserver running on localhost).

Funny you should say that. This summer I'm working on a project called PySoy (http://www.pysoy.org/), a Python game module that uses blender meshes. It's not ready for release yet, but we're...

Javascript does not offer a way to save to local files (thank god). Using PHP locally could work, but you'd have to install a webserver, configure PHP, learn PHP, etc. Yes, you are making it harder...

Better than irssi? Surely you lie.

This is why I never let anyone else use my login. I have a root shell open frequently.... and who knows what could go wrong.

I haven't tried XGL or Beryl yet, mostly because I like my CPU to be used for actual work ;). Also, I heard that if you're using XGL or Beryl you will not be able to run other OpenGL applications,...

Worms don't care what they have. They just want another member for their zombie horde.

Very badly said. MS-DOS and UNIX have almost nothing in common. DOS does not have permissions, users, groups, sockets, virtual memory, or pretty much anything that makes it a modern system. It was...

Yeah, you guys really are not being professional. Tell him it's gone too far and you're done. If he does not fix your computer's problems, report him.

Congratulations!

The US pirate party wants to reform copyright law, not eliminate it.

jwenting: you remind me of something from IRC...
* BluD goes off to burn some DVD's
<Daishi> Pirate.
<@BluD> ...
<@BluD>...

I play Literati with friends from IRC on yahoo games sometimes. Another fun one is IRC trivia. I also wrote a chessbot for IRC for a class project so I could play chess with my IRC friends (many of...

1) I had an Associate's degree in Chemical Engineering at the age of 17
2) My sleep schedule is completely off-kilter
3) I'm tone-deaf
4) I'm completely anal about standards-compliant web design &...

I think a regular scheduled talk would be nice... maybe you could specify a topic ahead of time. I can see that what you have done so far has improved traffic to the IRC network - we saw more chat...

That happens, but I think it has to do with the phase of the moon (and maybe tea leaves).

I'm with paradox814 on this. We can't really help you until you say something.

If you don't want to tell us, you can start by checking out http://www.php.net/features.file-upload.