I had a similar problem with my laptop, an IBM X24 Thinkpad. The light would frequently go out, making it almost impossible to see (although you could still make out some details without the light,...

My problem is not with the concept -- I've done this sort of thing before in PHP -- but with the syntax. E.g., this is the effect I want:
// Pseudocode
If (toupper($usernamein) != "JOHNDOE") {
...

Hey guys,

I'm taking a beginner's VB/.NET class. Today we started working on a project involving a simple login form, e.g.:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub btnLogin_Click(ByVal sender As...

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Thanks.

Hey guys,

I've been having some trouble setting ios:: flags. In general I don't use using, but without it what I do doesn't work.
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
...

Thanks a lot guys. I'm still pretty new to C++, so this really helped me out. So the line using namespace std; has nothing to do with using iostream over iostream.h? Guess that's another...

Hey guys, I just have a simple (?) question. What difference is there, if any, between cin and std::cin (for example)? If the latter is better form, why is it so?