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From: Gail Shaw
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:17:36
Message: <47b1c6a0@news.povray.org>
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:47b1c61d$1@news.povray.org...
> >> Heh. How do you guys know all this stuff?
> >
> > We read the news sites.
>
> Wouldn't that take an absurd amount of time?
Max 10 min a day for me. Usually over morning coffee. Many offer a daily
email or rss feed
It beats coming across as ignorant in conversation.
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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:18:59
Message: <47b1c6f3@news.povray.org>
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>>> Heh. How do you guys know all this stuff?
>>
>> We read the news sites.
>
> Wouldn't that take an absurd amount of time?
>
Doesn't that explain why I don't progress on my coding?
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:19:15
Message: <47b1c703@news.povray.org>
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>>> Borland
>> Are they still going?
>
> Sure
Oh, OK. I thought they went under after Delphi failed...
>>> Blizzard
>> ...who?
>
> Diablo
> Warcraft
> Starcraft
> World of Warcraft
>
> Gaming company.
Oh, OK. I hadn't heard of them. [But then, I've never played or even
seen any of the games you mention, so...]
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:20:02
Message: <47b1c732@news.povray.org>
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>>> We read the news sites.
>> Wouldn't that take an absurd amount of time?
>
> Max 10 min a day for me. Usually over morning coffee. Many offer a daily
> email or rss feed
> It beats coming across as ignorant in conversation.
Mmm, OK. I guess if I was talking to people who actually care about such
matters I might do the same... ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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From: Gail Shaw
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:22:01
Message: <47b1c7a9@news.povray.org>
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:47b1c732@news.povray.org...
> >>> We read the news sites.
> >> Wouldn't that take an absurd amount of time?
> >
> > Max 10 min a day for me. Usually over morning coffee. Many offer a daily
> > email or rss feed
> > It beats coming across as ignorant in conversation.
>
> Mmm, OK. I guess if I was talking to people who actually care about such
> matters I might do the same... ;-)
Hmm.
Does that mean we don't care, or that we're not people?
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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:27:48
Message: <47b1c904@news.povray.org>
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Invisible wrote:
>>>> Borland
>>> Are they still going?
>>
>> Sure
>
> Oh, OK. I thought they went under after Delphi failed...
>
I cringe any time I have to drag out the old Borland C++ IDE..
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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:28:35
Message: <47b1c933@news.povray.org>
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Invisible wrote:
>>> Heh. How do you guys know all this stuff?
>>
>> We read the news sites.
>
> Wouldn't that take an absurd amount of time?
>
It's a symptom of not willfully living underneath a rock.
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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:33:06
Message: <47b1ca42@news.povray.org>
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:47b1c391@news.povray.org...
>> Gail Shaw wrote:
>>
>>> Oracle
>>> Sun
>> I thought Sun only made hardware?
>>
>> [Oh, mind you, they did do that little Java fad...]
>
> And MySQL. Don't forget SunOS. They may have done Solaris too, but I'm not
> sure.
yep, Solaris is genuinely a Sun Unix. MySQL is not from them, they just
acquired the company responsible. So far, so good and no forks made...
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:34:58
Message: <47b1cab2@news.povray.org>
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>>> It beats coming across as ignorant in conversation.
>> Mmm, OK. I guess if I was talking to people who actually care about such
>> matters I might do the same... ;-)
>
> Hmm.
>
> Does that mean we don't care, or that we're not people?
You're not going to fire me if you think I'm an idiot, are you? ;-)
Besides, I thought most of the people in here are more interested in
software products than who-owns-who type details?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: My Experience with Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Date: 12 Feb 2008 11:36:05
Message: <47b1caf5$1@news.povray.org>
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>>>> Heh. How do you guys know all this stuff?
>>>
>>> We read the news sites.
>>
>> Wouldn't that take an absurd amount of time?
>>
>
> It's a symptom of not willfully living underneath a rock.
I just try not to spend time on things that don't interest me. [I
thought everybody else did too...]
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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