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The DEevolution of the Computer Box

When bundled systems were all the rage, new boxes came with a gaggle of disks (system disks, hardware disks, monitor disks, all disks). Life was good because you could touch all that you need to keep your system up and running, for life. Then that became too much and then came the hidden partition with all that was needed stored there and all you had to do was boot into it and you could reinstall everything without CDs at all. Life was good but there was an inherent flaw in this methodology, hard disk failure. Now comes completely installed systems with just personal tweaking needed to make it your own and life is good, again. Except now there is a single use app that will make your own personal restore set of DVDs after tweaking so you can put everything back in your system when it all goes wrong.

Nice to be here...

I found this site while looking through the Internet for a definition of the phrase "control structures", a phrase that was used in a thread on my online university course; COMP230. I hate having to answer threads that ask questions which the course has not even addressed or in this case nothing on the eplatform even used the phrase "control structures". Really puts a burr under my saddle, uh huh.

The course is VBScripting with Database and the question was "Discuss the control structures used by VBScript to make conditional decisions and repeat blocks of code. Give examples of code using these decision-making and loop structures" Now having some experience with programming over the last thirty years I sort of knew what the question was alluding to, but still it got my dander up having been asked to expound on a concept that was not covered explicitly in that week's lecture.

My experience with Visual Java.... err... I mean C#

I'm gonna keep this very brief. I understand what Microsoft was going for with C#, and do think it does some things right. At the same time, there are some libraries that C# lack that Java has. Both are capable languages though and when used CORRECTLY (and by correctly, I am emphasizing that they used with a good object oriented design) they can be very useful.

Five "Holy Shit" Moments in 2011 for SX

Note: The following list is in no particular order.

1. COSCStudent tries to play both sides: http://www.soldierx.com/news/Were-back-sorta-and-news-about-Shane-Tarlet...

2. notsoldierx.com is registered: So after getting shamed, and every attempt to mess with the site failed, what is the last, pathetic attempt to troll made by the only person ever to be exiled? Register a similar domain name of course. Kind of funny that it wasn't used for long though.

3. The End of The New Order: It wasn't mention on the frontpage, but sn4ggl3 left SoldierX in 2011 for reasons I won't divulge, but I will state that they are rather disappointing ones. With that, the New Order started in 2010 would end.

Visual Studio 2010 observations

For my basic programming concepts series of tutorials, I did not have to go very far into detail for the aspects covered and was able to show effective examples without having to utilize an full fledged integrated development environment for C++ and C#. However, the next series of tutorials that I am looking to do (Which currently has a working title of "Moving Past Basic Programming Concepts") is not as universal in their respective implementations. As a result, I have opted to use Visual Studio 2010 Professional as my IDE for C# and for C++ use both that and Eclipse. (I rotate between Windows and Linux so I wanted something for both operating systems.) There are a few observations I have made about Visual Studio that I figure I should share.

Introduction to List styled data structures

Notice: The following is a sample of a proposed new series of tutorials covering data structures and sorting in programming. Should I receive enough positive feedback, I will proceed with it.

In my Basic Programming Concepts tutorial, I covered how arrays work. The main purpose is that they held a group of variables that are of the same type. There is one issue with arrays though as in order to use them either the number of variables must be established or all of the variables have to be given at the time of declaration. In addition, arrays are often not very flexible with regard to the type of information that can be held. With that in mind, there are many tasks where using a different data structure comes in handy.

Amp Blasts: Cell Phones

Ok, its time I tell the truth about something that has a special dislike from me. In the past two years, I have had to put up with people complaining about the fact that I don't have one. They feel that I should fall in and get one. However, I feel that most of the people complaining are actually full of shit.

One reason for this is that a considerable amount of people saying this are in family plans, and 2/3rds of them don't even pay a dime. These family plans are inherently cheaper cause it's multiple users in one bundle. In my case, I have practically no family to speak of. As a result, the majority who fall under family plans and aren't paying a dime have zero right to talk to me since unlike them, I would be paying out the nose for one.

Amp Blasts: BenOwns

Note: The following post is an opinion and is protected by SoldierX's User Agreement. These only reflect Amp's views and nobody else's.

Today, I write a new column entry not on general stupidity. Instead, I'm writing this blasts post cause of the intentionally malicious actions of another. It isn't often that somebody inspires a special level of bile, but today it has happened. Essentially, BenOwns has shown how much of a piece of garbage he is.

First, he represents the growing community issue that I see where instead of trying to learn and get better with regard to computer security, they expect something for almost nothing. This individual complained about when he would get access to VIP files to an extent where people downvoted him. In addition, it was obvious that his posts showed that he was not willing to act more sociable on the forums, be patient, and not insult RaT. (Which I personally think he did.) That wasn't the worst thing that he did though.

Programming Recommendations....

Ok, with the first edition of Basic Programming Concepts complete, there is one question I should address. Up until this point I have taken an agnostic standpoint on what Object Oriented Programming Language is the best. The reason for this is that I honestly feel that there is no one perfect solution. As a result, I find it odd when I am asked for a recommendation on what programming language to learn.

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