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    Re: This is not cricket

    Im sorry chaps but I have to totally disagree with you.

    There are a number of issues here.

    First, it has to be said both of your replies here indicate that perhaps you have a gap in your...
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    Re: Advice please

    I certainly dont consider it an accusation. Disingenuous maybe but not an accusation.
    That would be defamatory and Im jolly well certain you chaps are careful not to defame people :) (Ive called my...
  3. Re: Study on governmental policies to spread Open source

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    Fantastic yes?
    Can you tell us who you are, who you represent, etc, etc.
    in other words I thin k we would need your credentials. Hear - say accounts arent usually a component of serious...
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    Re: Advice please

    Thank you young man. Its good to know anyhow that someone's interest has been sparked.
    You are indeed correct that it is a very common event for young people to ask advice on this forum about...
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    Advice please

    I would appreciate the advice of those more familiar with Forum rules than I am.
    I have an interest in disseminating knowledge about Educational Opportunities to young people , or even older people,...
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    Touch Screen Killers

    Good Evening Chaps and possibly Chapesses,

    Touch screen technology isnt as new as some of you may believe.

    I remember some years ago being on a trip with our Year 9 pupils to a water treatment...
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    Re: Javascript is hard to appreciate...

    Scripting is one of those things which, at least in the academic world, we seem a little embarrassed to talk about.

    Java Script, as the last poster mentioned, was available at a time when OO...
  8. [SOLVED] Re: is Ubuntu supposed to compete with Windows???

    Things arent that bad chaps.
    I use, version 11.04 and I can see every program installed on my system. This is certainly something I cant see on Windows 7.
    Pay attention at the back and navigate,...
  9. Re: I need a little help finding a program for a programming class.

    If I understand your problem correctly I think you need to open Terminal.
    Go to the edit menu
    Select Profiles
    Select Edit
    then choose the tab called scrolling. You can change defaults there
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    Re: Rob Pike : Famous Unix man

    That might just be perceived as a tad rude by some of the people who post here.
    I always try to avoid discord with other posters. They all seem a decent bunch on the whole, as indeed Im sure you are.
  11. Thread: Learning C?

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    Re: Learning C?

    My word, how on earth did I miss that?
    Thank you for pointing out the obvious. I really must pay attention.
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    Rob Pike : Famous Unix man

    I came across this little gem from year 2000 wherein Rob Pike's views on systems research are analysed.
    http://www.advogato.org/article/82.html
    For those of an academic mind there is also a link...
  13. Thread: Learning C?

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    Learning C?

    Are you chaps setting out on the road to mastering C ?
    Obfuscated code competitions used to be a well used tool for people looking to become C gurus.
    I had thought they had gone the way of many...
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    Re: This is not cricket

    Thank you very much sir,
    I have to confess Im absolutely mortified someone should think Im a spammer.
    The last thing I would ever do
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    This is not cricket

    Sirs,
    I have been astounded to receive one infraction and one warning from moderating staff because I began a thread entitled "Getting Through the Minefield"
    Here is the current location of the...
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    Re: Sites where I can learn Programming

    You might consider taking a more formal approach and, if you live in the UK, take a look at the Open University. http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/computing-and-ict/index.htm
    They offer...
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    Re: Starting to learn .net

    Well you are almost correct. I'm sure you know as well as I do there is no support for WPF.
    You may think otherwise but I regard that as a rather significant subset of the .Net Framework.
    (you can...
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    Re: Windows 8 Developer Preview is out.

    Im having a few problems getting this chap loaded in VB but in the meantime here are some expert snippets.

    http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2011/09/15/windows-8-reactions-from-build.aspx
    ...
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    Re: Starting to learn .net

    We are usually quite prescriptive in education. Surely your course dictates which development environment to use for each module?

    On a more general level I believe MONO is somewhat behind the...
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    Re: What should I make for Second Life

    Well young man, the only thing I can even imagine making for Second Life is a quick move to the Exit :)
    Seriously I do believe people, especially young people, can make much better use of their time...
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    Re: Well I wrote my first program in C

    Far be it from me to disagree but in the context of formal learning I would also suggest there really do seem to be two schools of thought in modern education relating to teaching of Computer...
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    Re: Algorithm Analysis

    Keep thinking positive is the trick.
    Sometimes in education the subject matter makes some students wonder if it
    has any practical use. This is just as true of Computing Science as it is of English...
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    Re: Arithmetic type conversion in C

    Itds a nice question you've been set and one which is designed to make you think about how your compiler behaves.
    I would assume, if he is worth his salt,your teacher would advise you to find out...
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    My fantastic pupil

    One of my former students has been awarded a scholarship with MIT in the USA.
    Thats quite a trip for a young person from the UK and its even more daunting when the person involved is a girl.
    Im...
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    Re: Creating my own linux distro

    This looks to be a very positive project to undertake and you have done very well to come up with such a good constructive idea.
    I would suggest that, depending on your personal level of skill and...
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