"He can't code his way out of a cardboard box.... but DAMN is he good-lookin'!"
Just kiddin'...
"He can't code his way out of a cardboard box.... but DAMN is he good-lookin'!"
Just kiddin'...
@unklegwar said:
Since when are bugs the equivalent of WTFs? The WTF is putting single quotes into a URL. I think it's within the reasonable realm of things overlooked that a URL would have a ' in it.
You would think so, but single quotes are apparently valid URL characters.
I haven't had a new job in a looooong time, but if I was searching now I'd wear a suit to an interview. I must be old-school!
My thinking is this.... yeah, I'm a talented developer, confident enough in my abilities and work ethic to know that the company I'm interviewing with would consider themselves lucky to have me in even in a ragged T-shirt and sweat pants.... still, if it turns out to be a good fit from my perspective, I sure wouldn't want my chances jeopardized by lacking something that's so easy to accommodate. I guess I'm a believer in first impressions counting.
@Daniel Beardsmore said:
@asuffield said:Correct alignment: all letters shall line up precisely in the horizontal axis. See the RISCOS screenshot for an example of this being done wrong.
Maybe I am wrong here, but I would interpret "horizontal axis" as "x axis", i.e. the baseline. Looking at the RISC OS image, all the letters are sitting on the baseline level with each other. Some of the anti-aliasing does suggest that they're not but I don't quite know why.
Rather than the anti-aliased font, the horizontal-axis comment may have been referring to the pixelated font in the "window" title... the lower-case "p," for example, that floats above the baseline, the sagging"f" crossbar, etc. These kinds of non-standard lower case letters were of course very common in the ancient days of displays with fixed-matrix characters. Ever seen a lower-case "g" in 5x7?
@Daniel Beardsmore said:
@asuffield said:There should not be blurry grey edges to characters, making them look out of focus.
This one is a real toughie. Larger text sizes (e.g. headings) look pretty bad without anti-aliasing, where the jaggies start to show up too much. But anti-aliasing tends to either distort the letters, or cause blur. Even dye sublimation–printed beige text at 300 dpi needs anti-aliasing else jaggies show up; you need at least 600 dpi before you can have 1-bit smooth text. That said, at 300 dpi any anti-aliasing should not be too blurry. At 100 dpi, you're a bit hosed. We're just extra aware of the limitations of present technology – pick your poison really.
(And yes, I do puzzle over Photoshop's different anti-aliasing settings, although they do differ. The real question is what dpi and font size combination they're intended for...)
I am of the opinion that fonts of any size look bad without anti-aliasing... but that's just me.
@djork said:
Or when you can use the more appropriate (for outsourced workers) [i]isNaaN[/i] method:
function isNaaN(obj) { return obj.isBread && obj.isCookedInTandoor && obj.isDelicious }
me.isNowDesiringAGarlicNaan = true;
@nikhil said:
Also in the method getfileSystemRootFolderFromDOM an instance of APITestUtil "test" is passed in. Can anyone remind that guy what is the use of "this" pointer/reference again? And after all what is the instance used for? You guessed it, to invoke a static method isNumeric.
Nice. The thought process must have been... oops, I need to call that static method. Darn, I wish I could call that it directly without an instance. Guess I'll need an instance. Wish I could create it myself, inside this method, too bad that's not possible. Hey! I'll just let the caller pass me an instance of this class! Damn I'm good.
Wow. Let's take a String from any system with no additional context and determine its boolean value. Sounds like a plan!!!!
@Soviut said:
@Zylon said:@vt_mruhlin said:
1 000 should be a singillion (or maybe a monillion or just an illion), 1 000 000 should be a billion, 1 000 000 000 should be a trillian, etc. Forget thousands.This is why we don't let Texans do math.
Alabama Pi = 3
Here in KY we reckon it's a bit closer to 4.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
@wgh said:@MasterPlanSoftware said:I don't know if this is real, and I know it is a pain in the ass to listen to, being 27 minutes long...
But it is simply hilarious.
Have you guys seen that new JibJab video with GWBush and John Kerry singing "This Land is Your Land?" Freaking hilarious.
Quoting the original poster is kind of redundant don't you think?
This land is your land....
This land is my land.......
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
I don't know if this is real, and I know it is a pain in the ass to listen to, being 27 minutes long...
But it is simply hilarious.
Have you guys seen that new JibJab video with GWBush and John Kerry singing "This Land is Your Land?" Freaking hilarious.
@m0ffx said:
@wgh said:Any chance they've figured out the right-most pedal is for accelerating? Or that the floor-mounted stick to the right is for switching gears? Or that the horn is on the wheel? Hell, why does anybody know that crap? =)
<FONT size=1>Disclaimer. The above paragraph applies to drivers of automobiles with the controls on the left-hand side of the vehicle.</FONT>
In the UK, I think the pedals are still left-clutch, middle-brake, right-accelerator. Right-hand-drive cars aren't simply left-hand-drive ones mirrored.
<FONT size=1>Disclaimer. The above paragraph applies to drivers of automobiles with the controls on the left-hand side of the vehicle. It may or may not apply to drivers of other countries whose drivers seats are located on the right-side of the vehicle. Such vehicles, while situating the driver's location on the right side, are not actually true "mirror-images" of the vehicles referenced in the above statement, so in fact some of the statements may actually apply to both vehicles. In such cases, however, the reader should consider that these and any other applicable statements a sole consequence of coincidence. Weight loss not typical. Your mileage may vary.</FONT>