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Janeway Super Geek Posts: 234 From: Cyberspace, Delta Quadrant Registered: Sep 1999	posted February 22, 2002 12:07 I'm so ashamed. I'm in love with two Microsoft products. I love Zoo Tycoon. The animals are so cute, especially the baby ostriches and the tiger cubs. And I like Visual Basic. It makes programming soo easy. I just click a couple of buttons and there's a graphic in my program. I never could figure it out in c++. Let me repeat..I LOVE Visual Basic. Oh, I'm so wicked. IP: Logged
Steen SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1162 From: Maryville, TN, USA Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 22, 2002 14:03 /me holds up two Linux distributions to make a silver cross Evil! Eviiiiiiilllllll!! IP: Logged
Bregalad Super Geek Posts: 203 From: Vancouver, BC, Canada Registered: Jan 2002	posted February 22, 2002 14:22 I think the only list shorter than "Microsoft products I love" would be my list of "things I like about Steve Balmer" IP: Logged
+Andrew Super Geek Posts: 198 From: Boston, MA, USA Registered: Aug 2001	posted February 22, 2002 22:03 You like... Visual Basic? I didn't think such people existed! But really, I can't imagine liking VB. I agree that it has its uses (quick development of simple Windows apps). I've even used it to make a few little apps of my own, but I don't think I could possibly stand to write more than a few hundred lines of VB per year. If there's any one think I really hate about it, its the documentation. The help/reference files in VS5 were reasonably sane, but the abomination (MSDN Library) that passes for a help system in VS6 is orders of magnitude worse, in a usability sense. -Andrew IP: Logged
macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1126 From: In a world beyond your understanding Registered: Jan 2002	posted February 22, 2002 22:03 or things you like about bill gates. Nayt ------------------ Through out your life you will wonder who THEY are. Then you find out who THEY really are. From then on you live you life in fear of THEM and you wish you never knew who THEY were. IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1117 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted February 22, 2002 22:28 I like his house, just wish it were mine. Of course, it would need some remodeling and sterilizing. I would also need an exterminator, I bet the place is just full of bugs >;o) ........Z IP: Logged
Nemo Geek Posts: 86 From: The deep woods of Norway Registered: Feb 2002	posted February 23, 2002 05:23 sigh I like Visual Basics too... I'm bad bad bad... But how can I not like the first program I learned to code in? It's in my blood now, no matter what I do. IP: Logged
Tau Zero BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1685 From: Registered: Jan 2000	posted February 23, 2002 11:19 I learned BASIC as my first computer language. I got over it. After your fourth or fifth high-level language and your tenth assembly language or so, you tend to lose the sentimentality and, Spock-like, see the logic of things. IP: Logged
octothorp Assimilated Posts: 361 From: calgary, alberta, canada Registered: Feb 2000	posted February 23, 2002 18:50 I like VBscript because it's got great XML support. I also prefer Internet Explorer when I'm on my PC. Not sure which I like better yet on Mac--too close too call. # IP: Logged
DUCT TAPE Geek Posts: 80 From: Registered: Sep 2001	posted February 24, 2002 11:45 evil, microsoft is evil. i hate to admit it, but for a long time i used explorer on my mac, but now i have deleted all microsoft apps on my computer and only use hotmail for a spam acount. IP: Logged
dragonman97 Geek Posts: 97 From: Westchester County, New York Registered: May 2001	posted February 24, 2002 14:57 Good work, Steen! You can put my LNX-BBC (Linux Bootable Business Card) at the center of that, with its penguin smiling on VB users, magically removing their fog. Yes, I love being able to carry Linux in my wallet. Also, my Penguin Photon Light (Thinkgeek) will shine light for all to see. Seriously, I dislike VB, because it does not instill good programming habits, the biggest of which is its case-insensitive nature. I am a SI (Supplemental Instructor) for Computer Programming I & II, which teaches Java, and some of the students have just come out of Intro to VB, and I have spent so long going through compiler errors that have to deal solely with case-sensitive issues. Java is a real language, with comprehensive functionality, and using Forte for Java, quick prototyping can be done with easy form generation. And if you still want BASIC, and since this is a pro-Mac forum (though I'm a proud Linux user), I've heard and seen a lot of good things about RealBASIC for the Mac. And for any platform, besides Java, Perl is a great language. IP: Logged
Dahak Mini-Geek Posts: 51 From: Royersford, PA, United States Registered: Oct 2001	posted February 25, 2002 09:52 In defense of Microsoft, their Macintosh Business Unit has put out some good applications, far superior to some of the crap they've made on the Windows side. I've been especially impressed with how well they're been able to make great and solid applications for Mac OS X. Then again, their main strength since Office 98 has been their ability to make their applications as Mac-like as possible, instead of making a straight port of their Windows software. This approach has paid some handsome dividends in terms of usability as well as stability. ------------------ "A child of five could understand this! Therefore, fetch me a child of five!" IP: Logged
rednecklinux Neat Newbie Posts: 12 From: the darkside of the south Registered: Feb 2002	posted February 25, 2002 16:09 Hey thats nuthin', I HAVE to take VB in college as a programming major. Oh the shame of it all! Thank god I program in C at home to keep me sharp. VB is a great language for non-programmers (much like BASIC), but to make it a required course is just too much! I_really_hate_the_MS_stranglehold! IP: Logged
zooz unregistered	posted February 27, 2002 08:29 NOOOOOOO! I can't believe what I am hearing! Point and click?! For your pennance you must do everything from the command line for 60 days. No point and click anything! First, remove Mousekeys from your system. Next, unplug the mouse from your system and immediately stomp it to peices (if it's a nice mouse, or you don't want to break it, put it in a bank safety deposit box, or pput it in a strong water prof safe with a time-lock). Now that that step has been taken care of, use start.exe, rundll32.exe and .WSH scripts created and run from batch files to operate the various windows functions which arn't available via keyboard shortcuts. And PLEASE don't even think of using file mana^H^H^H^H^H Windows explor^H^H^H^HIE5^Hahh you get the point, or the start menu! Always shutdown your computer with a comamnd like: rundll user.exe,exitwindows (note: only tested in windows 95) Also, collect and use as many console and/or DOS programs and utilities that you can getyour hands on or your system can handle (be very careful. can be very nasty under windows, and always read the manual!) The more commands/switches each utilitiy has available for operation, the better. IP: Logged
greycat Super Geek Posts: 182 From: Registered: Oct 2001	posted March 05, 2002 06:05 Uh... zooz? I know you're the world's most die-hard DOS fan. And I respect that. But Unix is a hell of a lot easier. Compare: rundll user.exe,exitwindows (note: only tested in windows 95) shutdown -h now I offer an alternative penance for Janeway: install, configure and use any Unix-like system for no less than 30 days. Mac OS X doesn't count unless you only use the command line. Of course, once you have done this, you will no longer be able to use DOS/Windows without feeling mildly ill. Such is the price of growth. IP: Logged
Janeway Super Geek Posts: 234 From: Cyberspace, Delta Quadrant Registered: Sep 1999	posted March 05, 2002 07:21 Lol, I've installed Linux on my second hard drive but it's got that X windows interface. Does that count? IP: Logged
rednecklinux Neat Newbie Posts: 12 From: the darkside of the south Registered: Feb 2002	posted March 07, 2002 18:31 Ahhhh....X windows. The only thing left for those poor ol' computers. But I still wouldn't give up KDE. I did start on windows afterall. Oh!! I now teach linux use parttime!! Good things do come to those who wait...and don't sell their soul to Mr. Bill. IP: Logged
iballoondesign Alpha Geek Posts: 283 From: Midland, TX Registered: Dec 2001	posted March 08, 2002 21:50 I liked FrontPage as the beginning, it help me by give more better idea how to improve and understanding how to handle html as web designer. I actually don't want to be web designer but it's great add to my resume as plus. Now, I move to Dreamweaver - good-bye FrontPage, you taught me so much and I become a better person. IP: Logged
MacManKrisK Super Geek Posts: 132 From: Southwest Lower Michigan, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted March 10, 2002 14:14 I guess I still love the first language I ever really programmed in, HyperTalk! My first programming expierence was in BASIC, but I really never got beyond... code: 10 print "text" 20 print : print : print 30 print "more text" 40 goto 10 ------------------ KK (a.k.a. The MacMan) "You know, it's the one, with the thing!" IP: Logged

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