Lol nice that's nice

2 days without a post. Whats going on??

deafeye did some heavy trolling in the poker site thread, but turns out he's quite a hero imo: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...issue-1178821/

cliffs: lol lock poker lol

That is truly an epic fail. Credit to deafeye for publishing it.

Saw that too, good for him!

Gullanian is on vacation...

lol

WOW!!

Agree, but this bit kinda spoilt it:
Good luck with that idea...

Juk

Yeah gotta agree not likely to find a hole there, I doubt lock is nearly so casual protecting their own funds as they are mere users. but lol it would be absolutely hilarious if he did find something, and who knows...

LockRizen's responses are insanely tilting though. "oh there was a problem in one of the updates, that shouldn't have happened. it's fixed now. we actually fixed it the first time you reported, it just happened again sorry".

no mention at all to WTF are you doing storing cashier passwords in plain text anywhere FFS!

I dunno if it spoiled it.

I would say it added the deafeye touch imo

lol

Juk

Whats the "standard" way to handle linkage of large mfc c++ projects?

We currentlu have 4 projects that all depend on each other and they use alot of the same code. Someone has copy and pasted the files to each directory and created a mess of a directory structure that contains everything from old aim messages to pictures to filename.h filename1.h filename3.h where all 3 the only difference is the name of the class.

Should I just include all the common code (cpp / headers) in one directory headers in another and other cpps in program directories? Stdafx.h would then have all the #includes and every file just #includes stdafx.h correct?

Also, Is it a good idea to use all the visual studio wizards etc to add variables or do it by hand? I know for things like Small Business Server the wizards are not required but nothing runs right if you don't run them. Same case here or can I declare them myself and do the map and get cleaner code?

Can't you just create a library for the common code?

So I wanna make a transition from Business/ Sales to IT and use my business "acumen" (lol that word is funny to me because it means nothing) and communication/sales skills in a development type environment.

Right now I am an account manager (business development manager) doing contract staffing within IT..

I wanna start taking classes towards a masters in an IT related study next Spring, do I have any options in the meantime? Is there like a cookie-cutter type job I don't know about for people like me??

I'm interested in your guys' take on the programming side of things. ty

jeff,

+1 to what neko said. failing that, at least getting the common code/headers into a single location sounds like a good step forward.

you could use stdafx as your encapsulation for all headers, but will that work? are there any negative side effects to precaching all your headers? will your colleagues be smart enough to follow the convention, or will random #includes pop up in different source files?

i wouldn't trust a microsoft wizard with production code, but maybe that's just me. if you aren't confident that you'll get all the adjustments right yourself, i would snapshot the code (i.e. make sure everything is checked in and up-to-date), run the wizard, then run a diff to see what the wizard did. this lets you inspect the wizard's work (rather than trusting it blindly) and may clue you in to what you've missed in the past doing it by hand (oh i didn't know i needed to manually set DONT_BE_******ED to 1).


larry,

this sort of question comes up all the time on Ask Slashdot (and probably on SO and elsewhere). if you have a thick skin, seek out some of those threads and watch the sparks fly.

i might be biased but i'm never hiring an IT guy who doesn't have serious technical chops and a ****load of IT experience. your master's degree means nothing to me if you can't set up a DNS server or hack up some scripts to automate menial labor.

IT management might be a different ball game. notably, if you're at the right (wrong) company, you could be hired as an IT manager without ever talking to someone like me who actually knows what's happening on the ground.

gl!

In my experience, developers tend to convert over to the business side, not the other way round. If you are going to go down the developer route then be prepared to start low down. A masters degree is not worth much without experience in the industry.

As in a DLL? That would probably be the idea solution but require far far more time than I have to retractor all this code. I am mostly just sick of having a code base thats 300+ mb for a smaller project.

Yea I understand where you are coming from.

My technical knowledge is basically this:

Wrote programs in BASIC at age 10-11.
Learned HTML at 12 and used pure html in notepad to make websites at 12-13. Silly websites like one about growing pepper plants and playing basketball (made one for my uncle's company but he didnt wanna pay me anything so it never went live).
13-18 stopped virtually all progress technically (wish i didnt do this)

In College, I was interested again and at one point was the "BA" for my friend and he did all the C++ coding and I read it with his help and we made a limit poker bot (never played it online obv)
After College I have made 2 websites for small businesses, both simple ones, both still live.

Right now I'm learning Java and going to try and make 2012 about learning it well.

Basically, I am looking for an opportunity to work for relatively low pay (compared to people my age who already have 2-3 years experience) as a trade off for a place that will train me, I am just not sure if this exists, or I should stick to business/sales for the next 2-3 years and do some side projects, etc.

Yeah stick it all in a DLL (or static library I guess). It may be worth the time investment now if it will payoff down the road.

larry,

you didn't name a single skill that i would consider strongly related to IT.

if you're serious, side projects are the only way to fly. find an open source project that scratches an itch you have (and uses a technology you want to learn) and work your way up to contributing code.

Obv that is true.

I am just trying to display that I have at least a chimpanzee's level of understanding in regards to technology.

larry,

yes well the market is crowded with lots of chimps. you're gonna need to differentiate yourself from them, preferably by advanced tool use.

another vector for building a skill set: find a library, school, non-profit, etc. that needs IT help and volunteer your time. you'll start off with "my email no work" and "pc load letter? what the **** does that mean?" but eventually you should start to get "help us with the website" and "we need to buy a new server".