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A common dream of most developers is to develop a game. Game development can be very intimidating to jump into straight away. The hardest decision is to determine what kind of game you’re going to create – what’s the backstory, who are the actors, what’s their purpose, what does success look like, and so on. One of the more popular casual game types and one not to intimidating for new game developers to jump into is the Tower Defense game genre. Developers vs. Zombies.
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: Developers vs. Zombies.
What weapons would we use? A machine gun that shoots exploding keyboard keys? Computer mouse grenades? Monitor mines? Exploding CDs/DVDs?
I do know that our rations would consist mostly of BACON!
I honestly think that would be a fun game!
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking
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I'll skip the rumor mongering that lead to the NFC speculations and get straight to it. I'm glad Apple is not using NFC in the new iPhone. My iPhone already has one of the best data transmission options available, a retina display and a high resolution camera. NFC is solving the wrong problem. Here's the real problem: how do we communicate data a short distance as quick as possible with the least effort? Near-field curmudgeon.
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The OP's username seems to indicate 'Apple Fanboy' and, as such, of course any feature that the iPhone 5 lacks would be considered as extraneous, unnecessary and lacking, and they'd be (publicly) glad that the phone didn't have it. The fact is that NFC does the job of exchanging information over a short distance very well as is being widely adopted as an industry standard. Even £40 PAYG phones have NFC these days. It seems that Apple have dropped a clanger to save the price of a chip and a bit of software development.
Live the Apple mantras: "We're not going to let you do that" and "We'll save that for the iPhone 6 and screw another upgrade out of you".
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One of Steve Jobs’ wishes, to have Apple employees wear a uniform, seems to have come to fruition and was on display yesterday. But would he approve? Do you? ITworld
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I just don't care what they wear. Of what importance is it?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Might be a marketing fail, if people start talking about the dress style instead of the product. 
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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It might be marketing genius to distract the media away from their products as they know they are no longer 'the best'.
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Welcome to our continuing series of Code Project interviews. In this installment we talk to Martin Pilkington, creator of Lighthouse Keeper.
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I need to create a chat application using UDP in vb.net
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Good for you.
I need to win the lottery and retire
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.. and I just want a Million Dollars!
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Just that something can be done, doesn't mean it should be done. Respect developers and their efforts!
Jk
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Please post your question in the appropriate forum. This is a forum for industry news, not a place to ask programming questions. You're better off posting in the VB forum[^].
Also, please keep in mind that nobody is going to do your work for you. If you have a specific question or need help with something, explain what you've already tried and where you're stuck. We'll try our best to help you out, but as I said before, don't expect us to do your work for you.
Thanks,
/ravi
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Please, delete that post before all the down-voting frenzy will get you out of CP...
You should look at the code project green top menu to search for the right places to post your messages:
Under "Quick answers", you can "Ask a question" this is what we call Q&A, and it is used to ask for a specific and fast question that can be answered in a breeze.
Under "Discussions" you have plenty of message boards all for their respective languages.
Under "Community" you can find "The Lounge" where you can go and speak about any white topic (no politics... see on top).
Also under "Community" you can find "The Soapbox" (which is the same than "The Lounge" but a little bit more harsh).
And then there is also this place "The insider news" which is the place were you can see interesting newes from the IT world.
See that you've posted your question wrong for two reasons:
- Wrong forum.
- No details.
When it is time to help we like to have plenty of details to understand properly what is happening and how to solve it. "Give me Code" is not well received...
Good luck and welcome to the CP!
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You 'need' to create or you 'want' to create?
Happy Programming
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My first foray into Agile was with a product team back in 2004-2005. It was my first “real” job out of college, and my first experience with a death march. During the death march, I was struck on how bad the idea of death marching was. Working weekends, long hours etc. were a sign of failure not on the development team, but our a failure to plan, set expectations, and deliver frequently. This rather horrible experience pushed me to explore better options, leading me into Scrum and XP. I’ve had a lot of success with Scrum – but I’ve had greater success in ditching it.
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In partnership with the Visual Studio team, we are launching Code Snippets for Windows Store apps, a collection of around 60 IntelliSense Code Snippets for common Windows Store app programming tasks. The snippets are available for Visual Basic, C#, C++, and JavaScript developers. For example, if you don’t know how to copy a file in JavaScript or C++, just right-click, select Insert Snippet, select the code snippet, and it will automatically add the code to your Windows app. Translation: Apps previously known as "Metro" for the store previously known as "Marketplace."
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iRobot has published an API for Roomba - the Roomba SCI (Serial Command Interface). The idea is very simple: you need to transfer byte array to Roomba’s serial port.... Each byte holds a single command or a command-group. We will go deeper into that later on... Battling robots that clean up after themselves.
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Dennis also had a deliciously wry sense of humor. He was once asked: In your experience, how long does it take for a novice programmer to become a reasonably proficient C developer capable of writing nontrivial production code? Dennis replied: I don’t know. I never had to learn C. To the software world, Dennis was a genius. To those who were privileged to know him, he was a mensch. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
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It would be impossible to list every feature in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop. However, in this post I want to tell you about some of the new tools and capabilities in the product that have not been available in any other Express products in the past. I’d also like to answer some of the questions you’ve been asking about what we’re including in this edition. Unless otherwise mentioned, the features listed are supported for all languages that are included in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop – C++, C#, and Visual Basic. It's here. Download and get coding!
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The latest iOS application has doubled engagement (double the stories). It is pretty amazing to see a product as large as Facebook get rebooted in this way. The app looked pretty much the same (a few UX touches, but pretty minimal) before and after. So obviously, HTML5 sucks and native rocks. Not so fast. Let’s look at what we know from the history of the Facebook app. You'll "Like" this.
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Hello, Young Mage! Welcome to the Tower of Nix! Here you!ll begin your training in the skills of Unix. I'll be your Instructor and Narrator. We here at the tower understand if you!re a little nervous or unsure about learning something so new and different. However, I can assure you that your stay and training at the Tower will be none other than the best! Before we begin, I'd like to give you a brief history of the craft you are about to learn. A Brief History of Unix and Unix-like Spellcrafts.
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Windows: If there's one thing I miss about Linux, it's being able to install any program in seconds with a quick command. Chocolatey brings that convenience to Windows, with over 300 popular programs in its database. From VLC to Launchy to Skype and tons of other apps, Chocolatey puts all of your favorite Windows programs right at your fingertips. sudo oh this isn't linux.
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