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C++ crew?

So I just left my job as a Senior .NET developer to take a job as a C++ developer making cross-platform software I haven’t touched C in about 10 years so I picked up the K&R C Language book to get a good refresher on C and now I’m reading Effective C++ [...]

Google Code Jam Comp! Whos doing it?!

The prelim round is now, finishes in like 7hrs.oh look, thousands of lines of more horrible code encouraged by the google code monkeys.
Honestly, google needs to stop encouraging quick horrible code and have a contest for who can write GOOD code. Google needs to completely re-do everything.I got 50 points. I can’t believe [...]

I have some very interesting spyware/malware……

Never seen or heard of it before.
Take for instance, OT. Look at the top of this page………you see the two side by side banners for advertisors? This spy/mal-ware actually replaces those with spamming banners. Some make noises and talk……like those ads we all hate. I can refresh the screen……and it will randomly show the [...]

community college classes

so my mom wants me to take some community college classes during my sr year and i was wondering what i should choose my options are
Computer Literacy
Microsoft Office
Pc Repair
MS Project
Computer Forensics
Web Design & Development
Web Developer Certificate
Web Designer Certificate
CCNA/CCNP
JAVA/J2EE
A+
Oracle OCA & OCP Prep
any ideas if so thanksstay away from all those computer literacy, office, web design [...]

Programming for Beginners

I am looking to get into programming/Dev work.
I have been doing HW/network/tech support for a long time and I am burned out on it. I was talking to one of our developers at work and he suggested reading up on and starting with C# and ASP.net.
Any suggestions/thoughts/book recommendations for a newby? I have absolutely 0 [...]

Website ‘Media Player’

Do any of you know if it is possible to make it so if any .wmv / .avi file is clicked on my website, it is automatically loaded either in that window, or in a popup.. instead of prompting user to download?
People upload files to my website, and want to be able to play the [...]

Point-of-sale Recommendations

I’m working with a regional company that has 20 retail locations and is using a cryptic, difficult point-of-sale system. I feel like the current POS system is dated by at least ten years. Writing reports is tedious and syncing with the web requires a lot of ‘hacking.’ Does anyone have experience with [...]

website contact form not working

my form doesn’t work. can anyone help me?
here’s the code in the html file:
<form method="POST" action="contact2.php">
Fields marked (*) are required
<p>Email From:* <br>
<input type="text" name="EmailFrom">
<p>FirstName:<br>
<input type="text" name="FirstName">
<p>LastName:<br>

Whats the most flexible/Useful application development language?

I decided to expand my programming knowledge beyond the php horizon, and leaning an actual application development language, but there are so many out there. C++ C#, .net, etc…
Which should should I get started with thats most newbie friendly and something I can build on to create complex applications down the road.Whats a better tool [...]

What is your experience?

So, based on Deus’s thread I was wondering what everyone’s experience is here when it comes to computers. I think I may have asked this before, but I have a bad memory.
I’ve been in IT about 13 years or so now with about 4 years in PC type support (helpdesk and desktop), around 10 [...]