What I've Learned Today

Life is a learning experience, every day a new day to explore the possibilities, learn and share, if so inclined. I get so excited when I learn something new, even when it's something that might be nothing to someone else. There have been times when I've learned something that was big to me, but someone would shoot it down and say "Oh that? That's nothing!". For a long time, it made me very skeptical about sharing what I learned with anyone. But, I'm going to take a leap of faith and do it again, and invite you to join me.

I dare ya :D

So tell me about it. "It" can be vBulletin, code, graphics, computers, your kids, yourself, life in general......... what did you learn today?

I learned how to do a screen capture with my image editing software. I've used this software for years, and didn't know you could do a screen capture. Go figure!

I also learned how to make a style xml file ;) Thank you Thomas.


How about you?

I learned this about women today:

You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something...

I learned this about women today:

You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something...

Always remember, you are safe with the code, you control the code.

I've learned that I'm becoming the epitome of lazy... so lazy that I have to have someone else read books for me! I've listened to over 8 novels (ebooks, audiobooks, whatever ou want to call them) in the span of a month or so, far more than I could have if I was 'reading' them. Just need to decide if it's a bad thing yet :)

I learned that .NET has no native support for PGP encryption, that the official SDK from Network Associates is "C", not C#, not even C++, just plain old "C", that the desktop version with the command line interface is written for NT, so doesn't support extended filenames, folders with spaces, etc., and so coding a C# wrapper class around it for PGP functionality is going to be a thorough delight.

I've just learned that I should give up trying to understand what tgreer is talking about, lol

Sounds like you have to compile the c module and link it to c# or cpp?

I don't know c#, but I thought c was a subset of cpp?

Peggy, these are programming languages.
c# == C sharp
cpp == C Plus Plus
C == Good old C

Nope, C# is a completely new language, completely dependent on .NET. There is no formal relationship to C++, or C. They just borrowed some syntax.

Oh, well, sounds like it's half baked too. :/

I have coded some serious C apps in the past. But it's been a while and they were all CLI. I found php and a way to make money with it and didn't look back. The transition from c was very easy.

Peggy, these are programming languages.


ahha... well... y'all just program away... I'll watch from here ;)

Unfortunately, as a freelance contractor/consultant/trainer - I often don't get to pick the development environment.

PGP = Pretty Good Privacy (a thoroughly fascinating topic. Here's a great book on the history of crypto, it's very entertaining: The Code Book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385495315/sr=8-3/qid=1150332757/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-9801172-5565709?%5Fencoding=UTF8) by Simon Singh. I read all his stuff.) PGP is a set of tools to encrypt communications, including emails and files. Since I work in the financial/banking industry, I'm often dealing with highly private data, or have clients who do. We're often sending files internationally, and so the data can be intercepted. Strong encryption is a must.

SDK = Software Development Kit. Programs for programmers. Often, if a company produces a sophisticated, special-purpose software program, they'll also create an SDK for programmers, which is a set of software tools for interacting with the base program.

C, C++, C# = buncha programming languages. "C#" is the latest, but it isn't really in the family. When Microsoft went .NET, they created a lot of new languages, and I'm sure having a "C" was a marketing ploy. Still, I do like the language.

.NET (Actually, the .NET Framework) = Thousands of pre-built programming tools/classes. A .NET programmer spends most of his time researching and wondering if what he's about to program is already part of the "Framework" and, if so, how to use it. He spends the rest of the time cursing the dead-end he went down with a part of the Framework that looked good but in the end doesn't do precisely what he needs.

I've learned that if you really want something... ask, be patient... and chances are, you'll get it :D

well......... 7/10, anyway ;)