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Verbal Diarrhea

by SE, Fri, 12th Feb read 199 times.

Gods Child commented: John Mayer is of no consequence. . .
His saying stupidness doesn't make it so. Just makes him stupid.
Really don't care. ... read more

Video Games: Better graphics vs Better Gameplay

by owen, Mon, 03rd Aug 2009 at 5:00 pm read 607 times.

Stunner commented: I'm not that much of a gamer... if at all. So I can't comment. ... read 3 more

Programming: The downsides of Modularity

by owen, Thu, 04th Jun 2009 at 9:15 pm read 759 times.

Stewpeas commented: Owen, why did you go out of your way to annoy me this morning? Not optimized for performance? Harder to maintain? Those are big claims that you don't back up. with anything but some toy examples. Yes, if you apply three levels of modularity to a nine line program then the result will be unnecessarily complicated. Wow, big news, stop the presses!!!

Modularity is inherently a good thing, in the same way that nutritious food is inherently a good thing, but that doesn't mean they can't be abused. Try writing and maintaining even a small program, say about 10,000 lines, with little or no modularity and see. ... read 7 more

Programming Theory: Throwaway Code

by owen, Sun, 23rd Nov 2008 at 11:55 pm read 789 times.

mad bull commented: I thing VB6 was sufficient. Does VB.Net really offer us more, or is it an attempt to fill Bill Gates pockets more? I don't know for sure, I'd have to write more .Net code. What do you think? ... read 5 more

Managing complexity in Software Development

by owen, Fri, 26th Sep 2008 at 10:56 am read 1199 times.

Gods Child commented: You shouldn't have to tell people to avoid eating dog food
if they don't heed your warning, well, nothing could be done for them ... read 11 more

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