bstorer:

SpectateSwamp:

Boy are you nieve.

 

He's totally naive.

 

No, I'm nieve. Pay attention.

SpectateSwamp:

My abovetopsecret posts are picking up.

No they aren't- I just looked, you have ONE reply on your 2008 post, which is a man telling you it's just a leaf. When even internet conspiracy nuts think you're making up nonsense about nothing, it's time to seriously examine your views...

 

Also, frigging curse someone. It doesn't have to be a big curse which will destroy the World, just make someone lose their keys or something. 

bstorer:

But let's get back to my previous questions that you didn't answer: "Maybe you've answered this at some point and I missed it, but I'm actually curious about your background.  What programming languages do you know, and what languages did you use?  Were you always working in different dialects of BASIC, or do you have, like, a C background or something?"

Programming languages don't matter. It's application background that counts. Moving from one language to another isn't that difficult. Start simple and go from there. People will show you the key elements of the language you need to know and you are off. 2 or 3 weeks using a new language making changes to applications and you can be almost up to speed. With help of course.

But with Spectate Swamp search I have no need to know anything more about languages. Ever again. Period.

 

SpectateSwamp:

Programming languages don't matter. It's application background that counts. Moving from one language to another isn't that difficult.

 

Okay, then let's talk about applications.  While SSDS can do many things, it can't do everything.  What other programs do you use?  Why don't you write better replacements for them, too? 

SpectateSwamp:

Programming languages don't matter. It's application background that counts. Moving from one language to another isn't that difficult.

What the heck? Why are you avoiding it? It's a simple question out of curiosity. And it's a lie that moving isn't difficult. If it wasn't, how come you haven't gotten out of VB5 and moved to C++ ? (free compilers are available). I'll tell you why. It IS difficult.

Here, I'll go first: GWBASIC -> QBASIC 4.5 -> VB 3 -> VB 6 / ASP (VBS) / VBA -> C# 2.0. Toss in HTML 4, CSS 2, and JavaScript for web. Dabbled in various others and can work with other technologies (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, XML, whatever).

Your turn.

bstorer:

Okay, then let's talk about applications.  While SSDS can do many things, it can't do everything.  What other programs do you use?  Why don't you write better replacements for them, too? 

It is not always about replacements. During my mapping project. The users were having nervous breakdowns trying to learn this complex system. Right from the start they had a 23 step proceedure to tie down the physical map to the digitizing board. I preloaded the 6 tiedown points at the beginning of the Map file and reduced the instructions to 6 or 8. That was the initial step in mapping and it panicked them. With this simple change the users were quickly digitizing away. The project was a success. They got their own mapping system. I had help developing my first program there as well. Thanks ElizabethSwamp

 

 

SpectateSwamp:

Thanks ElizabethSwamp

 

Huh?

I am fucking lost now.

 I think he is thanking his other personality... Must be..

SpectateSwamp:

Thanks ElizabethSwamp

 

No problem, uh, I guess? 

SpectateSwamp:

Boy are you nieve.

rc_pinchey is made of ice cream?

SpectateSwamp:

..dodging the question..

You're like a little kid:

*fingers in ears* Lalalalalalalalalalala I can't hear you! Lalalalalalalalalalala

It's a simple question. Are you avoiding it because you haven't used another language?

AbbydonKrafts:

SpectateSwamp:

..dodging the question..

You're like a little kid:

*fingers in ears* Lalalalalalalalalalala I can't hear you! Lalalalalalalalalalala

It's a simple question. Are you avoiding it because you haven't used another language?

 

He has to have used another language, if only because VB didn't exist yet when he started.  Do we want to start taking guesses about languages he knows?  I'm going with COBOL.

bstorer:

I'm going with COBOL.

I'll also place my bet on that one with a side bet on FORTRAN with a long on IDL and MACRO.

AbbydonKrafts:

bstorer:

I'm going with COBOL.

I'll also place my bet on that one with a side bet on FORTRAN with a long on IDL and MACRO.

 

Well, he probably has some BASIC in his past before VB.  Since he says he worked on VAXen, it's a good bet that he used VAX BASIC.   I'd bet he learned BASIC first, and then programmed in other languages using exactly those constructs which translated over from BASIC.  And since he did data processing data data processing, how about something like PL/I?  I can easily picture him only making use of perhaps 10% of its power.

SpectateSwamp:

But with Spectate Swamp search I have no need to know anything more about languages. Ever again. Period.

I know he's not listening to us anymore now :) You asked him a straightforward question. And he didn't even give you a definite answer. 

SpectateSwamp:

People will show you the key elements of the language you need to know and you are off. 2 or 3 weeks using a new language making changes to applications and you can be almost up to speed. With help of course.

Of course, with help ! I get it now ! The reason you don't answer about anything is that somebody else wrote Desktop Search for you ! Roger

or Elizabeth perhaps ?

Personality test for SpectateSwamp:

Are you Male, Female or Other?

 

I can't wait to see the answer to this question. Probably something about how he can use SSDS to query his own DNA to find out the answer, and give us a step-by-step command reference on how he did it. 

AbbydonKrafts:

bstorer:

I'm going with COBOL.

I'll also place my bet on that one with a side bet on FORTRAN with a long on IDL and MACRO.

Fortran H and I think the other was Fortran F, Cobol, RPG, Lots of Basic various flavors. Assembler etc but that doesn't matter. The only program I need has been written. SSDS. So I can just forget the rest. How could NetSquared be so blind or so chicken as to turf out Swamp Search. Who made the call. Nobody cares till it's their project that gets dissed because it's World shattering. Along with Aliens, Stones, Dinosaurs what ever and ever. 

SpectateSwamp:

Along with Aliens, Stones, Dinosaurs what ever and ever. 

 

I have a question for you.

Do you ever find yourself sitting around, reading %ConspiracyPublicationOfYourChoice%, masturbating in a pile of your own feces, and think to yourself "Wow, it is amazing how fucking crazy I really am!" ?

SpectateSwamp:

Fortran H and I think the other was Fortran F, Cobol, RPG, Lots of Basic various flavors.

Woohoo! Side bet paid off, too. Glad I did place much on the long shots.

RPG, eh? God.. I remember having to do some Clipper stuff. Gotta give those AS/400s credit for one thing: They were rock-solid once they booted up.

SpectateSwamp:

AbbydonKrafts:

bstorer:

I'm going with COBOL.

I'll also place my bet on that one with a side bet on FORTRAN with a long on IDL and MACRO.

Fortran H and I think the other was Fortran F, Cobol, RPG, Lots of Basic various flavors. Assembler etc but that doesn't matter. The only program I need has been written. SSDS. So I can just forget the rest. How could NetSquared be so blind or so chicken as to turf out Swamp Search. Who made the call. Nobody cares till it's their project that gets dissed because it's World shattering. Along with Aliens, Stones, Dinosaurs what ever and ever. 

 

RPG!  Of course!  That actually explains so much, such as this line of thinking:

SpectateSwamp:

The Prime directive of computing was "Extract, Sort AND Report"

bstorer:

RPG!  Of course!  That actually explains so much, such as this line of thinking:

SpectateSwamp:

The Prime directive of computing was "Extract, Sort AND Report"

Haha! It sure does.

JamesKilton:

Personality test for SpectateSwamp:

Are you Male, Female or Other?

 

Before he takes the personality test, don't you think it is beter to let him first take the turing test to make sure that he is really a human (or a AI which can pass the turing test but given his grammar I doubt that)?

It's just that I can help but think that he will even fail the turing test.

SpectateSwamp:

The only program I need has been written. SSDS. So I can just forget the rest. 

Just a show of hands, who else on this forums believe that programming isn't about continuous learning ? And even though you have a "working" program, who hasn't looked back at what they wrote and said "I could've made that so much better".

MasterPlanSoftware:

SpectateSwamp:

Along with Aliens, Stones, Dinosaurs what ever and ever. 

 

I have a question for you.

Do you ever find yourself sitting around, reading %ConspiracyPublicationOfYourChoice%, masturbating in a pile of your own feces, and think to yourself "Wow, it is amazing how fucking crazy I really am!" ?

Does it still count if the feces came from someone else?

SpectateSwamp:

The only program I need has been written. SSDS. So I can just forget the rest.

 

To recap, here are some of the things SpectateSwamp doesn't need:

• Microsoft Windows
• A web browser
• DigiCam drivers
• Windows Media Player
• Telephone switching software
  
• Programs that allow emergency dispatchers to send the fire department to his trailer, which was set aflame by an unnamed fellow whose avatar may or may not have a yellow super nova in it

bstorer:

Does it still coun