The Joy Of New Toy

I think I just found out how to download a file from an online file storage for free without that silly ‘waiting time’ thing. It doesn’t require anything else than a not-your-everyday web-browser, a decent web proxy which I have to say not so difficult to find, and a bit of brain cells.

No, this is not using proxy to skip IP-based detection from the server’s part. I use proxy because as I also found out, in the past, that they put downloads limit for my country. This might sound unfair, but I know that I can think one reason why they put a downloads limit; anyway that’s not the point.

If I did’t know better I might post it on the internet, but I know (and I think anybody else who smart enough) once it made into public knowledge then bye bye to no ‘waiting time’.

Hmm… now let me see, is there anything else I would like to download from this file storage website?

Back to C++, in Engrish

I’m back to C++, at least for now. I’m in a process re-writing some of my (personal) apps to C using MFC (or wxWidgets). I’m doing this because I’m looking forward to code in C++ a lot more in the future. I’m quite satisfied with my current knowledge of Delphi, and frankly understanding Delphi’s (Object Pascal) programming helps my (re)transition to C++.

I worked my way through C++ basic (again) for a few hours, and some other quirks in C and how to do basic things done in C++. I’m using my free copy of VS.NET express, but that’ll (probably) change soon as I’m downloading wxDev C++. From the words I’ve heard about it, it sounds like ‘okay’ and might stand a chance as a good alternative for someone like me –someone coming from GUI-based IDE.

From my experience (so far) I realized that Delphi really has it’s own good points, and I did struggle with C++ to ‘do things’ like the way I used to in Delphi. As it turns out although not actually the same, now I know how to ‘do things’ C++ way. And these C++ ways of ‘doing things’ makes me really appreciate Delphi.

I guess it’s true then, you’ll appreciate the things you don’t have even more than the ones you have.

Nah, I guess that’ll change too. I’ll see where this fascinating world of C will take me.

Cowboy panda

A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.

“Why?” asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

“Well, I’m a panda,” he says at the door. “Look it up.”

The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. “Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”

Hahahaha… salah punctuation artinya jadi beda banget.

Cat, tails? wut?

Theorem:
A cat has nine tails.

Proof:
No cat has eight tails. A cat has one tail more than no cat.
Therefore, a cat has nine tails.