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    Actually I think they'd both be verbs. But,...

    Actually I think they'd both be verbs. But, English being my primary language just about guarantees I don't know it as well as you do ^_^
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    If it's not too late for the semantics debate: ...

    If it's not too late for the semantics debate:

    Movement is an action of an object.
    Motion is a state of an object.

    Some thing can move. If it moves then it is in motion.
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    Am I wrong in thinking that user inputted text...

    Am I wrong in thinking that user inputted text from stdin will not be null terminated. I am not really sure but maybe that is the problem?
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    Exhibit A: Unreal Tournament 3 By now you can...

    Exhibit A: Unreal Tournament 3

    By now you can probably see that it will be a matter of preference. Yes, DirectX may be changing constantly but that can be viewed as good or bad depending on how...
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    I mean which letters have been guessed and which...

    I mean which letters have been guessed and which ones are left.

    So you would take a for loop and compare and each time you would either print the letter for a correct match or a blank for a miss. ...
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    As a suggestion: try to break your code into...

    As a suggestion: try to break your code into workable parts and wirte them out into subroutines. That way the code will be easier for you to progress with as well as be a lot easier to read.

    What...
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    Pointers allow you to "point" functions and...

    Pointers allow you to "point" functions and methods to a value that is stored in memory. Unlike passing a value only, the functions and methods can use the pointer to alter the memory at that...
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    Poll: That made my brain hurt.

    That made my brain hurt.
  9. You have to explicitly state your comparison on...

    You have to explicitly state your comparison on both sides of "&&"

    You can't say:


    value1 > (value2 && value3)


    if what you really mean is
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    I believe that initializing the array as you are...

    I believe that initializing the array as you are trying to do can only be done at the declaration of the variable.

    So inside of your initialization function, you coudl use a loop to assign the...
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    Can you give the specific error? Also, can you...

    Can you give the specific error?

    Also, can you explain why you are using 2d arrays?
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    Poll: I miss updating from windows 98 SE to ME.

    I miss updating from windows 98 SE to ME.
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    I personally find 4 spaces a bit easier to read....

    I personally find 4 spaces a bit easier to read. I tend to use 2 to indent code items that are the same "line" of code.

    But usually as long as it's consistent and each line is not longer than 80...
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    OR! You could host a SQL database on your PC...

    OR!

    You could host a SQL database on your PC with a dictionary full of words along with a unique number identifier. Query the database with the random number and use the word you get back.
    ...
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    I guess an advantage (subjective I suppose) of...

    I guess an advantage (subjective I suppose) of OpenGL is it could be cross platform.

    Other than that is just is going to depend on what you're doing whether one proves more difficult or not.
  16. I think the intent is to be able to insert a...

    I think the intent is to be able to insert a string without having to specify the length of the array before hand.

    I suppose you could dynamically allocate the memory, but not without knowing how...
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    Agreed! We won't have to worry about any of...

    Agreed!

    We won't have to worry about any of this since 2012 is only 3 years away ^_^
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    I worked until about 2PM on the 24th. But I got...

    I worked until about 2PM on the 24th. But I got Friday off !!!!!!
  19. With such a small group of people he might not...

    With such a small group of people he might not have another choice as to who to get to be a reference. And having a gap of a year and a half would most likely come up in an interview. I am currently...
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    As long as I can remember the weather in Alabama...

    As long as I can remember the weather in Alabama has always been rediculously bad at being cold one day and hot the next. This past week it was in the teens at the beginning of the week and in the...
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    I'll just assume you were talking about my post...

    I'll just assume you were talking about my post there.

    Multiplying and dividing by 1,000,000 is just about the same as shifting 6 places.

    What I was suggesting is you have a floating point of...
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    Well in that case you could always just glue your...

    Well in that case you could always just glue your CDbay shut iwth knoppix in there and get yo ua decently sized USB storage device :)
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    What about this: Take the color value, say R...

    What about this:

    Take the color value, say R first.

    You want it to have 3 digits no matter what so yo ucan store it in the first 3 positions of a variable.

    So for R, you could first check if...
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    Yeah.. same here. However, I was able to call...

    Yeah.. same here.

    However, I was able to call support and they mailed me recovery CDs. So there's a chance you could do the same thing. (Or resintall Ubuntu?, is this a hardware problem?)
  25. The argument wasn't about the definition of row,...

    The argument wasn't about the definition of row, but rather the assumption that it's stored in a nice little grid in your system's memory.
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