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Mortar & Pestle:
Hello,

Mortar & Pestle is a new Nigerian kitchen and delivery service based in London. We deliver hot, delicious Nigerian dishes right to your door within zones 1&2 in London.

We did a trial run a little while ago with selected customers in one part of London, which is why some people have heard of us and tasted our delicious food . The feedback we got was amazing as clearly people want a great (authentic) Nigerian menu at affordable prices, delivered to them in the peace and comfort of their own homes.

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Thanks,
Mortar & Pestle
Delicious Nigerian dishes delivered to your door!

I actually ordered food from you guys. Really good food. I had Jollof rice. My friend had Egusi and described it as maaaaad good. Keep it up.

Start here -> http://matt.might.net/articles/implementing-a-programming-language/

But I doubt you will since you're offering financial compensation

What a dumbass thread

Couldn't go through the million posts? Has a date for this been set yet?

efeboy:
what are software patents ?

Please i would appreciate it if some kindly explains it to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent

It's a good idea, especially if you're into commercial software development to understand what patents are and also learn to search the various patents, just to be safe. Cos if your little piece of software blows up and makes big bucks, be sure you're gonna have "haters" trying to exploit your business.

uenemuoh:
please can any java guru please help me transform this c++ source code to java.would awfully appreciate this help from anyone.

class Article {
private:
float PricePerPiece;
string StripCode,Name;
public:
Article();
Article(float,string,string);
~Article() {
cout << "Message from the \"Article\" - destroyed!" <<
endl;
}
float GetPricePerPiece() const {
return PricePerPiece;
}
void SetPricePerPiece(float X) {
this->PricePerPiece = X;
}
string GetStripCode() const{
return StripCode;
}
void SetStripCode(const string& StripCode){
this->StripCode= StripCode;
}

string GetName()const{
return Name;

}

void setName(const string& X) {
this->Name=X;
}
void Print() const;
};

Article::Article() : PricePerPiece(1), StripCode("A",Name("X" {
}

Article::Article(float PricePerPiece,string StripCode,string Name) {
this->PricePerPiece = PricePerPiece;
this->StripCode= StripCode;
this->Name=Name;
}

inline void Article::Print() const {
cout << "Price Per Piece = " << PricePerPiece << ", Strip Code = " << StripCode <<"Name = "<<Name;
}

Just because I'm bored this moment and have nothing better in my life to do.

public class Article
{
	private float PricePerPiece;
	private String StripCOde;
	private String Name;

	public Article()
	{
		PricePerPiece = 1;
		StripCode = "A";
		Name = "X";
	}


	public Article(float pricePerPiece,string stripCode, string name) 
	{
		PricePerPiece = pricePerPiece;
		StripCode = stripCode;
		Name = name;
	}


	public float GetPricePerPiece()
	{
		return PricePerPiece;
	}

	public void SetPricePerPiece (float X)
	{
		PricePerPiece = X;
	}

        public String GetStripCode()
	{
		return StripCode;
	}

      	public void SetStripCode(String X)
	{
      		StripCode = X;
      	}

	public String GetName()
	{
		return Name;
	}

	public void setName(String X) 
	{
		Name = X;
	}

	public void Print ()
	{
		System.out.println("Price per Piece = " + PricePerPiece + ", Strip Code = " + StripCode + ", Name = " + Name);
	}
}

I have a feeling it's not 100% correct. I'll leave that to you to figure out. I'm in no way a Java guru. I'm well below average with Java. I'm just quite good with C/C++ and this is pretty easy stuff.

hustler:
Reina Dats the only blip in your list. I was beginning to wonder if people know Julio Cesar .

I would definitely pick Frey over Reina and even Cech

Reina alright. He's been pretty consistent this season based on the games I saw. Frey (a milan target) is another solid goalie. Been solid for years but I did see a couple of f**k-ups from him this season.

Based on this season,

1. Buffon
2. Casillas
3. Julio Cesar
3. Reina

ebot:
Java and C++ are two statically typed languages, one derived from the other. IMHO, java is better but C++ is faster. I generally hate statically typed languages, Python, Ruby and Common Lisp are better programming languages.

dynamically typed languages are a real pain in the a** to debug

http://www.supahvillain.co.uk/coding.html

and more,

sexytitan:
I havent created any softwares just yet but i'm on a verge to.
I jst got an admission to study computer science and i don't think the real programming is taught in universities in Nigeria so i just want to know if i should do any additional training in school.
Besides i want to make a record because i'm 32 years younger than my 4 decade + 0.6x10 year old mother or is/was there any Nigerian programmer younger than that?

judging from my uni experience, you'll learn nothing in nigerian schools. so you'll have to teach yourself dear. i started programming at your age and i didn't have it easy then - no internet!

Ok, got this in my email. After, https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-2793.0.html, Here's another one for you girls. This actually appeared on Craig's list.

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What am I doing wrong?

Okay, I'm tired of beating around the bush. I'm a beautiful
(spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I'm articulate and classy.
I'm not from New York . I'm looking to get married to a guy who makes at
least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind
that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don't think
I'm overreaching at all.

Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? Could
you send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around
200 - 250. But that's where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won't get
me to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married
to an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she's not as pretty as
I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I
get to her level?

Here are my questions specifically:

- Where do you single rich men hang out? Give me specifics- bars,
restaurants, gyms

-What are you looking for in a mate? Be honest guys, you won't hurt my
feelings

-Is there an age range I should be targeting (I'm 25)?

- Why are some of the women living lavish lifestyles on the upper east
side so plain? I've seen really 'plain jane' boring types who have
nothing to offer married to incredibly wealthy guys. I've seen drop dead
gorgeous girls in singles bars in the east village. What's the story
there?

- Jobs I should look out for? Everyone knows - lawyer, investment
banker, doctor. How much do those guys really make? And where do they
hang out? Where do the hedge fund guys hang out?

- How you decide marriage vs. just a girlfriend? I am looking for
MARRIAGE ONLY

Please hold your insults - I'm putting myself out there in an honest
way. Most beautiful women are superficial; at least I'm being up front
about it. I wouldn't be searching for these kind of guys if I wasn't
able to match them - in looks, culture, sophistication, and keeping a
nice home and hearth.

it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial
interests
PostingID: 432279810

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THE ANSWER

Dear Pers-431649184:

I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully
about your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament.
Firstly, I'm not wasting your time, I qualify as a guy who fits your
bill; that is I make more than $500K per year. That said here's how I
see it.

Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple a
crappy business deal. Here's why. Cutting through all the B.S., what you
suggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I bring
my money. Fine, simple. But here's the rub, your looks will fade and my
money will likely continue into perpetuity, in fact, it is very likely
that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won't
be getting any more beautiful!

So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning
asset. Not only are you a depreciating asset, your depreciation
accelerates! Let me explain, you're 25 now and will likely stay pretty
hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in
earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!

So in Wall Street terms, we would call you a trading position, not a buy
and hold, hence the rub, marriage. It doesn't make good business sense
to "buy you" (which is what you're asking) so I'd rather lease. In case
you think I'm being cruel, I would say the following. If my money were
to go away, so would you, so when your beauty fades I need an out. It's
as simple as that. So a deal that makes sense is dating, not marriage.

Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. So,
I wonder why a girl as "articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful"
as you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to
believe that if you are as gorgeous as you say you are that the $500K
hasn't found you, if not only for a tryout.

By the way, you could always find a way to make your own money and then
we wouldn't need to have this difficult conversation.

With all that said, I must say you're going about it the right way.
Classic "pump and dump."
I hope this is helpful, and if you want to enter into some sort of
lease, let me know.

rofl

who's top of the table?

game pogramming isn't all about the renderer. with consoles, you have to worry about the general architecture (processor, GPU, cache, RAM), memory management, endianess of the machine, etc

opengl is much more intuitive than directx (note: my experience is with directx 8 and 9. directx 10 maybe better but i haven't looked into it yet). my advice for a beginning graphics programmer would be to start off with opengl, get familiar with the concepts, then get into directx.

if you're programming on a win32 platform, then directx is the way to go. opengl doesn't perform as well unless you know what you're doing.

with regards to learning win32 programming, you only have to know the basics, i.e. how to set up a win32 window. nehe's lesson -> http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/lessons/lesson.asp?lesson=01 is all you might ever need to know.

i also assume you're using c/c++

up sevilla!

funny, just today, i learned VBA excel (what was neccessary) and wrote an XML exporter. not my kind of language. i have a bias against languages that are weak typing.

come sage, you know i'm happy for italian football but why would i be happy to see you guys win? why? when the number one team is juve. anyhow, congrats.

and abeg hustler, don't tag me with any inter player. i dey beg you. anybody who knows me knows how much i hate the piece of shit club.


FORZA JUVE!

f that.

sage:
Omo men. We lost the midfield with the exit of Gattuso. He is Invaluable. But this match match showed we lack depth in the team

Gila is Poo

Brocchi Sucks balls

Bonera Sucks even more.

Gila was making runs. I think Seedorf was the cunt, he just refused to pass to him - like it was personal.

Brocchi really isn't a defensive midfielder so don't be too hard on the guy.

Bonera. yeah he sucks big time.

forgot to mention, it's an AI engine at the moment. once that's complete, i'll start a physics engine. primary targets are for 3D games so 2D should neatly fit in automatically, if you understand what i mean,

if i had time on my hands i could've helped. i've got other hobbies than coding nowadays.

a good place to start for maths-related problems would be "numerical recipes in c": http://www.nrbook.com/a/bookcpdf.php

devmaster maintains a list of game engines. check it out here: http://www.devmaster.net/engines/

what type of game are u aiming to develop? i just started writing my own engine just as a hobby. still early days though so no good for you.

uhm f**k oprah.

f**k all you tribalists too.

too bad roma will still be without tonetto and aquilani. tough game it will be but i hope roma qualify. utd are favorites though.

c++ coders: http://www.tantalon.com/pete/cppopt/main.htm

[b]C coders: [/b]uhm. . .assuming c and d are pointers to characters.

while (*c++ = *d++);

does a string copy

if she does then arsenal is gonna be chelsea's bitch! LOLOL

how much is halo 3 gonna cost again?

a good number of you guys should go watch tyson in his prime. he was freaking lightning fast. a connecting punch would knock bruce lee the f**k out!
the problem is connecting that punch.

ibrahim007:
people who are interested in building me should mail me on succulentplayboy@yahoo.com,or kal 08075773779 believe me i've got qualities

sounds like a gay invitation.

best advice join a dedicated programming forum.

yes man, it's a dream come true. left in '05 for masters. dude it aint late, try show! team sizes are getting larger. talent is hard to find and you've got it. now's a good time.

wavemasta:
C0dec I checked out your site, you really did some cool stuff , openGL gots too much math and rotation stuff but I would have liked
to play around with it a bit

nah, the maths isn't too bad (well, this is coming from someone who studied maths in uni). but seriously, if you can handle stuff like MIPS, then basic 3d maths shouldn't be much of a problem for you.

MIPS ASM is something i've always wanted to learn. i've got a book on it but never had time for it.