Recent content by 1tbs4life

  1. 1

    C++: VS98 and Strings

    As Lord of Shadows said you need to include <string> (not <string.h>) but you must also include the std namespace.
  2. 1

    Bad/pixelated pictures/icon problem? (WinXP) (pics)

    It worked! It was at 120 DPI before and I changed it to 96 DPI as you said and it fixed everything. Everything is very small now but the clear icons make things look much better (here's a comparison picture I made). Thanks a lot.
  3. 1

    Bad/pixelated pictures/icon problem? (WinXP) (pics)

    Mine was already set to 32 bit. I changed the setting to 16 bit temporarily just out of curiosity to see what would happen and it of course made it worse. Thanks anyway though..
  4. 1

    Bad/pixelated pictures/icon problem? (WinXP) (pics)

    I just spent a lot of money on a new computer (Dell XPS M1710) and right from the start many of the icons in XP have an ugly, pixelated look and do not show up right. I have absolutely no idea what's causing this or how to fix it. Here are some pictures so you can see exactly what I'm talking...
  5. 1

    Brain Age Score

    Glad to know I'm not the only one. I'm so bad at that game that I just avoid it altogether. I've gotten really good at the Calculations x 100 game, though.
  6. 1

    15 Reasons You Should Get a PSP

    Interesting stuff. I'd consider it if I had $200 laying around. Just wondering, but how does this N64 emulator emulate the N64 controller? The PSP has just six buttons, right? The N64 controller has A, B, C-Up, C-Down, C-Left, C-Right, L, R, and Z - nine buttons.
  7. 1

    What is your favorite old school SNES RPG?

    Chrono Trigger of course.
  8. 1

    Programming Interview Problems

    So when you give difficult problems to people that you're interviewing, how much importance do you place on the end result (whether a solution was found or not) versus the thought processes they go through when trying to find an answer? Also, I know you said talking through the problem is...
  9. 1

    The official "clean desktop" club.

    :D Milk Redux (theme), Still Waters (wallpaper), Studio 28 V (winamp), iPox (firefox).
  10. 1

    The official "clean desktop" club.

    I had some free time and wanted to see how white I could make everything look.
  11. 1

    Scheme/Lisp resources?

    When I was learning Scheme I found Caltech's Scheme for C Programmers page very helpful. You might find this page helpful too as a quick reference. Like ameoba I too have heard good things about The Little Schemer.
  12. 1

    C help, little efficiency problem

    Why not just use qsort() and pass in your own comparison function? Here's how you'd sort the array by author: int authcmp(const void* a, const void* b) { return strcmp(((BOOKS*)a)->author, ((BOOKS*)b)->author); } int main() { struct BOOKS b[n] = { /* blah blah blah */ }...
  13. 1

    C help, tolower()

    Hmm you should be able to do something like this: char* p = info[0].name; // I'm assuming name is a character array while (*p) tolower(*p++);
  14. 1

    Gamer's wet dream. 55" LCD monitor. (xbox360 at 1080i)

    Wow! What kind of contest did you enter that gives away 55" LCD monitors? Edit: I mean TVs...
  15. 1

    Subscribe to Gamespot or GameSpy/IGN

    I'd easily choose Gamespot. I've been a faithful Gamespot visitor for many years now, even before their Gamespot Complete service was introduced. It's their high standards that keep me coming back. If a game gets a 9/10 or higher at Gamespot then you know that game is good. And like another...
Back
Top