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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

(Sorry, I just need to get this rant offa my chest. Ignore if you like.)

So, I made this savegame converter in Java. It converts Crusader Kings saves into Europa Universalis II saves. (Both excellent games, incidentally.) I didn't bother with a GUI, since I made it mainly for my own use, but I did write fairly explicit instructions when I posted it. Beginning with "First, you get a command window." And this punk, this young ignoramus, this pseudo-geek sends me a PM saying (I kid you not!) "What is a command window?"! Arrrgh! Get offa my lawn! This is what GUIs lead to. Point-and-click, that's all kids these days can think of! They want everything right now, no typing necessary!

Meh. I don't know what the world is coming to.

Posted by BaoQingTian (Member # 8775) on :

Ah, the good old days when all my mp3 encoding was done by command line. You could actually gain geek rep-points by rattling off the options' syntax to someone. Then someone had to come up with a GUI and make it so mouse-clicking fool could do it. Now all you get is dinosaur rep points for knowing how to use all the dots and backslashes in DOS *sigh* What is the world coming to?

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

While working as a CAD administrator at NASA/JSC, I had a real Engineer (A NASA ENGINEER) say this while I was trying to give advise on how to complete the task he was working on:

me: So, it's pretty easy, just right mouse and click...
NASA Engineer: Right mouse, I only have one mouse?
me: [Wall Bash]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Now, NASA engineers, if they are anything like JPL engineers, are notoriously geniuses at what they do and very scatterbrained about everything else. [Wink]

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

quote:
So, it's pretty easy, just right mouse and click.

I have to admit that if you put it this way, I'd have no idea what you meant.

Posted by Seatarsprayan (Member # 7634) on :

Yeah, I'm in IT too, and we sure don't say "right mouse." That's just weird.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

I'm also an IT professional and we'd say "right click" rather than "right mouse"

Never the less, I got what you were saying instantly.

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

Keep in mind, I used the same jargon that was used for the weeklong training class that everyone attended. "Right Mouse" is a term that just about everyone uses while using this program. This program has a lot of "Right Mouse" capability.

I guess I have been around it so much that it doesn't sound weird to me.

ketch,
That is what I have seen time and time again working for NASA for the past six years.

BTW, Anyone seeing the news reports coming out about JSC right now? Building 44 is where a few of the Engineers that I supported worked.

Crazy.

Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :

I are both an enginger and an IT perfeshional.

I like the pretty lights.

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

quote:
Originally posted by anti_maven:
I are both an enginger and an IT perfeshional.

I like the pretty lights.

I'm an Engineer turned IT Professional. I still miss the real work. [Cry]

Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :

.....

What is a command window?

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

It's when you look out your window and yell for the kids to get off the grass.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

I remember an evil application that would not get off my computer and froze my system whenever I tried to do ANYTHING to it.

Knowing DOS saved my computer. Its so useful I don't know how I could ever be without it.

Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :

Kom , sens you r such a good programer, can you mak 1 of those box thingys that pops up 'n haz multpile choece opshunzs I can click on so I no hav to tipe out my opniion?

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

I'm pretty sure a command window is what you get when you go start > run.

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

No. Hit start>run then type cmd and hit enter.