Sneaky, why are you so bloody arrogant? Unless I'm reading what you said completely wrong:
> Any person who is not trained in the basics of programming (algorithms + > data > = programs) and how to express them in a computer language is -- by > definition > -- not a programmer. This is the same distinction made between real > "hackers" > and mere "script kiddies". > > Such persons are limited to cutting and pasting example code from > tutorials > and/or tweaking damage values, rates of fire, movement speeds and other > such readily changeable values in source code written by someone else > who can *really* program. The way you say this, you're basically saying that *I* am not a programmer, and am limited to copy and paste. I've never taken a lesson in my life, I've never been "trained" and I'm willing to bet a LOT of people that could do circles around you haven't either. Btw, you've been pissing a lot of people off lately, its come to the point that it doesn't matter what you know, because the way you've been delivering it makes you look like a prick. And your original email on this, and even your reply to me in the first place when I was talking about quake3 vm's vs dlls (which I said in the end, compare yourself, which you obviously didn't) came out as a blatant arrogant attack. You say you work for some professional gaming company, and that's the reason why you can be a snot, but yet you don't even tell anybody what it is. If you have something useful to say, say it in a useful mannor, not in a way that makes you look like you have a stick straight up your [EMAIL PROTECTED] For everyone else on this list...Rant over. omega Blackened Interactive - http://www.blackened-interactive.com Wavelength - http://www.thewavelength.net _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders

