So it seems no matter how dumb an idea, someone will try it! 3 years ago I posted this blog as a joke:
http://blog.kennardconsulting.com/2008/12/new-features-in-eclipse-35.html Summary: Eclipse should have unlockable achievements just like many PS3/XBox/Steam games. But now it appears that Microsoft have actually gone and done it: http://channel9.msdn.com/achievements/visualstudio What do you think? Is this as silly as I thought it was? Or will it usher in a new era of awesome 1337 programmers with mad skillz? As someone on Slashdot pointed out, however, "most of those [Microsoft] achievements are just a funny take on amateur programmers" like "Generate method stubs 9 times. You're a TDD bad ass!". At least *mine* were hard to achieve "Write a program that actually uses the strictfp keyword" :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
