If the World is a Program
When we first learn geography we learn about how the world first came into existence. Some say that the Earth owes it’s existence to a massive supernova while some others…
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A Bit of Logic: Understanding Bytes and Bits
If you haven’t heard already, a byte is a sequence of eight binary units. These binary units are called bits. While this is no great secret, the functioning of bits…
Introduction to Game Programming Or the Appaholic’s Ten-Step Program
Hello there, and welcome to my little article about making computer games. I assume that you’re reading this because you are at least a little interested in writing games. If…
Overview of Contract Programming
There are lots of avenues you can take to becoming a contract programmer. But before we explore some of those, you need to find out what you intend to do.…
Why do I Want to Use a JOIN Clause?
Recently a friend of mine asked me why he should use a JOIN statement rather than adding extra criteria to the where clause. It’s an interesting question, and I thought…
Why Visual Basic is like McDonalds
Why? At McDonalds you can order items the way you want them, and they are delivered FAST! But, you don’t have a completely open menu. You can only order certain…