Comments for while true blog http://blog.whiletrue.com Thu, 03 May 2012 12:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development | Know What They Said.com http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4184 Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development | Know What They Said.com Thu, 03 May 2012 12:52:50 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4184 [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...] [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Azure, and gamification in Visual Studio. Are you a potty mouth? | MSDN Blogs http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4182 Azure, and gamification in Visual Studio. Are you a potty mouth? | MSDN Blogs Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:59:13 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4182 [...] originally came from a developer in the Channel 9 community. Last January, Rudi asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post and a [...] [...] originally came from a developer in the Channel 9 community. Last January, Rudi asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post and a [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft Says: Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development | Know What They Said.com http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4180 Microsoft Says: Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development | Know What They Said.com Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:54:31 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4180 [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...] [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4179 Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:08:39 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4179 [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...] [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development | Radu Suceveanu http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4178 Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development | Radu Suceveanu Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:51:38 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4178 [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...] [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by IT Secure Site » Blog Archive » Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4177 IT Secure Site » Blog Archive » Visual Studio Brings Gamification to Windows Azure Development Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:45:21 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4177 [...] January, a good doubt was acted by a developer in a Channel 9 village who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The village review sparked by a blog post as good as a Reddit post [...] [...] January, a good doubt was acted by a developer in a Channel 9 village who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The village review sparked by a blog post as good as a Reddit post [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft Says: http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4176 Microsoft Says: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:46:25 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4176 [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...] [...] January, a great question was posed by a developer in the Channel 9 community who asked “What if Visual Studio had achievements?” on his While True blog. The community conversation sparked by the blog post as well as the [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Gamification in Software Development « Schneide Blog http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4173 Gamification in Software Development « Schneide Blog Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:19:31 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4173 [...] Studio Achievements: Early last year, a blog post with a list of potential Visual Studio achievements was published. About one year later it is reality and provides a whole bunch of [...] [...] Studio Achievements: Early last year, a blog post with a list of potential Visual Studio achievements was published. About one year later it is reality and provides a whole bunch of [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Visual Studio Achievements | Ely Bob's space http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4171 Visual Studio Achievements | Ely Bob's space Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:13:45 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4171 [...] March 29, 2012 by louisila In a previous post and subsequent communications I had mentioned a joke link I found on gamification of Visual Studio you can read about that here, but more importantly you [...] [...] March 29, 2012 by louisila In a previous post and subsequent communications I had mentioned a joke link I found on gamification of Visual Studio you can read about that here, but more importantly you [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Jake http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4156 Jake Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:20:40 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4156 A good developer writes less code, not more. So you should get all the achievements when first starting VS, and they should vanish as you type :) A good developer writes less code, not more.
So you should get all the achievements when first starting VS, and they should vanish as you type :)

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Beter code door achievements in Visual Studio ? | Software Innovators http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4152 Beter code door achievements in Visual Studio ? | Software Innovators Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:28:46 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4152 [...] Het leuke is dat de achievements plug-in voor Visual Studio gebaseerd is op een  humoristisch blog artikel van een ontwikkelaar. [...] [...] Het leuke is dat de achievements plug-in voor Visual Studio gebaseerd is op een  humoristisch blog artikel van een ontwikkelaar. [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft Crossbreeds Programming Kit With Fantasy Game | My Blog http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-4149 Microsoft Crossbreeds Programming Kit With Fantasy Game | My Blog Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:36:35 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-4149 [...] It came from outward a company. Rudi Benkovič, a height developer during HP’s MagCloud copy arm, suggested a thought with a blog post in Jan of final year. Benkovič is a Visual Studio user, though he and [...] [...] It came from outward a company. Rudi Benkovič, a height developer during HP’s MagCloud copy arm, suggested a thought with a blog post in Jan of final year. Benkovič is a Visual Studio user, though he and [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Roman's knowledgebase » Visual Studio Achievements http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-3202 Roman's knowledgebase » Visual Studio Achievements Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:50:06 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-3202 [...] What if Visual Studio had Achievements? Tags: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Add-Ins Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [...] [...] What if Visual Studio had Achievements? Tags: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Add-Ins Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [...]

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Generalkidd http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-3183 Generalkidd Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:39:04 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-3183 I think it'd be cool if they linked this to Xbox Live so that these achievements will actually show up in our gamerscore and list of played games. I think it’d be cool if they linked this to Xbox Live so that these achievements will actually show up in our gamerscore and list of played games.

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by KrzysztofB http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2987 KrzysztofB Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:21:05 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2987 Now I convinced VS is a toy, not a tool for professionals. I need archievment "Patient Buddha". With my win forms project i had "Out of memory error" twice a month in VS2005. Now great upgrade to VS2010. I can see this error twice an hour. Great job MS! Now I convinced VS is a toy, not a tool for professionals.
I need archievment “Patient Buddha”.
With my win forms project i had “Out of memory error” twice a month in VS2005. Now great upgrade to VS2010. I can see this error twice an hour. Great job MS!

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft Crossbreeds Programming Kit With Fantasy Game – Wired News « Software Microsoft http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2963 Microsoft Crossbreeds Programming Kit With Fantasy Game – Wired News « Software Microsoft Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:08:31 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2963 [...] from outside the company. Rudi Benkovič, a platform developer at HP’s MagCloud printing arm, suggested the idea with a blog post in January of last year. Benkovič is a Visual Studio user, but he and [...] [...] from outside the company. Rudi Benkovič, a platform developer at HP’s MagCloud printing arm, suggested the idea with a blog post in January of last year. Benkovič is a Visual Studio user, but he and [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft Crossbreeds Programming Kit With Fantasy Game – JailBake http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2955 Microsoft Crossbreeds Programming Kit With Fantasy Game – JailBake Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:33:48 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2955 [...] from outside the company. Rudi Benkovič, a platform developer at HP’s MagCloud printing arm, suggested the idea with a blog post in January of last year. Benkovič is a Visual Studio user, but he and [...] [...] from outside the company. Rudi Benkovič, a platform developer at HP’s MagCloud printing arm, suggested the idea with a blog post in January of last year. Benkovič is a Visual Studio user, but he and [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Hideki Ikeda http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2951 Hideki Ikeda Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:35:47 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2951 Loved it! The Cleaner: Fixed 200+ compiler warnings in less than an hour The Horder: Has 10+ Visual Studio add-ons Loved it!

The Cleaner: Fixed 200+ compiler warnings in less than an hour
The Horder: Has 10+ Visual Studio add-ons

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft Crossbreeds Programming Kit With Fantasy Game | Streaming Media Hosting http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2949 Microsoft Crossbreeds Programming Kit With Fantasy Game | Streaming Media Hosting Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:35:33 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2949 [...] from outside the company. Rudi Benkovič, a platform developer at HP’s MagCloud printing arm, suggested the idea with a blog post in January of last year. Benkovič is a Visual Studio user, but he and [...] [...] from outside the company. Rudi Benkovič, a platform developer at HP’s MagCloud printing arm, suggested the idea with a blog post in January of last year. Benkovič is a Visual Studio user, but he and [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by BigDoor's Gamification Blog Microsoft Gamifies Plugin http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2940 BigDoor's Gamification Blog Microsoft Gamifies Plugin Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:11:03 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2940 [...] idea for the Visual Studio Achievments was inspired from a blog post over a year ago and a thread on Reddit with over 500 comments. The feedback was positive and it appeared that [...] [...] idea for the Visual Studio Achievments was inspired from a blog post over a year ago and a thread on Reddit with over 500 comments. The feedback was positive and it appeared that [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Mental Transfer Relay » Visual Studio Achievement Earned! http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2923 Mental Transfer Relay » Visual Studio Achievement Earned! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:36:45 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2923 [...] Channel 9 team created a Visual Studio Achievements prolongation after reading a post by Rudi on a While True blog and a successive contention on Reddit. Rudi’s post summarized a [...] [...] Channel 9 team created a Visual Studio Achievements prolongation after reading a post by Rudi on a While True blog and a successive contention on Reddit. Rudi’s post summarized a [...]

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Mike http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 Mike Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:43:43 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2886 I'll believe UAC works when it does more than interrupt me and make my screen go dark. You know, it needs to do something useful like preventing 100 lines of Java Script run from IE from installing a rootkit that takes over the whole system. Dimming my LCD doesn't actually help me. But I"m supposed to believe the devs on the windows team are as smart as the ones on FOSS and that theres only more bugs because of more users ? please. I pray for the day when MS is hit with massive class-action product liability and false advertising lawsuits over their 10+ years of spyware/rootkits. The millions of users who have lost millions of man-hours and productivity deserve compensation. If this happened in the automobile industry the cars would have been recalled within the first month. But you have the audacity to belly-ache about piracy when your product doesn't work long enough to do anything useful in the first place. I’ll believe UAC works when it does more than interrupt me and make my screen go dark. You know, it needs to do something useful like preventing 100 lines of Java Script run from IE from installing a rootkit that takes over the whole system. Dimming my LCD doesn’t actually help me. But I”m supposed to believe the devs on the windows team are as smart as the ones on FOSS and that theres only more bugs because of more users ? please.

I pray for the day when MS is hit with massive class-action product liability and false advertising lawsuits over their 10+ years of spyware/rootkits. The millions of users who have lost millions of man-hours and productivity deserve compensation. If this happened in the automobile industry the cars would have been recalled within the first month. But you have the audacity to belly-ache about piracy when your product doesn’t work long enough to do anything useful in the first place.

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Siddharth Rout http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Siddharth Rout Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:26:37 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2876 The only suggestion that I have for Channel 9 is to take off this sentence "Impress your friends!" from the below Impress your friends! Earn achievements while you code! Code while you earn achievements! Probably that is what make people do thing as Justin mentioned above. Coding is not about impressing your friends ;) I agree with this though "But rarely is a developer appreciated for all the nuances and subtleties of a piece of code--and all the heroics it took to write it. With Visual Studio Achievements Beta, your talents are recognized as you perform various coding feats, unlock achievements and earn badges." The only suggestion that I have for Channel 9 is to take off this sentence “Impress your friends!” from the below

Impress your friends!
Earn achievements while you code!
Code while you earn achievements!

Probably that is what make people do thing as Justin mentioned above. Coding is not about impressing your friends ;)

I agree with this though

“But rarely is a developer appreciated for all the nuances and subtleties of a piece of code–and all the heroics it took to write it. With Visual Studio Achievements Beta, your talents are recognized as you perform various coding feats, unlock achievements and earn badges.”

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Siddharth Rout http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 Siddharth Rout Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:21:27 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2875 I like this extension. There would be people who would deliberately try to unlock achievements but then probably this extension is not for them... They should log on to Facebook and play farm-ville or whatever that crap is... I am shortly recommending it on my blog and I hope people seriously start using it. I like this extension. There would be people who would deliberately try to unlock achievements but then probably this extension is not for them… They should log on to Facebook and play farm-ville or whatever that crap is…

I am shortly recommending it on my blog and I hope people seriously start using it.

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Aaron.E http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2856 Aaron.E Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:39:40 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2856 Mike is right, Windows should adopt the UNIX security model. Nevermind that the NT security model meets the C2 standard and the UNIX model doesn't come close, the UNIX model is clearly superior, because it's been tested less! Mike is right, Windows should adopt the UNIX security model. Nevermind that the NT security model meets the C2 standard and the UNIX model doesn’t come close, the UNIX model is clearly superior, because it’s been tested less!

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by IT Secure Site » Blog Archive » Visual Studio Achievements Program Brings Gamification to Development http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2821 IT Secure Site » Blog Archive » Visual Studio Achievements Program Brings Gamification to Development Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:04:07 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2821 [...] Channel 9 team created a Visual Studio Achievements prolongation after reading a post by Rudi on a While True blog and a successive contention on Reddit. Rudi’s post summarized a [...] [...] Channel 9 team created a Visual Studio Achievements prolongation after reading a post by Rudi on a While True blog and a successive contention on Reddit. Rudi’s post summarized a [...]

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Nico http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Nico Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:29:54 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2795 He meant that no virus developer cares about UNIX, because there is a too small group of people using it. Therefore they dont even search fore security holes and thus they are "obscure". Account privilegues would not change anything; the UAC of Win7 is very good and restricts the privilegues of every process, but the user can grant them full access. So, if the user is stupid, nothing, REALLY NOTHING can keep you safe from malware, neither the UAC, nor the anti-virus software nor your great UNIX account privilegues system (users could grant root access there, too). So stop telling this "windows is insecure" bullshit. I never got a virus, because I use my brain. And the only fact is, that Windows has more stupid users than UNIX and so there are more infections. Simple as that... He meant that no virus developer cares about UNIX, because there is a too small group of people using it.
Therefore they dont even search fore security holes and thus they are “obscure”.

Account privilegues would not change anything; the UAC of Win7 is very good and restricts the privilegues of every process, but the user can grant them full access.
So, if the user is stupid, nothing, REALLY NOTHING can keep you safe from malware, neither the UAC, nor the anti-virus software nor your great UNIX account privilegues system (users could grant root access there, too).

So stop telling this “windows is insecure” bullshit. I never got a virus, because I use my brain.
And the only fact is, that Windows has more stupid users than UNIX and so there are more infections.
Simple as that…

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Vpopulare.ru » Achievements в Visual Studio http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2794 Vpopulare.ru » Achievements в Visual Studio Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:17:19 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2794 [...] в Visual Studio Год назад пробегал топик, мол, а что если сделать в Visual Studio ачивки как в MMO? И вот, [...] [...] в Visual Studio Год назад пробегал топик, мол, а что если сделать в Visual Studio ачивки как в MMO? И вот, [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pricey text adventure game, Visual Studio … – JailBake http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2755 Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pricey text adventure game, Visual Studio … – JailBake Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:26:55 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2755 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Visual Studio Achievement Earned! » Draw Aggro http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2748 Visual Studio Achievement Earned! » Draw Aggro Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:20:05 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2748 [...] Channel 9 team created the Visual Studio Achievements extension after reading a post by Rudi on the While True blog and the subsequent discussion on Reddit. Rudi’s post outlined a [...] [...] Channel 9 team created the Visual Studio Achievements extension after reading a post by Rudi on the While True blog and the subsequent discussion on Reddit. Rudi’s post outlined a [...]

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Mike http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2744 Mike Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:54:29 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2744 Troll bait ? The spyware I just spent 6 hours removing from a family member's win7 computer was the real thing, not "bait". Why am I a troll for freely talking about it ? Is Windows Spyware like rape, where people allowed it to go on for decades because everyone was afraid to talk about how horrible it is ? I think Microsoft is the troll and spyware is the bridge it lives under. It could have solved this problem long ago by using UNIX account privileges, instead it allows it to continue so that a multibillion-dollar Antivirus industry can maintain its cartel. Linux is "security through obscurity" ? Wait ...an OS whose source can be accessed by anyone in the world, even people whose countries censor the internet, is obscure ? Contrast that to a company who would pay the world's best lawyers to sue you off the face of the planet if you had even a few lines of code they believed was theirs ? That's NOT keeping code in obscurity ? Go study these terms before you use them in an English sentence! Troll bait ? The spyware I just spent 6 hours removing from a family member’s win7 computer was the real thing, not “bait”. Why am I a troll for freely talking about it ? Is Windows Spyware like rape, where people allowed it to go on for decades because everyone was afraid to talk about how horrible it is ? I think Microsoft is the troll and spyware is the bridge it lives under. It could have solved this problem long ago by using UNIX account privileges, instead it allows it to continue so that a multibillion-dollar Antivirus industry can maintain its cartel.

Linux is “security through obscurity” ? Wait …an OS whose source can be accessed by anyone in the world, even people whose countries censor the internet, is obscure ? Contrast that to a company who would pay the world’s best lawyers to sue you off the face of the planet if you had even a few lines of code they believed was theirs ? That’s NOT keeping code in obscurity ? Go study these terms before you use them in an English sentence!

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft add achievements to Visual Studio http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2743 Microsoft add achievements to Visual Studio Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:51:13 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2743 [...] Channel 9 created the plug-in after reading a post by Rudi, who had humorously come up with the idea and outlined various mock achievements, over at the While True blog. [...] [...] Channel 9 created the plug-in after reading a post by Rudi, who had humorously come up with the idea and outlined various mock achievements, over at the While True blog. [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by triangles and curves - design+technology by jenna fizel http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2740 triangles and curves - design+technology by jenna fizel Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:03:54 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2740 [...] do realize that Visual Studio 2010 isn’t, of course, a game. Inspired by a blog post early last year, and after a period of beta testing, Microsoft has created an extension for its IDE [...] [...] do realize that Visual Studio 2010 isn’t, of course, a game. Inspired by a blog post early last year, and after a period of beta testing, Microsoft has created an extension for its IDE [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Visible Studio Achievements Software Delivers Gamification to Development - Blue Paper Web http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2735 Visible Studio Achievements Software Delivers Gamification to Development - Blue Paper Web Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:57:01 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2735 [...] Channel 9 crew&nbspcreated the Visible Studio Achievements extension after studying a post by Rudi on the Although Correct website and the subsequent talk on Reddit. Rudi&rsquos post [...] [...] Channel 9 crew&nbspcreated the Visible Studio Achievements extension after studying a post by Rudi on the Although Correct website and the subsequent talk on Reddit. Rudi&rsquos post [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Visual Studio Achievements – 寫程式開成就 | 亞特蘭提斯 http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2711 Visual Studio Achievements – 寫程式開成就 | 亞特蘭提斯 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:26:47 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2711 [...] Visual Studio Achievements – 寫程式開成就 Posted on 20 January, 2012 by 達MiNG 對打機既人o黎講,”開成就”(Achievements)絕對唔會陌生。 一年前，有人戲言如果Visual Studio有Achievements會包含什麼? What if Visual Studio had Achievements?，Reddit上亦有很多人討論。引起Microsoft有關部門注意，並提出落實開發成就功能。 [...] [...] Visual Studio Achievements – 寫程式開成就 Posted on 20 January, 2012 by 達MiNG 對打機既人o黎講,”開成就”(Achievements)絕對唔會陌生。 一年前，有人戲言如果Visual Studio有Achievements會包含什麼? What if Visual Studio had Achievements?，Reddit上亦有很多人討論。引起Microsoft有關部門注意，並提出落實開發成就功能。 [...]

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Justin http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2700 Justin Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:10:30 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2700 I really don't like this idea. This is promoting people to DELIBERATELY do horrible code practices just to get some stupid achievement. Not only that but it's a huge distraction from getting actual work done since people will waste time farming achievements instead of actually working. I hope this stays optional... I really don’t like this idea. This is promoting people to DELIBERATELY do horrible code practices just to get some stupid achievement. Not only that but it’s a huge distraction from getting actual work done since people will waste time farming achievements instead of actually working. I hope this stays optional…

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Aaron http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2691 Aaron Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:04:40 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2691 This is awesome, and as an educator and an IT guy, I know that gamification is a superb way of engaging learners and rewarding good behavior with little expense. A move like this has the potential to encourage new programmers to try new things. Everyone wins. To get off topic, because I took the troll's bait: Mike, stop conducting the hate train. The Visual Studio guys have nothing to do with the Windows OS guys. That aside, Microsoft does an astonishing amount of work on system security, and they're very successful. Linux/OSX/OS2/Inferno all benefit from security through obscurity; as far back as anyone need remember, they haven't had the level of attention that Windows gets. If OSX were deployed on hundreds of millions of corporate workstations, it'd get more targeted attention, and you'd start seeing many more viruses. It's just not the case, so users benefit. DBAD. (Posted from my Mac, currently running Windows 7) This is awesome, and as an educator and an IT guy, I know that gamification is a superb way of engaging learners and rewarding good behavior with little expense. A move like this has the potential to encourage new programmers to try new things. Everyone wins.

To get off topic, because I took the troll’s bait:
Mike, stop conducting the hate train. The Visual Studio guys have nothing to do with the Windows OS guys. That aside, Microsoft does an astonishing amount of work on system security, and they’re very successful. Linux/OSX/OS2/Inferno all benefit from security through obscurity; as far back as anyone need remember, they haven’t had the level of attention that Windows gets. If OSX were deployed on hundreds of millions of corporate workstations, it’d get more targeted attention, and you’d start seeing many more viruses. It’s just not the case, so users benefit. DBAD.

(Posted from my Mac, currently running Windows 7)

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Mike http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2686 Mike Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:14:39 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2686 you mean "dumb enough" to use IE or any other MS product ? Agreed. you mean “dumb enough” to use IE or any other MS product ? Agreed.

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Michael http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2683 Michael Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:08:19 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2683 They should add one for those who are dumb enough to install/activate rootkits on their own system. They should add one for those who are dumb enough to install/activate rootkits on their own system.

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Richard Kennard http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2676 Richard Kennard Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:29:50 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2676 Can I claim prior art? 3 years ago I posted this blog as a joke: http://blog.kennardconsulting.com/2008/12/new-features-in-eclipse-35.html Can I claim prior art?

3 years ago I posted this blog as a joke: http://blog.kennardconsulting.com/2008/12/new-features-in-eclipse-35.html

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Hans http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2670 Hans Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:57:25 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2670 I want to have it in any Software.. CAD Office …. Powerpoint: “The Manager – Create 50 Masterslides” … Outlook “The Informer – Answer all in 30 E-Mails” … “The Spy – Use BCC 10 more then 10 times” It would be so much win I want to have it in any Software..
CAD
Office
….
Powerpoint:
“The Manager – Create 50 Masterslides” …
Outlook
“The Informer – Answer all in 30 E-Mails” …
“The Spy – Use BCC 10 more then 10 times”
It would be so much win

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Hans http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2668 Hans Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:52:24 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2668 Want to have it in any Software.. CAD Office .... Powerpoint: "The Manager - Create 50 Masterslides" ... Outlook "The Informer - Answer all in 30 E-Mails" ... "The Spy - Use BCC 10 more then 10 times" It would be so much win :) Want to have it in any Software..

CAD
Office
….

Powerpoint:
“The Manager – Create 50 Masterslides” …

Outlook
“The Informer – Answer all in 30 E-Mails” …
“The Spy – Use BCC 10 more then 10 times”

It would be so much win :)

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Mike http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 Mike Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:29:03 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2666 They should extend the Achievements to all those brilliant hackers that keep finding new ways to write spyware + rootkits that infect MS products and render them unusable! Bonus achievement if no antispyware can remove it, or if you can manage to hide the users whole My Documents and Desktop / start menu icons and demand ransom to get your data back, all while doing so in the latest "most secure" current version of Windows, Win7! They should extend the Achievements to all those brilliant hackers that keep finding new ways to write spyware + rootkits that infect MS products and render them unusable! Bonus achievement if no antispyware can remove it, or if you can manage to hide the users whole My Documents and Desktop / start menu icons and demand ransom to get your data back, all while doing so in the latest “most secure” current version of Windows, Win7!

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by 用Visual Studio编程，解锁成就赢得徽章 - 黑色 | 黑色 http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2656 用Visual Studio编程，解锁成就赢得徽章 - 黑色 | 黑色 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:13:58 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2656 [...] Facebook 和 Twitter 朋友共享。该项目是受到了去年一月一位 Visual Studio 用户帖子的启发，共有 32 [...] [...] Facebook 和 Twitter 朋友共享。该项目是受到了去年一月一位 Visual Studio 用户帖子的启发，共有 32 [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Visual Studio Achievements Program Brings Gamification to Development | Techno Magazine | Daily Technology News Magazine http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2643 Visual Studio Achievements Program Brings Gamification to Development | Techno Magazine | Daily Technology News Magazine Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:08:45 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2643 [...] Channel 9 team created the Visual Studio Achievements extension after reading a post by Rudi on the While True blog and the subsequent discussion on Reddit. Rudi’s post outlined [...] [...] Channel 9 team created the Visual Studio Achievements extension after reading a post by Rudi on the While True blog and the subsequent discussion on Reddit. Rudi’s post outlined [...]

]]> Comment on Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! by Achievements for Programming? It Makes Sense to Microsoft! | Sharp as a Tack http://blog.whiletrue.com/2012/01/visual-studio-achievements-now-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2629 Achievements for Programming? It Makes Sense to Microsoft! | Sharp as a Tack Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:46:30 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=197#comment-2629 [...] various facets of .NET as well as guiding people learning how to program.  You can grab more info here. This entry was posted in .NET, Code by TheCaddy. Bookmark the [...] [...] various facets of .NET as well as guiding people learning how to program.  You can grab more info here. This entry was posted in .NET, Code by TheCaddy. Bookmark the [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Microsoft się postarał – Visual Studio z osiągnięciami dla developerów! http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2594 Microsoft się postarał – Visual Studio z osiągnięciami dla developerów! Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:40:09 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2594 [...] propsy idą do autorów bloga While True, którzy umieścili na nim post o wymownym tytule „What if Visual Studio had Avhievements?”, podając jednocześnie kilkadziesiąt własnych propozycji osiągnięć. Sprawa nabrała rozpędu [...] [...] propsy idą do autorów bloga While True, którzy umieścili na nim post o wymownym tytule „What if Visual Studio had Avhievements?”, podając jednocześnie kilkadziesiąt własnych propozycji osiągnięć. Sprawa nabrała rozpędu [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by SK http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2592 SK Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:09:48 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2592 Why would i want to slow down my ide just to get achievement points? Why would i want to slow down my ide just to get achievement points?

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by Announcing Visual Studio Achievements Beta | Geekness in Words http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2589 Announcing Visual Studio Achievements Beta | Geekness in Words Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:23:28 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2589 [...] your own mashups and apps.GenesisWe have to give props to the blog While True, whose blog post What If Visual Studio Had Achievements inspired us to go build this. That post spawned a reddit post that is the thread which started it [...] [...] your own mashups and apps.GenesisWe have to give props to the blog While True, whose blog post What If Visual Studio Had Achievements inspired us to go build this. That post spawned a reddit post that is the thread which started it [...]

]]> Comment on What if Visual Studio had Achievements? by while true blog » Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! http://blog.whiletrue.com/2011/01/what-if-visual-studio-had-achievements/comment-page-4/#comment-2585 while true blog » Visual Studio Achievements, now a reality! Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:51:16 +0000 http://blog.whiletrue.com/?p=165#comment-2585 [...] What if Visual Studio had Achievements? [...] [...] What if Visual Studio had Achievements? [...]

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