11/17/2011 [PF #192] The more things change the more things stay the same

[justacritic]

Really now, improper grammar with new technology always seems to occur, take the telegraph, all those stops 

[Surzsha]

In the words of Abel... Ow... just, ow...

[joshofspam]

I don't understand the question.

[Kipiru]

 

[Merlin]

Come on, Tapewolf! The fans are dying to know. <>

[Raskahn]

If I learn JAVA, will I be able to make a decent cup of coffee?

[Tapewolf]

Come on, Tapewolf! The fans are dying to know. <>

1.  Not sure

2. The poster was asking for their future to be told.  This being about 16 years ago now, it's entirely possible that the poster did eventually learn to make games like Doom, but I'm not honestly hopeful for their chances.  To be sure, I wouldn't be able to do it without using a 3rd-party library to handle the rendering side because I never did get the hang of 3D.  (Though I had written 2D platform games essentially from scratch including a graphics library written mostly in assembler by the time that post had been made).

[justacritic]

If I learn Ruby will I get rich

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

If I learn Ruby will I get rich

Ruby Wax? Maybe...

[Gabi]

Does the poster know about your comic? And where did the poster learn Inglesh?

[Tapewolf]

Does the poster know about your comic? And where did the poster learn Inglesh?

If you're curious, most of the original thread is still on Google Groups.  It was titled "Can i make game" and was posted on Nov 15 1995 in rec.games.programmer and also cross-posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action where it didn't get any replies at all.
The reply where someone claimed that the poster themselves was a bug which would be fixed in the next release doesn't seem to be in the archives.

The original poster appears to have been from Thailand so perhaps taking the mick out of the phrasing of their question is a little below the belt.  However, when all is said and done there is a fundamental disconnect from reality in that someone who knows C and/or C++ is either going to know enough to start building a game (irrespective of whether they succeed) or they will know they don't know where to begin.  Asking a complete stranger if you know enough to achieve a task is... well, strange.

Aside from a Thai language post, the only other known query from this person was another post on comp.os.netware.misc the following January, enquiring about writing a card game on Netware.  While it was slightly better in terms that they were this time asking where to find programming information about Netware, they still seem to have problems either expressing or understanding the task at hand.
It is not clear from the question whether they are asking for information about adding IPX network support to a card game, or whether - as the question seems to imply - they were asking how to make a card game in the first place.

help me about game on netware

Hello anyone
      I am problem .
      first is
      How can i write card game on netware ?
      second is
      where do i get information about programming <c or c++> <netware>

Who can hepl me please send E-mail to me .
Thank you very much for your help.

EDIT:

Oh, and Jassada Takulkunati... if you're reading this somehow, my apologies... your thread has kept me entertained for many a year.

[Ellian]

This is hilarious and still slightly sad. Also, yay for Elyza.

[Lore]

(Massive wall of text)

I think it would have been easier to just give them the link.

[Tapewolf]

I think it would have been easier to just give them the link.

I thought it would be harder, because when I was looking for it, it required a Google login.

[justacritic]

what episode was that from again?

[AmigaDragon]

The question reminded me of a character (I don't remember who or where now) that had lost previous knowledge when learning new stuff. Perhaps the reader forgot how to communicate in english when they learned C++.

[LionHeart]

The question reminded me of a character (I don't remember who or where now) that had lost previous knowledge when learning new stuff. Perhaps the reader forgot how to communicate in english when they learned C++.

Sounds rather like Dover the Cheetah, from the Suburban Jungle. He spent so long talking in programming code that he lost the ability to speak English...