Don't you people ever learn? It is always like this with MS. They obsolete your knowledge ALL THE TIME in favor new technology that does not do anything new.
VB, C#,.net, several version of it, really. Well, now it is time to move on. If you cherish "amazing development experience" (get a life, man) then you should be salivating in anticipation of the next great thing to come. Trust me, MS will come through for you.
And, PLEASE, don't call it cross-platform. It is not.
>> and I am basically indispensable for the continuation of this growth.
That is funny. You must be new to the industry. One of the first things anyone in employee/contractor position learns (should learn) in their first 5 or so years is that EVERYONE is replaceable. Well ok, Steve Jobs turned out to be not so replaceable, but that's Steve Jobs. In all likelihood, you are flattering yourself - you are very much dispensable.
Presently I do a lot of contract work for one customer, and I too would not mind getting a royalty from every unit they ship. And yes, I'm kind of 'indispensable' - several products developed for them, a couple of them are fairly complex. But I know full well that if the push comes to shove they will find a replacement for me. Just the same as they've found me to replace the other guy who was with them for like 10 years before that:)
Modern wedding photographers are artists? Give me a break. Today they just shoot away 1000 images to select 10 decent ones. And why the hell should my photographer be allowed to use my photo in his gallery? Well he could ask me for permission to do so and I may grant it if I like the photo, but that is not automatic with him retaining the copyright.
Would you want your photo to be used in a gallery of bloopers? Thankfully, most normal galleries require releases from people in the images anyway.
Common sense suggests that it can't be both highly radioactive AND to have a half-life of 24000 years. And yes, it does have a half-life of 24000 years. Yet it is very stable and not very radioactive, which is why it finds its use in weapons.
Can it be spoofed? What if I attach enough meet chunks in front of me, and possibly have some device that would move the chunk in sync with my breathing in opposite direction?
Me too. If anything, the first association that comes to my head is "Mango", which is neutral, and Mongol if I force myself to look for another one - but it really is a stretch, since Mongol is not part of my everyday vocabulary.
Well that's not generally true. It would be true if the odds of computer choosing each of the 3 choices were equal, as those are for your random play. But if the computer is following some strategy, it might favor one of the choices more than others, thus biasing outcome from equal one way or another.
There should be a small tax (0.1%) attached to every stock transaction. That would kill all microsecond trading in an instant. In fact most of day trading as well.
The eyes don't magically focus unfocused light that enters them. The light that enters them has to have some focus to it in the first place.
Sorry, but you don't understand how the optics works. "Light" that exits the binocular is neither focused or not... Only the focal distance is changing. There is a focal distance setting that is comfortable for the eye, but with a bit of strain in your eyes you can see clearly even it is slightly off.
And yes, it is possible to see clearly underwater (not that I can do that!) -- without glasses or mask, that is. Some pearl harvesting folks can do that.
I'm pretty sure it will work the same as cable companies did with the HDTV. After they pushed Digital TV on consumers, grossly overcompressed and far worse quality than the old analog video, switching to HDTV became a no-brainer to an average Joe. (I could not watch the TV at such a crappy quality, so I just canceled my subscription.) They'll do the same -- intentionally worsening the quality of the 16-bit files, so that difference between 16 and 24 is obvious.
ARM does not make chips. They design CPU cores, and license them. Whoever has the license (and there are dozens of license holders) make chips, and they can continue regardless of who buys ARM. That does not apply to newer cores, of course.
Relax, they do not hope to create a new Silicon Valley. They are not that dumb. Putin, for one, is pretty smart guy and he knows it's not going to work. It's not the first time, you know. There were a host of other so called 'national projects' before this. (Nanotechnology, anyone?) What this really is a way to siphon government money into private pockets of government officials, create some impression of work they do, and boost morale and pride of the general populace as a bonus side effect. It's much easier, you know, than address and fix the real problem -- total corruption of every government institute, starting from traffic patrol and all the way up the president himself. We've been there, seen that. Nothing new, really... Move along, people -- just another day in Russia....
That's what I think. 20% percent speedup appears to be huge exaggeration. I mean what does the app need to do in the first place to be able to save 20% just by moving free to another thread?
There must be some strings attached to this. Like having to keep the check for a while.
But government checks do not expire. What, are you supposed to store it forever? What if instead you wait 6 month, then find somebody with the exact same name as you and sell him the check for 50% of the face value. They, in turn, can do photo deposit and sell the check further and so on.
The bank comes to you 6 month after the first deposit and want to see the original. Oh, sorry, I had my basement flooded where I kept all the papers.
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Power lines however can handle megawatts.
But balloon would not make a news and it is so low tech. Lasers, on the other hand, are awesome.
Are you serious? You think the light goes unattenuated through the fiber? And power density? No way.
There is no such thing as non-conductive - all depends on the voltage applied. It will become very conductive once the lightning strikes it.
You got me at "there is a research"
Don't you people ever learn? It is always like this with MS. They obsolete your knowledge ALL THE TIME in favor new technology that does not do anything new.
VB, C#, .net, several version of it, really. Well, now it is time to move on. If you cherish "amazing development experience" (get a life, man) then you should be salivating in anticipation of the next great thing to come. Trust me, MS will come through for you.
And, PLEASE, don't call it cross-platform. It is not.
>> and I am basically indispensable for the continuation of this growth.
That is funny. You must be new to the industry. One of the first things anyone in employee/contractor position learns (should learn) in their first 5 or so years is that EVERYONE is replaceable. Well ok, Steve Jobs turned out to be not so replaceable, but that's Steve Jobs. In all likelihood, you are flattering yourself - you are very much dispensable.
Presently I do a lot of contract work for one customer, and I too would not mind getting a royalty from every unit they ship. And yes, I'm kind of 'indispensable' - several products developed for them, a couple of them are fairly complex. But I know full well that if the push comes to shove they will find a replacement for me. Just the same as they've found me to replace the other guy who was with them for like 10 years before that :)
Modern wedding photographers are artists? Give me a break. Today they just shoot away 1000 images to select 10 decent ones. And why the hell should my photographer be allowed to use my photo in his gallery? Well he could ask me for permission to do so and I may grant it if I like the photo, but that is not automatic with him retaining the copyright.
Would you want your photo to be used in a gallery of bloopers? Thankfully, most normal galleries require releases from people in the images anyway.
Common sense suggests that it can't be both highly radioactive AND to have a half-life of 24000 years. And yes, it does have a half-life of 24000 years. Yet it is very stable and not very radioactive, which is why it finds its use in weapons.
Exactly. Is not this all normal? All the time TV ads show happy 'customers' who are in fact actors.
Can it be spoofed? What if I attach enough meet chunks in front of me, and possibly have some device that would move the chunk in sync with my breathing in opposite direction?
Me too. If anything, the first association that comes to my head is "Mango", which is neutral, and Mongol if I force myself to look for another one - but it really is a stretch, since Mongol is not part of my everyday vocabulary.
I see, you are right
ever heard of dice?
Well that's not generally true. It would be true if the odds of computer choosing each of the 3 choices were equal, as those are for your random play. But if the computer is following some strategy, it might favor one of the choices more than others, thus biasing outcome from equal one way or another.
There should be a small tax (0.1%) attached to every stock transaction. That would kill all microsecond trading in an instant. In fact most of day trading as well.
No, you are not conspiracy theorist. You are just paranoid.
The eyes don't magically focus unfocused light that enters them. The light that enters them has to have some focus to it in the first place.
Sorry, but you don't understand how the optics works. "Light" that exits the binocular is neither focused or not... Only the focal distance is changing. There is a focal distance setting that is comfortable for the eye, but with a bit of strain in your eyes you can see clearly even it is slightly off.
And yes, it is possible to see clearly underwater (not that I can do that!) -- without glasses or mask, that is. Some pearl harvesting folks can do that.
I'm pretty sure it will work the same as cable companies did with the HDTV. After they pushed Digital TV on consumers, grossly overcompressed and far worse quality than the old analog video, switching to HDTV became a no-brainer to an average Joe. (I could not watch the TV at such a crappy quality, so I just canceled my subscription.) They'll do the same -- intentionally worsening the quality of the 16-bit files, so that difference between 16 and 24 is obvious.
You have no clue, buddy. Your opinion is uninformed.
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ARM does not make chips. They design CPU cores, and license them. Whoever has the license (and there are dozens of license holders) make chips, and they can continue regardless of who buys ARM. That does not apply to newer cores, of course.
Relax, they do not hope to create a new Silicon Valley. They are not that dumb. Putin, for one, is pretty smart guy and he knows it's not going to work. It's not the first time, you know. There were a host of other so called 'national projects' before this. (Nanotechnology, anyone?) What this really is a way to siphon government money into private pockets of government officials, create some impression of work they do, and boost morale and pride of the general populace as a bonus side effect. It's much easier, you know, than address and fix the real problem -- total corruption of every government institute, starting from traffic patrol and all the way up the president himself.
We've been there, seen that. Nothing new, really... Move along, people -- just another day in Russia....
That's what I think.
20% percent speedup appears to be huge exaggeration. I mean what does the app need to do in the first place to be able to save 20% just by moving free to another thread?
There must be some strings attached to this. Like having to keep the check for a while.
But government checks do not expire. What, are you supposed to store it forever? What if instead you wait 6 month, then find somebody with the exact same name as you and sell him the check for 50% of the face value. They, in turn, can do photo deposit and sell the check further and so on.
The bank comes to you 6 month after the first deposit and want to see the original. Oh, sorry, I had my basement flooded where I kept all the papers.