I bought one of these last Friday and it was delivered on Monday. Lots of fun to play with!
Fortunately for me, all the optics were still aligned when it arrived. Everything was in working order and the software is pretty good. Their printer driver makes sending jobs from Inkscape and CorelDRAW trivial.
One thing to note - if you get the deluxe version the power is controlled by the software, not the knob on the front. If you hit the test fire button on the control panel instead of the one in the software you'll get a 100% power firing which will likely ignite the thermal paper you're using to check alignment..... Just in case you didn't read the paper that comes with it.
I'd try to set up the forum so he is the only one who can see his posts so he thinks his messages are getting through and everybody else is ignoring him.
Just add 9 volt battery terminals to the outside of the phone that are connected directly to the battery. To check the charge simply apply your tongue to the terminals. Isn't that how everybody checks a 9 volt battery?
Thanks for the heads up! The bug that you encountered has been identified and corrected. The new compressor even squeezes another 220 bytes out of jQuery!:)
Well, I tried to get it down to 10K but my compressor only got it down to 15K. Feel free to use it. For best results, feed the compressor the uncompressed version.
You don't have to use XMLHttpRequest. You can dynamically add a script node to the document if you've got JavaScript you want to include from a different site.
Even though the JS files may be cached they still have to be parsed when they are included so you still have memory and processor overhead to deal with.
You definitely don't want a unique JS file per page. The maintenance alone will kill you.
Grouping JS code into libraries and only including the libraries when you intend to use them makes the most sense to me.
I used to think the same thing. Back in '99 a guy I was working with would produce a regex and I had no idea what that strange looking thing did. I got a book on Perl and spent quite a bit of time wrapping my head around regular expressions. That's probably the only thing I retained from Perl because I really don't like the language. I started using the ORO package in Java to do regular expressions and switched to the standard library when it was introduced in 1.4. Java's syntax is nearly identical to Perl's.
If you'll take the time to understand them you'll never go back to parsing strings yourself. They can make your code MUCH easier to maintain. There is a steep learning curve but they're well worth learning. Your code will be much more readable with a regular expression instead of lines and lines of code. Debugging is much easier too.
Maybe you should give the reviewed book a shot. I can't comment on it as I've never read it but I do highly recommend learning regular expressions.
I got a RapidSSL cert through EV1Servers about a year and a half ago. It worked on every browser I tried - not a single problem.
Now if you really want to spend 13 times as much for a Thawte cert that functionally does exactly the same thing go right ahead. I prefer to keep the extra $184.05 in my pocket.
I'm of the opinion that if you don't enjoy your work you should find something else to do. Life's too short to stay in a job you hate. Maybe web development isn't for you. Find something you like to do and head in that direction.
My average job length is about a year because I get bored quickly. For developers changing jobs is often the easiest way to get a pay raise.
If you do enjoy web development there are plenty of good jobs out there. Be picky! Find one that you will enjoy doing for a while. The environment makes all the difference. Meet the people you'll be working with. If you don't get along with them you're all better off if you find something else. You may have to find temporary work while you're looking for a good job but in the end you'll be much happier if you take the time.
My current employer found me on Dice.com. After posting my resume I was getting several calls a day. Many of the calls were only good for laughs but at least they gave me options.
I never got into MVC for application development. All my apps have been tightly coupled. MVC added way more overhead than I was interested in. That's most of the reason I didn't try it for web development for so long. It turns out that I really like it for web development and having all three components separate makes it fairly easy to add an application interface for backend administration, data input, etc.
Life is SOOOO much easier when you separate your program logic from the view. For a long time I resisted thinking there wasn't much point. Now I use JSP for presentation only. All logic goes into Java objects that JSP can pull data from but I avoid doing any data writes from JSP. With the model and view separated I can easily change what gets displayed on a web page without worrying about breaking the program logic. As long as I don't remove access to any data that gets displayed I can update program logic without messing up the pages. It's much easier to read both. The JSP pages are mostly just HTML with some JSP tags in them. The Java code doesn't have any HTML in it at all.
BTW, if you're looking for a nice framework for Java web development I highly recommend Stripes. I stumbled across it last year and it is much nicer to use than Struts!
For me to do math I need to understand the whole process. I did very well in Algebra and Trig because I could understand what was going on. My problem was with Calculus (not doing the homework didn't help). The connection between Algebra and Calculus was never explained so I did very poorly.
Someday I'll have to go back and learn Calculus again but in the 16 years that I've been programming professionally since high school I haven't had anything that couldn't be done with Algebra or Trig.
I'm not European. I don't plan on being European. So who cares if they're 'registrars' ? They could be fake fronts for big name US companies. It still doesn't change the fact that I don't own a car.
I didn't see any claims to be a great athlete - just to be fit. There's no need to do 4 miles at a sub 6 pace to benefit from it. 10 miles isn't bad on a bike. If you're reasonably fit you should be able to do either in about half an hour. A day hike is much better for your health than an hour or two of sitting in front of the computer.
In high school I was fairly fast and could do 4 miles at a sub 6 pace. I'm nowhere near that fast now but my endurance has seen significant increases. I ran a marathon in October. I never would have considered running that far in high school. I'm never going to win a marathon but I can compete with myself to keep improving.
You don't have to be fast. Just get off your butt for half an hour a day!
Biking is really a great way to get/stay in shape. Much easier on the body than running.
I used to ride a 26 mile round trip commute pretty much every day and was shedding pounds quickly. The new job takes a little more commitment on a bike - 70 miles round trip. I've biked in to the office twice. Tomorrow's my first round trip. Wish me luck!
BTW, May 20 we're going rim to rim to rim at the Grand Canyon if anyone wants to come along.:)
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I bought one of these last Friday and it was delivered on Monday. Lots of fun to play with!
Fortunately for me, all the optics were still aligned when it arrived. Everything was in working order and the software is pretty good. Their printer driver makes sending jobs from Inkscape and CorelDRAW trivial.
One thing to note - if you get the deluxe version the power is controlled by the software, not the knob on the front. If you hit the test fire button on the control panel instead of the one in the software you'll get a 100% power firing which will likely ignite the thermal paper you're using to check alignment..... Just in case you didn't read the paper that comes with it.
I'd try to set up the forum so he is the only one who can see his posts so he thinks his messages are getting through and everybody else is ignoring him.
Not all Java "solutions" use XML and require that you develop EJBs. You just haven't seen the right platform for Java web development.
You might want to check the dates again. Those messages are from 2004, not 1994.
Just add 9 volt battery terminals to the outside of the phone that are connected directly to the battery. To check the charge simply apply your tongue to the terminals. Isn't that how everybody checks a 9 volt battery?
No software update or accelerometer required.
Thanks for the heads up! The bug that you encountered has been identified and corrected. The new compressor even squeezes another 220 bytes out of jQuery! :)
Well, I tried to get it down to 10K but my compressor only got it down to 15K. Feel free to use it. For best results, feed the compressor the uncompressed version.
You don't have to use XMLHttpRequest. You can dynamically add a script node to the document if you've got JavaScript you want to include from a different site.
Here's an example.
If you think that's bad try going to a page like this with IE after copying and pasting sensitive information.
While you're checking out Java on the server make sure to take a look at Stripes. It is a great web framework that makes life soooo much easier.
Even though the JS files may be cached they still have to be parsed when they are included so you still have memory and processor overhead to deal with.
You definitely don't want a unique JS file per page. The maintenance alone will kill you.
Grouping JS code into libraries and only including the libraries when you intend to use them makes the most sense to me.
Oh, you can have the whole thing. Me and Pete already had one apiece. We ran across a whole... gopher village.
I'm curious, were you reusing Patterns or were you creating a new one each time you wanted to use it? They're pretty expensive to create.
I used to think the same thing. Back in '99 a guy I was working with would produce a regex and I had no idea what that strange looking thing did. I got a book on Perl and spent quite a bit of time wrapping my head around regular expressions. That's probably the only thing I retained from Perl because I really don't like the language. I started using the ORO package in Java to do regular expressions and switched to the standard library when it was introduced in 1.4. Java's syntax is nearly identical to Perl's.
If you'll take the time to understand them you'll never go back to parsing strings yourself. They can make your code MUCH easier to maintain. There is a steep learning curve but they're well worth learning. Your code will be much more readable with a regular expression instead of lines and lines of code. Debugging is much easier too.
Maybe you should give the reviewed book a shot. I can't comment on it as I've never read it but I do highly recommend learning regular expressions.
I got a RapidSSL cert through EV1Servers about a year and a half ago. It worked on every browser I tried - not a single problem.
Now if you really want to spend 13 times as much for a Thawte cert that functionally does exactly the same thing go right ahead. I prefer to keep the extra $184.05 in my pocket.
I'm of the opinion that if you don't enjoy your work you should find something else to do. Life's too short to stay in a job you hate. Maybe web development isn't for you. Find something you like to do and head in that direction.
My average job length is about a year because I get bored quickly. For developers changing jobs is often the easiest way to get a pay raise.
If you do enjoy web development there are plenty of good jobs out there. Be picky! Find one that you will enjoy doing for a while. The environment makes all the difference. Meet the people you'll be working with. If you don't get along with them you're all better off if you find something else. You may have to find temporary work while you're looking for a good job but in the end you'll be much happier if you take the time.
My current employer found me on Dice.com. After posting my resume I was getting several calls a day. Many of the calls were only good for laughs but at least they gave me options.
If you like Struts you should check out Stripes. It performs a similar function but it is much easier to configure and maintain.
I never got into MVC for application development. All my apps have been tightly coupled. MVC added way more overhead than I was interested in. That's most of the reason I didn't try it for web development for so long. It turns out that I really like it for web development and having all three components separate makes it fairly easy to add an application interface for backend administration, data input, etc.
BTW, if you're looking for a nice framework for Java web development I highly recommend Stripes. I stumbled across it last year and it is much nicer to use than Struts!
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For me to do math I need to understand the whole process. I did very well in Algebra and Trig because I could understand what was going on. My problem was with Calculus (not doing the homework didn't help). The connection between Algebra and Calculus was never explained so I did very poorly.
Someday I'll have to go back and learn Calculus again but in the 16 years that I've been programming professionally since high school I haven't had anything that couldn't be done with Algebra or Trig.
I'm not European. I don't plan on being European. So who cares if they're 'registrars' ? They could be fake fronts for big name US companies. It still doesn't change the fact that I don't own a car.
I didn't see any claims to be a great athlete - just to be fit. There's no need to do 4 miles at a sub 6 pace to benefit from it. 10 miles isn't bad on a bike. If you're reasonably fit you should be able to do either in about half an hour. A day hike is much better for your health than an hour or two of sitting in front of the computer.
In high school I was fairly fast and could do 4 miles at a sub 6 pace. I'm nowhere near that fast now but my endurance has seen significant increases. I ran a marathon in October. I never would have considered running that far in high school. I'm never going to win a marathon but I can compete with myself to keep improving.
You don't have to be fast. Just get off your butt for half an hour a day!
Biking is really a great way to get/stay in shape. Much easier on the body than running.
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I used to ride a 26 mile round trip commute pretty much every day and was shedding pounds quickly. The new job takes a little more commitment on a bike - 70 miles round trip. I've biked in to the office twice. Tomorrow's my first round trip. Wish me luck!
BTW, May 20 we're going rim to rim to rim at the Grand Canyon if anyone wants to come along.
No, it's more like DaVinci becoming a priest.