Actually both MS and Oracle implement the basic requirements for SQL 92 compliance. Its just that they choose to implement different parts of the optional standards that make it hard to port back and forth. That whole weird schema thing in Oracle? SQL 92... That funky right/left inner/outer join syntax in MS SQL? SQL 92... Actually I think Oracle has this in their latest version now too. So while most of the db companies out there can say they are SQL 92 compliant what they implement in the optional part of the spec can be vastly different and make porting difficult.
Should have been entitled "Nerds Find Automatic Method to Enable Them to Talk to Other People." I have this picture in my head of some poor guy who is a social outcast that wants to figure out a way to be able to talk to a girl about things she might be interested in.
I've always thought it would be a funny and easy way to karma whore by taking the top rated posts of the previous duped story and posting them as your own. But in this case the memory of the previous story would just be too fresh in peoples heads.
FWIW Ohio has this too. Its been around since about 99 or so. Every year there is usually a small blurb about how many millions were collected from it. I think last year was about 2.5 million and its expected to increase this year. I've payed towards it too but I doubt I remembered everything I bought and its exact value. I especially doubt I remembered anything I would have bought during the begining of the year.
Re:JVM actually has more languages than .NET (CLR)
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Probably a bit more than whats useful on the.NET page. Especially when you consider that the perl and python.net compilers were only experimental and are slow and unsupported. To be honest I doubt any of the secondary languages for the JVM and CLR are used very much. I think they are mostly just academic.
Overall my java experience has been nice. I've done a little bit of everything across the spectrum, server side, desktop and pda. I really enjoy java on the server side. Whether doing a server program or a plugin such as a servlet its nice. The NIO classes in 1.4 make server programming much more robust while open source java tools from apache make web development feel right. Anytime I've done asp and com development (vb) I always feel like I'm doing procedural code in an object oriented environment.
Desktop java has been ok. I don't do much on that end anymore because I have no need. Swing has a nice api but my experience with some of the larger swing apps (Jbuilder and Netbeans) kind of make me shy away from it. Eclipse is a different story. I think that would be worth doing desktop development with.
PDA java is basically a throwback to the 1.1 days. At least on the Zaurus. Its Personal Java which is pretty much 1.1 for pdas. The Zaurus awt implementation leaves a bit to be desired. I hear its the same on the iPaq just different issues. I saw that IBM is looking at releasing a swt version for QT/E. That should be worth looking at.
All in all I have to say that I have enjoyed my java development experience.
Actually it isn't really played up very much but Python is compiled to a byte code as well. Whenever you import another module it gets compiled to byte code and then run on a VM. This happens at run time and is then stored in a.pyc file. Its a little strange to me that the main.py file that you execute is compiled but the result isn't stored as a.pyc file. I believe Perl has similar functionality.
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I was wondering the same thing but I was lucky enough to be able to download the low res video before the site was smashed. Think of the old nintendo power glove or one of those joy sticks that you just hold in mid air and tilt around. Then think about that crossed with a virtual desktop. You are pretty close now. The interesting thing is this guy as attached the motion sensor to the pda and the screen scrolls around when he moves the pda. He took it one step further though. It not only works on a X,Y axis but also the Z axis. You can use your one hand holding the pda and the other a stylus to pick up an object and drag and drop it somewhere else. The demo video was pretty cool. I do recomend checking it out after the/. effect has worn off.
Technically copying the DVD wouldn't be stealing under fair use copyright laws. You are allowed to make a back up afterall. It was only after the heavy handed DMCA was put in place that it became a crime to circumvent digital copy protection.
How about the guys who codified design patterns in the classic Design Patterns book? While I don't think you would really want to take up four of your rooms with each of their names you could just call it the Gang of Four room. You could also nominate James Gosling the Java guy. While I wouldn't really call Java all that innovative it has had a revolutionary impact like Larry Wall and Perl. I think you would more want names that when people say, "what did they guy who this room is named after do?" and you tell them to look it up they will be better coders for it. Thats why I nominate the Gang of Four name.
Unfortunately Moores law doesn't apply to battery technology. Battery tech has remained fairly stagnant. The only thing that has improved is our efficient use of the power that is there. There is hope though. Fuel cell technology is making great leaps and bounds. Maybe in this decade you will be able to throw water and some organic waste together to power your Super GBA or whatever they'll call it.
Actually you only need to do the conditional once. Do to the dynamic nature of javascript all you need to do to have mozilla support document.all is define a function called all() that has a simple translation to the mozilla (dom) method and do a test for document.all == null. If its null assign document.all to your all() function. It works for just about everything. Sometimes you need to do a little extra work in your new function because it doesn't translate easily but I think its worth it not to have to litter your code with if(useragent.indexOf("blah")){ all over the place.
I hate going to a site about software and its a slash style setup. I would say its a kludge to shoe horn what should be a brochure type site into a slash style site but kludges work. Having said that could someone explain a bit about microbsd and what it is compared to something like freebsd? Is this something where I would use in an embedded style application or what? I've got some home projects in mind where a small light standards based os would be beneficial.
Maybe its not fashionable to call tech support for a product you bought? I mean really don't you think that you would get a faster response that might be able to at least start you in the right direction than waiting for an ask slashdot?
It might be cooler if it was translucent and when you touched it electricity would arc inside to your finger tips. Just like those novelty balls you see in the high tech gift stores at the mall. Yes I know uncontrolled electricity and pcs don't mix well but if you shielded the inner machine well enough it might work.
Hmm I haven't seen a 1 meg video card on a desktop since the 486 days. Though this chip was grossly underpowered when it came out it probably had a minimum of 4 megs. It was afterall supposed to be an economy chipset that could still do 3d games.
If as you say your domain is now owned by a porn site operator do you really want it back? Its probably quickly getting black listed across corporate proxy servers all over the country as we speak. Cut your losses and get a new name. Perhaps since you are part of a community college you could just get a sub domain off of them? It would be a lot cheaper and would probably make more sense. If you haven't soured your relations with the porn guy you could even ask him to link to this new domain.
A quick question about the multiplayer for those that have played the windows version. Is there multiplayer? The only type that I saw mentioned was hot seat. I've been looking around for a nice slow paced strategy game lately and this might be it. I'd still like to be able to play it with my friends online though.
For a good thinking game go give Ghost Recon a shot. A game is a lot harder when all it takes is one bullet to take you out of the picture. Its based on the Tom Clancy Op Center novels I believe.
Let them put a tower up in your backyard. Seriously its quite possible that you live in an upscale neighborhood where people want to have the cell phones but don't want the ugly towers in their back yards.
I can vouch for the java implementation being hard to work with and old. PJ 1.2 is functionally equivalent to java 1.1. You notice this most when you have to work with the awt. There is a reason that Sun replaced it with swing. Yes you can put an old version of swing on it but its large for a pda environment and uses a lot of floating point math thus making it run like a dog on anything arm based.
Everything else though has been pretty decent. Yes there are flaws but overall I like it. I just wish the java support was a bit better.
Sorry about your luck. They must have either been hard up thieves or just wanted a joy ride. I mean really can a 10 year old saturn be worth much at all? Even for parts they could have moved on to something a bit more rare. I would think a foreign car would fetch more for parts than a domestic.
My wife's Saturn is a 97 and it uses code hopping. In fact the car gets pissed off if you only use the key to open the door if the alarm has been armed.
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Actually both MS and Oracle implement the basic requirements for SQL 92 compliance. Its just that they choose to implement different parts of the optional standards that make it hard to port back and forth. That whole weird schema thing in Oracle? SQL 92... That funky right/left inner/outer join syntax in MS SQL? SQL 92... Actually I think Oracle has this in their latest version now too. So while most of the db companies out there can say they are SQL 92 compliant what they implement in the optional part of the spec can be vastly different and make porting difficult.
From both google and the fish comes this wonderful translation.
It took all the morning thinking that my new moving body had spoiled me.
Should have been entitled "Nerds Find Automatic Method to Enable Them to Talk to Other People." I have this picture in my head of some poor guy who is a social outcast that wants to figure out a way to be able to talk to a girl about things she might be interested in.
I've always thought it would be a funny and easy way to karma whore by taking the top rated posts of the previous duped story and posting them as your own. But in this case the memory of the previous story would just be too fresh in peoples heads.
FWIW Ohio has this too. Its been around since about 99 or so. Every year there is usually a small blurb about how many millions were collected from it. I think last year was about 2.5 million and its expected to increase this year. I've payed towards it too but I doubt I remembered everything I bought and its exact value. I especially doubt I remembered anything I would have bought during the begining of the year.
For his server?
Probably a bit more than whats useful on the .NET page. Especially when you consider that the perl and python .net compilers were only experimental and are slow and unsupported.
To be honest I doubt any of the secondary languages for the JVM and CLR are used very much. I think they are mostly just academic.
Overall my java experience has been nice. I've done a little bit of everything across the spectrum, server side, desktop and pda. I really enjoy java on the server side. Whether doing a server program or a plugin such as a servlet its nice. The NIO classes in 1.4 make server programming much more robust while open source java tools from apache make web development feel right. Anytime I've done asp and com development (vb) I always feel like I'm doing procedural code in an object oriented environment.
Desktop java has been ok. I don't do much on that end anymore because I have no need. Swing has a nice api but my experience with some of the larger swing apps (Jbuilder and Netbeans) kind of make me shy away from it. Eclipse is a different story. I think that would be worth doing desktop development with.
PDA java is basically a throwback to the 1.1 days. At least on the Zaurus. Its Personal Java which is pretty much 1.1 for pdas. The Zaurus awt implementation leaves a bit to be desired. I hear its the same on the iPaq just different issues. I saw that IBM is looking at releasing a swt version for QT/E. That should be worth looking at.
All in all I have to say that I have enjoyed my java development experience.
Actually it isn't really played up very much but Python is compiled to a byte code as well. Whenever you import another module it gets compiled to byte code and then run on a VM. This happens at run time and is then stored in a .pyc file. Its a little strange to me that the main .py file that you execute is compiled but the result isn't stored as a .pyc file. I believe Perl has similar functionality.
I was wondering the same thing but I was lucky enough to be able to download the low res video before the site was smashed. Think of the old nintendo power glove or one of those joy sticks that you just hold in mid air and tilt around. Then think about that crossed with a virtual desktop. You are pretty close now. The interesting thing is this guy as attached the motion sensor to the pda and the screen scrolls around when he moves the pda. He took it one step further though. It not only works on a X,Y axis but also the Z axis. You can use your one hand holding the pda and the other a stylus to pick up an object and drag and drop it somewhere else. The demo video was pretty cool. I do recomend checking it out after the /. effect has worn off.
Technically copying the DVD wouldn't be stealing under fair use copyright laws. You are allowed to make a back up afterall. It was only after the heavy handed DMCA was put in place that it became a crime to circumvent digital copy protection.
How about the guys who codified design patterns in the classic Design Patterns book? While I don't think you would really want to take up four of your rooms with each of their names you could just call it the Gang of Four room.
You could also nominate James Gosling the Java guy. While I wouldn't really call Java all that innovative it has had a revolutionary impact like Larry Wall and Perl. I think you would more want names that when people say, "what did they guy who this room is named after do?" and you tell them to look it up they will be better coders for it. Thats why I nominate the Gang of Four name.
Unfortunately Moores law doesn't apply to battery technology. Battery tech has remained fairly stagnant. The only thing that has improved is our efficient use of the power that is there. There is hope though. Fuel cell technology is making great leaps and bounds. Maybe in this decade you will be able to throw water and some organic waste together to power your Super GBA or whatever they'll call it.
Actually you only need to do the conditional once. Do to the dynamic nature of javascript all you need to do to have mozilla support document.all is define a function called all() that has a simple translation to the mozilla (dom) method and do a test for document.all == null. If its null assign document.all to your all() function. It works for just about everything. Sometimes you need to do a little extra work in your new function because it doesn't translate easily but I think its worth it not to have to litter your code with if(useragent.indexOf("blah")){ all over the place.
I hate going to a site about software and its a slash style setup. I would say its a kludge to shoe horn what should be a brochure type site into a slash style site but kludges work.
Having said that could someone explain a bit about microbsd and what it is compared to something like freebsd? Is this something where I would use in an embedded style application or what? I've got some home projects in mind where a small light standards based os would be beneficial.
Maybe its not fashionable to call tech support for a product you bought? I mean really don't you think that you would get a faster response that might be able to at least start you in the right direction than waiting for an ask slashdot?
It might be cooler if it was translucent and when you touched it electricity would arc inside to your finger tips. Just like those novelty balls you see in the high tech gift stores at the mall. Yes I know uncontrolled electricity and pcs don't mix well but if you shielded the inner machine well enough it might work.
Hmm I haven't seen a 1 meg video card on a desktop since the 486 days. Though this chip was grossly underpowered when it came out it probably had a minimum of 4 megs. It was afterall supposed to be an economy chipset that could still do 3d games.
If as you say your domain is now owned by a porn site operator do you really want it back? Its probably quickly getting black listed across corporate proxy servers all over the country as we speak. Cut your losses and get a new name. Perhaps since you are part of a community college you could just get a sub domain off of them? It would be a lot cheaper and would probably make more sense. If you haven't soured your relations with the porn guy you could even ask him to link to this new domain.
A quick question about the multiplayer for those that have played the windows version. Is there multiplayer? The only type that I saw mentioned was hot seat. I've been looking around for a nice slow paced strategy game lately and this might be it. I'd still like to be able to play it with my friends online though.
For a good thinking game go give Ghost Recon a shot. A game is a lot harder when all it takes is one bullet to take you out of the picture. Its based on the Tom Clancy Op Center novels I believe.
Let them put a tower up in your backyard. Seriously its quite possible that you live in an upscale neighborhood where people want to have the cell phones but don't want the ugly towers in their back yards.
I can vouch for the java implementation being hard to work with and old. PJ 1.2 is functionally equivalent to java 1.1. You notice this most when you have to work with the awt. There is a reason that Sun replaced it with swing. Yes you can put an old version of swing on it but its large for a pda environment and uses a lot of floating point math thus making it run like a dog on anything arm based.
Everything else though has been pretty decent. Yes there are flaws but overall I like it. I just wish the java support was a bit better.
Sorry about your luck. They must have either been hard up thieves or just wanted a joy ride. I mean really can a 10 year old saturn be worth much at all? Even for parts they could have moved on to something a bit more rare. I would think a foreign car would fetch more for parts than a domestic.
My wife's Saturn is a 97 and it uses code hopping. In fact the car gets pissed off if you only use the key to open the door if the alarm has been armed.