I worked on the http://www.ananova.com/ website, which was originally built on Tamino. Tamino couldn't handle the load and was a nightmare to admin at the time. Doubtless SoftwareAG will have fixed the lack of backup and restore tools by now. Not soon enough for us to migrate the whole thing onto Oracle shortly after release though.
I thought that's how all computer science and engineering learning starts out?! With the fundamentals of the computer itself and how it is controlled? Is that not true any more? I learned the fundamentals primarily by programming the 6502 on an EMMA training board (anyone remember those?) using a hex keypad and an 8 digit LED display.
What beats me is that in 1902, we couldn't achieve powered flight. Once we could, in 1903, it took only 6 years until someone was able to fly the English Channel. Only another 60 years after that, we built a plane capable of supersonic flight. And then what? Fuck all. 30 something years later and in terms of commercial domestic air travel, we've not moved an extra mile per hour. Think of all the other technological innovation that has happened in that time, and ask the question, "Why not?" It sure beats the hell outa me.
The psychologist Eric Berne called this a need for "social stroking.".. the need to interact with others on a daily basis, akin to apes having an inate need to groom each other. I've been telecommuting for 3 years and I have a number of devices that get over the problems of being and feeling isolated. Firstly, I shop for food daily, usually first thing. I get to see familiar faces and say hi. Secondly, I work on projects that do require me to interact with other ppl on a f2f basis from time to time. Other developers come over to work for days, and I go to them and we share space, help each other out and have a laugh. Thirdly, I have other things I do outside of work - for me it's sports coaching mainly. Lastly, I don't have a TV. Radical huh. But at least I don't veg in front of one and deprive myself of human interaction as I'd be tempted to do otherwise.
That's what I do. My company is a 130 strong consultancy with all consultants either on client site, on the bench (not currently assigned), or teleworking on internal company projects. We all keep in touch by email, IM etc, and meet up a few times a year as a company to touch base and have a few beers. I am in the latter group and I can pretty much base myself anywhere I choose. Cool huh. There are always opportunities to do these things if you look around. You are in charge, don't condemn yourself to cubelife if that's not your bag man.
When I worked on the Ananova project, we started off using Tamino by Software AG, which was great while we were in development, but we had trouble scaling from tens of stories per day to dealing with thousands of stories per day when we went live. Backing up, moving data between versions, and restoring onto higher spec boxes proved to be a nightmare, and we soon moved to Oracle instead. This was 3 years ago however, and the product may have matured since then. It would meet your requirements as stated certainly, and would be worth checking out. There are also Netbeans modules to aid development in Java.
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I worked on the http://www.ananova.com/ website, which was originally built on Tamino. Tamino couldn't handle the load and was a nightmare to admin at the time. Doubtless SoftwareAG will have fixed the lack of backup and restore tools by now. Not soon enough for us to migrate the whole thing onto Oracle shortly after release though.
I thought that's how all computer science and engineering learning starts out?! With the fundamentals of the computer itself and how it is controlled? Is that not true any more? I learned the fundamentals primarily by programming the 6502 on an EMMA training board (anyone remember those?) using a hex keypad and an 8 digit LED display.
What beats me is that in 1902, we couldn't achieve powered flight. Once we could, in 1903, it took only 6 years until someone was able to fly the English Channel. Only another 60 years after that, we built a plane capable of supersonic flight. And then what? Fuck all. 30 something years later and in terms of commercial domestic air travel, we've not moved an extra mile per hour. Think of all the other technological innovation that has happened in that time, and ask the question, "Why not?" It sure beats the hell outa me.
this explains totally why the whole system is a farce. wish us well in europe guys, it's going to be a long war.
The psychologist Eric Berne called this a need for "social stroking." .. the need to interact with others on a daily basis, akin to apes having an inate need to groom each other. I've been telecommuting for 3 years and I have a number of devices that get over the problems of being and feeling isolated. Firstly, I shop for food daily, usually first thing. I get to see familiar faces and say hi. Secondly, I work on projects that do require me to interact with other ppl on a f2f basis from time to time. Other developers come over to work for days, and I go to them and we share space, help each other out and have a laugh. Thirdly, I have other things I do outside of work - for me it's sports coaching mainly. Lastly, I don't have a TV. Radical huh. But at least I don't veg in front of one and deprive myself of human interaction as I'd be tempted to do otherwise.
That's what I do. My company is a 130 strong consultancy with all consultants either on client site, on the bench (not currently assigned), or teleworking on internal company projects. We all keep in touch by email, IM etc, and meet up a few times a year as a company to touch base and have a few beers. I am in the latter group and I can pretty much base myself anywhere I choose. Cool huh. There are always opportunities to do these things if you look around. You are in charge, don't condemn yourself to cubelife if that's not your bag man.
A convicted cracker of computer systems was appointed Chief Security Officer of Acme Inc.
Double standards are a terrible thing ain't they.
When I worked on the Ananova project, we started off using Tamino by Software AG, which was great while we were in development, but we had trouble scaling from tens of stories per day to dealing with thousands of stories per day when we went live. Backing up, moving data between versions, and restoring onto higher spec boxes proved to be a nightmare, and we soon moved to Oracle instead. This was 3 years ago however, and the product may have matured since then. It would meet your requirements as stated certainly, and would be worth checking out. There are also Netbeans modules to aid development in Java.
That's gotta be the dumbest thing since Homer Simpson.