Yeah, I thought I was the only one who realized Google was reinventing the Cuecat, just making it a bit smarter. I don't see that this has a ton to offer to the end user, but a TON to Neilsen and the networks.
You know, the article would have gone down easier if I weren't dealing with bizarre issues in Vault right now regarding items getting stuck in the queue and database corruption of files. Its at the point where I might switch to SVN, and I'm not a CVS/SVN fan at all.
You are exactly right, I kept thinking if Doku was "right" and then the Jedi were forced to choose sides in a revolution, well, that could have made for a really interesting plot twist.
One thing that disappointed me when I had a look at Ruby was its SQL interface (at least on Windows for SQL server). I find myself writing the same repretitive code in ASP to connect to a server and execute stored procedures. Same thing in Java with JDBC. I did a quick survery of other scripting languages to see if any had features to let me cut down on this copy and paste coding. Ideally I'd love to just call a stored procedure like a method and let the computer sort it out (you know, let the machine do the repetitive part like its supposed to). Ruby was about the best with cutting out the overhead code, but still not ideal. ASP, Python, PHP and Java all looked about the same. The worst part is I did the same check about 6 years ago and somehow accessing a database hasn't changed. This is probably the most common task in web development and its a pain in the ass. And VB style visual controls never worked well for me, I always needed to do something slightly different with the data so I have found it easiest to put the recordset into objects first, then, display it.
So I've decided to stick with Java, I have about half a framework of my own I wrote and if I wrote some code generation it would do the other half. Perhaps there is some great framework out there that I missed that someone will tell me about, but that is part of the problem too, whatever is out there isn't advertised. Easy database access should be in the tutorial for the language if it exists, instead of the usual inefficient ADO-style examples.
I dunno about your last comment, child acting was awful in the 60s and 70s. Look at the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. All the secondary child actors were terrible and Charlie wasn't even that good.
Check out http://www.natlallergy.com/, I have a cover or my pillows (actually for the whole bed. At least that way you can use your old pillow and not worry as much about the allergy inducing effects. Buy the most expensive cover, you won't even feel it through the pillowcase and it doesn't feel like plastic.
Ok, I've been dying to get an answer to this for a while. I can only sleep on a really flat pillow (or sometimes none at all). Where can you buy one that is already flat? I haven't thrown my pillows away in ages because I can't find a good replacement. I check high end stores and places like Target and K-mart. My ideal pillow would be those really flat ones you sometimes dfind in hotels, because they haven't flattened from use and so aren't all hard.
And say I wanted a feature added to a piece of software. Assume I can't find anyone else to pitch in, so I have to pay a programmer myself. A super lowball figure is $20/hour, up to what $120? A few hours of that and I could have bought finished software.
I'd have to question that statement. I hang out on homerecording.com, gearsluts, 3daudio and a few other boards. Every piece of commercial software (including the super cheap n-tracks) is discussed and I have never heard these pieces of software mentioned. A lot of those people are the type who would look to save some money. All of them are very technically inclined. I see many replies mentioned tracks ending up out of sync. If that happens even rarely, I can't see even the home studio crowd trusting it. Also, protracks may be 4 figures, but cubase/nuendo and plenty of others arent. I used Cubase SE (48 tracks max) and it retails for $99.
It seems pretty clear from the article that its describing Microsoft implementing unit testing on a large scale, but trying to explain it in laymens terms. So they didn't have to "rewrite" everything, they just wrote unit tests for everything they could, and dropped other parts (WinFS) until they could get those properly tested. The part about "code jails" and all of that read right out of an extreme programming book. I'm suprised no one else picked up on this.
They pay payroll taxes, social security, workmans comp, basically anything that gets deducted from your paycheck. They also pay to register their cars and pay taxes on them. Plus local wage taxes.
Did anyone read Allen Steele's Jericho Iteration? I just got his weird feeling that NO could turn out like St Louis in the book. Refugees stuck for months on end, a wide division between haves and have nots, heavy-handed government and police tactics.
You know, not a week goes by where I don't say "Boy I wish we could run XXXX on BeOS". right now, if there was a Java 5 JVM I'd switch my office in a heartbeat. As it is I'll probably spend the money and try it out.
And remember, Microsoft gives you 30 days to activate it. Plus you can call an 800 number if you don't have a net connection.
I don't like activation but Microsoft got it right where Vavle got it all wrong.
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Actually, I've been playing 3d since Wolf 3d. I loved Doom, couldnt stant any quakes and loved Half Life and Halo. I've played plenty of PC 3d shooters, and Halo really is that good.
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Yeah, I thought I was the only one who realized Google was reinventing the Cuecat, just making it a bit smarter. I don't see that this has a ton to offer to the end user, but a TON to Neilsen and the networks.
You know, the article would have gone down easier if I weren't dealing with bizarre issues in Vault right now regarding items getting stuck in the queue and database corruption of files. Its at the point where I might switch to SVN, and I'm not a CVS/SVN fan at all.
Out of curiousity, couldn't this lead to some rather interesting scripting viruses? I'm thinking Word macro viruses all over again.
I'm glad I am not the only one to think a spindle of CD-rs smell like waffles.
This sounds really cool and would be very useful for the project my company is working on, too bad it costs almost as much as my house.
You are exactly right, I kept thinking if Doku was "right" and then the Jedi were forced to choose sides in a revolution, well, that could have made for a really interesting plot twist.
One thing that disappointed me when I had a look at Ruby was its SQL interface (at least on Windows for SQL server). I find myself writing the same repretitive code in ASP to connect to a server and execute stored procedures. Same thing in Java with JDBC. I did a quick survery of other scripting languages to see if any had features to let me cut down on this copy and paste coding. Ideally I'd love to just call a stored procedure like a method and let the computer sort it out (you know, let the machine do the repetitive part like its supposed to). Ruby was about the best with cutting out the overhead code, but still not ideal. ASP, Python, PHP and Java all looked about the same. The worst part is I did the same check about 6 years ago and somehow accessing a database hasn't changed. This is probably the most common task in web development and its a pain in the ass. And VB style visual controls never worked well for me, I always needed to do something slightly different with the data so I have found it easiest to put the recordset into objects first, then, display it.
So I've decided to stick with Java, I have about half a framework of my own I wrote and if I wrote some code generation it would do the other half. Perhaps there is some great framework out there that I missed that someone will tell me about, but that is part of the problem too, whatever is out there isn't advertised. Easy database access should be in the tutorial for the language if it exists, instead of the usual inefficient ADO-style examples.
I dunno about your last comment, child acting was awful in the 60s and 70s. Look at the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. All the secondary child actors were terrible and Charlie wasn't even that good.
You mean Civilization 4? :)
Check out http://www.natlallergy.com/, I have a cover or my pillows (actually for the whole bed. At least that way you can use your old pillow and not worry as much about the allergy inducing effects. Buy the most expensive cover, you won't even feel it through the pillowcase and it doesn't feel like plastic.
Ok, I've been dying to get an answer to this for a while. I can only sleep on a really flat pillow (or sometimes none at all). Where can you buy one that is already flat? I haven't thrown my pillows away in ages because I can't find a good replacement. I check high end stores and places like Target and K-mart. My ideal pillow would be those really flat ones you sometimes dfind in hotels, because they haven't flattened from use and so aren't all hard.
Ok, this is totally OT, but your sig is way funnier when you imagine Mitch Hedberg saying it.
And say I wanted a feature added to a piece of software. Assume I can't find anyone else to pitch in, so I have to pay a programmer myself. A super lowball figure is $20/hour, up to what $120? A few hours of that and I could have bought finished software.
I'd have to question that statement. I hang out on homerecording.com, gearsluts, 3daudio and a few other boards. Every piece of commercial software (including the super cheap n-tracks) is discussed and I have never heard these pieces of software mentioned. A lot of those people are the type who would look to save some money. All of them are very technically inclined. I see many replies mentioned tracks ending up out of sync. If that happens even rarely, I can't see even the home studio crowd trusting it. Also, protracks may be 4 figures, but cubase/nuendo and plenty of others arent. I used Cubase SE (48 tracks max) and it retails for $99.
It seems pretty clear from the article that its describing Microsoft implementing unit testing on a large scale, but trying to explain it in laymens terms. So they didn't have to "rewrite" everything, they just wrote unit tests for everything they could, and dropped other parts (WinFS) until they could get those properly tested. The part about "code jails" and all of that read right out of an extreme programming book. I'm suprised no one else picked up on this.
I'm using a 23" cinema display. Using Codeguide at 1900x1200 is wonderful. Hopefully some day I can talk work into buying me the 30".
They pay payroll taxes, social security, workmans comp, basically anything that gets deducted from your paycheck. They also pay to register their cars and pay taxes on them. Plus local wage taxes.
Did anyone read Allen Steele's Jericho Iteration? I just got his weird feeling that NO could turn out like St Louis in the book. Refugees stuck for months on end, a wide division between haves and have nots, heavy-handed government and police tactics.
This would be a great spot to insert that "Ha Ha" Quaker guy from Fark.
Net Master 10 base T still takes the cake
http://www.mola.org/mola/10baset.html
You know, not a week goes by where I don't say "Boy I wish we could run XXXX on BeOS". right now, if there was a Java 5 JVM I'd switch my office in a heartbeat. As it is I'll probably spend the money and try it out.
This looks like the X-box phone, not the I-tunes phone. There's no way this is real.
And remember, Microsoft gives you 30 days to activate it. Plus you can call an 800 number if you don't have a net connection.
I don't like activation but Microsoft got it right where Vavle got it all wrong.
Actually, I've been playing 3d since Wolf 3d. I loved Doom, couldnt stant any quakes and loved Half Life and Halo. I've played plenty of PC 3d shooters, and Halo really is that good.
Or you can look at population vs. vote, i.e. what percentage voted for something? Seems more fair than giving each square mile of land a vote.