.NET Framework is to.NET Framework SDK as JRE is to JDK. They are different things. JRE/.NET Framework allow you to *execute* code. JDK/.NET Framework SDK allow you to *compile* code. All four software packages are free. I doubt Longhorn will come with the.NET Framework SDK pre-installed.
The only possible explanation I can think of for some of the Excel sheets I have seen in the workplace, is that the poor fool who wrote it didn't have a clue how to use Access. The kicker is when they come to me to write code to automate it. Excel is simply evil. The only thing its good for is making pretty charts.
Where's the proof? I think before the feds stomp in to throw their weight around in the business arena, they better have a damn good reason they're spending my tax dollars to mess with the free market. And they'd better be prepared to prove it.
I shouldn't *have* to use FireWire to get all my frames to the computer... it *is* digital after all. The reason I don't is that I don't have a FireWire cable and I don't want to spend another $25 to get a cable. I've already spent too much on the thing - all those accessories add up!
I just went shopping for digital camcorders. I did lots of research and tried lots of them out. This one I chose because it is compact, takes 1 megapixel photos, and it is inexpensive compared to its peers. I like the interface, the LCD screen is touch sensitive so it draws buttons on the screen that you can touch to select. I have not been impressed with the ability to transfer video - the only way that I can see is to play the tape and attempt to "capture" the data rather than actually copying the data bit by bit, as you would think a digital camcorder would do. This is unfortunate, because it means to transfer high quality data, you have to have enough bandwidth through the entire pipeline Camera -> USB -> Memory -> IDE -> Hard Drive to be able to catch every frame as fast as the tape plays. I don't know if this is the same for ALL camcorders, but I know it is for this one. Otherwise, I am very pleased by this camcorder.
(from article) "Yes, it was admitted there might be some marketing opportunities caused by Red Hat's recent "end of life" declaration for some of its products."
My guess is that this has more to do with the decision to buy than they are admitting to.
An agent is made up of Sensors (which receive data from the outside world, be it physical or digital eg a camera on a robot), Actors (means by which it can change the world in some way eg wheels on a robot) percept history (things it has perceived in the past), and an algorithm for using its percept history to decide how to act to maximize its "utility" which is determined by a scoring mechanism designed by the programmer. In this way you can program autonomous objects (or robots or whatever) that can interact with a world or each other, each pursuing its own welfare without consideration to anyone else's.
Have you ever used.NET? I suspect not. Or if you have, you didn't actually implement anything with it; you just tinkered with it..NET is actually a remarkable piece of engineering. They brought together ideas that have been around but not been implemented because of lack of standardization. Microsoft stepped in and standardized it for us so that we can actually take advantage of new technology.
This is an excellent point - this is one example of how capitalism is not a perfect system! I am not saying that socialism is the answer in general, but it is clear that in some areas capitalism is an excellent way of handling distribution, but in others socialism is superior. That's why we're seeing the free software movement - because software makes MUCH more sense in a socialistic distribution system, because it's so easy to build on others' work, but our capitalism prevents us from doing it.
I repeat I'm not saying socialism good capitalism bad! Nobody accuse me of such please! Thanks.
So you're saying that email solicitations are protected and phone solicitation are not? They are the same act, and eventually spam will become illegal when enough people get fed up.
No doubt the software on the CD is written for Windows, so Linux will be unaffected - to Linux the CD will look like a mixed mode CD and it will be simple to rip the audio tracks. The only thing stopping Windows users from doing it is the little.exe that is started by the autorun "feature".
With dirt cheap wireless commo, now they can start coming out with nifty devices like:
Automobile Instant Messaging so I can tell the guy in front of me to get off my road.
PDA Instant Messaging so I can pass notes in class and (anonymously) tell fellow bus riders that they smell like a rotten fish.
Wireless Spam that jumps from device to device. (lovely!)
Watches that receive text messages (like "Your flight is now boarding at gate B24, you have 2:13 minutes until takeoff") and perhaps can send back messages like "I'm running as fast as I can!!"
These are the times that I wish I'd gotten an EE degree instead of CS.
One of many examples of the ways different areas of science can be useful to real people when you mix them. Here we have forensics + computer science + farming = innovation. Why can't more people think like this?
Mod parent up! This is exactly what Microsoft is trying to do here. Woo Java developers by making it easy to write.NET code using Java syntax. They are trying to make.NET available to as many programmers as they possibly can, and I see this as a very helpful tool. Sometimes it is easier to tackle a particular problem using Java. Sometimes it's easier with VB, sometimes C#. But the whole reason they went through all this trouble was to make it so you can use any programming language to write the same code, and make it interoperable with code from other languages.
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I can't imagine that Bruce Willis crashing into an asteroid can in any way be construed as funny. Gee Dubya on the other hand...
I think M$ should pantent mouse clicking. After all, they invented it.
.NET Framework is to .NET Framework SDK as JRE is to JDK. They are different things. JRE/.NET Framework allow you to *execute* code. JDK/.NET Framework SDK allow you to *compile* code. All four software packages are free. I doubt Longhorn will come with the .NET Framework SDK pre-installed.
The only possible explanation I can think of for some of the Excel sheets I have seen in the workplace, is that the poor fool who wrote it didn't have a clue how to use Access. The kicker is when they come to me to write code to automate it. Excel is simply evil. The only thing its good for is making pretty charts.
Secretaries are expensive. Computers (and programmers) are cheap.
Tell EB you won't shop with them any more. help@ebgames.com
Where's the proof? I think before the feds stomp in to throw their weight around in the business arena, they better have a damn good reason they're spending my tax dollars to mess with the free market. And they'd better be prepared to prove it.
"Prom" or "Pron"?
I shouldn't *have* to use FireWire to get all my frames to the computer... it *is* digital after all. The reason I don't is that I don't have a FireWire cable and I don't want to spend another $25 to get a cable. I've already spent too much on the thing - all those accessories add up!
I just went shopping for digital camcorders. I did lots of research and tried lots of them out. This one I chose because it is compact, takes 1 megapixel photos, and it is inexpensive compared to its peers. I like the interface, the LCD screen is touch sensitive so it draws buttons on the screen that you can touch to select. I have not been impressed with the ability to transfer video - the only way that I can see is to play the tape and attempt to "capture" the data rather than actually copying the data bit by bit, as you would think a digital camcorder would do. This is unfortunate, because it means to transfer high quality data, you have to have enough bandwidth through the entire pipeline Camera -> USB -> Memory -> IDE -> Hard Drive to be able to catch every frame as fast as the tape plays. I don't know if this is the same for ALL camcorders, but I know it is for this one. Otherwise, I am very pleased by this camcorder.
They acted like it was no big deal, but...
(from article) "Yes, it was admitted there might be some marketing opportunities caused by Red Hat's recent "end of life" declaration for some of its products."
My guess is that this has more to do with the decision to buy than they are admitting to.
Here is what an agent is:
An agent is made up of Sensors (which receive data from the outside world, be it physical or digital eg a camera on a robot), Actors (means by which it can change the world in some way eg wheels on a robot) percept history (things it has perceived in the past), and an algorithm for using its percept history to decide how to act to maximize its "utility" which is determined by a scoring mechanism designed by the programmer. In this way you can program autonomous objects (or robots or whatever) that can interact with a world or each other, each pursuing its own welfare without consideration to anyone else's.
Have you ever used .NET? I suspect not. Or if you have, you didn't actually implement anything with it; you just tinkered with it. .NET is actually a remarkable piece of engineering. They brought together ideas that have been around but not been implemented because of lack of standardization. Microsoft stepped in and standardized it for us so that we can actually take advantage of new technology.
Librtarians aren't always right. Then again, neither are Democrats or Republicans.
This is an excellent point - this is one example of how capitalism is not a perfect system! I am not saying that socialism is the answer in general, but it is clear that in some areas capitalism is an excellent way of handling distribution, but in others socialism is superior. That's why we're seeing the free software movement - because software makes MUCH more sense in a socialistic distribution system, because it's so easy to build on others' work, but our capitalism prevents us from doing it.
I repeat I'm not saying socialism good capitalism bad! Nobody accuse me of such please! Thanks.
But is the PC as reliable as a room full of communications hardware? I think not. As soon as your Hard Drive goes out 911 is out of commission.
So you're saying that email solicitations are protected and phone solicitation are not? They are the same act, and eventually spam will become illegal when enough people get fed up.
now can we have their addresses and phone numbers, so the T.P. can commence?
roflmao, parent is the funniest post I've seen in a long time. Deserves a 5 funny rating!
No doubt the software on the CD is written for Windows, so Linux will be unaffected - to Linux the CD will look like a mixed mode CD and it will be simple to rip the audio tracks. The only thing stopping Windows users from doing it is the little .exe that is started by the autorun "feature".
Crack it.
...a beowulf cluster of these?
With dirt cheap wireless commo, now they can start coming out with nifty devices like:
Automobile Instant Messaging so I can tell the guy in front of me to get off my road.
PDA Instant Messaging so I can pass notes in class and (anonymously) tell fellow bus riders that they smell like a rotten fish.
Wireless Spam that jumps from device to device. (lovely!)
Watches that receive text messages (like "Your flight is now boarding at gate B24, you have 2:13 minutes until takeoff") and perhaps can send back messages like "I'm running as fast as I can!!"
These are the times that I wish I'd gotten an EE degree instead of CS.
One of many examples of the ways different areas of science can be useful to real people when you mix them. Here we have forensics + computer science + farming = innovation. Why can't more people think like this?
Mod parent up! This is exactly what Microsoft is trying to do here. Woo Java developers by making it easy to write .NET code using Java syntax. They are trying to make .NET available to as many programmers as they possibly can, and I see this as a very helpful tool. Sometimes it is easier to tackle a particular problem using Java. Sometimes it's easier with VB, sometimes C#. But the whole reason they went through all this trouble was to make it so you can use any programming language to write the same code, and make it interoperable with code from other languages.