The first rule I learned about buying cars, don't get anything made just before, during, or just after, an agreement is being negotiated.
That's funny, I've been told similar advice when purchasing used photographic equipment from the former Soviet Union. A company called Kiev (like the city) produced a really good knock-off of the legendary Hasselblad 500C medium-format camera.
Kiev's have a reputation for their enormously inconsistent build-quality. Good ones are just as good as their German counterparts (at a fraction the price), but ones built on Fridays or Mondays were crap (shutter problems, light leaks, etc.) because everyone would start their drinking for the weekend early and come in on Monday completely hung over.
PostgreSQL is still a *huge* player (in fact, they're pretty-much the only open-source, fully-transactional DB available).
Also, Access isn't MS's DB offering... MS SQLServer is the real player. Access is as much a database as a go-cart is a race car (which is to say, kinda-sorta, but not really).
This is due to their low Color Rendering Index (CRI). Fluorescent tubes don't have burning things inside of them like incandescents. If you put fluorescent light through a prism you'll usually see giant chunks missing from the spectrum. Incandescents have a smooth gradient, usually heavy in the reds and oranges.
Here's a couple of examples of spectrums of common types of bulbs. Fluorescent tubes typically have big-ass spikes around yellow and green. The way light works, you can only see the colors of things that are within the spectrum of light that's illuminating it. Which explains why your skin looks like crap under fluorescent tubes.
This is why photographers avoid fluorescent light--if you're illuminating a scene with (traditional) fluorescents you are actually losing colors (which makes fixing the pictures later on a lot harder).
The higher the CRI rating of a fluorescent tube, the fuller the spectrum. Design studios illuminated with fluorescents typically use 92+ CRI (where 100 = complete spectrum). These are also popular with people who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) as well (the broader spectrum better mimics natural sunlight).
I would happily pay for music from the early 20th century. It's hard to find, especially in high quality restoration. So if somebody goes to the trouble of collecting it, restoring it, digitizing it, and making it convenient to find and download then they deserve to make a profit.
I'd just like to take this opportunity once again to promote ReactOS (an open-source, binary-compatible NT). I encourage anyone looking for an open source project to contribute to to check out how far they've progressed in the past few years. At the rate they're going, they should have a 1.0 release by the time MS is "through" with XP in 2014.
The only thing I can think is that perhaps they were planning a redesign anyway and some pointy-head got their devs thinking about this "new Silverlight thing" he read about in the latest Ass-Hatting Executives, Monthly.
Now, let's look at the request headers, shall we?
Server: Sun-ONE-Web-Server/6.1
Hmm. Looks like somebody higher-up caught wind of the price tag for running a Microsoft shop and decided on another approach. Can't say I blame him. Java p0wns enterprise webapp-land.
And for all the hatred that Adobe gets around here, Flash is undeniably ubiquitous. Everyone has Flash. Christ, my cell phone has Flash. It's easy as shit to develop for (particularly if you're adept in JavaScript), runs everywhere, and it's fast as hell.
not to mention probably lots and lots of hardware and software won't work on it
ReactOS is not a compatibility layer or an emulator. It is (or at least, will be in time) 100% binary compatible with NT (e.g., Win2k, WinXP and Win2003), thus it will support everything from device drivers to legacy applications.
I just can't logically see people moving to reactos as a first, second, or even distant third choice when XP is discontinued
Plenty of people are still tied to legacy hardware that will never be compatible with Vista or Win7. Plenty of people happen to actually like the NT series of Windows operating systems but dislike [insert common gripe here: security / non-openness / privacy concerns / craptacular "shell" / don't want to suck from the MS teet / etc.].
You can read some of the answers to common "why?" questions here.
Sure, they can still do their development. But for end-users who rely on updates to keep their system secure, this allows them to stick with MS's version a bit longer before making the switch. And it gives the ReactOS devs more time to solidify the code before the unwashed masses switch over and start inundating them with feature requests and bug reports.
Yeah, 'cause there are so many "neo-libs" in Texas. When I lived out in Nebraska I saw some of those "neo-libs." They called themselves Democrats but made sure to emphasize they didn't support abortion and were 100% behind the invasion of Iraq.
Oh, I'm sorry, did I just re-frame the argument? Well, I'm sure you're used to it.
Why should one person pay more for an identical service rendered than another person?
Perhaps because you're not getting identical services. People who live in affluent areas typically have better schools, better hospitals, better police & fire protection, etc., etc. ad infinitum. Coming straight out the womb, having done nothing for society, someone born into affluence already has an enormous leg-up on the "rest" of us.
The way I see it you have three options. Either become one of those people, stop giving them money, or shut the hell up.
Or option 4 (available to those of us who enjoy the benefits of living in a society as opposed to the wilds of nature) you can simply change the laws. And tell the rich assholes who were only able to get rich off the backs of the culture and society they leeched from to "shut the hell up" when they complain about it.
a product that only supports that db, or developers who aren't particularly familiar with what relational databases are supposed to be like
But then why bother with MySQL at all, when you can get use SQLite? It's fast-as-hell, 99% SQL92-complete, works with application servers (JDBC driver), doesn't require any DB services running in the background, etc.
(For J2EE developers...) You can even hook it up to your app with Hibernate. Excellent not just for small websites, but also good for running "demo apps" with dummy data (since you don't have to install a database server).
Sorry for the derail, but who comes up with the names for these things? Desktop Activity Type!? What does that even mean? What is a "desktop activity" besides, I dunno... clicking. Moving my mouse around. Does "staring off into space" count as a type of desktop activity? Why couldn't it just be "Desktop"?
And they wonder why Linux isn't more popular with the everyman...
There's a fine line between being paid for your efforts and extortion. This seems to cross it.
It's only extortion if he threatens to use the bug for personal profit, or release the bug to a third party that intends to do the same (unless they pay).
It's not extortion if he simply keeps it to himself.
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You're right. That's what this project is for.
The first rule I learned about buying cars, don't get anything made just before, during, or just after, an agreement is being negotiated.
That's funny, I've been told similar advice when purchasing used photographic equipment from the former Soviet Union. A company called Kiev (like the city) produced a really good knock-off of the legendary Hasselblad 500C medium-format camera.
Kiev's have a reputation for their enormously inconsistent build-quality. Good ones are just as good as their German counterparts (at a fraction the price), but ones built on Fridays or Mondays were crap (shutter problems, light leaks, etc.) because everyone would start their drinking for the weekend early and come in on Monday completely hung over.
PostgreSQL is still a *huge* player (in fact, they're pretty-much the only open-source, fully-transactional DB available).
Also, Access isn't MS's DB offering... MS SQLServer is the real player. Access is as much a database as a go-cart is a race car (which is to say, kinda-sorta, but not really).
This is due to their low Color Rendering Index (CRI). Fluorescent tubes don't have burning things inside of them like incandescents. If you put fluorescent light through a prism you'll usually see giant chunks missing from the spectrum. Incandescents have a smooth gradient, usually heavy in the reds and oranges.
Here's a couple of examples of spectrums of common types of bulbs. Fluorescent tubes typically have big-ass spikes around yellow and green. The way light works, you can only see the colors of things that are within the spectrum of light that's illuminating it. Which explains why your skin looks like crap under fluorescent tubes.
This is why photographers avoid fluorescent light--if you're illuminating a scene with (traditional) fluorescents you are actually losing colors (which makes fixing the pictures later on a lot harder).
The higher the CRI rating of a fluorescent tube, the fuller the spectrum. Design studios illuminated with fluorescents typically use 92+ CRI (where 100 = complete spectrum). These are also popular with people who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) as well (the broader spectrum better mimics natural sunlight).
If you don't want to be mack'n the malaria-look, get some high CRI tubes. If you don't need screw-in, self-ballasted bulbs, high CRI tubes are fairly cheap. Screw-in types aren't.
Additional info: this site was previously featured on Slashdot.
I would happily pay for music from the early 20th century. It's hard to find, especially in high quality restoration. So if somebody goes to the trouble of collecting it, restoring it, digitizing it, and making it convenient to find and download then they deserve to make a profit.
You're welcome! There's a DONATE button just above the HUGE table. Here's the torrent.
Or you'll smile quietly to yourself while smugly reflecting on how your organized directory structure requires no software or hardware lock-in.
I'd just like to take this opportunity once again to promote ReactOS (an open-source, binary-compatible NT). I encourage anyone looking for an open source project to contribute to to check out how far they've progressed in the past few years. At the rate they're going, they should have a 1.0 release by the time MS is "through" with XP in 2014.
The only thing I can think is that perhaps they were planning a redesign anyway and some pointy-head got their devs thinking about this "new Silverlight thing" he read about in the latest Ass-Hatting Executives, Monthly.
Now, let's look at the request headers, shall we?
Server: Sun-ONE-Web-Server/6.1
Hmm. Looks like somebody higher-up caught wind of the price tag for running a Microsoft shop and decided on another approach. Can't say I blame him. Java p0wns enterprise webapp-land.
And for all the hatred that Adobe gets around here, Flash is undeniably ubiquitous. Everyone has Flash. Christ, my cell phone has Flash. It's easy as shit to develop for (particularly if you're adept in JavaScript), runs everywhere, and it's fast as hell.
not to mention probably lots and lots of hardware and software won't work on it
ReactOS is not a compatibility layer or an emulator. It is (or at least, will be in time) 100% binary compatible with NT (e.g., Win2k, WinXP and Win2003), thus it will support everything from device drivers to legacy applications.
I just can't logically see people moving to reactos as a first, second, or even distant third choice when XP is discontinued
Plenty of people are still tied to legacy hardware that will never be compatible with Vista or Win7. Plenty of people happen to actually like the NT series of Windows operating systems but dislike [insert common gripe here: security / non-openness / privacy concerns / craptacular "shell" / don't want to suck from the MS teet / etc.].
You can read some of the answers to common "why?" questions here.
Sure, they can still do their development. But for end-users who rely on updates to keep their system secure, this allows them to stick with MS's version a bit longer before making the switch. And it gives the ReactOS devs more time to solidify the code before the unwashed masses switch over and start inundating them with feature requests and bug reports.
Excellent news! This additional extension should give the ReactOS guys enough time to finish their open-source Windows XP.
it would make sense to not do your own in home hosting
Doesn't make much of a difference, these days.
Just wanted to second, third, fourth... n-th this sentiment. VLC's UI is atrociously unusable (particularly in full-screen mode).
Noooo! I've always thought Sun had the most ingenious logo (designed by Stanford Prof. Vaughan Pratt, lead designer of the original Stanford University Network (SUN) workstation)
[...] that explains why so many people still run Windows ...and refuse to "upgrade" to Vista.
Java developer here... and I completely agree. I'd rather use NetBeans than Eclipse any day. Though if I had my choice (and I do) I'll take IntelliJ.
Yeah, 'cause there are so many "neo-libs" in Texas. When I lived out in Nebraska I saw some of those "neo-libs." They called themselves Democrats but made sure to emphasize they didn't support abortion and were 100% behind the invasion of Iraq.
Oh, I'm sorry, did I just re-frame the argument? Well, I'm sure you're used to it.
Why should one person pay more for an identical service rendered than another person?
Perhaps because you're not getting identical services. People who live in affluent areas typically have better schools, better hospitals, better police & fire protection, etc., etc. ad infinitum. Coming straight out the womb, having done nothing for society, someone born into affluence already has an enormous leg-up on the "rest" of us.
The way I see it you have three options. Either become one of those people, stop giving them money, or shut the hell up.
Or option 4 (available to those of us who enjoy the benefits of living in a society as opposed to the wilds of nature) you can simply change the laws. And tell the rich assholes who were only able to get rich off the backs of the culture and society they leeched from to "shut the hell up" when they complain about it.
I can't wait for textmsg2avi to come out.
It's been out for a while.
Do your database wrong, the growth of your company will be hindered. Do it right, and your company will flourish. No joke.
100% truth.
a product that only supports that db, or developers who aren't particularly familiar with what relational databases are supposed to be like
But then why bother with MySQL at all, when you can get use SQLite? It's fast-as-hell, 99% SQL92-complete, works with application servers (JDBC driver), doesn't require any DB services running in the background, etc.
(For J2EE developers...) You can even hook it up to your app with Hibernate. Excellent not just for small websites, but also good for running "demo apps" with dummy data (since you don't have to install a database server).
Links? Genuinely curious.
Desktop Activity Type
Sorry for the derail, but who comes up with the names for these things? Desktop Activity Type!? What does that even mean? What is a "desktop activity" besides, I dunno... clicking. Moving my mouse around. Does "staring off into space" count as a type of desktop activity? Why couldn't it just be "Desktop"?
And they wonder why Linux isn't more popular with the everyman...
There's a fine line between being paid for your efforts and extortion. This seems to cross it.
It's only extortion if he threatens to use the bug for personal profit, or release the bug to a third party that intends to do the same (unless they pay).
It's not extortion if he simply keeps it to himself.