I find the GUI designer part of the IDE to be very helpful. I agree that one should know that when they drag a text box onto their form/canvas/window/whatever it creates an instance of the textbox class in the form source file, and sets the properties, etc.
However, when you are building an application with many modules or hundreds of screens it would take so much more time to manually code the layout. Why spend all this extra time to manually type out the same code the tool will generate for you anyhow?
I do see your (and everyone else's) point. Again, I totally believe that you need to understand what's going on and what the tool is doing for you. Same way you should know how to do all the arithmetic and equations when you use the calculator.
For ut2k4, stop by http://www.prounreal.com/ It's part of the "competitive" community for that game, and a good way to find server info for some of the servers that a lot of these guys play on.
And let me be the first to tell you that just because you can beat the piss out of bots, doesn't mean you will be good at all online. Online players don't think like bots, don't move like bots, don't shoot like bots.
A more appropriate course of action, in the interest of CYA would have been to first inform the sysadmin that the method which passwords are stored on the system is insecure and the root password could be obtained in a matter of hours/minutes/seconds.
At this point, you have done nothing wrong, and he might just ask you to "prove it". At this point, you have been (to a point) authorized by the sysadmin to do what you did.
Not such a big deal at school I suppose, but had you lost your account at work, or been fired over it...
Not everyone is that damn lazy. When I was hunting with my dad, we would drive to the area we were hunting and then walk into the woods (sometimes a few miles in, depending on where we were). not to mention, we spent days, if not weeks before that scouting the area (totally on foot. no atvs thank you very much), checking for droppings/rubs, looking for travel paths, etc.
Plus, anyone who knows jack shit about hunting would never drive an ATV through the woods. What better way to scare off all the critters.
Being that I haven't ever coded in C (only C++) and that I haven't even touched that in probably 4 years, I thought I recalled one of my books saying that they added the var++ syntax in C++ but it wasn't available in C.
I have to admit, I absolutely hate it when I call my bank or credit card company/bank to change an address, or make some other inquiry and I spend 10 minutes spelling out words because the offshored call-center employees don't even speak english. They can read from a terminal screen pretty good, but ask them something that's not one of their list of options and things get ugly.
It's about the same with delivery chinese food. I listened to a friend tell the order taker his street name. It went something like this:
"Yes, my address is 1234 Foxborro road". "No, not buckro. FOX-burrow" "Furbrow? no man, EF OH ECKS, BEE OH ARE ARE OH". "GODDAMNIT I DIDN'T SPELL SUXBEO".
It's not a problem. I think every database allows this.
And for your comment to his example, you still have to use two queries (one insert, one update) whereas with Postgres (and Oracle) it would only be one.
This brings up a good point I believe. Actually going out and killing what you eat reminds you that your are eating another (previously) living, breathing creature. I guess in a way, for me at least, it helps me to appreciate the animals a little more. I am not really a hunter, but my dad is/was and I have been a few times. Looking to go back and start doing it more. I much prefer to kill what I eat, and venison tastes so much better than cow, IMO. Plus, I know the meat isn't going to be wasted or thrown out because it sat around too long without being bought.
Most people just go to the grocery store and pick up a pound or two of hamburger, or a few steaks. Most have never probably even seen a cow except on television. I am not saying you should worship cows, but just a little smidgen of respect for the life it gave so you could eat isn't too much to ask.
Yes, and not hunting your own food and instead buying meat from the supermarket that came from companies that mass execute the animals and waste tons of meat/animal lives when some of the meat sits on the store shelf too long is somehow more civil?
And no, it's more akin to killing a neighborhood of black people because Jakwon robbed and murdered the local 7-11 clerk.
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There are 26 chapters spread across 360 pages. As you can see, chapters are short and can be tackled easily during lunch or a short taxi ride to retrieve your broken car."
Methinks you should leave the modding to the experts...
Forget about the looney cult leaders..
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Now we will also have robots proclaiming to be the second coming of Christ...
They don't. Most settings can be changed in.htaccess files (or a custom php.ini depending on if PHP is running as a module or as a CGI). And still, you can break the settings down to an app-level by altering most php settings *within* PHP scripts. Obviously, some cannot be modified, but most can.
Optional libraries, as in compiled C libraries, yes they must be installed/activated by the server admin. Only if run as mod_php (which 99% of installs are) though. Run as a cgi and each user can run their own compiled modules all day long.
Most PHP upgrades are non-noticeable as well, unless they change something like register_globals. But then, if you are a PHP programmer and required that setting in the first place, then you are a certified idiot.
If windows is giving you a BSOD for no apparent reason, download memtest86 and run it. Every single instance I have encountered windows randomly blue screening (in win2k and XP) it has been due to bad RAM.
This isn't always the case, but it is almost always due to hardware. Windows 2k and XP are actually extremely stable when you have non-faulty hardware.
For tech writers or normal users, you are correct.
for developers, you are way off the mark. Our 866mhz desktops we have now (NMCI hasn't taken our section over yet) can barely keep up with everything we need to have open and running at one time.
Sorry for the code display.. the <ecode> tag doesn't seem to work as expected.
It really does help to know what the heck you are talking about before trying to spread the FUD. It also helps if you read the very basic of tutorials or manuals.
>>One database per server. Index creation gets logged and can fail (hanging indefintely) if the log fills up. The 'create database' command doesn't yield a functional database.
Oracle's concept of "databases" is different than some other vendors. You can have multiple databases per server. An oracle database is structured similar to:
Database Server |-Instance 1 |-User1's Schema |-Table 1 |-Table 2 |-User2's Schema |-Table A |-Procedure B |-Instance 2 |-User 10's Schema
etc..
Simply creating a new user gives you a "new database" so to speak. As each user can create his own tables, procedures, packages, views, sequences, indexes, etc.
>>The limitations of PL/SQL, SQL*Plus and Server SQL are amazing -- there's no 'if' statement, and you can't write DDL with it.
PL/SQL is much more powerfull and robust than Transact SQL.
DDL: as mentioned by another commenter. Very easily done. DML as well.
If: Do you mean if/else/if blocks in code or in SQL. Oracle does BOTH.
in PL/SQL: if ( v_some_var = 1 ) then .... else if ( v_some_var = 100 ) then .... else .... end if;
in SQL: select decode(color, 'RED', 'The shirt is red', 'BLUE', 'The Shirt is blue', 'Unknown Color') from shirts where shirt_type = 'Tee'
for more info with plenty of examples: http://doug.burns.tripod.com/decode.htm l
So just what the in heck are you talking about? Replication works just fine. System resource hog? Well yeah, but then again it's kind of hard NOT to hog resources and offer the same kind of flexibility and features that Oracle offers.
-Can Sql Server store 1+ exabytes of data(I don't know, I am asking. Oracle supports up to 8 exabytes)? -Can Sql Server run on a "grid"? -Can Sql server let you write your triggers/procedures in Java? -Does Sql Server support integrated debugging of Transact-SQL (watches, breakpoints, step into, over, out of code)? -No Sequences in SQL Server? I guess select max(column) will have to do until your value gets too large for the column. -Does SQL Server support packages (again, I don't know so I am asking)?
Oracle has its faults, sure, but it is way, way more robust than SQL server.
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Oracle still does the same thing. You can download their database (full enterprise edition) for free, for development use.
However, this does not grant you a license to use the database in a production environment (say, powering your Config Management software).
The new "free" versions grant you the license to use it in production environments.
I imagine IBM's new free version is sort of the same thing (I read the article, but have not yet reviewed the license).
I find the GUI designer part of the IDE to be very helpful. I agree that one should know that when they drag a text box onto their form/canvas/window/whatever it creates an instance of the textbox class in the form source file, and sets the properties, etc.
However, when you are building an application with many modules or hundreds of screens it would take so much more time to manually code the layout. Why spend all this extra time to manually type out the same code the tool will generate for you anyhow?
I do see your (and everyone else's) point. Again, I totally believe that you need to understand what's going on and what the tool is doing for you. Same way you should know how to do all the arithmetic and equations when you use the calculator.
For ut2k4, stop by http://www.prounreal.com/ It's part of the "competitive" community for that game, and a good way to find server info for some of the servers that a lot of these guys play on.
If you aren't up to the skill level there, stop by http://forums.beyondunreal.com/ and find some more casual guys there.
And let me be the first to tell you that just because you can beat the piss out of bots, doesn't mean you will be good at all online. Online players don't think like bots, don't move like bots, don't shoot like bots.
A more appropriate course of action, in the interest of CYA would have been to first inform the sysadmin that the method which passwords are stored on the system is insecure and the root password could be obtained in a matter of hours/minutes/seconds.
At this point, you have done nothing wrong, and he might just ask you to "prove it". At this point, you have been (to a point) authorized by the sysadmin to do what you did.
Not such a big deal at school I suppose, but had you lost your account at work, or been fired over it...
and the developer gets how much of that?
Remember, you have to figure in costs of actually bundling it all together (discs, manuals, maps, quick reference sheets, etc).
Now figure in the publisher's share. The distributors share, the retailers share.. And the developer is left with what, $5 or $10 per box sold?
I don't know the exact numbers, and admit I am pulling these out of my ass for illustrative purposes only.
Not everyone is that damn lazy. When I was hunting with my dad, we would drive to the area we were hunting and then walk into the woods (sometimes a few miles in, depending on where we were). not to mention, we spent days, if not weeks before that scouting the area (totally on foot. no atvs thank you very much), checking for droppings/rubs, looking for travel paths, etc.
Plus, anyone who knows jack shit about hunting would never drive an ATV through the woods. What better way to scare off all the critters.
No they would never introduce something like that in the states!
http://forums.servermatrix.com/viewtopic.php?t=131 04
granted, no official response from TP....
Being that I haven't ever coded in C (only C++) and that I haven't even touched that in probably 4 years, I thought I recalled one of my books saying that they added the var++ syntax in C++ but it wasn't available in C.
I suppose I remember incorrectly!
I have to admit, I absolutely hate it when I call my bank or credit card company/bank to change an address, or make some other inquiry and I spend 10 minutes spelling out words because the offshored call-center employees don't even speak english. They can read from a terminal screen pretty good, but ask them something that's not one of their list of options and things get ugly.
It's about the same with delivery chinese food. I listened to a friend tell the order taker his street name. It went something like this:
"Yes, my address is 1234 Foxborro road".
"No, not buckro. FOX-burrow"
"Furbrow? no man, EF OH ECKS, BEE OH ARE ARE OH".
"GODDAMNIT I DIDN'T SPELL SUXBEO".
frustrating, but mildly amusing all the same.
OMG SEE?! IBM stole a line of code!
(granted, the code is probably all C not C++, but you heard what I meant!)
Because PS products can utilise Oracle products (database). This is why it is arguably vertical.
I look at it as a bother veritcal and horizontal.
You can do the same thing in MySQL.
It's not a problem. I think every database allows this.
And for your comment to his example, you still have to use two queries (one insert, one update) whereas with Postgres (and Oracle) it would only be one.
try changing the table type from MyISAM to INNODB and try again.
This brings up a good point I believe. Actually going out and killing what you eat reminds you that your are eating another (previously) living, breathing creature. I guess in a way, for me at least, it helps me to appreciate the animals a little more. I am not really a hunter, but my dad is/was and I have been a few times. Looking to go back and start doing it more. I much prefer to kill what I eat, and venison tastes so much better than cow, IMO. Plus, I know the meat isn't going to be wasted or thrown out because it sat around too long without being bought.
Most people just go to the grocery store and pick up a pound or two of hamburger, or a few steaks. Most have never probably even seen a cow except on television. I am not saying you should worship cows, but just a little smidgen of respect for the life it gave so you could eat isn't too much to ask.
Actually, I meant your "civilness" is more akin to that, not the act of hunting.
Yes, and not hunting your own food and instead buying meat from the supermarket that came from companies that mass execute the animals and waste tons of meat/animal lives when some of the meat sits on the store shelf too long is somehow more civil?
And no, it's more akin to killing a neighborhood of black people because Jakwon robbed and murdered the local 7-11 clerk.
What a fucked up view on reality you have.
Methinks you should leave the modding to the experts...
Now we will also have robots proclaiming to be the second coming of Christ...
They don't. Most settings can be changed in .htaccess files (or a custom php.ini depending on if PHP is running as a module or as a CGI). And still, you can break the settings down to an app-level by altering most php settings *within* PHP scripts. Obviously, some cannot be modified, but most can.
Optional libraries, as in compiled C libraries, yes they must be installed/activated by the server admin. Only if run as mod_php (which 99% of installs are) though. Run as a cgi and each user can run their own compiled modules all day long.
Most PHP upgrades are non-noticeable as well, unless they change something like register_globals. But then, if you are a PHP programmer and required that setting in the first place, then you are a certified idiot.
If windows is giving you a BSOD for no apparent reason, download memtest86 and run it. Every single instance I have encountered windows randomly blue screening (in win2k and XP) it has been due to bad RAM.
This isn't always the case, but it is almost always due to hardware. Windows 2k and XP are actually extremely stable when you have non-faulty hardware.
Pirates are really hurting the box office income
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The flightgear potency of this product is c++ amazing!!! You will be bio hard for hours, if not days!!
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For tech writers or normal users, you are correct.
for developers, you are way off the mark. Our 866mhz desktops we have now (NMCI hasn't taken our section over yet) can barely keep up with everything we need to have open and running at one time.
Sorry for the code display.. the <ecode> tag doesn't seem to work as expected.
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It really does help to know what the heck you are talking about before trying to spread the FUD. It also helps if you read the very basic of tutorials or manuals.
>>One database per server. Index creation gets logged and can fail (hanging indefintely) if the log fills up. The 'create database' command doesn't yield a functional database.
Oracle's concept of "databases" is different than some other vendors. You can have multiple databases per server. An oracle database is structured similar to:
Database Server
|-Instance 1
|-User1's Schema
|-Table 1
|-Table 2
|-User2's Schema
|-Table A
|-Procedure B
|-Instance 2
|-User 10's Schema
etc..
Simply creating a new user gives you a "new database" so to speak. As each user can create his own tables, procedures, packages, views, sequences, indexes, etc.
>>The limitations of PL/SQL, SQL*Plus and Server SQL are amazing -- there's no 'if' statement, and you can't write DDL with it.
PL/SQL is much more powerfull and robust than Transact SQL.
DDL:
as mentioned by another commenter. Very easily done. DML as well.
If: Do you mean if/else/if blocks in code or in SQL. Oracle does BOTH.
in PL/SQL:
if ( v_some_var = 1 ) then
else if ( v_some_var = 100 ) then
else
end if;
in SQL: select decode(color, 'RED', 'The shirt is red', 'BLUE', 'The Shirt is blue', 'Unknown Color') from shirts where shirt_type = 'Tee'
for more info with plenty of examples:
http://doug.burns.tripod.com/decode.ht
So just what the in heck are you talking about?
Replication works just fine. System resource hog? Well yeah, but then again it's kind of hard NOT to hog resources and offer the same kind of flexibility and features that Oracle offers.
-Can Sql Server store 1+ exabytes of data(I don't know, I am asking. Oracle supports up to 8 exabytes)?
-Can Sql Server run on a "grid"?
-Can Sql server let you write your triggers/procedures in Java?
-Does Sql Server support integrated debugging of Transact-SQL (watches, breakpoints, step into, over, out of code)?
-No Sequences in SQL Server? I guess select max(column) will have to do until your value gets too large for the column.
-Does SQL Server support packages (again, I don't know so I am asking)?
Oracle has its faults, sure, but it is way, way more robust than SQL server.