A few years ago, I was working at a very large company and a number of the big-shot execs went on a trip. While on the road, their laptop hard drives got completely scrambled.
As it turns out, the little seat-back (or whatever) tables on the plane had magnets in them to keep the meal-service stuff in place. The put their laptops on the tray tables, turned them on, and saw...a mess.
Not sure if they still do this, but it's worth asking a flight attendant.
I wrote ASP code daily, and have developed some rather complex apps in it. There are a few things in this article that smell like the author fell prey to marketing drivel or really has no experience with the tools.
ASP makes programming easier by supporting untyped variables
This tends to make my job harder, not easier. But then I cut my teeth on Pascal, C and Java, not VB. I, for one, don't like my variables shape-shifting on me (and they do that, just as they do in Perl).
We used VBScript for our code, and we wish it had try/catch keywords; without these, writing error-handling logic was more cumbersome because we had to do manual checks in the code to see if errors had occurred. (ASP also supports JScript, which has try/catch keywords.)
Well, the solution there is to use JScript, or write your error-prone stuff into functions (such as ADO SQL queries, object creation, etc.) so you only have to write the error-trapping code a minimal number of times. Code reuse = good
ASP development tools are widespread and generally quite mature
They are? The only decent one I've found is Visual InterDev, and it's lacking a lot of features that other MS development environments have and developers come to depend upon. And it's only in its second version.
The biggest thing that they left out is the documentation. In some places, the ASP & VBScript docs are great, sometimes they suck, sometimes they're just plain wrong, or nonexistent. Every time I go into MSDN, it's a crapshoot unless I'm looking up something I had looked up previously and need a refresher on (like which is the search string and which is the string being searched in instr(); the tooltip just says "string, string2").
The article also glosses over some of the completely undocumented, or barely documented, things that really drive developers nuts. Like when will 4-digit years be displayed, and when will 2-digit years be displayed? Answer: unless you write your own function to split the date into its pieces (day, month, year) and compose a string, it depends on the server's regional settings and the currently-logged-on user's regional settings.
Even if you don't want an enhancement, it's nice to let a developer know "hey, I downloaded this thing you wrote and I think it's really cool. Keep up the good work!"
Can't speak for everyone, but I know I'm a lot more enthusiastic about coding if I know people appreciate the work, even (especially) if they don't have any needs/wants for new features.
Geeze, we haven't even finished destroying our own planet, and we're cooking up plans for massively altering others? At least this Mars deal will take long enough that we can screw a planet up right this time.
What will become of existing patents that would have been denied by this bill? Will they be revoked, or will they be "grandfathered?" And what of those that have been submitted, but not yet granted?
I can see a lot of patent applications being submitted to get in "under the wire."
This bill was signed into law three months ago, and was discussed quite a bit in the weeks/months preceeding. It's even been discussed here on Slashdot.
Too late now, it's law. Everyone had their chance over the last year to get this thing knocked down, or looked at critically by technical folks. Best you can hope for now is an amendment or that something will come along to strike it down.
SW:Ep2 - Live-action captured by digital cameras, transferred to computer. Possibly transferred to traditional film.
Toy Story 2 - Digitally created from the start. No cameras, no transfer.
Of course Toy Story 2 looked better when you saw it on the digital system. It had to be transferred to a less-perfect medium (35mm film) to show it in a conventional theater. With less control over the conditions (film is more susceptible to dust, wear, heat, etc.), variable speed (those motors aren't perfect) and variable light in the projector.
The word "new" appears only once in the article, and not in the location where you have read it to be. Reread the sentence you quoted very carefully. You're seeing things that you want to see, not what is actually there.
Slashdot was only able to stand up to MS (and others) because they have lawyers courtesy of Andover. A hobbyist or "little guy" wouldn't stand a chance.
Check with your local LUG(s) or other user groups. Publicity for them is never a bad thing, and some are looking for other organizations in need of services they can provide.
It's not just that. Snow itself insulates. I've been camping in the winter many times and it's much warmer sleeping with snow packed around the bottom foot or so of your tent than having it all exposed.
You want snow on your roof. It indicates that your house is well-insulated (if the outside surface of your roof is cold, the heat you're using to keep the house warm is staying inside) and adds further insulation.
Ignoring the business and Wall Street-centric mindset, we're all playing for the same team here. RedHat market share dropping relative to other distros is a good thing IMO. More variety, more incentive for others to join in, rather than giving up saying "I can't compete with RH, why bother?"
Regarding the potential use of Web bugs to track Word documents, Microsoft said that there is no evidence that such activities are occurring
Just because it isn't happening yet (and I stress "yet" because now that the cat's out of the bag, someone will be working on exploiting this), it shouldn't be considered a problem? Well, I guess I'll stop worrying about my blood pressure, since I haven't had a heart attack yet.
I've needed a new box for quite a while now. First I was waiting on Athlons to get fast relatively cheap. Then I was waiting on Thunderbird. Now that I've got the cash and Tbird is down to where I can get a hot system, I'm holding off until the end of October because Socket A DDR boards are due then.
I currently run SuSE 6.2, installed 11 months ago. Helix doesn't support anything earlier than 6.3 and unless you build from their source, you can't install on 6.3. Actually, I haven't tried the source yet; that may not work either, I don't know.
Now, really, 6.2 isn't THAT old. It'd be nice if they could tell me what 6.3/4 have that 6.2 doesn't so I can maybe just update a couple packages instead of having to upgrade everything.
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As it turns out, the little seat-back (or whatever) tables on the plane had magnets in them to keep the meal-service stuff in place. The put their laptops on the tray tables, turned them on, and saw...a mess.
Not sure if they still do this, but it's worth asking a flight attendant.
The site says RedHat 6.2...anyone know if there are/will be Debian packages?
Until colleges that you apply to see it on your record and refuse to admit you.
This tends to make my job harder, not easier. But then I cut my teeth on Pascal, C and Java, not VB. I, for one, don't like my variables shape-shifting on me (and they do that, just as they do in Perl).Well, the solution there is to use JScript, or write your error-prone stuff into functions (such as ADO SQL queries, object creation, etc.) so you only have to write the error-trapping code a minimal number of times. Code reuse = goodThey are? The only decent one I've found is Visual InterDev, and it's lacking a lot of features that other MS development environments have and developers come to depend upon. And it's only in its second version.
The biggest thing that they left out is the documentation. In some places, the ASP & VBScript docs are great, sometimes they suck, sometimes they're just plain wrong, or nonexistent. Every time I go into MSDN, it's a crapshoot unless I'm looking up something I had looked up previously and need a refresher on (like which is the search string and which is the string being searched in instr(); the tooltip just says "string, string2").
The article also glosses over some of the completely undocumented, or barely documented, things that really drive developers nuts. Like when will 4-digit years be displayed, and when will 2-digit years be displayed? Answer: unless you write your own function to split the date into its pieces (day, month, year) and compose a string, it depends on the server's regional settings and the currently-logged-on user's regional settings.
Can't speak for everyone, but I know I'm a lot more enthusiastic about coding if I know people appreciate the work, even (especially) if they don't have any needs/wants for new features.
I suspect it's more true than a joke in most companies.
Geeze, we haven't even finished destroying our own planet, and we're cooking up plans for massively altering others? At least this Mars deal will take long enough that we can screw a planet up right this time.
What will become of existing patents that would have been denied by this bill? Will they be revoked, or will they be "grandfathered?" And what of those that have been submitted, but not yet granted?
I can see a lot of patent applications being submitted to get in "under the wire."
Too late now, it's law. Everyone had their chance over the last year to get this thing knocked down, or looked at critically by technical folks. Best you can hope for now is an amendment or that something will come along to strike it down.
It's Red Hat Seven-point-D'OH!
Toy Story 2 - Digitally created from the start. No cameras, no transfer.
Of course Toy Story 2 looked better when you saw it on the digital system. It had to be transferred to a less-perfect medium (35mm film) to show it in a conventional theater. With less control over the conditions (film is more susceptible to dust, wear, heat, etc.), variable speed (those motors aren't perfect) and variable light in the projector.
You can't fairly draw a comparison here.
The word "new" appears only once in the article, and not in the location where you have read it to be. Reread the sentence you quoted very carefully. You're seeing things that you want to see, not what is actually there.
Slashdot was only able to stand up to MS (and others) because they have lawyers courtesy of Andover. A hobbyist or "little guy" wouldn't stand a chance.
How does one know that their current actions (Cease & Decist) won't be that blunder that causes them to fail?
Check with your local LUG(s) or other user groups. Publicity for them is never a bad thing, and some are looking for other organizations in need of services they can provide.
It's not just that. Snow itself insulates. I've been camping in the winter many times and it's much warmer sleeping with snow packed around the bottom foot or so of your tent than having it all exposed.
You want snow on your roof. It indicates that your house is well-insulated (if the outside surface of your roof is cold, the heat you're using to keep the house warm is staying inside) and adds further insulation.
The /. article says it's booting on Intel CHIPS as well as on Virtual PC.
Ignoring the business and Wall Street-centric mindset, we're all playing for the same team here. RedHat market share dropping relative to other distros is a good thing IMO. More variety, more incentive for others to join in, rather than giving up saying "I can't compete with RH, why bother?"
Cripes, did you even READ the content of the post? One word and you ignore the entire point (Which was quite good).
Did you even get past the name on the post? Whether he believes it or not, it's the truth.
I've needed a new box for quite a while now. First I was waiting on Athlons to get fast relatively cheap. Then I was waiting on Thunderbird. Now that I've got the cash and Tbird is down to where I can get a hot system, I'm holding off until the end of October because Socket A DDR boards are due then.
I plotted a route to Arlington, VA, not Washington, DC. There was no message about "city-center" in any case.
Now, really, 6.2 isn't THAT old. It'd be nice if they could tell me what 6.3/4 have that 6.2 doesn't so I can maybe just update a couple packages instead of having to upgrade everything.