Agreed. I am running both OS X, 2000, and a couple of LInux boxes at home. For a while, after first getting into OS X, I used that machine only. Then I starting tinkering with MySQL and PHP on the OS X box, then I anxiously began testing out the alpha OpenOffice for XDarwin. Then I debated whether or not buy the Mac GIMP CD, just to save some setup time. Then I started to delve into setting up some network monitoring tools...
And then I began teaching some fellows at work how to use Linux because of a new server installation. At that point it hit me: Linux has much that I was waiting for to arrive on the Mac, and then some.
And then I tried out KDE 3. Ohh my. And all of this was of course on a 200mghz machine.
So like many on the list I have both. I like the seamless workings of Aqua and their new backup tools, the ease of iPhoto, etc, not to mention BBEdit and a game here and there.
as the book based on the software titled: Knee-Deep in the Dead. Now that was a classic piece of fiction! It somehow captured the essence of moving forward, shooting, dodging, shooting again, and picking things up off of the floor.
The so what is this: While AOL users often don't care what is getting them to a particular web site, web logs reflect what kind of browser is being used to visit a site. Let's say you're CNN, or even slashdot...if your logs indicate a large % of a particular browser, then you will build for that browser. That's what the business folks look at, and tell the web people to build for those audiences. So it is very important that usage statistics show significant numbers for browsers other than IE so that common standards are followed and systems other than Intel/MS/IE are supported by web builders.
The timing might be off here, but did Computer Gaming World begin to lose some quality after ZD put their hand in it? Now I know all magazines, except riveting advertising crap like Oprah, have gotten smaller, but man! Remember how huge Computer Gaming World used to be, and that size was not made up of tons of screenshots but tons of text. The reviews were awesome, talking to real pilots about flight sims, Lord British about his perspectives on his older games...you name it.
There were years when I did not have a decent PC but I still bought the magazine because the reviews were just so well written and kept me up to date on technology, what was going on within the programming circles, and did not fill up all of the space with screenshots.
In all fairness, I have not picked up a copy of the magazine in some time, but I did glance over one recently and it looked like a console gaming magazine more than what I remember.
For one thing, remember that compatibility is very often not a matter of the JavaScript, but the Document Object Model within the browser that you are trying to manipulate, which implies CSS compatibility. http://www.webreview.com/style/css1/charts/masterg rid.shtml truly reveals how CSS rules can vary.
And as far as checking differences between browsers, that is simply a matter of checking the version your browser supports against a version of JavaScript (while I have heard that there are different implementations of different versions...but that's an experience thing I think). So you could go to http://www.gemal.dk/browserspy/js.html, check your JS browser support, and then when you reference a book on JavaScript, just take note of what version they are referring to.
Danny Goodman's books used to really spend a ton of time on compatibility (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnI nquiry.asp?userid=52AY8TR23D&isbn=0764533428), at least the 3rd edition had mucho information on NS 4 vs. IE.
While this response does not give you a chart, I have found, both programming in it and teaching it, that just being aware of supported versions and maybe not always implementing the newest features (which are often just shortcuts to do things one can already program) in JavaScript should keep one out of too much trouble. But man, that CSS stuff is what kills.
I went to three days worth of the training, and I will say the instructor was quite good. I will also say that as primarily a web application builder, I wasn't impressed with Interdev or the new names they have for cookies, etc, or much of.NET's treatment of web based services - I can write my own XML parser damnit and this whole rolling back application changes...who programs in such a way that you would ever use this? But it seemed that the framework does allow for better delivery of applications to the client, which seemed to me to be the true power. In fact, very little time of the training was spent talking about the web. Instead, it seemed to be about building applications using VB and C#. It seems to make sense that.NET is not about the WWW, but instead is about making people buy the framework so they can run the applications developed by the people that bought the developer tools. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't really see.NET being much about, well, the net.
They supported OpenOffice, decided to make some money off of StarOffice, and happened to also set up a move that might reduce Microsoft's ability to give away servers, software, etc to companies and schools on their assimilation list by reducing the endless money coming in from Office.
I really have to wonder, what does an angry "blogging" community do to those that fetch their wrath?
12:20 pm "Had to kick the shit out of someone that was treading on my freedom of expression, then went to the local deli and tried out one of those fancy bagels..."
I agree. I have always thought the way they handled distribution with companies such as Gateway and Dell, charging more if other operating systems were offered, was truly the seedy part of the monopoly.
I disagree. My latest experiences have been very positive, and I have several friends that can say the same, regarding the fact that our bosses used to be on the front lines and are now heads of the technical divisions-divisions that have to work hard to get their way. I'll be honest, today is one of those days where I have to send email, make up presentations, etc. instead of coding, but that's because we're asked to promote ourselves and not just code. I can handle that every now and again (-:
This idea makes me think of Google, a company that has been highlighted of late because of their method of, well, using their brains perhaps?
Don't get me wrong, when I worked in Chicago I honestly felt like big managers had no clue, which was sad to me a bit, so I moved and have had much better luck outside of the advertising sphere. Miss the Cubs though.
I worked in Chicago during from the "beginning" of the end of the net boom to the actual "end" and looking at this site brought it all back. Chicago, and many other places, make their money not so much off of material products but advertising, recruiting, and other various services. And you can actually see that in the web sites: Most use Flash, are bandwith hogs, contain little in the way of substance, and are made for the machines that the office workers use. I worked in training for a bit, and all these people cared about (not everyone, but many people making much more than 60K a year) was having a fancy powerpoint presentation for a web site - even when they were a technology company. Can you say Access? GoLive? For national companies...
This is just another reflection of how the net economy is finding its usefullness. When I moved up there getting a job was a cinch, but then at the end they were just, well, gone.
Also, the point regarding management might be sharp but it is appropriate. Is there anyone out there with a great manager in the technology field that doesn't feel both lucky and a bit like a rarity? Tech people might hate the idea of being a suit, but I'm begging anyone that knows what their doing and can speak well to think about getting into the ranks of the damned, because technology needs people that know technology to manage.
It is proven that having the ability to DO things taken away makes people unhappy, which is all MS products ever do.
Great for managers, not so great for doers. I spent all day today fighting NT about not understanding that when a file name changes, a path changes...so I'm fresh on dislike Bill wagon right now.
PHP, MySQL, a sprinkle of Perl, Python if you're hip, and no, I repeat, NO Active X objects!
hell yes! I would have never even known how to work with Databases had it not been for free stuff, as no one was around at the time to buy all the expensive software for me.
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I know, one doesn't know until doing, but I honestly am trying to figure out whether to use Zope or not. Most of the sites I work with right now are about internal data presentation and have very little involvement with individuals that need to customize sites often.
Does anyone have a short and sweet description of where Zope really turned out to be an awesome tool?
, and whether or not the idea is good to begin with aside, but this is something that the Government should make on their own. If this ever happens, they need to hire programmers and have their own development group for this. This type of information should never be outsourced, especially to a controlling interest in our government's financials. Heck, I would feel uncomfortable if Linus was asked to take part in it (-:
With the rampant use of home recording equipment by many bands to make promos, and the fact that many artists now produce their own videos and production CDs, is there any movement underway to make sure that no matter what encryption scheme (no pun intended) is used to verify CDs from the major labels, that there will still exist hardware that only plays CDs without the encryption scheme.
A local band that makes a CD to be sold at shows should NEVER have to pay extra for the RIAA's ideals.
And imagine, CD players at a store, some with the RIAA Inside! sticker and some without, and then the music economy would change even more and companies would learn how to make money off of bands that sell CDs via the internet and often give away from MP3 downloads...oh wait, some companies and bands are already doing that!
Since database connectivity is vital to most web type apps these days, it might be good to demonstrate how to connect to SQL Server via VB, and then a simple example in PHP, Perl, and Python, all interacting with SQL server.
I've only used PHP with mssql, and here is a great reference point, http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mssql.php
I am assuming the others are easy to get going, but I might be wrong.
The reason I mention multiple languages to a MS database as opposed to VB to MySQL is because:
1).NET has flooded MS users/developers/managers with talk of multiple language support. While this is sometimes just implemented VB and C#, showing a common use (DB connectivity) of multiple languages to a SQL Server promotes the idea of true choice for developers and might open the eyes of some people that have been itching to use this or that language.
2) It promotes the theme you mentioned of working with the technologies under one framework, such as that of using MySQL and VB.
One of the analysts, Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, said Tuesday that part of the problem came from weaker than expected sales of the $299 console at the consumer level.
Wow, imagine the complex math needed to figure out that one did not make as much money off of an item as expected because not enough of them were sold! Wow!
I just finished up reading a copy of Jim Carlton's book, Apple, and Sun was right there in the thick of things years ago, looking to possibly buy Apple on several occasions. A very well written book for those of you that like that kind of thing (not just for Apple fans!), and a book that portrayes Scott McNealy as the type that doesn't seem all too likely to sell.
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Agreed. I am running both OS X, 2000, and a couple of LInux boxes at home. For a while, after first getting into OS X, I used that machine only. Then I starting tinkering with MySQL and PHP on the OS X box, then I anxiously began testing out the alpha OpenOffice for XDarwin. Then I debated whether or not buy the Mac GIMP CD, just to save some setup time. Then I started to delve into setting up some network monitoring tools...
And then I began teaching some fellows at work how to use Linux because of a new server installation. At that point it hit me: Linux has much that I was waiting for to arrive on the Mac, and then some.
And then I tried out KDE 3. Ohh my. And all of this was of course on a 200mghz machine.
So like many on the list I have both. I like the seamless workings of Aqua and their new backup tools, the ease of iPhoto, etc, not to mention BBEdit and a game here and there.
But given the choice, I would choose Linux.
perfect combo
as the book based on the software titled: Knee-Deep in the Dead. Now that was a classic piece of fiction! It somehow captured the essence of moving forward, shooting, dodging, shooting again, and picking things up off of the floor.
The so what is this: While AOL users often don't care what is getting them to a particular web site, web logs reflect what kind of browser is being used to visit a site. Let's say you're CNN, or even slashdot...if your logs indicate a large % of a particular browser, then you will build for that browser. That's what the business folks look at, and tell the web people to build for those audiences. So it is very important that usage statistics show significant numbers for browsers other than IE so that common standards are followed and systems other than Intel/MS/IE are supported by web builders.
The timing might be off here, but did Computer Gaming World begin to lose some quality after ZD put their hand in it? Now I know all magazines, except riveting advertising crap like Oprah, have gotten smaller, but man! Remember how huge Computer Gaming World used to be, and that size was not made up of tons of screenshots but tons of text. The reviews were awesome, talking to real pilots about flight sims, Lord British about his perspectives on his older games...you name it.
There were years when I did not have a decent PC but I still bought the magazine because the reviews were just so well written and kept me up to date on technology, what was going on within the programming circles, and did not fill up all of the space with screenshots.
In all fairness, I have not picked up a copy of the magazine in some time, but I did glance over one recently and it looked like a console gaming magazine more than what I remember.
This might be too brief, but:
g rid.shtml truly reveals how CSS rules can vary.
I nquiry.asp?userid=52AY8TR23D&isbn=0764533428), at least the 3rd edition had mucho information on NS 4 vs. IE.
For one thing, remember that compatibility is very often not a matter of the JavaScript, but the Document Object Model within the browser that you are trying to manipulate, which implies CSS compatibility. http://www.webreview.com/style/css1/charts/master
And as far as checking differences between browsers, that is simply a matter of checking the version your browser supports against a version of JavaScript (while I have heard that there are different implementations of different versions...but that's an experience thing I think). So you could go to http://www.gemal.dk/browserspy/js.html, check your JS browser support, and then when you reference a book on JavaScript, just take note of what version they are referring to.
Danny Goodman's books used to really spend a ton of time on compatibility (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbn
While this response does not give you a chart, I have found, both programming in it and teaching it, that just being aware of supported versions and maybe not always implementing the newest features (which are often just shortcuts to do things one can already program) in JavaScript should keep one out of too much trouble. But man, that CSS stuff is what kills.
Hope this helps.
I went to three days worth of the training, and I will say the instructor was quite good. I will also say that as primarily a web application builder, I wasn't impressed with Interdev or the new names they have for cookies, etc, or much of .NET's treatment of web based services - I can write my own XML parser damnit and this whole rolling back application changes...who programs in such a way that you would ever use this? But it seemed that the framework does allow for better delivery of applications to the client, which seemed to me to be the true power. In fact, very little time of the training was spent talking about the web. Instead, it seemed to be about building applications using VB and C#. It seems to make sense that .NET is not about the WWW, but instead is about making people buy the framework so they can run the applications developed by the people that bought the developer tools. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't really see .NET being much about, well, the net.
Linux is not Windows. Quoting ZD...give me a break. I wish they would just go back to making Office.
They supported OpenOffice, decided to make some money off of StarOffice, and happened to also set up a move that might reduce Microsoft's ability to give away servers, software, etc to companies and schools on their assimilation list by reducing the endless money coming in from Office.
I really have to wonder, what does an angry "blogging" community do to those that fetch their wrath?
12:20 pm "Had to kick the shit out of someone that was treading on my freedom of expression, then went to the local deli and tried out one of those fancy bagels..."
Oh dear, my idealism is shattered, now that I know that Slashdot readers listen to "pop"ular music as opposed to only Pagannine, Vivaldi, and Mozart.
I just don't know how to handle this.
to keep books from being taken into the bathrooms
at your local bookstore.
I agree. I have always thought the way they handled distribution with companies such as Gateway and Dell, charging more if other operating systems were offered, was truly the seedy part of the monopoly.
I disagree. My latest experiences have been very positive, and I have several friends that can say the same, regarding the fact that our bosses used to be on the front lines and are now heads of the technical divisions-divisions that have to work hard to get their way. I'll be honest, today is one of those days where I have to send email, make up presentations, etc. instead of coding, but that's because we're asked to promote ourselves and not just code. I can handle that every now and again (-:
This idea makes me think of Google, a company that has been highlighted of late because of their method of, well, using their brains perhaps?
Don't get me wrong, when I worked in Chicago I honestly felt like big managers had no clue, which was sad to me a bit, so I moved and have had much better luck outside of the advertising sphere. Miss the Cubs though.
I worked in Chicago during from the "beginning" of the end of the net boom to the actual "end" and looking at this site brought it all back. Chicago, and many other places, make their money not so much off of material products but advertising, recruiting, and other various services. And you can actually see that in the web sites: Most use Flash, are bandwith hogs, contain little in the way of substance, and are made for the machines that the office workers use. I worked in training for a bit, and all these people cared about (not everyone, but many people making much more than 60K a year) was having a fancy powerpoint presentation for a web site - even when they were a technology company. Can you say Access? GoLive? For national companies...
This is just another reflection of how the net economy is finding its usefullness. When I moved up there getting a job was a cinch, but then at the end they were just, well, gone.
Also, the point regarding management might be sharp but it is appropriate. Is there anyone out there with a great manager in the technology field that doesn't feel both lucky and a bit like a rarity? Tech people might hate the idea of being a suit, but I'm begging anyone that knows what their doing and can speak well to think about getting into the ranks of the damned, because technology needs people that know technology to manage.
Amen!
Only Batman can save us now!
right on!
It is proven that having the ability to DO things taken away makes people unhappy, which is all MS products ever do.
Great for managers, not so great for doers. I spent all day today fighting NT about not understanding that when a file name changes, a path changes...so I'm fresh on dislike Bill wagon right now.
PHP, MySQL, a sprinkle of Perl, Python if you're hip, and no, I repeat, NO Active X objects!
I would have a banner promoting The Road Ahead on Slashdot ALL of the time. Talk about pissing people off!
hell yes! I would have never even known how to work with Databases had it not been for free stuff, as no one was around at the time to buy all the expensive software for me.
I know, one doesn't know until doing, but I honestly am trying to figure out whether to use Zope or not. Most of the sites I work with right now are about internal data presentation and have very little involvement with individuals that need to customize sites often.
Does anyone have a short and sweet description of where Zope really turned out to be an awesome tool?
, and whether or not the idea is good to begin with aside, but this is something that the Government should make on their own. If this ever happens, they need to hire programmers and have their own development group for this. This type of information should never be outsourced, especially to a controlling interest in our government's financials. Heck, I would feel uncomfortable if Linus was asked to take part in it (-:
With the rampant use of home recording equipment by many bands to make promos, and the fact that many artists now produce their own videos and production CDs, is there any movement underway to make sure that no matter what encryption scheme (no pun intended) is used to verify CDs from the major labels, that there will still exist hardware that only plays CDs without the encryption scheme.
A local band that makes a CD to be sold at shows should NEVER have to pay extra for the RIAA's ideals.
And imagine, CD players at a store, some with the RIAA Inside! sticker and some without, and then the music economy would change even more and companies would learn how to make money off of bands that sell CDs via the internet and often give away from MP3 downloads...oh wait, some companies and bands are already doing that!
Since database connectivity is vital to most web type apps these days, it might be good to demonstrate how to connect to SQL Server via VB, and then a simple example in PHP, Perl, and Python, all interacting with SQL server.
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.NET has flooded MS users/developers/managers with talk of multiple language support. While this is sometimes just implemented VB and C#, showing a common use (DB connectivity) of multiple languages to a SQL Server promotes the idea of true choice for developers and might open the eyes of some people that have been itching to use this or that language.
I've only used PHP with mssql, and here is a great reference point,
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mssql.ph
I am assuming the others are easy to get going, but I might be wrong.
The reason I mention multiple languages to a MS database as opposed to VB to MySQL is because:
1)
2) It promotes the theme you mentioned of working with the technologies under one framework, such as that of using MySQL and VB.
Don't forget activestate.
One of the analysts, Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, said Tuesday that part of the problem came from weaker than expected sales of the $299 console at the consumer level.
Wow, imagine the complex math needed to figure out that one did not make as much money off of an item as expected because not enough of them were sold! Wow!
I just finished up reading a copy of Jim Carlton's book, Apple, and Sun was right there in the thick of things years ago, looking to possibly buy Apple on several occasions. A very well written book for those of you that like that kind of thing (not just for Apple fans!), and a book that portrayes Scott McNealy as the type that doesn't seem all too likely to sell.