Since you mention testing, I thought I should at least mention NAnt. I run a number of build servers under CruiseControl.Net that makes calls to NAnt. The NAnt scripts make calls to thing like NUnit, MSBuild, devenv and FxCop. This automates our continuous integration and release builds. There are other tools that can be thrown in like NCover. I also do automated Flex builds, but that is under Hudson. This is on Windows Server 2003 and 2008 in 32 and 64 bit versions.
As others have mentioned, PowerShell is very helpful as a replacement for your other scripting tools. Personally, I still use Perl.
Actually, there were versions of Photoshop for Unix. Of course, this was more than a few years ago (~1994). I had Solaris boxes and SGIs running Photoshop in the early and mid-90s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop/ has some info. I was using it until at least Photoshop 3, but I think that might have been the last one with Unix support.
If you just look at the superficial evidence, there's a lot of suspicious stuff to focus on Reiser. But if you look into the details further, the affair with the S&M guy who admits to being a mass murderer, accounting irregularities in the company, you start to wonder. There have been cases in real life, not just television, where murders have been faked. I remember once case where a young man faked his death in an auto accident by substituting another body for his own and ensuring it was so badly burned that identification was impossible. It sounds like a television plot but it's real. SPOILER WARNING: I'm pretty sure that was the plot of Fletch--except Alan Stanwyk got shot by Joe Don Baker in the end.
So yes, it sounds like a TV plot but for some reason they made it into a movie.
Injector pens like this have existed for over 15 years. I currently use a MediJector Vision. Once you've purchased the injector pen, there is an additional cost for the adaptors to go on the insulin vials. You end up using about 10% less insulin per shot. I had one of the first ones produced back in 1990 and haven't had to do a needle injection since then. It feels like a quick pinch.
My shots aren't coated in gold, though.
Google just gives me shopping links, but you can find more details at places like drugstore.com. Even though I use them, I won't pimp them here. This is the type of thing that most local drugstores don't carry, so online is about the only way to get them.
Seriously, the thought of being able to create a girl with your PC (I'll leave the what kind of girl vs. OS to the rest of you) should be enough for most kids. That and all the damn popcorn in Real Genius. Mmmmm... popcorn.
Exactly. McDonalds does it as I'm stading right there. Of course they swipe it before I've even gotten my food, but they _are_ only a moderately good restaraunt.
I haven't done that much.NET client side programming (mostly WebServices/ASP.NET stuff), but I did help another programmer try to embed a browser inside his app. There was no.NET HTML renderer and in order to get a browser component inside the app we had to invoke the IE DLL. This is considered an insecure call out in.NET (invoking native, non-.NET code that has to run outside the sandbox). We were able to embed IE inside the app, but the bonus was that you get all the flaws that come along with it. This may have changed since we did it about 6 months ago.
If you go through the little training movies, it gives most of the differences. I think for Wookies, the biggest is that the weapon can be charged to do a spread show if you happen to be facing more than one person. I think there is a droid that has the same ability. On the XBox, I think you just hold down the right trigger to charge and then release. Sort of like some of the MechAssault weapons.
Oh, one other note. I picked my copy up at Target and got a $10 gift card with the purchase. My friend got his at EB and if he got another game they were giving $20 off. He used his on a pre-order so if you want Halo 2 or something, you can get the $20 off then it comes out next month.
My friend and I both picked up the XBox version yesterday. I have to say, it is pretty fun. One of the best parts is shooting Ewoks and Jar Jars. We had too much fun taking them out.
I'm not too sure about the game types, but the only ones were played were Onslaught (UT2004) style games. They are pretty fun and the maps are huge.
I had some problems controlling some of the flying vehicles (X-Wings, Ties, etc.), but I'm sure it will get easier. Some of the battle areas seemed a bit too confined for flying (Cloud City maps), but other ones were great. I was actually moving toward the shield generator on the Hoth map and saw one of the AIs fly a snow speader in to take down an AT-AT with the cable. That was pretty cool from a distance.
The AI at the non-hard levels is far to easy. In order for us to actually have to work we had to kick it up as high as it would go. Just FYI.
I'm also not sure how it works if you don't have Live, but when you put in the disc, it connects immediately to Live. Not sure if it just recognizes your account and starts it up on Live or what.
We had a pretty good time playing, but had to quit to watch some poker on ESPN.
Now if I can just figure out how the heck an Ewock an kill me with one damn rock I will be happy. Lets just say that once I got my AT-ST he was toast.:)
I think it would be interesting to look at the price and sales of something like Eclipse vs. VisualStudio. Then if you throw MyEclipse into the mix and see how they do vs. Eclipse. MyEclipse costs about $30 and I have had no problems getting that approved from any company I've contracted for. They've even been so impressed they dropped their other IDEs and moved most of the developers over. Is $30 the right price for an IDE? Is free? Eclipse, as great as it is, can be a bit of a pain to integrate the various plugins you need to do real development. I have no problem paying $30 for that. I even bought my own copy to use at home because I like it so much.
On the flip side you have Visual Studio. That seems a bit much for an IDE. Luckily, the company I work for is also MSDN, so it isn't that much for me to get it. If I went into a company and told them I needed a copy of Visual Studio and it would cost them about $1500, I think some might not be too happy. Heck, I could probably get some places to drop MS for Java on server side development based on that cost differential alone.
It seems like the same thing is starting to happen on the Office front now--Star is cheap and Open is free and places are just starting to realize that maybe this is exactly how MS sets prices. It can't compete on cost so it ups the price to make people think it is better. Funny, but I think more and more CIO/CFOs are starting to see this.
Actually, you can still release Tetris today--they just had to put some fighting game in with it (aka. Mortal Kombat Deception):) Oh wait, the Tetris thing is a mini-game like the Mortal Kombat Chess. Still, can't wait for to see the Tetris finishing move.
Okay, I RTFDocs and figured out what it is doing. Selects are balanced and anything else is broadcast (including stored procs). Not a bad way to do it, but then you would need to be very aware of response times from each DB since on an update/insert it would seem that it would take as long as the slowest responding DB. No real way around that, I'm guessing. It is probably best with multiple instances of the same DB type rather than the mix-type they show in the docs, however. All of this, of course, assumes that the databases are your limiting factor and not the network or hardware. That and you get worst case performance from anything other than a select.
That whole transaction comment in this tread bothers me a bit knowing how this is working--especially the commit/rollback part of it.
It is nice to see a project like this. Kind of odd since I was just asked to look into how to do this. It would be helpful if you had to use Tomcat, but most of the paid for servers already have something like this (e.g. MultiPools in WebLogic).
Of course it would be useless if you couldn't cluster the C-JDBC server as well--the reason you are using multiple DBs is to not have a single point of failure.
Now what I have to figure out is syncing all the databases--that would be quite a few triggers that need to be created. Or is it easier than that? I'm not a DBA, so I really don't know.
Yeah, it was pretty fun watching all those people waiting for the free train rides on Sunday when I was downtown. All I really want is for Bloomington (where the Mall of America is for those not in the know) to okay the building of a casino right by the mall. Then when I was out drinking downtown on the weekends and had the itch to play some cards it would be a nice cheap ride to the casino. Too bad they'll never allow that.
And where are the pictures of all the cross street congestion this thing causes?
My copy of Syberia has problems with 16:9 in resolutions higher than 480. The game is supposed to support 720 and 1080, but those on my TV have black bars on the side ala 4:3.
Rumor has it that Soul Caliber 2 has this problem as well.
Time Splitters 2 for both the XBox and PS2 come in coop story modes. The reason Halo is better is that if only 1 player is around the story can continue--in TS2 the single player and coop level starts are different.
Yeah, I used to like fish, too. That was until I realized that I didn't get to defend them from constant alien attack. Oh, and mine never seem to crap money.
(I'm talking about Insaniquarium over on www.popcap.com if you are wondering)
When most games for whatever the current popular game console can do 480p or better, also in 16:9 mode when possible
This is the best reason to get an XBox. I picked up my HDTV a few month ago and got an XBox after that. Most of the games I have are in 480p and all display in 16:9. They look amazing. Some games even display in 1080i--I think the football titles, but I don't have any of those. Oh, I also get DD5.1 on all games.
Oh, and Microsoft finally got their crap together and labels right (at least on DOA:XBV). You can look on the back now and find out the max resolution it will use. DOA:XBV is in 480p.
Can't really help on the price much. My TV was pretty expensive, but HBO and Showtime in HD are great.
Back in the Nimda/CodeRed days, a friend of mine was getting really sick of all the hits on his Apache server. He wrote a program to parse the log every few hours and then use the information to connect back to the attacker. He didn't do anything like stopping the process, but he did upload an app that would notify the user of what was wrong with their system and how to fix it. I think he managed to deliver the message to over a hundred machines on his first try.
This also shows the problem with these strike back programs--sure you can stop the process, but you only provided a temporary fix. I like my friend's version better in that you at least let the user know what they need to do to clean things up. After he started doing this the attacks on his cable modem subnet dropped to almost zero.
Actually, if you subscribe to the user mailing list I don't think you'd say this. I managed to get by with just the online documentation and google, but is seems like there are quite a few people who can't. Every day we get asked about Apache/Tomcat binding and help with various server.xml and web.xml problems.
I never understand how some people can't use the resources available. Hell, the mailing list archive is online and people can't figure out that they should search there before asking the list. The list is running at about 50+ messages a day. Obviously someone needs this book.
Yeah, I think that is why the 80's New Wave band Gang of Four ("I Love A Man in Uniform") failed as well--they were too hurt by the comparison you mentioned. I'd have to wait for the VH1 Behind The Music to find out for sure. Anyway, they just happened to pop onto Spinner when I read your comment. Strange.
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Since you mention testing, I thought I should at least mention NAnt. I run a number of build servers under CruiseControl.Net that makes calls to NAnt. The NAnt scripts make calls to thing like NUnit, MSBuild, devenv and FxCop. This automates our continuous integration and release builds. There are other tools that can be thrown in like NCover. I also do automated Flex builds, but that is under Hudson. This is on Windows Server 2003 and 2008 in 32 and 64 bit versions.
As others have mentioned, PowerShell is very helpful as a replacement for your other scripting tools. Personally, I still use Perl.
Actually, there were versions of Photoshop for Unix. Of course, this was more than a few years ago (~1994). I had Solaris boxes and SGIs running Photoshop in the early and mid-90s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop/ has some info. I was using it until at least Photoshop 3, but I think that might have been the last one with Unix support.
-Joel
I'm pretty sure that was the plot of Fletch--except Alan Stanwyk got shot by Joe Don Baker in the end.
So yes, it sounds like a TV plot but for some reason they made it into a movie.
-Joel
Since you asked...
Injector pens like this have existed for over 15 years. I currently use a MediJector Vision. Once you've purchased the injector pen, there is an additional cost for the adaptors to go on the insulin vials. You end up using about 10% less insulin per shot. I had one of the first ones produced back in 1990 and haven't had to do a needle injection since then. It feels like a quick pinch.
My shots aren't coated in gold, though.
Google just gives me shopping links, but you can find more details at places like drugstore.com. Even though I use them, I won't pimp them here. This is the type of thing that most local drugstores don't carry, so online is about the only way to get them.
-J
I do like ATOS on Tuesdays(?) when they do the drinking. Seems like a sad channel when you can only get Sarah to work by getting her drunk.
-J
Private eyes - were watching me - they'd see my every move.
So were you working for Darrell Hall or John Oates?
Sorry, obscure 80's song reference.
-J
Seriously, the thought of being able to create a girl with your PC (I'll leave the what kind of girl vs. OS to the rest of you) should be enough for most kids. That and all the damn popcorn in Real Genius. Mmmmm... popcorn.
-J
Exactly. McDonalds does it as I'm stading right there. Of course they swipe it before I've even gotten my food, but they _are_ only a moderately good restaraunt.
-J
I haven't done that much .NET client side programming (mostly WebServices/ASP.NET stuff), but I did help another programmer try to embed a browser inside his app. There was no .NET HTML renderer and in order to get a browser component inside the app we had to invoke the IE DLL. This is considered an insecure call out in .NET (invoking native, non-.NET code that has to run outside the sandbox). We were able to embed IE inside the app, but the bonus was that you get all the flaws that come along with it. This may have changed since we did it about 6 months ago.
-JFS
If you go through the little training movies, it gives most of the differences. I think for Wookies, the biggest is that the weapon can be charged to do a spread show if you happen to be facing more than one person. I think there is a droid that has the same ability. On the XBox, I think you just hold down the right trigger to charge and then release. Sort of like some of the MechAssault weapons.
Oh, one other note. I picked my copy up at Target and got a $10 gift card with the purchase. My friend got his at EB and if he got another game they were giving $20 off. He used his on a pre-order so if you want Halo 2 or something, you can get the $20 off then it comes out next month.
My friend and I both picked up the XBox version yesterday. I have to say, it is pretty fun. One of the best parts is shooting Ewoks and Jar Jars. We had too much fun taking them out.
:)
I'm not too sure about the game types, but the only ones were played were Onslaught (UT2004) style games. They are pretty fun and the maps are huge.
I had some problems controlling some of the flying vehicles (X-Wings, Ties, etc.), but I'm sure it will get easier. Some of the battle areas seemed a bit too confined for flying (Cloud City maps), but other ones were great. I was actually moving toward the shield generator on the Hoth map and saw one of the AIs fly a snow speader in to take down an AT-AT with the cable. That was pretty cool from a distance.
The AI at the non-hard levels is far to easy. In order for us to actually have to work we had to kick it up as high as it would go. Just FYI.
I'm also not sure how it works if you don't have Live, but when you put in the disc, it connects immediately to Live. Not sure if it just recognizes your account and starts it up on Live or what.
We had a pretty good time playing, but had to quit to watch some poker on ESPN.
Now if I can just figure out how the heck an Ewock an kill me with one damn rock I will be happy. Lets just say that once I got my AT-ST he was toast.
I think it would be interesting to look at the price
and sales of something like Eclipse vs. VisualStudio. Then if you throw MyEclipse into the mix and see how they do vs. Eclipse. MyEclipse costs about $30 and I have had no problems getting that approved from any company I've contracted for. They've even been so impressed they dropped their other IDEs and moved most of the developers over. Is $30 the right price for an IDE? Is free? Eclipse, as great as it is, can be a bit of a pain to integrate the various plugins you need to do real development. I have no problem paying $30 for that. I even bought my own copy to use at home because I like it so much.
On the flip side you have Visual Studio. That seems a bit much for an IDE. Luckily, the company I work for is also MSDN, so it isn't that much for me to get it. If I went into a company and told them I needed a copy of Visual Studio and it would cost them about $1500, I think some might not be too happy. Heck, I could probably get some places to drop MS for Java on server side development based on that cost differential alone.
It seems like the same thing is starting to happen on the Office front now--Star is cheap and Open is free and places are just starting to realize that maybe this is exactly how MS sets prices. It can't compete on cost so it ups the price to make people think it is better. Funny, but I think more and more CIO/CFOs are starting to see this.
Actually, you can still release Tetris today--they just had to put some fighting game in with it (aka. Mortal Kombat Deception) :) Oh wait, the Tetris thing is a mini-game like the Mortal Kombat Chess. Still, can't wait for to see the Tetris finishing move.
Okay, I RTFDocs and figured out what it is doing. Selects are balanced and anything else is broadcast (including stored procs). Not a bad way to do it, but then you would need to be very aware of response times from each DB since on an update/insert it would seem that it would take as long as the slowest responding DB. No real way around that, I'm guessing. It is probably best with multiple instances of the same DB type rather than the mix-type they show in the docs, however. All of this, of course, assumes that the databases are your limiting factor and not the network or hardware. That and you get worst case performance from anything other than a select.
That whole transaction comment in this tread bothers me a bit knowing how this is working--especially the commit/rollback part of it.
Still an interesting project, though.
-J
It is nice to see a project like this. Kind of odd since I was just asked to look into how to do this. It would be helpful if you had to use Tomcat, but most of the paid for servers already have something like this (e.g. MultiPools in WebLogic).
Of course it would be useless if you couldn't cluster the C-JDBC server as well--the reason you are using multiple DBs is to not have a single point of failure.
Now what I have to figure out is syncing all the databases--that would be quite a few triggers that need to be created. Or is it easier than that? I'm not a DBA, so I really don't know.
-J
Yeah, it was pretty fun watching all those people waiting for the free train rides on Sunday when I was downtown. All I really want is for Bloomington (where the Mall of America is for those not in the know) to okay the building of a casino right by the mall. Then when I was out drinking downtown on the weekends and had the itch to play some cards it would be a nice cheap ride to the casino. Too bad they'll never allow that.
And where are the pictures of all the cross street congestion this thing causes?
-J
My copy of Syberia has problems with 16:9 in resolutions higher than 480. The game is supposed to support 720 and 1080, but those on my TV have black bars on the side ala 4:3.
Rumor has it that Soul Caliber 2 has this problem as well.
Time Splitters 2 for both the XBox and PS2 come in coop story modes. The reason Halo is better is that if only 1 player is around the story can continue--in TS2 the single player and coop level starts are different.
Yeah, I used to like fish, too. That was until I realized that I didn't get to defend them from constant alien attack. Oh, and mine never seem to crap money.
(I'm talking about Insaniquarium over on www.popcap.com if you are wondering)
When most games for whatever the current popular game console can do 480p or better, also in 16:9 mode when possible
This is the best reason to get an XBox. I picked up my HDTV a few month ago and got an XBox after that. Most of the games I have are in 480p and all display in 16:9. They look amazing. Some games even display in 1080i--I think the football titles, but I don't have any of those. Oh, I also get DD5.1 on all games.
Oh, and Microsoft finally got their crap together and labels right (at least on DOA:XBV). You can look on the back now and find out the max resolution it will use. DOA:XBV is in 480p.
Can't really help on the price much. My TV was pretty expensive, but HBO and Showtime in HD are great.
Back in the Nimda/CodeRed days, a friend of mine was getting really sick of all the hits on his Apache server. He wrote a program to parse the log every few hours and then use the information to connect back to the attacker. He didn't do anything like stopping the process, but he did upload an app that would notify the user of what was wrong with their system and how to fix it. I think he managed to deliver the message to over a hundred machines on his first try.
This also shows the problem with these strike back programs--sure you can stop the process, but you only provided a temporary fix. I like my friend's version better in that you at least let the user know what they need to do to clean things up. After he started doing this the attacks on his cable modem subnet dropped to almost zero.
Actually, if you subscribe to the user mailing list I don't think you'd say this. I managed to get by with just the online documentation and google, but is seems like there are quite a few people who can't. Every day we get asked about Apache/Tomcat binding and help with various server.xml and web.xml problems.
I never understand how some people can't use the resources available. Hell, the mailing list archive is online and people can't figure out that they should search there before asking the list. The list is running at about 50+ messages a day. Obviously someone needs this book.
Yeah, I think that is why the 80's New Wave band Gang of Four ("I Love A Man in Uniform") failed as well--they were too hurt by the comparison you mentioned. I'd have to wait for the VH1 Behind The Music to find out for sure. Anyway, they just happened to pop onto Spinner when I read your comment. Strange.
All the bases I made as a kid were made of legos. The ESA must like legos right?
-J