You're probably someone who cries when your job gets shipped overseas to India. The Kyoto agreement would make American companies even less competitive against their counterparts in countries like China and India which would lead to more jobs moving overseas. The next time an article comes up about jobs moving overseas, don't come here bitching that GWB sucks and should do something about it.
The US sucks. Well not really, but maybe that'll get me modded up!
Excellent point that I was going to make if someone hadn't already. The Kyoto agreement is an underhanded way to give countries like China and India a leg up on the US economically. Now, if the treaty required the same restrictions from all signers the US might have entertained the idea.
And besides, if you're a "customer" who only uses software he can pirate, I'm sure MS will really miss having you as a customer.
Actually they will. By forcing people to either purchase the software or use something different MS is betting they will purchase Windows. The bet may play out to the MSs favor initially, but when the piracy measures start bothering real customers (which they already do somewhat) people will start looking and moving to other OSs.
From a business standpoint, MSs locking things down is a huge red flag. It means that they are trying to squeeze their existing user base for more money at the expense of real customer convience. They are admitting that new market growth is slow for whatever reason (most likely pricing and competition) so they are trying to hit revenue targets by going after current users. An OS is defined by its user base. Going after your users to raise the top line a bit is a risky strategy.
The problem is at this point there is very little difference between a democrat or republican politician. They all want to take your money and give it someone else, and curtail your rights in various ways. The differences are really just who they want to give your money to and what rights they want to take away.
I've been voting libertarian quite a bit lately. I don't agree with everything they want to do, but they are different enough that if by some chance a couple can get into decent positions some things may change. Worst case is that some new ideas can be talked about.
That's what I used and it worked fine with OSX and Firefox. I don't own a business or anything so it may not work for more complicated tax setups, but for your standard income + some interest + some stock proceeds/loses it's always worked great for me.
Because he used the best tool for the job at the time? VB 6 was very good at making data entry screens that backed up to mssql. It's quick and easy to use at that doing that job. You wouldn't use it to write real time performance software the same way you wouldn't use something like C to parse files.
You are showing your lack of formal education by implying that the language you use has any bearing on if the application is 'well designed'. Well designed apps have been written in assembly on up.
Creating an xml file from a sql query? That's it? MSSQL (and I'm sure Oracle does too) has tools built in to convert query results right to xml.
VB6 was great for data entry apps that backed up to mssql or access. It was easy to write, debug, and get working in general. The whole pick the tool to solve the problem type of thing...
Exactly, which is why I wonder why go to VB.Net at all. If you're making the switch to.net you might as well go to c#. All the things that made the VB 6 quick and easy are gone or have been migrated to c# in addtion to VB.
I agree, but then you're hitting on a larger societal issue of the complete lack of self-discipline. As Americans we don't save money, are overweight, and can't resist the latest American Idol alblum. Have we as a society ever had so little self-discipline?
You're also probably close in the 90% number and the huge amounts of disposable income, which is why they can keep prices so high and still rake in the money. What will be interesting is when things down turn (economy goes in cycles) will all these teeny boppers continue to pay these prices for CDs when presumably their disposable income will go down.
That's why I think that just not buying CDs isn't enough. In order to make changes you have to boycott the music in general. No more file sharing, or anything else like that. Let the RIAA start their crusade by saying everyone is stealing stuff and eventually they start stepping on the toes of the average person who just buys CDs and suddenly can't play them. This is when things will get changed.
Regardless of what the RIAA tells us sales are they are going to set prices to maximize profit. If lowering prices will maximize profit then they'll do it. In reality I bet demand hasn't fallen that much. And even if it has they are okay with that b/c the demand that remains will pay the price they have on the CDs currently.
It is not the RIAAs job to lower prices to a point where you or I will buy a CD.
Then don't BUY as CD! How hard is that? CDs aren't something like water that you have to have to in order to survive. If there is a cartel keeping prices up be eliminating competition that's easy enough to break by not buying CDs.
Consumers vote everyday what they will stand for with their wallets...
Admittedly I don't have a lot of experience with MSSQL2005 yet, but other versions had server switches you could cut on for compatibility with the previous server versions. Is this feature not available in 2005 or does it not work as advertised?
As far as upgrading apps, we haven't had any problems with stuff that was written in mssql7/2000 moving to 2005. As we do more extensive testing I'm sure we'll find some stuff.
The price of a CD retail these days is $17-$25. Ten years ago it was $13-$16, at the same time that cassettes (which cost more to produce) cost $7-$12.
Then don't buy a CD. The price will only be as high as the market will bear. If you think the price is too high then quit buying them. Hopefully others will think the same way and also quit buying CDs. Eventually the price comes down to where people will buy them again.
Everyone complains about prices w/o realizing that the consumer really has the last say in how much something cost.
I'm going to assume you posted your comment from a computer with a P100 with 16mb of ram from the command line. Because really, anything else is just splurging...
Actually typical is correct. I'm don't drink a lot of beer so I'm not a typical beer drinker. Because of that I have a hard time tasting the difference between whatever beer I'm drinking and any other beer. Take someone who drinks more beer than the typical person and they will be able to tell you what beer they like and why.
Not sure why all the hate. Doing unique things is what life is all about. Sharing that time with friends just makes the experience that much better. I'm sure you have things that you splurge on that I could make fun of you just as easily. You spent how much on a video card? How much on your surround sound stereo? How much on your pr0n collection?
As with anything else in life expensive doesn't automatically equal best. My goal as a person who enjoys wine is to find wine that I like and is inexpensive. Generally I drink wine costing maybe $10/bottle. There are plenty of good wines to be had for that price.
I've also had wine costing anywhere from $500-$1000/bottle. Did it taste better than the cheaper ones? The avg drinker would probably say no. Usually what an expensive bottle adds is a range of flavors that change over time as the wine is drank (among other things). It's more of an experience you share with friends than just getting a beer and getting drunk.
One more thing. Going from a $5/bottle to a $40/bottle is a huge difference in quality and taste that most people will notice. Going from the $40/bottle to the real expensive stuff adds qualities and nuances that the typical person wouldn't even notice or appreciate.
Like any big company some parts are good and some are bad. The dell corp stuff is usually pretty decent. That goes for the hardware and support if you need it. The home stuff is where I think most of the complaints come from. When you're selling a new computer with a flat panel for ~$400(?) costs have to be cut somewhere.
It's bound to happen. The day google went public their main priority became making money and maintaining/increasing growth rates. A look at their stock price suggests the market is giving them a huge potential growth rate and now google has to figure out ways to hit that rate. Allowing picture ads (and charging more for them) is probably only the first step. If they think they can make more money from flash ads those are not far behind.
From what I've seen about google suggests to me that they are so arrogant as a company that they think they can do no wrong. They're probably thinking they can do anything and people will continue to use them. I hate to break it to google, but there are plenty of smart people who don't work for them and all it takes is one idea to start their demise from poster child status.
We write very portable C++ at work, but most of us use some version of Visual Studio as the IDE, because it's simply better than anything else available (even if it has been going backwards in several areas since they started going all.Netty, with the result that several of my colleagues have deliberately reverted to VC++ 6 from newer versions).
I guess you guys don't use much STL, since VC6 support for it is terrible. I have to ask though what exactly is wrong with the newer/est versions of VS? I've had no problems writing standard c/c++ programs using the free express version.
Before you can use the plugin you have to buy MS Visual Studio, which costs $arm+leg.
Not sure if you can use plugins with the express version of VS2k5, but they are giving them away for free. No strings attached. Can build commercial programs, whatever you want to do.
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The google version of my yahoo works nicely too. Not sure what integrating some feeds into gmail really does. Since gmail is a feed itself I never sign into gmail except to actually read an email.
A lot of people aren't strong enough to kick it out themselves though. I do agree that for the most part it is a devil inside yourself. Many people are addicted to things like games because they make them feel more alive (if that's the right word) than anything else in their life. Drugs, alcohol, games are all just escapes. While there is a chemical component to the addiction there is also a big psychological component that must be addressed.
I'm happy that you were able to address your own internal demons. I've come a long way with mine, but wonder daily if I'll ever get there. Luckily for me, my addictiveness is balanced by my ADD:)
It's not really the same at all. Television "addicts" usually have no problem balancing their time - few TV watchers would skip work, stay up until 4am, or watch for 12 hours straight.
You have a point. Very few TV addicts watch for 12 hours straight. I wonder if that is a function of what time shows come on though? I have friends who have to be home by certain times nearly every night of the week to watch certain shows. If the networks suddenly shifted these shows to later points in the night they would simply stay up. Looking at that TV ratings shows 20M people in some cases watching the same show every week. It would appear that they have adjusted their life around watching a show.
Would seem to me that both (game playing/TV) are some form of addiction.
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You're probably someone who cries when your job gets shipped overseas to India. The Kyoto agreement would make American companies even less competitive against their counterparts in countries like China and India which would lead to more jobs moving overseas. The next time an article comes up about jobs moving overseas, don't come here bitching that GWB sucks and should do something about it.
The US sucks. Well not really, but maybe that'll get me modded up!
Excellent point that I was going to make if someone hadn't already. The Kyoto agreement is an underhanded way to give countries like China and India a leg up on the US economically. Now, if the treaty required the same restrictions from all signers the US might have entertained the idea.
And besides, if you're a "customer" who only uses software he can pirate, I'm sure MS will really miss having you as a customer.
Actually they will. By forcing people to either purchase the software or use something different MS is betting they will purchase Windows. The bet may play out to the MSs favor initially, but when the piracy measures start bothering real customers (which they already do somewhat) people will start looking and moving to other OSs.
From a business standpoint, MSs locking things down is a huge red flag. It means that they are trying to squeeze their existing user base for more money at the expense of real customer convience. They are admitting that new market growth is slow for whatever reason (most likely pricing and competition) so they are trying to hit revenue targets by going after current users. An OS is defined by its user base. Going after your users to raise the top line a bit is a risky strategy.
The problem is at this point there is very little difference between a democrat or republican politician. They all want to take your money and give it someone else, and curtail your rights in various ways. The differences are really just who they want to give your money to and what rights they want to take away.
I've been voting libertarian quite a bit lately. I don't agree with everything they want to do, but they are different enough that if by some chance a couple can get into decent positions some things may change. Worst case is that some new ideas can be talked about.
That's what I used and it worked fine with OSX and Firefox. I don't own a business or anything so it may not work for more complicated tax setups, but for your standard income + some interest + some stock proceeds/loses it's always worked great for me.
Because he used the best tool for the job at the time? VB 6 was very good at making data entry screens that backed up to mssql. It's quick and easy to use at that doing that job. You wouldn't use it to write real time performance software the same way you wouldn't use something like C to parse files.
You are showing your lack of formal education by implying that the language you use has any bearing on if the application is 'well designed'. Well designed apps have been written in assembly on up.
Creating an xml file from a sql query? That's it? MSSQL (and I'm sure Oracle does too) has tools built in to convert query results right to xml.
VB6 was great for data entry apps that backed up to mssql or access. It was easy to write, debug, and get working in general. The whole pick the tool to solve the problem type of thing...
Exactly, which is why I wonder why go to VB.Net at all. If you're making the switch to .net you might as well go to c#. All the things that made the VB 6 quick and easy are gone or have been migrated to c# in addtion to VB.
Unless you're Oprah...
I agree, but then you're hitting on a larger societal issue of the complete lack of self-discipline. As Americans we don't save money, are overweight, and can't resist the latest American Idol alblum. Have we as a society ever had so little self-discipline?
You're also probably close in the 90% number and the huge amounts of disposable income, which is why they can keep prices so high and still rake in the money. What will be interesting is when things down turn (economy goes in cycles) will all these teeny boppers continue to pay these prices for CDs when presumably their disposable income will go down.
That's why I think that just not buying CDs isn't enough. In order to make changes you have to boycott the music in general. No more file sharing, or anything else like that. Let the RIAA start their crusade by saying everyone is stealing stuff and eventually they start stepping on the toes of the average person who just buys CDs and suddenly can't play them. This is when things will get changed.
Regardless of what the RIAA tells us sales are they are going to set prices to maximize profit. If lowering prices will maximize profit then they'll do it. In reality I bet demand hasn't fallen that much. And even if it has they are okay with that b/c the demand that remains will pay the price they have on the CDs currently.
It is not the RIAAs job to lower prices to a point where you or I will buy a CD.
Then don't BUY as CD! How hard is that? CDs aren't something like water that you have to have to in order to survive. If there is a cartel keeping prices up be eliminating competition that's easy enough to break by not buying CDs.
Consumers vote everyday what they will stand for with their wallets...
Admittedly I don't have a lot of experience with MSSQL2005 yet, but other versions had server switches you could cut on for compatibility with the previous server versions. Is this feature not available in 2005 or does it not work as advertised?
As far as upgrading apps, we haven't had any problems with stuff that was written in mssql7/2000 moving to 2005. As we do more extensive testing I'm sure we'll find some stuff.
The price of a CD retail these days is $17-$25. Ten years ago it was $13-$16, at the same time that cassettes (which cost more to produce) cost $7-$12.
Then don't buy a CD. The price will only be as high as the market will bear. If you think the price is too high then quit buying them. Hopefully others will think the same way and also quit buying CDs. Eventually the price comes down to where people will buy them again.
Everyone complains about prices w/o realizing that the consumer really has the last say in how much something cost.
I'm going to assume you posted your comment from a computer with a P100 with 16mb of ram from the command line. Because really, anything else is just splurging...
Actually typical is correct. I'm don't drink a lot of beer so I'm not a typical beer drinker. Because of that I have a hard time tasting the difference between whatever beer I'm drinking and any other beer. Take someone who drinks more beer than the typical person and they will be able to tell you what beer they like and why.
Not sure why all the hate. Doing unique things is what life is all about. Sharing that time with friends just makes the experience that much better. I'm sure you have things that you splurge on that I could make fun of you just as easily. You spent how much on a video card? How much on your surround sound stereo? How much on your pr0n collection?
As with anything else in life expensive doesn't automatically equal best. My goal as a person who enjoys wine is to find wine that I like and is inexpensive. Generally I drink wine costing maybe $10/bottle. There are plenty of good wines to be had for that price.
I've also had wine costing anywhere from $500-$1000/bottle. Did it taste better than the cheaper ones? The avg drinker would probably say no. Usually what an expensive bottle adds is a range of flavors that change over time as the wine is drank (among other things). It's more of an experience you share with friends than just getting a beer and getting drunk.
One more thing. Going from a $5/bottle to a $40/bottle is a huge difference in quality and taste that most people will notice. Going from the $40/bottle to the real expensive stuff adds qualities and nuances that the typical person wouldn't even notice or appreciate.
Like any big company some parts are good and some are bad. The dell corp stuff is usually pretty decent. That goes for the hardware and support if you need it. The home stuff is where I think most of the complaints come from. When you're selling a new computer with a flat panel for ~$400(?) costs have to be cut somewhere.
It's bound to happen. The day google went public their main priority became making money and maintaining/increasing growth rates. A look at their stock price suggests the market is giving them a huge potential growth rate and now google has to figure out ways to hit that rate. Allowing picture ads (and charging more for them) is probably only the first step. If they think they can make more money from flash ads those are not far behind.
From what I've seen about google suggests to me that they are so arrogant as a company that they think they can do no wrong. They're probably thinking they can do anything and people will continue to use them. I hate to break it to google, but there are plenty of smart people who don't work for them and all it takes is one idea to start their demise from poster child status.
We write very portable C++ at work, but most of us use some version of Visual Studio as the IDE, because it's simply better than anything else available (even if it has been going backwards in several areas since they started going all .Netty, with the result that several of my colleagues have deliberately reverted to VC++ 6 from newer versions).
I guess you guys don't use much STL, since VC6 support for it is terrible. I have to ask though what exactly is wrong with the newer/est versions of VS? I've had no problems writing standard c/c++ programs using the free express version.
Before you can use the plugin you have to buy MS Visual Studio, which costs $arm+leg.
Not sure if you can use plugins with the express version of VS2k5, but they are giving them away for free. No strings attached. Can build commercial programs, whatever you want to do.
The google version of my yahoo works nicely too. Not sure what integrating some feeds into gmail really does. Since gmail is a feed itself I never sign into gmail except to actually read an email.
A lot of people aren't strong enough to kick it out themselves though. I do agree that for the most part it is a devil inside yourself. Many people are addicted to things like games because they make them feel more alive (if that's the right word) than anything else in their life. Drugs, alcohol, games are all just escapes. While there is a chemical component to the addiction there is also a big psychological component that must be addressed.
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I'm happy that you were able to address your own internal demons. I've come a long way with mine, but wonder daily if I'll ever get there. Luckily for me, my addictiveness is balanced by my ADD
It's not really the same at all. Television "addicts" usually have no problem balancing their time - few TV watchers would skip work, stay up until 4am, or watch for 12 hours straight.
You have a point. Very few TV addicts watch for 12 hours straight. I wonder if that is a function of what time shows come on though? I have friends who have to be home by certain times nearly every night of the week to watch certain shows. If the networks suddenly shifted these shows to later points in the night they would simply stay up. Looking at that TV ratings shows 20M people in some cases watching the same show every week. It would appear that they have adjusted their life around watching a show.
Would seem to me that both (game playing/TV) are some form of addiction.