I think that poster's comment is a little misleading. From the article and linked materials it would appear that only integrated SOAP web services are deprecated, and not native XML as the poster implies.
As far as I'm concerned corn/maize is a useless product anyways. Our bodies hardly get anything nutrition from it and it is a poor use of land. Even the ethanol argument falls flat because corn is very poor source of ethanol. Sugar cane is a much better source.
We'd all be much better off if corn just "went away" and we replaced it nutrionally and fuel-wise with other products.
All of PEI is very rural. Try visiting one of the major cities such as Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver sometime and you'll find they have densities very similar to that of the major cities in the USA.
My TV has 2 HDMI ports, one that includes audio signals and the other doesn't.
In regards to handling the proliferation of HDMI devices? Just get a HDCP-compliant HDMI-switch, similar to how you might today for component video, etc. In my case I have one built into my receiver that also handles converting signal from other sources so I just run a single HDMI from my receiver to my TV, but I run the best of whatever each device allows into the receiver, which ranges from S-Video to Component mostly.
I use Proclear lenses and work on the computer 10+ hrs a day. I wear my contacts around 18 hrs a day and only have occasional problems with dry eyes. Keep in mind that lots of people's natural eye dryness levels vary and some people would have problems with dry eyes even without contacts.
I've heard a lot of people mention lasik on here, and I enquired about it with my optometrist about it but he said that my eyes weren't "bad enough" to make it worth it. I have a -1.25 contact prescription, and apparently that level is "within the target range" of the laser eye surgery, so I might not even benefit from the surgery. That means that I still need either contacts or glasses to see clearly, but lasik isn't an option because I don't see poorly enough. I don't know what your prescription level is like, but this might apply.
Exactly, if I had mod points I'd mod you up. There have been tons of data mining projects killed by Privacy restrictions, especially where government databases are concerned.
For example there was a big outrage a few years back when the Canadian goverment tried to link together databases from several different departments.
Perhaps datamining (as it relates to personal information) is one of those things that companies don't want to admit they're doing for fear of persecution?
No you don't, but then again that's not the problem. It's the assignment that creates a new string object.
The problem stems from the fact that in C# strings are immutable, and therefore appending is not a quick operation as it creates a brand new string to store the result. That why StringBuilder solved the problem. StringBuilder does the rough equivalent of collecting each append in a linked list, then doing one string allocation at the end and copying the contents of the linked list to it. JavaScript has the same issue with it's strings as well if I remember correctly.
I believe what the poster was trying to get across was that regardless of what language you work in, it is important to have an understanding of how the language features are implemented. The best phrase I've heard to describe those who don't FULLY understand what is going on is "programming by coincidence".
I can only speak for my reasons for returning to PC games, but it largely has to do with consoles losing their unique advantages.
When I bought my PS1 it was WAY better than playing games on a PC, because: 1) It plugged into your TV, 2) It hardly took up any space, 3) It had no fans, ran cool, and hardly made any noise.
With the Xbox and PS2, they both have loud fans and are much bigger. I remember being very disappointed to hear that fan when I turned on my PS2 for the first time.
With the increasing popularity of Media PCs, more and more people have their PCs plugged into their TVs, or have LCD monitors that are the size of many TVs (21" for example). And since the consoles are all huge noisy machines (with the exception of Nintendo), they don't give you much over the PCs.
I know I'm probably not the average person, but my PC is connected via component and optical cables to my home theater (60" HDTV, etc.) and I have a secondary keyboard and mouse on the couch. Any game I play on the PC is automatically an HDTV game. I don't have to check the back of the box to see what resolution it is, etc. Basically it comes down to the fact that PC games actually take advantage of my system. I realize that an Xbox 360 would too, but why bother? For what it's worth, playing FEAR or Battlefield 2 on a 60" HDTV with 5.1 surround cranked sitting on the couch is an very nice experience indeed!:)
I think you missed a key point in his argument: The value of peer review is completely dependent on the experience and knowledge of the peers who perform the review.
With cryptography, the subject matter -- and therefore the skills/knowledge required to peer review it -- is highly complex and subtle. Simply having 1000 programmers examine the code won't prove that it's secure regardless of how thorough they are if they aren't experts in cryptography and the necessary techniques to implement it in a secure fashion.
TrueCrypt may use industry standard ALGORITHMS, however to my knowledge it uses its own IMPLEMENTATION of them. The majority of security weaknesses are found in the implementations of algorithms and protocols, not the algorithm or protocol itself.
That's a tough choice. Try looking at it this way: If you stay will you still be qualified for more interesting work in 5 years? Alternatively, what if you find you don't find the more challenging work any more fun and just make less money for more work?
It's important to look at the non-work elements too. For example, I would imagine that your current job is so easy you have lots of free time to spend that big salary. A start up will pay less and leave you with way less time free.
Also, don't under-estimate the importance of your work environment. If your co-workers are fun to work with and the job isn't very hard, you've got a pretty good thing going. My recommendation would be to keeping your self challenged with projects on the side.
Another thing to consider is to talk to your boss about it. Say that you'd like to take on some more challenging tasks. Even better, look for ways to improve the business processes through software develop, and then request permission to implement them (in addition to your normal work, of course). It's usually worth trying to fix your current situation before thinking about leaving.
I always thought one of the best uses of multi-monitor gaming was when you could assign the other monitor as a dedicated map instead of having to bring up the map on your main screen. I think the Falcon flight sim used to have this functionality where you could assign various flight instruments to the other screen (particularly the radar screen).
I can't believe the number of people still recommend VB for simple development. What's even more suprising is the number of people recommending VB.NET. There is just no reason to use those languages anymore. VB.NET exists solely to prevent the scores of VB programmers from feeling left out in the.NET world and shouldn't be considered unless the only language you are familiar with is VB.
With Visual Studio.NET, it is now as easy to make GUI apps in C# or C++ as it is in VB. They use the same Forms tools, and generate similar code (except in their native language of course). VB's greatest strength was it's drag n' drop forms tool for GUI development, and with the other tools now incorporating something equivalent, IMHO VB should no longer be considered.
If you don't want to use the.NET tools there are still a variety of frameworks out there: MFC, ATL, raw Win32 API, wxWindows, Qt, GTK, etc. I've listed mostly C/C++ ones, but I'm sure a quick good search would turn up others.
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Since when does having overweight male fans not make something a sport. Anyone heard of football?;)
Getting non-computer users to use linux isn't the problem. It's getting the Windows users to use linux. "Non-computer" users haven't already been hardwired to the "Microsoft Way" of doing things. Also, non-computer types "generally" aren't as concerned about being productive and efficient on a computer since the haven't been using the up to now anyways.
Of course all of the above are horribly gross over-generalizations, but you get the idea.
Windows Users and Non-Computer Users have different concerns.
Have you tried middle-clicking the tab to close it? I use that all the time, and therefore don't see any requirement for the extra close box that would just take up more space. That feature has been in there for a long time.
I'm in Vancouver, BC as well, and didn't experience any usual waits.
I went to my family doctor (made an appt for later in the week) about a suspicious mole. Once she saw it she referred me to a specialist the next week. He agreed it should be removed, I had surgery 2 weeks later. The biopsy came back 2 weeks later with results that it was Malignant Melanoma and need a wider excision. Had my second surgery 1 week later. Biopsy for that came back clean 2 weeks later. The whole process was very quick.
All in all, no excessive waiting at all. I've had the same experience with all my medical procedures, even the non life threatening ones. Best of all, all those procedures cost me nothing.
I have a theory that the long waits are mostly for non-life threatening procedures. Whenever I hear a news story about wait lists it usually seems to be things like back injuries, or joint injuries that aren't life-threatening but do cause a lot of pain.
One of the best things about a "free" health care system is that you don't wait to see a doctor until it's too late. It encourages early detection. I went even before my mole showed all the tell tale signs of cancer and because of that I caught it early. It that doctor's trip was going to cost me $200 I probably wouldn't have gone. Scary thought.
In my opinion, digital media like CDs should last AT LEAST a lifetime if not more. So, my feeling is that 100-150 yrs is a reasonable expectation. I mean I've got old reel-to-reel tape recordings (eg. Queen Elizabeth's coronation that was taped off the radio) from around 50 years ago.
The ironic thing is that I was going to "update" it by copying them to CD, but the would actually have a better chance of lasting in there current form than as a CD with it's average 10yr lifespan.
Does the state of one's telomeres at the time they conceive a child have any effect on the state of a child's telomeres at birth? Or do children start with a clean slate in that regard?
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I think that poster's comment is a little misleading. From the article and linked materials it would appear that only integrated SOAP web services are deprecated, and not native XML as the poster implies.
Details of deprecated features here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143729.aspx
Not to mention the article is hosted at canada.com
As far as I'm concerned corn/maize is a useless product anyways. Our bodies hardly get anything nutrition from it and it is a poor use of land. Even the ethanol argument falls flat because corn is very poor source of ethanol. Sugar cane is a much better source.
We'd all be much better off if corn just "went away" and we replaced it nutrionally and fuel-wise with other products.
All of PEI is very rural. Try visiting one of the major cities such as Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver sometime and you'll find they have densities very similar to that of the major cities in the USA.
My TV has 2 HDMI ports, one that includes audio signals and the other doesn't.
In regards to handling the proliferation of HDMI devices? Just get a HDCP-compliant HDMI-switch, similar to how you might today for component video, etc. In my case I have one built into my receiver that also handles converting signal from other sources so I just run a single HDMI from my receiver to my TV, but I run the best of whatever each device allows into the receiver, which ranges from S-Video to Component mostly.
I wish it was that cheap. Typical meter charges in Vancouver are usually something like $1 = 15 minutes.
I use Proclear lenses and work on the computer 10+ hrs a day. I wear my contacts around 18 hrs a day and only have occasional problems with dry eyes. Keep in mind that lots of people's natural eye dryness levels vary and some people would have problems with dry eyes even without contacts.
I've heard a lot of people mention lasik on here, and I enquired about it with my optometrist about it but he said that my eyes weren't "bad enough" to make it worth it. I have a -1.25 contact prescription, and apparently that level is "within the target range" of the laser eye surgery, so I might not even benefit from the surgery. That means that I still need either contacts or glasses to see clearly, but lasik isn't an option because I don't see poorly enough. I don't know what your prescription level is like, but this might apply.
Exactly, if I had mod points I'd mod you up. There have been tons of data mining projects killed by Privacy restrictions, especially where government databases are concerned.
For example there was a big outrage a few years back when the Canadian goverment tried to link together databases from several different departments.
Perhaps datamining (as it relates to personal information) is one of those things that companies don't want to admit they're doing for fear of persecution?
I can honestly say I've never heard of that happening before. I regularly carry a cellphone near numerous speakers and never had a problem.
Ha ha... Am I the only one who read "POS software" as "Point-Of-Sale software"?
Damn duplicate acronyms.
Not to get in the middle of war, but I'd have to agree that:
if (x==42) {
// do something
}
is less verbose than:
If x = 43 Then
' do something
End If
But this shows my preference for punctuation over then "Then-End" style
No you don't, but then again that's not the problem. It's the assignment that creates a new string object.
The problem stems from the fact that in C# strings are immutable, and therefore appending is not a quick operation as it creates a brand new string to store the result. That why StringBuilder solved the problem. StringBuilder does the rough equivalent of collecting each append in a linked list, then doing one string allocation at the end and copying the contents of the linked list to it. JavaScript has the same issue with it's strings as well if I remember correctly.
I believe what the poster was trying to get across was that regardless of what language you work in, it is important to have an understanding of how the language features are implemented. The best phrase I've heard to describe those who don't FULLY understand what is going on is "programming by coincidence".
I can only speak for my reasons for returning to PC games, but it largely has to do with consoles losing their unique advantages.
:)
When I bought my PS1 it was WAY better than playing games on a PC, because:
1) It plugged into your TV,
2) It hardly took up any space,
3) It had no fans, ran cool, and hardly made any noise.
With the Xbox and PS2, they both have loud fans and are much bigger. I remember being very disappointed to hear that fan when I turned on my PS2 for the first time.
With the increasing popularity of Media PCs, more and more people have their PCs plugged into their TVs, or have LCD monitors that are the size of many TVs (21" for example). And since the consoles are all huge noisy machines (with the exception of Nintendo), they don't give you much over the PCs.
I know I'm probably not the average person, but my PC is connected via component and optical cables to my home theater (60" HDTV, etc.) and I have a secondary keyboard and mouse on the couch. Any game I play on the PC is automatically an HDTV game. I don't have to check the back of the box to see what resolution it is, etc. Basically it comes down to the fact that PC games actually take advantage of my system. I realize that an Xbox 360 would too, but why bother? For what it's worth, playing FEAR or Battlefield 2 on a 60" HDTV with 5.1 surround cranked sitting on the couch is an very nice experience indeed!
I think you missed a key point in his argument: The value of peer review is completely dependent on the experience and knowledge of the peers who perform the review.
With cryptography, the subject matter -- and therefore the skills/knowledge required to peer review it -- is highly complex and subtle. Simply having 1000 programmers examine the code won't prove that it's secure regardless of how thorough they are if they aren't experts in cryptography and the necessary techniques to implement it in a secure fashion.
TrueCrypt may use industry standard ALGORITHMS, however to my knowledge it uses its own IMPLEMENTATION of them. The majority of security weaknesses are found in the implementations of algorithms and protocols, not the algorithm or protocol itself.
That's a tough choice. Try looking at it this way: If you stay will you still be qualified for more interesting work in 5 years? Alternatively, what if you find you don't find the more challenging work any more fun and just make less money for more work?
It's important to look at the non-work elements too. For example, I would imagine that your current job is so easy you have lots of free time to spend that big salary. A start up will pay less and leave you with way less time free.
Also, don't under-estimate the importance of your work environment. If your co-workers are fun to work with and the job isn't very hard, you've got a pretty good thing going. My recommendation would be to keeping your self challenged with projects on the side.
Another thing to consider is to talk to your boss about it. Say that you'd like to take on some more challenging tasks. Even better, look for ways to improve the business processes through software develop, and then request permission to implement them (in addition to your normal work, of course). It's usually worth trying to fix your current situation before thinking about leaving.
I always thought one of the best uses of multi-monitor gaming was when you could assign the other monitor as a dedicated map instead of having to bring up the map on your main screen. I think the Falcon flight sim used to have this functionality where you could assign various flight instruments to the other screen (particularly the radar screen).
I can't believe the number of people still recommend VB for simple development. What's even more suprising is the number of people recommending VB.NET. There is just no reason to use those languages anymore. VB.NET exists solely to prevent the scores of VB programmers from feeling left out in the .NET world and shouldn't be considered unless the only language you are familiar with is VB.
.NET, it is now as easy to make GUI apps in C# or C++ as it is in VB. They use the same Forms tools, and generate similar code (except in their native language of course). VB's greatest strength was it's drag n' drop forms tool for GUI development, and with the other tools now incorporating something equivalent, IMHO VB should no longer be considered.
.NET tools there are still a variety of frameworks out there: MFC, ATL, raw Win32 API, wxWindows, Qt, GTK, etc. I've listed mostly C/C++ ones, but I'm sure a quick good search would turn up others.
With Visual Studio
If you don't want to use the
Since when does having overweight male fans not make something a sport. Anyone heard of football? ;)
Getting non-computer users to use linux isn't the problem. It's getting the Windows users to use linux. "Non-computer" users haven't already been hardwired to the "Microsoft Way" of doing things. Also, non-computer types "generally" aren't as concerned about being productive and efficient on a computer since the haven't been using the up to now anyways.
Of course all of the above are horribly gross over-generalizations, but you get the idea.
Windows Users and Non-Computer Users have different concerns.
Have you tried middle-clicking the tab to close it? I use that all the time, and therefore don't see any requirement for the extra close box that would just take up more space. That feature has been in there for a long time.
I'm in Vancouver, BC as well, and didn't experience any usual waits.
I went to my family doctor (made an appt for later in the week) about a suspicious mole. Once she saw it she referred me to a specialist the next week. He agreed it should be removed, I had surgery 2 weeks later. The biopsy came back 2 weeks later with results that it was Malignant Melanoma and need a wider excision. Had my second surgery 1 week later. Biopsy for that came back clean 2 weeks later. The whole process was very quick.
All in all, no excessive waiting at all. I've had the same experience with all my medical procedures, even the non life threatening ones. Best of all, all those procedures cost me nothing.
I have a theory that the long waits are mostly for non-life threatening procedures. Whenever I hear a news story about wait lists it usually seems to be things like back injuries, or joint injuries that aren't life-threatening but do cause a lot of pain.
One of the best things about a "free" health care system is that you don't wait to see a doctor until it's too late. It encourages early detection. I went even before my mole showed all the tell tale signs of cancer and because of that I caught it early. It that doctor's trip was going to cost me $200 I probably wouldn't have gone. Scary thought.
In my opinion, digital media like CDs should last AT LEAST a lifetime if not more. So, my feeling is that 100-150 yrs is a reasonable expectation. I mean I've got old reel-to-reel tape recordings (eg. Queen Elizabeth's coronation that was taped off the radio) from around 50 years ago.
The ironic thing is that I was going to "update" it by copying them to CD, but the would actually have a better chance of lasting in there current form than as a CD with it's average 10yr lifespan.
Never mind... RTFA... RTFA... yes yes...
Forgive me, but my biology is failing me...
Does the state of one's telomeres at the time they conceive a child have any effect on the state of a child's telomeres at birth? Or do children start with a clean slate in that regard?
Yes, but...
Canada is larger than the US AND has a smaller population, but still has a better adoption rate. And access is relatively affordable.
eg. Shaw Cable Extreme
CDN$55/mo = 5Mbps/1Mbps