I consider.NET a framework/platform and not a language persay. Sort of like what J2EE is like for Java. However I'm not a.NET developer, so that notion could certainly be invalid.
Not to mention most any posting that has C# in it will also mention.NET... while there are plenty of Java jobs that don't involve J2EE at all (like say if you were working on some sort of Swing application).
I knew I should of worded that better once I posted it because of you silly "FreeBSD is dying" trolls.
Actually my little server that could is actually handling the load just fine now after some tuning. Go FreeBSD! I've disabled a lot of things like webstats, so I have no clue how many hits I'm getting right now though. I suppose it helps that it's a weekend...
I took port 80 down temporarily to install a caching plugin for WordPress as well as cleaning up some CGI cruft in httpd.conf that was leftover from a Movable Type install. Lets see if it fares any better now..
Well normally I don't get that much traffic.. about 20,000 unique visitors per month or so lately. I already have DSL, and I'm cheap (single geek with a mortgage + college), so I opt to host at home. Amoritizing the cost of a new ~$500 server every few years makes it cheap since I already expected to pay for bandwidth at home anyhow. That and it's nice to be able to fat finger an ipfw rule every now and then without having to pay someone to go fix it.;)
Surprsingly enough, my intarweb connection still seems okay.
So sad that so many people out there need to get a life.
The same could be said about a Linux zealot-- "It's just some software... 1's and 0's when it comes down to it. Who cares?"
Most everyone has at least one hobby which they are passionate about. Keep an open mind, and you'll find that you have a lot in common with people that you despise or look down on.
I think geeks are really bad in this respect-- we whine about being outcasts in society, yet we persecute others for not being like us.
This is a first time in awhile that a comments section in Slashdot has had enough spunk to cause me to spit a load of Mountain Dew all over my nice flatscreen monitor. You tools should be ashamed.
Well, now that my monitor is clean, it's time to go back to repling to the e-mail from the grammatically challenged lesbian teen to see how I can "make women gasp when pants go down".
Why mess with Bluedragon when its got known bugs such as not escaping quotes in queries (PDF File), etc.? As for me, I'd rather install CFMX J2EE on Tomcat. Actually, I do have CFMX running on FreeBSD now, and it works pretty well other than me still trying to get it to run as a non-root user.
- Brandon
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Like I said, I don't know how other companies get around all of the various laws. He also violated FCRA by getting information about you which was used in a decision to "allow or deny credit" without it being a place which is certified for that, which is a pretty nasty penalty as I understand it. I don't know the specifics, as IANAL.
I can see why the local police would probably not do much about it to be honest, but they are lazy for not pointing you in the right direction. If you want, I can ask around to see who the proper authorities would be to report this occurance to.
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And honestly, you'd be surprised how many privacy laws we have to follow (which is a good thing). For instance, we only sell accounts to people who have a legitimate purpose for searching information (such as insurance companies when you apply for insurance, law enforcement agencies to track down criminals, collection agencies who are trying to track down people who skip payments, etc.). If I were to search for information about someone besides myself or others in the development team whom have agreed to let me search their names, even when testing, I'd be fired within the hour. We have a compliance department who keeps track of all searches, has to report them to various authorities, etc. If someone searches for someone marked as a celerbrity, their account is shut down within minutes and one of our compliance people is on the phone getting documentation about why they searched for that name. In fact, the applications to get to the data we sell are quite nasty, and we only have a very narrow scope of people that we can sell data to.
I think in general, personal data is protected more than you would think (at least public records, credit agency data, etc)-- I really have no idea how these 'unscruplous' companies get by with public data without having anyone come down on them. I'm a privacy & security advocate, and I don't feel what I do crosses my moral boundries (at least at this point).
Most companies when publishing in PDF format do so, not for openness but to preotect against copying or modification.
Or it could simply be because its much easier to predict how the document will print / read on various platforms. At this point, PDF files are pretty much a web standard for white papers, reports, etc. I guess if it were me I would skip the paranoia factor and the black helicopter sightings and take the report at face value.:)
I've been into cars as long as I can remember, and have been getting more and more serious about the performance side of things. Genetically, I've been somewhat cursed as being both a geek and a jock, so naturally I've gravitated into cars and other things that go fast. (I just bought my first motorcycle, a Honda CBR600F4i)
I started off in a Camaro Z28, and quickly became dissapointed with their build quality and reliability. I then moved into imports, and have never looked back. I now drive an Eagle Talon, which falls into a group of cars known as DSM's. These cars are pretty amazing considering the oldest ones are 13 years old. They are highly detuned from the factory, and have essentially the same engine as the Lancer Evolution, a high performance 4-door car which has had a lot of success on the WRC circuit. There are lots and lots of fast ones, most of which are daily drivers. The big dogs in DSM drag racing are pushing close to 800 HP and 30+ PSI through a measly 2.0 litre 4 banger.
The industry support for these cars, though not up to the levels of the Honda Civic or any of the domestic sports cars, is amazing. For instance, I use my Palm Pilot with the DSM Pocketlogger to aid in tuning-- I can get everything from coolant temperature, to knock counts all from my Palm. I can also do things such as turn injectors on and off from the Palm to test them. As far as some more hacking goes, I have an HKS VPC which essentially lets me use a less restrictive way to monitor my airflow, as well as trick the ECU (the car's computer) into thinking that conditions are always optimal. Piggybacked on that, I have an Apex-I Super AFC which essentially lets me tell the ECU how much fuel I need, and at what RPM's. I also have an Greddy Profec B Electronic Boost Controller which lets me adjust the amount of boost my turbo runs.
My primary attraction to these cars initially were that they were AWD (I live in Colorado). Once I learned more about them and their potential, I was hooked. I think the thing I like about them the most is that they are the underdog, since they don't have anything near the displacement of Joe 6-pack's muscle car, and that they use brains instead of brawn to get their power. To me the most impressive car which was imported into the US was the Toyota Supra, but that's a whole other topic.
Anyhow, if you're interested in getting a car that you can 'hack', you could probably pick up one of these cars for around $3K. Warning-- it's a very expensive and addictive hobby. My motorcycle is just over a week old, and I've pretty much got all of the parts picked out I'll be buying once my refund check finally gets here... since its fuel injected (still somewhat rare in the 2 wheeled world), it will require some electronic hacking for a new exhaust and intake.
On a side note, in the local chapter of Club DSM, I'd say at least 75% of us are techies to some degree (EE's, SysAdmins (both NT and Unix guys), programmers, etc.). Collectively we can generate some very interesting conversations, though I've heard that the discussions of the Audi elite make us look pretty dumb.:) Even the dsm.org site is Linux powered.
You can check out my car here, and more about DSM's here.
Being a CF programmer for several years (and hopefully I'll be a Technical Editor for an upcoming ColdFusion book), Fusebox is certainly the way to go in combination with a Source Control product. Ironically a lot of the changes I made for myself when using Fuse2 are incorporated into Fusebox 3.0, so I think I'll probably use it exclusively on my next project rather than the hybrid version of Fuse2 I've been using.
I've only used MS SourceSafe with CF projects, but I'm currently getting curious about playing with CVS & CF Studio.
Fusebox.org is down right now, but you can learn more about it at Hal Helms website in the meantime.
I remember seeing Sharper Image selling something similar to these in the late 80's / early 90's.
I don't think its super scientifical if you understand how speakers work. Essentially the magnet on a speaker moves the cone to pressurize air to create soundwaves which are where sound comes from. (at least with subwoofers).
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Personally, I'm a fan of the guy with the propeller cap. Thanks for not perpetuating a stereotype buddy!
I forgot I even had that picture in my gallery. Thanks for reminding me. :)
I consider .NET a framework/platform and not a language persay. Sort of like what J2EE is like for Java. However I'm not a .NET developer, so that notion could certainly be invalid.
.NET... while there are plenty of Java jobs that don't involve J2EE at all (like say if you were working on some sort of Swing application).
Not to mention most any posting that has C# in it will also mention
I knew I should of worded that better once I posted it because of you silly "FreeBSD is dying" trolls.
Actually my little server that could is actually handling the load just fine now after some tuning. Go FreeBSD! I've disabled a lot of things like webstats, so I have no clue how many hits I'm getting right now though. I suppose it helps that it's a weekend...
I didn't even need to reboot or anything:
Not too bad for a box I built about 6 years ago with a relatively stock install of FreeBSD 5.2.1..
I took port 80 down temporarily to install a caching plugin for WordPress as well as cleaning up some CGI cruft in httpd.conf that was leftover from a Movable Type install. Lets see if it fares any better now..
Well normally I don't get that much traffic.. about 20,000 unique visitors per month or so lately. I already have DSL, and I'm cheap (single geek with a mortgage + college), so I opt to host at home. Amoritizing the cost of a new ~$500 server every few years makes it cheap since I already expected to pay for bandwidth at home anyhow. That and it's nice to be able to fat finger an ipfw rule every now and then without having to pay someone to go fix it. ;)
Surprsingly enough, my intarweb connection still seems okay.
And guess what, it's on a Celeron 466 with 192 MB of RAM running on FreeBSD. I bet it died after the first 10 people got there.
I have a new server coming in exactly tomorrow according to the last time I tracked it at UPS. Figures, eh?
This is going to make finishing my final assignment for my current class rather interesting since I host it at home...
The same could be said about a Linux zealot-- "It's just some software... 1's and 0's when it comes down to it. Who cares?"
Most everyone has at least one hobby which they are passionate about. Keep an open mind, and you'll find that you have a lot in common with people that you despise or look down on.
I think geeks are really bad in this respect-- we whine about being outcasts in society, yet we persecute others for not being like us.
This is a first time in awhile that a comments section in Slashdot has had enough spunk to cause me to spit a load of Mountain Dew all over my nice flatscreen monitor. You tools should be ashamed.
Well, now that my monitor is clean, it's time to go back to repling to the e-mail from the grammatically challenged lesbian teen to see how I can "make women gasp when pants go down".
Why mess with Bluedragon when its got known bugs such as not escaping quotes in queries (PDF File), etc.? As for me, I'd rather install CFMX J2EE on Tomcat. Actually, I do have CFMX running on FreeBSD now, and it works pretty well other than me still trying to get it to run as a non-root user.
- Brandon
Like I said, I don't know how other companies get around all of the various laws. He also violated FCRA by getting information about you which was used in a decision to "allow or deny credit" without it being a place which is certified for that, which is a pretty nasty penalty as I understand it. I don't know the specifics, as IANAL.
I can see why the local police would probably not do much about it to be honest, but they are lazy for not pointing you in the right direction. If you want, I can ask around to see who the proper authorities would be to report this occurance to.
And honestly, you'd be surprised how many privacy laws we have to follow (which is a good thing). For instance, we only sell accounts to people who have a legitimate purpose for searching information (such as insurance companies when you apply for insurance, law enforcement agencies to track down criminals, collection agencies who are trying to track down people who skip payments, etc.). If I were to search for information about someone besides myself or others in the development team whom have agreed to let me search their names, even when testing, I'd be fired within the hour. We have a compliance department who keeps track of all searches, has to report them to various authorities, etc. If someone searches for someone marked as a celerbrity, their account is shut down within minutes and one of our compliance people is on the phone getting documentation about why they searched for that name. In fact, the applications to get to the data we sell are quite nasty, and we only have a very narrow scope of people that we can sell data to.
I think in general, personal data is protected more than you would think (at least public records, credit agency data, etc)-- I really have no idea how these 'unscruplous' companies get by with public data without having anyone come down on them. I'm a privacy & security advocate, and I don't feel what I do crosses my moral boundries (at least at this point).
An 18.1 LCD monitor for a tad less than 400 including overnight shipping. Its all about the slick deals.
I also picked up the Logitech 5.1 THX certifed speaker system for $230 shipped overnight from the Dell store as well.
That's what they said about Yahoo and Altavista too during their respective peaks...
Do you know what else would be cool? A Beowulf cluster of these!!!!!!!!111 Just think of all the possibilities!!!!!!11111
:)
Sorry.. couldn't resist.
With this software:
Pocketlogger
However I'll be moving to a standalone engine management system soon, so its not really of any use to me anymore.
Hmm.. small world Stype.. you're the link above me on Jenny A's "Links" page. :)
So, are you a fellow DSM'er? :)
- Brandon ( http://www.spooled.net )
Most companies when publishing in PDF format do so, not for openness but to preotect against copying or modification.
:)
Or it could simply be because its much easier to predict how the document will print / read on various platforms. At this point, PDF files are pretty much a web standard for white papers, reports, etc. I guess if it were me I would skip the paranoia factor and the black helicopter sightings and take the report at face value.
- Brandon
A beowulf cluster of comments?
Apparently CmdrTaco didn't get the memo about April Fools being over, and decided to post a THIRD article about the Google API. You funny guy, you.
*waits for a Google pop-under to appear*
I love Google, but 3 articles about it in the last couple of weeks which are all about the same thing!?!?!
Then again, staring at Slash code everyday can't be good for you...
Goodbye, Sweet Karma.
I've been into cars as long as I can remember, and have been getting more and more serious about the performance side of things. Genetically, I've been somewhat cursed as being both a geek and a jock, so naturally I've gravitated into cars and other things that go fast. (I just bought my first motorcycle, a Honda CBR600F4i)
:) Even the dsm.org site is Linux powered.
I started off in a Camaro Z28, and quickly became dissapointed with their build quality and reliability. I then moved into imports, and have never looked back. I now drive an Eagle Talon, which falls into a group of cars known as DSM's. These cars are pretty amazing considering the oldest ones are 13 years old. They are highly detuned from the factory, and have essentially the same engine as the Lancer Evolution, a high performance 4-door car which has had a lot of success on the WRC circuit. There are lots and lots of fast ones, most of which are daily drivers. The big dogs in DSM drag racing are pushing close to 800 HP and 30+ PSI through a measly 2.0 litre 4 banger.
The industry support for these cars, though not up to the levels of the Honda Civic or any of the domestic sports cars, is amazing. For instance, I use my Palm Pilot with the DSM Pocketlogger to aid in tuning-- I can get everything from coolant temperature, to knock counts all from my Palm. I can also do things such as turn injectors on and off from the Palm to test them. As far as some more hacking goes, I have an HKS VPC which essentially lets me use a less restrictive way to monitor my airflow, as well as trick the ECU (the car's computer) into thinking that conditions are always optimal. Piggybacked on that, I have an Apex-I Super AFC which essentially lets me tell the ECU how much fuel I need, and at what RPM's. I also have an Greddy Profec B Electronic Boost Controller which lets me adjust the amount of boost my turbo runs.
My primary attraction to these cars initially were that they were AWD (I live in Colorado). Once I learned more about them and their potential, I was hooked. I think the thing I like about them the most is that they are the underdog, since they don't have anything near the displacement of Joe 6-pack's muscle car, and that they use brains instead of brawn to get their power. To me the most impressive car which was imported into the US was the Toyota Supra, but that's a whole other topic.
Anyhow, if you're interested in getting a car that you can 'hack', you could probably pick up one of these cars for around $3K. Warning-- it's a very expensive and addictive hobby. My motorcycle is just over a week old, and I've pretty much got all of the parts picked out I'll be buying once my refund check finally gets here... since its fuel injected (still somewhat rare in the 2 wheeled world), it will require some electronic hacking for a new exhaust and intake.
On a side note, in the local chapter of Club DSM, I'd say at least 75% of us are techies to some degree (EE's, SysAdmins (both NT and Unix guys), programmers, etc.). Collectively we can generate some very interesting conversations, though I've heard that the discussions of the Audi elite make us look pretty dumb.
You can check out my car here, and more about DSM's here.
I honestly haven't used it at all yet, which is why its something I'm thinking about looking into. :)
On a related note, the webhost I use supports MySQL & ColdFusion, and they host MySQL on NT/Win2K, and it seems fine thus far.
Being a CF programmer for several years (and hopefully I'll be a Technical Editor for an upcoming ColdFusion book), Fusebox is certainly the way to go in combination with a Source Control product. Ironically a lot of the changes I made for myself when using Fuse2 are incorporated into Fusebox 3.0, so I think I'll probably use it exclusively on my next project rather than the hybrid version of Fuse2 I've been using.
I've only used MS SourceSafe with CF projects, but I'm currently getting curious about playing with CVS & CF Studio.
Fusebox.org is down right now, but you can learn more about it at Hal Helms website in the meantime.
I remember seeing Sharper Image selling something similar to these in the late 80's / early 90's.
I don't think its super scientifical if you understand how speakers work. Essentially the magnet on a speaker moves the cone to pressurize air to create soundwaves which are where sound comes from. (at least with subwoofers).