Sql Express is nice for my consulting business, since we can develop our apps and deliver a backup file for sql 2005 that our clients' IT departments immediately understand how to use an deploy. And each of our developers doesn't need a license for sql server to make it happen.
That said, we also didn't notice a connection closing problem on one project until after delivery, since sql express limits us to 3 connections at a time, but that was a 2 minute fix.
You're right, all of the asp.net examples do just have in-line sql queries.
Dunno why anyone would not use ObjectDataSources for their data in.Net, with parameterized calls to stored procedures behind though.... not only is this more secure than uglying up your UI level code, it's more efficient, and lets you bind to generic List objects instantiated to your own classes rather than using DataTables.
My only complaint to this situation is the "well-kept". I know I'm just demanding since I'm a programmer, but it pisses me off to know end that I can't beat the hell out of XP and have it automagically work as well as the day I installed it, and without ANY intervention on my part.
Getting rid of the registry as we know it would go a long way toward this goal.
Note here that I am not clumping you with anyone else, but am specifically mentioning problems with you.
Love is a weapon used by some Christians, and it is the tactic you are deploying here. You are trying to make it appear that the scientific agenda is the man keeping you down, but you just clumped them all together.
And then you start using an entirely academic argument, not from the book of Genesis, but your tangent of thought from combining Genesis with evolution. Take a look at DNA corruption between canine species and every other species on Earth, and you'll see this argument doesn't make sense even if you believe Noah built an arc.
Why can't you accept the fact that we cannot possibly know what happens when you die, and that others are using the idea of God for political gain. And I don't care what you believe about the afterlife, but start looking at facts if you're interested in science, rather than asking God. I don't open a Math book to learn about Shakesphere.
I personally think that Canada has it right... 19 for drinking, and I think that should apply to all drugs, including prescription drugs, unless with a parent's consent. The reason this is better than 18 is that it separates out the high school kids from the college kids. The 18 year old college kids will have friends that hook them up anyway, but the 18 year old seniors won't be able to distribute to their friends as easily (the kids that were held back and were seniors at 19 or 20 tend to be shunned anyway)
With the zero-tolerance laws where I grew up on alcohol, it was easier to find drugs if you're under age. Talk about the law of unintended consequences there.... it's easier for a 15 year old to get meth than a beer. And then at 15, you've just popped your breaking the law cherry. Congratulations.
On the prescription drugs, the FDA's responsibility is to protect citizens from danger. So then, why not just give out information, and let people make their own choices. If I want a buy Seldane, even though I used it every day in the 80's, I cannot. It works better than Allegra or Claratin, but if you take 8 of those a day (1 is the correct dose) for many months you can die. So I don't get to use them (funny this drug got banned exactly when their patent ran out, and we all switched to magical Allegra). If I have a cold, ephedrine will fix your runny nose in 30 minutes and stay gone for 6 hours, but its easy to turn that into meth, so no dice.
We Americans are too stupid to make our own choices, according to our politicians voting records, and we continue to prove it by not voting out politicians who believe we are stupid. (Actually, I think it's more along the lines that everybody thinks everyone else is stupid, and everyone else's congressmen is corrupt, kinda like everyone thinks they're a good driver unlike everybody else).
The system is broken. Spread real, reliable information, and let people make their own choices. That is how our government can truly help us. Think nutrition labels. We now know that a whopper has 1000 calories, so I eat them once a month instead of once a week. Information is progress.
Does anyone have a link to the civil rights that you have when dealing with police in the UK? I have no idea. I have heard people kidding saying that in Britain everything is illegal and they just lock up the assholes, but I have nothing to go off of to know how exaggerated that statement is.
Only judging from Microsoft's angle, it seems like it would have made sense for them to have built XP on top of Linux with a proprietary set of libraries similar to Wine for running Windows apps. If it was done right more-or-less, they would have everyone running it, since every Linux hacker would love to run games without a reboot. And I probably wouldn't be running OS X right now if they had done that.
I'm not 100% anti-DRM... but I did have to think long-and-hard before becoming the head of software development for a DRM license clearing house. Main reason I was okay with it was because it was bringing content to the Internet that would have not otherwise been put out because the owners are paranoid.
After working there, I think DRM is a great solution for rentals. I think its a load of garbage if they are selling permanent access to content at the same price as physical merchandise. It's not reliable enough for that.
Now don't get me started on Media Center Edition's DRM for the broadcast flag. I just turned my MCE boxes and cancelled my cable TV because I got sick of losing content I legitimately paid for. At least when I lose my licenses for iTunes content, it lets me download it again. If HBO fails on MCE, I lose my episode of Sopranos permanently.
IANAL, but I know gambling is legal in the United States, it's the states that have laws against it. I thought it was legal to gamble online if you are in a locality that has legalized gambling, or is there already a law that outlaws online gambling?
Unless you're wanting a zero-second-buffering video stream, I'm not sure why you would want the Enterprise version of Windows 2003. Web edition works just fine for $399.
I have lost many contract opportunities because of honest estimates, but I have received so much other business because of that honesty that you wouldn't believe it. And now because I confronted this issue upfront, rather than giving a low-ball estimate, I don't have to have a confrontation at delivery time, because all the cards were on the table for the start. And now these clients trust my opinion, because I was willing to give them the honest and difficult truth that I cannot make them happy for the price they wanted to pay.
Honesty. These clients need someone they can trust to build their software, because they have absolutely no idea. Just because the business world forces you to swim with the sharks, doesn't mean you have to become one. Just try not to be a tuna, so you don't get eaten. So make that honesty and gonads.
Exactly. I do not frown upon the option of having the contents of my windows stored in video ram rather than system ram, if I have the video card to support it, which being I just bought Civ4 a few months back, I definitely have the card to support it.
The results of offing this work to the video card have been very nice on OS X.
Man, I need to move to whatever country you're from. In my little corner of the US, you get mandatory 10 years for each picture if you have child porn, but the average time spent in jail for rape is 3 years.
Even murder, you're looking at getting out in 15 years. What's message from our leaders? Better to rape and kill than see pornography.
It's not about protecting the children. I've watched CPS work. They try to keep the family together and put a bandaid on things so no one hears a complaint about the abuse anymore. yay.
Recent studies show that some people like children better than adults, and they can't be fixed. So I have a feeling congress felt the only thing to do was to lock them up forever.
Just shoot 'em for god's sake if you're gonna do that. This is all silly.
Microsoft's name for DRM is WMRM. Microsoft's name for lawyers trading secure files is RMS.
From what I understand, RMS will have both the encryption and decryption built into Vista, whereas WMRM will remain the same, WMP handles DRM playback, and either a service provider will encrypt the files, or offer a plugin for Windows Media Encoder to do it on your PC.
Next time you get into an argument with someone at your house, call the cops, and see how well gov't intervention helps you out. Then think about communist and socialist beurocracies again.
This system doesn't prevent a company from making a bad driver, it allows Microsoft to revoke a company's right to develop drivers for Windows if that company made a driver to defeat DRM, and could someday include a system tied to Windows Update to disable installation of these drivers in the future.
From reading posts, the 64bit version will require this on all drivers, and the 32 bit version will only require this for secured path drivers (ie drivers that have access to DRM unencrypted data).
This certification is already a requirement for companies using WMRM SDK (Windows's DRM).
Record label in Tijuana, a nice big legal fund, and a huge marketing budget should do the trick. Sounds like fun. Remember, getting drugs from Canada is illegal... never stopped grandma.
Good point. You're absolutely right. Since you can't prove that they intentionally released it, then the watermarking does no good. Damn.
I think it was Orrin Hatch that had some legislation to address that problem, but I don't want to have it legally be my responsibility if someone takes over my machine and does bad things, which is what his legislation was trying to do. I'd rather deal with intrusive DRM than that!
Actually, your idea here isn't too bad. Almost good enough that content owners would consider going for it, as long as there was an easy way for them to watermark the content, and then sue you if it's found out in the wild with your bits.
I hear ya, as I've been conflicted about this issue myself. I lead the development of a successful DRM product line in the past and I'm still torn about this issue.
Observations on DRM
After several years of thought, I like DRM for rental and subscription services... like the new napster. I'll accept DRM on purchased content if they aren't trying to stop me from burning a hard copy (this is configurable by content owners with Windows DRM). I find permanent rentals on one computer to be too much of a rip-off for me to buy into, but I don't have a problem with companies trying to use that as their business model if they want... don't think it will fly longterm. Sony rootkit? Now that's pure evil. I'd call that malware, not DRM.
Open Source DRM?
That being said. I've been waiting for a good open source standard DRM for MPEG-4 to finally come out. Something with interoperability between different systems... be really cool to download some movies from one service, then switch services and have new licenses issued for the new service without having to download those same files again, because both companies already have rights to distibute that same material.
I can think of ways to develop the DRM system described above with proprietary systems, but all of the content services would need to use my license clearing house in order to make that work... so now we're talking about a proprietary implementation on a proprietary framework.... yuck.
I think an open source implementation of DRM would be more likely to lead to the creation of a system that's fair for content owners, content providers, and consumers, than proprietary solutions. I'm concerned that requiring DRM products to use a different license may hinder development from open sources. What do you guys think?
(waiting for the ubiquitous "unbreakable DRM is mathematically impossible" reply... which is true, but that's true anyway as long as we view content using light, and cameras aren't illegal)
I haven't installed the Darwin streaming server, but I've read a little bit on it. Have you, or anyone else reading this, been using it? How is the buffering time? Mpeg4 and WMV9 formats are comparable in quality, so I'm sure they both look nice.
I prefer open-formats over proprietary, and Apple over Microsoft, so Quicktime server would make me happier, although in this particular case I don't have any big problems with using Microsoft. If there's an advanced feature for keeping buffering time under half a second, it's really a no brainer to go get an xServe rather than pay even more for the right version of windows.
I was the head of windows development at a company for a couple of years and used macs at home the whole time.
I hate the Windows desktop, but I really like.Net and their video streaming. I hope everybody gets the opportunity to try a stream from a Windows 2003 Enterprise server with Advanced Fast Start turned on. It buffers much faster than my digital cable changles channel, and which is faster than starting a live video on my own computer. It costs $4000/server but man, talk about amazing.
Microsoft has pulled way ahead in the video market technology, investing a billion dollars into their streaming/drm product line. It seems way too much like they saw all this coming, like a lot of us did.
So my prediction... Windows will make the IPTV software work, and we'll all be surfing on our Macs.
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Anyone with a 160+ IQ would know extrapolation runs a high risk of bullshit results.
Sql Express is nice for my consulting business, since we can develop our apps and deliver a backup file for sql 2005 that our clients' IT departments immediately understand how to use an deploy. And each of our developers doesn't need a license for sql server to make it happen.
That said, we also didn't notice a connection closing problem on one project until after delivery, since sql express limits us to 3 connections at a time, but that was a 2 minute fix.
You're right, all of the asp.net examples do just have in-line sql queries.
.Net, with parameterized calls to stored procedures behind though.... not only is this more secure than uglying up your UI level code, it's more efficient, and lets you bind to generic List objects instantiated to your own classes rather than using DataTables.
Dunno why anyone would not use ObjectDataSources for their data in
My only complaint to this situation is the "well-kept". I know I'm just demanding since I'm a programmer, but it pisses me off to know end that I can't beat the hell out of XP and have it automagically work as well as the day I installed it, and without ANY intervention on my part.
Getting rid of the registry as we know it would go a long way toward this goal.
Note here that I am not clumping you with anyone else, but am specifically mentioning problems with you.
Love is a weapon used by some Christians, and it is the tactic you are deploying here. You are trying to make it appear that the scientific agenda is the man keeping you down, but you just clumped them all together.
And then you start using an entirely academic argument, not from the book of Genesis, but your tangent of thought from combining Genesis with evolution. Take a look at DNA corruption between canine species and every other species on Earth, and you'll see this argument doesn't make sense even if you believe Noah built an arc.
Why can't you accept the fact that we cannot possibly know what happens when you die, and that others are using the idea of God for political gain. And I don't care what you believe about the afterlife, but start looking at facts if you're interested in science, rather than asking God. I don't open a Math book to learn about Shakesphere.
I personally think that Canada has it right... 19 for drinking, and I think that should apply to all drugs, including prescription drugs, unless with a parent's consent. The reason this is better than 18 is that it separates out the high school kids from the college kids. The 18 year old college kids will have friends that hook them up anyway, but the 18 year old seniors won't be able to distribute to their friends as easily (the kids that were held back and were seniors at 19 or 20 tend to be shunned anyway)
With the zero-tolerance laws where I grew up on alcohol, it was easier to find drugs if you're under age. Talk about the law of unintended consequences there.... it's easier for a 15 year old to get meth than a beer. And then at 15, you've just popped your breaking the law cherry. Congratulations.
On the prescription drugs, the FDA's responsibility is to protect citizens from danger. So then, why not just give out information, and let people make their own choices. If I want a buy Seldane, even though I used it every day in the 80's, I cannot. It works better than Allegra or Claratin, but if you take 8 of those a day (1 is the correct dose) for many months you can die. So I don't get to use them (funny this drug got banned exactly when their patent ran out, and we all switched to magical Allegra). If I have a cold, ephedrine will fix your runny nose in 30 minutes and stay gone for 6 hours, but its easy to turn that into meth, so no dice.
We Americans are too stupid to make our own choices, according to our politicians voting records, and we continue to prove it by not voting out politicians who believe we are stupid. (Actually, I think it's more along the lines that everybody thinks everyone else is stupid, and everyone else's congressmen is corrupt, kinda like everyone thinks they're a good driver unlike everybody else).
The system is broken. Spread real, reliable information, and let people make their own choices. That is how our government can truly help us. Think nutrition labels. We now know that a whopper has 1000 calories, so I eat them once a month instead of once a week. Information is progress.
Does anyone have a link to the civil rights that you have when dealing with police in the UK? I have no idea. I have heard people kidding saying that in Britain everything is illegal and they just lock up the assholes, but I have nothing to go off of to know how exaggerated that statement is.
Only judging from Microsoft's angle, it seems like it would have made sense for them to have built XP on top of Linux with a proprietary set of libraries similar to Wine for running Windows apps. If it was done right more-or-less, they would have everyone running it, since every Linux hacker would love to run games without a reboot. And I probably wouldn't be running OS X right now if they had done that.
I'm not 100% anti-DRM... but I did have to think long-and-hard before becoming the head of software development for a DRM license clearing house. Main reason I was okay with it was because it was bringing content to the Internet that would have not otherwise been put out because the owners are paranoid.
After working there, I think DRM is a great solution for rentals. I think its a load of garbage if they are selling permanent access to content at the same price as physical merchandise. It's not reliable enough for that.
Now don't get me started on Media Center Edition's DRM for the broadcast flag. I just turned my MCE boxes and cancelled my cable TV because I got sick of losing content I legitimately paid for. At least when I lose my licenses for iTunes content, it lets me download it again. If HBO fails on MCE, I lose my episode of Sopranos permanently.
My wife gives me all the pussy I need. And she delivers beer now that she works with me at home! :D
I sometimes don't leave my house for a week at a time.
IANAL, but I know gambling is legal in the United States, it's the states that have laws against it. I thought it was legal to gamble online if you are in a locality that has legalized gambling, or is there already a law that outlaws online gambling?
Unless you're wanting a zero-second-buffering video stream, I'm not sure why you would want the Enterprise version of Windows 2003. Web edition works just fine for $399.
I have lost many contract opportunities because of honest estimates, but I have received so much other business because of that honesty that you wouldn't believe it. And now because I confronted this issue upfront, rather than giving a low-ball estimate, I don't have to have a confrontation at delivery time, because all the cards were on the table for the start. And now these clients trust my opinion, because I was willing to give them the honest and difficult truth that I cannot make them happy for the price they wanted to pay.
Honesty. These clients need someone they can trust to build their software, because they have absolutely no idea. Just because the business world forces you to swim with the sharks, doesn't mean you have to become one. Just try not to be a tuna, so you don't get eaten. So make that honesty and gonads.
Exactly. I do not frown upon the option of having the contents of my windows stored in video ram rather than system ram, if I have the video card to support it, which being I just bought Civ4 a few months back, I definitely have the card to support it.
The results of offing this work to the video card have been very nice on OS X.
Was the dark red sheet of paper with black print that came with the original Simcity a crime against the public?
If not, how do they differ?
Man, I need to move to whatever country you're from. In my little corner of the US, you get mandatory 10 years for each picture if you have child porn, but the average time spent in jail for rape is 3 years.
Even murder, you're looking at getting out in 15 years. What's message from our leaders? Better to rape and kill than see pornography.
It's not about protecting the children. I've watched CPS work. They try to keep the family together and put a bandaid on things so no one hears a complaint about the abuse anymore. yay.
Recent studies show that some people like children better than adults, and they can't be fixed. So I have a feeling congress felt the only thing to do was to lock them up forever.
Just shoot 'em for god's sake if you're gonna do that. This is all silly.
Microsoft's name for DRM is WMRM.
Microsoft's name for lawyers trading secure files is RMS.
From what I understand, RMS will have both the encryption and decryption built into Vista, whereas WMRM will remain the same, WMP handles DRM playback, and either a service provider will encrypt the files, or offer a plugin for Windows Media Encoder to do it on your PC.
How is this renaming DRM again?
Thought of a good example.
Next time you get into an argument with someone at your house, call the cops, and see how well gov't intervention helps you out. Then think about communist and socialist beurocracies again.
This system doesn't prevent a company from making a bad driver, it allows Microsoft to revoke a company's right to develop drivers for Windows if that company made a driver to defeat DRM, and could someday include a system tied to Windows Update to disable installation of these drivers in the future.
From reading posts, the 64bit version will require this on all drivers, and the 32 bit version will only require this for secured path drivers (ie drivers that have access to DRM unencrypted data).
This certification is already a requirement for companies using WMRM SDK (Windows's DRM).
Record label in Tijuana, a nice big legal fund, and a huge marketing budget should do the trick. Sounds like fun. Remember, getting drugs from Canada is illegal... never stopped grandma.
Good point. You're absolutely right. Since you can't prove that they intentionally released it, then the watermarking does no good. Damn.
I think it was Orrin Hatch that had some legislation to address that problem, but I don't want to have it legally be my responsibility if someone takes over my machine and does bad things, which is what his legislation was trying to do. I'd rather deal with intrusive DRM than that!
Actually, your idea here isn't too bad. Almost good enough that content owners would consider going for it, as long as there was an easy way for them to watermark the content, and then sue you if it's found out in the wild with your bits.
Observations on DRM
After several years of thought, I like DRM for rental and subscription services... like the new napster. I'll accept DRM on purchased content if they aren't trying to stop me from burning a hard copy (this is configurable by content owners with Windows DRM). I find permanent rentals on one computer to be too much of a rip-off for me to buy into, but I don't have a problem with companies trying to use that as their business model if they want... don't think it will fly longterm. Sony rootkit? Now that's pure evil. I'd call that malware, not DRM.
Open Source DRM?That being said. I've been waiting for a good open source standard DRM for MPEG-4 to finally come out. Something with interoperability between different systems... be really cool to download some movies from one service, then switch services and have new licenses issued for the new service without having to download those same files again, because both companies already have rights to distibute that same material.
I can think of ways to develop the DRM system described above with proprietary systems, but all of the content services would need to use my license clearing house in order to make that work... so now we're talking about a proprietary implementation on a proprietary framework.... yuck.
I think an open source implementation of DRM would be more likely to lead to the creation of a system that's fair for content owners, content providers, and consumers, than proprietary solutions. I'm concerned that requiring DRM products to use a different license may hinder development from open sources. What do you guys think?
(waiting for the ubiquitous "unbreakable DRM is mathematically impossible" reply... which is true, but that's true anyway as long as we view content using light, and cameras aren't illegal)
I haven't installed the Darwin streaming server, but I've read a little bit on it. Have you, or anyone else reading this, been using it? How is the buffering time? Mpeg4 and WMV9 formats are comparable in quality, so I'm sure they both look nice.
I prefer open-formats over proprietary, and Apple over Microsoft, so Quicktime server would make me happier, although in this particular case I don't have any big problems with using Microsoft. If there's an advanced feature for keeping buffering time under half a second, it's really a no brainer to go get an xServe rather than pay even more for the right version of windows.
I was the head of windows development at a company for a couple of years and used macs at home the whole time.
.Net and their video streaming. I hope everybody gets the opportunity to try a stream from a Windows 2003 Enterprise server with Advanced Fast Start turned on. It buffers much faster than my digital cable changles channel, and which is faster than starting a live video on my own computer. It costs $4000/server but man, talk about amazing.
I hate the Windows desktop, but I really like
Microsoft has pulled way ahead in the video market technology, investing a billion dollars into their streaming/drm product line. It seems way too much like they saw all this coming, like a lot of us did.
So my prediction... Windows will make the IPTV software work, and we'll all be surfing on our Macs.