A mugger can get an RFID scanner, hide in a alley and only step up for business when he gets a strong signal. This eliminates the possibility of mugging people with only petty cash!
I have tried creating a "killer gui" using dhtml using all the populare dhtm keits out there DunaApi, DomAPI. The gui looks great but unfortunately has a very slow rendering for large amounts of data. That and the fact the most it is not backwards compatible -- meaning that if you are using older version of browsers or pretty much anything other than IE , it won't work. Mozilla and Opera support is spotty (atleast most of the DHTML widgets I used had difficulty in rendering correctly). I am guessing Safari and others also have the same problem.
So for now, you can only do Killer GUI with plugin- be it Java or Flash.
I used to work for Computer Associates and on their flagship product Unicenter TNG. The way we managed to sell to the excutives was to show them the TNG visualization feature which was almost like a computer game - where you could fly in to your regional data center , view a maze of your servers , fly into a server and pick up an application to fix . Lots of very cool toys to do somthing you could do faster and more easily with a simpler GUI. The CEO/CIO/CFO loved the demo and signed off on the purchase but the system administrators never ever used that interface -- they stuck to command line or windows interfaces. The System admins didn't object as the software did provide a useful and important solution for them.
Visualization can not be a goal in itself.The software has to go and do something useful to win favor with middle tier managers and administrators , who will be the ones actually using it.
For Hindus , our quest is to attain 'Moksha' -- freedom from the cycle of life and death and be one with the universe. Therefore , I wouldn't want my mortal remains to be hanging around your neck -- even if you have just most gorgeous set of boobies as your big boobies will block my view of the universe!
I am developing e-commerce components and one of them is an email component. The email component is useful for the end-users as it helps them track orders, reserve stuff and get reminders and coupons. It is an HTML mailer and it allows the marketing folks to attach their sales pitches to the outgoing mail. My concern is how do I go about writing an idiot-proof email component? Any suggestions!! How do I ensure that this mail is not mistaken for spam by ant-spam measures, even before the user gets the mail?
I found myself in a similar pickle when I was laid off. I am 34 and have about 14 years of programming experience but no MIT type credentials. Anyaways to cut a long story short -- I did not need those credentials and I am doing pretty well -- better than when I was employed . My secret : Open Source. I buried myself in a few selected open source technologies and began to develop marketing collateral and sales pitches. After pitching a few dozen smaller local businesses, I got my lucky break. And now I am building a company around it.
Open source is your best bet if your are starting out. Companies will want you to do a few small projects on the side to validate their own ideas about open source.I learnt that small businesses are aware of the benefit of open source but Microsoft has done a phenomenal job of painting us -- the open source geeks-- as a bunch of untrustworthy slackers. You need to disprove that notion.
So pick a field , research the technology and learn to sell. So dont spend time thinking of cool new product ideas ; dip into the open source pool of products and learn to pitch them to businesses in their language. And contribute back to that knowledge pool.
I have been connecting to the net using my DSL on my Windows 98. I was thinking of getting a Linux but I guess the blue screen of death is better than all the crap that could happen if I were to run Linux. I would like to switch to Linux but even though I am in tech industry , I realy dont know OS and networking stuff that well and dont have the time to browse and sift through all those mailing lists and FAQs . If I dont know whats under the hood of my car, why would I care about whats under the application I am running ?
It seems to me that Microsft and AOL get it and Linux folks don't: consumers like me like to treat our computers as a tool not as a quest!
I once worked in an office in Long Island next to a stock brokerage firm and I actualy heard brokers bragging about prospects database they owned -- it apparently had social security numbers along with the usual profile analytics stuff. These scum bags would call up those people -- mostly retirees and lonely old people and sell them penny stocks and they would acutually manage to get their money out of their social security cheques. (I have heard that them movie BoilerRoom may have been based on these blood sucking vermins)
My point is that the information that these companies are collecting and accumulating are harmless as long as I young and able; once once I get old and feeble, this accumulated information can and will be used by these scum bags or else sold off to another bottom feeder.
Laws are meant to protect people. We have laws to protect us from muggers, robbers,theives. Why not laws to protect us from Profilers ?
Unlike what your mommy told you, nicest things in life e.g broadband connection , are not free. Anyone rememebr the Dot Gone Hippies ? Its better that the ISPs have a business model that ensures their longevity than go under. Remember Covad, NorthPoint ??
Get a bandwidth reality check at www.bandwidth.com.
Java is interpreted. Interpreted software typically runs slower than compiled software.
dude, this point is so 1996.
Opinion: Java is sloppy. Java is big
you are entitled to egregiously false opinions;-)
1) Fact: Systems have a limited amount of RAM. In this system, its 4GB.
2) Observance: Things tend to go faster if they are written in an optimizing fashon.
True ! I am surprised you can observe
3) Corollary: Smaller resident RAM sizes == Faster/More processes in same space. Not neccesarily true in all cases, but in this one, we'll assume.
Too bad ur thinking is primitive!
Ok so Sun 's new initiative is just as doomed as JINI. Remember Jini -- cool stuff , no apps and no one had an idea as to what to do with it? Same with Jxta -- soo now I can do remote async messaging -- yippity do ! What next ?
Whereas MS is probably going to tie in Hailstorm to its MSN messenger and NetMeeting and Office. So if you develop an app for Hailstorm, you already have a target customerbase who is using one or more of the above.
I mean developers like me could make globs of money: anyone know where to find a C# guide for Programmers who have sold their soul to Satan ?
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A mugger can get an RFID scanner, hide in a alley and only step up for business when he gets a strong signal. This eliminates the possibility of mugging people with only petty cash!
Bet you didn't even think of this !
Sadly no.
I have tried creating a "killer gui" using dhtml using all the populare dhtm keits out there DunaApi, DomAPI. The gui looks great but unfortunately has a very slow rendering for large amounts of data. That and the fact the most it is not backwards compatible -- meaning that if you are using older version of browsers or pretty much anything other than IE , it won't work. Mozilla and Opera support is spotty (atleast most of the DHTML widgets I used had difficulty in rendering correctly). I am guessing Safari and others also have the same problem.
So for now, you can only do Killer GUI with plugin- be it Java or Flash.
I used to work for Computer Associates and on their flagship product Unicenter TNG. The way we managed to sell to the excutives was to show them the TNG visualization feature which was almost like a computer game - where you could fly in to your regional data center , view a maze of your servers , fly into a server and pick up an application to fix . Lots of very cool toys to do somthing you could do faster and more easily with a simpler GUI. The CEO/CIO/CFO loved the demo and signed off on the purchase but the system administrators never ever used that interface -- they stuck to command line or windows interfaces. The System admins didn't object as the software did provide a useful and important solution for them.
.The software has to go and do something useful to win favor with middle tier managers and administrators , who will be the ones actually using it.
Visualization can not be a goal in itself
so when I am running outta that store that we just looted, I could also be watching the cops chasing me on live TV.
For Hindus , our quest is to attain 'Moksha' -- freedom from the cycle of life and death and be one with the universe. Therefore , I wouldn't want my mortal remains to be hanging around your neck -- even if you have just most gorgeous set of boobies as your big boobies will block my view of the universe!
I am developing e-commerce components and one of them is an email component. The email component is useful for the end-users as it helps them track orders, reserve stuff and get reminders and coupons. It is an HTML mailer and it allows the marketing folks to attach their sales pitches to the outgoing mail. My concern is how do I go about writing an idiot-proof email component? Any suggestions!! How do I ensure that this mail is not mistaken for spam by ant-spam measures, even before the user gets the mail?
Any suggestions ?? Can we find a middleground ?
I found myself in a similar pickle when I was laid off. I am 34 and have about 14 years of programming experience but no MIT type credentials. Anyaways to cut a long story short -- I did not need those credentials and I am doing pretty well -- better than when I was employed . My secret : Open Source. I buried myself in a few selected open source technologies and began to develop marketing collateral and sales pitches. After pitching a few dozen smaller local businesses, I got my lucky break. And now I am building a company around it.
Open source is your best bet if your are starting out. Companies will want you to do a few small projects on the side to validate their own ideas about open source.I learnt that small businesses are aware of the benefit of open source but Microsoft has done a phenomenal job of painting us -- the open source geeks-- as a bunch of untrustworthy slackers. You need to disprove that notion.
So pick a field , research the technology and learn to sell. So dont spend time thinking of cool new product ideas ; dip into the open source pool of products and learn to pitch them to businesses in their language. And contribute back to that knowledge pool.
I have been connecting to the net using my DSL on my Windows 98. I was thinking of getting a Linux but I guess the blue screen of death is better than all the crap that could happen if I were to run Linux. I would like to switch to Linux but even though I am in tech industry , I realy dont know OS and networking stuff that well and dont have the time to browse and sift through all those mailing lists and FAQs . If I dont know whats under the hood of my car, why would I care about whats under the application I am running ?
It seems to me that Microsft and AOL get it and Linux folks don't: consumers like me like to treat our computers as a tool not as a quest!
I once worked in an office in Long Island next to a stock brokerage firm and I actualy heard brokers bragging about prospects database they owned -- it apparently had social security numbers along with the usual profile analytics stuff. These scum bags would call up those people -- mostly retirees and lonely old people and sell them penny stocks and they would acutually manage to get their money out of their social security cheques. (I have heard that them movie BoilerRoom may have been based on these blood sucking vermins)
My point is that the information that these companies are collecting and accumulating are harmless as long as I young and able; once once I get old and feeble, this accumulated information can and will be used by these scum bags or else sold off to another bottom feeder.
Laws are meant to protect people. We have laws to protect us from muggers, robbers,theives. Why not laws to protect us from Profilers ?
Unlike what your mommy told you, nicest things in life e.g broadband connection , are not free. Anyone rememebr the Dot Gone Hippies ? Its better that the ISPs have a business model that ensures their longevity than go under. Remember Covad, NorthPoint ?? Get a bandwidth reality check at www.bandwidth.com.
Java is interpreted. Interpreted software typically runs slower than compiled software.
;-)
dude, this point is so 1996.
Opinion: Java is sloppy. Java is big
you are entitled to egregiously false opinions
1) Fact: Systems have a limited amount of RAM. In this system, its 4GB. 2) Observance: Things tend to go faster if they are written in an optimizing fashon.
True ! I am surprised you can observe
3) Corollary: Smaller resident RAM sizes == Faster/More processes in same space. Not neccesarily true in all cases, but in this one, we'll assume.
Too bad ur thinking is primitive!
actually my other 50% clicks are for porno. ;-)
Ok so Sun 's new initiative is just as doomed as JINI. Remember Jini -- cool stuff , no apps and no one had an idea as to what to do with it? Same with Jxta -- soo now I can do remote async messaging -- yippity do ! What next ? Whereas MS is probably going to tie in Hailstorm to its MSN messenger and NetMeeting and Office. So if you develop an app for Hailstorm, you already have a target customerbase who is using one or more of the above. I mean developers like me could make globs of money: anyone know where to find a C# guide for Programmers who have sold their soul to Satan ?