MSFT has VBA (VB for Applications) that is being used by many people that I know (Word Processing, Spread Sheets, Geographic Information System, etc). Does the decision to stop supporting VB6 impact VBA?
While it is possible to write good code in Perl, this doesn't always happen. Especially with the sense that perl is a scripting language that you use to develop hacks or short scripts. The temptation to do a shortcut is too great.
Problems with readablility of Perl code is a sort of a chicken and egg situation. People develop "prototypes" in Perl, and there is almost an expectation of "throw away code". To contrast this with Java, there are people that write a class with a main method with everything in there. In good institutions, there are mechanisms to ensure that the Perl code is maintainable. In many places, the general practice is that "if it compiles and runs, it is great!" Java enforces some structure (but many people still manage to ruin it in Java anyway -- not properly passing exceptions, or always simply puking out stacktraces).
The problem is that the PHBs view Perl as a simple scripting language, and the developers are tempted to meet that standard. However, if the boss says, "Well, we'll have a review of the code," the developers may be tempted to write more maintainable code.
If one follows some simple guidelines regarding coding, one's code will go a long way and stay easily understandable. The best reference people should be guided to the CGI.pm module (see the source, the usability, etc.)
I have been using a copy of linux on one of my exposed servers for several years without patching and without any significant security configuration at boot and it runs like a dream!
Most likely the machine will get rooted fairly quickly (or was rooted long ago and you didn't notice). Unless, by exposed, you mean "exposed port 80 to the outside world," or "most services are off". If you have had sshd and sendmail running for several years, you would have been rooted quite easily.
I know that you were making a point in favor of Linux, but the "I don't patch my system because it is good" is similar to a parent's approach of "I don't ask my kid where he is at 11pm, because he is a good kid", or someone never having a medical checkup.
To quote an old saying, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
Google is able to pull off new stuff while sticking to "do no evil" philosophy. And, what more, because of competition from Google, Yahoo has started offering better services (e.g. the Yahoo toolbar for firefox). So, good for the end user.
to keep anything you think or do outside of work secret to your employeer.
But... he has been writing about the company. It is a very thin line between writing about life inside a company and inadvertently disclosing stuff that the company thinks should remain inside the company.
Examples from the blog include the number of Stanford/MIT project managers, and so on. None of anyone else's business but Google's, and it should stay that way.
According to financial news, HP shares have jumped over 10% on the news. I guess partly because the issue (of differences in the board) is resolved, and partly because the investors wanted her to leave too.
I use Firefox mainly. Printing in Firefox has been a problem. Recently there were two instances, when I ended up using IE for printing: (a) images used as bullets in lists, and (b) a table with a large number of rows. In the first case, Firefox made the bullets very small (almost invisible), and in the second one, it insisted on priting only one page.
I never looked forward to saying this, but IE did a decent job in both cases.
Security against 'Big Brother' is a myth, especially given that it is very easy for authorities all over the world to label someone a "terrorist", or a "person of interest", and lock him/her up for years without any oversight.
I dabbled a little with swish, got it to index pdfs, but didn't pursue it after a while (didn't get to the search interface part beyond the command line). I hate to admit my laziness, but I wonder whether there is a point-n-click thingy that can let me select a few directories and say "index these", and later click and say "get me results from the index" (even multiple indexes).
Mostly, I have collections of pdf documents, and they are in a set of folders (some across the network).
I tried Google desktop, and checked yahoo features (and did some Google searches for tools too) but didn't find a way to index selected folders.
I find it offensive to associate the GPL with a form of government that's responsible for killing many millions of people.
Come on... People have killed more in the name of religion, but that doesn't make the concept of religion a bad thing (or, to give an example, a cross is a perfectly fine symbol). The sad thing about communism was that in some countries it delved into dictatorships and so on. Some countries have a more palatable socialistic governments that are doing pretty fine.
It is sad though that Bill Gates thinks that by associating GPL with an "american taboo word of the 20th century," he can accomplish something. Now, he seems to be taking the role of Steve Ballmer. May be time to see Bill Gates jumping up and down screaming "Developers... Developers... Communists... Develpers..".
now we know how the spent money from the tsunami victims are being used.. instead giving them food they bought cheap 3mbit lines to keep people calm...
I know it is a flamebait, but I will bite. India has offered aid to Srilanka in the recent tsunami disaster -- the rationale being that India has enough resources to handle the disaster, *AND* be able to plan for long term things.
Based on what you wrote, you seem to half expect that India would come to a standstill because of the Tsunami. You know, despite pandering/racist stereotypes, many countries do manage fine.
My experience has been that important accounts (e.g. webmail services, bank account numbers, etc) are shared between spouses. A lot of passwords are already on the auto-fill on the home computer too. This is a good safeguard against losing data suddenly (e.g. accidents).
In case of grandma's and grandpa's... they would often ask others to check their emails for them. Their situation would be more gradual, and stuff can be backed up regularly.
Also, the electronic medium has been relatively new (may be five years since it became mainstream). New safeguards will develop as time progresses. So, in essence, no big deal...
Going by stereotypes... I suspect some people may be searching for other people with "loose morals":). I am sure, many would be on "lose weight" stuff too. What would Google suggest?
Most of the time, when we are thinking about "how the other person will react to what I say", we are in trouble. Same holds for politicians, which is why Al Gore used to sound dishonest because of his desire to please everyone. The Republican campaign of 2000 flatly accused Al Gore of serial lying.
May be the way the hypothesis should be rephrased as "Brian works harder when we are not confident of what exactly to say (be it truth or lies)".
I don't want to have to sit and look at the screen and type the code, I want to think the code and just have it appear...
Hmm... that is what is called "designing the code":).
Disclaimer though: that is a technique I have no idea about. Even for a report, I stare at the screen blankly instead of taking a printout, sit quietly and make changes on paper. Well, anyway, to save the eyes (and the sanity), avoid staring blankly at the computer (note to self)...
As for me I bought in at 13 and when I sold 2 days before the split it had pretty much maxed out at 93 What you mention happenned in 2000. Does this mean there is no point in putting money in AMD stock? Personally, I think it is a good deal in the long term.
Because he was unwilling. Unlike what the media would like to tell you he WAS NOT complying with the UN resolutions. We've been trying this for 12 years. We were finally faced with the facts that Saddam was rebuilding his nuclear program, continued to do chemical weapons research (although not mass-scale production, we think [Syria may prove that differently]), continued to increase the range of his missile system far beyond what was allowed, helped fund Al-Qaeda through oil-for-food, provided terrorists with sanctuary, was increasing the amount of money payed to Palestinian terrorists who kill Israelis, and is implicated in numerous attacks on US soil, and I'm sure I've left a few things out.
When you go on such a rhetoric (e.g. provided terrorists with sanctuary; implicated in numerous attacks on US soil), you sound almost like a paid shill. I think you should retract some parts of the statement, unless admitting a mistake is considered a bad thing!
I don't suppose you'd have a username/password (for a premium subscription) that is required to view that report?:-) Click on the advertisement for a free one-day pass.
The democratic and republican conventions were a study in contrast. The democratic convention was an attempt at "feel good" stuff. Barak Obama, etc. The republican convention was more like a hate fest. Everything was "flip flop", "terrorists", "Sen. Kerry voted against this, against that"...
VP Dick Cheney read a list of things that Sen. Kerry voted against (and many of them were actually stuff that our VP himself voted against).
And... the friendly speech of Congressman Zell Miller...
If you think bitterness is originating from the Dem side, listen at the talking heads at Fox news, and AM radio, and make up your mind.
Re-election of Pres. Bush virtually means a free reign for the Republican party. Election of Sen. Kerry, on the other hand, means there are more checks and balances -- Congress is still majority republican, and Senate is a toss-up. Sen. Kerry victory with a Dem Senate majority is better than Pres. Bush victory with Rep. majority in Congress and the Senate (and, unfortunately, I have to say, in the Supreme Court).
Let's say you win (I have done this). You will be made to pay court costs, which are probably as much as the ticket. Actually, if you win, you will not pay any court fees. You would have, however, lost your time in going to the court and such things. Typically, if you lose, you normally get to pay the same fine (they reduce the fine and slap on court fees, normally totalling to the original ticket fine amount).
This has been my experience in the US (a few tickets here and there over a long time). Though I think the speeding ticket process is a way for the government to make up for the revenue lost in tax cuts (a way of shifting the burden from the rich to the working folks), I think there is still a chance of appealing a speeding ticket without losing much more.
Ofcourse, this assumes that you don't say anything bad about the officer's mother, or worse, the judge's mother:). Generally, present the case, ask for dismissal/mercy/lenience, and you will not end up in a worse shape.
Disclaimer: All my experience from appealing tickets in the north eastern US.
Hey everybody: What's wrong with Perl? Nothing. Unless you want to write like you do C/C++ or shell scripting in Perl(that is what may people do).
If you follow the style guide and conventions, you will be able to write concise, elegant code in Perl. Hmmm... It's like English. You can write poetry or you can spew out illiterate gibberish. One has to invest some time in studying Perl. It grows on you.
Naah... most of the reality shows center upon "who wins the prize, or how much they won" part -- as someone else said, there has to be a lot of "voting off" stuff to be there to be a reality hit.
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MSFT has VBA (VB for Applications) that is being used by many people that I know (Word Processing, Spread Sheets, Geographic Information System, etc). Does the decision to stop supporting VB6 impact VBA?
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While it is possible to write good code in Perl, this doesn't always happen. Especially with the sense that perl is a scripting language that you use to develop hacks or short scripts. The temptation to do a shortcut is too great.
Problems with readablility of Perl code is a sort of a chicken and egg situation. People develop "prototypes" in Perl, and there is almost an expectation of "throw away code". To contrast this with Java, there are people that write a class with a main method with everything in there. In good institutions, there are mechanisms to ensure that the Perl code is maintainable. In many places, the general practice is that "if it compiles and runs, it is great!" Java enforces some structure (but many people still manage to ruin it in Java anyway -- not properly passing exceptions, or always simply puking out stacktraces).
The problem is that the PHBs view Perl as a simple scripting language, and the developers are tempted to meet that standard. However, if the boss says, "Well, we'll have a review of the code," the developers may be tempted to write more maintainable code.
If one follows some simple guidelines regarding coding, one's code will go a long way and stay easily understandable. The best reference people should be guided to the CGI.pm module (see the source, the usability, etc.)
S
I have been using a copy of linux on one of my exposed servers for several years without patching and without any significant security configuration at boot and it runs like a dream!
Most likely the machine will get rooted fairly quickly (or was rooted long ago and you didn't notice). Unless, by exposed, you mean "exposed port 80 to the outside world," or "most services are off". If you have had sshd and sendmail running for several years, you would have been rooted quite easily.
I know that you were making a point in favor of Linux, but the "I don't patch my system because it is good" is similar to a parent's approach of "I don't ask my kid where he is at 11pm, because he is a good kid", or someone never having a medical checkup.
To quote an old saying, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
S
Google is able to pull off new stuff while sticking to "do no evil" philosophy. And, what more, because of competition from Google, Yahoo has started offering better services (e.g. the Yahoo toolbar for firefox). So, good for the end user.
S
to keep anything you think or do outside of work secret to your employeer.
But... he has been writing about the company. It is a very thin line between writing about life inside a company and inadvertently disclosing stuff that the company thinks should remain inside the company.
Examples from the blog include the number of Stanford/MIT project managers, and so on. None of anyone else's business but Google's, and it should stay that way.
S
According to financial news, HP shares have jumped over 10% on the news. I guess partly because the issue (of differences in the board) is resolved, and partly because the investors wanted her to leave too.
S
I use Firefox mainly. Printing in Firefox has been a problem. Recently there were two instances, when I ended up using IE for printing: (a) images used as bullets in lists, and (b) a table with a large number of rows. In the first case, Firefox made the bullets very small (almost invisible), and in the second one, it insisted on priting only one page.
I never looked forward to saying this, but IE did a decent job in both cases.
S
Security against 'Big Brother' is a myth, especially given that it is very easy for authorities all over the world to label someone a "terrorist", or a "person of interest", and lock him/her up for years without any oversight.
S
Thank you. I downloaded the tool and it looks like a very good tool. Does exactly what I was wishing for.
Thank you agin.
S
I dabbled a little with swish, got it to index pdfs, but didn't pursue it after a while (didn't get to the search interface part beyond the command line). I hate to admit my laziness, but I wonder whether there is a point-n-click thingy that can let me select a few directories and say "index these", and later click and say "get me results from the index" (even multiple indexes).
Mostly, I have collections of pdf documents, and they are in a set of folders (some across the network).
I tried Google desktop, and checked yahoo features (and did some Google searches for tools too) but didn't find a way to index selected folders.
Any one has some leads into this?
S
I find it offensive to associate the GPL with a form of government that's responsible for killing many millions of people.
Come on... People have killed more in the name of religion, but that doesn't make the concept of religion a bad thing (or, to give an example, a cross is a perfectly fine symbol). The sad thing about communism was that in some countries it delved into dictatorships and so on. Some countries have a more palatable socialistic governments that are doing pretty fine.
It is sad though that Bill Gates thinks that by associating GPL with an "american taboo word of the 20th century," he can accomplish something. Now, he seems to be taking the role of Steve Ballmer. May be time to see Bill Gates jumping up and down screaming "Developers... Developers... Communists... Develpers..".
S
now we know how the spent money from the tsunami victims are being used.. instead giving them food they bought cheap 3mbit lines to keep people calm...
I know it is a flamebait, but I will bite. India has offered aid to Srilanka in the recent tsunami disaster -- the rationale being that India has enough resources to handle the disaster, *AND* be able to plan for long term things.
Based on what you wrote, you seem to half expect that India would come to a standstill because of the Tsunami. You know, despite pandering/racist stereotypes, many countries do manage fine.
S
My experience has been that important accounts (e.g. webmail services, bank account numbers, etc) are shared between spouses. A lot of passwords are already on the auto-fill on the home computer too. This is a good safeguard against losing data suddenly (e.g. accidents).
In case of grandma's and grandpa's... they would often ask others to check their emails for them. Their situation would be more gradual, and stuff can be backed up regularly.
Also, the electronic medium has been relatively new (may be five years since it became mainstream). New safeguards will develop as time progresses. So, in essence, no big deal...
S
Going by stereotypes... I suspect some people may be searching for other people with "loose morals" :). I am sure, many would be on "lose weight" stuff too. What would Google suggest?
S
The "Ant" in the summary refers to the "Ant" as in "Ant, the Abiword logo", and not as in "Ant, the Java based build tool".
S
Most of the time, when we are thinking about "how the other person will react to what I say", we are in trouble. Same holds for politicians, which is why Al Gore used to sound dishonest because of his desire to please everyone. The Republican campaign of 2000 flatly accused Al Gore of serial lying.
May be the way the hypothesis should be rephrased as "Brian works harder when we are not confident of what exactly to say (be it truth or lies)".
S
I don't want to have to sit and look at the screen and type the code, I want to think the code and just have it appear...
:).
Hmm... that is what is called "designing the code"
Disclaimer though: that is a technique I have no idea about. Even for a report, I stare at the screen blankly instead of taking a printout, sit quietly and make changes on paper. Well, anyway, to save the eyes (and the sanity), avoid staring blankly at the computer (note to self)...
S
As for me I bought in at 13 and when I sold 2 days before the split it had pretty much maxed out at 93
What you mention happenned in 2000. Does this mean there is no point in putting money in AMD stock? Personally, I think it is a good deal in the long term.
S
Because he was unwilling. Unlike what the media would like to tell you he WAS NOT complying with the UN resolutions. We've been trying this for 12 years. We were finally faced with the facts that Saddam was rebuilding his nuclear program, continued to do chemical weapons research (although not mass-scale production, we think [Syria may prove that differently]), continued to increase the range of his missile system far beyond what was allowed, helped fund Al-Qaeda through oil-for-food, provided terrorists with sanctuary, was increasing the amount of money payed to Palestinian terrorists who kill Israelis, and is implicated in numerous attacks on US soil, and I'm sure I've left a few things out.
When you go on such a rhetoric (e.g. provided terrorists with sanctuary; implicated in numerous attacks on US soil), you sound almost like a paid shill. I think you should retract some parts of the statement, unless admitting a mistake is considered a bad thing!
S
I don't suppose you'd have a username/password (for a premium subscription) that is required to view that report? :-)
Click on the advertisement for a free one-day pass.
The democratic and republican conventions were a study in contrast. The democratic convention was an attempt at "feel good" stuff. Barak Obama, etc. The republican convention was more like a hate fest. Everything was "flip flop", "terrorists", "Sen. Kerry voted against this, against that"...
VP Dick Cheney read a list of things that Sen. Kerry voted against (and many of them were actually stuff that our VP himself voted against).
And... the friendly speech of Congressman Zell Miller...
If you think bitterness is originating from the Dem side, listen at the talking heads at Fox news, and AM radio, and make up your mind.
S
Re-election of Pres. Bush virtually means a free reign for the Republican party. Election of Sen. Kerry, on the other hand, means there are more checks and balances -- Congress is still majority republican, and Senate is a toss-up. Sen. Kerry victory with a Dem Senate majority is better than Pres. Bush victory with Rep. majority in Congress and the Senate (and, unfortunately, I have to say, in the Supreme Court).
S
Let's say you win (I have done this). You will be made to pay court costs, which are probably as much as the ticket.
:). Generally, present the case, ask for dismissal/mercy/lenience, and you will not end up in a worse shape.
Actually, if you win, you will not pay any court fees. You would have, however, lost your time in going to the court and such things. Typically, if you lose, you normally get to pay the same fine (they reduce the fine and slap on court fees, normally totalling to the original ticket fine amount).
This has been my experience in the US (a few tickets here and there over a long time). Though I think the speeding ticket process is a way for the government to make up for the revenue lost in tax cuts (a way of shifting the burden from the rich to the working folks), I think there is still a chance of appealing a speeding ticket without losing much more.
Ofcourse, this assumes that you don't say anything bad about the officer's mother, or worse, the judge's mother
Disclaimer: All my experience from appealing tickets in the north eastern US.
S
Hey everybody: What's wrong with Perl?
Nothing. Unless you want to write like you do C/C++ or shell scripting in Perl(that is what may people do).
If you follow the style guide and conventions, you will be able to write concise, elegant code in Perl. Hmmm... It's like English. You can write poetry or you can spew out illiterate gibberish. One has to invest some time in studying Perl. It grows on you.
S
Naah... most of the reality shows center upon "who wins the prize, or how much they won" part -- as someone else said, there has to be a lot of "voting off" stuff to be there to be a reality hit.
S