PL/SQL gives you all you need for defining the business rules for an organization. Quite frankly for developing the core object model for a business, I would seriously consider using PL/SQL over Java.
As for efficiency, I've had several thousand connections to a server and routinely ran operations on tables with 100M+ rows with more than acceptible performance from the database.
IMHO PL/SQL is weak on string manipulation. It is not the best language for developing a presentation layer. The biggest downer of PL/SQL is the outrageous licensing fees you have to pay for ORACLE.
Abbey Road had a recorded silence between "The End" and ditty "Her majesty is a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say..." If I recall, there recorded silence was a beat or two longer than some one else's recorded silence...but it may not be as profound as a full minute of recorded silence. That would be for the court to decide.
And in the end
the love you take
is equal to the love you-oo make.
Well, the Beattles should jump in here. For awhile they had the longest silence on any major recording album...but I really am not sure if you can compare the quality of the silences. I mean, a digitally mastered silence has the potential of being leap years ahead of the lower quality vinyl silences of yesterday.
I had a lawyer explain his opinion of the laws...which was pretty much similar to your thoughts...you can't copy the code, but you can take your experience. I was careful to make sure he noted this view in the NDA I was being forced to sign.
BTW, I had another a contract that specified that I could not accept work from a potential client of the company within three years of the two month contract. I asked the lawyer if he could name a single company that was not a "potential client." He could not; so I refused to sign the legal documents.
Me thinks the main input for PDAs will be automatic things like GPS, voice, cameras and other data recording devices. With voice and image input--storage capacity and battery life will continue to be the most important issues.
I don't know, I would think the popular spot for alien tourist is up for grabs. This report is based on reported sightings...I mean could you really tell the difference between aliens and locals in places like London, Berlin, Las Vegas, NY or Hollywood?
For that matter, aliens could visit Tehran...if they keep a scarf wrapped around the upper part of their body and stay silent, then they could pass for one of the local babes.
I mean, this whole thing is based on reporting...I mean, I am pretty sure my last boss was an alien...but I figured, hey, that's cool-live and let slither-and just never reported it.
As I recall Vivendi bought MP3 earlier this year. It was a big loss for the internet music when the original designers of MP3 burned up their investment capital in an absurd copyright lawsuit over their Beam-It CD technology.
The article itself showed that same bias...saying the cops should spend its resources on "real criminals." Personally, I throw in the child pornographers in the pile of vilest criminals. I don't see why fraud committed online should always be whitewashed just 'cause it technically cool.
The other thing I found interesting in the article was this emphasis on burden and inefficiency. Once there is a operating procedure in place, online search warrants will probably be substantially more efficient than physical search warrants. The scary thing about online law enforcement is that it has the potential to be several magnitudes more efficient than traditional police work, making magnitudes more opportunities for enfringements of rights.
Used books have gone up in price too. It seems only 5 years ago I was able to pick up used books for $.50 a piece...now they are $3 a piece. The one thing I know is that the number of reads per book is going up. I get with friends and we buy only one book...while in the past we would all buy and keep the books we read.
It is strange that there has been such inflation in book prices when printing and publishing costs had fallen through the floor.
Cool idea. You could sell special 3D glasses with an encrypted pattern that you would have to purchase to read a book. With the print on demand technologies, book seller might create a system where people have to get a special printing of the book that fits only their encrypted readers. That way you can guarantee that only one person reads the book. You could also create a pretty good database of what people read. This would give you a good idea on who are the subversive elements in society.
If we really tracked best sellers we would probably see coloring books, shopping catalogs or other weird things showing up in the lists as well. We may even see the one thing that publishers never want known: the biggest determining factor is what is and what isn't a best seller could well be price.
A lot of the built in prejudices of the best seller lists is that the dime novels of yester year were out selling literature, largely because of price.
The best other examples of working online communities are the numerous chamber of commerces across the country. These are usually funded by businesses, and do a great deal to keep business to business and business to consumer activity working. I know they usually don't have chat rooms, but often have good directories and calendars. I've been working on several chamber related sites. The sites don't generate a great deal of online activity, but generate a great deal of buzz in the business community.
I thought this [the bandwidth of the telephone lines] was supposed to common knowledge to engineers
Yes, it is common knowledge. About 20 years ago it was 1200 BAUD, then it changed to 2400BAUD. It stuck at 9600BAUD for a long time, and now we run DSL at something 500K BPS. Yes, it is common knowledge...Don't let the fact that "common knowledge" was wrong in the past delude you into thinking that common knowledge today might be incorrect.
Even if his invention was mumbo jumbo, having a patent could have put him in a position of extracting payments from real scientists who worked developed DSL and other ways to increase bandwidth for regular telephone lines. Makes you wonder how many patents are really just cons put on file.
I hope you don't mind a little nit-picking. The thread is titled "Debug Your Code." A lot of the problems listed in the article were for errors that occurred in situations outside the parameters that the programmers were expecting.
I personally see debugging is the art of making sure the code works and is fulfilling the logical expectations of the programmer.
These problems show that there is a need to go way beyond traditional debugging, and do aggressive testing outside the programmer's box. Debugging ain't enough. Those dregs toiling away in the testing department might be worth their skin afterall.
Ultimately it is employers who set the tone for a company.
Your argument makes sense, but you have to remember employers are people too. When you find a bad employer you generally can unroot a specific subculture or clic at the root of the problem. Often it is a group of political players in management or the jerk in IS who is trying to build a little kingdom with the computers.
It is not the employer who sets the tone of the company, it is the people who set the tone of the company in the name of the company.
Upper management can battle a lot of these problems. Unfortunately, there is a small set of employees who, no matter how good they have it, will sabotage their employer. Some are set on insider trading, others studied Machiavelli and want to put the words of the dark one in practice. These people can eat the heart out of both good and bad employers.
Researchers around the world are exploring the potential that carbon nanotubes could have for a wide range of super-strong materials and nanoscale circuits.
I can see the highway dept completing their fancy new bridge across the Tacoma Narrows with super strong carbon nanotubes. A week after opening, Priscilla wants a picture of her two darling munchkins standing with the beautiful black bridge. She snaps a photo...and BAM!!! the whole thing goes up in smoke.
Although the assessment concludes that China has not yet acquired the technical sophistication to do broad damage to U.S. and Taiwanese systems, it maintains that this is the "intended goal" of the People's Liberation Army in China.
The fact that China keeps attacking before they have perfected the attacks means that we will gradually "evolve" the weaknesses and security risks out of the sytem. The first poster made a good point in commending China for helping reduce the number of insecure NT servers.
The best national firewall will be to develop internal mechanisms for countering the attacks. Even if we wrapped a condom around China, they would still be able to attack us by launching attacks on US soil, satellies and other methods.
The problem isn't management v. programmers. The problem is that pay is more a matter of one's political skills than their contribution to the company.
Look at the data warehouse phenomenum. The data warehouse generally has an internal focus. The DW usually does not directly generate revenue. The data warehousing staff usually works directly with upper management, helping upper management build their power base. Because of this political position, data warehouse workers can work themselves into a salary substantially higher than the engineers working on the company's product.
Quite often, programmers are stuck in positions where they are in necessarily in conflict with the powers that be--you have to say no to something that can't be done. This conflict always drives againsts one's political standing. Programmers who find themselves in the position or working with, not against the political aspirations in a company will see their careers soar. The actual dollar amount of one's contribution is generally seen as secondary.
I think you are right. A person with a degree in a particular field (such as medicine, geology) and knows how to code will do better in the long run than a person who just studied coding. You will then get to work on the interesting intellectual challenges in your field.
Well, in my plan to become President I want to put a 2% tax on all murder mysteries to pay for crime prevention, a 3% tax on all adventure books to pay for the army, and a 5% tax on all romance books to take care of unwanted children.
The media is not step in step with reality...no big news here. The media has never been step in step with reality. The media is going to write about things that fit well within their perception of the world, and will write what sells copies.
The Media reported heavily on the "Big Red" virus because the name had hip appeal...invoking an image of a late night hacker working on excessive doses of Mountain Dew.
Of course, people responding to the hyped viruses probably helped stop less popular but more sinester code. I have no expectation of the media being something different than it is. A hype story every once inwhile can help raise awareness.
A more interesting take on the picture is how certain names lodge themselves onto the media's tongues and get nationwide coverage, while others languish in the backroom. In this regard, you could say the Big Red virus infected the media itself, getting a great deal of mainstream media coverage.
Anyone who comes to work by bus, bike or commuter van at least four times a month is eligible to enter a weekly drawing that rewards 100 people with $100 each.
I love the vegas twist on mass transit. Instead of throwing your dollar into a meter, you get to toss it into a one armed bandit. I can see the lines of blue haired ladies lining up for their chance to play a role of the bus.
I think the music market is lamenting the fact that they no longer lead us around by the nose and determine our fashions. People are starting to listen to what they want to hear. The music industry is suffering more from a discriminating public than piracy.
I suspect there has been a big rise in things like classical music or folk music sales.
Really, how many all boy bands can the machine manufacture before it gets tiring?
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PL/SQL gives you all you need for defining the business rules for an organization. Quite frankly for developing the core object model for a business, I would seriously consider using PL/SQL over Java. As for efficiency, I've had several thousand connections to a server and routinely ran operations on tables with 100M+ rows with more than acceptible performance from the database. IMHO PL/SQL is weak on string manipulation. It is not the best language for developing a presentation layer. The biggest downer of PL/SQL is the outrageous licensing fees you have to pay for ORACLE.
Abbey Road had a recorded silence between "The End" and ditty "Her majesty is a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say..." If I recall, there recorded silence was a beat or two longer than some one else's recorded silence...but it may not be as profound as a full minute of recorded silence. That would be for the court to decide.
And in the end
the love you take
is equal to the love you-oo make.
Well, the Beattles should jump in here. For awhile they had the longest silence on any major recording album...but I really am not sure if you can compare the quality of the silences. I mean, a digitally mastered silence has the potential of being leap years ahead of the lower quality vinyl silences of yesterday.
I had a lawyer explain his opinion of the laws...which was pretty much similar to your thoughts...you can't copy the code, but you can take your experience. I was careful to make sure he noted this view in the NDA I was being forced to sign.
BTW, I had another a contract that specified that I could not accept work from a potential client of the company within three years of the two month contract. I asked the lawyer if he could name a single company that was not a "potential client." He could not; so I refused to sign the legal documents.
Me thinks the main input for PDAs will be automatic things like GPS, voice, cameras and other data recording devices. With voice and image input--storage capacity and battery life will continue to be the most important issues.
I don't know, I would think the popular spot for alien tourist is up for grabs. This report is based on reported sightings...I mean could you really tell the difference between aliens and locals in places like London, Berlin, Las Vegas, NY or Hollywood? For that matter, aliens could visit Tehran...if they keep a scarf wrapped around the upper part of their body and stay silent, then they could pass for one of the local babes. I mean, this whole thing is based on reporting...I mean, I am pretty sure my last boss was an alien...but I figured, hey, that's cool-live and let slither-and just never reported it.
As I recall Vivendi bought MP3 earlier this year. It was a big loss for the internet music when the original designers of MP3 burned up their investment capital in an absurd copyright lawsuit over their Beam-It CD technology.
The article itself showed that same bias...saying the cops should spend its resources on "real criminals." Personally, I throw in the child pornographers in the pile of vilest criminals. I don't see why fraud committed online should always be whitewashed just 'cause it technically cool.
The other thing I found interesting in the article was this emphasis on burden and inefficiency. Once there is a operating procedure in place, online search warrants will probably be substantially more efficient than physical search warrants. The scary thing about online law enforcement is that it has the potential to be several magnitudes more efficient than traditional police work, making magnitudes more opportunities for enfringements of rights.
kd
Used books have gone up in price too. It seems only 5 years ago I was able to pick up used books for $.50 a piece...now they are $3 a piece. The one thing I know is that the number of reads per book is going up. I get with friends and we buy only one book...while in the past we would all buy and keep the books we read.
It is strange that there has been such inflation in book prices when printing and publishing costs had fallen through the floor.
Cool idea. You could sell special 3D glasses with an encrypted pattern that you would have to purchase to read a book. With the print on demand technologies, book seller might create a system where people have to get a special printing of the book that fits only their encrypted readers. That way you can guarantee that only one person reads the book. You could also create a pretty good database of what people read. This would give you a good idea on who are the subversive elements in society.
If we really tracked best sellers we would probably see coloring books, shopping catalogs or other weird things showing up in the lists as well. We may even see the one thing that publishers never want known: the biggest determining factor is what is and what isn't a best seller could well be price.
A lot of the built in prejudices of the best seller lists is that the dime novels of yester year were out selling literature, largely because of price.
The best other examples of working online communities are the numerous chamber of commerces across the country. These are usually funded by businesses, and do a great deal to keep business to business and business to consumer activity working. I know they usually don't have chat rooms, but often have good directories and calendars. I've been working on several chamber related sites. The sites don't generate a great deal of online activity, but generate a great deal of buzz in the business community.
I thought this [the bandwidth of the telephone lines] was supposed to common knowledge to engineers
Yes, it is common knowledge. About 20 years ago it was 1200 BAUD, then it changed to 2400BAUD. It stuck at 9600BAUD for a long time, and now we run DSL at something 500K BPS. Yes, it is common knowledge...Don't let the fact that "common knowledge" was wrong in the past delude you into thinking that common knowledge today might be incorrect.
Even if his invention was mumbo jumbo, having a patent could have put him in a position of extracting payments from real scientists who worked developed DSL and other ways to increase bandwidth for regular telephone lines. Makes you wonder how many patents are really just cons put on file.
databases are not a panacea
That's because UML and object technology is the pancea...silly.
I hope you don't mind a little nit-picking. The thread is titled "Debug Your Code." A lot of the problems listed in the article were for errors that occurred in situations outside the parameters that the programmers were expecting.
I personally see debugging is the art of making sure the code works and is fulfilling the logical expectations of the programmer.
These problems show that there is a need to go way beyond traditional debugging, and do aggressive testing outside the programmer's box. Debugging ain't enough. Those dregs toiling away in the testing department might be worth their skin afterall.
kd
Ultimately it is employers who set the tone for a company.
Your argument makes sense, but you have to remember employers are people too. When you find a bad employer you generally can unroot a specific subculture or clic at the root of the problem. Often it is a group of political players in management or the jerk in IS who is trying to build a little kingdom with the computers.
It is not the employer who sets the tone of the company, it is the people who set the tone of the company in the name of the company.
Upper management can battle a lot of these problems. Unfortunately, there is a small set of employees who, no matter how good they have it, will sabotage their employer. Some are set on insider trading, others studied Machiavelli and want to put the words of the dark one in practice. These people can eat the heart out of both good and bad employers.
Researchers around the world are exploring the potential that carbon nanotubes could have for a wide range of super-strong materials and nanoscale circuits.
I can see the highway dept completing their fancy new bridge across the Tacoma Narrows with super strong carbon nanotubes. A week after opening, Priscilla wants a picture of her two darling munchkins standing with the beautiful black bridge. She snaps a photo...and BAM!!! the whole thing goes up in smoke.
Although the assessment concludes that China has not yet acquired the technical sophistication to do broad damage to U.S. and Taiwanese systems, it maintains that this is the "intended goal" of the People's Liberation Army in China.
The fact that China keeps attacking before they have perfected the attacks means that we will gradually "evolve" the weaknesses and security risks out of the sytem. The first poster made a good point in commending China for helping reduce the number of insecure NT servers.
The best national firewall will be to develop internal mechanisms for countering the attacks. Even if we wrapped a condom around China, they would still be able to attack us by launching attacks on US soil, satellies and other methods.
The problem isn't management v. programmers. The problem is that pay is more a matter of one's political skills than their contribution to the company.
Look at the data warehouse phenomenum. The data warehouse generally has an internal focus. The DW usually does not directly generate revenue. The data warehousing staff usually works directly with upper management, helping upper management build their power base. Because of this political position, data warehouse workers can work themselves into a salary substantially higher than the engineers working on the company's product.
Quite often, programmers are stuck in positions where they are in necessarily in conflict with the powers that be--you have to say no to something that can't be done. This conflict always drives againsts one's political standing. Programmers who find themselves in the position or working with, not against the political aspirations in a company will see their careers soar. The actual dollar amount of one's contribution is generally seen as secondary.
I think you are right. A person with a degree in a particular field (such as medicine, geology) and knows how to code will do better in the long run than a person who just studied coding. You will then get to work on the interesting intellectual challenges in your field.
Well, in my plan to become President I want to put a 2% tax on all murder mysteries to pay for crime prevention, a 3% tax on all adventure books to pay for the army, and a 5% tax on all romance books to take care of unwanted children.
We can fund the whole planet on book sales!!!!!
kd
The media is not step in step with reality...no big news here. The media has never been step in step with reality. The media is going to write about things that fit well within their perception of the world, and will write what sells copies.
The Media reported heavily on the "Big Red" virus because the name had hip appeal...invoking an image of a late night hacker working on excessive doses of Mountain Dew.
Of course, people responding to the hyped viruses probably helped stop less popular but more sinester code. I have no expectation of the media being something different than it is. A hype story every once inwhile can help raise awareness.
A more interesting take on the picture is how certain names lodge themselves onto the media's tongues and get nationwide coverage, while others languish in the backroom. In this regard, you could say the Big Red virus infected the media itself, getting a great deal of mainstream media coverage.
Anyone who comes to work by bus, bike or commuter van at least four times a month is eligible to enter a weekly drawing that rewards 100 people with $100 each.
I love the vegas twist on mass transit. Instead of throwing your dollar into a meter, you get to toss it into a one armed bandit. I can see the lines of blue haired ladies lining up for their chance to play a role of the bus.
I think the music market is lamenting the fact that they no longer lead us around by the nose and determine our fashions. People are starting to listen to what they want to hear. The music industry is suffering more from a discriminating public than piracy.
I suspect there has been a big rise in things like classical music or folk music sales.
Really, how many all boy bands can the machine manufacture before it gets tiring?