whilst software doesn't 'wear out' - the environment in which the software is designed to operate changes such that the effect is a degredation of the software in terms of its ability to interoperate with other software and also to remain maintainable...
for example, you've just completed a c# project for a client with target machines based on WinXP, Office XP etc... your next project is to update some software which was originally written in Vb3 running on Win3.1 - currently running on NT, the new machines the company want to roll out run 2k - will it work? what about all the dependencies ? how far do you want to 'cripple' your dev box so it matches the release system?
(VMware is really incredibly awesome for this kind of situation... )
I'm personally in favour of software being maintained more like a car - yearly checkups / updates / replacement parts etc... I wonder if the net effect of regular maintenance on software would be cheaper than the develop / wait 5 years / then have to reconstruct the whole thing....
my 2p which by current exchange rates is around 0.0000001cents...
one time at work my colleague was half way across the office talking to some chaps - he was absent mindedly looking at one of the test machines I'd been working on earlier...
I vnc'd into it and brought up notepad - I knew the monitor was still on - started typing the johnny line over and over again - he got really confused for a few seconds before looking up and seeing me grinning inanely... very funny....
along a similar vein - a lightweight OOo standalone print engine would be nice...
as a developer (primarily business apps)... an xml document format is much more flexible than the usual Word way of doing things (instantiate a word instance and modify the document etc...) - being able to use xsl/java/vb against the xml document then simply calling a lightweight engine to print (or convert to pdf) would be enormously handy...
I thought the World in 'World Series' referred to the fact it was originally sponsored by a newspaper which was called 'World' something or other rather than the 'World' as in the planet....could be an urban myth... can't be bothered to check
went to the Bulldog(british style pub?) just up the street from this place about two years ago on my short trip from UK - I thought Beeblebrox was a strip joint or something so I never bothered going in (I know that statement doesn't make much sense)... dammit
anyway - there was a lass serving in the bar who was very cute n nice and I thought I'd share this with you.
Best £1000ish pounds I've spent... Ottawa is a cool place... I'd like to go back for a longer visit...
I'd agree with most of what you're saying - apart from the RAD tool requiring databound controls, ime the application ends up with the ui being coupled far too tightly with the db - it's a maintenance nightmare.
java-gnome (sourceforge soemwhere...) could be a good compromise - java's not too dificult for VB/Delphi programmers to pick up and GTK/gnome looks like becoming the defacto proprietary app standard (due to differences in licensing if nothing else...).
I only got into Buffy around series 5/6 - he's the best character - I was planning on watching Angel when I heard he was in it but having never watched any of the other episodes I thought I'd wait til they repeat from the first Angel series...
Emblems are pretty cool - I assume they only work for the user who sets them - it'd be handy if there was a way of setting emblems on 'shared' files too...
completely understand what you are saying - what if a thousand or so local people were given grants to start up their own businesses... in the long term that would probably be a better investment...
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By no stretch does Lambeth, or any other area in Britain, remotely approach what most Americans would consider murderously crime-ridden. Less than 1% of crime in this country is committed with a gun. And in all of Britain in 1999-2000, there were only 62 firearm-related murders. By comparison, in the USA, 7,950 homicides were committed with guns in 1999. (The U.S. population is about 4 1/2 times Britain's.) Forty-two of the British murders were committed with handguns obtained illegally. Armed robberies, also with handguns, have increased dramatically.
regardless of any increase (interpreted as skyrocketing or not) - we still have a very long way to go to reach US levels...
vmware probably a better all rounder - Virtual PC seems okay for one instance of a virtual pc - vmware seems to handle memory allocation of guests better.. .
Slashdot Mirror
the graphics may look better, but does the game physics allow you to explore/utilise the environment to the same degree ?
in the UK at least, kids (probably 13+) are free to leave the school grounds for lunch - to go home, to other shops, cafes, parks etc...
I was always taught that the noun has a 'c' and when used as a verb it changes to 's'.
something like:
I'm practising tennis tonight.
I'm going to tennis practice tonight.
etc
haven't looked into it, but I've thought about trying to use SVG for this kind of thing next time the situation arose ...
Sky is available on cable too
it's odd how 'limey' is used as an insult since the lime (juice) British sailors used to take gave them an advantage over their rivals at the time ...
we enjoyed some of the pics on your site ... especially the ones of the blond with the nice back :P
whilst software doesn't 'wear out' - the environment in which the software is designed to operate changes such that the effect is a degredation of the software in terms of its ability to interoperate with other software and also to remain maintainable...
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for example, you've just completed a c# project for a client with target machines based on WinXP, Office XP etc... your next project is to update some software which was originally written in Vb3 running on Win3.1 - currently running on NT, the new machines the company want to roll out run 2k - will it work? what about all the dependencies ? how far do you want to 'cripple' your dev box so it matches the release system?
(VMware is really incredibly awesome for this kind of situation
I'm personally in favour of software being maintained more like a car - yearly checkups / updates / replacement parts etc... I wonder if the net effect of regular maintenance on software would be cheaper than the develop / wait 5 years / then have to reconstruct the whole thing
my 2p which by current exchange rates is around 0.0000001cents
reminds me ...
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... very funny....
one time at work my colleague was half way across the office talking to some chaps - he was absent mindedly looking at one of the test machines I'd been working on earlier
I vnc'd into it and brought up notepad - I knew the monitor was still on - started typing the johnny line over and over again - he got really confused for a few seconds before looking up and seeing me grinning inanely
every second my right hand leaves the keyboard to reach for the mouse is time wasted
is 'keyboard' a euphemism?
this?
along a similar vein - a lightweight OOo standalone print engine would be nice...
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as a developer (primarily business apps)... an xml document format is much more flexible than the usual Word way of doing things (instantiate a word instance and modify the document etc...) - being able to use xsl/java/vb against the xml document then simply calling a lightweight engine to print (or convert to pdf) would be enormously handy
I thought the World in 'World Series' referred to the fact it was originally sponsored by a newspaper which was called 'World' something or other rather than the 'World' as in the planet ....could be an urban myth ... can't be bothered to check
went to the Bulldog(british style pub?) just up the street from this place about two years ago on my short trip from UK - I thought Beeblebrox was a strip joint or something so I never bothered going in (I know that statement doesn't make much sense) ... dammit
... Ottawa is a cool place ... I'd like to go back for a longer visit ...
anyway - there was a lass serving in the bar who was very cute n nice and I thought I'd share this with you.
Best £1000ish pounds I've spent
[libata] Add driver for SiS 964/180 SATA.
[libata sata_sis] minor cleanups
Anyone using sis964/sata? is it working ok? any major distros you can recommend? (stuck with WinXPPro on my new machine....)
always have to post this link:
http://www.worldskycat.com/
XP has tab completion :)
I'd agree with most of what you're saying - apart from the RAD tool requiring databound controls, ime the application ends up with the ui being coupled far too tightly with the db - it's a maintenance nightmare.
java-gnome (sourceforge soemwhere...) could be a good compromise - java's not too dificult for VB/Delphi programmers to pick up and GTK/gnome looks like becoming the defacto proprietary app standard (due to differences in licensing if nothing else...).
what was the story with Spike coming back ?
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I only got into Buffy around series 5/6 - he's the best character - I was planning on watching Angel when I heard he was in it but having never watched any of the other episodes I thought I'd wait til they repeat from the first Angel series
I'll second bzflag ... brilliant ... lots of fun .. simple ..
Emblems are pretty cool - I assume they only work for the user who sets them - it'd be handy if there was a way of setting emblems on 'shared' files too ...
The Belgian music scene is amazing: underground and frantic: electro jazz, trance, salsa, jazz, congolese-arab fusion, it's just eclectic and vibrant.
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Check out Moped - sounds like a typical contintental music to me
and in the meantime - name 10 famous Belgians
completely understand what you are saying - what if a thousand or so local people were given grants to start up their own businesses ... in the long term that would probably be a better investment ...
(granted half of them would probably fail etc..)
USA Today
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Quote: By no stretch does Lambeth, or any other area in Britain, remotely approach what most Americans would consider murderously crime-ridden. Less than 1% of crime in this country is committed with a gun. And in all of Britain in 1999-2000, there were only 62 firearm-related murders. By comparison, in the USA, 7,950 homicides were committed with guns in 1999. (The U.S. population is about 4 1/2 times Britain's.) Forty-two of the British murders were committed with handguns obtained illegally. Armed robberies, also with handguns, have increased dramatically.
regardless of any increase (interpreted as skyrocketing or not) - we still have a very long way to go to reach US levels
vmware probably a better all rounder - Virtual PC seems okay for one instance of a virtual pc - vmware seems to handle memory allocation of guests better .. .