In honor of them, here's some timely object oriented jokes (note: i did not come up with these)...
"How many Object Oriented programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?"
"None, they send it a message, and it changes itself."
"How many C++ programmers does it take to change a light bulb?"
"You're still thinking procedurally! A properly designed light bulb object would inherit a change method from a generic light bulb class!"
"The nice thing about C++ is that only your friends can handle your private parts."
"OK, I admit it: My girlfriend's just an object to me. Unfortunately, there is some information hiding, but thankfully, she's fairly encapsulated, nicely modular, and has a very well defined interface!
"Have you heard about the object-oriented way to become wealthy?"
"No..."
"Inheritance."
if i were doing it myself, i'd personally write the software myself, and save the money...
however, if you want to go with a out of the box solution my company uses tracking software from these guys...they specialize in time & project tracking solutions, so they might have something that can help you out....
I went to Lehigh University and we had Maple V available on our on campus network...it's an extremely powerful mathematics application...
it's not really a programming language, but it does allow you the ability to create variables, your own functions, etc...by far the most powerful featues are it's graphing capabilities and it's ability to find integrals and derivatives of equations that you'd never dream of trying to solve by paper and pencil...
the only downsides are it takes a while to get used to (the manual is huge!), and the program itself is a bit of a memory hog...other then that it's great...
paying per download for comic books or any other medium will never work because you'll always have the people who pay their $1 to download and then find some way to distribute the product freely to others (i.e. Kazaa, Morpheus, etc)...
i'd think that advertising (banner ads, those terrible pop-up ads) are still the way to go...that and having an on-line store selling merchandise, et al., related to the comic...
but, again, as long as their are ways to freely distribute the subscription material, paying for it will never work...the content wants to be free...and will always find a way to do so....
"Sorry officer, I didn't see that other car, i was too busy shaving and drinking my coffee..."
to...
"Sorry office, I didn't see that other car, i was too busy checking my e-mail and reading the latest stories on slashdot...."
this doesn't seem very feasible to integrate into big existing cities like New York, LA, etc...this might be nice if you were building a city from scratch..but other then that...
on a side note, doesn't the picture of the ULTra on the elevated track remind you of the Monorail epsiode of the simpsons?
all this increased functionality is great....but everyone knows what they're really used for in high school and college...
cheating...
simple as that...
i'll admit it...i (more then once) stored formulas, equations, etc, in the memory of my Ti-85 (in high school) and my Ti-92 (in college)...
they should forget all these high-tech upgrades that most people will never use, and slap some more memory in there, so the calculator can store some more "data"
In my university you couldn't use calculators for exams in any course that tought strong math theory (i.e. all the calc classes, etc...) but you could use it for applied classes like stats and things like that...
i think calculators with complex functionality like these do server a prupose...if i'm doing a physics problem that involves integrals, why should i not be allowed to use a calculator that makes the mathematics part easier...i've already taken calc...i know how to do it...i'm still thinking on the physics
problem, i'm just using the calculator to simplify the actual math involved....
this is what happens when too many engineers file for Carpel Tunnel injuries that they claim were job-related, when they were actually personal life related...
why is making banner ads appear regionally a bad instance of this technology???
banner ads are a reality right now, and they're not gonna go away anytime in the near future...as long as that is true why shouldn't advetisers maximize the effectiveness of the ads they're showing...that's just good capitalism to me...
A few possible programming ideas based on current hits:
ER: big-city trauma ward frequented by pale geeks complaining of blisters on their thumbs, and carpal tunnel syndrom...
Friends: A 20-something male shares his new york loft with his PS2, X-Box, and PC...
Temptation Island: weekly a lucky gamer is given the choice between an advanced copy of a top-flite upcoming game or a date with a celebrity....episode 1: Final Fantasy 10 vs. Natalie Portman
This will definetly turn into an infomercial for the gaming companies...can't you just imagine that guy with the colorful sweater (he's in every infomercial ever made) hocking copies of the new version of Quake, and offering to throw in a month's supply of caffeine pills...but only if you order right now!
tap water isn't free...you pay a "water" bill...and the bottle water industry does well because some people enjoy drinking water without all the "extras" that regular tap water has in it...
I think the point was that the PS2 has sold more this holdiday season...being out for about a year has nothing to do with it...in fact most people would have expected the two new consoles to sell more then the PS2...
Letting Microsoft's Former Chief Security Advisor work for the White House, is like letting Bill Clinton judge the Miss American competition...you're just asking for trouble....
the real version of the game is much improved over them demo...
...you need to turn on the advanced unit commands (plus sign on the console), this allows you to make units guard a particular building, patrol a particular aread, etc...including do nothing/not attack....
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In honor of them, here's some timely object oriented jokes (note: i did not come up with these)...
"How many Object Oriented programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?"
"None, they send it a message, and it changes itself."
"How many C++ programmers does it take to change a light bulb?"
"You're still thinking procedurally! A properly designed light bulb object would inherit a change method from a generic light bulb class!"
"The nice thing about C++ is that only your friends can handle your private parts."
"OK, I admit it: My girlfriend's just an object to me. Unfortunately, there is some information hiding, but thankfully, she's fairly encapsulated, nicely modular, and has a very well defined interface!
"Have you heard about the object-oriented way to become wealthy?"
"No..."
"Inheritance."
My company used to use Journyx but we got rid of it because it seemed to have limited featues, and was a bit cumbersome (just my opinion)...
although i already posted about the product we swtiched to (on another post), i'll mention it here for a price comparison...
we switched to Track-ITwhich (From their web site) appears to cost $227 for the suite, and another $227 for "Punchclock per 50 employees"....
so, there's another option.... http://www.dovico.com/
if i were doing it myself, i'd personally write the software myself, and save the money...
however, if you want to go with a out of the box solution my company uses tracking software from these guys...they specialize in time & project tracking solutions, so they might have something that can help you out....
I went to Lehigh University and we had Maple V available on our on campus network...it's an extremely powerful mathematics application...
it's not really a programming language, but it does allow you the ability to create variables, your own functions, etc...by far the most powerful featues are it's graphing capabilities and it's ability to find integrals and derivatives of equations that you'd never dream of trying to solve by paper and pencil...
the only downsides are it takes a while to get used to (the manual is huge!), and the program itself is a bit of a memory hog...other then that it's great...
paying per download for comic books or any other medium will never work because you'll always have the people who pay their $1 to download and then find some way to distribute the product freely to others (i.e. Kazaa, Morpheus, etc)...
i'd think that advertising (banner ads, those terrible pop-up ads) are still the way to go...that and having an on-line store selling merchandise, et al., related to the comic...
but, again, as long as their are ways to freely distribute the subscription material, paying for it will never work...the content wants to be free...and will always find a way to do so....
now the excuse can go from:
"Sorry officer, I didn't see that other car, i was too busy shaving and drinking my coffee..."
to...
"Sorry office, I didn't see that other car, i was too busy checking my e-mail and reading the latest stories on slashdot...."
is it me, or shouldn't they be based in Kazakstan???
wow, that would be one expensive trailer/bus...
sounds kinda interesting, but hey, it could give a whole new meaning to a system crash
these guys claim to be able to compress XML at a 34-1 ratio...
on a side note, doesn't the picture of the ULTra on the elevated track remind you of the Monorail epsiode of the simpsons?
I'm pretty sure that your Brita© water filter wouldn't be good enough to stop any "nano-robots"...you'd probably need some sort of industrial strength super-filter for that...
all this increased functionality is great....but everyone knows what they're really used for in high school and college...
cheating...
simple as that...
i'll admit it...i (more then once) stored formulas, equations, etc, in the memory of my Ti-85 (in high school) and my Ti-92 (in college)...
they should forget all these high-tech upgrades that most people will never use, and slap some more memory in there, so the calculator can store some more "data"
In my university you couldn't use calculators for exams in any course that tought strong math theory (i.e. all the calc classes, etc...) but you could use it for applied classes like stats and things like that...
i think calculators with complex functionality like these do server a prupose...if i'm doing a physics problem that involves integrals, why should i not be allowed to use a calculator that makes the mathematics part easier...i've already taken calc...i know how to do it...i'm still thinking on the physics problem, i'm just using the calculator to simplify the actual math involved....
this is what happens when too many engineers file for Carpel Tunnel injuries that they claim were job-related, when they were actually personal life related...
damn...i was hoping to pick up a good foosball table...
I went to the page too, and it opened up...it did however deny me access once i tried to sign up for an account (i'm in the US)...so, it does work...
why is making banner ads appear regionally a bad instance of this technology???
banner ads are a reality right now, and they're not gonna go away anytime in the near future...as long as that is true why shouldn't advetisers maximize the effectiveness of the ads they're showing...that's just good capitalism to me...
A few possible programming ideas based on current hits: ER: big-city trauma ward frequented by pale geeks complaining of blisters on their thumbs, and carpal tunnel syndrom... Friends: A 20-something male shares his new york loft with his PS2, X-Box, and PC... Temptation Island: weekly a lucky gamer is given the choice between an advanced copy of a top-flite upcoming game or a date with a celebrity....episode 1: Final Fantasy 10 vs. Natalie Portman
This will definetly turn into an infomercial for the gaming companies...can't you just imagine that guy with the colorful sweater (he's in every infomercial ever made) hocking copies of the new version of Quake, and offering to throw in a month's supply of caffeine pills...but only if you order right now!
tap water isn't free...you pay a "water" bill...and the bottle water industry does well because some people enjoy drinking water without all the "extras" that regular tap water has in it...
I think the point was that the PS2 has sold more this holdiday season...being out for about a year has nothing to do with it...in fact most people would have expected the two new consoles to sell more then the PS2...
M$FT
Letting Microsoft's Former Chief Security Advisor work for the White House, is like letting Bill Clinton judge the Miss American competition...you're just asking for trouble....
the real version of the game is much improved over them demo...
...you need to turn on the advanced unit commands (plus sign on the console), this allows you to make units guard a particular building, patrol a particular aread, etc...including do nothing/not attack....
...it's on sale for $35 Best Buy...
- brian