I've written some platform indepented code for both Mac/Win and Win/Linux apps. I've found it very helpful to write the central guts of the apps based only on the STL and to write wrapper classes that hide the complexity of platform indepenent things, like threading. This has recently been very successful in a 30000 line app that had to run both on Win2000 and MacOS.
If you haven't already done so, get a good book on the STL and acquire a basic understanding of all the amazing stuff that's in there. I find the syntax of using list, map and the iterators a bit perplexing at times, but it is definitely worth the trouble.
In Germany, people are mostly charged for access by the minute. The charges are roughly comparable, about 2 cents. The result is that people blitz onto the net, get what they want and log out. They don't take time to surf around - the major requirement for e-commerce to become viable.
The technical nightmare aside, this idea may be ok for content-only-providers, like newspapers or even slashdot. But merchants and the like would certainly not do well with this concept.
I'm sure you meant to write preceded (to be ahead of something) instead of precluded (to exclude somthing).
Sadly, I've only played Wizardry I. Pretty cool game though, despite the limited size of the dungeon. Have to put Wizardry on my christmas list then, right next to Civilization III and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
Globalising is competition for governments
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In Europe, globalising is turning out to be competition for governments. Before moving to the US in 1995, I lived in Germany. At the time, companies were moving their manufacturing out of the country in droves because of the insane taxes and overbearing bureaucracy. Can you imagine getting only about 40% of your gross income on your paycheck?
Globalism made this competition possible by allowing companies and people to freely choose their place of incorporation/employment. Many politicians are loosing sleep over this one because they can't figure out how to get their monopoly on productive environments back.
The German government has not reacted properly to the new order of things, so companies are still leaving/not returning. Unemployment is rampant (12% and up even before 2001) and taxes are still insane.
Ironically, Ireland - one of the poorest contries in the EU - got an early clue and dramatically lowered taxes a while back. The result: new manufacturing facilities are popping up like mushrooms.
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If you haven't already done so, get a good book on the STL and acquire a basic understanding of all the amazing stuff that's in there. I find the syntax of using list, map and the iterators a bit perplexing at times, but it is definitely worth the trouble.
The technical nightmare aside, this idea may be ok for content-only-providers, like newspapers or even slashdot. But merchants and the like would certainly not do well with this concept.
From the shores of sunny California,
Jan
Sadly, I've only played Wizardry I. Pretty cool game though, despite the limited size of the dungeon. Have to put Wizardry on my christmas list then, right next to Civilization III and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
Globalism made this competition possible by allowing companies and people to freely choose their place of incorporation/employment. Many politicians are loosing sleep over this one because they can't figure out how to get their monopoly on productive environments back.
The German government has not reacted properly to the new order of things, so companies are still leaving/not returning. Unemployment is rampant (12% and up even before 2001) and taxes are still insane.
Ironically, Ireland - one of the poorest contries in the EU - got an early clue and dramatically lowered taxes a while back. The result: new manufacturing facilities are popping up like mushrooms.
Oh, BTW, it is "Globalisierung" in German.
From the shores of sunny California,
Jan