I owned a 2001 Honda Insight a few years ago. It did not live up to it's claims of 65+ miles a gallon, but my lifetime average was a respectable 54. Mind you, I did drive on country roads, and rarely got many highway miles, so I never complained much.
That's precisely why I purchased a "media" safe. It's like a fire safe, but has much thicker walls (7 inch). It can outlast a fire, and will never go over 120F inside.
Sure is heavy though, over 100lbs. and it only fits 100 dvd's.
I very much agree with your statement, but I am damned proud to say that I am an exception to the rule. I watch broadcast TV (mostly just simpsons), I own my car, home, and movies I intend to watch more than once.
The fact that you are so correct is just depressing though.
Just curious, with a proximity device, like RFID, how do you determine EXACTLY when people cross the finish line? (I assume that being exact is important in your market)
I admit that Access can make it EASY to write bad code; but that doesn't mean that good code can't be written within it. It supports transactions. It supports rollback.
I have personally developed a large 50+ user medical database that uses Access exclusively; as well as a 10,000 tranaction/month financial database with 30+ users.
It can be good; it just makes it easy enough that any goober can write code...
Actually, the guy I was messing with was a 40 year old who would always get pissed when I wouldn't give a phone number. I think you may be right about the ambient stupidity though.
I went into a radio shack, to have some amusement at the dumbassitude of their staff. I told them I needed a flux capacitor in order to repair the wavetable floating-point unit on my network card....
They spent 20 minutes with their heads in catalogs....
Not only didn't they know they names of things; they never watched Back to the Future either....
A lot of this fragmented development comes from the idea of a 110 engineer. That is, by definition, one man who does the work of 10. The problem with this is that one person (who may not have total perspective) codes away at his vision of a product, with little regard to everything else.
Poof.
You end up with a program that is very special purpose and not of much use.
I carefully use peons to keep my perspective....:)
Dude, that's very standard stuff. It is in the boilerplate from every attorneys office. Don't thing everything is such a conspiracy theory. I write a medical database package; and I haven't released the code. Just like almost every other software company; they just want to make a buck from what they have created.
Nah, they won't be activating SA. I was watching my GPS, hoping to get an idea when the fireworks would start. I think they are just using regional disruption (if they even care)
I know, and I agree with you. For example, I run a medical database shop. We spend 1 hour a day playing unreal tournament. Know why? We get more code done in the other 7 hours. Plus, we are still available to answer calls while 'on break'
The honda insight is missing from the list; but that's because honda killed the model. A two-seater is really hard to sell when you have a four-seater (civic hybrid) available. Really a shame, i've got one and it's an excellent car. They never have many of them, AFAIK they never made a profit on them. Good strong engineering (and frame too, mine's been in a wreck. damn dumbass...)
My company builds medical database applications for physical therapy, rehabilitation, and other orthopedic-based professions. I develop our stuff using a lot of office integration and libraries. Although I hate MS more than anything in the world, there are advantages that it brings to the party:
1. The Office/VBA environment allows me to be massivly productive, even more so than in vb. I know that C is god's language and all; and I know that I am not writing especially tight code. I do know that I can produce a huge application in a small amount of time though. The libraries and data-access foundation that I have with the Office tools are worth it to me.
2. Physical therapists are not the most computer-savvy bunch. My products are specifically written to be sickeningly easy to use, this is on purpose. I have dodged incorporating a user-level security system for some time, simply because easy sells. Windows is easier than anything else for my users; secondly, they already have windows. Almost 100% of them.
3. Despite DLL hell, it is still easier to deploy to windows. When users are stupid, the only option is to make a nearly flawless installer. I can do this on windows without much effort.
Don't think we are a raging microsoft shop though. All our development is done with W98, VB6, and Office 97. All the new versions of Office have been fat, buggy, and not worth my time.
Hope this made some sense...
if you hit google for 'physical therapy software' you will find us.
-Benji
I have a friend who uses a router with comcast. This concerned him enough to call them (in hopes of making a rightous big-stink!). They said there is NO problem with someone using a router (and using multiple computers).
The only (no so) negative thing the tech said was "we offer multiple IP's; if you don't want to buy a router".
This went down in SE PA.
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I owned a 2001 Honda Insight a few years ago. It did not live up to it's claims of 65+ miles a gallon, but my lifetime average was a respectable 54. Mind you, I did drive on country roads, and rarely got many highway miles, so I never complained much.
Sure is heavy though, over 100lbs. and it only fits 100 dvd's.
Since when does XP fit on a CD? Last I checked it was spread across multiple discs...
The fact that you are so correct is just depressing though.
True enough. It certainly would be a convenience for record-keeping in mass events.
Seems almost like RFID just for RFID's sake...
Thanks for the reply, it's a good thought.
Just curious, with a proximity device, like RFID, how do you determine EXACTLY when people cross the finish line? (I assume that being exact is important in your market)
I have personally developed a large 50+ user medical database that uses Access exclusively; as well as a 10,000 tranaction/month financial database with 30+ users.
It can be good; it just makes it easy enough that any goober can write code...
Cheese Eating Surrender Monkies!
"It's probably something to do with..."
I look up today's excuse ".. clock speed"
"Oh" (Not knowing what I'm talking about, they're satisfied)
Actually, the guy I was messing with was a 40 year old who would always get pissed when I wouldn't give a phone number. I think you may be right about the ambient stupidity though.
Shit! My BLT drive just want AWOL!
True Story:
I went into a radio shack, to have some amusement at the dumbassitude of their staff. I told them I needed a flux capacitor in order to repair the wavetable floating-point unit on my network card....
They spent 20 minutes with their heads in catalogs.... Not only didn't they know they names of things; they never watched Back to the Future either....
Poof.
You end up with a program that is very special purpose and not of much use.
I carefully use peons to keep my perspective.... :)
Dude, that's very standard stuff. It is in the boilerplate from every attorneys office. Don't thing everything is such a conspiracy theory. I write a medical database package; and I haven't released the code. Just like almost every other software company; they just want to make a buck from what they have created.
Nah, they won't be activating SA. I was watching my GPS, hoping to get an idea when the fireworks would start. I think they are just using regional disruption (if they even care)
Mmmmm. Networked nuclear weapons.
Of course you are an American, you posted this during the work day... Go fill out a TPS report...
What do you think will show first....Fuel cells, or Duke Nukem Forever?
I know what you mean though. No one knows that it has a higher torque-to-weight ratio than a durango...Except my buddy with a durango...
The honda insight is missing from the list; but that's because honda killed the model. A two-seater is really hard to sell when you have a four-seater (civic hybrid) available. Really a shame, i've got one and it's an excellent car. They never have many of them, AFAIK they never made a profit on them. Good strong engineering (and frame too, mine's been in a wreck. damn dumbass...)
My company builds medical database applications for physical therapy, rehabilitation, and other orthopedic-based professions. I develop our stuff using a lot of office integration and libraries. Although I hate MS more than anything in the world, there are advantages that it brings to the party: 1. The Office/VBA environment allows me to be massivly productive, even more so than in vb. I know that C is god's language and all; and I know that I am not writing especially tight code. I do know that I can produce a huge application in a small amount of time though. The libraries and data-access foundation that I have with the Office tools are worth it to me. 2. Physical therapists are not the most computer-savvy bunch. My products are specifically written to be sickeningly easy to use, this is on purpose. I have dodged incorporating a user-level security system for some time, simply because easy sells. Windows is easier than anything else for my users; secondly, they already have windows. Almost 100% of them. 3. Despite DLL hell, it is still easier to deploy to windows. When users are stupid, the only option is to make a nearly flawless installer. I can do this on windows without much effort. Don't think we are a raging microsoft shop though. All our development is done with W98, VB6, and Office 97. All the new versions of Office have been fat, buggy, and not worth my time. Hope this made some sense... if you hit google for 'physical therapy software' you will find us. -Benji
I have a friend who uses a router with comcast. This concerned him enough to call them (in hopes of making a rightous big-stink!). They said there is NO problem with someone using a router (and using multiple computers). The only (no so) negative thing the tech said was "we offer multiple IP's; if you don't want to buy a router". This went down in SE PA.