Based upon what I'm hearing from my contacts in the USN, Microsoft Bob will survive the chopping block and, is in fact, the key component to the new Navy Intranet.
Think beyond the job skills scenario a little -- if a corporation had the blueprints to the DNA of every employee and discovered that one of the employees had a predisposition to lung cancer, would it be wise to spend money on training and associated other job costs for said employee?
The question was would it be wise, not would it be immoral.
I guess I am looking for a sort of 'Design Patterns applied to a big deskptop application' sort of discussion.
Then The GOF Design Patterns may be what you're looking for. The case study used for most of the pattern illustrations is that of designing a word processor -- which is no simple feat. A lot of these can be extended to any type of a UI architecture.
I just got off of the phone with my boy Tariq Aziz [WashingtonPost.com] and evidently there's a new project called SaddamNet that hopes to utilize extra cycles to create new nerve gases, toxins and other WoMD.
For all of you AOLusers out there - version 8.0 will be pop-up free [News.com].
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I also used to be in the same boat of (somewhat apologetically) explaining to people that I spend a lot of time's gaming (I'm also 28). But, there are a lot of reasons I can spew as to why it's not immature for someone of my age to be gaming. Here are a few:
1. Economists often point to the surge of sales in board games during times of economic hardship (recessions, depressions, etc.). The reason being that once the initial investment is out of the way, these board games pay for themselves many times over if played enough. If I purchased Monopoly in 1933 for $2 and over the course of the next five years, put 200 hours into playing it with friends and family, what's the cost per hour break down to? Pretty damn cheap..
2. What's the difference between a group of men fragging each other all night in 2002 and a group of men playing poker all night in 1956? Not much.
If Rep. Rick Boucher is elected President, we may see this some day. There's no indication he would ever run for President, but wouldn't that be sweet!
I just cannot 'respect' someone who can't be bothered to type "are" ('r') or "you" ('u') because they want to save themselves from typing two characters.
So, with that same argument, were you ticked when didn't came on the scene as a shorter way of saying did not?
Language, like everything else in life, evolves. I'm not advocating teaching L33T speak showing up on school papers, but that argument is a little flawed.
You're right genius.. it may be in java.lang.reflect, but check out chapter 11 of Eckel's Thinking in Java: Run-tim type identification (RTTI). It's a concept..
I love the high-school slur when you use cockfoster in the title of your reply.
I hope I'm not starting a flame war, but I've written apps in each language and the framework for.NET is the the Java Class Library given time to mature and improved upon weak spots. Reflection kicks RTTI's ass among other minor, but effective improvements. I'm not trashing Java, I enjoy programming in each language, but C# is what I'm using more and more to build with.
.. are dying a slow death. Maybe I live and work in a pager-free zone, but can anyone else remember the last time they saw two different pagers in one week? Oh, and middle/high schools don't count.
Another Yo Cliff.. but Eckel is THE MAN. When I read TiJ, I probably learned more about compilers, language design, etc. than I ever could have dreamed about. Bruce has a nice way of laying out what needs to be learned and very often the who, what and why behind that.
On a side note, I see BE is working on Thinking in C#. Coming from a former ANSI C++ honcho, does anyone else believe this *legitimizes* the language in any way?
Yo Cliff.. I gotta agree. I'd like to think of myself as a pretty decent cross-platform developer. Whatever the task, I think I can get something working, and usually well, but when I first tried to read volume I of TAoCP, I found myself constantly re-reading sections and wishing I had boned up on some math courses a little better. I'm sure it's a fantastic read, but unfortunately, I'll have to wait until I'm 35 to pull any real substance out of it.
This is nothing more than a bridge or a quick fix until full "get your word-on recognition" is in place. Kind of like learning a keyboard until you can talk to your machine...
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By sanctions, do they mean forcing her to use M$ Paint for 8 hours a day?
1. Vegas. The place is great for hooking up.
2. I know a guy that is killer at Quake2. Frags people. For some reason, this guy is a chick magnet to a degree you couldn't begin to believe..
Amen.. I also love giving them a stab, but after about ten pages of reading, I always come to the same conclusion: I should have taken more math!
Based upon what I'm hearing from my contacts in the USN, Microsoft Bob will survive the chopping block and, is in fact, the key component to the new Navy Intranet.
Think beyond the job skills scenario a little -- if a corporation had the blueprints to the DNA of every employee and discovered that one of the employees had a predisposition to lung cancer, would it be wise to spend money on training and associated other job costs for said employee?
The question was would it be wise, not would it be immoral.
OOP is a fad too. Thanks for clarifying that and helping us all get back to procedural.
I guess I am looking for a sort of 'Design Patterns applied to a big deskptop application' sort of discussion.
Then The GOF Design Patterns may be what you're looking for. The case study used for most of the pattern illustrations is that of designing a word processor -- which is no simple feat. A lot of these can be extended to any type of a UI architecture.
I just got off of the phone with my boy Tariq Aziz [WashingtonPost.com] and evidently there's a new project called SaddamNet that hopes to utilize extra cycles to create new nerve gases, toxins and other WoMD.
More details and the project URL to come soon..
For all of you AOLusers out there - version 8.0 will be pop-up free [News.com].
I also used to be in the same boat of (somewhat apologetically) explaining to people that I spend a lot of time's gaming (I'm also 28). But, there are a lot of reasons I can spew as to why it's not immature for someone of my age to be gaming. Here are a few:
1. Economists often point to the surge of sales in board games during times of economic hardship (recessions, depressions, etc.). The reason being that once the initial investment is out of the way, these board games pay for themselves many times over if played enough. If I purchased Monopoly in 1933 for $2 and over the course of the next five years, put 200 hours into playing it with friends and family, what's the cost per hour break down to? Pretty damn cheap..
2. What's the difference between a group of men fragging each other all night in 2002 and a group of men playing poker all night in 1956? Not much.
If Rep. Rick Boucher is elected President, we may see this some day. There's no indication he would ever run for President, but wouldn't that be sweet!
Pretty birdy... pretty birdy..
(Envision duct tape around the neck..)
My bad, I fixed the hardware problem. Everything should be working now. -- Al Gore
I just cannot 'respect' someone who can't be bothered to type "are" ('r') or "you" ('u') because they want to save themselves from typing two characters.
So, with that same argument, were you ticked when didn't came on the scene as a shorter way of saying did not?
Language, like everything else in life, evolves. I'm not advocating teaching L33T speak showing up on school papers, but that argument is a little flawed.
You're right genius.. it may be in java.lang.reflect, but check out chapter 11 of Eckel's Thinking in Java: Run-tim type identification (RTTI). It's a concept..
I love the high-school slur when you use cockfoster in the title of your reply.
I hope I'm not starting a flame war, but I've written apps in each language and the framework for .NET is the the Java Class Library given time to mature and improved upon weak spots. Reflection kicks RTTI's ass among other minor, but effective improvements. I'm not trashing Java, I enjoy programming in each language, but C# is what I'm using more and more to build with.
.. are dying a slow death. Maybe I live and work in a pager-free zone, but can anyone else remember the last time they saw two different pagers in one week? Oh, and middle/high schools don't count.
Another Yo Cliff.. but Eckel is THE MAN. When I read TiJ, I probably learned more about compilers, language design, etc. than I ever could have dreamed about. Bruce has a nice way of laying out what needs to be learned and very often the who, what and why behind that.
On a side note, I see BE is working on Thinking in C#. Coming from a former ANSI C++ honcho, does anyone else believe this *legitimizes* the language in any way?
Yo Cliff.. I gotta agree. I'd like to think of myself as a pretty decent cross-platform developer. Whatever the task, I think I can get something working, and usually well, but when I first tried to read volume I of TAoCP, I found myself constantly re-reading sections and wishing I had boned up on some math courses a little better. I'm sure it's a fantastic read, but unfortunately, I'll have to wait until I'm 35 to pull any real substance out of it.
I don't think we can be safe enough here. How much do we *really* know about Mars? Not enough..
This is nothing more than a bridge or a quick fix until full "get your word-on recognition" is in place. Kind of like learning a keyboard until you can talk to your machine...
I think the article mentioned one of these beautiful and wonderful things by name -- MS Bob! :)
MS Bob has about ten more years to go...
I'm just as big of fan of Google as the next geek, but.. Lycos has been doing this for a while..
Pop-up ads the size of lunchboxes....
on the bright side.. my wrist would get a good workout scrolling and scrolling....