I've worked with both platforms for years now..NET is definitely matured, it's simply the next logical step in the evolution of VB, ASP, and MFC, although somewhat hybridized now. Depending on your preference, it may be quicker to develop in Java, as C# is just as much if not more effort. But VB has finally matured into a respectable language, and provides for truly rapid development. And for all you JavaBean lovers, stop wasting your time. Visual Studio.NET is definitely a good match for its competition, and.NET provides "components", which parallel beans, and make more sense IMHO. Oh yes, and then there's web services. Did I mention it all runs on Linux?
It wasn't true until.NET, but now I have to say, after using about 1/4 of the languages out there (and that's still a lot), VB has truly matured. I'd say that for anything except embedded software, or that which simply must work on *ix, VB is probably the best choice overall. Consider things like ease of use, learning curve, cost per hour per programmer, and it makes some sense.
I'm not sure how CNet screwed up so badly as to miss the Boston area when determining who has the "fastest" connections, but out here, we get a full 1.5Mbit downstream and 350Kbit upstream.
I've been using Debian 2.2 with the 2.2 kernel since it was released. I have only rebooted the box twice since then, when I've had to move the machine. I highly doubt I'll upgrade it for years to come... If I actually used it for anything other than network services, maybe I'd keep it more up to date.
My primary Windows server spent quite a while outside exposed to the elements. It's an old Dell Dimension XPS-T800 with an SB Live 5.1 and WDC Caviar hard drive. It was outside in the Boston summer heat, the rain in the fall, and then the beginning of the winter snow. I brought it in and the exposed metal parts of the case like the back were a little corroded but not rusty. Everything in the computer functions fine still months later. The surprising thing is it continued to work during torrential downpours. Why did I do it? I wanted a Logitech QuickCam to watch my neighbor's yard...
I really want to have an IP address forced upon me. It's not bad enough we have to divulge our address whenever we make a connection. Now they want to force us to divulge our phone number along with it by default? Fuck that.
The US Government is clearly behind these, at least the more recent and highly complex ones. It is most likely just a calibration test of some new microwave weapons we're developing, being used from fully cloaked airships quietly hovering above fields. Simple. Furthermore, they're trying to make them as complex as possible to keep us busy wondering about aliens, knowing intellectuals like to cause trouble. Really, they're planning to take over the world.:) I'm dead serious. It makes perfect sense. And if you were American, wouldn't you be proud?
Now if they can only run fiber lines to all our houses, using some new encrypted Ethernet structure... and give us all implants that act as biometric IDs for internet access... and all kinds of other scary things... Then we can vote online! Yay!... I'm starting to think I don't want that anymore. Hrmph.
I was under the impression that Internet Explorer at least would accept a site's SSL certificate as valid if it's issuer has a valid (and verifiable) SSL certificate... basically meaning if you buy just one, you are in essence a CA, for whatever it's worth. So someone out there could, in theory, sign others certificates. But I wouldn't be too surprised with Microsoft owning VeriSign if, even if it works, there's some policy you agreed to saying you would never do such a terrible thing.
What the fuck is this? DISNEYWORLD? Apparently, when they named that place, they were almost prophetic.
A note to any government software monitoring this post: STOP THIS SHIT! At least if you're going to be run by a corporation, PICK A TECH ONE!!
...can sum up the response of anyone who knows anything:
ROTFLMAO.
If OS/2 and Warp weren't already taboo to the extent of AOL for Macintosh... "Websphere Software Platform"? WEBSPHERE?
I've worked with every web application software there is. Nothing is as slow as Websphere - nothing. You know all those IBM commercials where they're like "Can we do this? Is this possible with our technology?", and they answer "No.". Then IBM says this is how they can help your company. They are very serious.
Maybe they are the only company that believes false advertisement is bad.
The best DVI-enabled LCD flat panel I could find about a year ago this time was the Sony SDM-M81, an 18.1" dual-input DVI/VGA flat panel LCD. The only gripe I have about it is its contrast ratio, only 300:1, which isn't that great with movies or games, but is just fine for computer work. They may even have some newer, better (cheaper?) models now.
I'm just about to ditch AT&T Digital Cable, because their default box where I live has had its S-Video and digital audio connectors removed. Probably saved them $10 per unit. I recently begged them to let me either rent or buy a full version of the same model box from them. When I mentioned the 1996 law which says customers have a choice in 3rd-party set top boxes, I received their response:
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We are in the early stages of Beta testing converters with S-video and Dolby digital 5.1 outputs in select regions for the eventual launch throughout our enterprise. We do not yet have a time table for when these will be available for lease in your area.
According to the information provided at the FCC's website, http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1998/fcc98 116.pdf, subscribers have the right to attach any compatible navigation device
to a multichannel video programming system as long as the equipment does not provide the unauthorized reception of services.
If you wish to register a converter you have purchased with us, please contact our Cable Television Customer Care Group at 1-888-633-4266 for assistance.
You are allowed to purchase your own converter, we will not support it, nor guarantee that it will receive all the channels that you subscribe to. Also there have been cases of people buying converters on line that are stolen from other regions, it is our policy to report any such incidents, so choose whom you purchase your converter from wisely.
If you have any future questions or problems, please feel free to email us again or contact our Technical Support line for further assistance. We are here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When replying to this address, please include this message as well as all previous correspondence regarding this issue.
Perhaps they don't care how fast things happen over there, they might not have any deadlines or important ideas to work on. In that case, they should probably all go wireless in little WiFi cells and not pay anything still. But here, in the US, nobody has time to waste (or at least that's what we all say...) so speed is important. Let's just hope local companies don't get any stupid ideas from foreign research...
$50 billion? I think that was it.. so let's see, they can buy 149 more Rare-like game development companies. Wait a minute, there aren't that many! Why don't Sony and Nintendo throw in the towel now, while they can still walk away with cash?
I don't know about Linux support as I primarily use Linux as a server, but the HP cp1160 - though expensive - is an awesome printer with automatic double sided and multi-page-per-sheet printing which I find great. Wasting trees sucks. Also the psc960, an all-in-one printer/scanner/fax/copier is pretty nice, but not as nice as the cp1160. As for Lexmark, they used to be good, and very cheap for their quality. But I've had a few problems with them recently.
I'm a professional web developer, and can tell you in absolute certainty that Websphere is -THE- worst app server. I'd rather be caught using old C-based CGIs, or better yet just go back to the BBS. Websphere may be open source, at the HTTP side (read: apache), and IBM likes to tell you what makes their stuff tick, sure.. But does all that really matter, if the software is slow, buggy, and far below the level of standards its FREEWARE competition lives up to (read: enhydra, resin). Open source can sometimes be blinding.
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I've worked with both platforms for years now. .NET is definitely matured, it's simply the next logical step in the evolution of VB, ASP, and MFC, although somewhat hybridized now. Depending on your preference, it may be quicker to develop in Java, as C# is just as much if not more effort. But VB has finally matured into a respectable language, and provides for truly rapid development. And for all you JavaBean lovers, stop wasting your time. Visual Studio .NET is definitely a good match for its competition, and .NET provides "components", which parallel beans, and make more sense IMHO. Oh yes, and then there's web services. Did I mention it all runs on Linux?
It wasn't true until .NET, but now I have to say, after using about 1/4 of the languages out there (and that's still a lot), VB has truly matured. I'd say that for anything except embedded software, or that which simply must work on *ix, VB is probably the best choice overall. Consider things like ease of use, learning curve, cost per hour per programmer, and it makes some sense.
I'm not sure how CNet screwed up so badly as to miss the Boston area when determining who has the "fastest" connections, but out here, we get a full 1.5Mbit downstream and 350Kbit upstream.
...and replace it with a new standard. All you free software people get to work!
I've been using Debian 2.2 with the 2.2 kernel since it was released. I have only rebooted the box twice since then, when I've had to move the machine. I highly doubt I'll upgrade it for years to come... If I actually used it for anything other than network services, maybe I'd keep it more up to date.
My primary Windows server spent quite a while outside exposed to the elements. It's an old Dell Dimension XPS-T800 with an SB Live 5.1 and WDC Caviar hard drive. It was outside in the Boston summer heat, the rain in the fall, and then the beginning of the winter snow. I brought it in and the exposed metal parts of the case like the back were a little corroded but not rusty. Everything in the computer functions fine still months later. The surprising thing is it continued to work during torrential downpours. Why did I do it? I wanted a Logitech QuickCam to watch my neighbor's yard...
I really want to have an IP address forced upon me. It's not bad enough we have to divulge our address whenever we make a connection. Now they want to force us to divulge our phone number along with it by default? Fuck that.
The US Government is clearly behind these, at least the more recent and highly complex ones. It is most likely just a calibration test of some new microwave weapons we're developing, being used from fully cloaked airships quietly hovering above fields. Simple. Furthermore, they're trying to make them as complex as possible to keep us busy wondering about aliens, knowing intellectuals like to cause trouble. Really, they're planning to take over the world. :) I'm dead serious. It makes perfect sense. And if you were American, wouldn't you be proud?
Now if they can only run fiber lines to all our houses, using some new encrypted Ethernet structure... and give us all implants that act as biometric IDs for internet access... and all kinds of other scary things... Then we can vote online! Yay! ... I'm starting to think I don't want that anymore. Hrmph.
At the end of the year? Come on, it's a trick.
I was under the impression that Internet Explorer at least would accept a site's SSL certificate as valid if it's issuer has a valid (and verifiable) SSL certificate... basically meaning if you buy just one, you are in essence a CA, for whatever it's worth. So someone out there could, in theory, sign others certificates. But I wouldn't be too surprised with Microsoft owning VeriSign if, even if it works, there's some policy you agreed to saying you would never do such a terrible thing.
What the fuck is this? DISNEYWORLD? Apparently, when they named that place, they were almost prophetic. A note to any government software monitoring this post: STOP THIS SHIT! At least if you're going to be run by a corporation, PICK A TECH ONE!!
...can sum up the response of anyone who knows anything: ROTFLMAO. If OS/2 and Warp weren't already taboo to the extent of AOL for Macintosh... "Websphere Software Platform"? WEBSPHERE? I've worked with every web application software there is. Nothing is as slow as Websphere - nothing. You know all those IBM commercials where they're like "Can we do this? Is this possible with our technology?", and they answer "No.". Then IBM says this is how they can help your company. They are very serious. Maybe they are the only company that believes false advertisement is bad.
The best DVI-enabled LCD flat panel I could find about a year ago this time was the Sony SDM-M81, an 18.1" dual-input DVI/VGA flat panel LCD. The only gripe I have about it is its contrast ratio, only 300:1, which isn't that great with movies or games, but is just fine for computer work. They may even have some newer, better (cheaper?) models now.
I'm just about to ditch AT&T Digital Cable, because their default box where I live has had its S-Video and digital audio connectors removed. Probably saved them $10 per unit. I recently begged them to let me either rent or buy a full version of the same model box from them. When I mentioned the 1996 law which says customers have a choice in 3rd-party set top boxes, I received their response: --- We are in the early stages of Beta testing converters with S-video and Dolby digital 5.1 outputs in select regions for the eventual launch throughout our enterprise. We do not yet have a time table for when these will be available for lease in your area. According to the information provided at the FCC's website, http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1998/fcc98 116.pdf, subscribers have the right to attach any compatible navigation device
to a multichannel video programming system as long as the equipment does not provide the unauthorized reception of services.
If you wish to register a converter you have purchased with us, please contact our Cable Television Customer Care Group at 1-888-633-4266 for assistance.
You are allowed to purchase your own converter, we will not support it, nor guarantee that it will receive all the channels that you subscribe to. Also there have been cases of people buying converters on line that are stolen from other regions, it is our policy to report any such incidents, so choose whom you purchase your converter from wisely.
If you have any future questions or problems, please feel free to email us again or contact our Technical Support line for further assistance. We are here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When replying to this address, please include this message as well as all previous correspondence regarding this issue.
Perhaps they don't care how fast things happen over there, they might not have any deadlines or important ideas to work on. In that case, they should probably all go wireless in little WiFi cells and not pay anything still. But here, in the US, nobody has time to waste (or at least that's what we all say...) so speed is important. Let's just hope local companies don't get any stupid ideas from foreign research...
$50 billion? I think that was it.. so let's see, they can buy 149 more Rare-like game development companies. Wait a minute, there aren't that many! Why don't Sony and Nintendo throw in the towel now, while they can still walk away with cash?
I'll throw in $20 as well. Let's see if we can buy Hollywood like they buy Washington.
I don't know about Linux support as I primarily use Linux as a server, but the HP cp1160 - though expensive - is an awesome printer with automatic double sided and multi-page-per-sheet printing which I find great. Wasting trees sucks. Also the psc960, an all-in-one printer/scanner/fax/copier is pretty nice, but not as nice as the cp1160. As for Lexmark, they used to be good, and very cheap for their quality. But I've had a few problems with them recently.
I'm not very fond of OGG over MP3, but I've always had a little bit of a problem with MP3. It's about time it got cancer.
I'm a professional web developer, and can tell you in absolute certainty that Websphere is -THE- worst app server. I'd rather be caught using old C-based CGIs, or better yet just go back to the BBS. Websphere may be open source, at the HTTP side (read: apache), and IBM likes to tell you what makes their stuff tick, sure.. But does all that really matter, if the software is slow, buggy, and far below the level of standards its FREEWARE competition lives up to (read: enhydra, resin). Open source can sometimes be blinding.