Again, every piece of software that uses VINs would have to have at least moderate revision in order to be able to use the extra field. Furthermore, you make the assumption that at least most of the software that uses it is just a series of SQL statements, but I should not at all be surprised if a very substantial number of these applications use home-brewed databases, or other forms of storage.
In other words, it's not just going in and adding a column to the database and making a couple tweaks to the code; there would need to be substantial revisions. Not overwhelming revisions of course, but enough that it's far more than a trivial task.
It's 31 though; O and Q aren't used because they are too easily confused with 0, I is too easily confused with 1, U isn't used, Z isn't used. In addition, 1980 is given A, and the first year it was in use was '81.
I don't see anywhere in the article that it says all VINs are exactly 17 digits, just that expanding it to 18 or 19 would require a huge overhaul. Which it would, of course, considering that a, say, 13 digit VIN will easily fit in 17 spaces, but 18 wouldn't.
This would still result in having to rewrite a lot of software to take the extra field into account. Especially because you could say the exact same argument for Y2K: "So just expand the year field by adding a second field of 2 more digits. Years in the 20th century don't have anything in the second field, those outside do."
That said, who knows how much of a problem this is; Y2K turned out just fine, though it did take quite a bit of work to make it so...
You know, not everyone upgrades to the latest browser version every time it's released. I'm running Mozilla 1.4 and it suits me fine. I'll probably go to Firefox when it hits 1.0. (Yes, I know it's quite nice now; I run it under FreeBSD. But psychologically I think I want to wait.:-p)
So for people who don't feel like installing a new browser every month to stay on the bleeding edge, this is useful information so we can watch out for it.
Real-world software requires support for databases, security, performance, productivity, reliability...
I would argue that.net provides these in most cases. I'm not saying that Java == bad, C# == good, just that there are many cases in which.Net works plenty well enough that the choice to use it can be based on personal preferences. (Or in other words, the first 10,005 items in the list check out just fine.)
My statements about preferences about C# over Java are based on my experience of having C# provide the features I want (minus cross-platformness, which Mono is fixing). I cannot say that I have done any hefty programs, but from the toy ones I have done C# has suited me better than Java. I also have read enough to have an idea of what.net and Java support, and don't think that one has a clear advantage over the other in general. It all depends on project requirements and the programmer's previous experience.
(To address your concerns: ADO.net provides at least a decent amount of database support; security is far more in the hands of the programmer than the language; Java has only recently run at an acceptable speed, especially GUI-based programs, while I have not yet seen a.net program that felt sluggish; productivity is very much a factor of personal preferences and language features such as what I named; reliability is again much more a function of the programmer than the language; etc.)
That never stops anyone from using any technology or the latest and greatest for other than its intended use.
I'll agree in general, but not in the specific case of gaming on this monitor. The review specifically stated that due to the very low refresh rate (41 Hz or 25 Hz depending on the mode) games at least would suck. Movies might be okay with 41... depends on how the 30/24 fps line up with the refreshes, but my expectation would be that they would suck too.
Now I don't usually run with the hype, I usually wait until new ideas and products prove themselves. As a result I'm a late adopter of Java (by now I'd say it has proven itself) maybe I'll be a late adopter of Mono/.NET as well. For now I don't see the added value. Anyone clue me in?
I think it's mostly the matter of extra options and personal choice. For instance, coming from a C++ background there are several things that I feel are "missing" from Java (default arguments, enums, operator overloading, etc.) and thus I am partial to using C# that has most of what's missing. A good cross-platform.Net and Windows Forms implementation would be very nice. So it adds (or at least will add once they get Winforms mostly done) another option to the "so you want to make a cross platform program" toolbox, in with Java, Qt, wxWindows, etc. Options are always good.
(My intent is not to start a Java flame war here; this is just my opinion.)
How close are GTK# and Windows forms? I find Mono very intriguing for cross-platform development, but how hard would it be to port between GTK# and Winforms?
And who said that I take everything TDS says as gospel? If The Onion had said that quote instead, I would have posted a link to that story. And despite a couple newspapers doing it, I don't think you'd have accused me of getting my news from The Onion. That was half the reason I put the "*ahem*" in there...
And anyway, there still is quite a bit of truth to it anyway.
Or is it that you actually want to sell your content to consenting adults, and the whole kids thing is a smokescreen thrown up by wannabe censors who don't want you to be able to do that, either?
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a smokescreen to some, but most people are actually thinking about the kids. (To use the cliche.) The problem with the law is that it intereferes with said selling to adults, and thus goes beyond "protecting the kids", intent or not.
That's because the majority if the right's beliefs have no basis in actual fact. The left however, while not flawless, is more based in fact than the right. So when you get a news report like CNN full of facts it looks like its far left to a guy on the far right. And yes, since non-Fox news tends to lean a tiny bit to the left it doesn't help. They DO select which facts they say and which ones they don't.
Reminds me of *ahem* a Daily Show segment where one of the correspondents, I think Rob Corrdry, was addressing the administration's criticism of the media's "biased" coverage of Iraq by covering all the bombing and stuff and not good news and went off talking about how the facts were biased and reality had an anti-Bush agenda...
I go to PSU. For a while students got a number of pieces of software (VS.NET, WinXP, Office, FrontPage, ec.) for free. I realize that our technology services fee was probably a bit higher because of it (and if not something else was), but on the other hand, not *that* many students got them, so the price to PSU was much less than just 40,000 * (educational price). Thus other students were significantly subsidizing my software cost.
And in turn I help to subsidize their athletic programs, or whatever, so it works both ways.
I consult for an organization with a billing system that sends out bills for as little as $0.01 and as much as $5-6 million for a quarter.
I got a bill for an 8 cent phone call I made once. I sent back a check for 8 cents, with a note saying "I'd like to point out that you probably spent about 20 cents on postage to send me a bill for 8."
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Again, every piece of software that uses VINs would have to have at least moderate revision in order to be able to use the extra field. Furthermore, you make the assumption that at least most of the software that uses it is just a series of SQL statements, but I should not at all be surprised if a very substantial number of these applications use home-brewed databases, or other forms of storage.
In other words, it's not just going in and adding a column to the database and making a couple tweaks to the code; there would need to be substantial revisions. Not overwhelming revisions of course, but enough that it's far more than a trivial task.
It's 31 though; O and Q aren't used because they are too easily confused with 0, I is too easily confused with 1, U isn't used, Z isn't used. In addition, 1980 is given A, and the first year it was in use was '81.
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I don't see anywhere in the article that it says all VINs are exactly 17 digits, just that expanding it to 18 or 19 would require a huge overhaul. Which it would, of course, considering that a, say, 13 digit VIN will easily fit in 17 spaces, but 18 wouldn't.
Only to a certain point.
You also miss benefits of newer cars; increased gas mileage, better safety features, etc.
This would still result in having to rewrite a lot of software to take the extra field into account. Especially because you could say the exact same argument for Y2K: "So just expand the year field by adding a second field of 2 more digits. Years in the 20th century don't have anything in the second field, those outside do."
That said, who knows how much of a problem this is; Y2K turned out just fine, though it did take quite a bit of work to make it so...
You know, not everyone upgrades to the latest browser version every time it's released. I'm running Mozilla 1.4 and it suits me fine. I'll probably go to Firefox when it hits 1.0. (Yes, I know it's quite nice now; I run it under FreeBSD. But psychologically I think I want to wait. :-p)
So for people who don't feel like installing a new browser every month to stay on the bleeding edge, this is useful information so we can watch out for it.
Censorware != bad
Forced, mandated censorware == bad
Real-world software requires support for databases, security, performance, productivity, reliability...
.net provides these in most cases. I'm not saying that Java == bad, C# == good, just that there are many cases in which .Net works plenty well enough that the choice to use it can be based on personal preferences. (Or in other words, the first 10,005 items in the list check out just fine.)
.net and Java support, and don't think that one has a clear advantage over the other in general. It all depends on project requirements and the programmer's previous experience.
.net program that felt sluggish; productivity is very much a factor of personal preferences and language features such as what I named; reliability is again much more a function of the programmer than the language; etc.)
I would argue that
My statements about preferences about C# over Java are based on my experience of having C# provide the features I want (minus cross-platformness, which Mono is fixing). I cannot say that I have done any hefty programs, but from the toy ones I have done C# has suited me better than Java. I also have read enough to have an idea of what
(To address your concerns: ADO.net provides at least a decent amount of database support; security is far more in the hands of the programmer than the language; Java has only recently run at an acceptable speed, especially GUI-based programs, while I have not yet seen a
RTFA... it's right there in the table on page 3. Native resolution, 3,840 x 2,400.
That never stops anyone from using any technology or the latest and greatest for other than its intended use.
I'll agree in general, but not in the specific case of gaming on this monitor. The review specifically stated that due to the very low refresh rate (41 Hz or 25 Hz depending on the mode) games at least would suck. Movies might be okay with 41... depends on how the 30/24 fps line up with the refreshes, but my expectation would be that they would suck too.
Ah, thanks for the correction. /Note to self: check information you're not sure of on Google before posting it...
Now I don't usually run with the hype, I usually wait until new ideas and products prove themselves. As a result I'm a late adopter of Java (by now I'd say it has proven itself) maybe I'll be a late adopter of Mono/.NET as well. For now I don't see the added value. Anyone clue me in?
.Net and Windows Forms implementation would be very nice. So it adds (or at least will add once they get Winforms mostly done) another option to the "so you want to make a cross platform program" toolbox, in with Java, Qt, wxWindows, etc. Options are always good.
I think it's mostly the matter of extra options and personal choice. For instance, coming from a C++ background there are several things that I feel are "missing" from Java (default arguments, enums, operator overloading, etc.) and thus I am partial to using C# that has most of what's missing. A good cross-platform
(My intent is not to start a Java flame war here; this is just my opinion.)
How close are GTK# and Windows forms? I find Mono very intriguing for cross-platform development, but how hard would it be to port between GTK# and Winforms?
It's also the short name for an EPV infection, also known as the kissing disease.
how are you doing this? I would like to know. most online information is hardly reputable or believable.
/.? :-p
So you ask an anonymous source on
Oops.
I must slow down... make too many mistakes from skimming.
Update:
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Now, the moderator who just modded me interesting, that may be a different matter...
And who said that I take everything TDS says as gospel? If The Onion had said that quote instead, I would have posted a link to that story. And despite a couple newspapers doing it, I don't think you'd have accused me of getting my news from The Onion. That was half the reason I put the "*ahem*" in there...
And anyway, there still is quite a bit of truth to it anyway.
Or is it that you actually want to sell your content to consenting adults, and the whole kids thing is a smokescreen thrown up by wannabe censors who don't want you to be able to do that, either?
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a smokescreen to some, but most people are actually thinking about the kids. (To use the cliche.) The problem with the law is that it intereferes with said selling to adults, and thus goes beyond "protecting the kids", intent or not.
For it to work, you would have to answer the question "what is pornographic?" and that question hasn't been answered yet, despite countless attempts
Sure it has. Just show it to Potter Stewart and ask him. He apparently can tell you when he sees it.
Justices are appointed by the President and (usually...) confirmed by congress, not elected.
That's because the majority if the right's beliefs have no basis in actual fact. The left however, while not flawless, is more based in fact than the right. So when you get a news report like CNN full of facts it looks like its far left to a guy on the far right. And yes, since non-Fox news tends to lean a tiny bit to the left it doesn't help. They DO select which facts they say and which ones they don't.
Reminds me of *ahem* a Daily Show segment where one of the correspondents, I think Rob Corrdry, was addressing the administration's criticism of the media's "biased" coverage of Iraq by covering all the bombing and stuff and not good news and went off talking about how the facts were biased and reality had an anti-Bush agenda...
This is true, but...
I go to PSU. For a while students got a number of pieces of software (VS.NET, WinXP, Office, FrontPage, ec.) for free. I realize that our technology services fee was probably a bit higher because of it (and if not something else was), but on the other hand, not *that* many students got them, so the price to PSU was much less than just 40,000 * (educational price). Thus other students were significantly subsidizing my software cost.
And in turn I help to subsidize their athletic programs, or whatever, so it works both ways.
Yes it is. You can certainly sell GPL'd products.
Of course, it's also legal for someone else to buy it then distribute it for free themselves...
I consult for an organization with a billing system that sends out bills for as little as $0.01 and as much as $5-6 million for a quarter.
I got a bill for an 8 cent phone call I made once. I sent back a check for 8 cents, with a note saying "I'd like to point out that you probably spent about 20 cents on postage to send me a bill for 8."