Those who have visited Ayrshire in Scotland will most likely have visited Electric Brae, which is just about the wierdest place I've ever been. Things roll uphill here, or at least appear to.
Today I've been trying to get the Mac OS9 Symantec 1.1.8 JVM to talk to Sun One Web Server 6. Both seem to have a completely different idea of the spec when it comes to keep alive. Then I saw this story and I wanted to cry. Specs, schmecks. They're only good if programmers IMPLEMENT THE DAMN THINGS!!!
Guess who's spending tomorrow implementing a cut down version of HTTP over a plain TCP/IP socket?
My girlfriend (yes I have one!!) got a copy protected CD that she couldn't play on her Windows laptop. I found that ripping it with gRip (cdparanoia) in Linux and then reburning the resulting wave files did the trick.
JBuilder 8. Great until you try and do what it's name suggests, build.
It's interaction with source code control is a nightmare. When you get some updated source from the repository, often it has an older date than the last compile time, so JBuilder will ignore it. You have to manually clear out the cache.
Also, try using it's WSDL generation wizard with Apache Axis. Buggy is a kind word for it.
Fixed does not mean simply 404ing the offending page. There are many legitimate users now who cannot change their passwords. This is a cheap hack while they work out what the fsck to do about the real problem.
Looks like there is particular dissatisfaction with this area of Java development. I'm also so frustrated with current tools that I'm writing my own thing as well - http://sourceforge.net/projects/jwebtoolkit
...we used these two wonderful inventions called "keys" and "cash". I finished my MSc in 2000 so it wasn't that long ago either. All buildings were secure (the keys were of a type that key-copying shops couldn't duplicate) and I never failed to be able to buy a can of soda - provided I hadn't wasted all my money on beer and girls.
The company I work for went public a couple of years ago. Now it's going down the pan. It's all about projected sales. The sales force are making sales for software that isn't even written yet just so it can get on the balance sheet before the end of April. And some of the "customers" are expecting deliverables as soon as September.
When it was a private company no-one had to sell anything until it was ready. We went from being R&D led to being sales led. We used to have great products. Now quality is suffering because of the drive to get everything out in time to make those sales figures look good. It can't and won't last. A successful company has been driven into the ground by the money men.
Most of Borlands tools are available on Linux if you really want them. And what do you mean about no central organized index? Ever heard of "man" pages?
I bought Mandrake 8.0 when it came out and it was a trusty friend. But I got Mandrake 9.0 from the cover of Linux Format magazine. It is now installed on my system. I have donated some money to Mandrake, but how much did they get from that cover disk? Probably not a lot.
I'm not disagreeing, all governments are currupt in one way or another IMO. But out of interest I googled for "george bush corruption" and got 154,000 hits. Hit count means nothing, it what is in the articles that are linked that counts.
At least this might stand a chance of success since in Europe we have appointed judges and prosecutors. They don't have to worry whether MS a) will remove funding from their re-election campaigns, or b) actively support their opposition.
You make that price sound like it's extortionate, but you've got to remember that AU$ is a very weak currency. According to the currency converter at xe.com, AU$111.45 = £40.42. Since NTL's service for 30Gb a month is £34.99 you're not paying that much more. £34.99 = AU$96.50
I had that problem with the latest Coldplay CD. I couldn't copy the whole thing in either Linux or Windows (it actually read the image but then burnt a coaster). But I was able to rip it track by track. Very odd.
Bob
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If you live in the UK, you know those postage paid envelopes that you get with the junk? Just cut out the top corner with the license number and stuff on and stick it you your normal letters as a stamp. The company has already paid for it so this is perfectly legal.
My better half works for the Post Office here in the UK. Apparantly Santa Claus is alive and well in Belfast, Northern Ireland. That is where the Post Office redirects all Santa mail to. They have a guy there who they pay to answer all the letters.
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See my post "Also Happens In Nature" about Electric Brae in Scotland. Sounds like a similar phenomenon.
Bob
Those who have visited Ayrshire in Scotland will most likely have visited Electric Brae, which is just about the wierdest place I've ever been. Things roll uphill here, or at least appear to.
Here's a link, and here's another.
Bob
Today I've been trying to get the Mac OS9 Symantec 1.1.8 JVM to talk to Sun One Web Server 6. Both seem to have a completely different idea of the spec when it comes to keep alive. Then I saw this story and I wanted to cry. Specs, schmecks. They're only good if programmers IMPLEMENT THE DAMN THINGS!!!
Guess who's spending tomorrow implementing a cut down version of HTTP over a plain TCP/IP socket?
Bob
From the MacOnLinux homepage - "Mac-on-Linux makes it possible to run Mac OS (including OS X) under Linux/ppc .
Bob
OK, I've got karma to burn so mod me down, but...
The abbreviation "math" really grates on me (outside the US it's called "maths"). It's not mathematic, it's mathematics.
Don't get me started on sulfur either...
Bob
So did you go to the Macromedia link the parent poster linked to? If you did, which part of "Macromedia Flash Player 6" did you not understand?
Bob
My girlfriend (yes I have one!!) got a copy protected CD that she couldn't play on her Windows laptop. I found that ripping it with gRip (cdparanoia) in Linux and then reburning the resulting wave files did the trick.
Bob
That's to allow blind people to know what currency they've got. US currency is a bitch for blind people.
Bob
If only I had mod points...
Bob
It's called Rapid World Modelling and is a current PhD running at my old university.
Bob
JBuilder 8. Great until you try and do what it's name suggests, build.
It's interaction with source code control is a nightmare. When you get some updated source from the repository, often it has an older date than the last compile time, so JBuilder will ignore it. You have to manually clear out the cache.
Also, try using it's WSDL generation wizard with Apache Axis. Buggy is a kind word for it.
Bob
...they're running SAMBA. For balance I think they should test Windows 2003 throughput of NFS.
Bob
Fixed does not mean simply 404ing the offending page. There are many legitimate users now who cannot change their passwords. This is a cheap hack while they work out what the fsck to do about the real problem.
Bob
Looks like there is particular dissatisfaction with this area of Java development. I'm also so frustrated with current tools that I'm writing my own thing as well - http://sourceforge.net/projects/jwebtoolkit
Good luck with your project.
Bob
...we used these two wonderful inventions called "keys" and "cash". I finished my MSc in 2000 so it wasn't that long ago either. All buildings were secure (the keys were of a type that key-copying shops couldn't duplicate) and I never failed to be able to buy a can of soda - provided I hadn't wasted all my money on beer and girls.
Bob
The company I work for went public a couple of years ago. Now it's going down the pan. It's all about projected sales. The sales force are making sales for software that isn't even written yet just so it can get on the balance sheet before the end of April. And some of the "customers" are expecting deliverables as soon as September.
;-)
When it was a private company no-one had to sell anything until it was ready. We went from being R&D led to being sales led. We used to have great products. Now quality is suffering because of the drive to get everything out in time to make those sales figures look good. It can't and won't last. A successful company has been driven into the ground by the money men.
Bob
And no, I can't tell you who I work for
Most of Borlands tools are available on Linux if you really want them. And what do you mean about no central organized index? Ever heard of "man" pages?
Bob
I bought Mandrake 8.0 when it came out and it was a trusty friend. But I got Mandrake 9.0 from the cover of Linux Format magazine. It is now installed on my system. I have donated some money to Mandrake, but how much did they get from that cover disk? Probably not a lot.
Bob
£5 per Londoner per drive into central London. Should just about cover the cost of those .NET licenses :)
Bob
I'm not disagreeing, all governments are currupt in one way or another IMO. But out of interest I googled for "george bush corruption" and got 154,000 hits. Hit count means nothing, it what is in the articles that are linked that counts.
Bob
At least this might stand a chance of success since in Europe we have appointed judges and prosecutors. They don't have to worry whether MS a) will remove funding from their re-election campaigns, or b) actively support their opposition.
Bob
You make that price sound like it's extortionate, but you've got to remember that AU$ is a very weak currency. According to the currency converter at xe.com, AU$111.45 = £40.42. Since NTL's service for 30Gb a month is £34.99 you're not paying that much more. £34.99 = AU$96.50
Bob
I had that problem with the latest Coldplay CD. I couldn't copy the whole thing in either Linux or Windows (it actually read the image but then burnt a coaster). But I was able to rip it track by track. Very odd.
Bob
If you live in the UK, you know those postage paid envelopes that you get with the junk? Just cut out the top corner with the license number and stuff on and stick it you your normal letters as a stamp. The company has already paid for it so this is perfectly legal.
Bob
My better half works for the Post Office here in the UK. Apparantly Santa Claus is alive and well in Belfast, Northern Ireland. That is where the Post Office redirects all Santa mail to. They have a guy there who they pay to answer all the letters.
Bob