The more I read about.NET, the more I like it. The commonly advice "use the right tool for the job" seems to suggest using something exactly like.NET and its CLR. In a large project, ML may be the best tool for some portions, JAVA/C# for others, and maybe C++ for still other portions. With the CLR, it's easy to pick the best tool for the job. This is reason enough for me to investigate it a little further and hope for something similar on Linux.
I'd be happy if I could reliably cut and paste between applications (or within a single application - gEdit comes to mind...). It would also be nice if I could define my cut and paste keys to be consistent across all applications.
I think Apple was close to getting it right with their discontinued eMate. Small, extremely low power consumption, durable, and relatively cheap. It also ran the very cool Newton OS. At one point I even heard rumours of Texas (I think) assigning one to every kid. I guess that program was cancelled when Apple killed the Newton division.
When he mentioned the object soups, I immediately thought of Apple's Newton OS. Is this what he was talking about?
And the bit about the inside-out os (remembering histories, etc) reminded me of The Brain. I tried it once but never really managed to get anything done with it. Or is this not what was being described?
If you don't want the panel to dock, hold down the control key while you are moving the window around. You can place the panel anywhere you want, and it will not dock as long as you hold the control key down.
I meant to say I use a Landware GoType keyboard. There are other keyboards available, but for me I am quite happy with this combination. Lots of times I wouldn't want lug around anything bigger than a Palm3.
I use an AvantGo keyboard with my Palm 3 and love it. I agree with the AC above, but I would rather have a Palm+keyboard setup. Seems to me I have the best of both worlds (clamshell and palmtop). Plus most of the software I use is not available on CE (there may be equivalents though, I haven't really looked).
They were talking about this lawsuit on NPR last night. They said that the defect was discovered over 10 years ago by an IBM researcher. If they have knowingly been using defective parts for that long, then they should be held liable. Lots of people (including me sometimes) use their floppy drive to backup their work. If my machine crashes and I lose the file from my hard disk, I would not be very happy to find my backup was useless. -ec
>And for all the consipracy buffs out there, any guesses why Amazon did this?
Duh. Maybe people told them they would stop buying from them. They probably also got a couple of letters from legal depts at various corporations who don't like to be used as spokesmen for Amazon.
I understand why they stopped. Why did they do this in the first place? I'm no Kreskin, but I could have told them that this would not be generally well received.
At first I thought this was a horrible thing for Amazon to do. Then I played with it a little and now I'm not sure what I think.
I think government purchases are supposed to be totally open, so I don't think about can really complain about being able to see what was sold to.gov people.
And I kind of like having the tables turned on the mega-corporations. When I think of the possible profiles they can build on me, what's the harm with seeing what their buying habits are like? Plus it's funny seeing that the #4 book to Ford is about how Chrysler got to be the hottest car company (or something like that).
At the very least, it might make the big corporations a little more sensitive to the privacy concerns of their customers. But then again, if there's a buck to be made...
And for all the consipracy buffs out there, any guesses why Amazon did this? I don't think it would take a psychic to predict people would have a problem with this.
Would there be any chance at all of a Slashdot-style (highest moderated questions win) interview with these guys. I for one would be very interested in their take of the OS market as it stands today and the technical merits and problems of NT and it's competitors (esp Unix, BeOS, Mac).
I use NT daily at work and (IMHO) it is very good most of the time. My problems mainly stem from what has been tacked onto NT (or, in MS speak, integrated). From what I hear about 2000, more integration is on the way...
MS gets bashed here all the time (often well deserved). But I know that they also happen to employ a lot of exceptionally talented people, especially in their R&D labs. Unfortunately, I've also heard that the minions charged with the task of translating spec into code often are not so talented. At a MS dev days event I attended a couple of years ago, the MS speaker said they suffer from the guy in a room syndrome- ie their projects too often depend on two or three exceptional people. At the time he was specifically talking about Excel.
I know this question could spawn a bunch of ugly flames, but nevertheless, it is a serious question:
How does using MySQL and MSVC++ compare with DAO or ADO and VC++. We use an Access database with approximately 100 tables and 40 stored queries. With DAO in VC, it is almost trivial to retrieve a bunch of records with a query. How does the process with MySQL and VC compare?
I would love the opportunity to port our app to Linux. Unfortunately most of our customers are stuck in a Windows only world. Hopefully that will change....
Literally. I am currently working my way through the book and think it is a great book. It is easy to read and is a great aid for a someone who has no experience with this type of software.
But my book smells funny. It might be the glue or maybe the ink/paper combination. I don't know what it is, but it smells funny.
Slashdot Mirror
Do I need to worry about somebody filing a FOI reqest for library records and finding that I only ever borrow Harry Potter books?
Are all public institution records fair game? (except ones relating to national security)
-ec
The more I read about .NET, the more I like it. The commonly advice "use the right tool for the job" seems to suggest using something exactly like .NET and its CLR. In a large project, ML may be the best tool for some portions, JAVA/C# for others, and maybe C++ for still other portions. With the CLR, it's easy to pick the best tool for the job. This is reason enough for me to investigate it a little further and hope for something similar on Linux.
-ec
I'd be happy if I could reliably cut and paste between applications (or within a single application - gEdit comes to mind...). It would also be nice if I could define my cut and paste keys to be consistent across all applications.
IMHO, this is one thing MSFT got right.
-ec
I think Apple was close to getting it right with their discontinued eMate. Small, extremely low power consumption, durable, and relatively cheap. It also ran the very cool Newton OS.
At one point I even heard rumours of Texas (I think) assigning one to every kid. I guess that program was cancelled when Apple killed the Newton division.
When he mentioned the object soups, I immediately thought of Apple's Newton OS. Is this what he was talking about?
And the bit about the inside-out os (remembering histories, etc) reminded me of The Brain. I tried it once but never really managed to get anything done with it. Or is this not what was being described?
-ec
If you don't want the panel to dock, hold down the control key while you are moving the window around. You can place the panel anywhere you want, and it will not dock as long as you hold the control key down.
-ec
I meant to say I use a Landware GoType keyboard. There are other keyboards available, but for me I am quite happy with this combination. Lots of times I wouldn't want lug around anything bigger than a Palm3.
-ec
I use an AvantGo keyboard with my Palm 3 and love it. I agree with the AC above, but I would rather have a Palm+keyboard setup. Seems to me I have the best of both worlds (clamshell and palmtop). Plus most of the software I use is not available on CE (there may be equivalents though, I haven't really looked).
-ec
They were talking about this lawsuit on NPR last night. They said that the defect was discovered over 10 years ago by an IBM researcher. If they have knowingly been using defective parts for that long, then they should be held liable. Lots of people (including me sometimes) use their floppy drive to backup their work. If my machine crashes and I lose the file from my hard disk, I would not be very happy to find my backup was useless. -ec
>And for all the consipracy buffs out there, any guesses why Amazon did this?
Duh. Maybe people told them they would stop buying from them. They probably also got a couple of letters from legal depts at various corporations who don't like to be used as spokesmen for Amazon.
I understand why they stopped. Why did they do this in the first place? I'm no Kreskin, but I could have told them that this would not be generally well received.
-EC
At first I thought this was a horrible thing for Amazon to do. Then I played with it a little and now I'm not sure what I think.
.gov people.
I think government purchases are supposed to be totally open, so I don't think about can really complain about being able to see what was sold to
And I kind of like having the tables turned on the mega-corporations. When I think of the possible profiles they can build on me, what's the harm with seeing what their buying habits are like? Plus it's funny seeing that the #4 book to Ford is about how Chrysler got to be the hottest car company (or something like that).
At the very least, it might make the big corporations a little more sensitive to the privacy concerns of their customers. But then again, if there's a buck to be made...
And for all the consipracy buffs out there, any guesses why Amazon did this? I don't think it would take a psychic to predict people would have a problem with this.
-EC
Would there be any chance at all of a Slashdot-style (highest moderated questions win) interview with these guys. I for one would be very interested in their take of the OS market as it stands today and the technical merits and problems of NT and it's competitors (esp Unix, BeOS, Mac).
I use NT daily at work and (IMHO) it is very good most of the time. My problems mainly stem from what has been tacked onto NT (or, in MS speak, integrated). From what I hear about 2000, more integration is on the way...
MS gets bashed here all the time (often well deserved). But I know that they also happen to employ a lot of exceptionally talented people, especially in their R&D labs. Unfortunately, I've also heard that the minions charged with the task of translating spec into code often are not so talented. At a MS dev days event I attended a couple of years ago, the MS speaker said they suffer from the guy in a room syndrome- ie their projects too often depend on two or three exceptional people. At the time he was specifically talking about Excel.
Enough rambling...
EC
I know this question could spawn a bunch of ugly flames, but nevertheless, it is a serious question:
How does using MySQL and MSVC++ compare with DAO or ADO and VC++. We use an Access database with approximately 100 tables and 40 stored queries. With DAO in VC, it is almost trivial to retrieve a bunch of records with a query. How does the process with MySQL and VC compare?
I would love the opportunity to port our app to Linux. Unfortunately most of our customers are stuck in a Windows only world. Hopefully that will change....
EC
Literally. I am currently working my way through the book and think it is a great book. It is easy to read and is a great aid for a someone who has no experience with this type of software.
But my book smells funny. It might be the glue or maybe the ink/paper combination. I don't know what it is, but it smells funny.