My understanding of trademarks is that they are domain specific. The product you are talking about is a sofware product. The apple product is hardware/software product.
That makes sense. I don't think a change to metric necessitates an overnight switch. I live in Australia, which has been metric for decades and we still have some fittings in imperials. Bolts, drills etc.
Comments like this one would suggest that others have different experience. I've been hunting for details on the storage mechanisms of pgsql to try to work out whether it might be faster but no luck so far.
The one place I don't like this is when it comes to fittings, fasteners, plumbing, etc. Partly it's that metric nuts, bolts, and fittings are harder to find. You can't buy metric pipe fittings....
Wait. Are you saying that the US shouldn't switch to metric because it is currently hard to get metric fittings? Don't you think that might change if the US actually switched to metric?
If you have had anything to do with science or engineering you would know just how much better the metric system is. Under the metric system, not only is it easier to calculate things (faster) you can often look at a calculation and see if it is correct because everything has a base 10 relationship. This makes it easier to work out rough order of magnitude answers and see whether the actual numbers are correct (as well as the magnitude).
I trained as an engineer in a metric country and I have always sworn that if I had to work as an engineer in a country that uses imperial I would convert all inputs to metric, perform the calculations and convert back to metric. Not only would this be likely to faster, it would be less error prone.
...the SQL database implementations simply aren't built with CLOBs and BLOBs in mind.
This is extremely true.
I work on a web application that stores a lot of documents (on of our clients stores +50Gb). The database back end is SQL Server (yeah I know). When it was designed (~8 years ago) we decided to store the documents in the filesystem and store the paths in the database. This was largely for performance reasons, although some other considerations were the size of database backups and general db management. It was anticipated that in the future we would moce the documents into the db when performance improved sufficiently. It hasn't.
According to Inside SQL Server 2000, all data in SQL server is stored on 8K pages in B trees. BLOBs and CLOBs are broken up into 8K chunks. Performance on reading and writing this data is obviously not fantastic, particularly when you have largish files (we have files that are +100Mb, average size of files would be ~2Mb). In addition the tools in SQL server for adding and retrieving BLOBs are a major headache.
SQL Server is not designed for BLOBs. I can't comment on other relational databases, but I suspect that they would suffer similar issues.
I like C# and.Net, but they aren't brilliant. Let me guess, you've spent more time with C#/.Net than any other single language? I've noticed people tend to really defend the language they work with as the best. Somehow people seem to think that because they are using the language it must be the best. For example most people who program perl full time seem to disagree with the article in my sig.
I'd suggest you go out and get some significant experience with other programming languages before you make comparisons.
They threw in the furniture, the windex, and even the toilet brush.
And that is exactly why php is a bad language. It is a poorly planned and poorly put together language which has grown organically. Its inconsistent. Go back and read the/. story about one of the major security guys leaving php.
That said, good luck finding an easy-to-use reference for, say, C#.
Terrorism is the worst thing our country has had to face in possibly centuries, granted, and it needs to be dealt with directly.
Rubbish. Terrorism has been blown up to be the worst thing your country has had to face in centuries, it isn't the worst thing it ground. I also seem to recall a long and destructive civil war being fought in the in the 1860s. I believe 2 world wars were fought in the 20th century, with over half a million deaths of US has had to face in centuries. I seem to recall your country was invaded by the British in 1814 and the white house was burnt to the soldiers (combined). I've heard something about a great depression. I seem to recall a significant threat from communism, both idealogical and physical.
I also remember an American president facing a real threat saying "We have nothing to fear but fear itself". You now have an American president facing a minor threat whipping the contry into hysterical fear.
This is exactly true. Look at the Itanium I/II (or Itanic if you prefer). The Itanium broke completely from x86, leaving all the cruft behind. I understand that now it is doing somewhat better in sales, what 5 years on, but I'd be extremely surprised if sales have covered the cost of research.
Implicit behind what you are saying is the assumption that students over 12 are fully formed adults who merely need to learn some knowledge and techniques. This is an extremely flawed assumption.
Heh. The worst nights sleep I have ever had (well maybe on par with the one before my wedding) was after turkish coffee. A friend had given us some of the real stuff along with detailed instructions. So I made ~5 cups worth and found that nobody else wanted to drink any. I think you can see where this is leading.
On coffee blends, I honestly don't know much about the different blends. I do know what I like and what I don't. For example I don't like Illy, which is supposed to be great quaility coffee. How it is made does make a big difference. For some reason in the US there is this fascination with boiling coffee. That is going to taste bad no matter how good the coffee is. A french press is good (or plunger as we call them here). Coffee percolators tend to be pretty good although I haven't used them all the much. Espresso is definitely the best but you will pay quite a bit for one that is any good (>$1000 AUD). I personally think that a plunger is the best mix between convenience and cost.
I don't know a whole lot about the science behind coffee, but I can identify quality by taste.
For my taste Starbucks uses bad coffee. Coffee should taste rich and full. It has a really thin taste. This means it tends to be inoffensive to most people.
Now I understand (from several sources) that good coffee is hard to get in the US, so maybe this is just US style coffee. Good coffee like Lavazza or Grinders.
If you act in an unpleasant manner you can expect to be ignored. People who may be able to help you are unlikely to do so. I've read your comments on the ubuntu forum (twice in fact) and I really think you behaved in a very poor way.
I've added you as a foe. I consider someone who behaves that way is unlikely to have anything to say that I would like to read.
Solidworks is a fantastic product. However this is one industry where autodesk has a death grip: Architecture. This is predominantly 2D work and is something AutoCAD does well. I can't imagine using solidworks to model an apartment block.
Solid works is fantastic... for 3D. AutoCAD is the standard for 2D drafting, particularly in Architecture (and associated consultancies, structural, surveying etc).
I work closely with an architectural firm. In addition we sell a web application that is used to store a lot of architectural drawings.
First off, AutoCAD is the industry standard in Autralia. There are other players, notably Microstation, but when it comes to exahchanging files it is almost always done as dwg.
Secondly, Revit. Revit is interesting. The firm I work with has been one of the early adopters for Revit, one of their directors was asked to speak at the product launch of the new version. They do a lot of refits and blocks of units. The reason to go for Revit is that it is quicker to generate drawings. And the "intelligence" built in saves a lot of time. However this comes at a cost. This firm about a year ago was buying dual Xeon boxes with Quadro cards, heading up towards $7K (AUD) for a box (monitors not included). This is while you can buy a box that runs AutoCAD capibly for ~1K.
In addition staff working with Revit need to be retrained.
It is a financial decision for them. Does the $$$ saved in drafter/architect time outweigh the $$$ of training + boxes.
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My understanding of trademarks is that they are domain specific. The product you are talking about is a sofware product. The apple product is hardware/software product.
That makes sense. I don't think a change to metric necessitates an overnight switch. I live in Australia, which has been metric for decades and we still have some fittings in imperials. Bolts, drills etc.
Comments like this one would suggest that others have different experience. I've been hunting for details on the storage mechanisms of pgsql to try to work out whether it might be faster but no luck so far.
The one place I don't like this is when it comes to fittings, fasteners, plumbing, etc. Partly it's that metric nuts, bolts, and fittings are harder to find. You can't buy metric pipe fittings....
Wait. Are you saying that the US shouldn't switch to metric because it is currently hard to get metric fittings? Don't you think that might change if the US actually switched to metric?
If you have had anything to do with science or engineering you would know just how much better the metric system is. Under the metric system, not only is it easier to calculate things (faster) you can often look at a calculation and see if it is correct because everything has a base 10 relationship. This makes it easier to work out rough order of magnitude answers and see whether the actual numbers are correct (as well as the magnitude).
I trained as an engineer in a metric country and I have always sworn that if I had to work as an engineer in a country that uses imperial I would convert all inputs to metric, perform the calculations and convert back to metric. Not only would this be likely to faster, it would be less error prone.
...the SQL database implementations simply aren't built with CLOBs and BLOBs in mind.
This is extremely true.
I work on a web application that stores a lot of documents (on of our clients stores +50Gb). The database back end is SQL Server (yeah I know). When it was designed (~8 years ago) we decided to store the documents in the filesystem and store the paths in the database. This was largely for performance reasons, although some other considerations were the size of database backups and general db management. It was anticipated that in the future we would moce the documents into the db when performance improved sufficiently. It hasn't.
According to Inside SQL Server 2000, all data in SQL server is stored on 8K pages in B trees. BLOBs and CLOBs are broken up into 8K chunks. Performance on reading and writing this data is obviously not fantastic, particularly when you have largish files (we have files that are +100Mb, average size of files would be ~2Mb). In addition the tools in SQL server for adding and retrieving BLOBs are a major headache.
SQL Server is not designed for BLOBs. I can't comment on other relational databases, but I suspect that they would suffer similar issues.
All bow before the waterfall model of software development.
I like C# and .Net, but they aren't brilliant. Let me guess, you've spent more time with C#/.Net than any other single language? I've noticed people tend to really defend the language they work with as the best. Somehow people seem to think that because they are using the language it must be the best. For example most people who program perl full time seem to disagree with the article in my sig.
I'd suggest you go out and get some significant experience with other programming languages before you make comparisons.
They threw in the furniture, the windex, and even the toilet brush.
/. story about one of the major security guys leaving php.
And that is exactly why php is a bad language. It is a poorly planned and poorly put together language which has grown organically. Its inconsistent. Go back and read the
That said, good luck finding an easy-to-use reference for, say, C#.
Wow thats really hard.
That might have been me. I've done that.
Before you think of me is too much of an idiot (well it may be too late for that), I was just touching up the collar on a shirt. Yes I burnt myself.
Actually I believe she wasn't on stage. She was sitting in front of a computer. Her character/avatar was on stage.
Terrorism is the worst thing our country has had to face in possibly centuries, granted, and it needs to be dealt with directly.
Rubbish. Terrorism has been blown up to be the worst thing your country has had to face in centuries, it isn't the worst thing it ground. I also seem to recall a long and destructive civil war being fought in the in the 1860s. I believe 2 world wars were fought in the 20th century, with over half a million deaths of US has had to face in centuries. I seem to recall your country was invaded by the British in 1814 and the white house was burnt to the soldiers (combined). I've heard something about a great depression. I seem to recall a significant threat from communism, both idealogical and physical.
I also remember an American president facing a real threat saying "We have nothing to fear but fear itself". You now have an American president facing a minor threat whipping the contry into hysterical fear.
This is exactly true. Look at the Itanium I/II (or Itanic if you prefer). The Itanium broke completely from x86, leaving all the cruft behind. I understand that now it is doing somewhat better in sales, what 5 years on, but I'd be extremely surprised if sales have covered the cost of research.
Yeah sorry. I saw the comment, didn't read the subject and thought I recognised it. I'd just posted my reply when I read the subject.
Implicit behind what you are saying is the assumption that students over 12 are fully formed adults who merely need to learn some knowledge and techniques. This is an extremely flawed assumption.
Shades of this.
And science is not a religion.
Agreed, however some people treat it as one. Indeed for some it is a God of the Gaps type religion (now there is irony for you).
Cute, try thinking. Not all democracies start out of a war.
You want strong though, try Turkish-style coffee
Heh. The worst nights sleep I have ever had (well maybe on par with the one before my wedding) was after turkish coffee. A friend had given us some of the real stuff along with detailed instructions. So I made ~5 cups worth and found that nobody else wanted to drink any. I think you can see where this is leading.
On coffee blends, I honestly don't know much about the different blends. I do know what I like and what I don't. For example I don't like Illy, which is supposed to be great quaility coffee. How it is made does make a big difference. For some reason in the US there is this fascination with boiling coffee. That is going to taste bad no matter how good the coffee is. A french press is good (or plunger as we call them here). Coffee percolators tend to be pretty good although I haven't used them all the much. Espresso is definitely the best but you will pay quite a bit for one that is any good (>$1000 AUD). I personally think that a plunger is the best mix between convenience and cost.
I don't know a whole lot about the science behind coffee, but I can identify quality by taste.
For my taste Starbucks uses bad coffee. Coffee should taste rich and full. It has a really thin taste. This means it tends to be inoffensive to most people.
Now I understand (from several sources) that good coffee is hard to get in the US, so maybe this is just US style coffee. Good coffee like Lavazza or Grinders.
If you act in an unpleasant manner you can expect to be ignored. People who may be able to help you are unlikely to do so. I've read your comments on the ubuntu forum (twice in fact) and I really think you behaved in a very poor way.
I've added you as a foe. I consider someone who behaves that way is unlikely to have anything to say that I would like to read.
Solidworks is a fantastic product. However this is one industry where autodesk has a death grip: Architecture. This is predominantly 2D work and is something AutoCAD does well. I can't imagine using solidworks to model an apartment block.
Solid works is fantastic... for 3D. AutoCAD is the standard for 2D drafting, particularly in Architecture (and associated consultancies, structural, surveying etc).
I work closely with an architectural firm. In addition we sell a web application that is used to store a lot of architectural drawings.
First off, AutoCAD is the industry standard in Autralia. There are other players, notably Microstation, but when it comes to exahchanging files it is almost always done as dwg.
Secondly, Revit. Revit is interesting. The firm I work with has been one of the early adopters for Revit, one of their directors was asked to speak at the product launch of the new version. They do a lot of refits and blocks of units. The reason to go for Revit is that it is quicker to generate drawings. And the "intelligence" built in saves a lot of time. However this comes at a cost. This firm about a year ago was buying dual Xeon boxes with Quadro cards, heading up towards $7K (AUD) for a box (monitors not included). This is while you can buy a box that runs AutoCAD capibly for ~1K.
In addition staff working with Revit need to be retrained.
It is a financial decision for them. Does the $$$ saved in drafter/architect time outweigh the $$$ of training + boxes.
Now I just need to sit tight and hope Sony's format wins... :-)
That should be a cinch. Sony always wins format wars...