We use the paid version because of Mobile Sync and Outlook Connector. Now we're using the Zimbra open source version with Funambol to achieve the same thing. At $2500/quarter, it was worth the price for the occasional support request and not having to run and maintain Funambol along side Zimbra....triple my price and suddenly the hassle isn't that big of a deal.
VMWare licensing practices are horrible. I have used Zimbra (paid version) for 6+ years. VMWare buys them from Yahoo and my bill triples. From $2500k/quarter to $2600/month.
Have you seen the movie Whiteout ? While I like the idea of Kate Beckinsale being trapped there with me, the killing is a real turn off. Oh, and the snow. Just fuck that.
Is it really necessary to have 6 smilie faces in the article? I wonder how many also show up in the Drizzle source. I also find it interesting that the author opts for the less common "no-nose smilie face":)
Is it really necessary to have 6 smilie faces in the article? I wonder how many also show up in the Drizzle source. I also find it interesting that the author opts for the less common "no-nose smilie face":)
"A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release"
Postgres have a habit of making you do this to upgrade and it really sucks. I understand the reasons behind it, but that does not reduce the amount of suck, especially for a large database.
It might not be a bad idea for google to require that you use google analytics to track the conversions. From the discussions i've seen that doesn't seem to be a prerequisite. But I wouldn't be surprised to see the two integrated in some way as an option.
the issue is much more than alt tags. I've had the misfortune of trying to use a screen reader before just too see what the visually impared have to go through. Its horrible. alt tags or not, i cant even imagine having to do anything complex like booking a hotel room, or a flight, or buying something. I'll completely cede the point that web developers can do more to help teh situation, but thats the best that we can do...just help teh situation. Form my experience, teh state-of-the art in screen readers is very poor. If the screen reader makers created a product that was extremely high quality and were just wanting web developers to help them with the last finishing tpouches that the software couldn't handle, i could understand. but that's not the case. They are poor solutions and the, given no other option, teh visually impared are placing teh entire burdedn on developers fixing the billions of pages that are online. Instead of fixing billions of pages, shouldnt we look at creating a seriously good screen reader first?
Why are they suing Target (other than the fact that Target has the cash)? Shouldn't they be suing the screen reader companies who make such poor products that they are unable to do a passable job on complex websites?
This seems like a problem that could very easily be solved by one perfect piece of screen reading software. I guess the issue is always money....if there was a huge market for screen readers, i'm sure IBM would have big R&D dollars pushing the technology. But as it is, crap readers suprisingly produce crap results.
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Musician's racks won't work. They're both 19 inch racks but rack comuters are much deeper than musical equipment. Computers are about 20"-24" deep. Music hardware is about half that and the racks reflect that.
I have written many large applications in PHP and for several years it was my overwhelming language of choice. I switched to Cold Fusion MX when it came out a couple years ago and couldn't be happier. It's definitely a big switch from the C-like syntax of PHP and in the beginning I missed it...I guess it's like that with any language change. You yearn for what is most familiar and comfortable. But the very important and main reason I like CF is it's Java underpinnings. Granted it's not free and there aren't as many good free CF libraries to use, but you can use java libraries and the J2EE capabilities of CF are pretty wonderful. It's like having the development speed of PHP with the power of a full blown, certified J2EE server. I have run into a few small problems, most notiably, difficulty consuming web services that require complex variables but because of the Java base, I was able to write the component in Java and pull it seamlessly into CF as a Java custom tag. Best language ever!
-- I know this is./ and CF is not on the list of "things we like", but c'mon...cut me a break...it really is just Java. And we like Java, right?
There's an English press release here on the Japaneese Yamaha site with some clips available. They're in some weird format that requires a special player. The player is Windows only and is in Japanese. Still easily installable...just click where you think 'Next' should be. Here's a direct link to the player:
The samples are very good and worth the trouble if you're interested in this. While not perfect it is better that I was expecting and I could see how it could be passable for a real person in certain situations.. Here are some direct links to the samples:
It sounds like the *AA are basically trying to extend an informal common carrier status to the universities. Probably in exchange for continued future cooperation. That way the *AA avoids lawsuits from anybody with the money/clout to put up a fight (universities) and they still get to intimidate students through litigation.
Edutainment and renewable games definitely fall in line with Bill's marketing strategy and even reflects a model that the software industry is going to nowdays. MMPORGs, leased software...business models that continue revenue after teh intiial sale. I think part of Sierra's trouble is not necessarily that Bill lead him toward a bad business model, but that Sierra chose the wrong aspect of that model. I'm sure it was in large part because the technology hadn't matured to that level yet but I know I would have been into a MMPOG of Leisure Suit Larry. Thinking about a MMPOG of Kings Quest, it might have been similar in concept to Everquest.
I think there's actually a bit of related legal precedent involved here. Remember when a Florida town tried to get an injunction against one of those Voyer Dorm type sites? The court ruled that since the acts of transacting business took place online that the zoning ordinances didn't apply. Their position was that since there were no customers visiting the house and didn't have any foot-traffic or outward signs of a traditional business that it was exempt.
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$2500 per QUARTER vs $2600 per MONTH
We use the paid version because of Mobile Sync and Outlook Connector. Now we're using the Zimbra open source version with Funambol to achieve the same thing. At $2500/quarter, it was worth the price for the occasional support request and not having to run and maintain Funambol along side Zimbra....triple my price and suddenly the hassle isn't that big of a deal.
VMWare licensing practices are horrible. I have used Zimbra (paid version) for 6+ years. VMWare buys them from Yahoo and my bill triples. From $2500k/quarter to $2600/month.
Have you seen the movie Whiteout ? While I like the idea of Kate Beckinsale being trapped there with me, the killing is a real turn off. Oh, and the snow. Just fuck that.
tabs...the answer is tabs.
oops...wrong thread. Should have been for the MySQL/Drizzel article.
Is it really necessary to have 6 smilie faces in the article? I wonder how many also show up in the Drizzle source. I also find it interesting that the author opts for the less common "no-nose smilie face" :)
Is it really necessary to have 6 smilie faces in the article? I wonder how many also show up in the Drizzle source. I also find it interesting that the author opts for the less common "no-nose smilie face" :)
I have read that marijuana inhibits vasopressin levels. A bit of googling seems to reenforce that notion. So are potheads less faithful?
"A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release"
Postgres have a habit of making you do this to upgrade and it really sucks. I understand the reasons behind it, but that does not reduce the amount of suck, especially for a large database.
It might not be a bad idea for google to require that you use google analytics to track the conversions. From the discussions i've seen that doesn't seem to be a prerequisite. But I wouldn't be surprised to see the two integrated in some way as an option.
the issue is much more than alt tags. I've had the misfortune of trying to use a screen reader before just too see what the visually impared have to go through. Its horrible. alt tags or not, i cant even imagine having to do anything complex like booking a hotel room, or a flight, or buying something. I'll completely cede the point that web developers can do more to help teh situation, but thats the best that we can do...just help teh situation. Form my experience, teh state-of-the art in screen readers is very poor. If the screen reader makers created a product that was extremely high quality and were just wanting web developers to help them with the last finishing tpouches that the software couldn't handle, i could understand. but that's not the case. They are poor solutions and the, given no other option, teh visually impared are placing teh entire burdedn on developers fixing the billions of pages that are online. Instead of fixing billions of pages, shouldnt we look at creating a seriously good screen reader first?
Why are they suing Target (other than the fact that Target has the cash)? Shouldn't they be suing the screen reader companies who make such poor products that they are unable to do a passable job on complex websites? This seems like a problem that could very easily be solved by one perfect piece of screen reading software. I guess the issue is always money....if there was a huge market for screen readers, i'm sure IBM would have big R&D dollars pushing the technology. But as it is, crap readers suprisingly produce crap results. altimage
Actually it's almost the Ramones. It's from Joey Ramone's posthoumous solo album 'Don't Worry About Me'.
I thought Oracle bought Orion and it became the base for Oracle's J2EE server.
It was misquoted intentionally...being on Slashdot, I'm all too conscious of other people's copyrights.
The good of the many outweighs the needs of the few...
How else would have I got it done so fast and cheap...
Musician's racks won't work. They're both 19 inch racks but rack comuters are much deeper than musical equipment. Computers are about 20"-24" deep. Music hardware is about half that and the racks reflect that.
I have written many large applications in PHP and for several years it was my overwhelming language of choice. I switched to Cold Fusion MX when it came out a couple years ago and couldn't be happier. It's definitely a big switch from the C-like syntax of PHP and in the beginning I missed it...I guess it's like that with any language change. You yearn for what is most familiar and comfortable. But the very important and main reason I like CF is it's Java underpinnings. Granted it's not free and there aren't as many good free CF libraries to use, but you can use java libraries and the J2EE capabilities of CF are pretty wonderful. It's like having the development speed of PHP with the power of a full blown, certified J2EE server. I have run into a few small problems, most notiably, difficulty consuming web services that require complex variables but because of the Java base, I was able to write the component in Java and pull it seamlessly into CF as a Java custom tag. Best language ever!
./ and CF is not on the list of "things we like", but c'mon...cut me a break...it really is just Java. And we like Java, right?
-- I know this is
The LOTR trilogy gets my vote. Very faithful to teh movies.
There's an English press release here on the Japaneese Yamaha site with some clips available. They're in some weird format that requires a special player. The player is Windows only and is in Japanese. Still easily installable...just click where you think 'Next' should be. Here's a direct link to the player:
Player
The samples are very good and worth the trouble if you're interested in this. While not perfect it is better that I was expecting and I could see how it could be passable for a real person in certain situations.. Here are some direct links to the samples:
Kimi no uwasa / Male lead vocal (Japanese song)
Sarasara yukigeshiki / Chorus (Japanese)
Amazing Grace / English example
It sounds like the *AA are basically trying to extend an informal common carrier status to the universities. Probably in exchange for continued future cooperation. That way the *AA avoids lawsuits from anybody with the money/clout to put up a fight (universities) and they still get to intimidate students through litigation.
Edutainment and renewable games definitely fall in line with Bill's marketing strategy and even reflects a model that the software industry is going to nowdays. MMPORGs, leased software...business models that continue revenue after teh intiial sale. I think part of Sierra's trouble is not necessarily that Bill lead him toward a bad business model, but that Sierra chose the wrong aspect of that model. I'm sure it was in large part because the technology hadn't matured to that level yet but I know I would have been into a MMPOG of Leisure Suit Larry. Thinking about a MMPOG of Kings Quest, it might have been similar in concept to Everquest.
I think there's actually a bit of related legal precedent involved here. Remember when a Florida town tried to get an injunction against one of those Voyer Dorm type sites? The court ruled that since the acts of transacting business took place online that the zoning ordinances didn't apply. Their position was that since there were no customers visiting the house and didn't have any foot-traffic or outward signs of a traditional business that it was exempt.