True, no spam filter is 100% successful, but Yahoo's is certainly among the best I've seen. If google can duplicate it, I'm there in a New York minute.
But Java isn't available on all platforms either... which is why there are alternatives to Sun's Java..NET is roughly equivalent to Java, but its promise is greater, IMO. C# is, in many ways, a better language than Java itself is, with many flexibilities Java still doesn't have. Of course.... some might not consider that "good", but that's the other great thing about.NET -- it's little more than a bytecode and an API. There are many languages that can compile into IL, allowing for greater flexibility.
I personally very much like.NET, but I also very much want it to be cross-platform like Java.
Re:Even the mirror is Slashdotted.
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Wow... a.sig starts a flame war.
It's really just a joke.sig, like all the rest.
Even the mirror is Slashdotted.
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Only this one is relevant. SolMark *did* work as a benchmark! Well... once. Back in the day when I was selling computers at Computer City, running solitaire and showing how fast the cards were dealt was the best way to get folks to buy that newfangled Pentium 66 that was all the rage. We had a 486/66 installed right next to the Pentium 66. There was a huge difference, and it often got me the sale.
Nowadays there's very little visible difference. But once.... it was the best computer benchmark on the market.:)
Well, just your basic law of averages. Most of the planets we've been able to find have been much larger than Jupiter. We've only recently been able to detect Jupiter-size planets.
Bah, you're right. I was looking at my windows install, not paying attention to the fact that the required.dll was in the system folder, not the install folder.
You know... most of the size of embedding Python is from the default library, which does not need to be included for embedded scripting. The actual binary of the python interpreter is barely over 20k.
There's no reason *not* to use Python for your embedded scripting, IMO.
Let me modify that for you. I hope this leads, in the end, to a *good* standardized format.
Unfortunately, not all standardized formats are the best -- just look at VHS vs Betamax in the old days. Not a single person who knows the formats will tell you differently: Betamax was the better format. Yet VHS won; it set the standard.
Folks, let's back down and see this for what it *really* is. Free publicity. Odds are that Rockstar dropped the "tip" about the racist comments in the first place.
Your rumors about yahoo.com are likely false FUD. Yahoo has, frankly, the best spam-fighting I've ever seen. It *rarely* misses spam, and it doesn't take a whole bunch of time to train it when you do get spam. Check the box next to the email in your summary, click the "Spam" button, wait for a page refresh.
Of course, I prefer the web-interface. Much less bandwith usage when you get on the order of hundreds of pieces of spam a day, like I do. Most spam-fighting clients download the whole email and then filter.
Perhaps it might have been better to list what feature's you're looking for in a data modeler, that way we can point you in the right direction. Still, I'll blather on about my fave...
I use DBDesigner4. It's free/GPL, so the price is at least a feature you're looking for. It's also available on Windows, & KDE/Gnome (not sure what widget toolkit it uses), so that's a plus (or minus depending on your religion;)).
It's also fully optimized for MySQL if that's your platform, but it can support any ODBC database, Oracle, or MSSQL. It has a very intuitive (and pretty, IMO) graphical interface, with great, easy-to-use tools for visualizing, grouping, and relating your data. It also features a graphical Query Builder that lets you point/click your way through complex queries, returning SQL you can insert into your code. It allows reverse engineering of any database it can connect to, as well as synchronization so you don't have to do the setup work after you model, like you might with, say, Visio.
It's not UML; it's really designed specifically *for* relational databases, so if you're just looking for a UML data diagram builder for internal data representation, this is probably not the tool for you.
But if you are using a relational database, I don't think you can go wrong with it. It's at least worth a download.
Re:milaf, if you could expand a bit...
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Actually, I already understand that. The problem is; what happens if you don't *need* to represent a tree for your data? Why should you use XML rather than some flat, easier-to-parse CSV file? I mean other than the fact that XML is the current buzzword, of course.
Every book on XML should address this issue. I wonder if this book does.
milaf, if you could expand a bit...
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Does the book discuss the pros and cons of XML? Such as, when is it a good idea to use XML? When would a CSV, INI, or other structured text document be a better choice than XML?
These are issues that need to be solved first, before one creates an effective XML structure. Does the book address them?
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That the "cosmetic surgery" market will drive this technology. Forget silicone -- now you can *grow* bigger breasts.
... until your monitor launches into orbit.
New craze? I dunno... I remember doing Movieoke down in front of The Rocky Horror Picture Show showings...
True, no spam filter is 100% successful, but Yahoo's is certainly among the best I've seen. If google can duplicate it, I'm there in a New York minute.
Check out the shared source CLI.
But Java isn't available on all platforms either... which is why there are alternatives to Sun's Java. .NET is roughly equivalent to Java, but its promise is greater, IMO. C# is, in many ways, a better language than Java itself is, with many flexibilities Java still doesn't have. Of course.... some might not consider that "good", but that's the other great thing about .NET -- it's little more than a bytecode and an API. There are many languages that can compile into IL, allowing for greater flexibility.
.NET, but I also very much want it to be cross-platform like Java.
I personally very much like
Wow... a .sig starts a flame war.
.sig, like all the rest.
It's really just a joke
Now *that*'s funny.
Only this one is relevant. SolMark *did* work as a benchmark! Well... once. Back in the day when I was selling computers at Computer City, running solitaire and showing how fast the cards were dealt was the best way to get folks to buy that newfangled Pentium 66 that was all the rage. We had a 486/66 installed right next to the Pentium 66. There was a huge difference, and it often got me the sale.
:)
Nowadays there's very little visible difference. But once.... it was the best computer benchmark on the market.
Well, just your basic law of averages. Most of the planets we've been able to find have been much larger than Jupiter. We've only recently been able to detect Jupiter-size planets.
It's not a difficult extrapolation.
Actually, I'm surprised it's almost as big as Jupiter.
It should probably be much much larger.
Bah, you're right. I was looking at my windows install, not paying attention to the fact that the required .dll was in the system folder, not the install folder.
It's 800k on windows, BTW.
You know... most of the size of embedding Python is from the default library, which does not need to be included for embedded scripting. The actual binary of the python interpreter is barely over 20k.
There's no reason *not* to use Python for your embedded scripting, IMO.
Let me modify that for you. I hope this leads, in the end, to a *good* standardized format.
Unfortunately, not all standardized formats are the best -- just look at VHS vs Betamax in the old days. Not a single person who knows the formats will tell you differently: Betamax was the better format. Yet VHS won; it set the standard.
Oh, had I mod points, you'd be +1 Fuckin' A.
Folks, let's back down and see this for what it *really* is. Free publicity. Odds are that Rockstar dropped the "tip" about the racist comments in the first place.
Your rumors about yahoo.com are likely false FUD. Yahoo has, frankly, the best spam-fighting I've ever seen. It *rarely* misses spam, and it doesn't take a whole bunch of time to train it when you do get spam. Check the box next to the email in your summary, click the "Spam" button, wait for a page refresh.
Of course, I prefer the web-interface. Much less bandwith usage when you get on the order of hundreds of pieces of spam a day, like I do. Most spam-fighting clients download the whole email and then filter.
Perhaps it might have been better to list what feature's you're looking for in a data modeler, that way we can point you in the right direction. Still, I'll blather on about my fave...
;)).
I use DBDesigner4. It's free/GPL, so the price is at least a feature you're looking for. It's also available on Windows, & KDE/Gnome (not sure what widget toolkit it uses), so that's a plus (or minus depending on your religion
It's also fully optimized for MySQL if that's your platform, but it can support any ODBC database, Oracle, or MSSQL. It has a very intuitive (and pretty, IMO) graphical interface, with great, easy-to-use tools for visualizing, grouping, and relating your data. It also features a graphical Query Builder that lets you point/click your way through complex queries, returning SQL you can insert into your code. It allows reverse engineering of any database it can connect to, as well as synchronization so you don't have to do the setup work after you model, like you might with, say, Visio.
It's not UML; it's really designed specifically *for* relational databases, so if you're just looking for a UML data diagram builder for internal data representation, this is probably not the tool for you.
But if you are using a relational database, I don't think you can go wrong with it. It's at least worth a download.
Now how am I supposed to get my pubescent voyeurism kicks?
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Heh... reminds me of Soylent Green. Before long, we'll be eating delicious Soulent Green crackers!
mmmm! Yummy! I wonder what's in 'em?
Wow, that's almost in the gigawatt range.
Yes, and all they need is 1.21 to time travel!
Actually, I already understand that. The problem is; what happens if you don't *need* to represent a tree for your data? Why should you use XML rather than some flat, easier-to-parse CSV file? I mean other than the fact that XML is the current buzzword, of course.
Every book on XML should address this issue. I wonder if this book does.
Does the book discuss the pros and cons of XML? Such as, when is it a good idea to use XML? When would a CSV, INI, or other structured text document be a better choice than XML?
These are issues that need to be solved first, before one creates an effective XML structure. Does the book address them?
Nah, they just need to drink sea urchin stem cells, a la Christopher Reeve in South Park.
Hear here! I personally love DBDesigner4; it's quite pretty and does everything I need it to.
I occasionally have problems printing landscape with the damn thing, but on the whole it's a damn good proggy.