I've used Perl in the past for small scripts to get work done on my personal computer (a Dell Inspiron), but I'm wondering if using it to craft Web pages is easy. The reason I ask here is that I've heard PHP + SQL is a bit easier than Perl + SQL.
Also, can one use Perl or PHP to link up to a non-SQL database such as Oracle?
The company wants me to create a dynamic site (for internal use only) to track projects and bug reports, so I've been researching dynamic Web technologies for the past several weeks.
Perhaps you could grow your hair long and start a pseudo-sacred rock band called "Creed" or something.
The reason people steal music
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PressPlay + Roxio?
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(in my opinion, that is)
I honestly feel that the decline of music quality and the tiredness of the rock genre after nearly 50 years of three-chord songs has helped to contribute to the alarming rate at which people steal music from online sources.
Who in their right mind would pay eighteen dollars for a CD that probably contains only one or two good songs?
I'm not saying stealing is the right thing to do, and I certainly wouldn't teach my children how to steal music online, but I kind of feel like the music industry "had it coming", so to speak.
My early estimates indicate that this new process (developed by Japanese researchers) will allow synthetic silicon to be cheaper and much more delicate.
Hate ta break it to ya guys, but that's never a good thing to hear;-)
I hate to break this to you
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Glade 2 Tutorial
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· Score: 3, Interesting
But what Linux needs is a fresh look and a fresh batch of research into creating a truly intuitive desktop computing experience.
Windows isn't intuitive, but because it's so popular, people have had to learn how to get work done and consistent interfaces across Microsoft applications helps this.
But if Linux hackers want a new crowd of free software users, they need to attract them not only with the low price of open source software, but a high intuitivity index of the software itself.
Someone please make Linux more easy to use. It's too hard.
Additional Glade info
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Glade 2 Tutorial
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Due to the nature of the work at my place of employment, we're generally stuck using Visual C++ (on the Windows platform) for most of our coding.
Nonetheless, I work with Glade on weekends for fun. Here are some other interesting links that you'll undoubtedly enjoy:
Granted, I can't tinker with Linux at work anymore (based on NDA/contract stuff), but I really enjoyed the opportunity to truly learn Linux with Gentoo rather than have my hand held like Mandrake does.
If you're going to spend the time and effort to deal with Linux and try to learn it, you might as well go all-out rather than just learning how to install it.
I personally recommend Debian or Gentoo if you want to learn more about operating systems, and I recommended Mandrake if you just want to use Linux (for price reasons or philosophical reasons).
Gentoo is great, but make sure it's the right flavor of Linux for you. I miss Gentoo some days when I'm stuck in Windows with another blue screen.
Linux is just plain fun. Sure, it's not great if you need to get a lot of work done, but it's an amazing teaching tool if you want to truly learn computers.
Your immaturity and lack of respect for women are two good reasons why you'll probably be sitting at home by yourself tonight instead of out on a date with a special someone.
That way, the perpetrator gets punished, I am left out of the deliberations, and everyone's happy.
Just email the URL or IP address to the proper authorities (your boss, the police, etc.) from one of your anonymous email accounts and you're all set (use a proxy too).
I can't believe *anyone* still trusts them or what they say.
I would strongly recommend taking this report with the proverbial grain of salt.
NASA was once good (back in the 1960s and 1970s) but has since lost most of its talent to private corporations.
What we need are more small, private, start-up type companies to pioneer manned spaceflight and a new civilization on other planets, such as Mars and Venus.
I call bullshit on this one. Granted, it may be *more* secure than standard 802.11, but calling it secure as though it's spy-proof is utter nonsense and should be prohibited by law.
Nothing ticks me off more than intentional marketing tricks and lies to sell products that don't work as advertised (like Kia and Hyundai cars).
I find it sickening to watch most artificial intelligence researchers steal the fruits of other people's labor. But it goes further than that; their reasoning is circular and therefore invalid. In other words, they always begin an argument with its conclusion (e.g., that particularism and game theory are identical concepts) and therefore -- not surprisingly -- they always arrives at that very conclusion.
Most artificial intelligence researchers' ebullitions are complete drivel. But what, you may ask, does any of that have to do with the theme of this post, viz., that spiteful coders and students, motivated by either Stalinism or a desire to lead a revisionism-prone, abhorrent life, are eager to help it exploit the feelings of charity and guilt that many people have over the plight of the homeless?
It is bootless to speculate on the matter, but it should be noted that it's really not bloody-mindedness that compels me to make this world a kinder, gentler place. It's my sense of responsibility to you, the reader.
Whenever there's an argument about most artificial intelligence researchers' devotion to principles and to the evolution of digital brain systems, all one has to do is point out that we must speak neither of the past nor of the far future but rather focus on the here and now, specifically on the daunting matter of most artificial intelligence researchers' backwards double standards. That should settle the argument pretty quickly.
Lastly, most artificial intelligence researchers have no soul.
Graduate school: A waste of time and money
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AI Going Nowhere?
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· Score: -1, Offtopic
I have yet to meet anyone who's actually better off after another 2 years of schooling in graduate school compared to their skillset after 4 years of good quality undergraduate education.
B.S. = bull shit M.S. = more shit PhD = piled higher & deeper
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I've used Perl in the past for small scripts to get work done on my personal computer (a Dell Inspiron), but I'm wondering if using it to craft Web pages is easy. The reason I ask here is that I've heard PHP + SQL is a bit easier than Perl + SQL.
Also, can one use Perl or PHP to link up to a non-SQL database such as Oracle?
The company wants me to create a dynamic site (for internal use only) to track projects and bug reports, so I've been researching dynamic Web technologies for the past several weeks.
Perhaps you could grow your hair long and start a pseudo-sacred rock band called "Creed" or something.
(in my opinion, that is)
I honestly feel that the decline of music quality and the tiredness of the rock genre after nearly 50 years of three-chord songs has helped to contribute to the alarming rate at which people steal music from online sources.
Who in their right mind would pay eighteen dollars for a CD that probably contains only one or two good songs?
I'm not saying stealing is the right thing to do, and I certainly wouldn't teach my children how to steal music online, but I kind of feel like the music industry "had it coming", so to speak.
... at least mentioned why this is a good thing.
My early estimates indicate that this new process (developed by Japanese researchers) will allow synthetic silicon to be cheaper and much more delicate.
Hate ta break it to ya guys, but that's never a good thing to hear ;-)
But what Linux needs is a fresh look and a fresh batch of research into creating a truly intuitive desktop computing experience.
Windows isn't intuitive, but because it's so popular, people have had to learn how to get work done and consistent interfaces across Microsoft applications helps this.
But if Linux hackers want a new crowd of free software users, they need to attract them not only with the low price of open source software, but a high intuitivity index of the software itself.
Someone please make Linux more easy to use. It's too hard.
Nonetheless, I work with Glade on weekends for fun. Here are some other interesting links that you'll undoubtedly enjoy:
http://developer.gnome.org/
http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygtk/
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~jlof/gtkglarea/
... in three easy steps.
;-)
1) Rent a Segway
2) Cart on over to the neighborhood Barnes 'n Noble
3) Rent an Internet station, browse Slashdot
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Granted, I can't tinker with Linux at work anymore (based on NDA/contract stuff), but I really enjoyed the opportunity to truly learn Linux with Gentoo rather than have my hand held like Mandrake does.
If you're going to spend the time and effort to deal with Linux and try to learn it, you might as well go all-out rather than just learning how to install it.
I personally recommend Debian or Gentoo if you want to learn more about operating systems, and I recommended Mandrake if you just want to use Linux (for price reasons or philosophical reasons).
Gentoo is great, but make sure it's the right flavor of Linux for you. I miss Gentoo some days when I'm stuck in Windows with another blue screen.
Linux is just plain fun. Sure, it's not great if you need to get a lot of work done, but it's an amazing teaching tool if you want to truly learn computers.
Linux is great.
Your immaturity and lack of respect for women are two good reasons why you'll probably be sitting at home by yourself tonight instead of out on a date with a special someone.
I pity you. I honestly do.
... I simply report them anonymously.
That way, the perpetrator gets punished, I am left out of the deliberations, and everyone's happy.
Just email the URL or IP address to the proper authorities (your boss, the police, etc.) from one of your anonymous email accounts and you're all set (use a proxy too).
I've always found it boring, cheezy, and fairly degrading toward women.
What's the big deal?
... to tell people explaining why you don't have a job ;-)
Trying to find the sexiest woman that will screw you is all about free will and choice, two of the main themes from the movie.
If you want to live a long and prosperous life, *sell* your software and ignore these parasitic licensing schemes.
I can't believe *anyone* still trusts them or what they say.
I would strongly recommend taking this report with the proverbial grain of salt.
NASA was once good (back in the 1960s and 1970s) but has since lost most of its talent to private corporations.
What we need are more small, private, start-up type companies to pioneer manned spaceflight and a new civilization on other planets, such as Mars and Venus.
I think you watched Matrix Reloaded a few times too many yesterday ;-)
What's this "vacuuming" technology you speak of?
I call bullshit on this one. Granted, it may be *more* secure than standard 802.11, but calling it secure as though it's spy-proof is utter nonsense and should be prohibited by law.
Nothing ticks me off more than intentional marketing tricks and lies to sell products that don't work as advertised (like Kia and Hyundai cars).
If you want to do business stuff (such as Internet, in this case), get a Palm Pilot or something.
(Just my 2 cents)
C is capable of directly accessing the hardware on non-NT platforms.
C++ into bytecode?? Interpreted by a VM?? This is the case for Java but
not for C/C++.
Assembly language and machine code are not synonyms.
Ignorant C/C++/Java users? You'd be wise to take shelter after making such a remark.
I find it sickening to watch most artificial intelligence researchers steal the fruits of other people's labor. But it goes further than that; their reasoning is circular and therefore invalid. In other words, they always begin an argument with its conclusion (e.g., that particularism and game theory are identical concepts) and therefore -- not surprisingly -- they always arrives at that very conclusion.
Most artificial intelligence researchers' ebullitions are complete drivel. But what, you may ask, does any of that have to do with the theme of this post, viz., that spiteful coders and students, motivated by either Stalinism or a desire to lead a revisionism-prone, abhorrent life, are eager to help it exploit the feelings of charity and guilt that many people have over the plight of the homeless?
It is bootless to speculate on the matter, but it should be noted that it's really not bloody-mindedness that compels me to make this world a kinder, gentler place. It's my sense of responsibility to you, the reader.
Whenever there's an argument about most artificial intelligence researchers' devotion to principles and to the evolution of digital brain systems, all one has to do is point out that we must speak neither of the past nor of the far future but rather focus on the here and now, specifically on the daunting matter of most artificial intelligence researchers' backwards double standards. That should settle the argument pretty quickly.
Lastly, most artificial intelligence researchers have no soul.
I have yet to meet anyone who's actually better off after another 2 years of schooling in graduate school compared to their skillset after 4 years of good quality undergraduate education.
B.S. = bull shit
M.S. = more shit
PhD = piled higher & deeper