I went and listened to the song, and though I couldn't understand it or the Perl on the screen, I enjoyed it. It would be awfully nice to see an English translation to I could follow along better. Is this something somebody here could do?
Usually I like progress in UI/UX. This one seems like a bad idea. If properly shocked, a person with a not-perfect pacemaker (your natural one) could go into fibrillation. Cue the lawyers...
You have a lot of good comments so far, but none particularly directed to your specific question. I have recently come to a framework that I *really* like, coming from a similar background to yours.
node.js (server, business logic)
nginx (web server, proxy to node for business logic)
postgres (For relational/transactional data. There's a nice node.js driver for postgres)
mongodb (For larger datasets that don't need the transactional stability or quite so structured data)
Angular/Bootstrap with some jquery for good measure on the front-end
This is a lean-mean server tech that blows away any Java (JEE) framework. It took me a bit to get up to speed on node and the way you program with it, but I love it now. It scales so much more on fewer machines than JEE can even dream of.
For what it's worth, you should look into it.
Just so you (everybody reading) know: When I was getting my private pilot license, one of the things you do is read the FAR/AIM manual (Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual). Not a terribly easy read unless you like that stuff.
Anyway, even for a little two-seater plane, you must give the whole lecture about fastening seat belts, emergency exits, etc, even though there is only obviously one way out on a small plane. This is a good thing. Even though frequent flyers get annoyed by it, myself included, on an airline with a reasonable number of new flyers it is something quite necessary.
On another note, the FAA errs on the side of caution, which is also a good thing. However, it has become obvious that flight with portable electronics is safe. I know I've personally seen dozens of people with their phones on during takeoff/landing. This particular subject is ready to be looked at, and I think at some point we will not have to bother with this any more.
One other item of note: If you are a passenger on a plane, you have no rights. The FAA authorizes the pilot and crew full authority over what you can and cannot do on a plane. This is also (generally) a good thing. Without this kind of authority, we would have the potential for greater loss of life.
I traveled to China (Beijing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou) in 2001 and I remember when we landed in Beijing how smoggy it was there. Pretty much the entire country (the parts we saw) were all like this. Of course, this is much worse, but I thought it was kinda bad even back then.
I think I'd rather see a higher frame rate. When I was watching "The Hobbit" I really enjoyed the HFR but I was thinking to myself that the rate needs to be even higher still. No less than 60, I would say...
I studied this back in the '80s when I was majoring in Applied Music. Among other things we studied regarding harmonic intervals, we learned things like why a minor chord sounds "minor" as opposed to a major chord. It all has to do with how the frequencies of the notes (and harmonics therein) work with each other. This isn't news, though it is at least interesting.
I worked in a recording studio that had a nice, large, live room - no parallel walls (including the ceiling/floor). Very often we would use that room as the reverb in our mixdowns. A single high-end speaker in one end and a couple of nice mics on the other was the sweetest reverb you could get. If you have a good sized garage that is "bouncy", you can get a nice short verb out of that.
I have the Mighty Mouse and it's my favorite out of probably a dozen I've tried. Apple quit making it in favor of the Magic Mouse, which I hate. I know people have had issues with the Mighty Mouse ball getting stuck, and from time to time mine gets stuck. However, a good soaking in 90% alcohol and a stiff fabric (I use a piece of denim on a wood surface, invert the mouse and rub the ball vigorously) and all is right with the world. A little compressed air gets whatever is left. I even bought a spare in case the one I'm using quits working for good. The one I'm using has been in service for a good 5 years so far...
It really all comes down to this. Kahn Academy is non-profit, and is more interested in the public good. Everybody else that wants to get on this bandwagon simply can't compete with this, because they want money, and lots of it. Nobody else will be able to stop them.
"Brave" might very well be a better movie. The visuals that I've seen so far look amazing. Of course the subject matter is what matters most. Let's hope it lives up to the ads. I have seen some "better" movies from time-to-time.
It used to be "separation of Church and State". Now it should be "separation of Corporation and State". Unfortunately it likely will take another war for that to happen.
In addition to the comments above yours, I get the idea based on your clarification that he thinks computers work like they do on TV, like how they hack networks on CSI, NCIS, Person Of Interest, etc, etc. If he watches any of those shows, tell him that it's PURE FICTION. Things just don't work like that.
Is there something so special about going to Afganistan that required a fabricated story about Obama being here? Why would the government do this? I would really like to know.
Well, not entirely... The brakes on cars *are* stronger than the engine. However if they heat up they become ineffective. I personally had heard of this and tried it once back in the 90's. I was on a relatively empty interstate highway, put my foot on the brake and went full acceleration and attempted to keep a relatively stable highway speed. In about 15 seconds the brakes quit working nearly completely. No matter how hard I pushed on the brakes, the car wouldn't slow down - that is until I released the accelerator of course. It took about a minute for them to cool down enough to become effective again. If you can try it *safely* I'd be curious if cars today still have this problem. I'll bet they do.
Sorry, but the tax software industry would not sit still for that. I used to work for one (not Intuit). As the posters above have said, there is an enormous investment in these companies to update their software every year to accomodate the tax changes. It's way more complicated than most people would believe.
I guess we're all different... I don't have this problem at all. My wife and daughter understand that I'm working; occasionally I have to remind my daughter, but she pretty much leaves me alone from 9 to 5.
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I went and listened to the song, and though I couldn't understand it or the Perl on the screen, I enjoyed it. It would be awfully nice to see an English translation to I could follow along better. Is this something somebody here could do?
Usually I like progress in UI/UX. This one seems like a bad idea. If properly shocked, a person with a not-perfect pacemaker (your natural one) could go into fibrillation. Cue the lawyers...
You have a lot of good comments so far, but none particularly directed to your specific question. I have recently come to a framework that I *really* like, coming from a similar background to yours.
node.js (server, business logic)
nginx (web server, proxy to node for business logic)
postgres (For relational/transactional data. There's a nice node.js driver for postgres)
mongodb (For larger datasets that don't need the transactional stability or quite so structured data)
Angular/Bootstrap with some jquery for good measure on the front-end
This is a lean-mean server tech that blows away any Java (JEE) framework. It took me a bit to get up to speed on node and the way you program with it, but I love it now. It scales so much more on fewer machines than JEE can even dream of. For what it's worth, you should look into it.
I think BlendTec Will it Blend? would work quite well, don't you?
Just so you (everybody reading) know: When I was getting my private pilot license, one of the things you do is read the FAR/AIM manual (Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual). Not a terribly easy read unless you like that stuff.
Anyway, even for a little two-seater plane, you must give the whole lecture about fastening seat belts, emergency exits, etc, even though there is only obviously one way out on a small plane. This is a good thing. Even though frequent flyers get annoyed by it, myself included, on an airline with a reasonable number of new flyers it is something quite necessary.
On another note, the FAA errs on the side of caution, which is also a good thing. However, it has become obvious that flight with portable electronics is safe. I know I've personally seen dozens of people with their phones on during takeoff/landing. This particular subject is ready to be looked at, and I think at some point we will not have to bother with this any more.
One other item of note: If you are a passenger on a plane, you have no rights. The FAA authorizes the pilot and crew full authority over what you can and cannot do on a plane. This is also (generally) a good thing. Without this kind of authority, we would have the potential for greater loss of life.
Not sure whether to mark this "Funny" or "Insightful"... I guess I'll lose my mod points for this comment.
I traveled to China (Beijing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou) in 2001 and I remember when we landed in Beijing how smoggy it was there. Pretty much the entire country (the parts we saw) were all like this. Of course, this is much worse, but I thought it was kinda bad even back then.
I think I'd rather see a higher frame rate. When I was watching "The Hobbit" I really enjoyed the HFR but I was thinking to myself that the rate needs to be even higher still. No less than 60, I would say...
I studied this back in the '80s when I was majoring in Applied Music. Among other things we studied regarding harmonic intervals, we learned things like why a minor chord sounds "minor" as opposed to a major chord. It all has to do with how the frequencies of the notes (and harmonics therein) work with each other. This isn't news, though it is at least interesting.
I worked in a recording studio that had a nice, large, live room - no parallel walls (including the ceiling/floor). Very often we would use that room as the reverb in our mixdowns. A single high-end speaker in one end and a couple of nice mics on the other was the sweetest reverb you could get. If you have a good sized garage that is "bouncy", you can get a nice short verb out of that.
I have the Mighty Mouse and it's my favorite out of probably a dozen I've tried. Apple quit making it in favor of the Magic Mouse, which I hate. I know people have had issues with the Mighty Mouse ball getting stuck, and from time to time mine gets stuck. However, a good soaking in 90% alcohol and a stiff fabric (I use a piece of denim on a wood surface, invert the mouse and rub the ball vigorously) and all is right with the world. A little compressed air gets whatever is left. I even bought a spare in case the one I'm using quits working for good. The one I'm using has been in service for a good 5 years so far...
It really all comes down to this. Kahn Academy is non-profit, and is more interested in the public good. Everybody else that wants to get on this bandwagon simply can't compete with this, because they want money, and lots of it. Nobody else will be able to stop them.
I'm sure many of you reading this have seen this, but it's still funny anyway... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs
And never mind this is a completely digitally produced picture, with all sound coming from in the studio/electronics somewhere.
I think the voices started out as humans...
"Brave" might very well be a better movie. The visuals that I've seen so far look amazing. Of course the subject matter is what matters most. Let's hope it lives up to the ads. I have seen some "better" movies from time-to-time.
Agreed: My brother's wife, $diety Bless her, is severely bipolar. And not very bright/intelligent at all. I'm not sure what my brother sees in her...
Seriously, how easy was that one? Brake is something that slows down a vehicle. Break is when it fails to Brake!
It used to be "separation of Church and State". Now it should be "separation of Corporation and State". Unfortunately it likely will take another war for that to happen.
In addition to the comments above yours, I get the idea based on your clarification that he thinks computers work like they do on TV, like how they hack networks on CSI, NCIS, Person Of Interest, etc, etc. If he watches any of those shows, tell him that it's PURE FICTION. Things just don't work like that.
I'm not sure I understand. My risk of dying decreases with coffee? Is this the new fountain of youth?
Is there something so special about going to Afganistan that required a fabricated story about Obama being here? Why would the government do this? I would really like to know.
Well, not entirely... The brakes on cars *are* stronger than the engine. However if they heat up they become ineffective. I personally had heard of this and tried it once back in the 90's. I was on a relatively empty interstate highway, put my foot on the brake and went full acceleration and attempted to keep a relatively stable highway speed. In about 15 seconds the brakes quit working nearly completely. No matter how hard I pushed on the brakes, the car wouldn't slow down - that is until I released the accelerator of course. It took about a minute for them to cool down enough to become effective again. If you can try it *safely* I'd be curious if cars today still have this problem. I'll bet they do.
My wife and I backed a kickstarter project that, as of last night, is finished and we're proud of it. The Blue Like Jazz movie. It opens this Friday.
Sorry, but the tax software industry would not sit still for that. I used to work for one (not Intuit). As the posters above have said, there is an enormous investment in these companies to update their software every year to accomodate the tax changes. It's way more complicated than most people would believe.
I guess we're all different... I don't have this problem at all. My wife and daughter understand that I'm working; occasionally I have to remind my daughter, but she pretty much leaves me alone from 9 to 5.