Most of the bands I listen to have an official site. On these sites they have lyrics as part of the resources. So what exactly is the shutting down the lyric sites do? Perhaps drive more people directly to the band's site. Perhaps leading to more sales. Hmm...I don't think eliminating the other sites will help if that is the goal.
I thought I saw an add (e*Trade???) where they are starting to use the secureID style system. This is a two factor authentication that requires a physical number generator (a small fob with a LCD window in it).
You have a PIN number and append it to a changing series of digits generated by your fob (once a minute). The two appended together is compared with what the host knows should be correct (it's in sync with your fob).
Corporations have used these for VPN authentication for a long time...I think some banks will start using them too.
I've used a product called QFTest http://www.qfs.de/en/qftestJUI/ for performing long-term stress testing and functional testing on Java Swing applications.
It is similar to many of the other products that do automated GUI testing, but will run on Linux and Windows (others are very Windows centric). It is also is scriptable using Jython.
Doesn't relate directly to your needs but I thought others working with Java might find this information useful.
This game was published recently by Wizards of the Coast, though I don't know if it is still available.
The basic premise is that you are robots racing in a factory where there are many perils (crushers, pits, lasers, etc.). You program the robot by selecting cards to tell it what to do (move forward, turn right, etc.).
It's very hard to plan the perfect path since you sometimes don't get the cards you want. Also, there are conveyers and spinners that will eventually screw you up big time.
This probably isn't a run at the prize because either they don't plan on having the appropriate weight to represent 3 passengers or they don't plan on doing a 14 day turn around.
This is another example of the methodical approach Scaled Composites has taken.
I will not comment on the the strength of an advanced degree, but I hope giving employees time to explore new technical avenues is what will continue to make Google strong.
Companies talk about R&D spending, but very few software companies do much research; they simply develop products. Persuing new ideas that may not have direct impact on the next revision of code can find unexpected new capabilities, performance improvements, or other product improvements not thought of by product management or voice of customer sessions.
I truly hope the investment Google is making pays off and leads to other software firms following.
This reminded me how much I miss the old DOS programmer's text editor BRIEF. Ctrl-l to begin selecting lines and Ctrl-m to begin selecting a block and a simple tap of - or + on the numeric keypad cut or pasted.
Wish all modern IDE's allowed BRIEF emulation. Everything was seemed so intuitive when I first started using it.
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Most of the bands I listen to have an official site. On these sites they have lyrics as part of the resources. So what exactly is the shutting down the lyric sites do? Perhaps drive more people directly to the band's site. Perhaps leading to more sales. Hmm...I don't think eliminating the other sites will help if that is the goal.
You have a PIN number and append it to a changing series of digits generated by your fob (once a minute). The two appended together is compared with what the host knows should be correct (it's in sync with your fob).
Corporations have used these for VPN authentication for a long time...I think some banks will start using them too.
I've used a product called QFTest http://www.qfs.de/en/qftestJUI/ for performing long-term stress testing and functional testing on Java Swing applications.
It is similar to many of the other products that do automated GUI testing, but will run on Linux and Windows (others are very Windows centric). It is also is scriptable using Jython.
Doesn't relate directly to your needs but I thought others working with Java might find this information useful.
The basic premise is that you are robots racing in a factory where there are many perils (crushers, pits, lasers, etc.). You program the robot by selecting cards to tell it what to do (move forward, turn right, etc.).
It's very hard to plan the perfect path since you sometimes don't get the cards you want. Also, there are conveyers and spinners that will eventually screw you up big time.
Another great game from Steve Jackson is "Dork Tower". Very much in the same style as Munchkin but it's a board game not a card game.
This probably isn't a run at the prize because either they don't plan on having the appropriate weight to represent 3 passengers or they don't plan on doing a 14 day turn around.
This is another example of the methodical approach Scaled Composites has taken.
Companies talk about R&D spending, but very few software companies do much research; they simply develop products. Persuing new ideas that may not have direct impact on the next revision of code can find unexpected new capabilities, performance improvements, or other product improvements not thought of by product management or voice of customer sessions.
I truly hope the investment Google is making pays off and leads to other software firms following.
This reminded me how much I miss the old DOS programmer's text editor BRIEF. Ctrl-l to begin selecting lines and Ctrl-m to begin selecting a block and a simple tap of - or + on the numeric keypad cut or pasted.
Wish all modern IDE's allowed BRIEF emulation. Everything was seemed so intuitive when I first started using it.