This is going to be a nightmare for small business owners to implement. Most states make you pay to register with their sales tax department. Multiply that by every state that you have customers in. No wonder big companies like WalMart are supporting it.
Sure, but if managers are so stupid as to propose changes at critical junctures, where are they going to learn if not from the programmers...
Didn't you get the memo? Management knows best, there is nothing they can learn from FTEs, never-mind programmers of all people. Now about that TPS report...
Ebay changes their site, a week before Christmas. These people are stupid.
At a company the size of Ebay, typically web developers don't call the shots on when the changes will occur. This books is for web developers, not managers.
Read the PowerPoint (I know, PowerPoint, yuck), it's quite interesting for PHP naysayers. Maybe you don't understand that just because you don't see a.php extension doesn't mean it's not running PHP.
I hear that Japan has started a Zen Buddhist Quantum logic lab that will be neither evil nor not evil nor both evil and not evil nor neither evil nor not evil.
I am sorry, but the evil or not evil can not be confirmed until we kill the evil or the cat or set the box on fire. I can't recall which.
Schrodinger's cat is neither dead nor alive until the box is opened and we observer whether or not the nucleus decayed and emitted a particle that triggered the apparatus which opened the canister of poison and killed the cat. Setting the box on fire is an interesting twist on the experiment, and I do mean twist as in twisted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodinger's_cat
.... and the lab will be evil and not evil in the same time!
No, no, no, you've got it all wrong. Quantum mechanics says that they will be neither evil nor not evil until it observed that they are either evil or not evil. This post neither exists nor not exists until you observe it.
Just block them at the firewall and be done with it.
If they're good, then it would be difficult to trace and to just completely block at the firewall. Unless, of course, you are referring to the Great Firewall of China?
Yeah, I'm going to listen to a guy named "mysqlrocks" try to tell me the best way to make a scalable Web site.
Your flame would have been so much more effective if it wasn't from an AC. Try this one. I'm going to listen to a guy named "Anonymous Coward" try to tell me that you can't make a scalable web site with PHP & MySQL.
If PHP is so scalable, then why use Java for enterprise applications?:-)
Two possible reasons. One, a manager likes the word "enterprise" and wants something that falls into that category. Two, development. If you are creating a very complicated application you are more likely to find competent developers for Java than for PHP. This is not a dig against PHP developers, I personally love developing in PHP but it's true the skill level is much higher for Java developers in general.
Yes, good point. My comment was very much oversimplified. There are WAY to many factors to really make a blanket statement. I would never really recommend a solution to someone until I'd asked a lot of questions. This topic seemed like an open range for flame wars so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.
Here's my take. For most web sites, use PHP. If you need enterprise level stuff, use Java but don't let anyone tell you that PHP is not scalable, that is simply not true. Don't go to.NET - nothing you can really get on.NET then you can't get with Java. Enough said. Flame On.
The news was not so good for Level 3 Communications Inc, which was removed from the Nasdaq-100 two years after it joined it. Other tech-related stock to be removed included Intersil Corp, Molex Inc, QLogic Corp, Sanmina-SCI Corp, and Synopsys Inc.
Stocks rise and fall but I don't think this means we're in another bubble.
The solution to the problem is almost always simpler than you think. You can often cause more problems trying to fix a problem then the original problem itself. When you try one thing and it doesn't work, reverse the changes before trying the next thing and document each change.
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Oops, I missed this part:
The legislation would apply only to businesses with more than $5 million in "gross remote taxable sales" each year.
You now it's just a matter of time before this number gets lower and lower though.
This is going to be a nightmare for small business owners to implement. Most states make you pay to register with their sales tax department. Multiply that by every state that you have customers in. No wonder big companies like WalMart are supporting it.
Is it just me or does every book reviewed on slashdot seem to receive a rating of "8"?
Sure, but if managers are so stupid as to propose changes at critical junctures, where are they going to learn if not from the programmers...
Didn't you get the memo? Management knows best, there is nothing they can learn from FTEs, never-mind programmers of all people. Now about that TPS report...
Ebay changes their site, a week before Christmas. These people are stupid.
At a company the size of Ebay, typically web developers don't call the shots on when the changes will occur. This books is for web developers, not managers.
Please post again when it's a platform at Yahoo, rather than a platform decision.
_ yahoo_presentation_.html
.php extension doesn't mean it's not running PHP.
OK, I'm posting again. I'm a little late since this has been a platform at Yahoo for a while now:
http://www.radwin.org/michael/blog/2005/10/php_at
Read the PowerPoint (I know, PowerPoint, yuck), it's quite interesting for PHP naysayers. Maybe you don't understand that just because you don't see a
I don't think clippy really cares how you feel.
I hear that Japan has started a Zen Buddhist Quantum logic lab that will be neither evil nor not evil nor both evil and not evil nor neither evil nor not evil.
So it is purple?
What post?
If a geek posts a comment on slashdot and no one is there to read it, did the comment make a noise?
I am sorry, but the evil or not evil can not be confirmed until we kill the evil or the cat or set the box on fire. I can't recall which.
Schrodinger's cat is neither dead nor alive until the box is opened and we observer whether or not the nucleus decayed and emitted a particle that triggered the apparatus which opened the canister of poison and killed the cat. Setting the box on fire is an interesting twist on the experiment, and I do mean twist as in twisted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodinger's_cat
"standards are great, everyone should have one."
Or the other variation of that, "standards are great, there are so many to choose from."
.... and the lab will be evil and not evil in the same time!
No, no, no, you've got it all wrong. Quantum mechanics says that they will be neither evil nor not evil until it observed that they are either evil or not evil. This post neither exists nor not exists until you observe it.
Your real identity or someone who used your computer while they were over your house, or someone that borrowed your laptop?
Just block them at the firewall and be done with it.
If they're good, then it would be difficult to trace and to just completely block at the firewall. Unless, of course, you are referring to the Great Firewall of China?
Do you have an example of a very large website that uses PHP? I don't recall ever seeing one.
Umm, Yahoo:
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-963937.html
Ranked the #1 trafficked site by Alexa:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/?url=yahoo.com
Lack of DRM? Impossible, this is 2005...
Sure, they could just borrow Sony's DRM technology.
"You have this device consumers love, but they're being restricted from buying anything other than downloads from Apple. People are bored with that."
That's simply not true. You can put music from other services on an iPod.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the first actual lawsuit for violating the Do-Not-Call Registry law?
Yeah, I'm going to listen to a guy named "mysqlrocks" try to tell me the best way to make a scalable Web site.
Your flame would have been so much more effective if it wasn't from an AC. Try this one. I'm going to listen to a guy named "Anonymous Coward" try to tell me that you can't make a scalable web site with PHP & MySQL.
If PHP is so scalable, then why use Java for enterprise applications? :-)
Two possible reasons. One, a manager likes the word "enterprise" and wants something that falls into that category. Two, development. If you are creating a very complicated application you are more likely to find competent developers for Java than for PHP. This is not a dig against PHP developers, I personally love developing in PHP but it's true the skill level is much higher for Java developers in general.
Yes, good point. My comment was very much oversimplified. There are WAY to many factors to really make a blanket statement. I would never really recommend a solution to someone until I'd asked a lot of questions. This topic seemed like an open range for flame wars so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.
Here's my take. For most web sites, use PHP. If you need enterprise level stuff, use Java but don't let anyone tell you that PHP is not scalable, that is simply not true. Don't go to .NET - nothing you can really get on .NET then you can't get with Java. Enough said. Flame On.
Is the Alexa toolbar that gathers a lot of their data still considered spyware? If so, do I really want to use an API that is supported by spyware?
It's not all good news, FTA:
The news was not so good for Level 3 Communications Inc, which was removed from the Nasdaq-100 two years after it joined it. Other tech-related stock to be removed included Intersil Corp, Molex Inc, QLogic Corp, Sanmina-SCI Corp, and Synopsys Inc.
Stocks rise and fall but I don't think this means we're in another bubble.
The solution to the problem is almost always simpler than you think. You can often cause more problems trying to fix a problem then the original problem itself. When you try one thing and it doesn't work, reverse the changes before trying the next thing and document each change.