That was, of course, before the mayor of Chicago had giant X's carved into the Meigs Field runway.
We've seen cities enact laws banning segways on sidewalks, I can't even imagine what kind of legal hurdles would be thrown up before this. I see the ruling bodies of NY/Chicago/SF refusing to embrace this idea as there are already efficient, usable transportation systems in place.
I found the news story to be on the fluff side, but from a technology standpoint, very cool.
i vaguely remember some spat that an ex-craigslist employee had with the rest of the org, a few years ago. this was right about the time that they briefly changed the name to listfoundation.
the ex-employee/partner/whatever created a splinter site (a fork!) in a lame attempt to take over craiglist's role on the net. I wonder if this is the same person who sold their 25%.
our search index software had a sql-like interface. big bossman was sitting at DBA's computer and intending to drop the search index. he alt-tabbed to the wrong window, to the production database interface and issued the drop database command.
goodbye production data, e-commerce site was down for 7 hours. costing the company at least $5.
I'm more interested in seeing a book comparing web based software architecture options in the two languages.
Info like: What is the equivalent of a Struts Model-2 architecture in the dotnet world? Or more specifically, do the C# APIs provide something similar.
Having done the reverse relocation, baltimore-->SF I can say that baltimore is certainly ripe for development.
real estate costs are nil, at the current rate of population loss, baltimore will be *empty* by 2070. when i left in '98 downtown office vacancy rates were near 40%. can't vouch for industrial prices, but rent on a 1 bdrm apt. was running around $325/month in the somewhat safer neighborhoods. the city has an incredible amount of housing stock, most of which is boarded up.
The biggest knock against progress in the city is crime, drugs, safety. It is not a safe town with lots of animosity between socio-economic groups in addition to the blind rage associated w/abject poverty. the school system is absolutely horrid.
The combination of these two factors make for one complex situation. the city government wants and needs development but the culture of the city disallows it. want to fix up the $15,000 row house you just purchased? better post an armed guard there until you circle it with razor wire. *everything* gets stolen. reshingle your roof? the shingles will be ripped up and carted off that night. scrap metal fuels the heroin trade. most vacant houses have lost all of their wiring / plumbing for a $2 fix.
i have countless horror stories, getting whipped by bungie cord swinging bicycle thiefs, duck and cover due to random noontime gunfire downtown, ribs stolen off a hot webster grill, blah blah blah.
these are quality of life issues that will have to be addressed if the business world wants to reap the benefits of the low costs associated with operating here. it will be very interesting...
but SF is already a dirty dirty town (grime-wise). corporate graffiti doesn't help matters at all. i felt violated when i saw it the first time on my block.... no mcdonalds there, no starbucks there, but oh, IBM graffiti...
O'hare is trying to use a similar system (or the same?) to pack in more landings. with the improved accuracy they can "safely" route them closer together.
It's too bad that these databases don't include the Universal Product Code. It would allow for some mildly interesting barcoding apps when combined with the CueCat barcoding hack.
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When will the world get to the next big paradigm in database technology. As in, past the relational model.
That was, of course, before the mayor of Chicago had giant X's carved into the Meigs Field runway.
We've seen cities enact laws banning segways on sidewalks, I can't even imagine what kind of legal hurdles would be thrown up before this. I see the ruling bodies of NY/Chicago/SF refusing to embrace this idea as there are already efficient, usable transportation systems in place.
I found the news story to be on the fluff side, but from a technology standpoint, very cool.
i vaguely remember some spat that an ex-craigslist employee had with the rest of the org, a few years ago. this was right about the time that they briefly changed the name to listfoundation.
the ex-employee/partner/whatever created a splinter site (a fork!) in a lame attempt to take over craiglist's role on the net. I wonder if this is the same person who sold their 25%.
i saw this happen at work one time.
our search index software had a sql-like interface. big bossman was sitting at DBA's computer and intending to drop the search index. he alt-tabbed to the wrong window, to the production database interface and issued the drop database command.
goodbye production data, e-commerce site was down for 7 hours. costing the company at least $5.
me: do you provide complimentary high speed internet access?
reserveration clerk: yes, we provide high speed dial-up access.
it is frame #1 in a flash movie.
> What the hell is a "mainframe"?
Info like: What is the equivalent of a Struts Model-2 architecture in the dotnet world? Or more specifically, do the C# APIs provide something similar.
http://www.tricker.net/
but oversubscription is a better business model than excess capacity. world com & their fiber...
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Having done the reverse relocation, baltimore-->SF I can say that baltimore is certainly ripe for development.
real estate costs are nil, at the current rate of population loss, baltimore will be *empty* by 2070. when i left in '98 downtown office vacancy rates were near 40%. can't vouch for industrial prices, but rent on a 1 bdrm apt. was running around $325/month in the somewhat safer neighborhoods. the city has an incredible amount of housing stock, most of which is boarded up.
The biggest knock against progress in the city is crime, drugs, safety. It is not a safe town with lots of animosity between socio-economic groups in addition to the blind rage associated w/abject poverty. the school system is absolutely horrid.
The combination of these two factors make for one complex situation. the city government wants and needs development but the culture of the city disallows it. want to fix up the $15,000 row house you just purchased? better post an armed guard there until you circle it with razor wire. *everything* gets stolen. reshingle your roof? the shingles will be ripped up and carted off that night. scrap metal fuels the heroin trade. most vacant houses have lost all of their wiring / plumbing for a $2 fix.
i have countless horror stories, getting whipped by bungie cord swinging bicycle thiefs, duck and cover due to random noontime gunfire downtown, ribs stolen off a hot webster grill, blah blah blah.
these are quality of life issues that will have to be addressed if the business world wants to reap the benefits of the low costs associated with operating here. it will be very interesting...
"There goes my only possession..."
one stumbling block is that government agencies (like the one i work for) shy away from products that have no old-school support structure.
The hardware comes out so fast they can't design/code/test drivers fast enough. Have you tried the Geforce drivers for XP? BSOD every 7 minutes.
... no complaints from me.
Strangely enough their linux drivers are great. So short story is
yeah they got their guerilla marketing points...
... no mcdonalds there, no starbucks there, but oh, IBM graffiti...
but SF is already a dirty dirty town (grime-wise). corporate graffiti doesn't help matters at all. i felt violated when i saw it the first time on my block.
is hitting ctrl-n with only your left hand. sends shooting pains....
but didn't you enjoy your consolation subscription to business 2.0???
sun has supplied JDK's for solaris, M$, and linux (thanks to blackdown). is there any hope of them jumping on the BSD band wagon?
but everyone in california (especially the bay area) is from somewhere else.
>>>but I can't afford it unless I lived in a neighborhood that would be dangerous at night
there are no dangerous neighborhoods in SF. except for the one my company is located in, lovely Hunter's Point.
don't believe the hype, lower haight, western addition, the tenderloin are all safe (unless you deal drugs).
O'hare is trying to use a similar system (or the same?) to pack in more landings. with the improved accuracy they can "safely" route them closer together.
It's too bad that these databases don't include the Universal Product Code. It would allow for some mildly interesting barcoding apps when combined with the CueCat barcoding hack.
Like using stringbuffers instead of strings when doing lots of concatenation.
or do they?
make it 2 click shopping.