I told them to simply use Mozilla/FireFox, but as it turns out they access outside applications that only run in Internet Explorer.
Despite the userbase growth of FireFox, it is still taking a long time to change the mindset of PHBs.
We are starting development on a very large web application. (primarily using C# and ASP.NET) During one of the design meetings I asked "we are going to develop this so that it is browser independent, right?"
A PHB replied "I see no reason to believe the customers will be using anything but Internet Explorer." Sheesh!
You will see many people trying to sell you on in-ear phones such as the
Shure E3 or the Etymotic ER6
Trust me - these are mostly overkill. I have a set of Shure E3s that I bought to cope with our extremely loud drummer - however, unless your coworkers are using jackhammers, a good quality set of closed-back headphones (AKG 270, Sennheiser HD580, Sony MDR-7506) will sound better and be more comfortable.
I am uncertain whether you are trying to be
funny, or if you just didn't exist back in the day.
Even baseline modern flash memory will hold dozens of C64 apps. That was back when you had to have imagination to enjoy the games. No double CDROM game installs. No stupid compilers getting in the way of your assembly code...
Yet another language that will completely revolutionize software development! Yet another Paradigm Shift! Brothers and Sisters, this is truly a great day!
I can't wait to add it to my resume along with C, C++, PERL, Scheme, LISP, Python, Ruby, Pike, Java, Erlang, C# and Forth. The future is now!
The OS is fine for a PDA as it is. What about hardware improvements? Every Palm I have purchased since the Palm Pro has been heading in the direction of crap. My Tungsten T3 isn't nearly as robust as my T2 was.
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I'm quite partial to scsh.
I mention this because I understand Ruby's semantics are like Scheme (but the syntax is different, or we'd call it a Scheme).
The intro from the scsh paper (Olin Shivers) convinced me to try it out:
Unfortunately, compared with other Schemes
that I was familiar with (MzScheme, StkLOS) I
didn't feel like it was the next best thing in
scripting languages.
I submitted this is as an "Ask Slashdot" story.
It was rejected of course. So, I will repeat it here where it will forever live in obscurity:
This latest
attempt by Google to be helpful has pushed me over the edge. I have played around with the thoughts of creating my own usenet archive for sometime. Nothing comprehensive, just a few of the comp.lang.* groups.
Lately, I keep having the recurring daydream of
a distributed P2P usenet archive. By breaking it into chunks, and distributing it over thousands of clients, it should be much more manageable. One obvious advantage would be that feed adapters could be written so that the mother nodes grab the messages straight from the client's usenet provider (gigaNews, etc.) An obvious pitfall would be that several people would have to step up to the plate and take responsibility for ensuring that sections of subgroups did not become extinct. A big stack of DVDs should help with that.
Yes, it would be slower than Google's current offering. This could be offset somewhat by letting the first responding node complete the request. Further efficiency is gained by the the mother nodes knowing which clients carry which sub-groups.
Prior art? Am I re-inventing the wheel? Am I crazy? More importantly, will it work?
And don't think that all languages don't have this kind of unreadable code.
Very true. One can even write readable code in PERL if one practices self-control. OTOH, I once wrote the following in Ruby (normally very clean and readable) just because it was conveninet:
Makes sense that you gung ho capitalists are always so opposed to providing people with an education.
Oh naive and/or stupid Anonymous Coward:
I attended public school through the 6th grade. After that it was mostly up to *me* to educate myself.
People that want education will find education - no matter how badly the liberal NEA has screwed up pre-college education.
Oops - then you have to face the fact that not all are born with equal mental or physical abilities. Many liberals dreams of an American nirvana with high paying, high quality jobs for all.
Dream on. There will always be those that have a strong back but a weak mind...
For those that didn't catch the references made by the grandparent, he's probably referring to a popular (and often accurate) generalization that the many 'rugged', 'independent thinking', outspoken voters in Republican-dominated states are often farmers. They (often, no always) depend on gigantic federal subsidies to make a living. The irony is that these are often the same Republicans that can be heard saying that their taxes carry lazy welfare recipients.
I may sound like one of those people - however; I do not receive any federal subsidies - farm or otherwise.
In fact, I am against farm subsidies as I feel that they cause Americans to have a warped sense
of what food actually costs.
The average coder has no concept of what a loaf of bread or gallon of milk costs to produce as he/she
pays the shelf price plus a harder to define cost
in the form of taxes.
OTOH, a friend of mine who is a dairy farmer can tell you to the penny what a pound of milk costs
him to produce. Then the feds tell him how much
he can sell it for...
You're more like the classic red state population of the 2000 election. They think they're independent tough guys, but they receive more money in federal handouts than they put in. Federal welfare queens.
Really? Do you know me so well?
I am going to pay approx $25K USD in state
and federal taxes this year. What about you?
Where do I get in line for the handouts?
I don't know about tough, but yes, I am independent. I can mill and cast metal, raise vegetables and livestock, shoot a firearm, reload
ammo, code in LISP, Ruby, Forth, and C#, design
digital control systems, and compose and record music.
I am all for spreading goodwill - however, I don't
give a flip what France, Germany, or any other
"oil for food" groupies think about my actions.
Please, give us back the America we admire and believe in. Don't turn yourselves into a religious state. Don't turn your back on the UN and the other peoples of the world - in the end we are people first, American or French or Iraqi or Chinese second.
Horse biscuits. I am an American - not a world citizen. I am interested in taking care of America
first and the rest of the world can kiss my lily-white American big toe.
I know, I am the classic ugly american...
However, anyone that expects me to run *my* decisions through a "world test" can plant their lips right *here*.
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Despite the userbase growth of FireFox, it is still taking a long time to change the mindset of PHBs.
We are starting development on a very large web application. (primarily using C# and ASP.NET) During one of the design meetings I asked "we are going to develop this so that it is browser independent, right?"
A PHB replied "I see no reason to believe the customers will be using anything but Internet Explorer." Sheesh!
Yeah, I even did the FEA for my homebuilt aircraft using one. Then, one day I was flying along and IEEEeee!
You will see many people trying to sell you on in-ear phones such as the Shure E3 or the Etymotic ER6
Trust me - these are mostly overkill. I have a set of Shure E3s that I bought to cope with our extremely loud drummer - however, unless your coworkers are using jackhammers, a good quality set of closed-back headphones (AKG 270, Sennheiser HD580, Sony MDR-7506) will sound better and be more comfortable.
I am uncertain whether you are trying to be funny, or if you just didn't exist back in the day.
Even baseline modern flash memory will hold dozens of C64 apps. That was back when you had to have imagination to enjoy the games. No double CDROM game installs. No stupid compilers getting in the way of your assembly code...
Yes! This is just what I have been waiting for!
Yet another language that will completely revolutionize software development! Yet another Paradigm Shift! Brothers and Sisters, this is truly a great day!
I can't wait to add it to my resume along with C, C++, PERL, Scheme, LISP, Python, Ruby, Pike, Java, Erlang, C# and Forth. The future is now!
The OS is fine for a PDA as it is. What about hardware improvements? Every Palm I have purchased since the Palm Pro has been heading in the direction of crap. My Tungsten T3 isn't nearly as robust as my T2 was.
The intro he wrote where he referred to the 9mm Sig-Sauer, Prozac, and Jack Daniels was much more entertaining.
Unfortunately, compared with other Schemes that I was familiar with (MzScheme, StkLOS) I didn't feel like it was the next best thing in scripting languages.
I submitted this is as an "Ask Slashdot" story. It was rejected of course. So, I will repeat it here where it will forever live in obscurity:
I attended public school through the 6th grade. After that it was mostly up to *me* to educate myself.
People that want education will find education - no matter how badly the liberal NEA has screwed up pre-college education.
Oops - then you have to face the fact that not all are born with equal mental or physical abilities. Many liberals dreams of an American nirvana with high paying, high quality jobs for all.
Dream on. There will always be those that have a strong back but a weak mind...
-capitalist pig
Poorly educated whites don't move the market - they provide a labor force.
-capitalist pig
In fact, I am against farm subsidies as I feel that they cause Americans to have a warped sense of what food actually costs.
The average coder has no concept of what a loaf of bread or gallon of milk costs to produce as he/she pays the shelf price plus a harder to define cost in the form of taxes.
OTOH, a friend of mine who is a dairy farmer can tell you to the penny what a pound of milk costs him to produce. Then the feds tell him how much he can sell it for...
I am going to pay approx $25K USD in state and federal taxes this year. What about you?
Where do I get in line for the handouts?
I don't know about tough, but yes, I am independent. I can mill and cast metal, raise vegetables and livestock, shoot a firearm, reload ammo, code in LISP, Ruby, Forth, and C#, design digital control systems, and compose and record music.
I am all for spreading goodwill - however, I don't give a flip what France, Germany, or any other "oil for food" groupies think about my actions.
I know, I am the classic ugly american...
However, anyone that expects me to run *my* decisions through a "world test" can plant their lips right *here*.