"I heard that both people who still held respect for TigerDirect no longer do."
Must mean the/. editors, because I see TigerDirect ads here all the time! Yes, yes, I know they don't control the individual ads. I still find it very funny and quite ironic.
I too hope for such a "revolution". I find the workflow of Office and its clones stifling, unnatural and outdated.
But first, the new product has to take over. Then it can innovate from within, and maybe even cast off its old skin.
I would love nothing more than to see OpenOffice (and NeoOffice/J on the Mac) usurp MS Office and then go off in some really interesting new direction that everyone will invariably at first complain about, but then come to love and praise (as has always^H^H^H mostly been the case with UI workflow innovation).
Heck, son, I have socks older than you. I have a COMPUTER older than you, still sitting in my closet. And I still have 5 1/4" floppy disks for it.
Wait, I'll go dust off my copy of Hellfire Warrior by Epyx. Best game ever written (think Diablo ||, but instead of a 3D landscape you had empty rooms with numbers, and you had to look up the number in a book, and that's where you got a description of where you were).
I was a borderline "fanboy" when I switched to the Mac a couple of years ago, but once I got past the "ooooh, shiny!" stage, I realized that Apple was no beter than Microsoft or Dell or Intel. Okay, maybe a _little_ better, but still. So, yes, at least one of us changed our minds.
I guess I'm more accepting of Apple's "evil" behavior because their stuff works better than Wintel. The hardware's (mostly) great, the OS is vastly superior, the apps I use work and look better, etc.
But I was shocked to see that CALLBACKS were put down by C++ purists, which is so common in any OO language (including Java, Object Pascal etc).
Agreed, agreed. Back in the day I used callbacks and function dispatch tables a LOT. They were considered Good Things for all kinds of programming situations. The C++ way, I was taught, was to "bolt on" yet another class when you needed to implement a callback. In Java, it was interfaces (fine by me, never was much of a fan of multiple inheritance, 'though I've used it often). Ick to all of it.
I guess you're right, it's always hard switching languages. I've been coding in C++ since around '89(?), and there are still times I yearn for the "relative" simplicity of C.
That's pretty much all I use them for as well (branching to staggered rollback points in a function). That, and also a few cases where it was simply the easiest way to "cut and fail" (nods towards those of you who know PROLOG) out of a series of horribly nested and convoluted loops.
And as to the original article topic, I, for one, welcome our new AOP overlords. NOT.
[quote] My Powerbook 17" makes crackling and squealing noises with CPU activity.
[quote]
This is the cpu going into/out of rapid sleep cycles in order to conserve power and stay cool. Annoying as heck sometimes.
You can solve it by installing the CHUD tools from the developer area on the Apple site.
CHUD installs a new preference pane called "CPU" under system preferences. Open that up, and UNcheck the button marked "nap". Instance silence! Of course, your fan will come on more often --and stay on longer-- but that's sometimes worth it. Personally, I hop back and forth.
I agree about the feet, though. I've gone through three sets, and managed to get them replaced for free each time by being all-nice-like to the geniuses at the NYC SOHO store and Tekserve. YMMV, of course.
The overhead of wrapping and unwrapping the data doesn't seem to be any problem.
Yeah, but how much data? And how many calls/second?
A few years ago I worked on a day trading system that talked to a SQL Server database and we were going to use XML to wrap the data but found that it did add significant time to the commits, and in that business time was $$$ so we left it out. (and yes, we spooled commits out of a separate thread, etc. etc. but don't ask; it was a complicated architecture that I was saddled with, and there was still some db code in the core codebase).
I agree with avalys - Intellij is by the far the best IDE for Java. Despite being large and visually cluttered (which most all IDEs are), it doesn't get in your way, and actually helps you be productive.
I've tried using Eclipse many, many times (oh LORD, I've tried!) but something never quite works right, or it acts just a little odd, and it ends up distracting more than helping. I really want Eclipse to succeed, and I will keep trying it, but for now it's Intellij all the way (hee hee, new marketing jingle).
BTW, I've used IDEA on Windoze, Linux and OS X, and it works great on all of them.
When I decided to buy an iPod last summer, Windoze support wasn't out yet. Despite the fact that I've coded under DOS and Windows since the 2.11 days (and Linux for about a decade) and even worked as a programmer - briefly- for the "evil empire", I was so impressed with how easily everything in the Mac world interconnected I decided to investigate that curious creature called "Powerbook".
You know where this is headed...I'm typing this on a 17" Powerbook in Starbucks, connected via WiFi. I've booted my pc about 6 times in the last year, and 2 of those were from SLAX.
I've sunk about $10k into Mac/Apple hardware and software,
and I couldn't be happier. I have NO plans of ever going back.
So yes, here's one case of a techie who really did switch!
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mmmm.....zombo.....
You didn't have to post this as AC -- it's a very valid point.
And I'm American.
I replaced the stock drive in my 17" RevA powerbook with the 7200rpm 60gb Hitachi.
No change in noise, heat or battery drain.
The performance gain is notcieable and very welcome.
"I heard that both people who still held respect for TigerDirect no longer do."
/. editors, because I see TigerDirect ads here all the time! Yes, yes, I know they don't control the individual ads. I still find it very funny and quite ironic.
Must mean the
there are lots of targeted searches you can do on google via keywords, including focusing on scholarly/research papers and articles.
The complete list of keywords and their syntax is here.
Wow, that takes me back...the days of message cracking, porttool, and NT 3.1
Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
thanx -- will do. I'm always on the lookout for a better mousetrap.
I too hope for such a "revolution". I find the workflow of Office and its clones stifling, unnatural and outdated.
But first, the new product has to take over. Then it can innovate from within, and maybe even cast off its old skin.
I would love nothing more than to see OpenOffice (and NeoOffice/J on the Mac) usurp MS Office and then go off in some really interesting new direction that everyone will invariably at first complain about, but then come to love and praise (as has always^H^H^H mostly been the case with UI workflow innovation).
The SDG Systems product page.
The manuals (pdf).
You're TWENTY???
Heck, son, I have socks older than you. I have a COMPUTER older than you, still sitting in my closet. And I still have 5 1/4" floppy disks for it.
Wait, I'll go dust off my copy of Hellfire Warrior by Epyx. Best game ever written (think Diablo ||, but instead of a 3D landscape you had empty rooms with numbers, and you had to look up the number in a book, and that's where you got a description of where you were).
Feel better?
I was a borderline "fanboy" when I switched to the Mac a couple of years ago, but once I got past the "ooooh, shiny!" stage, I realized that Apple was no beter than Microsoft or Dell or Intel. Okay, maybe a _little_ better, but still. So, yes, at least one of us changed our minds.
I guess I'm more accepting of Apple's "evil" behavior because their stuff works better than Wintel. The hardware's (mostly) great, the OS is vastly superior, the apps I use work and look better, etc.
from TFPR:
"Exclusively available to YDL.net Enhanced members v4.0.90 may be downloaded immediately from www.ydl.net"
So...I think you have to be a member to get to the ISOs.
In Soviet Russia, Tetris plays YOU!
I feel better now.
Agreed, agreed. Back in the day I used callbacks and function dispatch tables a LOT. They were considered Good Things for all kinds of programming situations. The C++ way, I was taught, was to "bolt on" yet another class when you needed to implement a callback. In Java, it was interfaces (fine by me, never was much of a fan of multiple inheritance, 'though I've used it often). Ick to all of it.
I guess you're right, it's always hard switching languages. I've been coding in C++ since around '89(?), and there are still times I yearn for the "relative" simplicity of C.
That's pretty much all I use them for as well (branching to staggered rollback points in a function). That, and also a few cases where it was simply the easiest way to "cut and fail" (nods towards those of you who know PROLOG) out of a series of horribly nested and convoluted loops.
And as to the original article topic, I, for one, welcome our new AOP overlords. NOT.
At the risk of being modded troll, nuking my karma, being yelled at, laughed at, and otherwise folded, spindled, and mutilated, I'm gonna say it:
I like GOTOs. GOTO has it's place. Even in C++. Sorry all you purists, but there are times when it just plain works.
*runs and puts on Chinese wicker fighting suit and hides, trembling, behind a flame-retardant wall*
[quote]
My Powerbook 17" makes crackling and squealing noises with CPU activity.
[quote]
This is the cpu going into/out of rapid sleep cycles in order to conserve power and stay cool. Annoying as heck sometimes.
You can solve it by installing the CHUD tools from the developer area on the Apple site.
CHUD installs a new preference pane called "CPU" under system preferences. Open that up, and UNcheck the button marked "nap". Instance silence! Of course, your fan will come on more often --and stay on longer-- but that's sometimes worth it. Personally, I hop back and forth.
I agree about the feet, though. I've gone through three sets, and managed to get them replaced for free each time by being all-nice-like to the geniuses at the NYC SOHO store and Tekserve. YMMV, of course.
syndic8.com
It's a searchable list of rss feeds. Quite handy actually. I think there's another as well, but I forget the name.
"Microsoft has published a list of known software that will not work with Service Pack 2"
Microsoft also announced their new motto--
What Do You Want to Break Today? (tm)
The overhead of wrapping and unwrapping the data doesn't seem to be any problem.
Yeah, but how much data? And how many calls/second?
A few years ago I worked on a day trading system that talked to a SQL Server database and we were going to use XML to wrap the data but found that it did add significant time to the commits, and in that business time was $$$ so we left it out. (and yes, we spooled commits out of a separate thread, etc. etc. but don't ask; it was a complicated architecture that I was saddled with, and there was still some db code in the core codebase).
I agree with avalys - Intellij is by the far the best IDE for Java. Despite being large and visually cluttered (which most all IDEs are), it doesn't get in your way, and actually helps you be productive.
I've tried using Eclipse many, many times (oh LORD, I've tried!) but something never quite works right, or it acts just a little odd, and it ends up distracting more than helping. I really want Eclipse to succeed, and I will keep trying it, but for now it's Intellij all the way (hee hee, new marketing jingle).
BTW, I've used IDEA on Windoze, Linux and OS X, and it works great on all of them.
When I decided to buy an iPod last summer, Windoze support wasn't out yet. Despite the fact that I've coded under DOS and Windows since the 2.11 days (and Linux for about a decade) and even worked as a programmer - briefly- for the "evil empire", I was so impressed with how easily everything in the Mac world interconnected I decided to investigate that curious creature called "Powerbook".
You know where this is headed...I'm typing this on a 17" Powerbook in Starbucks, connected via WiFi. I've booted my pc about 6 times in the last year, and 2 of those were from SLAX.
I've sunk about $10k into Mac/Apple hardware and software, and I couldn't be happier. I have NO plans of ever going back.
So yes, here's one case of a techie who really did switch!