What I don't understand is why more banks don't even allow the option of purchasing an RSA token and requiring that along with a password for all significant changes to an account. I can understand them a) Not wanting to force everyone to use them, and b) not wanting to pay for it, but it blows my mind that they don't have some sort of opt-in service.
This was modded as funny, but, as a.NET developer, I find it to be exceedingly true. I just made the switch to OSX, because I was unhappy with the stagnancy of windows. But, as we speak, I have windows running in a virtual machine almost solely for the purpose of running visual studio.
I find the articles critiques very hard to swallow. The argument that.NET is limited by the attempt to be simplistic is asinine. Just like java, there are high level "simple" functions that may or may not suit your needs. If they don't you have the capability to dig down into much lower level functions to do what you need to do.
He states several problems with the UI capabilities of.NET. Before I even get into the technical components of his argument, if he's trying to say that Java is better in this area, then he needs to get his eyes checked. Every single java app I've ever used is ugly as sin, and I've seen a lot. Sure, it's portable across environments, but that's not what.NET development is being used for. Aside from that...not happy with with the windows UI standards? Everyone else seems to be. You can write.NET apps that follow very closely to the common windows UI design standards. Not happy with the limitations on the UI? Write/use another UI implementation like GTK. And how do we not even mention that the UI layer has been completely overhauled with the advent of WCF?
I can say with experience that.NET is very powerful and can be very pleasant to work with. The ability to move from desktop apps to web apps to mobile development with very little effort has been great for me and my career. I'm sure that Java does a lot of things right, but as someone who has seen a lot of the terrible things microsoft has done, I honestly think that.NET is a crowning achievement of theirs.
I know that this site is for nerds (myself included). After reading this story, I was pretty sure that the nerd factor could not get any higher. Then I saw that people actually started making fun of the fact that the computer was running windows. geek++;
Not practical for consumer use, but....
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Students at Ohio State have designed, built and run a car called the Buckeye Bullet that topped out at 321 mph. It holds the world land speed record for electric cars, and was tested at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. It obviously isn't in the running to challenge hybrids or gas powered cars, but is quite an accomplishment. Go Bucks!
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What I don't understand is why more banks don't even allow the option of purchasing an RSA token and requiring that along with a password for all significant changes to an account. I can understand them a) Not wanting to force everyone to use them, and b) not wanting to pay for it, but it blows my mind that they don't have some sort of opt-in service.
This was modded as funny, but, as a .NET developer, I find it to be exceedingly true. I just made the switch to OSX, because I was unhappy with the stagnancy of windows. But, as we speak, I have windows running in a virtual machine almost solely for the purpose of running visual studio.
I find the articles critiques very hard to swallow. The argument that .NET is limited by the attempt to be simplistic is asinine. Just like java, there are high level "simple" functions that may or may not suit your needs. If they don't you have the capability to dig down into much lower level functions to do what you need to do.
He states several problems with the UI capabilities of .NET. Before I even get into the technical components of his argument, if he's trying to say that Java is better in this area, then he needs to get his eyes checked. Every single java app I've ever used is ugly as sin, and I've seen a lot. Sure, it's portable across environments, but that's not what .NET development is being used for. Aside from that...not happy with with the windows UI standards? Everyone else seems to be. You can write .NET apps that follow very closely to the common windows UI design standards. Not happy with the limitations on the UI? Write/use another UI implementation like GTK. And how do we not even mention that the UI layer has been completely overhauled with the advent of WCF?
I can say with experience that .NET is very powerful and can be very pleasant to work with. The ability to move from desktop apps to web apps to mobile development with very little effort has been great for me and my career. I'm sure that Java does a lot of things right, but as someone who has seen a lot of the terrible things microsoft has done, I honestly think that .NET is a crowning achievement of theirs.
The 360 1080p is not over HDCP, it's over component.
On the moon, the weekend has advanced beyond your wildest dreams. Weekends now take up the entire week, and jobs have been phased out accordingly.
You know...I laughed at this, and then my laughter came to a quick end when I realized just how true it is.
I believe the networks are supposedly discontinuing airwave transmission within the next 5 years anyway, so this really isn't much of a concern.
I know that this site is for nerds (myself included). After reading this story, I was pretty sure that the nerd factor could not get any higher. Then I saw that people actually started making fun of the fact that the computer was running windows. geek++;
Students at Ohio State have designed, built and run a car called the Buckeye Bullet that topped out at 321 mph. It holds the world land speed record for electric cars, and was tested at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. It obviously isn't in the running to challenge hybrids or gas powered cars, but is quite an accomplishment. Go Bucks!