The Airport example highlights the major weakness of this software: whait if I want to send and recieve real-time messages and news in that 5 minutes before a flight?
The question arises - do you want to program for any computer or device?
If you do, you might want to avoid VB because you're likely to get too dependant on the admittedly great Windows ("forms") design software.
However, if all you ever intend to do is stick with Windows, and all the people who are likely to use what you write use Windows, then VB is an excellent and easy to learn development environment.
Just my two pence.
OK I may be misinformed, and I may have been trolling (a little), but does belittling my techie skills further your aims in any way? And no, I won't make your dinner. I notice that all the negative replies to this comment have been by anonymous posters. I don't mind being corrected, but insulted? No way. Your way out.
What about my chosen name, which means "webmaster called rachel", suggests I might post nude pics? BUAG pics, maybe. If you know what that means, I might post one just for you. Otherwise, quit trolling me cos of a minor glitch in my post.
just because I forgot that it might be Berkeley UNIX that was wholeheartedly pirated into Windows and not FreeBSD, doesn't make the post any less important, because they still stole other peoples freely available work and branded it just like Cisco did (see numerous headlines about their use of Netlib).
I shouldn't feed trolls, but today I am one so there!
Microsoft built an empire out of OSS (using OpenBSD). Linux tries to compete with their own, better, product. However, companies are still resistant due to "support issues" (how much support did you actually get from M$ last year, though?) and familiarity.
Cisco built an empire out of Netlib, etc. Vyatta will try in vain to take a slice of the pie, but companies again will "go with what they know".
This is how the vast majority of us have ended up with rubbish IT setups, and those amongst us who care about quality etc. get modded "Troll" for ranting about it.
There are some amusing points above about what happens when these rythms change - and anybody who's played with their hifi wires without following the instructions and switching it all off will know that the tones and volumes we produce change a lot from day to day. How can they seriously say they are DOING this now, when it doesn't seem at all feasible?
Bring me proof.
I stand corrected. The tone of the previous post suggested that all of that Optimus stuff was Pioneer, and as mentioned, when i was 14 and desperate for cheap but decent sounds I had a good idea of how much tat Tandy stocks in the UK. I read "Hi-Fi Choice", you know:P
Pioneer never made anything for Tandy. Genexxa and Optimus both made really cheap stuff - name one double tape deck with full logic control like on Pioneer's models. Get your facts right!
There is a lot of OEM stuff out there, but Pioneer do not deserve to be associated with this crap.
Yes, here!(on Slashdot). Read my notes about the rise of Lite On. Some startups actually produce some good gear. The link you've provided tars everybody with the same brush. Just because there's one scam, doesnt mean everybody's doing it.
Lite-On deserve a mention here; at a time when Plextor was the the only writer in town, Lite-On released cheap 32x and 40x CD-Writers which could rip damaged CDs that nothing else would rip or even play. Before long, as prices fell, I was building a Lite-On into every customer's system.
Grand Theft Auto has made millions for these people. You don't get points for beating up prostitutes any more than you get points for beating up anybody else, in the form of cash dropped. The missions (which never seem to involve killing hookers) reward much more richly. The game encourages the forming of relationships, and protecting girls, for which, again, you will get many more rewards. So please explain why this game, above others, in it's unmodded retail form, upsets prostitutes and shareholders?
I see how Microsoft would like to position their system (passes, OS, Mail Client, etc.) as the "standard".
Even previous versions of Windows allowed users to talk to everybody and anybody. Now it seems they have found another way to cut out 3rd-party companies, or get license fees (thus still dominating the market).
I would like to buy just the C family up until version 3, including Turbo C++ for Windows.
I already bought it years ago, but there's nothing like perfectly commented source, as Borland themselves advocate in developer documentation! And it could teach me a thing or two about assembly...
I am a member of Manchester Freecycle, we have 2 million residents in the city and a Green friendly Council promoting this service to most tenants. It scales - individual groups have their own solution - for example, we use Yahoo Groups, which can send convenient digests. By using standard words like offer and taken, and copying and pasting item names, one can track a wanted item quickly. I can personally vouch for some of the great stuff that is given away and that I have given away!!
I can't believe that while computers could cut down on unnecessary transportation and manufacturing costs for digital media, Microsoft wants to introduce even more resource-hungry "disposable" hardware to help us continue to ruin the planet! This is worse than printer cartridge legislation preventing recycling - a new hard drive every time I upgrade my content???
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LOL; this whole thread and even my contribution to it is a troll!! Mod me Troll, and my parent. My 1st Negative Karma, I deserve it!
Well it's unlikely that you'll win then, as Taco suggested it should work on the most popular browsers!!
The Airport example highlights the major weakness of this software: whait if I want to send and recieve real-time messages and news in that 5 minutes before a flight?
Has it's uses, though.
The question arises - do you want to program for any computer or device? If you do, you might want to avoid VB because you're likely to get too dependant on the admittedly great Windows ("forms") design software. However, if all you ever intend to do is stick with Windows, and all the people who are likely to use what you write use Windows, then VB is an excellent and easy to learn development environment. Just my two pence.
OK I may be misinformed, and I may have been trolling (a little), but does belittling my techie skills further your aims in any way? And no, I won't make your dinner. I notice that all the negative replies to this comment have been by anonymous posters. I don't mind being corrected, but insulted? No way. Your way out.
What about my chosen name, which means "webmaster called rachel", suggests I might post nude pics? BUAG pics, maybe. If you know what that means, I might post one just for you. Otherwise, quit trolling me cos of a minor glitch in my post. just because I forgot that it might be Berkeley UNIX that was wholeheartedly pirated into Windows and not FreeBSD, doesn't make the post any less important, because they still stole other peoples freely available work and branded it just like Cisco did (see numerous headlines about their use of Netlib). I shouldn't feed trolls, but today I am one so there!
Microsoft built an empire out of OSS (using OpenBSD). Linux tries to compete with their own, better, product. However, companies are still resistant due to "support issues" (how much support did you actually get from M$ last year, though?) and familiarity.
Cisco built an empire out of Netlib, etc. Vyatta will try in vain to take a slice of the pie, but companies again will "go with what they know".
This is how the vast majority of us have ended up with rubbish IT setups, and those amongst us who care about quality etc. get modded "Troll" for ranting about it.
Good point. Shame nobody else will see it, seeing as I've been modded "troll -1" for the first time! Rotfl.
... and we can spy on you easier. Great.
There are some amusing points above about what happens when these rythms change - and anybody who's played with their hifi wires without following the instructions and switching it all off will know that the tones and volumes we produce change a lot from day to day. How can they seriously say they are DOING this now, when it doesn't seem at all feasible? Bring me proof.
I stand corrected. The tone of the previous post suggested that all of that Optimus stuff was Pioneer, and as mentioned, when i was 14 and desperate for cheap but decent sounds I had a good idea of how much tat Tandy stocks in the UK. I read "Hi-Fi Choice", you know :P
There is a lot of OEM stuff out there, but Pioneer do not deserve to be associated with this crap.
Yes, here!(on Slashdot). Read my notes about the rise of Lite On. Some startups actually produce some good gear. The link you've provided tars everybody with the same brush. Just because there's one scam, doesnt mean everybody's doing it.
Lite-On deserve a mention here; at a time when Plextor was the the only writer in town, Lite-On released cheap 32x and 40x CD-Writers which could rip damaged CDs that nothing else would rip or even play. Before long, as prices fell, I was building a Lite-On into every customer's system.
Imagine the news - "Office Farm Servers Hacked Last Night".
Local security just feels safer, even when it's not.
Grand Theft Auto has made millions for these people. You don't get points for beating up prostitutes any more than you get points for beating up anybody else, in the form of cash dropped. The missions (which never seem to involve killing hookers) reward much more richly. The game encourages the forming of relationships, and protecting girls, for which, again, you will get many more rewards. So please explain why this game, above others, in it's unmodded retail form, upsets prostitutes and shareholders?
I see how Microsoft would like to position their system (passes, OS, Mail Client, etc.) as the "standard". Even previous versions of Windows allowed users to talk to everybody and anybody. Now it seems they have found another way to cut out 3rd-party companies, or get license fees (thus still dominating the market).
Maybe Activision had 150 people on it's board. That'll be why they are laying off - too many chiefs!
Interesting. You can't spell "dumb".
I would like to buy just the C family up until version 3, including Turbo C++ for Windows. I already bought it years ago, but there's nothing like perfectly commented source, as Borland themselves advocate in developer documentation! And it could teach me a thing or two about assembly...
I would have out a flame here, only im too tired. Please Slashdot, Reduce Reuse Recycle this guy!
I am a member of Manchester Freecycle, we have 2 million residents in the city and a Green friendly Council promoting this service to most tenants. It scales - individual groups have their own solution - for example, we use Yahoo Groups, which can send convenient digests. By using standard words like offer and taken, and copying and pasting item names, one can track a wanted item quickly. I can personally vouch for some of the great stuff that is given away and that I have given away!!
I can't believe that while computers could cut down on unnecessary transportation and manufacturing costs for digital media, Microsoft wants to introduce even more resource-hungry "disposable" hardware to help us continue to ruin the planet! This is worse than printer cartridge legislation preventing recycling - a new hard drive every time I upgrade my content???
... this looks a good case of "divide and conquer" to me!