Funny, I've also worked with both, and have come to the opposite conclusion. PHP is cryptic and slow. Just check out the stats on the shootout pages. PHP routinely gets stomped in the tests by perl, Java, Ruby and Python. Seeing as how you can write an ASP in perl, vbScript, or ECMAScript, I dare say an ASP solution would win as well.
It integrates seemlessly with MySQL, compared to ASP-MSSQL/Access where I had to define a dsn connection with several lines of code
Several? Try two.
set myConnection = server.createobject("adodb.connection") myConnect ion.open "dsn_name"
There are reports taht PHP runs faster than ASP, but I haven't ran my own tests.
Sorry. ASP is a framework, PHP is a language. I seriously doubt that PHP has that much of an edge over vbscript, but if I decide to write an ASP with C#, your PHP script is *doomed*.
The good folks at www.php.net give a full documentation of the language, as well as a tutorial. Try finding that on M$ website Gee, okay. Try the microsoft scripting page. Wow, full docs and tutorials.
If you are going to migrate over to the non-microsoft side of web development, go with Ruby or Python. They are faster and more robust than PHP (and VBScript, for that matter), and are far easier on the eyes (call me crazy, I like my variables names to resemble actual words... whats wrong with you php/perl people?).
USB 2.0 is backwards compatible with 1.1, right? so Why have a mix of 2.0 and 1.1.?
I'm sure the answer was that 1.1 ports are cheaper, but I would rather have 5 decent 2.0 ports than a mix.
Can you physically plug a 2.0 device in a 1.1 port? If so, I can see people plugging in there new 40x usb 2.0 cd burners into the wrong port, wondering why they keep spitting out coasters.
WebTV is Dead. Ultimate TV is dying (yes it is), Hailstorm and XBox are stillborn.
Aren't these all initiatives from this unstoppable bohemoth that is going to take over the world if we don't have the government step in? At this point I'm not convinced that the free market economy wont end up smacking Microsoft like we want the feds to do.
Oh really? Well then PLEASE SHOOT ME NOW. Because I was hoping that the cure for AIDS and/or Cancer, the resolution of the Israeli/Palestine conflict, and perhaps cold fusion would be a big deal.
I recently had DSL installed, so apparently it's all downhill from here.
Seems like a good idea at first, but when you think it through you realize that it's all relative. "stupid" is defined by anything that's lower than the average IQ.
If you instantly got rid of anyone more stupid than you... you'd be the one considered stupid. Think about it. That's why I hang out at the casino. Honest.
New to Linux world (please be gentle)
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So, I'm really really ignorant of all of these window managers and what the distinctions are between X11, KDE, Gnome, Windowmaker, etc. I've been to gnome.org and kde.org, but I was hoping to find one big uberpage that laid it all out from square one.
I feel somewhat like Homer Simpson when he tried to drum up business for the bowling alley (first reading advanced economics, then introductory economics, then finally websters dictionary).
Company's always like to spend less money, but they don't really like to gamble, so I see the incompatibility with file formats as a big strike against it (the review claims gobe has problems with tables, charts, and images in.doc files, which my company uses extensively).
Anyway, the real problem is that I haven't seen a good Access killer. Does anyone know a good competitor for it? I'm not trolling, I'm honestly just curious.
Half Life is five years old. That's an eternity in terms of software. Since that time they have developed a grand total of zero games. none. Since that time they have re-released half-life countless times, paid OTHER DEVELOPERS for add-on packs for half-life, and purchased the rights to half-life mods and commercially released them. And don't get me started on Team Fortress 2 which has been in development hell for roughly four years.
I mean, good god... five years and no game? This makes John Romero look like a fucking workaholic.
It seems all they do now is figure out ways to pimp out the half-life engine. Personally, I've had it with the hero worship of Valve software. Half Life was great, but what have they done for us lately??
Not to say that it's going to be bad, but let's put it all in perspective. True, Harry Knowles says that Episode II is great. But keep in mind that He said the same thing about Episode I.
What's worse, he likes Jar-Jar too. In quoting from his review of Episode I, "Meesa luvs him!".
So you can put me in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp as well.
That's a good point. However, I'd say that there is a subtle difference in that there is no way for these people (now that the signup has ended) to obtain WC3 legally, so it stands that anyone you see on bnetd playing the beta got it pirated. Still though, there's a sizable group that are using it for legit purposes.
Besides, it's not like Blizzard is losing out on $40 a pop. The beta was distributed for free. And they're getting their valuable playtesting just hte same. Trying to wipe out all emulaters seems a bit strong.
You are both right, and wrong. Blizzard does indeed deserve to be able to fight piracy. I doubt many people would have beef with Blizzard trying to go after pirates. However, this is something entirely different. This is Blizzard quashing a product with a legitimate, innocent purpose, simply because pirates might be able to exploit it.
Here are reasons why bnetd was needed:
Battle.net is often slow, or even down.
You can't play on battle.net over certain types of corporate firewalls. On my company's firewall, for example, as soon as second person wants to play evertything gets hosed.
Up until recently, you couldn't play on a lan unless you had IPX enabled.
Based on my use of the product, I can assure you that people trying to use hacked copies were in the strict minority.
This is the IP equivalent of setting fire to a village because it might contain spies. If this kind of "ends justifying the means" logic were applied to any other aspect of life it be considered Draconian, but the DMCA allows this -- companies can prosecute groups whose work may present the slightest threat.
"I just wanted to play starcraft at work... and now I'm going to jail?" *sigh*
Where can I find a class library diagram?
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There are quite a few posters and and pdf's that show a graphical representation of the core java class library. I've looked for something on the.NET side of things but have been unable to find anything. Anyone know of such a beast?
Unfortunately, I feel that I must disagree with your take on the programmer mentality. I'd say that about 10% of programmers are the "pushing the envelope type", but the rest are the people that can't see the forest through the trees.
I'm talking about the programmer who implements a super-fast piece of code for parsing a section of text for possible email addresses, but ignores the fact that my mother can't figure out how to turn off that "goddamn automatic underlining" feature in outlook/word/works.
The truth is many, many programmers lack the vision to evaluate the end result of their work, or how their work interfaces with the end user. We are so focused on new features and new versions that we have wound up with software and hardware that ends up being a Swiss Army Knife From Hell, instead of being faster, more refined, less buggy, and easier to use. Microsoft Word is probably the worst offender of this -- its feature list is gigantic, it can do a billion things.. but it can't do *one* of those things very well.
No, creativity and talent can't be taught, but we at least need to let these CS students know that they aren't writing code in a vacuum. How about, instead of the traditional "implement this data sructure" programming project, students actually make a usable program that involves these structures.
A while back I read a study that said something like only 20% of VCR owners ever record anything, and around 10% record regularly. With this in mind, it doesn't strike me as all that surprising that a device like Tivo hasn't caught on.
I'm not saying that Tivo and UltimateTV aren't awesome, because they are. It's just that there are more people like my parents (they only record the olympics) than myself. Maybe the interest just isn't there.
John Romero felt the same way about technology -- it had reached an "acceptable" level and design was really the only thing that was important. Well, that was back when he decided to licence the Quake 1 engine for Daikatana. Midway through, the designers realized that they had run into a wall because the engine would not allow them to do all of the things they had put into design documents. So, they quickly (well, not so quickly I quess) switched over to the Quake II engine.
People in the interesting have long been claiming that it is time for technology to lose it's relevance, much in the same way that the technology in the movie industry took a back seat to the artistry and content that went into motion pictures.
Why do people constantly make the mistake in assuming that all of the games made 20 years ago were good, and that the current generation lays exclusive claim to having crappy, derivitive games? The fact of the matter is that the percentage of good games to bad games hasn't changed all that much. Sure you remember how the gameplay of PacMan trancended its graphics, but do you remember the gameplay of, say, "Bop n' Wrestle"? If you're lucky the answer is no, because it sucked ass! Bad games are forgotten quickly.
Will technology in games become irrelevant? Probably. Just as good 2D performance is presumed, I'm sure that the same will be true for polygon-based performance someday. Have we reached that point yet? The answer is simply no.
Technology in the movie industry lost its relevance around the time directors realized that their imagination was becoming the limiting factor in what they could accomplish. I feel that we have a ways to go before this happens with video games.
Personally I hope we don't stop pushing technology until we get a game with Final Fantasy's gameplay, and... Final Fantasy (the movie) graphics! That would be sweet.
Take a gander at the Announcement. It seems as their XBox giveaway promotion is not enticing people to sell their soul as quickly as they had hoped. The new switchover date is set for the beginning of march.
So, you still have some time to switch to a linux/mac friendly ISP. Might I suggest Deru Internet. They offer 20 email accounts (which you can access via any email client, unlike msn) and 100mb of storage, all for about 2 bucks more than what Qwest/MSN charges.
Man, the pogo website blows. From the pics that they got on there, I can only get a cursory idea of what this thing looks like. It would be really nice to get some nice hi-res images of the thing.
Anybody out there got some links besides the pogo website?
I mean, it is covered by a decent warranty. But more importantly, your argument shouldn't be specific to apple, but to the all-in-one PC in general (which includes laptops). How is it any different from dropping a pixel or blowing out a speaker in one of those?
Like always, your decision to purchase a computer should always factor in looks and function with reliability and upgradeability. It's purely a subjective opinion of which end of that scale you should lean towards. YMMV.
This copy protection effectively bars you from listening to CD's on your Computer or DVD player. So why is it that only Phillips is the only big name company that has come out against it? Mac users are especially screwed, as they can't listen to CD's even in analog mode, so why hasn't Apple railed against it? It also can't be good for anyone that makes an MP3 player. It seems to me that copy protection not only hurts the consumer, but also the bottom line of a good number of hardware/software companies, all for the sake of the Music Industry.
Why the silence from the tech industry? I'm honestly curious to know.
The general perception is that CIS Majors like to portray is that CIS is more gauged towards business minded people.
If that's what business students like to tell themselves to feel better, fine. CIS is a lighter load plain and simple and that's the overriding factor in why people decide to go into CIS. Trust me, employers know this.
Consider this. At Arizona State University for example , the core course of study for a CIS Master's degree is *exactly the same as* a CS Bachelor's degree. Same exact CS classes.
The original poster is correct. The experience on your resume will become far more important than your degree over time, but the CS grad will have an easier time getting that first job than the CIS grad.
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PHP is cryptic and slow. Just check out the stats on the shootout pages. PHP routinely gets stomped in the tests by perl, Java, Ruby and Python. Seeing as how you can write an ASP in perl, vbScript, or ECMAScript, I dare say an ASP solution would win as well.Several? Try two.
Sorry. ASP is a framework, PHP is a language. I seriously doubt that PHP has that much of an edge over vbscript, but if I decide to write an ASP with C#, your PHP script is *doomed*.
USB 2.0 is backwards compatible with 1.1, right? so Why have a mix of 2.0 and 1.1.?
I'm sure the answer was that 1.1 ports are cheaper, but I would rather have 5 decent 2.0 ports than a mix.
Can you physically plug a 2.0 device in a 1.1 port? If so, I can see people plugging in there new 40x usb 2.0 cd burners into the wrong port, wondering why they keep spitting out coasters.
WebTV is Dead. Ultimate TV is dying (yes it is), Hailstorm and XBox are stillborn.
Aren't these all initiatives from this unstoppable bohemoth that is going to take over the world if we don't have the government step in? At this point I'm not convinced that the free market economy wont end up smacking Microsoft like we want the feds to do.
Oh really? Well then PLEASE SHOOT ME NOW. Because I was hoping that the cure for AIDS and/or Cancer, the resolution of the Israeli/Palestine conflict, and perhaps cold fusion would be a big deal.
I recently had DSL installed, so apparently it's all downhill from here.
That does clear up things a bit... thanks.
Thanks for the link, bro.
Seems like a good idea at first, but when you think it through you realize that it's all relative. "stupid" is defined by anything that's lower than the average IQ.
If you instantly got rid of anyone more stupid than you... you'd be the one considered stupid. Think about it. That's why I hang out at the casino. Honest.
So, I'm really really ignorant of all of these window managers and what the distinctions are between X11, KDE, Gnome, Windowmaker, etc. I've been to gnome.org and kde.org, but I was hoping to find one big uberpage that laid it all out from square one.
I feel somewhat like Homer Simpson when he tried to drum up business for the bowling alley (first reading advanced economics, then introductory economics, then finally websters dictionary).
Anyone got a link or two?
You don't want to pay for your new NSync CD.
You don't even want to pay for the software that allows you to steal the new NSync CD.
Yet you complain that *somebody* in the chain is trying to make money? What socialist wet dream are you living in, anyhow?
Company's always like to spend less money, but they don't really like to gamble, so I see the incompatibility with file formats as a big strike against it (the review claims gobe has problems with tables, charts, and images in
Anyway, the real problem is that I haven't seen a good Access killer. Does anyone know a good competitor for it? I'm not trolling, I'm honestly just curious.
Half Life is five years old. That's an eternity in terms of software. Since that time they have developed a grand total of zero games. none. Since that time they have re-released half-life countless times, paid OTHER DEVELOPERS for add-on packs for half-life, and purchased the rights to half-life mods and commercially released them.
And don't get me started on Team Fortress 2 which has been in development hell for roughly four years.
I mean, good god... five years and no game? This makes John Romero look like a fucking workaholic.
It seems all they do now is figure out ways to pimp out the half-life engine. Personally, I've had it with the hero worship of Valve software. Half Life was great, but what have they done for us lately??
Sony Robot + RealDoll = Robotics' killer app.
You have been warned.
Not to say that it's going to be bad, but let's put it all in perspective. True, Harry Knowles says that Episode II is great. But keep in mind that He said the same thing about Episode I.
What's worse, he likes Jar-Jar too. In quoting from his review of Episode I, "Meesa luvs him!".
So you can put me in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp as well.
That's a good point. However, I'd say that there is a subtle difference in that there is no way for these people (now that the signup has ended) to obtain WC3 legally, so it stands that anyone you see on bnetd playing the beta got it pirated. Still though, there's a sizable group that are using it for legit purposes.
Besides, it's not like Blizzard is losing out on $40 a pop. The beta was distributed for free. And they're getting their valuable playtesting just hte same. Trying to wipe out all emulaters seems a bit strong.
Why don't they go after key generator authors?
Here are reasons why bnetd was needed:
Based on my use of the product, I can assure you that people trying to use hacked copies were in the strict minority.
This is the IP equivalent of setting fire to a village because it might contain spies. If this kind of "ends justifying the means" logic were applied to any other aspect of life it be considered Draconian, but the DMCA allows this -- companies can prosecute groups whose work may present the slightest threat.
"I just wanted to play starcraft at work... and now I'm going to jail?" *sigh*
There are quite a few posters and and pdf's that show a graphical representation of the core java class library. I've looked for something on the .NET side of things but have been unable to find anything. Anyone know of such a beast?
Unfortunately, I feel that I must disagree with your take on the programmer mentality. I'd say that about 10% of programmers are the "pushing the envelope type", but the rest are the people that can't see the forest through the trees .
I'm talking about the programmer who implements a super-fast piece of code for parsing a section of text for possible email addresses, but ignores the fact that my mother can't figure out how to turn off that "goddamn automatic underlining" feature in outlook/word/works.
The truth is many, many programmers lack the vision to evaluate the end result of their work, or how their work interfaces with the end user. We are so focused on new features and new versions that we have wound up with software and hardware that ends up being a Swiss Army Knife From Hell, instead of being faster, more refined, less buggy, and easier to use. Microsoft Word is probably the worst offender of this -- its feature list is gigantic, it can do a billion things.. but it can't do *one* of those things very well.
No, creativity and talent can't be taught, but we at least need to let these CS students know that they aren't writing code in a vacuum. How about, instead of the traditional "implement this data sructure" programming project, students actually make a usable program that involves these structures.
A while back I read a study that said something like only 20% of VCR owners ever record anything, and around 10% record regularly. With this in mind, it doesn't strike me as all that surprising that a device like Tivo hasn't caught on.
I'm not saying that Tivo and UltimateTV aren't awesome, because they are. It's just that there are more people like my parents (they only record the olympics) than myself. Maybe the interest just isn't there.
John Romero felt the same way about technology -- it had reached an "acceptable" level and design was really the only thing that was important. Well, that was back when he decided to licence the Quake 1 engine for Daikatana. Midway through, the designers realized that they had run into a wall because the engine would not allow them to do all of the things they had put into design documents. So, they quickly (well, not so quickly I quess) switched over to the Quake II engine.
People in the interesting have long been claiming that it is time for technology to lose it's relevance, much in the same way that the technology in the movie industry took a back seat to the artistry and content that went into motion pictures.
Why do people constantly make the mistake in assuming that all of the games made 20 years ago were good, and that the current generation lays exclusive claim to having crappy, derivitive games? The fact of the matter is that the percentage of good games to bad games hasn't changed all that much. Sure you remember how the gameplay of PacMan trancended its graphics, but do you remember the gameplay of, say, "Bop n' Wrestle"? If you're lucky the answer is no, because it sucked ass! Bad games are forgotten quickly.
Will technology in games become irrelevant? Probably. Just as good 2D performance is presumed, I'm sure that the same will be true for polygon-based performance someday. Have we reached that point yet? The answer is simply no.
Technology in the movie industry lost its relevance around the time directors realized that their imagination was becoming the limiting factor in what they could accomplish. I feel that we have a ways to go before this happens with video games.
Personally I hope we don't stop pushing technology until we get a game with Final Fantasy's gameplay, and... Final Fantasy (the movie) graphics! That would be sweet.
Take a gander at the Announcement. It seems as their XBox giveaway promotion is not enticing people to sell their soul as quickly as they had hoped. The new switchover date is set for the beginning of march.
So, you still have some time to switch to a linux/mac friendly ISP. Might I suggest Deru Internet. They offer 20 email accounts (which you can access via any email client, unlike msn) and 100mb of storage, all for about 2 bucks more than what Qwest/MSN charges.
Man, the pogo website blows. From the pics that they got on there, I can only get a cursory idea of what this thing looks like. It would be really nice to get some nice hi-res images of the thing.
Anybody out there got some links besides the pogo website?
I mean, it is covered by a decent warranty. But more importantly, your argument shouldn't be specific to apple, but to the all-in-one PC in general (which includes laptops). How is it any different from dropping a pixel or blowing out a speaker in one of those?
Like always, your decision to purchase a computer should always factor in looks and function with reliability and upgradeability. It's purely a subjective opinion of which end of that scale you should lean towards. YMMV.
Personally, I see that swivel
This copy protection effectively bars you from listening to CD's on your Computer or DVD player. So why is it that only Phillips is the only big name company that has come out against it? Mac users are especially screwed, as they can't listen to CD's even in analog mode, so why hasn't Apple railed against it? It also can't be good for anyone that makes an MP3 player. It seems to me that copy protection not only hurts the consumer, but also the bottom line of a good number of hardware/software companies, all for the sake of the Music Industry.
Why the silence from the tech industry? I'm honestly curious to know.
Guess that older story, (and the story before that) was a hoax. Oops. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
The general perception is that CIS Majors like to portray is that CIS is more gauged towards business minded people.
If that's what business students like to tell themselves to feel better, fine. CIS is a lighter load plain and simple and that's the overriding factor in why people decide to go into CIS. Trust me, employers know this.
Consider this. At Arizona State University for example , the core course of study for a CIS Master's degree is *exactly the same as* a CS Bachelor's degree. Same exact CS classes.
The original poster is correct. The experience on your resume will become far more important than your degree over time, but the CS grad will have an easier time getting that first job than the CIS grad.