...a console-based Win32 app. I found plenty of them for Linux and OS/X but I can't locate any character-based MSN clients for Win32. I'm pretty sure they exist! I googled and I googled, and I googled some more: came up zeros. Anyone else know of one?
Have you seen the huge number of junk titles that have littered the shelves in Blockbuster lately? It seems like 1 in 3 movies are some B-rate or sex flick, my favorite box cover is "Femalien 2"... it's just tooo funny.
But seriously, no one's renting Atomic Dog. Are these titles on the shelf to create the illusion that this store carries a lot of titles? How bored do you have to be to rent Bleeders, anyway?
I wouldn't call SQL Server Standard a junior product... Take a look at the differences between editions here. SQL Server 2005 Standard has no cap on RAM like SQL 2000 Standard did, and you can cluster it. Now factor in what it costs, I think it's a pretty smart buy.
Read my lips. It doesn't matter how you measure productivity.
You don't stand anywhere on this, you are just arguring. Also, I have yet to build a system where the last line of code was written and all the developers disappeared. I have close contacts with old clients and routinely check up on their progress, so deployment, maintenance and even legacy retirement get factored into productivity. I also don't think you believe I'm a dumbass, you are having an emotional reaction the fact that I don't agree with you.
If you have decided not to allow any other tool into your corporation then you are zealot.
How does this differ from your perspective? I said from the very beginning that I would not hesitate to recommend Java or.NET to a client, based on their current talent and needs. You say only Java people have any business doing development (now you qualify it with Server development). It's always amusing to hear people open with, "I don't care what anybody says..." I guess this means they have learned everything there is to know.
Look, you are obviously a highly intelligent person and a good Java developer or we couldn't be having this discussion. But your message is "Java is the only thing that works, zealot!" Don't you get the irony in that statement? Your talent is your strength, but your bias is your weakness. There's a very real world out there you don't believe in where other talented developers are succeeding in full life cycle development on.NET. For *some* clients, this is a more fluid and preferred direction.
Here are some links I thought you might be interested in: nantnunit
Now, about your reply, I want to be sure I'm reading you correctly. I know I don't like being misunderstood.
You mean to say that selecting.NET as a development platform on Windows over Java is ignorant, indicative of a lack of talent, and "pure zealotry"? Further that all Microsoft shops are zealots by definition, who never choose the right tool for the job because that there is never a reason to choose.NET over Java? Does that pretty much sum it up?
Also, if you would be kind enough to point out the correct way to measure productivity, I'd be grateful.
I'm simply stating that for a fresh new project, your technology selection should consider the following:
Java talent + *nix = Java development
Java talent + Windows = Java development
Microsoft talent + Windows =.NET development
No bias + Windows =.NET developement
It's that last one I think you are having a problem with. THAT is my point. I'm not alone in this thinking, as your very first post on this topic was in reply to someone else who thought going the Java route in Windows is more work to deliver the same product. And we all want to be more productive, don't we?
Don't believe it. The only difference between Software Engineer and Programmer is the person writing the job requirements. I've been at this a long time and there are a dozens titles typically applied to individuals who manage, create and maintain software. *YOUR* current definition is your own (and you're welcome to it), but the software development industry as a whole doesn't really have a sensible standard. The unfortunate term "Software Engineer" is just as meaningless as "Systems Analyst".
Don't believe me? Look at the hundreds of job openings on Monster.com in your town alone, each with different titles and the SAME requirements and skill-sets. Recruiters are primarily responsible, but that doesn't matter now. All they care about is what you can do, and if people can stand you while you do it.
Don't get too hung up on your title, friend. Just graduate, and work hard to land a gig where you are fulfilled by your work (let your income dictate your lifestyle, not the other way around). Your first job won't likely be your dream gig, but pay your dues and it will come.
I gather requirements, recommend technologies and tools, mentor teams of developers, communicate technology to business personnel and vice versa, craft application AND system architectures and yes I do much of the hands-on development... so do a lot of other senior-level developers. (I also write run-on sentences, like that?) Some of my clients call me a "Programmer", but this "Programmer" enjoys the respect of his peers, works from home and makes a lot of money.
If you have *nix platform requirements, or an existing Java-centric team, go Java. If you are Windows-only and/or have a MS-centric team,.NET will get you there. Beyond that, *both* development platforms are very capable and have enourmous crossover (even in the area of open source libraries).
I would not hesitate to recommend either Java or.NET to a client, based on their needs and current resources. I thought the holy wars between Java and.Net were over, because in the end realistic people understood there was room and value in both.
Does that mean once cracked this could be a pretty powerful machine for other non-specialized uses? I heard chatter in another discussion about the 360 having 3 processors or 3 cores. With a fast RISC processor and cheap price tag, is cracking the 360 just fun or could it lead to some awesome cheap hardware for your next PostgreSQL or CAD server? (serious question)
I don't even know why MS makes an attempt to obscure the machine. It's common knowledge that the XBox is a suped-up PC with dedicated packaging. Even the consumers who aren't programmers and/.'ers know this.
Years back, I used the "brief" editor in DOS, before Borland bought that product, and I was fast as hell in it. Then as the development team moved to Windows for our desktop platform, we switched to CodeWright with Brief emulation).
After a while the development tools changed and we were soon using CUA-compliant editors. After being forced to make the switch I found most editors support CUA-style. Now I can use GEdit, Notepad, Visual Studio, Edit Plus, Kate, Eclipse, whatever. I'm just as fast (I smoke most people) and I can use any CUA editor to get the job done.
It just seems to me that for someone to cling to non-CUA tools like Emacs or VI is based on nostalgia rather than pragmatism. I almost feel bad for them because they are locked into this archaic "favorite" and probably feel really clumsy and unconfortable anywhere else. If someone on my team insisted on using one of these tools and he kept pulling his weight, I wouldn't make him change. I would feel sorry for him though.
I think it has more to do with responsibility. I'm a firm believer that companies like MS and Google are releasing Beta-status applications so they don't have to apologize for quality, and they get to use Joe Public as one great big happy QA team. Look how long Google-ANYTHING has been in beta.
I remember when getting your hands on a Beta copy of something was a priveledge; you had to be "in" with the Product Manager or join a technical advisory board or enroll in a partnership group. These days tons of applications are released in beta and we think nothing of it.
MS frequently includes simple or crippled versions of software with their OS. Case in point, DiskKeeper in Windows 2000/XP, or how about the all-powerful Hyper Terminal? Windows even has ZIP archive support, it truly sucks... but it's there. This makes the OS somewhat complete but leaves plenty of room for competition. They make non-power-users happy, and they aren't locking others out of that space.
Executive Software has a better commercial defragger (part of the license to MS). Zone Labs has a better commercial firewall (and free firewall if you wanna be picky). Almost anyone has a better Terminal package. WinZip, PKZip and others have a.... you get the idea.
I think a free firewall, virus checker, malware blocker and other system niceties should be bundled with the core system on a default install. You should be able to drop into expert mode and NOT install them (or remove them after installation), and last but not least: replace them with better commecial alternatives. Then everybody is happy.
Sounds like you want to be able to associate "moods" with a song. Certain songs have different moods for different people but you could publish some pretty reasonable default moods (like "relaxation" with Air in G by Bach or "emotional roller coaster" with Rachmaninov's 2nd concerto) and most users would not have to override that mood. Now when you fire up WinAmp or XMMS just set your current mood and let the media player shuffle what you want to listed to.
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I used the KMail / contact / calendar app for 2 months straight and found it to be very stable and reliable. It was also a TON faster than Evolution.
...not to mention that IE 7 isn't released yet. The only person I know who was daring enough to load the beta on a production machine wishes he hadn't since it breaks a ton of sites and there's no uninstall.
Until IE 7 is released, it can't be the first at anything.
That sucks, if OSX ran well enough on any PC I would seriously consider purchasing a copy to run on my wife's machine. I can't imagine I'm alone either, so Apple is going to miss out on OS sales in my opinion.
In a light-based CPU you have to heat up the CPU materials to slow light down. All that heat is acquired externally and is required for the processor to run.
In traditional CPUs heat has to be removed to keep the materials from suffering damage.
Assuming optical CPUs would not generate additional heat, they may require a CPU heater as commonly as today's CPUs require a CPU cooler. That doesn't sound too far fetched.
Maybe Furman was an Alice in Chains fan. Layne Staley rasps out "Sexual Chocolate, baby!" at the end of Real Thing. You can also hear him hack up his esophagus, which is good for a laugh.
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...a console-based Win32 app. I found plenty of them for Linux and OS/X but I can't locate any character-based MSN clients for Win32. I'm pretty sure they exist! I googled and I googled, and I googled some more: came up zeros. Anyone else know of one?
Have you seen the huge number of junk titles that have littered the shelves in Blockbuster lately? It seems like 1 in 3 movies are some B-rate or sex flick, my favorite box cover is "Femalien 2"... it's just tooo funny.
But seriously, no one's renting Atomic Dog. Are these titles on the shelf to create the illusion that this store carries a lot of titles? How bored do you have to be to rent Bleeders, anyway?
You can get a real backup in MSDE or SQL Express. This should work: put this in a text file, like backups.txt:
Then call this from a scheduled task:
Not much is off limits if you know the T-SQL to make it happen.
I wouldn't call SQL Server Standard a junior product... Take a look at the differences between editions here. SQL Server 2005 Standard has no cap on RAM like SQL 2000 Standard did, and you can cluster it. Now factor in what it costs, I think it's a pretty smart buy.
This way they can see what products Google is developing without waiting to see the finished Beta like everyone else.
...then they are measuring productivity wrong...
.NET to a client, based on their current talent and needs. You say only Java people have any business doing development (now you qualify it with Server development). It's always amusing to hear people open with, "I don't care what anybody says..." I guess this means they have learned everything there is to know.
.NET. For *some* clients, this is a more fluid and preferred direction.
Read my lips. It doesn't matter how you measure productivity.
You don't stand anywhere on this, you are just arguring. Also, I have yet to build a system where the last line of code was written and all the developers disappeared. I have close contacts with old clients and routinely check up on their progress, so deployment, maintenance and even legacy retirement get factored into productivity. I also don't think you believe I'm a dumbass, you are having an emotional reaction the fact that I don't agree with you.
If you have decided not to allow any other tool into your corporation then you are zealot.
How does this differ from your perspective? I said from the very beginning that I would not hesitate to recommend Java or
Look, you are obviously a highly intelligent person and a good Java developer or we couldn't be having this discussion. But your message is "Java is the only thing that works, zealot!" Don't you get the irony in that statement? Your talent is your strength, but your bias is your weakness. There's a very real world out there you don't believe in where other talented developers are succeeding in full life cycle development on
Here are some links I thought you might be interested in: nant nunit
.NET as a development platform on Windows over Java is ignorant, indicative of a lack of talent, and "pure zealotry"? Further that all Microsoft shops are zealots by definition, who never choose the right tool for the job because that there is never a reason to choose .NET over Java? Does that pretty much sum it up?
Now, about your reply, I want to be sure I'm reading you correctly. I know I don't like being misunderstood.
You mean to say that selecting
Also, if you would be kind enough to point out the correct way to measure productivity, I'd be grateful.
I'm simply stating that for a fresh new project, your technology selection should consider the following:
It's that last one I think you are having a problem with. THAT is my point. I'm not alone in this thinking, as your very first post on this topic was in reply to someone else who thought going the Java route in Windows is more work to deliver the same product. And we all want to be more productive, don't we?
Don't believe it. The only difference between Software Engineer and Programmer is the person writing the job requirements. I've been at this a long time and there are a dozens titles typically applied to individuals who manage, create and maintain software. *YOUR* current definition is your own (and you're welcome to it), but the software development industry as a whole doesn't really have a sensible standard. The unfortunate term "Software Engineer" is just as meaningless as "Systems Analyst".
Don't believe me? Look at the hundreds of job openings on Monster.com in your town alone, each with different titles and the SAME requirements and skill-sets. Recruiters are primarily responsible, but that doesn't matter now. All they care about is what you can do, and if people can stand you while you do it.
Don't get too hung up on your title, friend. Just graduate, and work hard to land a gig where you are fulfilled by your work (let your income dictate your lifestyle, not the other way around). Your first job won't likely be your dream gig, but pay your dues and it will come.
I gather requirements, recommend technologies and tools, mentor teams of developers, communicate technology to business personnel and vice versa, craft application AND system architectures and yes I do much of the hands-on development... so do a lot of other senior-level developers. (I also write run-on sentences, like that?) Some of my clients call me a "Programmer", but this "Programmer" enjoys the respect of his peers, works from home and makes a lot of money.
If you have *nix platform requirements, or an existing Java-centric team, go Java. If you are Windows-only and/or have a MS-centric team, .NET will get you there. Beyond that, *both* development platforms are very capable and have enourmous crossover (even in the area of open source libraries).
.NET to a client, based on their needs and current resources. I thought the holy wars between Java and .Net were over, because in the end realistic people understood there was room and value in both.
I would not hesitate to recommend either Java or
Does that mean once cracked this could be a pretty powerful machine for other non-specialized uses? I heard chatter in another discussion about the 360 having 3 processors or 3 cores. With a fast RISC processor and cheap price tag, is cracking the 360 just fun or could it lead to some awesome cheap hardware for your next PostgreSQL or CAD server? (serious question)
I don't even know why MS makes an attempt to obscure the machine. It's common knowledge that the XBox is a suped-up PC with dedicated packaging. Even the consumers who aren't programmers and /.'ers know this.
Years back, I used the "brief" editor in DOS, before Borland bought that product, and I was fast as hell in it. Then as the development team moved to Windows for our desktop platform, we switched to CodeWright with Brief emulation).
After a while the development tools changed and we were soon using CUA-compliant editors. After being forced to make the switch I found most editors support CUA-style. Now I can use GEdit, Notepad, Visual Studio, Edit Plus, Kate, Eclipse, whatever. I'm just as fast (I smoke most people) and I can use any CUA editor to get the job done.
It just seems to me that for someone to cling to non-CUA tools like Emacs or VI is based on nostalgia rather than pragmatism. I almost feel bad for them because they are locked into this archaic "favorite" and probably feel really clumsy and unconfortable anywhere else. If someone on my team insisted on using one of these tools and he kept pulling his weight, I wouldn't make him change. I would feel sorry for him though.
Wait, someone could have pulled the HDTV sticker off my toaster? :)
I think it has more to do with responsibility. I'm a firm believer that companies like MS and Google are releasing Beta-status applications so they don't have to apologize for quality, and they get to use Joe Public as one great big happy QA team. Look how long Google-ANYTHING has been in beta.
I remember when getting your hands on a Beta copy of something was a priveledge; you had to be "in" with the Product Manager or join a technical advisory board or enroll in a partnership group. These days tons of applications are released in beta and we think nothing of it.
MS frequently includes simple or crippled versions of software with their OS. Case in point, DiskKeeper in Windows 2000/XP, or how about the all-powerful Hyper Terminal? Windows even has ZIP archive support, it truly sucks... but it's there. This makes the OS somewhat complete but leaves plenty of room for competition. They make non-power-users happy, and they aren't locking others out of that space.
Executive Software has a better commercial defragger (part of the license to MS). Zone Labs has a better commercial firewall (and free firewall if you wanna be picky). Almost anyone has a better Terminal package. WinZip, PKZip and others have a.... you get the idea.
I think a free firewall, virus checker, malware blocker and other system niceties should be bundled with the core system on a default install. You should be able to drop into expert mode and NOT install them (or remove them after installation), and last but not least: replace them with better commecial alternatives. Then everybody is happy.
I think it's a great idea!
Sounds like you want to be able to associate "moods" with a song. Certain songs have different moods for different people but you could publish some pretty reasonable default moods (like "relaxation" with Air in G by Bach or "emotional roller coaster" with Rachmaninov's 2nd concerto) and most users would not have to override that mood. Now when you fire up WinAmp or XMMS just set your current mood and let the media player shuffle what you want to listed to.
I used the KMail / contact / calendar app for 2 months straight and found it to be very stable and reliable. It was also a TON faster than Evolution.
...not to mention that IE 7 isn't released yet. The only person I know who was daring enough to load the beta on a production machine wishes he hadn't since it breaks a ton of sites and there's no uninstall.
Until IE 7 is released, it can't be the first at anything.
That sucks, if OSX ran well enough on any PC I would seriously consider purchasing a copy to run on my wife's machine. I can't imagine I'm alone either, so Apple is going to miss out on OS sales in my opinion.
In a light-based CPU you have to heat up the CPU materials to slow light down. All that heat is acquired externally and is required for the processor to run.
In traditional CPUs heat has to be removed to keep the materials from suffering damage.
Assuming optical CPUs would not generate additional heat, they may require a CPU heater as commonly as today's CPUs require a CPU cooler. That doesn't sound too far fetched.
Maybe Furman was an Alice in Chains fan. Layne Staley rasps out "Sexual Chocolate, baby!" at the end of Real Thing. You can also hear him hack up his esophagus, which is good for a laugh.