Lois & Clark. Smallville. Plus quite a few attempts and original content (Heroes, Alphas, Whatever that X show was, that one about a family with the guy who played the Thing, etc.).
The problem is that the big screen comes with big budgets which leads to "realistic" super powers. The small screen comes with smaller budgets (and even smaller when you divide it out over the number of episodes) which means that a lot of the super powers look hokey. Only the dedicated fans will stick with the shows when the quality drops.
Don't get me wrong, Superhero stories are very high on my list, but I don't see them as being quite as successful as a TV show.
Adblock is great until all of the sites you enjoy for free all go under because their ad revenue couldn't sustain the site. I don't use Adblock.....I just don't visit sites who are too aggressive with ads (i.e. pop-ups) or consistently have ads that I disagree with.
It's a trade-off between speed and efficiency. The visual tools are faster for getting the page to look right, but horrible for the generated code. Hand coding takes longer but is much more efficient. The best of both worlds is to use a visual tool for the high-level layout, run it through an optimizer, and then hand-tweak the result for efficiency.
This turns out to be similar to the flow you'll experience "in the real world" working for a larger corporation. There will be a designer who uses the visual tool (if they make it past Photoshop) and then "throw it over the wall" to the developer who is left to clean up the mess. The developer will run it through an optimizer and then tweak the resulting code.
I will say that the Expression suite works really well in that it doesn't do horrible generated code and the tool allows you access to the underlying code. It's great for XAML, but it can do HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
And thus, the answer (as in most cases with technology) is "it depends".
There is no one tool to rule them all. The various languages and technologies were created to solve a specific problem that a different tool or technology didn't quite address well. SQL is great. NoSQL is great. Both have their place. The key is using the right tool for the problem and to quit thinking one is better than the other.
Docking station with everything already attached. Dock for the "desktop" experience and undock for the portability. I never said I didn't like th experience....just that I won't buy another true desktop without a serious need.
Yeah, even as a more power-user (even at home where I do development), I've pretty much determined that I won't purchase another desktop without a serious need. Laptops are as powerful (my main development machine is a 17" beast) with the benefit of portability. Even media PCs tend to be outdated laptops now that I'm on my second (and third) wave of laptop purchases.....I'm the only one at my house that does much gaming, and my XBox takes a lot of that burden.....with my development laptop taking the rest of it. There are still some people who need the desktop, but it's getting smaller and smaller as they have to be uber-power-users.
Servers, laptops, and tablets have a future. Desktops are nearing the end of the line.
Would it be possible to eliminate the effect by constructing some sort of disruptive surface below the rod? Something that causes the column to "collapse" as it were?
Yeah.....I've been catching up on my superhero cartoons.....
Super Hero Squad was kind interesting. Surprised it only lasted two seasons (granted, I'm only about halfway done with season 1). But then a lot of the cartoons make it two seasons and then nothing (Marvel Action Hour, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, etc.).
This. Also, there will be quite a few legit issues masked by this problem and tech support will just tell them "fix your DNS -click-" when in reality the issue could be on the ISPs end.
Also, when it's widgets on the desktop you have to minimize your work to see it. With an open browser window, you can either switch to the browser (which you frequently do anyway) or [at least in Windows] hover over the browser icon in the taskbar to get a smaller preview window which is generally enough to see if there's a new mail message.
I would think that these types of plans would need to be preceeded by some teraforming efforts a few years (20? 50?) ahead of them. Not that a planned two-way trip ensures a return trip, but at least there's a plan. Send some extremophile algea "bombs" to blanket the landing area. Send probes to see how they progress. Start trying to set up a successful mission instead of one destined to fail.
Actually, the way most vendor apps are written, the logic is all in the front end / web code and the database is just a big storage space. Switching from SQL Server to MySQL is just a connection string update in your config file. (www.connectionstrings.com)
I don't really agree with that approach, but I see the benefits of it from the standpoint of selling to companies that use different database platforms.
Exactly. Software patents based on platform are stupid. The logic didn't change.....just the libraries called (and sometimes, not even those -- Windows Phone uses many of the same.Net calls as regular Windows).
Put your hash in here and let me know how fast it comes back with the original password.......my 9 character passsword came back way to quick to my liking......needless to say, it's no longer my 9 character password.
HAK5 (HAK5.org) has been doing a series recently on how all of this works and it's been informative. I'd link directly to the episodes, but HAK5 is blocked......for some reason that think knowledge about hacking constitutes actual hacking.......when really, knowledge allows you to defend against it as well.
A lot of times IT hasn't provided a solution because it hasn't been a business priority......or falls so low on the cost to benefit ratio. Show a valid business need with measurable benefits and get your executives to sponsor a project to develop a solution.
Many stores (Target, Walmart, and ToysRUs come to mind) make it really handy. They put price check stations throughout the store. You don't even have to buy them for it to pull up the price and description.
Im my experience, developers in India do things to the letter, nothing more, nothing less. If you've taken the time to detail your requirements as you stated, this works well. If you want someone who is a little more flexible and can "go with it" and "wing it" then you'd be better off not outsourcing to India. It's a cultural difference, but one to be aware of.
On the flip side, outsourcing to Brazil is a little more expensive, but their culture leads to people who are more likely to "go with it" and "wing it". And with the more reasonable time difference, it is more condusive to frequent communication (which allows for the flexibility).
Both can be good or bad experiences. Just be aware of what you want/need and choose the team that will fit with that.
I don't have enough experience working with groups in other countries to comment on their styles.
If your data isn't relational, then you have a good candidate for NoSQL. If your data IS relational, you should consider a relational database. The rest of my post was about picking the right tool for your project and then learning to take full advantage of said tool. If you just need file access, use your file system.
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Let's table this discussion for later (used as a verb).
I'll contemplate this while I go for a nice long run. (used as a noun) Hopefully I won't commit a sin while I'm doing so.
Lois & Clark. Smallville. Plus quite a few attempts and original content (Heroes, Alphas, Whatever that X show was, that one about a family with the guy who played the Thing, etc.).
The problem is that the big screen comes with big budgets which leads to "realistic" super powers. The small screen comes with smaller budgets (and even smaller when you divide it out over the number of episodes) which means that a lot of the super powers look hokey. Only the dedicated fans will stick with the shows when the quality drops.
Don't get me wrong, Superhero stories are very high on my list, but I don't see them as being quite as successful as a TV show.
Adblock is great until all of the sites you enjoy for free all go under because their ad revenue couldn't sustain the site. I don't use Adblock.....I just don't visit sites who are too aggressive with ads (i.e. pop-ups) or consistently have ads that I disagree with.
It's a trade-off between speed and efficiency. The visual tools are faster for getting the page to look right, but horrible for the generated code. Hand coding takes longer but is much more efficient. The best of both worlds is to use a visual tool for the high-level layout, run it through an optimizer, and then hand-tweak the result for efficiency.
This turns out to be similar to the flow you'll experience "in the real world" working for a larger corporation. There will be a designer who uses the visual tool (if they make it past Photoshop) and then "throw it over the wall" to the developer who is left to clean up the mess. The developer will run it through an optimizer and then tweak the resulting code.
I will say that the Expression suite works really well in that it doesn't do horrible generated code and the tool allows you access to the underlying code. It's great for XAML, but it can do HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
And thus, the answer (as in most cases with technology) is "it depends".
There is no one tool to rule them all. The various languages and technologies were created to solve a specific problem that a different tool or technology didn't quite address well. SQL is great. NoSQL is great. Both have their place. The key is using the right tool for the problem and to quit thinking one is better than the other.
Docking station with everything already attached. Dock for the "desktop" experience and undock for the portability. I never said I didn't like th experience....just that I won't buy another true desktop without a serious need.
Yeah, even as a more power-user (even at home where I do development), I've pretty much determined that I won't purchase another desktop without a serious need. Laptops are as powerful (my main development machine is a 17" beast) with the benefit of portability. Even media PCs tend to be outdated laptops now that I'm on my second (and third) wave of laptop purchases.....I'm the only one at my house that does much gaming, and my XBox takes a lot of that burden.....with my development laptop taking the rest of it. There are still some people who need the desktop, but it's getting smaller and smaller as they have to be uber-power-users.
Servers, laptops, and tablets have a future. Desktops are nearing the end of the line.
Would it be possible to eliminate the effect by constructing some sort of disruptive surface below the rod? Something that causes the column to "collapse" as it were?
Yeah.....I've been catching up on my superhero cartoons.....
Super Hero Squad was kind interesting. Surprised it only lasted two seasons (granted, I'm only about halfway done with season 1). But then a lot of the cartoons make it two seasons and then nothing (Marvel Action Hour, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, etc.).
This. Also, there will be quite a few legit issues masked by this problem and tech support will just tell them "fix your DNS -click-" when in reality the issue could be on the ISPs end.
Also, when it's widgets on the desktop you have to minimize your work to see it. With an open browser window, you can either switch to the browser (which you frequently do anyway) or [at least in Windows] hover over the browser icon in the taskbar to get a smaller preview window which is generally enough to see if there's a new mail message.
The shareholders.......duh.
Who runs it? The board. http://investor.cisco.com/directors.cfm
But Cisco is the top-level company....not a subsidiary.
Except where the ISP has joined the group that only keeps 2 weeks of history........Cisco will have more because it's all marketing data.
I would think that these types of plans would need to be preceeded by some teraforming efforts a few years (20? 50?) ahead of them. Not that a planned two-way trip ensures a return trip, but at least there's a plan. Send some extremophile algea "bombs" to blanket the landing area. Send probes to see how they progress. Start trying to set up a successful mission instead of one destined to fail.
Actually, the way most vendor apps are written, the logic is all in the front end / web code and the database is just a big storage space. Switching from SQL Server to MySQL is just a connection string update in your config file. (www.connectionstrings.com)
I don't really agree with that approach, but I see the benefits of it from the standpoint of selling to companies that use different database platforms.
449 - Retry With....
449 - Retry with a proxy in another country.
Exactly. Software patents based on platform are stupid. The logic didn't change.....just the libraries called (and sometimes, not even those -- Windows Phone uses many of the same .Net calls as regular Windows).
Put your hash in here and let me know how fast it comes back with the original password.......my 9 character passsword came back way to quick to my liking......needless to say, it's no longer my 9 character password.
HAK5 (HAK5.org) has been doing a series recently on how all of this works and it's been informative. I'd link directly to the episodes, but HAK5 is blocked......for some reason that think knowledge about hacking constitutes actual hacking.......when really, knowledge allows you to defend against it as well.
French kiss.......
Q.E.D.
A lot of times IT hasn't provided a solution because it hasn't been a business priority......or falls so low on the cost to benefit ratio. Show a valid business need with measurable benefits and get your executives to sponsor a project to develop a solution.
Many stores (Target, Walmart, and ToysRUs come to mind) make it really handy. They put price check stations throughout the store. You don't even have to buy them for it to pull up the price and description.
Im my experience, developers in India do things to the letter, nothing more, nothing less. If you've taken the time to detail your requirements as you stated, this works well. If you want someone who is a little more flexible and can "go with it" and "wing it" then you'd be better off not outsourcing to India. It's a cultural difference, but one to be aware of.
On the flip side, outsourcing to Brazil is a little more expensive, but their culture leads to people who are more likely to "go with it" and "wing it". And with the more reasonable time difference, it is more condusive to frequent communication (which allows for the flexibility).
Both can be good or bad experiences. Just be aware of what you want/need and choose the team that will fit with that.
I don't have enough experience working with groups in other countries to comment on their styles.
If your data isn't relational, then you have a good candidate for NoSQL. If your data IS relational, you should consider a relational database. The rest of my post was about picking the right tool for your project and then learning to take full advantage of said tool. If you just need file access, use your file system.