I completely agree. A lot of non-DB centric people think that they can do more in the app tier, effectively using their databases as glorified file stores. Why even have a database server in those instances? I'm not saying that everything should be done in the database, either, but take advantage of every tool you have.
NoSQL has a place, so does relational. Learn their strengths and determine which is the best fit for your project. Then, learn how to use the tool to its fullest.
I like the way Apps on my Windows Phone get updated. I suspect with Windows 8 and the marketplace there, it will be similar. When the developer pushes out a fix, I get a notification and I can install it if/when I choose.
I'm neither left-handed nor right-handed (but I don't consider myself purely ambidextrous, either). I tend to favor my left hand for non-handed implements and tend to favor my right hand for handed implements. And I can tell you that the items you listed are not handed unless constructed to be so (curve of the handle).
However, I think the study failed to take into account that certain sports (such as golf and bowling) don't involve cooperation but should have a decided advantage for lefties. In golf, the course is usually set up to challenge a right-handed golfer based on the typical ball path which is the opposite path for a leftie. Same for bowling, oil patterns break down for righties more because more carry-down happens when more righties bowl on the lanes. If you are the only leftie on the lanes, your line holds a lot longer.
I would say the one thing FB did that let them beat out MySpace (the king at the time) was not let users screw up the interface........of course, FB does it's fair share of that, but you don't have to worry about ugly colors making your eyes bleed.
Apparently you didn't read about Path. In this instance, iOS was very open in terms of what an application could access without asking the user (contacts). Any app could do the same as well. No jailbreak needed.
Not saying that other mobile operating systems are better.....just countering your sensitive info leak point.
Because it's the closest thing to a true write-once / run-anywhere model that's working. A web app will run on the desktop, tablets, e-readers, consoles (Wii has Opera), phones (even many of the average-intelligence phones). Mac, Linux, PC. Sure, there are some browser issues, but those can generally be overcome by switching browsers when that is an option. I still think we need native apps, but not everything needs direct access to hardware or complex calculations that would call for it.
The biggest problem with non-native apps is that they don't model the host environment -- but that's more about the designer being lazy than it is a technological hurdle (it isn't "easy", but it can be done). If a web app looked like Metro on MS devices and iOS on Apple devices, who would care whether it was a web app or a native app?
I actually went to fall COMDEX in Vegas and spring COMDEX in Atlanta on IBM's nickle. When in Atlanta that year (92? 93?) I was demo'ing some voice independant voice recognition technology that they had. It's amazing that the technology still isn't a whole lot better than it was back then (better, but still a ways to go).
It's kind of like Torrent Trackers. It isn't necessarily that the trackers do anything bad -- they just consolidate the information in a fashion that makes it easier to find. That's all this app does. But that's still facilitating the sketchy activity.
The one thing I learned while I was there was that it wasn't the place for me.....at least not working in the area I was cop-op'ing in. I was in the Ultimedia Tools Series segment (a group trying to define some interop standards between the burgeoning multimedia field). In my evening hours, I even helped beta test Storyboard Live 2.0 (going above and beyond). It was fun being out in the Bay area being a young college student, but not where I wanted to be long term.
IBM was pushing OS/2 Warp to compete with Windows NT. I was in college at the time and did a co-op with IBM that year. I had to opportunity to go to COMDEX and IBM gave lots of people a t-shirt that said "Nice Try" (with the N and the T really emphasized) on the front and "OS/2 Warp, Up and Running, Not Up and Coming" on the back. We were to wear the shirt in the audience of Bill Gates keynote when he officially announced Windows NT.
The problem is that they went to the trouble to provide an "if you don't know what it is" link that was to a rather lengthy video and their audience is part of the tl;dw; crowd. I'm not saying they are right or wrong, just summarizing the complaint.
This exact point was made by a gay friend of mine a few days ago (but in a totally unrelated conversation). Of course, the original statement was that "Breeders don't have play money." But it's the same sentiment......advertisers want the dollars, so they target the people who have the most of them.
Join a local user group for the language/technology of your choice and make friends. Find one that is quite experienced and learn everything you can from them.
If this is your argument, then you should support the use of C# with Visual Studio as well. As an IDE, Visual Studio is superior to all of them and makes writing applications quick and simple. The Intellisense makes calling into the library easy and the language is similar enough to C/C++ that when you need to drop down into those languages for performance reasons, you don't have to learn a completely new syntax.
Disqus doesn't have good notification about follow up (replies, etc.) I don't want that stuff in my mailbox (and signed up with my spam account that I never check) and there's no easy way to see it. Slashdot, I can go to my account page and see what my comments were rated, how many replies, etc. Even Gawker products show me a little number in the upper corner.
When Engadget switched over to DISQUS, my participation there went down drastically. I still skim the headlines, but I almost never click the "read more" link and certainly don't read the comments. I like the comments at Gizmodo and Slashdot because I glean more info from them than I would from reading the article......I have the comments unfiltered, but I know how to skip over the worthless comments (but would miss the as-yet-unmoderated good stuff if I didn't).
He's not learning to program. He's learning graphics. He's been a professional developer in the business space for years. He probably already knows Javascript well, so it isn't a stretch to add some canvas usage.
If the Original Poster is in Austin, ACC has some classes taught be people in the industry. I was in the same boat you are in, so I took several of them and enjoyed them. I still bring home a paycheck from C# and SQL Server, but I dabble in games for fun. You might want to look at XNA since you have a.Net background. The Express tools are free, but I assume you already have Visual Studio. XNA will work for Windows, Xbox, and Windows Phone. Your game idea is simple enough that you could do it in Silverlight if you wanted to, but learning XNA would probably be more interesting. The hardest part is that you have to do ALL of the GUI yourself where you have traditionally relied on WinForms or ASP.NET or HTML or Razor to do a lot of work for you.
Unless, of course, you're guilty and looking for plausible deniability......
But then, if you aren't guilty, take the breath test and if you fail, ask for the blood test.......otherwise, you have to take a ride to the station for the blood test, and all of that other inconvenience.
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SQL Server really does have good online documentation. Just search for "SQL Server [feature]" and pick the MSDN link. In this case, I searched for XML INDEX. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb934097.aspx
Oracle supports XML Types with XPath style queries. I don't remember any XML Indexes, but you can always use a function based index against the XPath.
I completely agree. A lot of non-DB centric people think that they can do more in the app tier, effectively using their databases as glorified file stores. Why even have a database server in those instances? I'm not saying that everything should be done in the database, either, but take advantage of every tool you have.
NoSQL has a place, so does relational. Learn their strengths and determine which is the best fit for your project. Then, learn how to use the tool to its fullest.
I like the way Apps on my Windows Phone get updated. I suspect with Windows 8 and the marketplace there, it will be similar. When the developer pushes out a fix, I get a notification and I can install it if/when I choose.
No machine has enough RAM to hold the source code.....it's too wordy.
I'm neither left-handed nor right-handed (but I don't consider myself purely ambidextrous, either). I tend to favor my left hand for non-handed implements and tend to favor my right hand for handed implements. And I can tell you that the items you listed are not handed unless constructed to be so (curve of the handle).
However, I think the study failed to take into account that certain sports (such as golf and bowling) don't involve cooperation but should have a decided advantage for lefties. In golf, the course is usually set up to challenge a right-handed golfer based on the typical ball path which is the opposite path for a leftie. Same for bowling, oil patterns break down for righties more because more carry-down happens when more righties bowl on the lanes. If you are the only leftie on the lanes, your line holds a lot longer.
Copyright vs patent. The claim is copyright infringement and not a patent issue.
If the copy-cat magician had used a daisy instead of a rose or had done it with scissors instead of a knife......probably wouldn't have had a case.
I would say the one thing FB did that let them beat out MySpace (the king at the time) was not let users screw up the interface........of course, FB does it's fair share of that, but you don't have to worry about ugly colors making your eyes bleed.
When you throw a dice, your first throw may be a six. Why are you trying to do statistics with a single event?
"God does not play dice with the universe."
Pretty much this. http://www.instructables.com/id/Awesome-paper-plane!!/
5th picture in step 1.
Apparently you didn't read about Path. In this instance, iOS was very open in terms of what an application could access without asking the user (contacts). Any app could do the same as well. No jailbreak needed.
Not saying that other mobile operating systems are better.....just countering your sensitive info leak point.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/08/business/la-fi-tn-path-ceo-dave-morin-we-are-sorry-20120208
Because it's the closest thing to a true write-once / run-anywhere model that's working. A web app will run on the desktop, tablets, e-readers, consoles (Wii has Opera), phones (even many of the average-intelligence phones). Mac, Linux, PC. Sure, there are some browser issues, but those can generally be overcome by switching browsers when that is an option. I still think we need native apps, but not everything needs direct access to hardware or complex calculations that would call for it.
The biggest problem with non-native apps is that they don't model the host environment -- but that's more about the designer being lazy than it is a technological hurdle (it isn't "easy", but it can be done). If a web app looked like Metro on MS devices and iOS on Apple devices, who would care whether it was a web app or a native app?
I actually went to fall COMDEX in Vegas and spring COMDEX in Atlanta on IBM's nickle. When in Atlanta that year (92? 93?) I was demo'ing some voice independant voice recognition technology that they had. It's amazing that the technology still isn't a whole lot better than it was back then (better, but still a ways to go).
It's kind of like Torrent Trackers. It isn't necessarily that the trackers do anything bad -- they just consolidate the information in a fashion that makes it easier to find. That's all this app does. But that's still facilitating the sketchy activity.
The one thing I learned while I was there was that it wasn't the place for me.....at least not working in the area I was cop-op'ing in. I was in the Ultimedia Tools Series segment (a group trying to define some interop standards between the burgeoning multimedia field). In my evening hours, I even helped beta test Storyboard Live 2.0 (going above and beyond). It was fun being out in the Bay area being a young college student, but not where I wanted to be long term.
IBM was pushing OS/2 Warp to compete with Windows NT. I was in college at the time and did a co-op with IBM that year. I had to opportunity to go to COMDEX and IBM gave lots of people a t-shirt that said "Nice Try" (with the N and the T really emphasized) on the front and "OS/2 Warp, Up and Running, Not Up and Coming" on the back. We were to wear the shirt in the audience of Bill Gates keynote when he officially announced Windows NT.
I still have that T-Shirt.
The problem is that they went to the trouble to provide an "if you don't know what it is" link that was to a rather lengthy video and their audience is part of the tl;dw; crowd. I'm not saying they are right or wrong, just summarizing the complaint.
This exact point was made by a gay friend of mine a few days ago (but in a totally unrelated conversation). Of course, the original statement was that "Breeders don't have play money." But it's the same sentiment......advertisers want the dollars, so they target the people who have the most of them.
I had mod points yesterday......alas I don't have them today. I would have spent them on this comment.
Find a mentor.
Join a local user group for the language/technology of your choice and make friends. Find one that is quite experienced and learn everything you can from them.
return (a>0)?a+1:a-1;
Tertiary operator FTW!
If this is your argument, then you should support the use of C# with Visual Studio as well. As an IDE, Visual Studio is superior to all of them and makes writing applications quick and simple. The Intellisense makes calling into the library easy and the language is similar enough to C/C++ that when you need to drop down into those languages for performance reasons, you don't have to learn a completely new syntax.
Brazil has something similar. I don't know the details, but some of my Brazillian co-workers have mandatory off days after they've worked quite a bit.
Disqus doesn't have good notification about follow up (replies, etc.) I don't want that stuff in my mailbox (and signed up with my spam account that I never check) and there's no easy way to see it. Slashdot, I can go to my account page and see what my comments were rated, how many replies, etc. Even Gawker products show me a little number in the upper corner.
When Engadget switched over to DISQUS, my participation there went down drastically. I still skim the headlines, but I almost never click the "read more" link and certainly don't read the comments. I like the comments at Gizmodo and Slashdot because I glean more info from them than I would from reading the article......I have the comments unfiltered, but I know how to skip over the worthless comments (but would miss the as-yet-unmoderated good stuff if I didn't).
He's not learning to program. He's learning graphics. He's been a professional developer in the business space for years. He probably already knows Javascript well, so it isn't a stretch to add some canvas usage.
If the Original Poster is in Austin, ACC has some classes taught be people in the industry. I was in the same boat you are in, so I took several of them and enjoyed them. I still bring home a paycheck from C# and SQL Server, but I dabble in games for fun. You might want to look at XNA since you have a .Net background. The Express tools are free, but I assume you already have Visual Studio. XNA will work for Windows, Xbox, and Windows Phone. Your game idea is simple enough that you could do it in Silverlight if you wanted to, but learning XNA would probably be more interesting. The hardest part is that you have to do ALL of the GUI yourself where you have traditionally relied on WinForms or ASP.NET or HTML or Razor to do a lot of work for you.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa937791
Unless, of course, you're guilty and looking for plausible deniability......
But then, if you aren't guilty, take the breath test and if you fail, ask for the blood test.......otherwise, you have to take a ride to the station for the blood test, and all of that other inconvenience.