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And why your current one seems so amazing "At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?"
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It seems that Microsoft's programmers weren't afraid to joke around a little bit while they were first coding some of its biggest software titles back in the '80s. Just in case you don't feel like strolling through (16-bit) memory lane
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Does the code preach devil worship if you read it backwards?
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I haven't seen that yet, but I understand Paul is dead.
TTFN - Kent
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Maybe that explains the abbreviations for SHell ITEM ID[^] and Pointer to an item ID List[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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In an unusual move, Google is responding directly to former TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington’s allegation that it accessed his Gmail account to root out his source for a major story. Other reasons, just not necessarily leakers
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Other reasons, just not necessarily leakers
Bingo.
To sell ads? To keep track of your purchases via email receipts? To farm data wholesale and hand it off to the NSA? Sure.
Leakers?
NEVER!
Guck Foogle.
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The programming world's favorite distributed version control system also lets you find, share, and improve code. Here's how to make Git and GitHub work better for you And workspaces
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Now if only they could slap some sense into those infuriating neophytes who think Git and GitHub are the same thing.
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You can dismiss the future as the naive cry of a Debbie Downer, or you can become part of that future I've been called worse
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How does this guy look at the last 30 years of IT and not see:
Expert Systems,
Fuzzy Logic,
Neural Networks,
Thin Clients,
Data Warehousing,
3G languages,
UMT,
SaaS,
Object Relational Databases,
Send the programming to India
and on and on.
No, but THIS one is different.
SOMEbody's been sold a bridge.
Makes me nauseous. I swear, it's time for the asteroid.
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Dang. Clicked on the upvote 15 times, but alas it only counted one.
I'm not sure if we're an industry of squirrels, or if it's just the press/pundits.
TTFN - Kent
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Squirrels have nuts; the press/pundits are nuts.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Minecraft creator Markus Persson has revealed that an Oculus Rift version of the game was potentially in the works, but following the sudden news that Facebook has acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion, that's no longer the case.
The townspeople are storming the castle with torches and pitchforks..
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Java 8 will enable new ways to access databases that are competitive with those of other programming languages such as C#’s LINQ. By 'revolutionize', they mean 'catch up'
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Did anyone ask them to?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I've been cursing the lack of a linq equivalent when forced to java for years.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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It already supports the most powerful and widely used database access technology - String concat()[^]
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Funnily, reading through that article I note that it actually uses lambda's as a Java feature - the rest are all provided by various database mapping technologies.
There's nothing there like LINQ at all - a standard query language that works seamlessly across many providers. So all that Java 8 introduces in this area is lambdas.
Still some catching up to do.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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The cloud needs its own language, and Google's Go delivers. Or, you could just use a language you already know?
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"the cloud needs its own language"
stop. Steaming bunch of bullpucky. Just...no.
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Acquisition positions Facebook to accelerate Oculus’ growth in gaming, communications and new social experiences. First the drones, now this. I am officially freaked out.
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Mark, dude, focus.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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