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Oh, no. Next step is to create new data. Legacy data is anthrax. Or maybe thrush.
TTFN - Kent
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It is not always the best option to convert legacy system to new shiny stuff.... I recently converted system that was running on BASIC to .NET and for end users who are so used to with the DOS based look and feel and keyboard short cuts it was bit of a challenge embarrassing the power of web based UI....
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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I must concur, the state of new web-based UI is embarrassing.
(I suspect, however, you actually meant embracing, sadly).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Totally. All that stale, old, tested, well-understood, debugged and fire-hardened code.
Who needs it!
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Chris Maunder
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Time to fire your old employees and hire new ones.
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I've come to the conclusion that, for me, ORMs are more detriment than benefit. In short, they can be used to nicely augment working with SQL in a program, but they should not replace it. Leaky abstractions oftimes leak
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Agreed...too many abstractions are bad for your health.
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Amen! I dabbled with an ORM just once, but no thank you for an extra layer of indirection, problems and learning curve! Plus there are a zillion of ORM's out there which are non-standardized, while SQL is a standard that every programmer is somewhat familiar with. I don't mind writing SQL at all, and the basic CRUD stuff you can easily generate with some code generator.
Wout
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Microsoft has officially squashed all the rumors that suggested existence of 'Windows 8.1 Update 2.' Though, the company will deliver security patches and small tweaks through its monthly Patch Tuesday update. The rumour mill has been missing a lot lately. Almost makes me want to start ignoring them
Yes, I'm a tabloid.
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This kills me.
Why does Microsoft keep insisting on doing major announcements so close to Apple announcements?
Although maybe this one is actually by design if the talk of Microsoft wanting Windows 8 to vanish in a puff of denial are true.
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Chris Maunder
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Over the past few weeks, the details surrounding Threshold have slowly been surfacing and the picture is becoming a little bit clearer today. I'll just use this space to say that they are awesome and/or lame. Assuming they actually do get added.
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Virtual desktops.... hmmm, Windows NT 3.51 anyone? Wasn't that a sample app on Windows NT?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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It was indeed one of the extras. I wonder if they just polished it up and stuck it in the main product? Wouldn't be the first time.
TTFN - Kent
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About f***ing time, if that's true!
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Paypal's two-factor problems are the rule, not the exception Let's forget about the whole password thing. It was a failed concept.
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The HTTP/2 protocol will speed Web delivery, though it also may put more strain on Web servers I still read that as half a protocol
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Ah, people that don't like others googling for them, how handy.
Still, without reading that site (I'm allergic to the TSA), what do they do? Grope you in advance? Ask you to fax in a picture of you sitting on a photocopier?
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: what do they do? Grope you in advance? Ask you to fax in a picture of you sitting on a photocopier? No, I am afraid not . It's an expedited security screening thing. The description contains a lot of "ifs" and "mays" along with "at participating US airports and with participating airlines" (it sounds like one of those disclaimers at the end of a radio commercial). I guess they will let you leave your shoes on and thing like that.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I got lucky and got waved through the PreCheck (I refuse to type it with the cute check mark) line when it was first starting. You can leave your shoes on, your laptop can stay in your bag, and I think liquids can stay in your bag too, but I could be wrong on that one as I make it a point to not have any liquids in my carry on.
It was nice, but I wouldn't pay for it. Maybe if I travelled every week and it was more widespread.
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Yeah, I wouldn't pay for it either. I am eligible for the program since I have a SENTRI pass[^] (expedited processing when crossing the border from Mexico into the US), so I might give it a try next time I go on a plane.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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You might like PRO*C .
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Half a protocol is better than none!
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Chris Maunder
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Microsoft and Samsung are frenemies—both competitors and partners—but the tone of the relationship edged closer to the enemy category on Friday: Microsoft has sued Samsung, alleging that the mobile device giant is trying to illegally back out of the Android patent licensing contract the two firms signed in 2011. Ship a new Windows Phone, and maybe we'll skip the lawsuit...
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Steps up campaign against the U.S. company with public warning. "Microsoft estimates that 90% of China uses some form of pirated software on their computer"
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