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Yeah, the people that miss their VT-100s keep saying we're going back that way again. I guess they think if they keep predicting it, when/if it does happen, they look like a genius.
Tablets and browsers are nice, but I don't see everyone using them for most tasks (especially creation-related).
Like others have said, the author seems to want to create some cred for himself by poking at Microsoft, while ignoring the fact that people have had access to the preview for a while. Or maybe he's just sore that XNA got axed.
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That guy sounds like a Microsoft Hater that just wants Microsoft to burn in hell.
In other words, he is an idiot.
Windows 8.1 Preview is out. Devs can get the RT version on their devices.
And I have seen that "author's" (I use the term loosely here) Windows 8 Development book, and it is terrible.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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How do you find all of this stuff ?
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IIRC he has over 9000 RSS feeds to every tech blog under the sun.
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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wow thats allot of reading
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I have no life: I exist solely in Chris' imagination and the Intertubes.
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I have no Life either till the construction industry picks up.
I have no life: I exist solely in Chris' imagination and the Intertubes.
I read this comment to my wife and she said are you sure they wer not talking about you
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LOL.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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We see JavaScript as a language closely integrated with the DOM, and as a relatively lightweight server-side language, but you can flip this around and think of it as en entirely embedded language: after all, it’s embedded within web pages – it’s bridged to native data structures and functionalities that are required by the runtime. Now you have two problems
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AdDuplex has spotted what it believes could be a pair of new Surface tablets accessing its Windows ad network. The advertising network says it "regularly" sees devices named "Microsoft Corporation Surface 2" and "Microsoft Corporation Surface with Windows 8.1 Pro" viewing its ads. The former device is thought to be running Windows RT, just like the current-generation Surface for Windows RT, but it looks like Microsoft might be ready to drop the "RT" name from the device. That should definitely help prevent the confusion /sarcasm
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Vote for - or suggest - SteveB's replacement After all, online voting works for American Idol
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After running Go for two years in production at Iron.io, I wanted to share our experience/feelings about it. We were one of the first companies to use Go (golang) in production and we didn't know what to expect in the long run, but so far, so great. Collect $200 as you pass
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Web Components promise to open up a new realm of development by letting web developers write custom, reusable HTML tags. Think of them as JavaScript plugins without the need for additional code initialization or boilerplate markup/styling. Something must be broken: they work in IE
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Awesome!!!
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The Mac could become a victim of Apple's own success, according to one analyst, who points to the company's superior design aesthetic, along with the popularity of the iPhone and iPad, as reasons for stagnation in Mac sales growth. Only so many people want those shiny, shiny boxes
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Only so many people want can afford those shiny, shiny boxes
FTFY
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We’ve hit an important milestone for Windows and for Microsoft—just 10 months after delivering on a bold, generational change in computing with Windows 8, our team is proud to share that we have started releasing Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 to our hardware partners. You still have to wait until Oct 18 to get it though
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Not if the email I got from Microsoft holds true.
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Amazon brings its Associates program to mobile developers. It could have a bigger impact than you'd think. Sell books from your eReader?
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Microsoft has RTM'd its 'Blue' version of Windows Server, a k a Windows Server 2012 R2, according to company officials. Blue goes Gold
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Google's executive chairman says Larry Ellison's claims that Android illegally uses Oracle code are "simply untrue" and calls for patent reform. "I'm rubber, you're glue. Bounces of me and sticks to you."
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The recent trend in software development has been to produce less documentation and writing material. Many developers have interpreted the Agile Manifesto preference of “working software over comprehensive documentation” as the authorization to stop producing any document during a project. This has been translated in sentences like “the code is the documentation” or “the requirements are in the application”. "The code is the documentation"? Yeah, not so much.
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Methods & Tools wrote: "the code is the documentation" Nonsense. The Agile Manifesto doesn't imply cutting corners. It speaks to (completely) implementing just what is necessary - i.e. several small meals instead of one eventual pig-out. But you should still use a fork and knife and observe table manners.
/ravi
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Right. I think that's the original author's message. People have tried to read too much into the Agile Manifesto's suggestion, or rather have taken the suggestion too far.
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Yes, but...
Code is never out of date.
Always question documentation.
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