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]]> Comment on 21 Laws of Computer Programming by Tim D http://www.devtopics.com/21-laws-of-computer-programming/#comment-11493 Tim D Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:10:56 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/21-laws-of-computer-programming/#comment-11493 My two favs are any code you haven't looked at in a month might as well have been written by someone else. - I'm always going back and looking at things I coded 3 months ago or more and it takes me a while just to figure out how I did what I did and then another while to figure out why. The second fav is if you automate a mess all you get is an automated mess. - So so true. If a process isn't working making it go faster doesn't solve the problem. My two favs are any code you haven't looked at in a month might as well have been written by someone else. - I'm always going back and looking at things I coded 3 months ago or more and it takes me a while just to figure out how I did what I did and then another while to figure out why.

The second fav is if you automate a mess all you get is an automated mess. - So so true. If a process isn't working making it go faster doesn't solve the problem.

]]> Comment on 40 Years of Cubicles by JP Cashiola http://www.devtopics.com/40-years-of-cubicles/#comment-11474 JP Cashiola Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:11:55 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/40-years-of-cubicles/#comment-11474 I loved this article. You know what goes hand in hand with cubicles...interns! I am currently a student intern and it's practically guaranteed that all interns are tossed into a cubicle...so you know what, I have declared today the 40th birthday of the Cubicle (and this day for years to come) Intern Appreciation Day. This morning I brought breakfast items for my fellow interns, made a sign, and hung up streamers over my desk made out of paper clips in order to celebrate Intern Appreciation Day. So if any of you interns are out there, give yourself a pat on the back and try and do a little something for 'you'. I've attached a link to an article talking about the success of another intern brethren: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nasa_intern_hoping_to_go_on_space I loved this article. You know what goes hand in hand with cubicles…interns! I am currently a student intern and it's practically guaranteed that all interns are tossed into a cubicle…so you know what, I have declared today the 40th birthday of the Cubicle (and this day for years to come) Intern Appreciation Day. This morning I brought breakfast items for my fellow interns, made a sign, and hung up streamers over my desk made out of paper clips in order to celebrate Intern Appreciation Day. So if any of you interns are out there, give yourself a pat on the back and try and do a little something for 'you'. I've attached a link to an article talking about the success of another intern brethren: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nasa_intern_hoping_to_go_on_space

]]> Comment on Windows Vista: 3GB or 4GB RAM? by sohail http://www.devtopics.com/windows-vista-3gb-or-4gb-ram/#comment-11455 sohail Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:19:52 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/windows-vista-3gb-or-4gb-ram/#comment-11455 i have 3.25gb of ram and vista runs smoothly!! it boots in 15 secounds! i have ultimate installed! i have 3.25gb of ram and vista runs smoothly!!
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]]> Comment on 40 Years of Cubicles by The not so Great truth about the Greatest Generation | Joke culture explored only @ Comic Wonder - The Blog! http://www.devtopics.com/40-years-of-cubicles/#comment-11398 The not so Great truth about the Greatest Generation | Joke culture explored only @ Comic Wonder - The Blog! Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:44:43 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/40-years-of-cubicles/#comment-11398 [...] to NEVER work on holidays.  Although today isn’t a traditional holiday it is an important Anniversary.  This entire month is actually the 40th Anniversary of the introduction of the cubicle.  The [...] […] to NEVER work on holidays.  Although today isn't a traditional holiday it is an important Anniversary.  This entire month is actually the 40th Anniversary of the introduction of the cubicle.  The […]

]]> Comment on 13 Tips to Comment Your Code by 今天看到的好文 - cnblogs.com http://www.devtopics.com/13-tips-to-comment-your-code/#comment-11335 今天看到的好文 - cnblogs.com Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:19:30 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/13-tips-to-comment-your-code/#comment-11335 [...]     代码注释的13个秘诀。 [...] […]     代码注释的13个秘诀。 […]

]]> Comment on 21 Laws of Computer Programming by Pascal http://www.devtopics.com/21-laws-of-computer-programming/#comment-11309 Pascal Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:38:42 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/21-laws-of-computer-programming/#comment-11309 not bad. I like the part about the obsolete statement, very satirical. Check this out for learning programming languages: <a href='http://www.codesplunk.com' rel="nofollow">http://www.codesplunk.com</a> not bad. I like the part about the obsolete statement, very satirical.

Check this out for learning programming languages:
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]]> Comment on FAT .NET by Doug http://www.devtopics.com/fat-net/#comment-11244 Doug Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:52:51 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/fat-net/#comment-11244 I package the 2.0 framework with my executable in a self-extracting zip file then run a batch file that check if the framework is installed, and if it is not, then the batch file starts the installer. I mostly write small and simple apps that when compiled take up ~20-50KB. The last program i wrote was a polyalphabetic encryption algorithm with a loop function and it is 56KB. I wrote a 6000 line app and that only takes 140KB, but the total memory usage is almost 50MB mostly because of the framework assemblies. I package the 2.0 framework with my executable in a self-extracting zip file then run a batch file that check if the framework is installed, and if it is not, then the batch file starts the installer. I mostly write small and simple apps that when compiled take up ~20-50KB. The last program i wrote was a polyalphabetic encryption algorithm with a loop function and it is 56KB. I wrote a 6000 line app and that only takes 140KB, but the total memory usage is almost 50MB mostly because of the framework assemblies.

]]> Comment on Array Indices: Start from 0 or 1? by Doug http://www.devtopics.com/array-indices-start-from-0-or-1/#comment-11243 Doug Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:27:50 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/array-indices-start-from-0-or-1/#comment-11243 VB.NET requires lower-bounds be 0. VB6 lets you specify with "Option Base " then 1 or 0. VB.NET requires lower-bounds be 0. VB6 lets you specify with "Option Base " then 1 or 0.

]]> Comment on Copywrong: How H.R. 5889 "Orphan Works Bill" will Reduce the Rights of Individual Artists by timm http://www.devtopics.com/copywrong-how-hr-5889-orphan-works-bill-will-reduce-the-rights-of-individual-artists/#comment-11184 timm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:40:07 +0000 http://www.devtopics.com/copywrong-how-hr-5889-orphan-works-bill-will-reduce-the-rights-of-individual-artists/#comment-11184 Tomm, good discussion. Currently I am forced to register a work ONLY if I wish to receive protections beyond actual damages. i.e., If someone infringes and I want to sue them, THEN I have to register. And I can register at any time, even after publication. Whereas with the Orphan Works Bill, I have to register everything beforehand to receive any protection. I'm not sure where you came up with the $30 registration fee. The copyright databases described in this bill currently do not exist, and therefore no fee schedule has been set. But we're talking the U.S. government here. Do you really expect they will allow blanket registration for an artist's entire body of work for $30? Name one other government or private registration system that operates this way. Patents, incorporation fees, domain fees, are all pay-per-item. Even the current copyright registration system is $45 PER WORK. The time and money required to register every work I (or any other small-time artist) produces would be prohibitive. Good for mega-corporations and whoever runs the registration systems, bad for the little guy. By limiting damages to fair-use fees, doesn't the Orphan Works bill essentially legalize stealing of all intellectual property? Let's apply this scenario to brick-and-mortar stores. Let's pretend the only penalty for shoplifting at BestBuy is you have to pay the item's fair cost. So if I am skilled enough to steal a DVD from BestBuy, it's free to me. But if I'm caught, then I just have to pay the DVD's original price of $19.99. So why would I even bother to pay for anything? I'd attempt to steal everything I could since there's really no downside to stealing or getting caught, just upside. It is a violation of the "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works" for any country to impose registration on a rights holder as as a condition of protecting his copyright. The U.S. is also a member country of the "Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property" (The TRIPs Agreement). Article 13 of this copyright-related treaty specifies a Three-Step Test for exceptions to an artist's exclusive right of copyright. The Orphan Works Bill of 2008 violates the Berne Copyright Convention and fails the Three-Step Test of TRIPs. So I have no idea how the government plans to square the Orphan Works Bill with our international obligations on copyrights. As with everything in Washington, follow the money. Who is pushing to fast-track this bill through Congress with little discussion? Google, Getty Images, RIAA... all mega-corporations who can protect their own work but have a strong interest in weakening the protections of the millions of small artists. Tomm, your heart is the right place in that you want to protect the little guy against the greed of the mega-corps. If my assessment is correct, I encourage you to rethink your support for the Orphan Works Bill. Once you dig deeper, I believe you'll see that the Orphan Works Bill is a Trojan Horse to strengthen mega-corporations and reduce the rights of individual artists and publishers. Tomm, good discussion.

Currently I am forced to register a work ONLY if I wish to receive protections beyond actual damages. i.e., If someone infringes and I want to sue them, THEN I have to register. And I can register at any time, even after publication. Whereas with the Orphan Works Bill, I have to register everything beforehand to receive any protection.

I'm not sure where you came up with the $30 registration fee. The copyright databases described in this bill currently do not exist, and therefore no fee schedule has been set. But we're talking the U.S. government here. Do you really expect they will allow blanket registration for an artist's entire body of work for $30? Name one other government or private registration system that operates this way. Patents, incorporation fees, domain fees, are all pay-per-item. Even the current copyright registration system is $45 PER WORK. The time and money required to register every work I (or any other small-time artist) produces would be prohibitive. Good for mega-corporations and whoever runs the registration systems, bad for the little guy.

By limiting damages to fair-use fees, doesn't the Orphan Works bill essentially legalize stealing of all intellectual property? Let's apply this scenario to brick-and-mortar stores. Let's pretend the only penalty for shoplifting at BestBuy is you have to pay the item's fair cost. So if I am skilled enough to steal a DVD from BestBuy, it's free to me. But if I'm caught, then I just have to pay the DVD's original price of $19.99. So why would I even bother to pay for anything? I'd attempt to steal everything I could since there's really no downside to stealing or getting caught, just upside.

It is a violation of the "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works" for any country to impose registration on a rights holder as as a condition of protecting his copyright. The U.S. is also a member country of the "Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property" (The TRIPs Agreement). Article 13 of this copyright-related treaty specifies a Three-Step Test for exceptions to an artist's exclusive right of copyright. The Orphan Works Bill of 2008 violates the Berne Copyright Convention and fails the Three-Step Test of TRIPs. So I have no idea how the government plans to square the Orphan Works Bill with our international obligations on copyrights.

As with everything in Washington, follow the money. Who is pushing to fast-track this bill through Congress with little discussion? Google, Getty Images, RIAA… all mega-corporations who can protect their own work but have a strong interest in weakening the protections of the millions of small artists.

Tomm, your heart is the right place in that you want to protect the little guy against the greed of the mega-corps. If my assessment is correct, I encourage you to rethink your support for the Orphan Works Bill. Once you dig deeper, I believe you'll see that the Orphan Works Bill is a Trojan Horse to strengthen mega-corporations and reduce the rights of individual artists and publishers.

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