C# 411This is part 16 in a series of articles on obscure programming languages.
Pike is a dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C. Pike is easy to learn, does not require long compilation passes, and has powerful built-in data types allowing simple and fast data manipulation.
Pike is released under the GNU GPL, GNU LGPL and MPL, which means you can use it for almost any purpose, commercial and non-commercial.
The Internet is a fickle beast. Websites come and go. Connections break and are restored. With so many working parts and points of failure, it’s amazing the Internet is as reliable as it usually is.
But when things go wrong — as they inevitably do — and you cannot access a website, it can be challenging to determine where the problem occurred: your PC, Internet modem, cable connection, Internet service provider, the website itself, or any of the thousands of lines in between.
Fortunately there are free online services that independently check if a website is down:
Most services allow you to enter a domain name to determine if it’s accessible. However, CheckSite.us also allows you to enter a full URL path, domain with a specific port (e.g., checksite.us:2082), or an IP address (e.g., 209.41.89.150:2082). For websites it cannot access, CheckSite.us will continue trying the website every 15 minutes for up to 3 days. If it can access the website, it will send you an email or SMS text message.
The one thing we can all count on with Facebook is change. Facebook performs major updates to its user interface about twice a year. Some changes are welcome, but sometimes the Facebook UI designers make things harder than they should be.
During a recent security audit, a company discovered that a
blonde employee was using the following password:
“MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento”
When the company asked the blonde why she had such a long password, she said the login screen required the password to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.
Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web, desktop, and mobile applications when online or offline. Silverlight is a free plug-in, powered by the .NET framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works. Silverlight is also one of the programming models for Windows Phone 7 devices.
Key new features in Silverlight 4 include:
Silverlight Homepage
What’s New in Silverlight 4
Developing for Windows Phone 7 with Silverlight
This is part 15 in a series of articles on obscure programming languages.
Oxygene is a commercial programming language developed by RemObjects Software for the Microsoft .NET Framework. In 2008, RemObjects licensed its Oxygene compiler and IDE technology to Embarcadero to be used in its Delphi Prism product. You may recall that in 2008 Embarcadero purchased CodeGear, the software development tools division of Borland.
Microsoft is releasing Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4.0, and Silverlight 4 at the Visual Studio Developer Conference in Las Vegas. VS 2010 and .NET 4 are available today, and Silverlight 4 will be available to download later this week.
This comic shows how hell is just like life on Earth, only worse.
From xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language.
