ktm TechMan wrote:
I think that a low level knowledge is essential, when things go wrong in places where you least expected, you need that low level knowledge and find a workaround based on that.
That's my point - it 's not necessary to know the nuts and bolts in detail, but to understand the foundation. Also, I hate workarounds! If you are going to fix it, fix it right. Microsoft should have done it years and years ago, instead of building on a house of cards.:mad:
Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
They leave that for the knuckle-dragging computer engineers.
Should I bow down to your Majesty, or do you want to get your head out of the clouds. :laugh: If you think about it, you can't exists with out us. Digital is not limited to Higher software. IE.. the Bios in your computer, the digital controls in your car, or better yet! Digital TV! Dean Ps. Where do you place the guys that are the technicians? They're the ones who fix the engineers screw-ups. ;P (What do you call the guys that fix your screw-up?) :doh:
modified on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:30 PM
This is my first post, so be gentle. My background is mostly on the hardware side of computers. Back in the day when Motherboards were expensive ($1.5 - 30k) in the early 80's (Not Apple Computers!), I made a living repairing them. One part of my job involved writing assembly programs that were used to diagnose individual components to locate the one having a problem. (Try finding a memory chip with one blown bit on a array of four boards or a stuck on bit in the logic circuitry.) So, I understand how computers work, what exactly happens when a handle (or pointer) is created, what a BLT is and how it works differently with the CPU than other programming operations, etc... Basically, the nuts and bolts. I've noticed that since I took up VB.Net and I am trying to wrap my mind around all the concepts that make up OOP, Polymorphism, Delegates, Reflection, etc.. that allot of the fundamentals of how a computer really works are never talked about. For instance, when a beginning programmer asks "BackColor = Color.Transparent only shows a black screen, Why?" The typical response is Silence, Microsoft doesn't support it or it doesn't work." I know why, do you? Just like fundamentals in baseball is necessary in win the World Series, I would think it would be necessary in programming. My question is: What do they teach in school about computer fundamentals? Have you guys that have been programmers for years ever thought about it?
Does anybody know where I can get a control like the picture control in Microsoft Word or PhotoDraw? I am in need of that type of image control that floats above another image (using layers), rotates freely and is resizable.
Does anybody know where I can get a control like the picture control in Microsoft Word or PhotoDraw? I am in need of that type of image control that floats above another image (using layers), rotates freely and is resizable.
EW only allows changes on the client side - html, java, etc... ASP controls are still under VS programming, but placement, color, size and other properties are still client side html properties and EW has access. Controls are still run on the server, but the output to the browser is still html. As a developer, I know how to make something very functional - either it works or it don't. (Black or white) But a Graphic Designer thinks in color or emotion. They look at a User Interface and think what I do is not user friendly - it works, but not pleasant. They look at something and see the same thing in a different way. Tell me which one sells? Nobody pays for a plain Jane program that does everything you could ask for, but looks like blah. Clients would rather pay for something that looks pretty, but does not have the full functions available. To have the ability to hand the design off to somebody else without them breaking my code is a very good thing. That is where EW shines.
Front Page has offically gone away with Office 2007. Is was too inflexible. EW is not really a replacement (At least thats what Microsoft advertises), but is to be a stand alone product. As far as I know, EW would be an excellent product for your use - you can have her update your asp pages via project files thru email or she can edit your client side web site directly on your intranet web server and then publish from there when complete. EW can't affect server controls except for placement, looks, colors, etc... Functionallity of the asp page is still in VS and EW only affects what the client sees. :)
Microsoft has seen the light and created Expression web for just this purpose! Expression web was expressly designed to create web pages for the designer. It has all the tools needed to create great web pages and copy that info out to xml or aspx and import it into VS with no problems. The designer does not need to know ASP and the developer does not need to make things look pretty, just get it to work. (Of course, the developer is most likely to MESS it up - something about "I can make it better!") PEACE AT LAST!!! :cool: :rose:
:laugh:LOL :laugh: - ROF!!!!!! :cool:
By definition: Temperature is the measure of heat ENERGY. The lower the tempurature - the less heat energy. Liquid Hydrogen and oxigen released at a controlled rate at its evaporation point will burn the coldest flame because of it being so cold to begin with. Also, because of of the minimal energy output you will not see any light, so that is your coldest color - no light. Light and heat are both energy and the least energy is the absence of energy. The flame from the space shuttle (not the boosters) is a very thin light blue, but that is at an extreme rate of burn, not the whisper of flame that I am talking about in a dark and very cold room. Also, you have your spectrum backwords - Red light is hotter than blue - There is more energy in red light (The sun feels hot). On objects - black absorbs energy and white reflects it, but clear glass lets it pass thru - so once again - no color is the coolest. I hope this doesn't throw a monkey wrench into this discussion.:suss: