Well it sure isn't Quick, but I've never really experienced anything like what you have there... My guess it's the hardware that is the main culprit. I have a Core i7-4700MQ at 2.4 GHz, 32GB RAM and a SSD on my work laptop. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
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Can't really speak for dev jobs around the world, but where I live (Sweden), most dev jobs (especially smaller companies) are NOT cubicles of introverts hammering away anymore. It's very much a team effort, lots of meetings and socializing at the office aswell as after office hours (afterworks, dinners etc). The work environment is based around the idea that the employer provides an office space with different setups (ordinary desks, smaller rooms that you can withdraw to if you need to focus, lounge areas etc) where the employees find the place that suits them the best for the day and just get on with their projects from there. So at least over here it's been a radical change from the days when every developer had their small cubicle where they were to create splendid code by themselves like robots. :) I'm pretty extrovert myself and I enjoy life as a systems developer, so I don't think it's an obstacle as such. :thumbsup:
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Couldn't agree more. The issue I have with this decision from Microsoft isn't that Silverlight was the best thing that've happened since sliced bread, but rather that I find it disturbing that there are no good alternatives (as of today). Sure you can go with HTML5 and heaps of Javascript and AJAX calls. But WTF, not only would that take MUCH longer to get the way I want it, it would also force our employees to use a specific Web browser, just to have things work the way we intend them to since HTML5 support is varying, to say the least. Our main application is based on a Windows client that they normally run, but with a "light version" using Silverlight for when they're our of office or otherwise unable to use the normal client. For this purpose I still haven't found a nice and yet somewhat easy and efficient way to do this, except for... Silverlight. Flash won't cut it. Java applets (yeah right) and ActiveX components are just dead and buried. So, what to do? Thank you MS.. For yet another kick in the nuts, I'll be the first to leave for LAMP or similar when it's mature enough to completely wipe our present MS based platforms from the face of the earth.
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12 years, I've had 2 real jobs and the first one was 3 years and then I jumped ship when they decided to move from C++ & .NET to Java and Php. And no, I'm not trying to start an infected debate over platforms, just saying that I'm a C++ and .NET guy, not Java or PHP. :)
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The thing with tracking a phone on it's IMEI number is something that can be useful in smaller areas since it relies on triangulating signals and won't be nearly as exact as for instance a GPS-unit. I do understand why the operators don't give a [insert something profane here] about tracking them though, if they needed to do that and coordinate a "rescue mission" each time they wouldn't be doing anything else and the prices would just shoot sky high. I use MS Exchange to sync calendar and contacts and with my Subscription (which includes free traffic over GPRS/3G/HSPA) it syncs every 10 minutes or via Push. :D /Jagg
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Hi all, this is a bit a of a humdinger of an issue. A friend of mine (and I kid you not) decided to punish his son for something he did by blocking his computer use using an application from Piranha Designs called Timemonitor (which in itself is stupid considering that Windows 7 could manage this directly via the parental control). After a day he discovered that his son had an account with administrative priviledges, which he told his wife. His wife then, during lunchtime today, logged in, created an account of her own giving her admin priviledges and removing them from the sons account. In comes the Timemonitor software that effectively locked her out from logging in. BUT the son, the person that SHOULDN'T be able to use the comp, can do so, but without admin priviledges. :doh: So, to make a long story short, how the heck can I help my friend to gain access to his computer again. The machine is running Windows 7 Home Premium and I suppose (although I haven't been able to confirm) that the timemonitor messes with the user logins on Windows and limits their logintime with something like NET USER /TIME etc etc. I guess it would be possible to help him using DaRT or something similar, the issue is, however, that he's 500 km away and all I'm stuck with is Netviewer or Teamviewer to give him some remote assistance. As soon as I try to do something useful, the UAC steps in and demands that he provides the admin credentials, giving his wives credentials it refuses to elevate priviledges since that account isn't allowed to login at this time. Is there ANYTHING I can do? As the schedule looks now, the timemonitor will allow login of the admin account on the comp in three weeks. :~ Any help would be lovely /Jagg
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Hi, thanks for the reply. However, that didn't work either. It works as soon as I remove all the other definitions (xmlns:xsi, xsi:schemaLocation and xmlns) from the MASTER.DATA (or MASTERDATA) but as soon as they are in the file it goes completely blank. I don't get any errors, I just don't find anything. Regarding removing the dot (MASTER.DATA) it's probably not possible, this file gets sent automatically from one of our back end systems. :sigh:
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Hello! I've got a piece of code where I need to parse a XML-file and store the data in a DataTable do modify and use the data from the file. I'm a bit stuck on the SelectNodes method. If I have a XML file that looks like this:
146413
DataExport
1.0.0
x4
2011-08-23T00:01:45.2367404+02:00
The following code works like a charm:
Dim xd As XmlDocument
Dim xnl As XmlNodeList
xd = New XmlDocument()
xd.Load(fileName)
xnl = xd.SelectNodes("/MASTER.DATA/Envelope")
BUT! The file doesn't exactly look like that. The MASTER.DATA actually looks like this:
And all of a sudden I don't get bupkis with the above mentioned code. What am I doing wrong?? :confused: Any help is greatly appreciated. :) //Jagg
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Well, I'll be going to Billund, Denmark on a Business trip later this week anyways, so I'll pick a set up at the Lego factory. :laugh:
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I do think one needs to widen the horizons a bit and start thinking about mobile applications, be it for iPads/iPhones (iOS), Android or Windows Phone, but I have a real hard time seeing a quick demise for the PC market, simply because, look at most companies today, what do they use? You got it, PC:s (laptops or workstations). I can't see that shift in a forseeable future, I mean just look at how quick most companies are at adopting new technology, I mean it's just in the last few years having your E-mail in the smartphone has become widely adopted. There are still a good percentage of companies that run Windows XP, since they are too cautious about their software platforms not being able to cope with Windows 7. Now I'm not talking about the tech industry here, but the rest of the world that often seems to be forgotten when all these tech news are published. I, personally, hate to see nuclear powerplants ran by iPads, or hospital systems running on android tablets. It's fancy, and I like 'em for what they are, but they are far from fully capable of replacing my laptop when it comes to work. The other thing is, gaming. Most games are released on the PC platform since it allows for developers to develop games for new hardware technologies. I mean, if you are to make a game for the Xbox 360, you know that you're limited to the hardware inside that box, built on technology from back in 2006. And the truth is the some of the technology from the gaming industry spills over into other areas aswell when it comes to 3D and visualization technology. And that in turn drives the development of faster and more extreme CPU:s and GPU:s. I think the mobile platforms might have a fighting chance if they come with replaceable parts, so you can upgrade the graphics, cpu:s or memory of the units, but not before that. Well, that's my 2 cents on the issue. Have a good day! :)
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I'll get one for my nephew as soon as it hits the shelves. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I think that's extremely individual. My optimal workload per week is somewhere between 45-55 hours. Above that it becomes sloppy and unfocused, even though, of course, some weeks can require 80-100 hours. I tried the 80+ hours per week schedule five years ago, that only got me a whole heap of anti depressants, benzo and therapy after 12 months of those working hours, some people may thrive on it, but I sure as h*** don't. :|
Liking C# for it's syntax and ease of mind I usually find myself coding in VB at work since I think it's easier and faster for other people to get up to speed with without having to read through all sorts of documentation, it's somewhat easier to get an overview of. IMHO. :)
Hi all, I have a form in which I load a .rpt file, populate som values and then export it into a .PDF file. Something goes seriously wrong here thou. All occurances of the letter t is replaced with ti or tt. All occurances of ti is being replaced with tt. So for an example out of the file. Should be Becomes after export to Adobe PDF --------------------------------------------------------- Mattias Mattas kommentarer kommentiarer Deviation Deviatton Skadat Skadatt Registrerat Registirerati I dunno why it does this. Has anyone else been out for it or am I alone in this matter? Below is the "export" part of the code CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = rptDocument Me.rtStatus.AppendText("Exporting to PDF" & vbCrLf) Application.DoEvents() Dim CryRepExportoptions As New CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportOptions Dim CryRepDestination As New CrystalDecisions.Shared.DiskFileDestinationOptions Dim CryRepTypeOptions As New CrystalDecisions.Shared.PdfRtfWordFormatOptions CryRepDestination.DiskFileName = IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location) + "\PDFTemp\" & Ticket.ToString & ".pdf" CryRepExportoptions = rptDocument.ExportOptions With CryRepExportoptions .ExportDestinationType = ExportDestinationType.DiskFile .ExportFormatType = CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat .DestinationOptions = CryRepDestination .FormatOptions = CryRepTypeOptions End With rptDocument.Export() I'm completely clueless in this matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)