He and Yogi Berea hung out together ... a lot, so I'm thinking some entanglement occurred?

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

My wife has a 1520 and I have a 925 - wonderful products. COntrary to how I see most people using their smartphones, my wife and I primarily use them as phones (to talk to people - we let birds tweet or tootle or whatever) and the volume and quality is much better than average. As neither of us are obsessive phone app abusers, I have no issues around "not enough apps" - your mileage may vary depending on what you currently depend on. Neither of us have any regrets regarding the retirement of our HTC or iPhone. Both have excellent life even with Netflix, Hulu and Pandora. All seem to last a "waking" day (7-12) and I have only once had to charge during the day as I normally charge the phone every night. Memory seems to be more than sufficient and Web browsing over WiFi is a dream, and over the AT&T network is acceptable (Thats the carriers fault not the phones). I also got a 2520 pad with the phones and I have only 2 peeves with the 2520 - its 1080p (1920x1080) so even modern sites look crappy with a LOT of white space, and Nokia is VERY late with the keyboard/cover (i'm backordered) the ONLY thing preventing this pad from being the ultimate businessman's tool. I can use the full office apps but the popup keyboard is obtrusive. Because of the resolution, you'll need a stylus or thin fingers when in the "old" windows apps. Otherwise it is a solid windows product. My business partner keeps using my 2520 for demos rather than his iPad.

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

1971, eleven - timesharing basic on a PDP-8, and some weird s**t assembler for an old phillips bunny hopper machine that had been donated to my school in pieces - we rebuilt the sucker, learned to bootstrap it by trial and error, and wrote lots of adventure/star trek type games. Ah! real programming with grease under the fingernails! and yes, at first, smoke tests really were. you young turks really have it easy these days :laugh: .

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

For PHP and Web I like Aptana - its eclipse based, and has a very nice little JS server for testing (Jaxer).

l a u r e n wrote:

PHP is a far superior web scripting language, in my experience, to c# *depending* on what you are trying to achieve

"One lets you create defects real fast and the other lets you execute defects real fast" :laugh: All risible commentary aside, Use PHP for rapid feature development, then use C# to provide the bones the PHP meat sits on. Now go wash your hands and don't talk about it :omg:

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

there are cheaper kits and alternatives but none that blend the two together any better. I would suggest you check out the local schools and ask about the various Robotics programs such as FIRST and the First Lego league (FLL). If a local school has a FIRST team its likely they have some mindstorm kits - Offer to mentor the kids and your daughter can get a REALLY early start on robotics, not to mention prpject management, design, business yada yada. My son was part of a rookie FIRST team which over the course of three years went from 12 confused kids to a serious business (http://www.forsythalliance.com/ FIRST
FLL

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Does anyone know of (or have) information regarding the behaviour of CSS within framesets? and related ... how to trap an onload in a single frame (not all of them) from the window(_top??) Background - my employer is using a 3rd party that uses frames, but need to perform actions when frame documents change (adding Javascript event handlers, and the css styling and some behaviours need to be cascaded AFTER the 3rd party css is processed on a page load) all without a long, complex and expensive custom coding by the 3rd party. .

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

I have many fond memories of the time I and my friends played D&D - and became more complete people for it. Once cracked, the floodgates opened and we discovered curiosity, imagination, confidence and decision. I'm a better person for the game and I would say ultimately it is due to the man who created and nurtured the game for so long. While D&D may have been the spark for today's gaming industry and a wider love of fantasy, I for one will be more thankful for what he and the game made of me rather than of my environment. :rose::rose::rose:

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

<blockquote class="FQ"><div class="FQA">ronDW wrote:</div>All I have been looking for is a quick reference cheat sheet for recalling what are the various lines and arrows for class diagrams</blockquote> Try http://www.holub.com/goodies/uml/ Its a useful little primer to keep handy, more than a single page, but you can extract what you want from it fairly easily.

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

PIEBALDconsult wrote: "Not working" and "spare time" are not mutually exclusive. translated: "Not working" and "spare time" are mutually INCLUSIVE This plainly shows PIEBALD is not married and does not understand the Honey Do list When you are not at work or on Weekends ("not-working") or on Holiday ("spare-time") your wife will fill the time with urgent and important chores, tasks, and projects that make the home a lovely place for the two of you to relax in - if you ever finish the Honey-do list which never happens because there's always some more time to improve what you've done or change it or to add a bit more .... hey this list seems familiar. epiphany: Wives are the ULTIMATE project managers.

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Dalek Dave wrote: Why are Aliens only abducting amusingly uneducated rednecks? I personally think that the aliens first abducted a Cubs fan as a control - So we can expect to see more UFO and abduction reports in the next few weeks as the aliens investigate the effect of playoffs to the denizens of the Ivy ballpark.

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

Our requirements are quite relaxed. We expect the candidate to be able to write some code. They can't. End of.

Point taken - and I appreciate the politeness you've shown in responding to my outburst.

Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

... but if they can't show that they know the stuff on their CV then there isn't a lot I can do.

Unfortunately, I'm not surprised that a "bloated" CV is so prevalent. I wish that in light of your subsequent comments I could offer any real help, but I cannot. My own experiences are to avoid college graduates like the plague due to their being almost impossible to teach properly after the college experience. I have had pleasant experiences mentoring/teaching high-school teenagers (Great Kids!) through the FIRST program but again, I suspect that does not help. My only suggestion (effectively useless) is to use my original questions to filter out some of the responders and leave an easier task in finding the "diamonds in the rough".

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Subsequent note: First, sorry about the outburst :sigh::sigh::sigh:. It was prompted by the fact that as an older developer/analyst and consultant I can relate to the difference between what a company wants and what it will offer. I recently took a position with a company that paid less than I could reasonably expect elsewhere. Normally I would not have considered it but two things made it an easy decision: 1- They REALLY treat their workers as people and assets not just lip service (tools to be discarded for newer cheaper foreign models) and accordingly offer substantial professional and personal opportunities and satisfaction. 2- They have an interesting environment revamping and refining the processes of software development in a SOA world. Being treated as an intelligent and interesting addition is wonderful, and being asked for advice and suggestions regarding process, workflows, tools, and documentation is incredibly complimentary and certainly engages my interest. You will need to offer one (or both) to entice the skilled people you want, and you'll still have to troll through the wannabe's and incompetents. PS: I'm enjoying work again for the first time in a loooonnnnnnngggggg while.

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Hiring graduates is fine - subject to these rules Can they think a problem through and decompose it? (Shows process ability) Can they readily explain something(Anything)? (Shows communication ability) Can they summarize a tract of text? (Shows comprehension ability) Can they answer on 5 subjects concurrently? (shows executive function ability) Can they ask intelligent questions (Shows analytic ability) Of course, 90% of the people we deal with daily would fail. Now the rant - :mad: :mad: DAMMIT!!!! :mad: :mad: I am fed up with this "can't find" whining - US Businesses did this to themselves by refusing to pay a fair wage for fair value for the last 20 years - if the public only wants a $10 car then thats all the market will have available! If your company is ruled by the CFO then you're screwed - you'll never pay enough or be interesting enough for the few "talents" out there. Paying "entry" wages for grads just means they'll leave as fast as they can for a better job. However, if your company has a CEO who rules the roost and values old time concepts like fair pay for fair work then ... Relax your d**n requirements a little - consider and retrain some older programmers. They have the hard skills above (which Grads rarely have) and require less or equal training. They bring other things to the table too - Stability, experience and wisdom. They may cost a little more, but bring greater value than the increase. If this is unpalatable then just hire some indian/russian/chinese outsourcer, give them your IP and company future and be done with it. End of rant! Sorry - you hit a tender spot.

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Valid point regarding the const - the information IS important to C++ but can be dealt with at the C# model level (remove the need). I looked at the demo - fairly nice tool but addresses pure conversion only. A very real secondary need (almost at the same level as pure translation) is the ability to place the C++ code into a UML model - not just the class diagrams, but sequence etc diagrams too. Then I can "Fix" some issues of the basic model, perform package management, remodel the design, etc, and regenerate/test. I would suggest you look at CodeVizualizer (http://www.codedrawer.com/ - $50) which is a great tool for learning individual code segments but doesn't have the ability to generate all documentation I require/need for analysis, nor does it provide the big picture. I would highly recommend it for a utility tool for a C++ maintenance/enhancement project, but it falls short of being a "corporate" architect tool.

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

I decided to make my life much harder than it is and convert some C++ code I have to C# (and possibly Java some day). Please - no "Why do that you dummy" responses, that serves no purpose. Also, with NO EXCEPTIONS there isno single tool to take a C++ code set, reverse it to a complete UML model and re-engineer it into C# (there are numerous tools that kinda do parts, but still leave too much work. I figured out that a combination of 6(six) yes 6 tools will provide that process at a total cost to myself of too much (money and effort). Lastly, C++ has too much complexity and I refuse to pander to it anymore than I must - AND I DO NOT WANT TO WRITE MY OWN PARSER for all the crap that's snuck into it. Actually I'm answering some personal questions I have about development and processes in general and this seemed like a good test. Also I have a large body of "real" C++ code I'd like to rebuild in C# and I'm working on a methodology and VS tools to do it. I selected this specific code for specific reasons and is quite large and complex (its the source code to a windows based RTS game from a few years back), and I think I have a handle on most issues. However .... I would like suggestions as to how to gracefully handle the following situations: (what I'm currently doing in parens) - TYPEDEF's (So far I've punted and done a global Search and Replace) - Macros (Utility functions) - Unions (distinct structs, remodelled use) - const (removed and ignored) Any physiologically possible solutions gratefully received and considered. If you have any additional problems in this (such as struct inheritance) please let me know. If I get the time I'll post an article on this subject (with attributions) - I can't be the only person wishing for a NET/C# alternative to some of the s****y C++ code out there. Nor the only person who wants tools to make it more efficient.

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Rocky Moore wrote:

Will be back to the "who's on first base" stuff.

that's right

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

#1 I'd make Dogs much better conversationalists. Mine just kind of looks at me with big brown eyes. #2 I'd make teenagers actually use their brains (Mother Nature apparently switches off the grey matter from 13 to 25) #3 I'd make Common Sense common (see #2) #4 Beer (oh we have that already - sorry) #5 A decent bullpen for the Braves. #6 A bullpen meltdown for the Mets, Phillies, Nationals, and Marlins. Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Paladin. Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

OK - it's obviously a specification from the US government.

Ed.Poore wrote:

The Welsh will always support two teams: The Welsh, and anyone playing Englan

The correct statement is "The English will always support two teams - England and everybody against the French" Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.

Cynical but unfortunately all too true. As a tormented soul in the deepest depths of software development hell ("why plan it now when we can do a death march in 6 months") I would add: GET THE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS! Find out the expectations - what the USERS want, need, and are expecting. I suspect your Boss didn't bother with this or he'd know what to ask you to produce. Speak with AND LISTEN TO the developers, testers, support, and the HELP/Manual document writers, if they don't know what you're doing they cannot give you their cases/scenarios and any realistic estimates of time/resource needs, known issues, workarounds, etc Make emails, IM's, phone conversations PART OF THE DOCS - 90% of the things that will kill you - scope changes, bad decisions, parallel development, undocumented dependencies, changes, etc - come from this. In all documents I write I add an appendix which keeps a record of things like rationale, problems, solutions, future ideas/plans, business changes, etc. This pure CYA. Discuss document options with users, developers, etc, but MAKE DECISIONS QUICKLY - don't defer till someone tells you. Otherwise you'll be sitting on your ass 7 hours a day and working in a frenzy for the other 3 hours of the 8 hour day and reading/marking up documents all night. If you have the authority, assign tasks to others with a time expectation - DONT dump it on somebody else, just get them to do THEIR job. A senior developer should do class diagrams, not a business analyst. A business analyst should do use cases, not interaction diagrams. Nothing is impossible, we just don't know the way of it yet.