29-03-2009
I've released a "hacked" version of
huskervu installer that doesn't complain about missing .NET Framework 1.1.4322 in Windows Vista.
09-03-2009
Screenshot Online 2009 R02 released.
08-03-2009
I've released a simple tool for uploading and sharing screenshots online.
Screenshot Online
01-03-2009
Vydal som novú verziu
Offline Geocaching Packs.
23-02-2009: Test vernosti
Do
zvukovej sekcie pribudli testy vernosti z rádia Evropa 2.
18-02-2009: BeyerDynamic DT 990 Pro
Po dlhom porovnávaní parametrov mi do
zbierky pribudli referenčné slúchadlá
BeyerDynamic DT 990 Pro, vhodné pre gigantické hlavy, s vyrovnanou frekvenčnou charakteristikou a s krúteným káblom, po ktorom si už nebudem prechádzať kolieskom stoličky.
headphoneinfo.com
16-02-2009: Indian programmers
Dodatok k včerajšej zmienke o indických programátoroch, ktorý som objavil v diskusii.
I have worked on a vast number of offshoring/outsourcing projects and I have a pretty clear idea of what an Indian developer is like. First of all, indeed there are a few who are bright. But the vast majority have these problems:
1. They are sloppy coders. For example, I worked for a large Insurance company and we had huge projects in which we needed about 80 offshore members. Well, for example, I designed a feature using Hibernate and SOA and coded about a dozen complete examples. Well, I went off to work on something else and came back and looked at the code we were getting from the Indians. What a bunch of crap. Given a perfect example, they immediately started introducing sloppiness and magic numbers and basically showed that they did not understand. I brought it up with my manager and he agreed - after having looked at their code versus mine (he was a former coder) that they were producing crap. This was unfortunately common and we learned that they would fail unless we gave them a code-by-numbers instructions.
2. They cannot think up any new ideas. In my experience, we had this common problem that the Indians could not really invent anything. I was puzzled and even tried experiments, asking a few promising members to code up a solution to a problem. They could not come up with anything. I'm puzzled as to why but I think it may be the culture in the US of building things in childhood. In the US, we grow up building and dreaming up things and inventing. I have heard that other countries such as India do not do that, generally.
3. Willingness to code using worst practices. After about five years at the Insurance co, I moved to a large city where they had a contingent of Indians who had been there for years. Well, when I started examining their code, I found a host of worst-practices. And they fought me when I attempted to object and finally my manager saw what I was talking about and blew his top. They had no problem doing all their database calls from within a JSP, mingling model and view without a problem. They had no problem hard coding production passwords in JSPs - publically visible to anyone who knew how to click "View Source" Can you say SOX audit?
They didn't believe in putting their code in source control. They didn't believe in Java packages. They didn't believe in using an IDE! So, all of these things has been an awakening for me. If American companies begin to rely as they are on offshore programmers, I fear for the quality of the software that is produced.
Sure, there are many excellent Indian programmers. But the vast majority of them are just plain idiots. I have had experience with so many of them I look on that as a fact. It's not racist to state a fact that accords with my experience.
No a ak niekomu neprišla výplata...
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We have a PAYROLL application that runs on MS Access 2003 and uses msdatgrd.ocx. Our customers were not able to pay their employees today. Thank god for this post. We told everyone to remove the update."
15-02-2009: Update Rollup for ActiveX Kill Bits
Inderjeet Singh Sehgal
Pozrel som si prvých 12 častí seriálu Život na zámku. Po dvoch dňoch hrabania sa v registroch troch rozličných verzií Windowsov mi to pripadá ako dobre využitý čas. Microsoft v piatok vydal
Update Rollup for ActiveX Kill Bits (
KB960715), ktorý nám odstavil aplikáciu. Nejaký zmrd sa rozhodol, že komponenty RefEdit a Flexgrid už nie sú podporované. Pri analýze som zistil, že MS Office sa zaujíma o nastavenia v subkey
Internet Explorer - to je taká tá indická logika. Vypotil som *.reg súbor, ktorým som to dočasne rozbehal vo Windows Vista, ale na firemnom Windows XP to ako inak, nefunguje. Tu nefunguje nič štandardne.
V poslednom čase už neprogramujem, len sa modlím. Aby zasa nejaký sabotér z
University of Delhi zamestnaný v Microsofte nevydal rozhodnutie o rolloute service packu, ktorý nám bez varovania (a hlavne bezdôvodne) odpáli nejakú funkcionalitu. A keď to aj urobí, budem musieť programovať nejaký odrb, pretože vo firme nemám ani práva spustiť *.reg súbor. Moja práca už snáď spočíva len v tom, že si naštudujem, kto čo do(píp)al, nájdem spôsob ako to o(píp)ať a spôsob ako vy(píp)ať s adminom, aby som nejakú záplatu vôbec mohol aplikovať. No a popri tom by som ešte mal aj programovať, akurát že netuším kedy.
Na obrázku je
Inderjeet Singh Sehgal,
Computer specialist at BIC, JNC
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12-02-2009
I've received a feedback from Electronic Intifada.
Dear ProJee
You answered our call for support at the moment we needed it most, and your gift will have a lasting impact.
Thank you for your generous donation of US $20.00 on 5. Jan. 2009, to the Middle East Cultural and Charitable Society/EI Project (MECCS) to support the educational work of The Electronic Intifada. Your donation is tax deductible as allowed under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code if you are a U.S taxpayer. This letter serves confirms that you did not receive any goods or services in exchange. The Federal EIN of MECCS is 04-3105608.
The last few weeks have been dominated by Israel’s massive attack on the Gaza Strip. During this period, mainstream media organizations were locked out of Gaza by Israel. The Electronic Intifada (EI) was one of the few independent media organizations with its own correspondents inside Gaza, providing real-time coverage of the people there and the horrifying events that Israel did not want the world to witness. Nowhere but EI could you find the range of first-hand accounts, analysis, and images produced by people living through the events.
From the moment the crisis began, the EI team worked around the clock. In addition to publishing, we fielded dozens of calls and emails from radio and television stations and newspapers around the world wanting to learn from us what was happening on the ground. In the first week, the number of visitors to our website increased tenfold, and we have gained thousands of new readers, some of whom wrote to tell us of their new commitment to working for justice and peace.
With a tentative ceasefire in place, media attention will drift elsewhere, but Palestinians will be left to cope with the ongoing effects of violence, colonization and siege. It’s also likely that the events in Gaza will trigger major political changes – across the region and perhaps the world. Thanks to your support, we will have the resources to reach more people in 2009 with the world-class reporting and analysis from leading experts that makes EI a unique resource.
I am pleased to share the news that on March 13, EI will be presented with the Crossroads Fund’s Donald F. Erickson Synapses Award for our “comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine.” This honor recognizes all who make EI happen, including dedicated friends like you who know our work is necessary and who support it each day.
In solidarity and peace,
Ali Abunimah
Executive Director
The Electronic Intifada (EI), found at
electronicIntifada.net, publishes news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective. Get involved and
donate to support the work of the Electronic Intifada. I've spent another twenty bucks today to let the people know how the zionists treat civilians.
11-02-2009
I've written a short guide "
how to configure Virtual Display for BCF2000 with FL Studio 8 on 64-bit Windows Vista".
02-02-2009
Hotovo, kompletne som prešiel z Windows 2003 Server Enterprise na
64-bitovú Vistu. Windows 2003 mal zopár neduhov, napríklad častý
BSOD pri hraní CounterStrike - pravdepodobne spôsobený konfliktom medzi grafickou a TV kartou a podivné zvuky vychádzajúce zo zvukovky pri viac ako 3GB RAM. Upgradoval som na 8GB RAM, 36GB Raptor som vymenil za 150GB Velociraptor a ako bonus som k tomu pridal MIDI controller Behringer BCF2000. Velociraptor je o hodne rýchlejší, viď benchmarky.
Raptor 36GB 10.000RPM
VelociRaptor 150GB 10.000RPM
26.01.2009
64-bitová vista úspešne nainštalovaná, pokračujem v testovaní.
15.01.2009
I've released a new version of the
Powerbatch utility.
11.01.2009
"Slovensko bolo kedysi farárskou republikou s právne zakotveným militantným antisemitizmom. Kultúrne dedičstvo Slovenska, ku ktorému sa po roku 1989 neobyčajne silno vracali všetky významnejšie kultúrne prúdy, napríklad literatúra a história, sú silno poznačené stereotypom Žida - nepriateľa."
Pavol Mešťan, riaditeľ Múzea židovskej kultúry v Bratislave
"Priatelia" pokračujú v úspešnej deratizácii cudzieho územia a podoteraz sa im podarilo prinavrátiť do lona Abrahámovho 854 palestínčanov. Kiež by sme my militanti mali okolo seba viac takýchto priateľov. Dobrý pocit hrial by nás pri srdci a biely fosfor na pokožke.
09.01.2009
"Všetci chcú vaše dobro. Nedajte si ho vziať." () Po zhliadnutí tohoto 73 minútového filmu som konečne prestal zadržiavať dych a vypustil som z pľúc smrtiaci oxid uhličitý. Anglický originál bez titulkov.
The Great Global Warming Swindle Documentary Film
06.01.2009
Plánujem prechod na Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Zatiaľ ju mám nainštalovanú na
vmware virtual machine a zohnal som všetky potrebné 64-bitové ovládače. Dokonca už vo Viste nemusím inštalovať ovládač na DVD-RAM ani
klávesy. Momentálne triedim zbierku VST pluginov a sliedim po cenníkoch hardware. 36GB raptor mi už ako systémový disk nestačí (len taký
Garritan personal orchestra zhltne niekoľko GB) a tak špekulujem nad 150GB Velociraptorom a upgrade na 8GB RAMky, keď už prechádzam na tých 64-bitov. 40 evri za 4GB je dosť dobrá cena.
Prispel som skromnou sumou na
Middle East Cultural and Charitable Society, Inc. (MECCS/EI Project) (
electronicintifada.net)
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Show your support for fearless, independent reporting and analysis on Palestine and the Middle East that inspires people all over the world to work for peace with justice! "
04.01.2009
"When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against the population they are crushing... You can't defend yourself when you're militarily occupying someone else's land. That's not defense. Call it what you like, it's not defense." Noam Chomsky
Palestine Think Tank
The Eletronic Intifada