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All very good points indeed. I've been working for this person for over three years with side-business, we have a solid understanding of each other and I understand their brands an…

Thanks, and yes, I am looking for some kind of hidden gotcha, because it sounds a little too good to be true. Maybe I'm just skeptical as it will be my first job outside of a corpo…

hey all you HN'ers, I've been mulling over this decision this weekend and thought I'd get some input from people who are actually doing it. I got an offer from someone I do a lot o…

That's it, I'm throwing away my G1...this whole time I thought it was a server.

When you consider that not only do these systems run a lot of batch processing daily, they also have user interfaces through things like CICS, which users are allowed to login and …

Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not defending it. It frustrates me on a daily basis, especially without having a relational database for some critical information.

In my experience, the reasons are mostly just because it's been the standard for so long at said shop. Most people using mainframes don't make money off of their IT department, the…

Some people still refuse to invest in DB2 though, and so you're stuck with VSAM/Flatfiles for your data. It's a horrible time sink.

Right, and incredibly high speeds is definitely accurate. I can't remember the amount of instructions/second our mainframe can handle, but I remember it being in the multiple hundr…

A friend of mine always says "Your code should explain what it does, comments should explain why.". I agree with with you and him completely.

I wanted to open some dialog with you about this, but I believe your email address might be incorrect or there was an issue with how I converted it that I can't find. Care to send …

I can't help but feel a tinge of enlightenment from reading his articles. Maybe not enlightenment, maybe....reinforcement. Thank you so much for posting this link.

To add to this: The reason the text-indent trick is used was normally for header replacement, navigation replacement, et cetera, and was a method of providing strong naming that di…

This is exactly right. It's an old marketing trick, plays into your initial reaction with the price tag. And often times people will round it down instead of up, so $99.99 will be …

As a G1 owner (which I do love), I would love to get my hands on an HTC Hero and hack it to work on T-Mobile....I've never wanted to switch carriers until I was disappointed with t…

On a similar note, let's not forget the amount of corporations that run Windows XP because it's the most ideal solution for their software. I don't know about most other corporatio…

And I've used both every day for years. I don't cringe moving from OSX to Windows 7 and back (even XP isn't that bad, just less fun). In fact, I don't even blink an eyelash over it…

I hear ya, and yeah I've seen the issues related to the Macs on the forums, though I think they've come a long ways in the recent months. On that note, the OCZ forums are awesome, …

I have an OCZ SSD in my desktop machine and I can agree with you, the biggest noticeable difference to me is in moving and deleting large files. I can't remember the last time I ha…

I think the Vertex is the one I put in my desktop machine. Absolutely love it. Need to upgrade my MBP to an SSD in the near future.

I'm still pretty wet behind the ears, but looking through Quake source (and quake 2), was quite the experience. I though the code was beautiful, as well as impressed with how DRY e…

ahahaha, I'm sure she was happy you ruined her fun as well. Good stuff, I'll check out those games, my 5 year old isn't terribly interested in tic tac toe anymore.

What is your suggestion to replace that? As some careers demand a certain level of competency and skill (Doctors, Nurses, Civil Engineers, et cetera)? Are you saying the confidence…

Very informative, I think your take on it, because of your location, leads to a better understanding of the area and the tensions. Helps people like me understand it a little bette…

Ahh, what puzzle games do you play? Any suggestions from the market?