Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Is learning languages overrated?

2011-03-03 Thread shainnif ismail
Learning different languages gives you perspective, widening your toolkit of solutions.And gives you the ability and skills to pick the right tool for the job at hand. Every language has its own idioms which maybe better suited to your problem than java. New languages are about improving

Re: [The Java Posse] The Kindle

2011-01-18 Thread shainnif ismail
Those tablets are pretty poor though. The kindle is a dedicated reading device with a solid ecosystem. The price will drop on a kindle, but i guess that a new version similar to the nook colour will come out at some point, but i think that amazon will think twice about entering the tablet market

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Developers are voting with their feet in2011 (destination Android).

2011-01-13 Thread shainnif
I was told that the london oyster system runs on windows as well. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Alexey Zinger inline_f...@yahoo.com Sender: javaposse@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:59:39 To: javaposse@googlegroups.com Reply-To:

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Web Based Diagramming tool mentioned severalepisodes ago?

2011-01-10 Thread shainnif
I have used balsamic as well it is great. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: mlo55 mickl...@gmail.com Sender: javaposse@googlegroups.com Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 02:55:26 To: The Java Possejavaposse@googlegroups.com Reply-To: javaposse@googlegroups.com

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: GigaSpaces

2011-01-04 Thread shainnif
One of the european product managers did a presentation at the london cloud computing meetup at skills matter a few months ago. I seem to recall that it was fairly illuminating. I will see if I can find the link. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Ricky

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: GREAT READ - SO TRUE!

2010-12-29 Thread shainnif
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Kirk kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com Sender: javaposse@googlegroups.com Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:46:29 To: javaposse@googlegroups.com Reply-To: javaposse@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Re: GREAT READ - SO TRUE!

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Popularity of Programming languages

2010-12-16 Thread shainnif
To u both. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse) jnux...@gmail.com Sender: javaposse@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:48:20 To: The Java Possejavaposse@googlegroups.com Reply-To: javaposse@googlegroups.com Subject: [The Java

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: looking for: android podcast client

2010-11-03 Thread shainnif ismail
I use beyond pod On 3 Nov 2010 23:15, Steven Herod steven.he...@gmail.com wrote: I've just started using doggcatcher. UI is a bit complex, but I like the way I can schedule my downloads when on Wifi and power. On Nov 4, 8:54 am, Graham Allan grundlefl...@googlemail.com wrote: I recommend

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Apple has just deprecated Java on the Mac!!!

2010-10-21 Thread shainnif ismail
My Mac is just a tool, it may be a favourite one right now. But when a tool is no longer useful you replace it. If they actually do remove the jdks without a decent alternative then I will regretfully move on. On 21 Oct 2010 09:02, robross rob.r...@gmail.com wrote: It means that as of 10.7

Re: [The Java Posse] email campaign? Apple has just deprecated Java on the Mac!!!

2010-10-21 Thread shainnif ismail
sj...@apple.com? On 21 Oct 2010 12:57, Kirk kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com wrote: On another thought, does anyone know the best route for us to use to express our displeasure? Kirk On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Casper Bang wrote: Which we all know just ain't true, as has been demonstrated time and

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Pick your own Pizza Topping

2010-10-05 Thread shainnif ismail
+1 Pinapple wrong so wrong. On 5 Oct 2010 18:43, Casper Bang casper.b...@gmail.com wrote: With all due respect, you must be new here. This is not a JSR mailing- list, there has always been enough leeway to fool around a bit on this group. If it bothers you, I'd suggest you keep your email for

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: It is hard to be a good developer

2010-07-12 Thread shainnif ismail
One of my favorite theme at university http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle On 12 Jul 2010 16:56, Casper Bang casper.b...@gmail.com wrote: That 80-20 rule turns up everywhere. I find it most interesting that in many languages you can do 80% of the job with 20% of the features - and it

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: This years JavaZone trailer is out. Really fun!

2010-07-10 Thread shainnif ismail
Think that you might be overthinking this one slightly. On 10 Jul 2010 13:15, Christian Catchpole christ...@catchpole.net wrote: Yes, I thought that myself. Why would Java be bad but not the mac. But then realised, it's not real. :) But to be serious about the scripting of the trailer, I think

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread shainnif ismail
have you tried safari books? safaribooksonline.com/ most of the books can be seen on a mobile device Regards Shaine Ismail On 8 July 2010 19:51, Robert Casto casto.rob...@gmail.com wrote: Maning doesn't have everything I want to read but it might be a good start. I have a subscription to

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Android tablet

2010-07-05 Thread shainnif ismail
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Re: [The Java Posse] Android tablet

2010-07-04 Thread shainnif ismail
http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=199911se=s5577 about 10 days time in the UK. The Dell streak is available now ( not really a tablet more a big phone). Regards Shaine Ismail On 4 July 2010 14:56, Mohamed Bana moha...@bana.org.uk wrote: Hi Folks, any idea when an Android tablet will be

Re: [The Java Posse] how to open a image

2010-06-29 Thread shainnif ismail
Good luck have you written any code yet? On 29 Jun 2010 08:07, marc pavi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone i am new to java. i am writing a small program to show the path of the image in my hard drive so the program gives the path to the user so that the user can go to the image by clikcing the

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Less IPhone

2010-06-23 Thread shainnif ismail
I agree with dianne. Thanks guys I really enjoy the podcasts On 23 Jun 2010 21:41, Dianne Marsh dmm...@gmail.com wrote: Wow. I'm pretty surprised that anyone feels entitled to complain about a podcast that is researched, recorded, and produced on volunteer time. And it's an amazing podcast

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Less IPhone

2010-06-16 Thread shainnif ismail
If it was dead I wouldn't have to deal with that cadaver On 16 Jun 2010 11:43, Viktor Klang viktor.kl...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Wildam Martin mwil...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 ... I thought there was a global consensus that VB is dead? I have

Re: [The Java Posse] how to define ResultSet value to a variable

2010-06-16 Thread shainnif ismail
have you tried to use using the column index On 15 June 2010 10:27, marc pavi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all I am getting an error on the following code when I want to access the variable TotalSale out side the loop. ***

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: can not find variable

2010-05-29 Thread shainnif ismail
back of the sofa? Regards Shaine Ismail On 29 May 2010 02:04, Christian Catchpole christ...@catchpole.net wrote: can not find variable have you checked your pockets? :) On May 29, 10:16 am, Luke Vandervort ezr...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you! On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:42,

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: A Brain For your PC

2010-05-25 Thread shainnif ismail
I went to a talk at Edinburgh University many years ago, about Neurolinguistics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurolinguistics) specifically on Semantics, and its use in computer science eg translating human language to code using intelligent programs, mapping concepts rather than words. It

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: A Brain For your PC

2010-05-25 Thread shainnif ismail
interesting to monitor when GoogleTV launches. On May 25, 3:17 pm, shainnif ismail shain...@googlemail.com wrote: I went to a talk at Edinburgh University many years ago, about Neurolinguistics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurolinguistics) specifically on Semantics, and its use

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Is HTML 5 here sooner than we think?

2010-05-20 Thread shainnif ismail
Well it sort of depends who has the cash -- who really cares about the 60% if they have no money or aren't going to spend it on your product. Regards Shaine On 19 May 2010 18:48, CKoerner chessm...@gmail.com wrote: Oh I don't think we should wait on those XP/IE6 companies as a developer. But

Re: [The Java Posse] How does one setup Eclipse and Android for Mac OSX

2010-05-05 Thread shainnif ismail
Java should just be on your path i.e. /usr/bin/java Regards Shaine Ismail On 5 May 2010 12:51, Kram mark.macum...@gmail.com wrote: I am very new to the Mac platform but have been using Windows and a bit of Linux for a long time, I would ideally like to jump into Android development but Im

Re: [The Java Posse] Best Blogging Tool for Providing Coding Examples

2010-04-30 Thread shainnif ismail
wordpress is the one i use. and use the code/code tags Regards Shaine Ismail On 30 April 2010 14:00, jwmajors81 jwmajor...@gmail.com wrote: Recently I've been writing blog articles to help programmers at work learn newer technologies that we are implementing and I also have been describing

Re: [The Java Posse] Can I easily deploy a java app to a hosting provider

2010-03-11 Thread shainnif ismail
Or ec2 (the amazon clould ) which I have found very good thanks shaine On 11 Mar 2010 22:18, Wayne Fay wayne...@gmail.com wrote: Will this be an issue? Or would I have to learn php or something because hosting it would be mor... Any reason you're not considering hosting it on Googe App

Re: [The Java Posse] Personal projects for self development

2010-03-09 Thread shainnif ismail
thanks shaine On 9 Mar 2010 17:34, Rakesh rakesh.mailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, any ideas on projects one can do to keep their skills up to date? I'm always thinking it would be great to have some project where i can try out new techniques and tools to gain some experience. For example, I've

Re: [The Java Posse] Is there something like Google Code or SourceForge that we can install on a corporate intranet?

2010-03-08 Thread shainnif ismail
I believe that source forge have a supported version which you can pay for. thanks shaine On 8 Mar 2010 18:49, Kfir Shay kfir.s...@gmail.com wrote: I believe github can be installed locally On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Eric Winter ejwin...@gmail.com wrote: I work at a fairly large... --

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Posse 297: Why the iPad is bad for tinkering.

2010-02-15 Thread shainnif
You have to default to something Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: CKoerner chessm...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:03:38 To: The Java Possejavaposse@googlegroups.com Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Posse 297: Why the iPad is bad for tinkering. Why is

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Joe's R/C Copter

2010-01-14 Thread shainnif
Lies,dam lies and statistics Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Kevin Wright kev.lee.wri...@googlemail.com Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:29:18 To: javaposse@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Joe's R/C Copter Statistically, fixed wing is safer