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Useful functions within Crystal Reports
This list is for useful functions used within standard Crystal Reports. It is for poor report writers and analysts expected to learn application the way I did -- good old trial and error!
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A Collection Of Useful .NET Functions C#
This is a collection of useful .NET functions (C#) that every developer must have. It will save you a lot of repetitive tasks. For beginners, it's also a great learning reference. Please post comments if you need help using them. Happy programming!
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Best US cities to visit... and when!
It's not enough to say a city is an awesome place to see. If you visit where I live in winter, you'd have no idea it's one of the most beautiful cities in the world (see Seattle/Portland in Summer, below.)
Here are a few suggestions, from my own experiences along with those of my trusted friends.
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Best Restaurants in Addison, Texas (North Dallas)
Although there are restaurants on every corner in Addison, Texas. I find it hard to break away from the same restaurants I eat at during my work lunch. I'm creating this list to help others and myself find new places to dine in Addison and the N. Dallas areas.
Please help by adding to the collection and or rate your favorite restaurant!
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You can find more restaurants here: http://www.addisontexas.net
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Some of the craziest websites found
A list of the craziest, stupidest, dumbest, websites around! Don't say I didn't warn you!
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Hot girls on MySpace
If you have a MySpace, you know there is a lot of spam! Fake profiles of hot women trying to coax you to their porn sites. We know better! This is a list of hot real women on my friends list!
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A collection of cool, funny, and corny pictures found on the web.
animal pictures,adult pictures,funny pictures,baby pictures,celebrity pictures,redneck pictures, cool pics
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Ways to get pirated software and digital media
In the digital age some would argue that piracy has become a serious social and economic problem. If you look hard enough you can get any software title, movie, song or anything digital on the Internet. Illegal software use in the US accounts for 25 -
50% and and average of 57.8% worldwide. Vietnam and China are the worst with 92% software piracy. In China, you can go to a any market and buy CDs or DVDs for a $1. These are full blown Windows XP Pro and unreleased movie titles.
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Things to know when travelling to Egypt
I've always been fascinated by the pyramids of Egypt, its culture, and the Nile river. I glad I used all my vacation time for this year and spent well over $4,000.
Because Egypt's economy relies heavily on tourist revenues the people cater to the tourists. Tourist buses seemed to have the right of way. People took pictures and waved as you drove by.
My overall impression of Egypt was good but I don't think I'd go back for another visit. I hope the list below will help new travelers to Eg more...
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Collection of Useful JavaScript Functions
JavScript know as voodoo magic has become quite a pain when dealing with cross browser support. This is collection of useful cross browser JavaScript functions all web developers should have. I plan to be adding some AJAX widgets as soon as I learn more about JavaScript!
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1. How to import IIS logs into a database
This windows batch script will loop through files in a directory filtering for files with the extension .log. The log LogParser is executed with the database parameters.
To use this windows batch script you must download Microsoft's Log Parser.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&displaylang=en
Then save the below script as something.bat file and execute!
echo off
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echo IIS Log Parser Import To SQL Server
FOR /r C:\temp\ %%G IN (*.log) DO c:\"program files"\"log parser 2.2"\LogParser "SELECT date, time, c-ip, cs-username, s-ip, s-port, cs-method, cs-uri-stem, cs-uri-query, sc-status, cs(User-Agent) FROM %%G TO TestLogTable" -o:SQL -server:dw-ics-dev -driver:"SQL Server" -database:IISLogDatabase -username:youruname -password:yourpassword -createtable:ON
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2. How imperfect we humans really are
Humans are not modest animals. We boast and marvel at our own biological greatness. But when we anazlyze the data, we find out how imperfect we really are.
- 3% to 5% of babies are born with birth defects, out of the 128.9 million births per year, 3.8 million to 6.5 million babies die per year due to defects
- 70% of birth Defects are unknown
- 30% of pregancies end in miscarriage rate, over 40 million unborn babies die each year
- 10% of the human population has an IQ less than 80, equivalent to hominids 100,000 years ago, also known as dumb!
- We exhale more oxygen than we breathe in, how inefficient!
- We care for our young up to the age of 18, some species are born without parenting!
- Humans have poor eye sight, humans only see in white light, some animals like such as lizards see in ultraviolet! Eagles can zoom in on their prey.
- it takes 200-600 million sperm to fertilize one embryo during natural intercourse. Only a small handful make it to egg the others die.
- humans constantly eat and drink, crocodiles can go 30 days on eating a pound of meat. the more we eat, the faster we die!
- we start to die as soon we are born! the oldest human recorded died at the age of 122! the oldest turtle still alive is over 175!
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3. Idiot's Guide to Making your Company Suck
This is a list of top reasons why companies suck. Do these things and your company can suck too! We must all learn to contribute to our management's efforts to run our companies into the ground.
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4. Bold Claims!
One thing to learn from history and it is that never discount anything and anything can happen with enough time, money, and motivation. And why not throw in prayer! Here is a list of bold claims made by some famous reputable people we can laugh at!
"The end of the world will surely come in eighteen hundred and eighty one."
- Mother Shipton, English Prophet, c.1600
"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin."
- Cardinal Bellarmine, on Galileo's trial, 1615
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
- Lord Kelvin
"Ours has been the first, and doubtless to be the last, to visit this profitless locality."
- Lt. Joseph Ives after visiting the Grand Canyon in 1861.
"One day there will be a telephone in every major city in the USA."
- Alexander Graham Bell, c.1880
"Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax."
- William Thomson, Lord Kelvin English Scientist, 1899
"The telephone may be appropriate for our American cousins, but not here, because we have an adequate supply of messenger boys."
- Group of British experts, c.1900
"Well-informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires and that were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical value."
- Editorial in the Boston Post, 1865
"When the Paris Exhibition closes, electric light will close with it and no more be heard of."
- Erasmus Wilson, Professor at Oxford University, 1878
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
- Charles Duell, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
"Aircraft are interesting toys, but of no military value."
- Marshal Foch, France, 1912
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
- Associates of David Sarnoff, manager of an early US radio network, 1920s
"Before the twentieth century closes, the earth will be purged of its foulest shame, the killing of men in battle under the name of war."
- Andrew Carnegie
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
- Popular Mechanics, 1949
"Because everything in her home is waterproof, the housewife of 2000 can do her daily cleaning with a hose."
- Popular Mechanics, 1950
"There will never be a bigger plane built."
- A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that carried ten people.
"Liquid crystal displays can be used for the presentation of images."
- Scientific American, 1970
"It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister."
- Margaret Thatcher, 1974
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."
- Irving Fisher, 1929
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
- Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
"No one will need more than 637Kb of memory for a personal computer."
- Bill Gates, Microsoft (early 1970's)
"Customers do not want online games."
- Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, 2004
source: http://www.bold-claim.com
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5. Landing an IT Developer Position
The IT industry is back on its feet and the job market has shifted to become a workers market. A good developer can almost pick and choose his job these days.
My responsibility as a hiring manager is to find the most qualified individual at a salary the company can afford! Typically the job market is paying 45-55K, 55-65K, 65K and up for entry, junior, and senior level developer positions respectively. Salary is also affected by experience, the company, and industry.
The past two years I've worked with many IT recruiters to fill entry, junior, and senior developer positions. I've interviewed at least 30 people and reviewed hundreds of resumes. I’ve interviewed some really good developers but they lacked the communication skills in the interview to give me the confidence to hire them on board. Here is some advice for your next interview.
1. Do your research
Research the company company’s industry, financial status, and the position you are applying for. This will come up in the interview. I get a lot of blank looks when I ask “what do you know about the company?” …
2. Keep up with latest trends
As a developer you must keep up with the latest trends in software, hardware, and programming methodologies. I spend 25% of my time investigating and experimenting with new technologies. Be prepared to discuss these findings. Practice with a friend.
3. Study basic interview questions
Study and practice basic interview questions such as "what are your strengths?", "what are your weaknesses?" It surprises me that interviewees are not prepared to answer these simple questions. This is a bad sign and they are immediately not considered for hire. Anticipate questions the hiring manager will be asking you. Prepare for those questions and be ready for anything.
4. Know your buzz words and programming fundamentals
In your interview make sure you throw in some industry buzz words. Know your acronyms and be sure you know what they mean! It would be quit embarrassing if you couldn't explain the word you just used.
Some easy ones you should know! FTP, SMTP, HTTP, XML, HTML, XLS
Refresh your self on programming fundamentals. Read up on data structures! If you are .NET developer you better know these: DataTable, DataSet, DataReader!
Object Oriented Programming is a term all managers throw around. Be sure you can clearly define OOP and are familiar with OOP objects. Class, struct, function, polymorphism, inheritance, namespace... you get the picture.
5. Be confident but not too confident
Hiring managers like to think they know more than the people they are interviewing. Make sure you answer the questions thoroughly but get to the point. Don’t get into a debate over technology with a manager. You’ll never get the job. But correct them nicely if you know they are wrong. I hired a person because she corrected me on the definition of an event handler.
6. Show interest and ask relevant questions
This can be accomplished by wearing the appropriate attire. Bring out your best suit! Ask important relevant questions that took you some time formulate. Let them know that you are a thinker. Don’t slouch during an interview and turn off your phone! Do I sound frustrated?
7. Shake with a firm grip
This is especially important for men. People are looking for high energy confident people. Not a limp noodle hand shaker.
8. What do you do outside of work?
A programmer I look for is someone whose hobby is programming. If you are technical hobbyist share with the manager what you’ve been working on.
9. Be a presenter
Be prepared to present, write, and explain code that you have written. Programmers should be see things as objects. It may also help to draw a diagram or something visual for the hiring manager.
10. Know your resume
When I interview someone, I go straight down the resume trying to find inconsistencies. If it’s on your resume, make sure you can explain it thoroughly. Not being able to do so is definitely a red flag.
Interviews are tough but with some practice and studying you can make it a whole lot easier. Be confident, be yourself, and know your material. Remember, the resume gets you in the door. The interview gets you the job. Good luck on your next interview!
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6. Useful functions within Crystal Reports
This list is for useful functions used within standard Crystal Reports. It is for poor report writers and analysts expected to learn application the way I did -- good old trial and error!
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7. Things I hate about Battlestar Galactica
Battle the orginal TV series created by the Sci Fi channel has a million geeky fans drooling over Number Six's (Tricia Helfer) knockin' body. The show has won Peabody, Hugo, and Saturn awards. With its great line of actors like Edward James Olmos, the great cgi effects we all expect from a good sci-fi. The stroy will take its fans on a great roller coaster ride.
I can't wait to see season four but I want to identify some stupid things about the show. Here they are!
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8. Some of the craziest websites found
A list of the craziest, stupidest, dumbest, websites around! Don't say I didn't warn you!
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9. Collection of Useful JavaScript Functions
JavScript know as voodoo magic has become quite a pain when dealing with cross browser support. This is collection of useful cross browser JavaScript functions all web developers should have. I plan to be adding some AJAX widgets as soon as I learn more about JavaScript!
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10. Things I Hate to do to Myself
I could kill myself for this!
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