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BBC hidden cam finds China selling prisoners’ organs

September 28th, 2006 deeznuts Comments off
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30% off plus additional 10% off when the discounted price is over $100

September 27th, 2006 deeznuts Comments off

Click here for actual site.

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S.T. Dupont Lighter contact info

September 27th, 2006 deeznuts Comments off

I recently sent my Dupont Lighter in for warranty work and had trouble finding there contact info on the web, so here it is.

S.T. Dupont
1425 Cranston Street
Cranston, Rhode Island
02920
Telphone: 800-341-7003

Hopfully my Gatsby ligher will be returned to me soon.

Anyone know the offical website to S.T. Dupont?

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How to Save Icon Positions in Windows

September 27th, 2006 deeznuts Comments off

Download a freeware program called icon restore.

Publisher Tim Taylor
File Size 281 kb
Version 1.0
Added Feb 02, 2004
License Freeware
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Requirements None

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Icon Restore WinXP

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MSNBC Olberman calls Bush out as a lying coward on National TV

September 26th, 2006 deeznuts Comments off
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Bobby Bad Finger my hero

September 25th, 2006 deeznuts 1 comment
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9/11 Whistleblower Poisoned, Dies (for toger)

September 24th, 2006 deeznuts Comments off
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Check out the comments on youtube.com

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1 Free Annual Credit Report

September 22nd, 2006 deeznuts Comments off

A friend of mine was able dig up a site for 1 free annual credit report.

Annualcreditreport.com

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Is Bush an Idiot? Funny clip from MSNBC

September 17th, 2006 deeznuts Comments off
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10 Programming Languages You Should Learn Right Now

September 15th, 2006 deeznuts Comments off

Source: eweek.com | Deborah Rothberg

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Knowing a handful of programming languages is seen by many as a harbor in a job market storm, solid skills that will be marketable as long as the languages are.

Yet, there is beauty in numbers. While there may be developers who have had riches heaped on them by knowing the right programming language at the right time in the right place, most longtime coders will tell you that periodically learning a new language is an essential part of being a good and successful Web developer.

“One of my mentors once told me that a programming language is just a programming language. It doesn’t matter if you’re a good programmer, it’s the syntax that matters,” Tim Huckaby, CEO of San Diego-based software engineering company CEO Interknowlogy.com, told eWEEK.

However, Huckaby said that while his company is “swimming” in work, he’s having a nearly impossible time finding recruits, even on the entry level, that know specific programming languages.

“We’re hiring like crazy, but we’re not having an easy time. We’re just looking for attitude and aptitude, kids right out of school that know .Net, or even Java, because with that we can train them on .Net,” said Huckaby.

“Don’t get fixated on one or two languages. When I started in 1969, FORTRAN, COBOL and S/360 Assembler were the big tickets. Today, Java, C and Visual Basic are. In 10 years time, some new set of languages will be the ‘in thing.’ …At last count, I knew/have learned over 24 different languages in over 30 years,” Wayne Duqaine, director of Software Development at Grandview Systems, of Sebastopol, Calif., told eWEEK.

By picking the brains of Web developers and IT recruiters, eWEEK selected 10 programming languages that are a bonus for developers to add to their resumes. Even better, they’re great jumping-off points, with loads of job opportunities for younger recruits.

1. PHP

  • What it is: An open-source, interpretive, server-side, cross-platform, HTML scripting language, especially well-suited for Web development as it can be embedded into HTML pages.
  • Why you should learn it: It’s particularly widely used. “High-speed scripting with caching, augmented with compiled code plug-ins (such as can be done with Perl and PHP) is where the future is. Building Web apps from scratch using C or COBOL is going the way of the dinosaur,” said Duquaine.
  • Job availabilities: 1,152*

    • 2. C#

  • What it is: A general-purpose, compiled, object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft as part of its .NET initiative, it evolved from C and C++
  • Why you should learn it: It’s an essential part of the .Net framework. “Learning C#, which is just Java with a different name plate, is critical if you heavily use Microsoft,” said Duquaine.
  • Job availabilities: 5,111

    • 3. AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)

  • What it is: Though technically not a programming language, AJAX uses XHTML or HTML, JavaScript and XML to create interactive Web applications.
  • Why you should learn it: Ever since Google Maps put AJAX, well, on the map, the requests for AJAX-knowledgeable pros went through the roof. “The demand for AJAX knowledge is huge because it’s so damned hard to learn,” said Huckaby. Of note, Microsoft announced recently plans to release a tool named Atlas that will make AJAX easier to implement. “If Microsoft’s Atlas tool is successful, it would bring the extreme complexity and annoyance of AJAX to the average worker,” said Huckaby.
  • Job availabilities : 1,106

    • 4. JavaScript

  • What it is: Not to be confused with Java, JavaScript is a an object-oriented, scripting programming language that runs in the Web browser on the client side. It’s smaller than Java, with a simplified set of commands, easier to code and doesn’t have to be compiled.
  • Why you should learn it: Embedded into HTML, it’s used in millions of Web pages to validate forms, create cookies, detect browsers and improve the design. With its simplicity to learn as well as wide use, it’s considered a great bang for your educational buck.
  • Job availabilities: 4,406

    • 5. Perl

  • What it is: Perl is an open-source, cross-platform, server-side interpretive programming language used extensively to process text through CGI programs.
  • Why you should learn it: Perl’s power in processing of piles of text has made it very popular and widely used to write Web server programs for a range of tasks. “Learning some form of scripting language, such as Perl or PHP is critical if you are doing Web apps,” said Duquaine.
  • Job availabilities: 4,810

    • 6. C

  • What it is: A standardized, general-purpose programming language, it’s one of the most pervasive languages and the basis for several others (such as C++).
  • Why you should learn it: “Learning C is crucial. Once you learn C, making the jump to Java or C# is fairly easy, because a lot of the syntax is common. Also, a lot of C syntax is used in scripting languages,” said Duquaine.
  • Job availabilities: 6,164, including all derivatives

    • 7. Ruby and Ruby on Rails

  • What they are: Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented, open-source programming language; Ruby on Rails is an open-source Web application framework written in Ruby that closely follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture.
  • Why you should learn it: With a focus on simplicity, productivity and letting the computers do the work, in a few years, its usage has spread quickly. As a bonus, many find it easy to learn.
  • Job availabilities : 210 and 54, respectively

    • 8. Java

  • What it is: An object-oriented programming language developed by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s.
  • Why you should learn it: Hailed by many developers as a “beautiful” language, it is central to the non-.Net programming experience. “Learning Java is critical if you are non-Microsoft,” said Duquaine.
  • Job availabilities: 14,408

    • 9. Python

  • What it is: An interpreted, dynamically object-oriented, open-source programming language that utilizes automatic memory management.
  • Why you should learn it: Designed to be a highly readable, minimalist language, many say it has a sense of humor (spam and eggs, rather than foo and bar), Python is used extensively by Google as well as in academia because of its syntactic simplicity.
  • Job availabilities: 811

    • 10. VB.Net (Visual Basic .Net)

  • What it is: An object-oriented language implemented on Microsoft’s .Net framework.
  • Why you should learn it: Most argue that VB.Net is currently more popular than ever and one of the only “must-learns.” “It is currently dominating in adoption and that is where all the work is,” said Huckaby.
  • Job availabilities: 2,090
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