The Devil’s Advocate – Pact cu diavolul

Superb film – despre bani, despre a cistiga intotdeauna, despre parerea ca viata personala poate sa mai astepte… si ca serviciul este mai important.
De avut neaparat!
Citate de la IMDB:

I know we’ve got all this money, and it’s supposed to be OK, but it’s not.

Kevin Lomax: What are you?
John Milton: Oh, I have so many names…
Kevin Lomax: Satan.
John Milton: Call me Dad.

Lose? I don’t lose! I win! I’m a lawyer, that’s my job, that’s what I do!

log-uri business magazin

Acum 1 luna, incercind sa accesez linkul :
http://www.businessmagazin.ro/articole/Software-pe-credit-6516-1.html
(venit pe email)
am dat de urmatoarea eroare:( am modificat un pic server adress si user/password – cit sa nu le dau in clar… ca mi-e mila de ei)

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Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:41:00 +0200 INTERNAL WARNING [2] Error in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/www.mediafax.ro/x-core-1.0-rc1/classes/external.object.mssqldbConnector.inc.php on 56: mssql_select_db(): no ODBTP Handle resource supplied
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Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:41:08 +0200 INTERNAL WARNING [2] Error in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/www.mediafax.ro/x-core-1.0-rc1/classes/controller.object.fuseBox.inc.php on 130: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/localhost/htdocs/www.mediafax.ro/x-core-1.0-rc1/classes/external.object.log_instance.inc.php:290)
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Le-am trimis email (la redactie – caci la contact nu au pe nimeni de la IT) ca au o problema si sa ma contacteze – dar nici un raspuns

De aici se desprind urmatoarele invataturi pentru dezvoltatorii de site-uri Web:
1. Nu se pune in productie in log ( si , daca esti paranoic, nici macar in test) stringul de conectare la baza de date
2. In pagina de contact pune si pe cineva responsabil de site.
3. Ai grija ca intotdeauna, la toate emailurile postate pe site, cineva sa le citeasca si sa fie suficient de capabil cit sa le dea mai departe.

2006-12-26 impresii

Nici nu mai stiu de cind nu am stat DEGEABA o intreaga zi(copilul la bunici…)
Lenevit, citit “Lumea Sofiei”( o combinatie intre Diogene Laertios,”Despre vietile si doctrinele filosofilor” si Umberto Eco,”Numele trandafirului”) si vazut “Over the hedge”-la care am ris cu lacrimi la oprirea pamintului( hello, Superman) cind veverita bea cofeina….
Super zi!

Dilema veche si traditii la sate

Pe pagina de “raspundem ascultatorilor”, Plesu e dragut ca intotdeauna(“nu sunteti un cautator al adevarului, ci un detinator al lui” si “opinia dvs.[…] nu poate fi scuzata decit prin candoare”( eu as fi spus ignoranta… dar iata un alt cuvint mai politicos)
Tot Plesu, pe pagina 3, despre “Ragetul ca mod de a gindi”- de citit tot articolul.
Adina Popescu, despre cum refuza ea sentimentul sarbatorilor. Cred ca ii lipseste un copil…
Vintila Mihailescu – am inteles ca societatile traditionale ar trebui sa fie numite , mai corect, cutumiare… dar de ce sa incalcam traditia de a fi numite traditionale?
Anca Manolescu cu o savuroasa anecdota:”un nevoias ii cere lui Dzeu o comoara. I se raspunde: e prea mult pentru tine; e prea putin pentru Mine”

frinturi de comunism

  1. Statul la coada de la 5 ore in sus ca sa iau -pui, oua, brinza, etc-orice se aducea.Si stateam in spatele alimentarii … cu o carte in mina, ca altfel innebuneam
  2. Intrarea in UTC, in care am intrat printre ultimii… la care mi s-au pus intrebari si cineva de la prezidiu tinea cartea cu raspunsurile in fata. Fiind miop ( fara sa stiu …) nu vedeam si i-am rugat sa imi aduca cartea ca nu vad pina acolo…
  3. 15 minute de desene animate simbata- si care se terminau abia ce prindeai gustul – si programul de TV de 2 ore- minim 1 ora cu Ceausescu si Partidul
  4. Ceausescu peste tot – de la carti la reviste
  5. Apa calda inexistenta( stateam la etajul 8) si uritenia WC-urilor din orice scoala
  6. Momentul in care la liceu(IL Caragiale, Bucuresti) s-a pus un afis “Cine e abonat la biblioteci straine sa anunte directiunea, altfel va fi dat afara” M-am dus la directoare(se numea Mihai, era prin CC) si i-am spus ca sunt abonat la Biblioteca Franceza( aveau tot felul de benzi desenate …)A inceput sa urle la mine”Sa nu mai vii pe aici!Cum ti-ai permis?” . Am plecat cu coada intre picioare, stiind totodata ca sunt in pericol sa fiu dat oricind afara – caci nu aveam nimic ca sa ateste ca i-am spus….
  7. Clasele cu T din caragiale, la care la treapta 1 se intra cu doi si ceva la mate si romana – ca sa mai zici ce pregatiti erau elevii …De abia treapta 2 se intra cu minim 5
  8. Profa de matematica Banyai si cea de romana Cosovei si cei de economie politica(nu le mai tin minte numele)- singurele profesioniste care mi-au placut. Restul – medii spre timpiti( nea Tomita – mate 9-10 –  care nu stia sa rezolve problemele de mate, profa de fizica care nu intelegea ca un sistem de 5 ecuatii liniare cu 6 necunoscute NU se poate rezolva… si altii ca ei)
  9. La facultate proful de educatie socialista ( la ale carui cursuri fusesem 1 singura data, dar statusem 10 minute- mai mult nu suportasem, caci nu intelegeam nimic) mi-a transmis ca nu o sa trec anul
  10. Profa de geometrie din facultatea de mate care mi-a dat 10 la oral, 10 la scris si 7 media( caci nu fusesem nici la cursuri , nici la seminarii. Nu intelesesem de ce sa imi pierd timpul cu o recapitulare a materiei din liceu)
  11. Taica-meu care a obtinut apartamentul cu 4 camere( eram 4 in ap. cu 2 camere, facuse cerere de 5 ani, si tot timpul se trecea peste el la repartitii) dupa ce s-a dus la secretarul de partid( tata se abtiguise) si i-a spus: Daca nu am apartamentul cu 4 camere, zbori prin geam!. Il stiau pe taica-meu mai nebun de felul meu, si a doua zi a avut repartitia in buzunar… ap pe stefan cel mare- iar 99% dintre vecini directori si altii asemenea…

Oh- si unul din lucrurile pentru care am parerea formata despre “Revolutie sau lovitura de stat organizata”(desi la momentul respectiv nu mi-am dat seama – traiam si eu febra intimplarilor – si era cit pe ce sa ma urc in unul din camioanele pentru Otopeni)
Vine taica-meu(care nici nu era membru de partid) si ii spune maica-mii:
Auzi, Marina, ce se vorbeste?
La al 14-lea congres
Ceausescu reales
La al 15-lea congres
10(5?, nu mai stiu) ani de la deces.

linkuri si iar linkuri

De la eweek: The Best IT Advice I Ever Got :

  1. Managing IT = 80% people, 20% technology
  2. Multiply the estimated time by 3.5.
  3. Don’t prematurely optimize. Prove something works first and then
    optimize, because you’ll never guess where the true issues lie and will
    waste a lot of time in the process.

Person of the year ( Time ) : You.
Ah , ce bine ma simt ca avind acest blog am contribuit la dezvoltarea generala!

Oh, si pe deasupra , Pluto nu mai e planeta. Cine mai stie cite planete mai sunt?Parca anul trecut se descoperea una noua.Cred ca astronomii astia nu mai au habar de definitia unei planete( si nici eu: cum fac diferenta intre o planeta si o cometa??)
      

program de week end

Cum se mai desfasoara viata mea?
Vineri seara- M. parc(saltea+altele),  noaptea internet.
Simbata- dim. pestisori + parc(saltea+altele), prinz somn, seara Vici,  noaptea internet.
Duminica- dim. pestisori +parc(saltea+altele), prinz somn(doar M.- eu RONUA), seara desene animate, noaptea internet.
Monoton+marginit => convergent.

P6 – setup program

Now to the performing
of the setup.We suppose that we want to deploy from a CD.

 

Right click Book win
project, choose properties, and click on “Publish” tab.

There you will find
the “Publishing location” – default to http://localhost/BookWin/

If you do not have
IIS, then you can select a path, like C:\Book\BookSetup\

The problem that we
have is that in the files that we need to install must be also the mdb file.

If you have something
like a VS.NET Standard(or more) you have a special project template that allows
you to add other files to the deployment. For the moment, we have to do what we
can do. So, please right click the bookwin project, click add=>existing item
and search for  the book.mdb file from C:\Book\BookData
.

Compile the project
(CTRL+Shift+B) and now you will find the book.mdb on the application files – as
data file.

Now to the
prerequisites : Because we are deploying a CD, it is better to include .NET 2.0
– and download from the same location (when  we are deploying from internet, I think it is
preferable to deploy from MS site )

The updates will not
be yet available, since we do not have yet a web site. But we can customize
some of  Options, like publisher name,
product name and others.

 

Now press Publish
Wizard :

            The first step is where to make the
setup kit (C:\Book\BookSetup\ already selected ) , the next is from where
(click “from cd –rom or dvd rom”).

            The third allows the application to
check for updates – but , for the moment, we do not have a WebSite yet, so “the
application will not check for updates”

            And press finish!

 

If an error occurs,
that says that can not find package, please go to Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en  and download the kit. Copy this kit to <C:\Program
Files>\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages\DotNetFX

For instmsia.exe ,
goto
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37285 

 

Now you can write the
folder C:\Book\BookSetup to a CD and test .

If you do not want a
CD, you can wrote a file and load as a CD.

One  way is to 
create a ISO file with Alex Feinman IsoRecorder

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

Download his software
( I have tested the version for XP SP2 ) and right click the folder Book Setup

You will see Create
ISO image file – click and accept default setting.

Now you have a CD  -and you can load this CD with  Virtual CD Control Panel.

 

You can now test the
CD you have already created.

More, if you want to
test on another environment, you can download Virtual PC 2004 SP1 or VMWare and
create with those a new Windows Installation (of course, you must have the
Windows installation CDs).

 

Next time we will do a
ASP.NET application with SQL Server as a backend.

Suggested readings:

            Comparison between VS.NET 2005
editions:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx

            Virtual PC 2004 SP1 (free) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6d58729d-dfa8-40bf-afaf-20bcb7f01cd1&displaylang=en

            Deployment problems : http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=13937&SiteID=1

            Virtual CD Control Panel –  http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe

            Alex Feinman – Make ISO http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm