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General Software Discussion / Re: What special character do you use to have a file sorted at the top?
« Last post by superboyac on July 28, 2011, 12:37 PM »great mind think alike... 
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I would search on Version Control System or Document Control System. In software development when you want to edit source code from the depository you have to "check out" the file(s) then check them back into the system when done. The system handles the version control. I haven't used a DCS but I assume it's a similar scheme. The version tree branches when incompatible changes are made. You can always go back and retrieve an old version from the database.Thanks man, I knew there must be a common term for this. now I can search and read about it.-MilesAhead (July 28, 2011, 12:26 PM)
Yeah, I like the visual effect of that one!What I've done in the past is stuff like this (for folders usually):
-=TopFolder=--superboyac (July 28, 2011, 10:34 AM)
hehe Me too, for my own stuff. But for clients I usually go with a bit more sedate:
=TopFolder-Stoic Joker (July 28, 2011, 11:11 AM)
Why not see what your local optician can do for you? You'll get a good fit and, probably, a better choice of frames. I still have a pair that were made for me years ago.Hmm...I didn't even know that was an option. Thanks!-cranioscopical (July 19, 2011, 01:29 PM)
Well, let me stress again that that is *my* perspective, and I'm not actually a dev, though I do run a software development company and am heavily involved in the bug management process. Ideally users would actually submit bugs/feature requests straight into an issue tracker, but that's not usually possible. Barring that, for my preference, individual emails, not too frequent, with 1 or at most 2 issues/feature requests with good descriptions, would be ideal. Again 1 huge email with lots of requests and issue reports would put me off.Do you now? How much would you charge to create custom software according to provided specifications? Something on the level of a coding snack...maybe a little more intensive.
- Oshyan-JavaJones (July 18, 2011, 05:55 PM)
Hmm, is Diaspora cloud-based? I thought they could run independently.it can, I'm just looking for other alternatives. I quickly shy away from stuff like this when the installation process requires a bunch of command line stuff. Give me a GUI, please. And it's not the GUI that I'm directly concerned about. It's more the design philosophy. All you programmers like to design great stuff that can do great things, but it just sort of stops being developed once the functionality is there. Hardly anyone spends good time on GUI and buttons, checkboxes, etc. Then Apple comes in and does the opposite, makes tons of money, and the others complain. Sorry, short rant...-Tuxman (July 18, 2011, 05:57 PM)
While we're at 4chan: LulzSec is back ...That's a good point. i would love to setup my own social network. What's a good CLOUD-LESS software for that?
That said, the only social network you can trust in is one you administer on your own servers. (Like installing Diaspora or whatever.)-Tuxman (July 18, 2011, 05:49 PM)
Interesting idea. But the real censorship that's coming down the pike is of the "voluntary" and "cooperative" variety. And it will be the ISPs rather than the social networks that will be doing it after being "encouraged" to take on more "responsibility" by several governments.Very true. This is a point that I often overlook. What do you think the future of internet might be? It's true, right now it's just a free for all once you're connected. As long as you pay your ISP, you are in more or less. We take all that infrastructure for granted. And internet infrastructure is a weird one. How can you effectively control and restrict such a thing? It's really a crazy thing if you really think about it. it's not like electricity, water, or gas. It's closest to electricity in that it's somewhat abstract and intangible, but even more so. But what's really weird about the internet is that it carries data...it's not really supplying some tangible good necessary for life. It's information! So trying to control it like electricity won't really work because you run into all sorts of complicated privacy issues. It's the main complaint against Google's operations. I'm dealing with a project now to collect data from electric vehicles and charging stations, and there are big hangups and dilemmas associated with how to get certain information while keeping the ID's and stuff anonymous. It's something that was not really encountered with other utilities historically, I don't think.
So whether you're social site is on FB or G+, or it's hosted on some decentralized P2P system going through an onion router, it's only a matter of time before it can be identified and shut down. Because the backbone and conduits are provided by governments and corporations.
Many people assume there's nothing that can be done to effectively stop hackers. And while that may be semi-true with the Internet the way it's currently implemented, there's nothing to say this particular version of the Internet will be the one we all end up using ten years from now. Either way, it's a sure bet tomorrow's Internet will be nowhere near as open (by design and law) as our current one is.
At best, Anonymous' social network will be a temporary stopgap unless Anonymous starts stringing its own fiber and putting up its own satellites. (Oh! Do they know you need a government issued license to do that?)
-40hz (July 18, 2011, 12:05 PM)
Have you suggested any of this to the TreeSheets dev? Seems like it could be a natural evolution or optional mode, considering most of the rest of the functionality is there. Whereas building a new app from scratch to do this seems laborious and unnecessary. In other words if TreeSheets already does 90% of what you want but without quite as much flexibility as you want, then that's where it makes sense to start.I know, very true. I've started keeping a list of things I'd like to see in TreeSheets, and once I see a theme emerging, I'm going to send it to the developer. I don't want to pepper him right now with little nitpicks until I've really understood the program and can send some powerful and well written feature requests. I'm the type of person that can nitpick anything initially without knowing what I'm really talking about (just emotions). So I want to collect my thoughts first and then I'll send it over. Right now, I'm pretty scatterbrained.
- Oshyan-JavaJones (July 18, 2011, 03:47 PM)
