Re: [OT] New surface laptop

2017-07-25 Thread Scott Barnes
acbook Pro (which I bought 1x month ago as well). I'm not convinced to give up Macbook Pro entirely as whilst I enjoy the detachable tablet mode, it's not something that I'd miss if it were removed tomorrow yet.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 6:

Re: AZURE SQL Data Sync

2017-07-10 Thread Scott Barnes
, it can be a good point for telemetry to track the injection process in a finite way. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) <g...@greglow.com> wrote: > Yep, it might well do that. Other option to consider might be S

Re: AZURE SQL Data Sync

2017-07-10 Thread Scott Barnes
nPrem and just pushes "snapshots in time" of said data into the cloud. >From what i've read this looks like its in Azure SQL wheel house... but given the volatility in Azure's weekly product management its important to not assume :) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

AZURE SQL Data Sync

2017-07-09 Thread Scott Barnes
Anyone have experience using Azure SQL Data Sync? Any "If they only put this on the back of the brochure" moments that left you with buyers remorse? --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: [OT] New surface laptop

2017-07-04 Thread Scott Barnes
Why buy a Surface over other laptops. Putting aside the alligances to Microsoft given the craft we choose, in all honesty what is it that sets it apart from competiting products. I look at it and I'm just unsure. I typically keep 1-2 laptops with me at any given time, because most of my tooling

Re: What are the WebDev technologies that any self respecting Dev should know these days?

2017-06-22 Thread Scott Barnes
I love that roadmap because it actually visualises the mess we live in today... so yeah... again.. is this really our best idea of the day? HTML/JS? :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 12:10 AM, Piers Williams <piers.willi...@gmail.com> wrote: &

Re: Logo for Ozdotnet

2017-05-01 Thread Scott Barnes
drawings :) as i'd personally again love to see her rough ideas first..we can all weaponize the design later... [image: Inline image 2] --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Adrian Halid <adr...@halid.com.au> wrote: >

Re: [Advice] Xamarin as a next step.

2017-03-16 Thread Scott Barnes
I will one day get off my butt and do a "Silverlight dev to Unity3D" video to show how the two are very very similar in so many ways. One...day.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Go Un

Re: [Advice] Xamarin as a next step.

2017-03-15 Thread Scott Barnes
calculations in 16ms :) so settle in on a mix of coroutines and threading hand offs should you escalate the power of code. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 8:11 AM, David Richards < ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> wrote: > +1 >

Re: Silverlight and Visual Studio 2017

2017-03-13 Thread Scott Barnes
Future II). > > I'm sure it wouldn't have been too hard to leave SL project support in > VS2017, it seems a bit cruel. > > *GK* > > -- --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: Silverlight and Visual Studio 2017

2017-03-13 Thread Scott Barnes
And there it is... the memorial service announcement... "We're not saying its dead, and we're not saying its a life, what we are saying is - it depends"... you hear those words "it depends" its the unsaid "Its time you moved on.." --- Regards, Scott Barnes http:/

Re: Portable Web Server?

2017-01-19 Thread Scott Barnes
ot;it kinda works" with comments trailing off mumbling something to the style of "its a marathon, not a sprint" explanations. Dang it, i had a plan people... i'm not saying it was well thought out, but it had the vision of bold greatness... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://

Portable Web Server?

2017-01-18 Thread Scott Barnes
n, any new toys to play with that makes this easier or should i keep it circa 2009 and below - .NET wise. I'm at the moment leaning towards .NET Core mix but still not sure how to make Windows Workflow fit into that still (i have to use WWF). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-27 Thread Scott Barnes
falls from that. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:52 AM, David Connors <da...@connors.com> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 at 10:13 Mark Hurd <markeh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is getting an off-topic post even more general, but this thread

Re: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-27 Thread Scott Barnes
So Paul, you're basically saying "The standard we walk past, is the standard we accept" hehe :) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Paul Glavich <subscripti...@theglavs.com> wrote: > Ahh the recurring thread about how imma

Re: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-24 Thread Scott Barnes
between user adoption(s) and "meh experiences" ... we've erected a huge monument to mediocrity and we're still not sure why people keep visiting it. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) <g...@greglow.com> wrote: >

Re: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-22 Thread Scott Barnes
time in history or it could now escalate further ..so do you then go WebGL route or just bite down on platforms like Unity3D etc to go deeper... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > > >

Re: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-22 Thread Scott Barnes
see on the official minutes and then there's the "beyond the curtain" corporate brand story... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I used Hotdog >> > > [This is a Friday

Re: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-21 Thread Scott Barnes
re Responsive vs Adaptive wars break out, then its reverting back to "developer knows best" response(s)... again... I'm just saying... if Serverside / Client-side JavaScript is still the best idea of the day, what was the worst? --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tu

Re: [OT] Surface Studio

2016-10-28 Thread Scott Barnes
the value proposition on the "surface" (lol) looks appealing... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 2:45 PM, William Luu <will@gmail.com> wrote: > Gabe of Penny Arcade posted a review based on his perspective as a Cintiq > user >

Re: [OT] Surface Studio

2016-10-27 Thread Scott Barnes
I paid $4k for my CINTIQ Wacom 27" HD so if this can replace it, i'm open to the spend but it has to live up to the promise though. The rest of the announceables were pretty much meh. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 7:31 AM, David Connor

Re: Entity Framework - the lay of the land

2016-09-19 Thread Scott Barnes
Well there you go, signs they are continuing to invest... as now it's moved from an organic form into solid form ... i.e., it was a virus last time I saw it, now its an actual physical metal object (bullet). *drops mic* --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 2

Re: [OT] Looking for work

2016-06-09 Thread Scott Barnes
;kept"...if you then lock it on the right target they get the job.. It's pretty much the same odds :) hehehe --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Tony Wright <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with you. There are all sorts of biases

Re: [OT] Looking for work

2016-06-08 Thread Scott Barnes
they are an empty vessel, well you still can say "Sorry, the tribe has spoken, thanks for coming". Only a fool would assume that a new hire is productive in the 1-3 month timelines anyway, as thats just not how it actually unfolds (regardless of skill level). my 25c. --- Regards, Sc

Re: Microsoft acquires Xamarin

2016-02-25 Thread Scott Barnes
to have parity in terms of design/development capabilities as they had with WPF/Silverlight/UWP whilst on x-platform/x-device... at the moment there's still way to many IF/ELSE moments occurring for that to naturally happen which imho poisons the well. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: Microsoft acquires Xamarin

2016-02-25 Thread Scott Barnes
6, David Connors <da...@connors.com> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 at 06:57 Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','scott.bar...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > > [ ... ] > >> We've written two apps so far with it and you not only get &q

Re: Microsoft acquires Xamarin

2016-02-25 Thread Scott Barnes
ake it >> available at a modest subscription cost – perhaps not with Community >> Edition. >> >> >> >> Ian Thomas >> >> Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia >> >> >> > > > -- > > *Michael Ridland | Technical Director | Xamarin MVP* > > XAM Consulting - Mobile Technology Specialists > > www.xam-consulting.com > > Blog: www.michaelridland.com > > > > -- --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: [OT] WPF or Winforms?

2015-09-25 Thread Scott Barnes
ss when injecting them into the codebase? Other than that... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > I delayed going to WPF for years as I was so familiar with WinForms and it > had a designer (which

Re: Last words on AngularJS

2015-08-10 Thread Scott Barnes
Quantitative ftw. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com wrote: This is an interesting point http://www.quora.com/Do-people-still-write-and-compile-programs-from-the-command-line-instead-of-an-IDE-Why-or-why

Re: MEF - Microsoft Extension Framework. Opinions requested.

2015-06-03 Thread Scott Barnes
one of those Patterns Practices thing that gets pushed onto us by MS at times but everyone hates and it's f* impractical in any real life scenario. On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','scott.bar...@gmail.com'); wrote: MEF

Re: MEF - Microsoft Extension Framework. Opinions requested.

2015-06-03 Thread Scott Barnes
:) you could also ask him How does MEF differ from other solutions out there? see what comes back, he/she may have a valid answer... or it could be Because the Patterns Practices team used it and all hail our overlords in building 16... (or am i showing my age there) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http

Re: Hacked together standing desk

2014-10-26 Thread Scott Barnes
You guys should check out IkeaHacks .. basically combine Ikea furniture and you end up with some gnarly looking things like standup desks etc :) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 5:22 PM, osjasonrobe...@gmail.com wrote: Just finished making this - it’s

Re: Opinions sought on Xamarin

2014-10-24 Thread Scott Barnes
778 262 PO Box 6082 Cromer, Vic 3193. Australia Business software developers. SQL Server, Visual Basic, C# , Asp.Net, Microsoft Office. - -- --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Barnes
...@lythixdesigns.com'); @lythixdesigns | @lyynx www.lythixdesigns.com www.linkedin.com/in/lyynx On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','scott.bar...@gmail.com'); wrote: I've been running windows on macs since vista .. Even at Microsoft I had

Re: [OT] MSDN subscription

2014-05-30 Thread Scott Barnes
! Does the next level up from Pro (premium?) still include Office stuff? I hope so, as that's why I upgraded last year. I get mine from MicroWay. They used to be cheapest, haven't checked for a while. I used Harris Technology. Greg -- --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: unsubscribe

2014-03-26 Thread Scott Barnes
Kids can be so cruel. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Nathan Chere nathan.ch...@saiglobal.comwrote: No, no , I meant to put a J at the end as in jokingly. I think certain rogue Outlook configurations are interpreting that as a smiley face

Re: unsubscribe

2014-03-26 Thread Scott Barnes
and right now i'd be holding out my thumb and you'd see me liking that post. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 4:23 PM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: I'll make the mailman admin site into a Facebook app so you can unsubscribe in 3D on your

Re: unsubscribe

2014-03-25 Thread Scott Barnes
hmmm your ideas intrigue me, tell me is there a newsletter that i may unsubscribe from for more information :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:42 AM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: Won't someone please think of the bandwidth! On Tue, Mar

Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

2014-03-24 Thread Scott Barnes
say that OSX + Cinema4D is much better to work with in a portable situation (again I travel alot for work, so i need to have a portable Ux studio ). Short answer - there is really no + or - in choosing OSX vs Windows anymore (except gaming). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-24 Thread Scott Barnes
to low battery. Oh and at times your ears clammy / sweaty if you leave them on all day listening to music... but doubt anything will solve that.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) andrew.coa...@microsoft.com wrote

Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-24 Thread Scott Barnes
remember is i wanted to wee a lot more than usual. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Jamie Surman jamiesur...@yahoo.com wrote: Slightly off topic, but I always find it a bit sad to be working somewhere where everyone is sitting at the computer wearing

Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

2014-03-24 Thread Scott Barnes
what they are dealing with that have very tightly controlled specifics so i've always wondered if they use that to their advantage or simply ignore it? --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:34 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 24, 2014

Re: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

2014-03-20 Thread Scott Barnes
. Just concerned about stability, display drivers etc. |-Original Message- |From: -- --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: [OT] WindowsRT the new Silverlight? and Windows 9 - a triumvirate of products

2014-02-18 Thread Scott Barnes
for my company (Schneider Electric) to head towards given we have industrial software portfolio(s) that would prefer to keep unit sales low. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:03 AM, ILT (O) il.tho...@outlook.com wrote: Scott - what is DPE? I've missed

Re: [OT] WindowsRT the new Silverlight? and Windows 9 - a triumvirate of products

2014-02-17 Thread Scott Barnes
a way they could rebuild and get on with the Windows 9 approach and I don't think it requires a radical overhaul but more architectural common sense. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:30 PM, ILT (O) il.tho...@outlook.com wrote: I have noticed

Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-14 Thread Scott Barnes
CSS existence all together as that's just an after thought hack of style properties anyway. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Williams, Thomas twilli...@phcn.vic.gov.au wrote: Hey Scott - I have to admit I'm not particularly imaginative

Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-14 Thread Scott Barnes
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:38 PM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: David: I think the words your seeking are JavaScript Stockholm Syndrome .. I object strongly to a language who's surrounded by frameworks

Re: Security scaremongering

2014-02-14 Thread Scott Barnes
the data champ... :) as personally I think IE should have been taken out to the woodshed long ago...so idiots like these don't get to use the branding cancer against its ACTUAL technical rehabilitation ... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Stephen

Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-13 Thread Scott Barnes
. except for those few devs who sit there and giggle themselves to sleep at the inner workings of what happens and what's different. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:15 PM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Scott

Re: Migrating TFS

2014-02-13 Thread Scott Barnes
of Silverlight Grief). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Alright I pay some of that. Within the corporate environment I was in for the major project, we were also coding on 32 bit machines. We had continuous memory

Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-13 Thread Scott Barnes
better, faster? O.o... did you just say JavaScript is better than WPF? . --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:02 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: *Stares

Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-13 Thread Scott Barnes
either all - does it matter either way? In closing - JavaScript is the digital age’s version of herpes, every time you think its gone a new outbreak occurs – DHTML, AJAX, “HTML5″ --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Craig van Nieuwkerk crai

Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-13 Thread Scott Barnes
moved to ECMA4 - ECMA6 ..sure.. i'll play along but this JS ciricle jerk that's going on because everyone's given the defeatist attitude... bleh... And yes, I will concede I see my future with me standing on the roadside way WILL CODE JS FOR CRACK... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http

Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-12 Thread Scott Barnes
a language who's best frameworks are set-up solely to abstract you from that language? wtf? first clue you have a problem :) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:19 PM, ILT (O) il.tho...@outlook.com wrote: Silverlight end-of-life is a widely-felt gripe

Re: Migrating TFS

2014-02-12 Thread Scott Barnes
for the existing ones then the will also kill growth for Windows 8 - which isn't an option especially with a new CEO. Again that's just spitball / speculation. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Hi Greg H I certainly

Re: Migrating TFS

2014-02-12 Thread Scott Barnes
xyz.. you're going to have to accept my pepsi challenge on that one as I see it much differently :) - i was tempted to say But you're doing it wrong but i know how combative that remark can get heheh :) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Tony

Re: DLNA access from Windows 8.1

2014-01-29 Thread Scott Barnes
And that class is how Evangelism is done... You got schooled... :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.comwrote: Yep, looks like you get some of the apps for free if you become premium. If its as awesome

Re: DLNA access from Windows 8.1

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Barnes
*stares at Chromecast* *stares at Roku 3* You have my attention David ... please expand more... :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:45 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:36 AM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g

Re: DLNA access from Windows 8.1

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Barnes
...and then i to will favour this.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:24 PM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: Ah ok, I was hoping for a Chromecast vs Roku 3 showdown

Re: Recruiter advice for Job Seeker.

2014-01-19 Thread Scott Barnes
of the younger guys what's next on the horizon of this love wagon we call .NET development... (UX Platform is up for grabs still so we're still mulling over who to bet on and why there). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan

Re: [OT] 43°C here

2014-01-18 Thread Scott Barnes
In the darkest crappiest corner of QLD (towards NT, NSW and SA)... Upside was we had a documentary made about the town... downside the film makers focused on the worst elements of the town :0 hehe --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Greg Keogh g

Re: [OT] 43°C here

2014-01-16 Thread Scott Barnes
I grew up in a town SW QLD callled Cunnamulla ... it used to get so hot that the road tar used to bubble.. we'd put our feet as kids into the liquid tar to help insulate it as we ran on the hot surface to the river... So harden up ;) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri

Re: Download BizSpark Older Licences Software

2014-01-14 Thread Scott Barnes
and now i'm writing Java... WILL CODE .NET FOR FOOD.. :0 - that and I had to mooch off my works MSDN access. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Jiri Kosar jko...@asi.com.au wrote: Oh ok, sorry, I misunderstood. If I’m reading correctly

Re: [OT] Taking iiNet to TIO

2013-12-17 Thread Scott Barnes
, they usually respond. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Greg Harris g...@harrisconsultinggroup.com wrote: I am pleased to hear that the TIO has some teeth now. In the mid 1990's I worked for one of the many telco resellers (long since merged

Re: NBN Petition

2013-12-15 Thread Scott Barnes
another for over a year. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:35 PM, anthonyatsmall...@mail.com wrote: Not sure if anyone is aware or already using it..but i do not have NBN but found that a company called opticomm can install fibre and an ISP like

Re: Is it time to open source Silverlight?

2013-11-23 Thread Scott Barnes
. Microsoft seems to be a services/hardware business now so unless the OSS benefits those two levers... it's just simply a case of waiting for the corpse to decay now *sadly*. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Miguel Madero m...@miguelmadero.com wrote

Re: Is it time to open source Silverlight?

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Barnes
I'll manage it if it does i have references... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:25 PM, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.comwrote: http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/is-it-time-to-open-source-silverlight/ While I was at the MVP summit I

Re: NBN Petition

2013-11-12 Thread Scott Barnes
Adding Simon Hackett given there seems to be a lot of speculation as to his input here .. :) On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: “The price in other countries seems irrelevant. Those conditions don't exist here, otherwise the service would exist already,

Re: NBN Petition

2013-11-11 Thread Scott Barnes
to the internode darkside that day :0 --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:54 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/12/nbnco_appoints_simon_hackett_justin_milne_and_patrick_flannigan_to_board/ Heaven forbid

Re: NBN Petition

2013-11-06 Thread Scott Barnes
that I don't even remember what it was like to have porn buffer.. Yup..that just happened. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:07 PM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On 6 November 2013 13:26, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: LA

Re: NBN Petition

2013-11-06 Thread Scott Barnes
http://www.fernbrookeridge.com.au/ And now I wait for the Ipswich jokes or that oh you live in Ipswich poor people look of pitty ... to which I say ... I just downloaded 3gb in 10mins from a crappy server... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:05 PM

Re: NBN Petition

2013-11-06 Thread Scott Barnes
Well that killed the mood didn't it ;) ..but fair pts. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: Well, Google has been on record as saying that they prefer a more forward-thinking broadband strategy (aka FTTP

Re: NBN Petition

2013-11-04 Thread Scott Barnes
Petitions are pre-internet way of saying We care ..today Petitions have been depreciated for YouTube Views Facebook Mockery blah blah. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:18 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: They ran a pretty big petition

Re: NBN Petition

2013-11-04 Thread Scott Barnes
+Like... Wait sorry Google -... Google+ ..wait..sorry... #hashTagAwesome...wait...ahh screw it --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 8:45 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: On 5 November 2013 08:14, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [OT] FTP client problems

2013-10-16 Thread Scott Barnes
*blink blink* ... Jorke... says to wireshark the giglyhertz so the megatwatts can access the mother fruggles... :) :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Jorke Odolphi jo...@jorke.net wrote: Are you using ISA or some other firewall/proxy

Re: MSDN mag

2013-09-30 Thread Scott Barnes
I once worked on a project that had Deep Zoom and Playboy archives... :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: I buy it for the articles. That's what I tell my wife about Playboy magazine -- Greg

Re: MSDN mag

2013-09-30 Thread Scott Barnes
even if they have to separate the magazine into two sections. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:33 AM, David Kean david.k...@microsoft.com wrote: To a degree, but I think that’s more of a factor of what people are working on at the time and what

Re: MSDN mag

2013-09-28 Thread Scott Barnes
not a magazine for sustaining existing adoption(s) its really a marketing tool to get you move over to whatever next.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: MSDN mag was once something I read cover to cover. Now, I

Re: Au dev hashtags?

2013-09-26 Thread Scott Barnes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dzaMaouXA #hashtaglolololololol --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:20 AM, osjasonrobe...@gmail.com wrote: There’s some awesome dev talent in Australia, on Twitter I sometimes use #win8devAU for win 8 apps

Re: In praise of WPF Binding.IsAsync

2013-09-26 Thread Scott Barnes
doesn't apply .. as typically is a problem for Background Thread workers etc to manage. I still remember the day we announced that we would only support Async with Silverlight .. over a million developers lost their minds over it and send rage quit emails to the teams... --- Regards, Scott Barnes

Re: In praise of WPF Binding.IsAsync

2013-09-26 Thread Scott Barnes
In windows 8 it gets easy to work with Async code. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: I still remember the day we announced that we would only support Async with Silverlight .. over a million developers lost

Re: [OT] Your hero - Steve Jobs or Dennis Ritchie?

2013-09-25 Thread Scott Barnes
I think we should he's done more in a life time than I will likely do, so that has to count for something... the cure for cancer could have been written in a language based on C as a source inspiration butterfly effect thinking :) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Sep

Re: Mark II

2013-09-25 Thread Scott Barnes
(s) :) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: Regarding RT ... http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/9/25/4769492/dell-drops-windows-rt-xps-10-tablet ... and then there was one. On 25 Sep 2013 10:32, Nathan Chere

Re: Mark II

2013-09-24 Thread Scott Barnes
in mind given they have broken a lot of faith / trust blah blah.. so its really an awkward time for them and given more and more solutions are popping up each year by Apple, Google, Sony, Oracle, Steam etc they are fighting a lot of front line fires at once. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http

Re: Mark II

2013-09-24 Thread Scott Barnes
look like something you'd buy from. They have XBOX Store as an example, Zune Marketplace as another example so it's not like they haven't actually had success here.. in the case of Windows 8 they simply just gave up. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:31

Re: Mark II

2013-09-24 Thread Scott Barnes
funnily enough Coldfusion had Query of Query before C# had it (syntax different but concept is same). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.comwrote: Vaguely on topic, I installed iOS7 on one of my wife's work

Re: Mark II

2013-09-23 Thread Scott Barnes
internal culture shock while trying to disrupt the Tablet Laptop marketing categories in retail / consumer minds - people dancing around clicking keyboards isn't the ad that will do that :D) --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:28 AM, mike smith meski

Re: Mark II

2013-09-23 Thread Scott Barnes
by constantly telling them their current adoption is wrong (vicious replenishment cycle that benefits Microsoft and less the developer). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Nathan Chere nathan.ch...@saiglobal.comwrote: The crux of what I’m talking

Re: Mark II

2013-09-23 Thread Scott Barnes
3 products... all with the same name.. nope nothing wrong with the marketing here :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:47 PM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.comwrote: Are you

Re: Mark II

2013-09-23 Thread Scott Barnes
yes but apple have your attention so they can afford to tinker with the branding because its no longer a question of what is an iPad vs Macbook pro etc.. its really a case of whats new on something i already know Surface is Ok...so wtf is that.. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: Mark II

2013-09-23 Thread Scott Barnes
People compare Surface to iPads because thats the conditioned response ... go to any website that sells the Surface Pro /RT and look at what category its placed under... I call this breaking into jail (very easy to get in, hard to get out). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com

Re: Unity Learning Curve

2013-09-22 Thread Scott Barnes
and not break a sweat (other than the actual 2D designs). You could in theory even get pretty close to GTA5 with this thing aswell, but that would be a massive undertaking and lastly you could build Minecraft with this engine but bettter gfx! :). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sun

Re: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Scott Barnes
of difference... if anything its a little more crazy given the companies in this weird SteveB is out caretaker mode). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Sam Lai samuel@gmail.com wrote: I think they saw/foresaw that market disappear thanks

Re: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Scott Barnes
... The only thing that ruined Expression Web was the ass hats who control GPL codes for the company and devdiv vs Windows stupidity spilling over. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comwrote: Moreover Adobe won.. really

Re: Expression Web

2013-09-15 Thread Scott Barnes
I've not heard anything that indicates yes, the true marker for this will be Nov when VS2013 RTW's (if that date is even still current) if after that its not released then doubtful it will leave that state. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Ian

Re: Expression Web

2013-09-14 Thread Scott Barnes
out due to Sharepoint Designer or whatever that has now mutated into and there was no point competing with Sharepoint Designer + VS Express as it just created way to much internal bad blood. just 2c. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Stephen Price

Re: Mocking up a designer surface

2013-09-10 Thread Scott Barnes
prediction. My point is this... HTML5 is like a hooker turned school teacher - seems innocent at first but when you get home you soon realise just how dirty things have become. Silverlight is dead as to WinForms is dead. Think about it. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Sep

Re: [OT] Surface Pro 2

2013-09-05 Thread Scott Barnes
but if they are just making iPad like adjustments to the specs then its kind of a weird place to occupy for them given its success today? --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: Yes, it does seem a Surface-killer

Re: [OT] Coalition to filter internet, smartphones

2013-09-05 Thread Scott Barnes
There goes all the great memes we could have had should the filter had gone through http://weknowmemes.com/generator/uploads/generated/g1366630401502462085.jpg and worst proof reading ever... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Ian Thomas il.tho

Re: [OT] FixWPF err.. FixUXPlat?

2013-09-05 Thread Scott Barnes
? On Thursday, September 5, 2013, David Connors wrote: On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'scott.bar...@gmail.com'); wrote: Unity3d does just that today its scary how close they are from achieving the actual true cross platform write once

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