Discussions about "long term"

What is type of office chair is good for long term, futureproofed sitting? Current I use this chair for my computer desk: I think it's time to upgrade. What kind of office chair would you recommend based on experience, ergonomics, long term sittability, ventilation, cheeto-proofing, etc? I'm aware there are similar questions... Started by Mike Robinson on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Warehouse Store chairs every three years or so, and they're not terribly comfortable long term.

Which to go with long term - C, Objective C, or C++? One thing I've really been meaning to get back into is C++ programming but I am not sure if I should go back to C++ (which I have some basic console programming knowledge) or should I look into C or Objective C? I'm looking at the long term as well as... Started by dragonmantank on Sunday, September 21, 2008, 15 posts by 15 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): I get that -- and I think it's the right choice for long-term career. To the metal, less abstracted away.

Choosing a Platform for Long Term Project Hello, I just posted a question about whether WPF is a good choice for a long term project , and it got me thinking in general about development for long term projects. If you have to choose the technology (language/environment/framework) for a project... Started by Rax Olgud on Monday, May 25, 2009, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Other than that it's hard to say because it simply depends on the project you're developing... . Windows won't disappear overnight no matter what happens barring extinction level events . Tying your project to C# is about as risky as tying it to Windows ie not very .

Choosing between Hudson and CruiseControl for the long term My purpose is to chose between CruiseControl and Hudson as continuous integration tool for java desktop application. I have seen lots of reading comparing Hudson and CruiseControl. In terms of features and ease of use, Hudson seems the best. But in terms... Started by dilig0 on Thursday, June 04, 2009, 8 posts by 8 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): It is extremely configurable; in the long term. I'm not sure what you mean here.

Choosing C# with WPF for Ultra-Long-Term Project? Hello, I'm involved in a project where a team of developers is building a very long term infrastructure project to replace an existing 10 year old system. By "very long term" I mean it must be operating, supported and maintained for at least 10 years ... Started by Rax Olgud on Monday, May 25, 2009, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Ultra-long-term? 10 years? COBOL is STILL being used! Joking aside, I believe WPF is your best bet.

Best Long-term Large Filesystem I store all my Music CDs, Music, DVD Rips, etc on hard drives for quick access and long term storage. What file system should I use? I use a bunch of drives glued together in an LVM so being able to grow and shrink would be nice, as well as efficient ... Started by Paul Tarjan on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at serverfault Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault): There are some projects porting ZFS technology to other Operating... . For Windows you have to go with NTFS. Hey Paul, which Operating System do you prefer? If you not focused on a special one I suggest ZFS (OpenSolaris) as well . ZFS or XFS will do you just fine.

Technological solutions for extremely long term data archiving? Are there any good technical solutions for extremely long term archiving of data, for example for 25 to 100 years? Somehow I just don't have a lot of confidence that a SQL 2000 backup file will be usable in court cases or for historians in 25 to 100 years... Started by MatthewMartin on Thursday, May 28, 2009, 6 posts by 6 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Be interested in this article: Strategies for long-term data retention It might help to speak to one.

How do you stay user-oriented when it comes to your long-term project? I've been working on a long-term project for over a year now and love every minute of it. However, I find myself getting increasingly out-of-touch with my users as my perspective of the same project is drastically different. In my case, I know how to ... Started by Mike B on Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 6 posts by 6 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): This enables us to get quick.... We invite everyone across the company, as well as a few select customers, to see what we are up to . We follow the scrum development process , which includes a "demo" session after each development cycle (typically 3-4 weeks) .

Ruport vs. Prawn considering long-term use I want to add reporting capabilities to my Rails application and I'm struggling quite some time now on which reporting software to use to create my PDF documents. Until now I'm pretty sure that either Ruport or Prawn are the best way to go. After experimenting... Started by DR on Wednesday, February 03, 2010, 6 posts by 6 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): The syntax.... I've used it successfully to generate reports for survey data . If you are generating PDF's offline (that is they don't need to be built dynamically and sent immediately to the user when he requests them) I would recommend using ERb and LaTeX .

Long-term potential of iPhone/Windows Mobile development platforms It seems that Apple has so far gone the furthest of any mobile platform in creating a good all-around developer ecosystem (SDK, app distribution, monetization, etc). However, reading the comments from previous SO questions on mobile development (e.g. ... Started by RexE on Monday, January 19, 2009, 7 posts by 7 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): I'd say that bodes pretty well for the future.... VisualStudio may have a good toolset, but Apple's toolset is good enough (and pretty awesome, IMO) to have enabled 15K apps with over 500,000,000 downloads . You are missing the point of Apple's toolset, IMO.