When interdimensional creatures visit this planet (which they do), they see you as two-dimensional black and white stick figures on a piece of paper. Humans, in their arrogance, especially intellectuals, say to them, "We are capable of thinking anything we want to. We can think above the piece of paper." That's funny to them, since you don't even know what dimension you're in! You don't even know you're not in color! They see this and they leave. There's nothing here for them and they can't communicate with a cartoon. That's what linearity does to you and you're not even aware of it.
Oct 24 2008
Small Basic
Small Basic is a project that's aimed at bringing "fun" back to programming.
By providing a small and easy to learn programming language in a friendly and inviting development environment, Small Basic makes programming a breeze.
Ideal for kids and adults alike, Small Basic helps beginners take the first step into the wonderful world of programming.
I was looking for something like this for years and all I could find was Scratch which is kind of complicated with all its multiple windows and menus…
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Oct 24 2008
PowerShell
In case I’m not the only one having missed the emergence of Microsoft’s incredible PowerShell shell.
Examples:
Stop all processes that begin with the letter “p”:
PS C:\> get-process p* | stop-process -whatif PS C:\> ps p* | kill -whatif
Find the processes that use more than 1000 MB of memory and kill them:
PS C:\> get-process | where-object { $_.WS -gt 1000MB } | stop-process -whatif
PS C:\> ps | ? { $_.WS -gt 1000MB } | kill -whatif
Calculate the number of bytes in the files in a directory:
PS C:\> get-childitem | measure-object -property length -sum PS C:\> ls | measure-object -p length -s
There also are numerous add-ins for Exchange, SQL Server, IIS etc. to enable automation of advanced administration / management / deployment scenarios. Check it out! Time to dump your .CMDs!
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