http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9982014-7.html SD.rb's Kevin Clark emigrated to the Bay Area to work there, I wonder if he made out. And I wonder how long...
Hi, I'm using acts_as_taggable_on_steroids for tagging a post and want to learn how to auto complete (suggest) tags that are separated with commas for input on...
I am trying to better understand the first form of case statement. Consider the following taken from 'Programming Ruby': leap = case when year % 400 == 0; true...
... It's optional so you can have case statements without using the return value. The optional wasn't a point about the form of case statement but rather a...
The answer to the 2nd question is The value of "leap" will be true or false (boolean) If the year modulo 400 is 0 then leap will be assigned true If the year...
Hi all, I am spending the summer working for TechCrunch. I just gave writing my first article a shot (normally I am programming on CrunchBase). The article...
Hey Rob, sounds like a fun/interesting internship. Have you met or spent much time with Mike Arrington? Historically, Microsoft also purchased and integrated...
Hey- I replied to your message on friday via email but it never showed up in the yahoo group :(. Not the first time my message has got lost when sending to...
The uniqueness of Powerset are its ideas and algorithms. Rob, I think you are referring to the infrastructure technologies of powerset. These technologies do...
You are correct Tommy. I was heavily referencing Powerset's infrastructure. My basis for my argument was that Microsoft wants to integrate Powerset, at least...
Ruby's willingness to accept arguments to methods without requiring delimiting parenthesis has provided a powerful catalyst for keeping me confused. Sometimes...
I usually try to use parens for most method calls but I'm not consistent. For example I wouldn't use parens in situations when "calling" attr_reader ... ...
Regarding whether return is a method or a statement: A method (at least in Ruby) can’t directly change the flow of execution in a program. Return does so...
The uniqueness of Powerset are its ideas and algorithms. Rob, I think you are referring to the infrastructure technologies of powerset. These technologies do...
... Yep. That's definitely the confusing part. Although, upon reflection, I guess cases of statements accepting arguments are not quite as unusual as I had...
Yeah, a little too reminiscent of (Visual) Basic. From: ocruby@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ocruby@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug Jolley Sent: Thursday, July...
I just did a fresh install of Leopard and TextMate. I tried to open the current directory in TextMate and get the results below macbookpro:foo locnguyen$ mate...
If anyone knows of anyone hiring in the Orange County area for a position that I would be well suited for, could you please forward my resume on to them? ...
My focus has been in the AJAX/DHTML area instead of Flash so I haven't done anything with ActionScript or Flex. I'm a quick learner with lots of varied...
I just watched this from his blog. I really enjoyed its focus and clear message. I wish more people could present this way. He's come a long way since the...
Thanks Scott. It has definitely been my best internship to date (and most likely my last). I still have about 5 more weeks, then I'm heading back to Irvine for...