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• Summary of TaleoWorld 2012

  - by Scott Ewart

  Taleo World resulted in lively, positive conversation on social media, with 1,595 references on Twitter. Conversation was driven by users live-tweeting about the keynotes, product sessions/demos and customers. The Wednesday morning keynote resulted in a spike, and users responded positively to executive’s view on HCM and the innovative Oracle-Taleo product roadmap.   This is a recap of the Twitter feed conversations highlighting top tweets and photos, as well as supporting materials, including the resulting coverage.  Please read The Taleo World Storify and click here. Five unique articles appeared on Taleo World. The Ventana Research blog and InformationWeek wrote in-depth articles focusing on Mark Hurd’s presentation, product strategy, and demonstrations of Oracle Taleo Cloud Service Feature Pack 12B and Oracle Fusion Tap, overall stressing Oracle’s commitment to customers and product development. To view the full-text of all articles , please click below on the articles' name. Oracle Presents a Taleo Future for Human Capital Management - Ventana Research blog Innovation as a Choice - Steve Boese's HR Technology blog Oracle Touts Taleo As HCM Heats Up - InformationWeek With 43% of the Current Workforce Retiring In 10 Years, What’s A CEO To Do? - HireVue Digital Distortion blog  What’s Your Recruitment Metrics Story? - SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Technology blog.

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• More on Oracle OpenWorld 2012

  - by Maria Colgan

  With only two weeks to go until Oracle OpenWorld, it is time to start planning your schedule. Every year folks ask me what Optimizer related sessions they should go and see at OpenWorld. Below are my top two picks for each day of the conference, to get your schedule started. Sunday, September 30th at 9am Beginning performance tuning Session UGF 3320 in Moscone West, room 2022 Sunday September 30th at 12:30pm Ten Surprising Performance Tactics Session UGF10426 in Moscone West, room 2016 Monday October 1st at 12:15pm The Evolution of Histograms in Oracle Database Session CON2803 in Moscone south, room 302 Monday October 1st at 1:45pm A Day in the Life of a Real-World Performance Engineer Session CON8404 in Moscone south, room 303 Tuesday October 2nd at 11:45am Oracle Partitioning: It’s Getting Even Better Session CON8321 in Moscone South, room 101 Tuesday October 2nd at 1:15pm Oracle Optimizer: Harnessing the Power of Optimizer Hints  Session CON8455 in Moscone South, room 103 Wednesday October 3rd at 3:30pm SQL Plan Stability: Post 11g Upgrade—Verizon Wireless’ Experience Session CON4485 in Moscone South, room 302 Wednesday October 3rd at 5pm Five SQL and PL/SQL Things in the Latest Generation of Database Technology Session CON8432 Moscone South, room 103 Thursday, October 4th at 11:15pm How the Query Optimizer Learns from Its Mistakes  Session CON3330 in Moscone west, room 3016 Thursday, October 4th at 12:45pm Oracle Optimizer: An Insider’s View of How the Optimizer Works Session CON8457 in Moscone South, room 104 Don't forget to pickup an Optimizer bumper sticker at the Optimizer demo booth. This year we are located in booth 3157, in the Database area of the demogrounds, in Moscone South. Members of the Optimizer development team will be there Monday through Wednesday from 9:45 am until 6pm.

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• Webcast Q&A: Hitachi Data Systems Improves Global Web Experiences with Oracle WebCenter

  - by kellsey.ruppel

  Last Thursday we had the third webcast in our WebCenter in Action webcast series, "Hitachi Data Systems Improves Global Web Experiences with Oracle WebCenter", where customer Sean Mattson from HDS and Rob Vandenberg from Oracle Partner Lingotek shared how Oracle WebCenter is powering Hitachi Data System’s externally facing website and providing a seamless experience for their customers. In case you missed it, here's a recap of the Q&A.   Sean Mattson, Hitachi Data Systems  Q: Did you run into any issues in the deployment of the platform?A: There were some challenges, we were one of the first enterprise ‘on premise’ installations for Lingotek and our WebCenter platform also has a lot of custom features.  There were a lot of iterations and back and forth working with Lingotek at first.  We both helped each other, learned a lot and in the end managed to resolve all issues and roll out a very compelling solution for HDS. Q: What has been the biggest benefit your end users have seen?A: Being able to manage and govern the content lifecycle globally and centrally and at the same time enabling the field to update, review and publish the incremental content changes without a lot of touchpoints has helped us streamline and simplify the entire publishing process. Q: Was there any resistance internally when implementing the solution? If so, how did you overcome that?A: I wouldn't say resistance as much as skepticism that we could actually deploy an automated and self publishing solution.  Even if a solution is great, adoption of a new process can be a challenge and we are still pursuing our adoption targets.  One of the most important aspects is to include lots of training and support materials and offer as much helpdesk type support as needed to get the field self sufficient and confident in the capabilities of the system.  Rob Vandenberg, Lingotek  Q: Are there any limitations regarding supported languages such as support for French Canadian and Indian languages?A: Lingotek supports all language pairs. Including right to left languages and double byte languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean Q: Is the Lingotek solution integrated with the new 11g release of WebCenter Sites? A: Yes! In fact, Lingotek is the first OVI partner for Oracle WebCenter Sites  Q: Can translation memories help to improve the accuracy of machine translation?A: One of the greatest long term strategic benefits of using Lingotek is the accumulation of translation memories, or past human translations. These TMs can be used to "train" statistical machine translation engines to have higher and higher quality. This virtuous cycle is ongoing and will consistently improve both machine and human translations.  Q: We have existing translation memories from previous work with our translation service provider. Can they be easily imported in to the Lingotek solution for re-use? Q: Yes, Lingotek is standards compliant. We support TM import in both the TMX and XLIFF formats. Q: If we use Lingotek as a service to do our professional translation and also use the Lingotek software solution, do we get the translation memories to give us a means of just translating future adds and changes ourselves? A: Yes, all the data is yours, always. Lingotek can provide both the integrated translation software as well as the professional translation services. All the content and translation memories are yours. Q: Can you give us an example of where community translation has proved to be successful?A: The key word here is community. If you have a community that cares about you, your content, and the rest of the community, then community translation can work for you. We've seen effective use cases in Product User Groups content, Support Communities, and other types of User Generated content, like wikis and blogs.   If you missed the webcast, be sure to catch the replay to see a live demonstration of WebCenter in action!   Hitachi Data Systems Improves Global Web Experiences with Oracle WebCenter from Oracle WebCenter

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• JavaOne Gangnam Style

  - by Tori Wieldt

  Yes, JavaOne is *the* place for excellent content, including technical information, opportunities to learn best practices from your peers, and access to industry experts. You can find lots of information about content in Java Evangelist Arun Gupta's 25 Reasons to attend JavaOne 2012. But you also have to let your Gangnam Style loose. Here are the Top Ten Fun Reasons to attend JavaOne 2012: 10. Connect with developers from more than 80 countries 9. Kick off the week at GlassFish and Friends Party Sunday night 8. Meet the community of Java Rock Stars 7. Enjoy all San Francisco has to offer 6. Meet your next best friend playing pinball in the Game Zone 5. Have your picture taken with Duke 4. Java in the morning and brews in the afternoon at the Taylor Street Cafe 3. Ride across the Golden Gate Bridge at the Community Geek Bike Ride 2. Rock out at the first-ever Oracle OpenWorld Music Festival and #1... 1. It beats being at work!  If you haven't registered, there's still time. Join us!

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• Oracle Honors Hitachi Data Systems with 2012 Taleo Customer Innovation Award

  - by Scott Ewart

  High-Tech Leader Recognized at Taleo World for its Strategic Initiative Aligning Talent, Performance and Revenues Oracle awarded the 2012 Taleo Customer Innovation Award to    Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., for transforming performance management within its global sales organization with Oracle Taleo talent management solutions. The Taleo Innovation Awards honor and recognize Oracle Taleo customers that advance talent management initiatives using innovation, leadership and best practices. Oracle honored HDS along with finalists National Heritage Academies and CACI at a ceremony held September 13 at Taleo World in Chicago. Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, was the emcee for the ceremony. The honorees were selected from dozens of global submissions by a panel of influential industry analysts with expertise in talent management. To view the full story and press release, click here.

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• How Are Businesses Advancing with the Experience Revolution?

  - by Charles Knapp

  Businesses worldwide are operating in a new era. Customers are taking charge of their relationships with brands, and the customer experience has become the most important differentiator and driver of business value. Where is the experience heading? And how can businesses take advantage of the customer experience revolution? Find out from the experts at a one-of-a-kind event: the Oracle Customer Experience Summit at Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco, October 3-5. Our featured speakers are global visionaries including Seth Godin, George Kembel from the Stanford d:School, Bruce Temkin, Kerry Bodine and Paul Hagen from Forrester, and Gene Alvarez from Gartner. Featured industry leaders will include speakers from Athene Group, Bazaarvoice, Comcast, Consortium of Service Innovation, Haworth, Intuit, KPN, Marriott, Nikon, Quicksilver, Royal Caribbean, SapientNitro, Southwest, Stryker, Stuart Concannon, and Twilio. Featured speakers from Oracle will include Oracle President Mark Hurd, Anthony Lye, David Vap, Brian Curran, John Kembel, and Matthew Banks. So, please join us at the Customer Experience Summit at the Oracle OpenWorld Conference.

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• Upcoming: Oracle Advanced Benefits Advisor Webcasts Announced

  - by user793553

  Oracle support is pleased to announce a new webcast covering the Open Enrollment functionality in Oracle Advanced Benefits.  The webcast is repeated on three different dates, in order to make attendance easier, whatever timezone you operate in. These one-hour sessions are recommended for technical and functional users who will be having an Open Enrollment cycle in the next 12 months.  The session will review the best proactive practices recommended by Oracle Support regardless of when your Open Enrollment takes place.  It will review planning, patching, data corruption and critical checklists. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: Planning Ahead for Open Enrollment testing Required Patches Test performance Avoid major patching/updates Data corruption issues A short, live demonstration (only if applicable) and question and answer period will be included.  Below is the schedule for the webcasts.  The same can be found in the MyOracleSupport Document Advisor Webcast Current Schedule Doc ID 740966.1 Please follow the links to register for your chosen session. Webcast Topic and Description Registration Details Date and Time Best Benefits Practices for Open Enrollment Session 3   Doc ID 1489318.1 October 17, 2012 at 16:00 US EST Best Benefits Practices for Open Enrollment Session 4   Doc ID 1489319.1 October 31, 2012 at 16:00 US EST Product Enhancements in R12.1.3 RUP 5 Session 2   Doc ID 1489320.1 November 07, 2012 at 16:00 US EST

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• Mobile Deals: the Consumer Wants You in Their Pocket

  - by Mike Stiles

  Mobile deals offer something we talk about a lot in social marketing, relevant content. If a consumer is already predisposed to liking your product and gets a timely deal for it that’s easy and convenient to use, not only do you score on the marketing side, it clearly generates some of that precious ROI that’s being demanded of social. First, a quick gut-check on the public’s adoption of mobile. Nielsen figures have 55.5% of US mobile owners using smartphones. If young people are indeed the future, you can count on the move to mobile exploding exponentially. Teens are the fastest growing segment of smartphone users, and 58% of them have one. But the largest demographic of smartphone users is 25-34 at 74%. That tells you a focus on mobile will yield great results now, and even better results straight ahead. So we can tell both from statistics and from all the faces around you that are buried in their smartphones this is where consumers are. But are they looking at you? Do you have a valid reason why they should? Everybody likes a good deal. BIA/Kelsey says US consumers will spend $3.6 billion this year for daily deals (the Groupons and LivingSocials of the world), up 87% from 2011. The report goes on to say over 26% of small businesses are either "very likely" or "extremely likely" to offer up a deal in the next 6 months. Retail Gazette reports 58% of consumers shop with coupons, a 40% increase in 4 years. When you consider that a deal can be the impetus for a real-world transaction, a first-time visit to a store, an online purchase, entry into a loyalty program, a social referral, a new fan or follower, etc., that 26% figure shows us there’s a lot of opportunity being left on the table by brands. The existing and emerging technologies behind mobile devices make the benefits of offering deals listed above possible. Take how mobile payment systems are being tied into deal delivery and loyalty programs. If it’s really easy to use a coupon or deal, it’ll get used. If it’s complicated, it’ll be passed over as “not worth it.” When you can pay with your mobile via technologies that connects store and user, you get the deal, you get the loyalty credit, you pay, and your receipt is uploaded, all in one easy swipe. Nothing to keep track of, nothing to lose or forget about. And the store “knows” you, so future offers will be based on your tastes. Consider the endgame. A customer who’s a fan of your belt buckle store’s Facebook Page is in one of your physical retail locations. They pull up your app, because they’ve gotten used to a loyalty deal being offered when they go to your store. Voila. A 10% discount active for the next 30 minutes. Maybe the app also surfaces social references to your brand made by friends so they can check out a buckle someone’s raving about. If they aren’t a fan of your Page or don’t have your app, perhaps they’ve opted into location-based deal services so you can still get them that 10% deal while they’re in the store. Or maybe they’ve walked in with a pre-purchased Groupon or Living Social voucher. They pay with one swipe, and you’ve learned about their buying preferences, credited their loyalty account and can encourage them to share a pic of their new buckle on social. Happy customer. Happy belt buckle company. All because the brand was willing to use the tech that’s available to meet consumers where they are, incentivize them, and show them how much they’re valued through rewards.

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• ETPM/OUAF 2.3.1 Framework Overview - Session 2

  - by Rick Finley

  A number of sessions are planned to review the ETPM (OUAF) 2.3.1 Framework.  These sessions will include an overview of the Navigation, Portals, Zones, Business Objects, Business Services, Algorithms, Scripts, etc.. Session 2 includes a more in depth discusion of Business Objects (BO).  Session 2 specifically covers BO Schema, BO Options, and BO inheritance in more depth.  Click on the link below for Session 2 (52 minutes). To stream the recording:   https://oracletalk.webex.com/oracletalk/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=70624122&rKey=8a16e59ed3736f1c To download the recording: https://oracletalk.webex.com/oracletalk/lsr.php?AT=dw&SP=MC&rID=70624122&rKey=140a83f63b8fa22a For additional questions, please contact [email protected].

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• New in 11gR2: Oracle Optimized System for Oracle Unified Directory (OOS4OUD) Podcast

  - by Darin Pendergraft

  There have been a lot of cool new features in the IDM 11gR2 related to new functionality: social log-in capability, mobile application security, and self service access requests, just to name a few.  But what about performance? In the 11gR2 release we announced the availability of an Optimized System configuration for Unified Directory.  Oracle is very focused on software with matching hardware that is configured and tuned to get the best performance possible.  I caught up with Nick Kloski, Infrastructure Solutions Manager and asked him to talk me through the new Optimized System for OUD. Listen to the podcast interview here. Podcast Interview

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• C++11 Tidbits: access control under SFINAE conditions

  - by Paolo Carlini

  Lately I have been spending quite a bit of time on the SFINAE ("Substitution failure is not an error") features of C++, fixing and tweaking various bits of the GCC implementation. An important missing piece was the implementation of the resolution of DR 1170 which, in a nutshell, mandates that access checking is done as part of the substitution process. Consider: class C { typedef int type; }; template <class T, class = typename T::type> auto f(int) - char; template <class> auto f(...) -> char (&)[2]; static_assert (sizeof(f<C>(0)) == 2, "Ouch"); According to the resolution, the static_assert should not fire, and the snippet should compile successfully. The reason being that the first f overload must be removed from the candidate set because C::type is private to C. On the other hand, before the resolution of DR 1170, the expected behavior was for the first overload to remain in the candidate set, win over the second one, to eventually lead to an access control error (*). GCC mainline (would be 4.8) finally implements the DR, thus benefiting the many modern programming techniques heavily exploiting SFINAE, among which certainly the GNU C++ runtime library itself, which relies on it for the internals of <type_traits> and in several other places. Note that the resolution of the DR is active even in C++98 mode, not just in C++11 mode, because it turned out that the traditional behavior, as implemented in GCC, wasn't fully consistent in all the possible circumstances. (*) In practice, GCC didn't really implement this, the static_assert triggered instead.

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• Implementing SOA & Security with Oracle Fusion Middleware in your solution – partner webcast September 20th 2012

  - by JuergenKress

  Security was always one of the main pain points for the IT industry, and new security challenges has been introduced with the proliferation  of the service-oriented approach to building modern software. Oracle Fusion Middleware provides a wide variety of features that ease the building service-oriented solutions, but how these services can be secured? Should we implement the security features in each and every service or there’s a better way? During the webinar we are going to show how to implement non-intrusive declarative security for your SOA components by introducing the Oracle product portfolio in this area, such as Oracle Web Services Manager and Oracle Enterprise Gateway. Agenda: SOA & Web Services basics: quick refresher Building your SOA with Oracle Fusion Middleware: product review Common security risks in the Web Services world SOA & Web Services security standards Implementing Web Services Security with the Oracle products Web Services Security with Oracle – the big picture Declarative end point security with Oracle Web Services Manager Perimeter Security with Oracle Enterprise Gateway Utilizing the other Oracle IDM products for the advanced scenarios Q&A session Delivery Format This FREE online LIVE eSeminar will be delivered over the Web. Registrations received less than 24hours prior to start time may not receive confirmation to attend. Duration: 1 hour Register Now Send your questions and migration/upgrade requests [email protected] Visit regularly our ISV Migration Center blog or Follow us @oracleimc to learn more on Oracle Technologies, upcoming partner webcasts and events. All content is made available through our YouTube - SlideShare - Oracle Mix. SOA & BPM Partner Community For regular information on Oracle SOA Suite become a member in the SOA & BPM Partner Community for registration please visit  www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required) If you need support with your account please contact the Oracle Partner Business Center. Blog Twitter LinkedIn Mix Forum Technorati Tags: Technorati Tags: ISV migration center,SOA,IDM,SOA Community,Oracle SOA,Oracle BPM,BPM,Community,OPN,Jürgen Kress

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• Issue 15: Oracle Exastack: Are You Ready?

  - by rituchhibber

    ORACLE EXASTACK: ARE YOU READY? SVP Focus: Chris Baker Oracle Exastack Partner Focus The Benefits of Oracle Exastack Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange @ Oracle OpenWorld PARTNER FOCUS Oracle Exastack Partner Focus Steve McNickle is VP Europe for cVidya, the long-term Oracle Gold level partner currently racking up accreditation for its solutions as a pioneering partner in the Oracle Exastack Optimized programme Read the full article SOLUTIONS FOCUS The Benefits of Oracle Exastack Paul Thompson, Director of Oracle EMEA Alliances and Solutions Partner Programs, explains the benefits of the Oracle Exastack Program in supporting ISV partners across the Oracle Exa family Read the full article ORACLE FOCUS OPN Exchange @ Oracle OpenWorld Sylvie Michou, Senior Director, Partner Marketing & Communications and Strategic Programs, introduces the dedicated Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange @ Oracle OpenWorld Read the full article

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• Issue 15: Introducing David Callaghan

  - by rituchhibber

      DAVID'S VIEW INTRODUCING DAVID CALLAGHAN David Callaghan Senior Vice President, Oracle EMEA Alliances and Channels David Callaghan is the Senior Vice President, Alliances & Channels, for Oracle EMEA. He is responsible for all elements of the Oracle Partner Network across the region and leads Oracle as it continues to deliver customer success through the alignment of Oracle's applications and hardware engineered to work together. As I reflect on our last quarter, I thank all our partners for your continued commitment and expertise in embracing the unique opportunity we have before us. The ability to engage with hardware, applications and technology is a real differentiator. We have been able to engage with deep specialization in individual products for some time, which has brought tremendous benefits. But now we can strengthen this further with the broad stack specialization that Oracle on Oracle brings. Now is the time to make that count. While customers are finishing spending this year's budget and planning their spend for the next calendar year, it is now that we need to build the quality opportunities and pipeline for the rest of the year. We have OpenWorld just around the corner with its compelling new product announcements and environment to engage customers at all levels. Make sure you use this event, and every opportunity it brings. In the next quarter you can expect to see targeted 'value creation' campaigns driven by Oracle, and I encourage you to exploit these where they will have greatest impact. My team will be engaging closely with their Oracle sales colleagues to help them leverage the tremendous value you bring, and to develop their ability to work effectively and independently with you, our partners. My team and I are all relentlessly committed to achieving partner, and customer, satisfaction to demonstrate the value of the Passion for Partnering that we all share. With best regards David Back to the welcome page

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• Oracle OpenWorld 2012 Hands-on Lab: “Using Oracle AIA Foundation Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite Integration”

  - by Lionel Dubreuil

  Sharpen your Oracle skill sets and master Oracle technology in Oracle OpenWorld Hands-on Labs.In self-paced, practical learning sessions covering everything from business applications to middleware, database, storage, and enterprise management solutions, you'll discover new ways to derive maximum benefits from your Oracle hardware and software solutionsOracle experts will be available in person to answer questions and guide you through each lab.Hands-on Labs fill up early, and seats are limited, so don’t be late.This HOL10233 - Using Oracle AIA Foundation Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite Integration is scheduled for: Date: Monday, Oct 1 Time: 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Location: Marriott Marquis - Nob Hill CD In this Hands-on Lab, learn how to integrate Oracle E-Business Suite with third-party applications in your ecosystem with Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Foundation Pack.This hands-on lab focuses on SOA-based integration with Oracle E-Business Suite, using Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway or Oracle Applications Adapter to orchestrate a process across disparate applications in your ecosystem.Objectives for this session are to: Learn how to design and build an integration, from functional definition to development Learn how to automatically build services with robust error handling logic Learn how to discover and reuse services available in Oracle E-Business Suite

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• Fun with Outer Joins

  Learn how an outer join works and how you can use it in your applications to find the results you need when matching data isn't in all your tables. Keep your database and application development in syncSQL Connect is a Visual Studio add-in that brings your databases into your solution. It then makes it easy to keep your database in sync, and commit to your existing source control system. Find out more.

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• SQL Server Requery() sometimes hangs

  - by PSU

  I have an issue with Visual C++ and Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2. The following code will occasionally hang: Object->Update(); if(Object->CanRestart()) { //Why does this not return?? m_pDBRoRBaseObject->Requery(); } Object is derived from CRecordset. It looks to me as though a call to ::SQLExecute(m_hstmt) in the Requery() method is hanging, but I can't (with my current skill set anyway) figure out a way around this. Has anyone had a similar problem, or an insight of any sort?

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• What problems can arise from emulating concepts from another languages?

  - by Vandell

  I've read many times on the web that if your language doesn't support some concept, for example, object orientation, or maybe function calls, and it's considered a good practice in this other context, you should do it. The only problem I can see now is that other programmers may find your code too different than the usual, making it hard for them to program. What other problems do you think may arise from this?

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• Is donationware a good monetization model for developers?

  - by Nathan Campos

  I've been developing for Android for about 2 years (and ~1 year for iOS), releasing freeware and open source applications (mostly because my AdSense account was disabled in 2010), but recently I had an idea for a great app that I wanted to get some money, since it would take some effort to develop and also I would like to test this "commercial" model to know if this could make me invest more time improving and making my apps better. Since my AdSense account was disabled and then I'll not be about to sell it on the Google Play Store, I thought about making it a donationware so I would distribute it for free (and probably open source too) and users that really liked the app and wanted to give me a thanks and a incentive to continue developing it could donate any amount of money. So, what's your experience with donationware? Is it worth compared to paid apps?

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• Transaction classification. Artificial intelligence

  - by Alex

  For a project, I have to classify a list of banking transactions based on their description. Supose I have 2 categories: health and entertainment. Initially, the transactions will have basic information: date and time, ammount and a description given by the user. For example: Transaction 1: 09/17/2012 12:23:02 pm - 45.32$ - "medicine payments" Transaction 2: 09/18/2012 1:56:54 pm - 8.99$ - "movie ticket" Transaction 3: 09/18/2012 7:46:37 pm - 299.45$ - "dentist appointment" Transaction 4: 09/19/2012 6:50:17 am - 45.32$ - "videogame shopping" The idea is to use that description to classify the transaction. 1 and 3 would go to "health" category while 2 and 4 would go to "entertainment". I want to use the google prediction API to do this. In reality, I have 7 different categories, and for each one, a lot of key words related to that category. I would use some for training and some for testing. Is this even possible? I mean, to determine the category given a few words? Plus, the number of words is not necesarally the same on every transaction. Thanks for any help or guidance! Very appreciated Possible solution: https://developers.google.com/prediction/docs/hello_world?hl=es#theproblem

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• Staying concentrated during small pauses [migrated]

  - by 9000

  My workflow includes some steps that make me wait for 0.5 to 2 minutes to complete: long remote git operations, creating / rebooting an instance in the cloud, etc. It's safe to assume that these operations cannot be made any faster. The resulting delays are the biggest flow-breakers for me. These are too long to just sit and stare at the progress indicators, but too short to take a walk and grab a coffee. Temptation to check some websites is big, and it's often a road to 20-30 minutes of procrastination + the time to get into the flow again. What are your coping strategies?

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• Should I be using a JavaScript SPA designed when security is important

  - by ryanzec

  I asked something kind of similar on stackoverflow with a particular piece of code however I want to try to ask this in a broader sense. So I have this web application that I have started to write in backbone using a Single Page Architecture (SPA) however I am starting to second guess myself because of security. Now we are not storing and sending credit card information or anything like that through this web application but we are storing sensitive information that people are uploading to us and will have the ability to re-download too. The obviously security concern that I have with JavaScript is that you can't trust anything that comes from JavaScript however in a Backbone SPA application, everything is being sent through JavaScript. There are two security features that I will have to build in JavaScript; permissions and authentication. The authentication piece is just me override the Backbone.Router.prototype.navigate method to check the fragment it is trying to load and if the JavaScript application.session.loggedIn is not set to true (and they are not viewing a none authenticated page), they are redirected to the login page automatically. The user could easily modify application.session.loggedIn to equal true (or modify Backbone.Router.prototype.navigate method) but then they would also have to not so easily dynamically embedded a link into the page (or modify a current one) that has the proper classes, data-* attributes, and href values to then load a page that should only be loaded when they user has logged in (and has the permissions). So I have an acl object that deals with the permissions stuff. All someone would have to do to view pages or parts of pages they should not be able to is to call acl.addPermission(resource, permission) with the proper permissions or modify the acl.hasPermission() to always return true and then navigate away and then back to the page. Now certain things is EMCAScript 5 like Object.seal() or Object.freeze() would help with some of this however we have to support IE 8 which does not support those pieces of functionality. Now the REST API also performs security checks on every request so technically even if they are able to see parts of the interface that they should not be able to, they still should not be able to actually affect any data. The main benefits for me in developing a JavaScript SPA application is that the application is a lot more responsive since it is only transferring the minimum amount of JSON data for the requested action and performing the minimum amount of work too. There are also other things that I think are beneficial like you are going to have to develop an API for the data (which is good if you want expand your application to different platforms/technologies) or their is more of a separation between front-end and back-end however if security is a concern, it is really wise to go down the road of a JavaScript SPA application for the front-end?

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• How can I send audio input as chunked HTTP?

  - by Noli

  I am trying to create an interface with an external server, and don't know where to start. I would need to take audio as input to my computer, and send it to the remote server as a chunked HTTP request. The api that i'm trying to connect to is described here p1-5 http://dragonmobile.nuancemobiledeveloper.com/public/Help/HttpInterface/HTTP_Services_for_NDEV_v1.2_Silver_Version.pdf I have never worked with audio programmatically, so don't know what would be the most straighforward way to go about this? Are there solutions that exist out there that already do this? I've come across references to Shoutcast, VLC, Icecast, FFMPeg, Darkice, but I don't know if those are appropriate for what I'm trying to accomplish or not. Would appreciate any guidance, Thanks

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• understanding computers [closed]

  - by Ashwin

  Possible Duplicate: Good resources to understand how a program interacts with machine hardware I don't know if this is the correct StackExchange site to ask this question. But I could not find any other. I want to understand how a computer works from the software level to the internal structure. For example what happens when I press a button on keyboard. The OS interprets it and then what changes happen in the flip-flops. How is an operating system written? If it is written using some programming language, then how is that interpreter written. At some point it has to come down to the hardware, right? I know to program in c, c++ and java. But after all these years I am still not sure about what is happening inside. I would be grateful to anyone who points me to to a link or a video that explains this to the deep.

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• Is it a good practice by commenting with owner name? [closed]

  - by fifth

  Possible Duplicate: How do you keep track of the authors of code? Here's several scenarios which may comment with owner name: bug fixing, i.e. // fixed bug 123 by xxx, solution is ... ... fixme/todo tags, i.e. // TODO: .... by xxx. hacks, i.e. // HACK! ... by xxx For case #2, please refer to Comment Tags The obvious advantage is that we can ease tracking by names. The downside is the risk of abuse. Actually my previous company allowed this way of commenting style, but current employer completely disallows names appearing in code. In my opinion, I would vote for discreetly commenting with author names. I'm open to hear from you if this commenting style is good or bad. Thanks.

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