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From Brennan's Blog which is no longer up and running:
I use Remote Desktop all the time to work inside of my development systems hosted by Microsoft Virtual Server. I use the host system to browse the web for documentation and searches as I work and when I need to copy some text from the web browser I find many times the link between the host clipboard and the remote clipboard is broken. In the past I have read that somehow the remote clipboard utility, rdpclip.exe, gets locked and no longer allows the clipboard to be relayed between the host and the client environment. My only way to deal with it was to use the internet clipboard, cl1p.net. I would create my own space and use it to send content between environments. But that is a cumbersome step if you are doing it frequently.
The only way I really knew to fix the clipboard transfer was to close my session and restart it. That meant closing the tools I was using like Visual Studio, Management Studio and the other ancillary processes I have running as I work and then restarting all of it just to restore the clipboard. But today I found a good link on the Terminal Services Blog explaining that what is really happening. The clipboard viewer chain is somehow becoming unresponsive on the local or remote system and events on the clipboards are not being relayed between systems. It is not necessarily a lock being put in place but some sort of failed data transmission. It then goes on to explain the 2 steps you can take to restore the clipboard without restarting your session.
- Use Task Manager to kill the rdpclip.exe process
- Run rdpclip.exe to restart it
The clipboard communications should be restored. My clipboard is currently working because I just restarted my session to fix it, but I wanted to test these steps. I killed rdpclip.exe and started it and was able to copy/paste from the remote to the host system. The next time my clipboard dies I will have to check to see if these steps truly do work.
As someone who works in many facets of the music industry, I used to seethe with a mixture of anger and jealousy when I would hear people in more “traditional” goods-based industries argue in favor of music content-based piracy. They made all the classic talking points, like “I wouldn’t spend money on this artist normally, and maybe if I like it I’ll spend money on them when they come to town” (which never happened), or “artists are rich and I’m poor, they don’t need my money” (rarely the case), or the worst, “if it were fairly priced and worth paying for, I’d buy it” (not true). I always wondered if they’d have the same attitude if 63% of the things acquired by customers in their industries weren’t actually paid for, as was conservatively estimated as the case for the music industry in 2009 (other estimations put the figure of pirated music at 95%). Well, we may soon see the answer to curiosities like that. Though one can say with tentative confidence that music piracy is on the decline thanks to services like Spotify and Rdio, it could be looming on the horizon for the entire global, physical supply chain. Yes, I’m talking about 3d printers.
Before I get into the heart of this article, let me take a moment to make one thing clear: I think these machines are incredible. It’s damn near inspiring to think of even a few of their potentially world-changing applications: affordable, perfectly fit prosthetic limbs for wounded servicemen and women; the ability to create a piece of machinery on the spot instead of having to wait for a spare to arrive in the mail, or en route if your car or ship breaks down in a far away place; a company based out of Austin, TX even made a fully functioning firearm from a 3d printer a few months ago.
If these machines become as consumer-friendly and idiot-proof as possible (like computers), it’s possible that in a matter of decades (maybe less), a majority of U.S. households will have their own 3d printer. There’s also the possibility they could take the tech-hobbyist path, one that is much less appealing to the masses. Dale Dougherty of Makezine.com estimates there are currently around 100,000 “personal” 3d printers, or those not owned for business or educational purposes. I don’t think they’ll ever be as ubiquitous as computers, but there are plenty of mechanically inclined, crafty hobbyists out there who would love to play around with a 3d printer if it was affordable enough.
That being said, is there reason to worry about the economic implications of consumers making what they want, essentially for free, instead of paying someone else to produce it? Or will the printers instead be used for unique items more so than replicating and ripping off other companies’ merchandise in mass amounts? The number of people working in industries that would be affected by a development like this is far greater than the number of people who work in content-based industries, so any downturn would probably have a much larger economic implications. Certainly, those times are a ways off, but a little foresightedness never hurt anyone!
It is said that spoken languages shape thoughts by their inclusion and exclusion of concepts, and by structuring them in different ways. Similarly, programming languages shape solutions by making some tasks easier and others less aesthetic. Using F# instead of C# reshapes software projects in ways that prefer certain development styles and outcomes, changing what is possible and how it is achieved.
F# is a functional language from Microsoft's research division. While once relegated to the land of impractical academia, the principles espoused by functional programming are beginning to garner mainstream appeal.
As its name implies, functions are first-class citizens in functional programming. Blocks of code can be stored in variables, passed to other functions, and infinitely composed into higher-order functions, encouraging cleaner abstractions and easier testing. While it has long been possible to store and pass code, F#'s clean syntax for higher-order functions encourages them as a solution to any problem seeking an abstraction.
F# also encourages immutability. Instead of maintaining state in variables, functional programming with F# models programs as a series of functions converting inputs to outputs. While this introduces complications for those used to imperative styles, the benefits of immutability mesh well with many current developments best practices.
For instance, if functions are pure, handling only immutable data and exhibiting no side effects, then testing is vastly simplified. It is very easy to test that a specific block of code always returns the same value given the same inputs, and by modeling code as a series of immutable functions, it becomes possible to gain a deep and highly precise set of guarantees that software will behave exactly as written.
Further, if execution flow is exclusively a matter of routing function inputs to outputs, then concurrency is vastly simplified. By shifting away from mutable state to immutable functions, the need for locks and semaphores is vastly reduced if not entirely eliminated, and multi-processor development is almost effortless in many cases.
Type inference is another powerful feature of many functional languages. It is often unnecessary to specify argument and return types, since any modern compiler can infer them automatically. F# brings this feature to most areas of the language, making F# feel less like a statically-typed language and more like Ruby or Python. F# also eliminates noise like braces, explicit returns, and other bits of ceremony that make languages feel cumbersome.
Functional programming with F# makes it possible to write concise, easily testable code that is simpler to parallelize and reason about. However, strict functional styles often require imperative developers to learn new ways of thinking that are not as intuitive. Fortunately, F# makes it possible to incrementally change habits over time. Thanks to its hybrid object-oriented and functional nature, and its clean interoperability with the .net platform, F# developers can gradually shift to a more functional mindset while still using the algorithms and libraries with which they are most familiar.
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It is hard not to wonder how current technology would have altered the events surrounding the tragic death of John F. Kennedy. On the afternoon of November 22, 1963, shots rang out in Dallas, TX, taking the life of JFK, one of the most beloved Americans. Given the same circumstances today, surely the advances in IT alone, would have drastically changed the outcome of that horrible day. Would the government have recognized that there was a viable threat looming over JFK? Would local and government agencies have been more prepared for a possible assassination attempt? Would the assortment of everyday communication devices assisted in the prevention of the assassination, not to mention, provided greater resources into the investigation? With all that the IT world has to offer today, how would it have altered the JFK tragedy?
As many conspiracy theories have rocked the foundation of the official story presented by government agencies, realization of the expansive nature of technology provides equal consideration as to how the event would have been changed had this technology been available during the time of the shooting. There were T.V. cameras, home 8mm recorders, even single shot-hand held cameras snapping away as the car caravan approached. Yet, there remains little documentation of the shooting and even less information pertaining to the precautions taken by officials prior to JFK's arrival. Theorists consider these possibilities along with how the world would have turned out had the great John F. Kennedynever been assassinated on that day.
Tech Life in California
| Company Name | City | Industry | Secondary Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattel, Inc. | El Segundo | Retail | Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores |
| Spectrum Group International, Inc. | Irvine | Retail | Retail Other |
| Chevron Corp | San Ramon | Energy and Utilities | Gasoline and Oil Refineries |
| Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. | Pasadena | Real Estate and Construction | Construction and Remodeling |
| eBay Inc. | San Jose | Software and Internet | E-commerce and Internet Businesses |
| Broadcom Corporation | Irvine | Computers and Electronics | Semiconductor and Microchip Manufacturing |
| Franklin Templeton Investments | San Mateo | Financial Services | Investment Banking and Venture Capital |
| Pacific Life Insurance Company | Newport Beach | Financial Services | Insurance and Risk Management |
| Tutor Perini Corporation | Sylmar | Real Estate and Construction | Construction and Remodeling |
| SYNNEX Corporation | Fremont | Software and Internet | Data Analytics, Management and Storage |
| Core-Mark International Inc | South San Francisco | Manufacturing | Food and Dairy Product Manufacturing and Packaging |
| Occidental Petroleum Corporation | Los Angeles | Manufacturing | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
| Yahoo!, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Software and Internet | Software and Internet Other |
| Edison International | Rosemead | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
| Ingram Micro, Inc. | Santa Ana | Computers and Electronics | Consumer Electronics, Parts and Repair |
| Safeway, Inc. | Pleasanton | Retail | Grocery and Specialty Food Stores |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | San Mateo | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech | Pharmaceuticals |
| AECOM Technology Corporation | Los Angeles | Real Estate and Construction | Architecture,Engineering and Design |
| Reliance Steel and Aluminum | Los Angeles | Manufacturing | Metals Manufacturing |
| Live Nation, Inc. | Beverly Hills | Media and Entertainment | Performing Arts |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Computers and Electronics | Semiconductor and Microchip Manufacturing |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Corp | San Francisco | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
| Electronic Arts Inc. | Redwood City | Software and Internet | Games and Gaming |
| Oracle Corporation | Redwood City | Software and Internet | Software and Internet Other |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Software and Internet | Data Analytics, Management and Storage |
| Dole Food Company, Inc. | Thousand Oaks | Manufacturing | Food and Dairy Product Manufacturing and Packaging |
| CBRE Group, Inc. | Los Angeles | Real Estate and Construction | Real Estate Investment and Development |
| First American Financial Corporation | Santa Ana | Financial Services | Financial Services Other |
| The Gap, Inc. | San Francisco | Retail | Clothing and Shoes Stores |
| Ross Stores, Inc. | Pleasanton | Retail | Clothing and Shoes Stores |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | San Diego | Telecommunications | Wireless and Mobile |
| Charles Schwab Corporation | San Francisco | Financial Services | Securities Agents and Brokers |
| Sempra Energy | San Diego | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
| Western Digital Corporation | Irvine | Computers and Electronics | Consumer Electronics, Parts and Repair |
| Health Net, Inc. | Woodland Hills | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech Other |
| Allergan, Inc. | Irvine | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech | Biotechnology |
| The Walt Disney Company | Burbank | Media and Entertainment | Motion Picture and Recording Producers |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | Palo Alto | Computers and Electronics | Consumer Electronics, Parts and Repair |
| URS Corporation | San Francisco | Real Estate and Construction | Architecture,Engineering and Design |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose | Computers and Electronics | Networking Equipment and Systems |
| Wells Fargo and Company | San Francisco | Financial Services | Banks |
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara | Computers and Electronics | Semiconductor and Microchip Manufacturing |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Santa Clara | Computers and Electronics | Semiconductor and Microchip Manufacturing |
| Sanmina Corporation | San Jose | Computers and Electronics | Semiconductor and Microchip Manufacturing |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. | Santa Clara | Telecommunications | Telecommunications Equipment and Accessories |
| Avery Dennison Corporation | Pasadena | Manufacturing | Paper and Paper Products |
| The Clorox Company | Oakland | Manufacturing | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino | Computers and Electronics | Consumer Electronics, Parts and Repair |
| Amgen Inc | Thousand Oaks | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech | Biotechnology |
| McKesson Corporation | San Francisco | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech | Pharmaceuticals |
| DIRECTV | El Segundo | Telecommunications | Cable Television Providers |
| Visa, Inc. | San Mateo | Financial Services | Credit Cards and Related Services |
| Google, Inc. | Mountain View | Software and Internet | E-commerce and Internet Businesses |
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The Hartmann Software Group understands these issues and addresses them and others during any training engagement. Although no IT educational institution can guarantee career or application development success, HSG can get you closer to your goals at a far faster rate than self paced learning and, arguably, than the competition. Here are the reasons why we are so successful at teaching:
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- We have provided software development and other IT related training to many major corporations in California since 2002.
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