mvalente.eu/mv.* Heavy Mental Stuff

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Slowly but Surely
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 07 11:40:21 GMT

Like I said to VD the other day, whether you like it or not,
all your code are belong to Javascript pretty soon.

“the winners are going to do what worked at Bell Labs in 1978:
build a programming language, like C, that’s portable and efficient.
It should compile down to “native” code (native code being JavaScript
and DOMs)”

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/18.html

“JavaScript is the assembly language of the Web” and thats that…

http://www.nikhilk.net/JavaScript-Universal-Runtime.aspx

They are already doing it…

“You write your front end in the Java programming language, and the
GWT compiler converts your Java classes to browser-compliant JavaScript
and HTML.”
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/

“The Script# compiler is a C# compiler that generates JavaScript as
its output instead of IL”
http://projects.nikhilk.net/Projects/ScriptSharp.aspx

Now its even in “respected” publications by university teachers…

“JavaScript’s ubiquitous browser availability makes it the frontrunner in
that environment and this will no doubt ripple to servers and appliances.
JavaScript is headed into the limelight once promised to Java, then later
to Flash. It will be a must know language for everyone within 3 years.”

http://www.jot.fm/issues/issue_2007_11/column3/

Remember where you heard it first:

http://mv.asterisco.pt/Files/pstarlt.ppt

— MV

PS – On a related note: whoooo! MVC for ASP! whoooo! I dont know what
all the fuss is about. Castle has been there for nearly 3 years.
http://www.castleproject.org/

PPS – Still on a related note: go and watch the “The future will be
about programming languages” presentation. While you’re there you
might also do well to watch “Open Source ESBs”
http://www.parleys.com/display/PARLEYS/The%20future%20will%20be%20about%20programming%20languages?showComments=true
http://www.parleys.com/display/PARLEYS/Open%20Source%20ESBs

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Book Reading Update
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 07 11:27:21 GMT

– I’m now up to April 1975 in my Readers Digest collection

– finished up “Sandworms of Dune” this dawn and started into
“The Dreaming Void”

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sandworms-Kevin-Anderson-Brian-Herbert/dp/0340837519/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dreaming-Void-Trilogy/dp/140508880X/

– will try to go over ITIL “Service Strategy” and “Service Design” during
this weekend

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ITIL-Lifecycle-Publication-Suite-Improvement/dp/0113310501/

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Open Arena
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 07 22:43:21 GMT

The new game in-da-house is “Open Arena”:

http://openarena.ws/

Its basically good old Quake III, but for free, *AND*
(the special part) with Quake’s DM maps converted, from
dm1 to dm7. Great fun, even with bots (no need to humiliate
zorton, viper or nbk)

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Ensinar a AP
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 07 22:28:21 GMT

“A Apritel elaborou um codigo de boas praticas para ensinar a Administracao
Publica (AP) a contratar servicos de comunicacoes.”

http://www.apritel.org/noticias/detalhes.php?id=458

1 – Publicacao previa e atempada
2 – Obrigatorio lancar concurso
3 – Fiscalizar ajustes directos
4 – Apresentar concursos por lotes

Atao, mas mas…?! Eu ja vi isto em qualquer lado! E tenho
a certeza que a Apritel e os seus membros tambem!

http://mv.asterisco.pt/2007/Aug/cat.cgi?PT%20perde%20mercado%20na%20AP

“…diz Luis Reis, apontando o exenplo do ITIJ…”

Ah bom! Bem me parecia… Segue depois a factura pela consultoria
para o codigo das boas praticas.

— MV

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Efemerides Registrais
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 07 22:03:21 GMT

Assim em modo de multi-efemeride sincronizada nao intencional:

– faz 2 anos que passou a ser emitido o Documento Unico Automovel
(ou, melhor dizendo, o Certificado de Matricula), que veio substituir
os antigos registo e livrete. E ja la vao mais de 3 milhoes de DUAs
emitidos…

http://www.mj.gov.pt/sections/destaques/home-pb/copy_of_emitidos-410-mil6879

– para alem de Castelo de Vide (Portalegre), o Cartao de Cidadao esta
agora tambem disponivel, conforme planeado desde o inicio, em Vila Flor
(Braganca) e em Mourao (Evora). Pois e, nao e Lisboa; e uma coisa “estranha”
que se faz nos projectos de tecnologia, chamada piloto e que faz parte de
outras coisas “estranhas” chamadas “gestao” e “planeamento”

http://jn.sapo.pt/2007/02/14/nacional/cartao_cidadao_lancado_hoje.html
http://expresso.clix.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=ex.stories/152298
http://noticiasdecastelodevide.blogspot.com/2007/07/novo-carto-de-cidado-comea-ser-emitido.html
http://www.rba.pt/news.php?item.1120.2

– entrou tambem em piloto esta semana o “Associacao na Hora”, projecto
semelhante ao “Empresa na Hora” que permite a criacao mais facil de
associacoes

http://www.mj.gov.pt/sections/documentos-e-publicacoes/temas-de-justica/proposta-de-lei-da/

E assim acontece…

— MV