So far Hyper-V is working out well for me. I am disappointed that I am not able to use USB devices such as scanners or printers with my Hyper-V virtual machines. It would be nice if I were able to use VM-ware workstation in combination with Hyper-V, or if VM-ware server would work with 2008 64-bit (as of a couple of weeks ago it didn't).
The nice thing about having Hyper-V on my development machine is that I have virtual servers set up to perform various functions (web server, database server, etc.) and that if these servers are running when I reboot my PC, they're running when the PC starts up again. This is much more convenient than my previous VM-ware workstation configuration, where I would have to manually start up each server each time I rebooted my PC.
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It's easy to be despondent about the economy. My 401k has lost something like 25% of its value in the last six months. However, I do believe there are upsides, at least for software development folks:
1) Foreign competition will be more expensive as the value of the dollar falls.
2) Software is a great way to cut costs, and companies will be looking to do as much cost-cutting as possible, which means they'll be investing in software.
I may be naive, but I also believe that the economy will pick up after the election. I think there's a lot of "wait and see" happening right now. It does seem as though the administration is handling the nation's finances in a pretty careless fashion. Sort of a "let's see if we can spend everything before we leave" attitude.
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I've decided to re-read Larry Niven's Ringworld series. The series would make for an excellent movie, but I'd forgotten how ribald the books are. It would be neat to see what the ringworld looks like in pixar 3D.
I'm starting to have the same problem with audiobooks that I have with regular books...that is, it's easier to buy them than it is to read them, so my reading list is growing. Most recently, I found that Anne Proulx has a new audio book, Fine Just The Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3, and I can't decide if I want to read it, Leviathan (a history of whaling) or The Tipping Point next...
The nice thing about having Hyper-V on my development machine is that I have virtual servers set up to perform various functions (web server, database server, etc.) and that if these servers are running when I reboot my PC, they're running when the PC starts up again. This is much more convenient than my previous VM-ware workstation configuration, where I would have to manually start up each server each time I rebooted my PC.
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It's easy to be despondent about the economy. My 401k has lost something like 25% of its value in the last six months. However, I do believe there are upsides, at least for software development folks:
1) Foreign competition will be more expensive as the value of the dollar falls.
2) Software is a great way to cut costs, and companies will be looking to do as much cost-cutting as possible, which means they'll be investing in software.
I may be naive, but I also believe that the economy will pick up after the election. I think there's a lot of "wait and see" happening right now. It does seem as though the administration is handling the nation's finances in a pretty careless fashion. Sort of a "let's see if we can spend everything before we leave" attitude.
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I've decided to re-read Larry Niven's Ringworld series. The series would make for an excellent movie, but I'd forgotten how ribald the books are. It would be neat to see what the ringworld looks like in pixar 3D.
I'm starting to have the same problem with audiobooks that I have with regular books...that is, it's easier to buy them than it is to read them, so my reading list is growing. Most recently, I found that Anne Proulx has a new audio book, Fine Just The Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3, and I can't decide if I want to read it, Leviathan (a history of whaling) or The Tipping Point next...
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