Programming & Design - May 2007

Lot's of American companies are outsourcing programming and design work to foreigners. If you read Yahoo! Answers: Programming & Design for just a few minutes, you notice just how absolutely awful communication skills are for many who use English as a second language.

We haven't done a lot of outsourcing where I work, but I can only imagine how difficult it would be for one of these people to gather accurate, meaningful requirements from an avagerage user, when the very basics of our language seem beyond their current grasp.

I'm not trying to be insulting or anything, don't get me wrong. I tend to think foreign outsourcing is even okay sometimes. But a half-price programmer that cannot communicate is not going to be a bargain in the long run. I have a feeling a lot of companies are making a short-sighted mistake of just looking at salary.

What do you think?

2007-05-25 02:52:09 · 4 answers · asked by scott 3

I need to add numbers (variable) together in a batch file so that the sum of the two numbers is used as part of a password.

there are 6 variable numbers - 123456

I need to add 1+2 3+4 5+6 to come up with a 3/4 digit number.

2007-05-25 00:46:26 · 4 answers · asked by the thinker 3

I'm a web design student, but my web design skills aren't advanced enough to do the web design all by myself.

But I have good experience in Sales and I know that I'll be able to get business quickly. Can you still make money if you get someone else to do the designing, and I'll just be soliciting business?

What problems can I experience with this business model?

2007-05-24 21:46:14 · 9 answers · asked by Nothing's Forever 2

this is related to cobol programming in mainframe

2007-05-24 21:15:13 · 1 answers · asked by uma m 1

Hi, i want my webside to read its content from a texts file, so that the content shown in the webside change if i change the text file.

The .txt file are at the same hostingserver and created by dokuwiki.

I use dreamweaver 8.

Any suggestions?

2007-05-24 20:02:09 · 3 answers · asked by Meo 2

I need a link to help me learn whatever more CSS there may be beyond the basics of background color and link hilighting. Does anyone have a link I can use to help further my knowledge in this subject?

I already know about simple ones like www.w3schools.com, etc. But I need to go beyond what those websites offer.

And I need it asap! Also, Thanks for viewing my question :)

2007-05-24 19:45:19 · 2 answers · asked by Mr. Bob 3

2007-05-24 16:42:15 · 1 answers · asked by judyisfun2000 1

which is better and why?

2007-05-24 16:21:16 · 4 answers · asked by Tina R 1

2007-05-24 16:09:51 · 3 answers · asked by aussygirl87 1

hey, what is a good site to use to tag your images, like put fancy writing on your pictures for myspace?? ive tried sites like freecodesource.com and layoutcodez.com, and everything goes well until it's time to preview the images, and then it doesnt show up, it only shows a white screen with a small red "x" on top. what is a good site that i can do this that actually works??? thanks very much. peace and love.

2007-05-24 13:07:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-24 10:35:23 · 3 answers · asked by webmisslala 1

Hello, I visited the following site www.mysteriousuniverse.org and I noticed that when you click on an image, there's a cool flash-like display of it, and I was wondering if I can use that technology for my site.

Does anyone know how to do this or where I can get the html code?

Your help is much appreciated.

Regards

2007-05-24 09:09:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I tried to search for my own blog in yahoo and google and it doesn't appear..but then other peoples blogs appear in the results. Why do this happen? How can i make my blog appear in the search results?

2007-05-24 07:17:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anybody kno if it's possible, and if it is, how do I put a music file in a HTML document? Thanks...

2007-05-24 06:55:12 · 2 answers · asked by Mar 3

Not myspace......

2007-05-24 06:20:34 · 10 answers · asked by NY Lady 5

I need to know the following question:

"What is a function header, and what are its components?"

I would really appreciate this!

2007-05-24 06:17:19 · 5 answers · asked by yourfaceisanugget 1

2007-05-24 05:31:54 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am trying to make the script but i am running into problems
and i cannot tel you what in the open i first have to trust you, so if ou are intreated in becoming my partner in making this site leave your e-mail and i will contact you.

Oh and by the way i need you to have some idea of how to Programme in PHP and MySQL.

2007-05-24 05:26:52 · 2 answers · asked by Parham S 1

2007-05-24 05:12:22 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-24 03:11:31 · 7 answers · asked by parr 1

I under stand you can find web host sites but would like to find a quick and reletivley simple way of first learning the basics.
Any help appreciated.

2007-05-24 02:47:52 · 8 answers · asked by rob e 2

I had someone peruse my photography website the other day, and they told me that I needed more flash animations, more bells and whistles, and more polished transitions. Now, I did my website all by myself. I wrote the HTML longhand with VERY LITTLE help from a site builder program. It took me forever to complete, so maybe that is why I am so reluctant to change anything.

I was hoping the YA folks could have a look at my site, and offer some tips and advice on how to make it better. Yes, there is an email link on my site. Yes, if you spam me, I will block you.

Here is the link: http://www.griswells.com

I'll update this as suggestions come in. Thanks!

2007-05-24 02:37:38 · 10 answers · asked by Mooch 4

sir in visual basic 6.0 i have made an application which contains the listbox .The multiselect property of the listbox is set as the simple select.I have a button on it to remove the selected items .The coding of this button is following
dim i as integer
if list1.selcount=1 then
list1.removeitem i
else if list1.selcount>1 then
for i=0 to list1.listcount-1
if list1.selected(i) then
list1.removeitem i
end if
next
end if
but this code generates an error and when i scan the lisbox backward (for i=list1.listcount-1 to 0 step -1) then it does not generates an error.why explain it.please help.

2007-05-24 02:12:46 · 1 answers · asked by Zia ur Rahman 1

I want visitors to be able to click on a state, and then that will take them to a page for their state. (Like finding the nearest location for you) - Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-05-24 02:11:22 · 3 answers · asked by meghananne23 4

HI,
i wanna multiply two floating point numbers.
But my language does'nt support floating point multiplication.
But it supports integer multiplicationa and all other stuffs.
Ex
a=6
b=7
c=a*b is valid and gives correct answer
if x=2.5
y=3.1
z=x*y ( not allowed) .
Even floating point data i have to take input as string.
There s no support to floating point at all..........

Which language i am using is of no concern.

Let me know.. if its possible to multiply two floating numbers...

Thanks
PC

2007-05-24 01:33:08 · 5 answers · asked by PC 4

Im new in programming can anybody define theses terms with some examples.
Whats a loop? Whats a String?How does an array work? These are the 3 main thing Iwant to know but an other basics u think i should know plz write it too

2007-05-24 00:39:55 · 6 answers · asked by MiCk 2

2007-05-23 23:50:20 · 2 answers · asked by Bob Dylan ♪ 7

2007-05-23 23:45:15 · 5 answers · asked by garry12e 1

2007-05-23 20:08:44 · 5 answers · asked by eshop_abc 1

I have a coding problem that is a lill tricky for me to solve, please suggest a good solution

String s = "Line5: this is line 5Line1: this is line 1 Line4:this is line 4 line3:this is line 3"


Ok I want the lines .. this is line 'x', where x=1,2,3,4 ... n, in a String array( lets suppose).

the order of int with string i.e; Line 1 , Line 2 is not fixed, Line 10 may come at first place and Line 1 could come at 3rd place etc.

My delimiting character is "Line x:" or "line x:", where x = 1,2,3 .. n

Any suggestion.....??

2007-05-23 19:16:02 · 2 answers · asked by ali hammad 1