...a Beowulf cluster of tortured ToughBooks with post-traumatic symptoms. Beware! While they are idle they might compute a way to revenge against the human torturers with electroshocks. Oh wait... these are not Dell notebooks.
Shame for me, before reading this story I never knew that Panasonic is involved in notebook production.
I was describing my (X^2)HTML vision and the particular case I have presented is heavily done these days using Javascript. You shouldn't have resumed to the basic 2-column layout in the example, but to imagine the possibility to change more HTML elements content without using Javascript. I'm not saying to replace Javascript everywhere, only in this kind of situation (let's call it the "innerHTML" case, maybe you'll get my point). You could have done this using a mark-up language, not a programming language!
Let me tell you a short (but not so funny for me at the moment) story that happened two days ago when an saved me. Not my life, but a lot of trouble for sure..
I had to write an administration module for a website using PHP & MySQL. It was a trivial task to do the usual stuff (add, modify, delete entries). After that I had to develop an image gallery for the admin, with file uploading. An easy task which became a pain when I realised that I did not have permissions to write from PHP to any folder and I couldn't change the folder permissions by FTP on the server (I'll call it the "nasty server" from now on).
No way to get to the nasty server administrator, so after some hours lost trying to guess by remote the admin password I had this idea: "but wait, I can copy, delete and modify files by FTP".
I tried to FTP from PHP on the same machine but I quickly realized that I can't read the files from the temporary upload folder. I was dissapointed again.
Later that night I remembered that I have access to another server (on another domain) where all the permissions are OK, I can upload files and go from there by FTP to the nasty server. So I wrote a little PHP script on the good server that made this "upload interface".
How could I have included this file in the administration interface, other way than using an ? I don't know. With AJAX, no rights to load that script from another domain. the only Javascript used was to update the parent window to show the pictures after the file upload.
I think that framesets are ugly, very hard to maintain, I had to convert a 12 (TWELVE!!!) frames website to XHTML+CSS and this task was a pain. But there are moments when they are the easiest and fastest way of doing something, and maybe even the only way.
Extending their good things as I said in my first comment would have been a nice idea years ago. You could have changed elements from the web page with the "target" attribute just like with the.innerHTML property. I am a dreamer...
"Ten years ago the web/HTML/HTTP concept was still based on request/response/full reoundtrip for each page, as it was originally concieved."
Ten years ago we had frames and we still have them now. Although not that pretty as AJAX, they were used to reload only parts of the web page. The <iframe> tag is more common than ever these days. Frames are easy to understand and they don't require any programming skills. I keep wondering why the W3C comission didn't extend this frame model for more HTML elements. Just read the following 'could have been' HTML code, no programming involved, and imagine the AJAX code you have to write to get such an effect:
But no sir! They even had to remove the target attribute from XHTML Strict! Notice how my code would have been XHTML+CSS valid without this restriction that makes me write more hacks (rel="external" and an ugly JS to add the target attributes on page load).
you have to know that someone uninvited might step inside your house. when a thief actually steps in, he has to know that he might get a bullet in his head.
so lock your bluetooth devices and label the bluetooth unsolicited messages as spam.
step 1: web 2.0 = websites with content from users step 2: users add crap to the websites step 3: the websites publish and distribute the crap step 4: some of the uploaded crap is copyrighted material step 5: copyright protected material generates lawsuits between [insert RIAA or GEMA or whatever] and website owners
we can eliminate steps 4 & 5 by inserting: step 1.5: strong check of the users identity using [SSN or fingerprint or whatever] before they have upload rights to the website
OR step 2.5: the website has an approval stage for the uploaded content
inserting step 1.5 will move the lawsuit to [RIAA or GEMA or whatever] vs. user as a copyright material distributor. i know: it's a hard measure to apply and the lawsuits will be at another level.
inserting step 2.5 will probably end the business for a lot of web 2.0 websites, these won't have the resources to filter all the uploaded content.
simple explanation:
- to use OpenOffice you have to install it on every computer where you need it. (if you don't have the installer specific for the platform, think about the time it takes to download it)
- to use these online office suites you need only a web browser (almost every OS distribution comes with one included, in a short amount of time you can finish writing the document without downloading anything)
the online office suites have built-in capabilities of saving your files remote (but pay attention to the licence! some of them imply that everything you write belongs to the company offering the online office suite).
remember: you got the power to choose the tool that satisfies best your needs.
I can't use this method. I am talking on the phone with my imaginary friend all the time but I don't have to really make a call. Now everybody on the street will think I'm nuts if that LED thing won't blink.
It sure has a positive effect as long as the child actually builds something else that the default model.
As a child who played a lot with Lego I was building a lot of tunnels, bridges, train stations and similar buildings for my electric train toys. The possibilities were endless. A child has a lot of imagination, he can build his own world and Lego is a great tool for that.
Max Faget had a straight-wing Shuttle proposalAnd now you tell me that the fags don't like landing on rockets anymore? What's wrong with these people?:|
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...what programming language is best-suited for this computers?
I don't know why I can't stop thinking about FORTRAN.
...a Beowulf cluster of tortured ToughBooks with post-traumatic symptoms.
Beware! While they are idle they might compute a way to revenge against the human torturers with electroshocks. Oh wait... these are not Dell notebooks.
Shame for me, before reading this story I never knew that Panasonic is involved in notebook production.
...but does it also measure in the Metric system? I only see Imperial units in the article.
I was describing my (X^2)HTML vision and the particular case I have presented is heavily done these days using Javascript.
You shouldn't have resumed to the basic 2-column layout in the example, but to imagine the possibility to change more HTML elements content without using Javascript.
I'm not saying to replace Javascript everywhere, only in this kind of situation (let's call it the "innerHTML" case, maybe you'll get my point).
You could have done this using a mark-up language, not a programming language!
Let me tell you a short (but not so funny for me at the moment) story that happened two days ago when an saved me. Not my life, but a lot of trouble for sure.. I had to write an administration module for a website using PHP & MySQL. It was a trivial task to do the usual stuff (add, modify, delete entries). After that I had to develop an image gallery for the admin, with file uploading. An easy task which became a pain when I realised that I did not have permissions to write from PHP to any folder and I couldn't change the folder permissions by FTP on the server (I'll call it the "nasty server" from now on). No way to get to the nasty server administrator, so after some hours lost trying to guess by remote the admin password I had this idea: "but wait, I can copy, delete and modify files by FTP". I tried to FTP from PHP on the same machine but I quickly realized that I can't read the files from the temporary upload folder. I was dissapointed again. Later that night I remembered that I have access to another server (on another domain) where all the permissions are OK, I can upload files and go from there by FTP to the nasty server. So I wrote a little PHP script on the good server that made this "upload interface". How could I have included this file in the administration interface, other way than using an ? I don't know. With AJAX, no rights to load that script from another domain. the only Javascript used was to update the parent window to show the pictures after the file upload. I think that framesets are ugly, very hard to maintain, I had to convert a 12 (TWELVE!!!) frames website to XHTML+CSS and this task was a pain. But there are moments when they are the easiest and fastest way of doing something, and maybe even the only way. Extending their good things as I said in my first comment would have been a nice idea years ago. You could have changed elements from the web page with the "target" attribute just like with the .innerHTML property. I am a dreamer...
"Ten years ago the web/HTML/HTTP concept was still based on request/response/full reoundtrip for each page, as it was originally concieved."
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Ten years ago we had frames and we still have them now. Although not that pretty as AJAX, they were used to reload only parts of the web page. The <iframe> tag is more common than ever these days.
Frames are easy to understand and they don't require any programming skills. I keep wondering why the W3C comission didn't extend this frame model for more HTML elements. Just read the following 'could have been' HTML code, no programming involved, and imagine the AJAX code you have to write to get such an effect:
<div id="container">
<div id="left_column">
<a href="some_page.php?id=1" target="right_column">link 1</a><br
<a href="some_page.php?id=2" target="right_column">link 2</a>
</div>
<div id="right_column"></div>
</div>
But no sir! They even had to remove the target attribute from XHTML Strict! Notice how my code would have been XHTML+CSS valid without this restriction that makes me write more hacks (rel="external" and an ugly JS to add the target attributes on page load).
you have to know that someone uninvited might step inside your house. when a thief actually steps in, he has to know that he might get a bullet in his head. so lock your bluetooth devices and label the bluetooth unsolicited messages as spam.
...when they actually release something!
Anyone can plan to do something, but how many of those projects are finished?
I for one doesn't welcome our new Ubuntu Multimedia Overlords, but wish them luck!
step 1: web 2.0 = websites with content from users
step 2: users add crap to the websites
step 3: the websites publish and distribute the crap
step 4: some of the uploaded crap is copyrighted material
step 5: copyright protected material generates lawsuits between [insert RIAA or GEMA or whatever] and website owners
we can eliminate steps 4 & 5 by inserting:
step 1.5: strong check of the users identity using [SSN or fingerprint or whatever] before they have upload rights to the website
OR
step 2.5: the website has an approval stage for the uploaded content
inserting step 1.5 will move the lawsuit to [RIAA or GEMA or whatever] vs. user as a copyright material distributor. i know: it's a hard measure to apply and the lawsuits will be at another level.
inserting step 2.5 will probably end the business for a lot of web 2.0 websites, these won't have the resources to filter all the uploaded content.
but I can assure you that at least one part of my anatomy is above the average!
OpenOffice is a standalone application, the office suites presented in the review are web applications.
simple explanation:
- to use OpenOffice you have to install it on every computer where you need it. (if you don't have the installer specific for the platform, think about the time it takes to download it)
- to use these online office suites you need only a web browser (almost every OS distribution comes with one included, in a short amount of time you can finish writing the document without downloading anything)
the online office suites have built-in capabilities of saving your files remote (but pay attention to the licence! some of them imply that everything you write belongs to the company offering the online office suite).
remember: you got the power to choose the tool that satisfies best your needs.
I can't use this method. I am talking on the phone with my imaginary friend all the time but I don't have to really make a call. Now everybody on the street will think I'm nuts if that LED thing won't blink.
November has only 30 days, maybe the fix no. 31 is for 1 December. Cool! Apple knows the future!
It sure has a positive effect as long as the child actually builds something else that the default model. As a child who played a lot with Lego I was building a lot of tunnels, bridges, train stations and similar buildings for my electric train toys. The possibilities were endless. A child has a lot of imagination, he can build his own world and Lego is a great tool for that.
Max Faget had a straight-wing Shuttle proposalAnd now you tell me that the fags don't like landing on rockets anymore? What's wrong with these people? :|
This is obviously the MSN Web Crawler wrongly identified by your sitemeter.