Don't be so quick to discount peanuts. They're high in protein, and our good friend George Washington Carver spent a lifetime coming up with new uses for them...
Until then, just refuse to pay the bills Goggle sends you. I mean, if you're not getting what you pay for... What? Google's services are free? I guess you're out of luck. Never mind that I'd rather see something like this done in Europe, as well, since that's the only way I'll ever see any cities over there. I can friggin' drive my car to places in the US if I want to see them in 3D - but I can't drive to Europe.:)
Anyway, what's stopping you personally from mapping your favorite area, and giving the results away for public use? I'd imagine that the stuff Google's using is available for purchase and use by other people, too. Set up the site, don't charge me to use it, and I'll happily consume your bandwidth and computing resourses. Heck, I'll even provide helpful unrequested input as to what cities you should map next.
Oh, there are car guys here (I've been prepping a car for the Hot Rod Power Tour for the last couple of weeks - it's about done). The "as long as it runs" crowd just outnumbers us by a wide margin.:) I read this scussion specifically to see if anyone had pointed out the difference between "quick" and "fast".
Near the Power Tour route? Get that GNX on the road to Milwaukee!
If "transmissions" was spelled incorrectly, I'm guessing that other details might have also eluded the poster. Yes, I'm sure there's an error in my post as well.
By removing the wire, you remove the drag on the mouse when you're trying to move it around. It's been my experience that a mouse isn't much good without a computer. If your computer sits on a desk, then it stands to reason that the mouse is only useful around the desk. Most desks aren't real large, and don't get moved around often. So this is certainly a nice thing, though I guess it does cut in to my ability to mess with the computer in the office while I'm out in the garage, should that for some reason be desirable...
Troll? I don't give a damn if anyone responds - if anything, I thought it was kinda funny. Eh, whatever. That reminds me - time to metamoderate again...:)
Gecko was a rewrite from scratch. The "old netscape code" didn't start the Mozilla Foundation, though some Netscape coders did, and were funded in large part by Netscape/AOL/TimeWarner in the beginning.
I used MS DOS on my first computer. I guess I'm not allowed to say anything bad about Microsoft, ever, because they were helpful in the beginning?
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One of Perl's benefits is that it doesn't *force* structure. It also doesn't force lack of structure, though. If your code looks sloppy in Perl - or any other language - then you're a sloppy programmer, and it's your own fault.
When I hear forced structure, I generally think of Fortran. I dislike Fortran.:)
Yeah, macs are no good for personal computing. If they used Intel chips, then they'd be personal computers; but since they use PPC chips, macs are only suited for server and mainframe usage.
Yeah, the Moodle project should have come up with something more logical, like WebCT, Mallard, or intellum. Inquisiq and mindflash come to mind, too. You can develop your LMS content in Lectora, which is a stupid name (for an overpriced, low quality product).
Actually, Blackboard is about the only LMS/CMS that has a non-silly name. I do agree that it's surprising that it's sold at all - it's such a piece of crap... I *hate* developing in that environment...
There's a difference between "another way to do something" and "a boon to web developers tired of having to flit between browsers". *That's* my point - this is not a grand advancement unless it somehow manages to instantly switch. Granted, I haven't tried it, but it likely takes just about as long to swap rendering engines as it would to just switch between running applications. The question was "will this be a boon", and the answer is "nope".
And yes, extra features that don't offer a significant gain irritate me, as do mouse gestures. Lemme guess, you like launching MS Word to create text documents, because all those extra features "don't hurt"...
For the record, I think this is a neat feature for end users, but I don't think it'll help web developers much (which, I might add, is what the question was). Dreamweaver has a "preview in" menu that includes the major browsers. UltraEdit also has that ability. It's pretty trivial to add an option in vim, and emacs probably has IE and Gecko built in already. Most web editors do that. Allowing the browser to switch back and forth just shows that the IE rendering engine as called from Netscape works. The web developers I work with would generally want to check pages in IE to see how they work in IE, they're not going to preview in Outlook Express, First Page, or any other program that happens to use the IE rendering engine.
Boy, there's one area of web development that sure would be significantly improved by adding another menu option... I mean, it takes *forever* to do that now.:)
Chain, meet weakest link. Anyway, what kind of idiot uses a choke collar to tie a dog up? You use a choke collar for training/walking, so you can apply a correction when the dog behaves incorrectly - and not for any other purpose. Ever.
Presumably, the original poster was suggesting to chain the dog up properly, rather than simply using whatever was laying around the house at the time.
XHTML is no easier to parse or maintain than good HTML 4.01 strict. It's hard to maintain bad code, period. Yeah, XHTML has a validator, but 1.0 is the last one that can be served without the screwy application/blah mimetype, and lots o' browsers don't behave with 1.1.
Validation is the only good thing about XHTML? Check out validator.w3.org and note that HTML can be validated too. Use stylesheets and HTML 4, and don't write crap code. It's the same thing as XHTML.
Also, browsers will probably accept poorly-formed XHTML just like they accept poorly-formed HTML, since the people generating the XHTML will frequently be people who don't know what they're doing - probably because they didn't know what they were doing when HTML was king.
It's downright insane to consider using proper cache-control headers and a cachingproxy in front of a web server farm.
It's sure too bad that these solutions can't be solved by merely hiring a competent sysadmin who's willing to relocate, 'cause that's be far too convenient.:)
It'd probably be easier to teach everyone in the company good HTML.
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Don't be so quick to discount peanuts. They're high in protein, and our good friend George Washington Carver spent a lifetime coming up with new uses for them...
Funny - I just sent an email out to some cow orkers that said just that...
Why not read the article, smarty? It's only about 3.5 paragraphs, including this particular gem:
"The goal is to create similar 3D online versions of other cities in the US and overseas."
Until then, just refuse to pay the bills Goggle sends you. I mean, if you're not getting what you pay for... What? Google's services are free? I guess you're out of luck. Never mind that I'd rather see something like this done in Europe, as well, since that's the only way I'll ever see any cities over there. I can friggin' drive my car to places in the US if I want to see them in 3D - but I can't drive to Europe. :)
Anyway, what's stopping you personally from mapping your favorite area, and giving the results away for public use? I'd imagine that the stuff Google's using is available for purchase and use by other people, too. Set up the site, don't charge me to use it, and I'll happily consume your bandwidth and computing resourses. Heck, I'll even provide helpful unrequested input as to what cities you should map next.
If you go to the attic of any house I worked on you will find a stud with some number multiplied by the sign of a 45 degree angle.
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You would have wasted a lot of time looking for the sign button on a calculator, anyway.
If only one can be chosen, *increase contrast*!
You live on a giant rotating magnet. Seen a compass lately?
Good things to keep in mind, definitely.
Oh, there are car guys here (I've been prepping a car for the Hot Rod Power Tour for the last couple of weeks - it's about done). The "as long as it runs" crowd just outnumbers us by a wide margin. :) I read this scussion specifically to see if anyone had pointed out the difference between "quick" and "fast".
Near the Power Tour route? Get that GNX on the road to Milwaukee!
If "transmissions" was spelled incorrectly, I'm guessing that other details might have also eluded the poster. Yes, I'm sure there's an error in my post as well.
By removing the wire, you remove the drag on the mouse when you're trying to move it around. It's been my experience that a mouse isn't much good without a computer. If your computer sits on a desk, then it stands to reason that the mouse is only useful around the desk. Most desks aren't real large, and don't get moved around often. So this is certainly a nice thing, though I guess it does cut in to my ability to mess with the computer in the office while I'm out in the garage, should that for some reason be desirable...
Troll? I don't give a damn if anyone responds - if anything, I thought it was kinda funny. Eh, whatever. That reminds me - time to metamoderate again... :)
Gecko was a rewrite from scratch. The "old netscape code" didn't start the Mozilla Foundation, though some Netscape coders did, and were funded in large part by Netscape/AOL/TimeWarner in the beginning.
I used MS DOS on my first computer. I guess I'm not allowed to say anything bad about Microsoft, ever, because they were helpful in the beginning?
Mice won because Trackballs suck. :)
You forgot to italicise Dantzig, which is not the same as Danzig. HTH.
One of Perl's benefits is that it doesn't *force* structure. It also doesn't force lack of structure, though. If your code looks sloppy in Perl - or any other language - then you're a sloppy programmer, and it's your own fault.
:)
When I hear forced structure, I generally think of Fortran. I dislike Fortran.
Yeah, macs are no good for personal computing. If they used Intel chips, then they'd be personal computers; but since they use PPC chips, macs are only suited for server and mainframe usage.
Am I the onlyone who read this and initially thought something along the lines of "what does Glenn Danzig have to do with Pi"?
Yeah, the Moodle project should have come up with something more logical, like WebCT, Mallard, or intellum. Inquisiq and mindflash come to mind, too. You can develop your LMS content in Lectora, which is a stupid name (for an overpriced, low quality product).
Actually, Blackboard is about the only LMS/CMS that has a non-silly name. I do agree that it's surprising that it's sold at all - it's such a piece of crap... I *hate* developing in that environment...
Color scheme? It's blue, just like google stuff has always been. It's worked for years, why would they change it now?
There's a difference between "another way to do something" and "a boon to web developers tired of having to flit between browsers". *That's* my point - this is not a grand advancement unless it somehow manages to instantly switch. Granted, I haven't tried it, but it likely takes just about as long to swap rendering engines as it would to just switch between running applications. The question was "will this be a boon", and the answer is "nope".
And yes, extra features that don't offer a significant gain irritate me, as do mouse gestures. Lemme guess, you like launching MS Word to create text documents, because all those extra features "don't hurt"...
For the record, I think this is a neat feature for end users, but I don't think it'll help web developers much (which, I might add, is what the question was). Dreamweaver has a "preview in" menu that includes the major browsers. UltraEdit also has that ability. It's pretty trivial to add an option in vim, and emacs probably has IE and Gecko built in already. Most web editors do that. Allowing the browser to switch back and forth just shows that the IE rendering engine as called from Netscape works. The web developers I work with would generally want to check pages in IE to see how they work in IE, they're not going to preview in Outlook Express, First Page, or any other program that happens to use the IE rendering engine.
Double-click, alt-tab, ctrl+v, enter.
:)
Boy, there's one area of web development that sure would be significantly improved by adding another menu option... I mean, it takes *forever* to do that now.
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Chain, meet weakest link. Anyway, what kind of idiot uses a choke collar to tie a dog up? You use a choke collar for training/walking, so you can apply a correction when the dog behaves incorrectly - and not for any other purpose. Ever.
Presumably, the original poster was suggesting to chain the dog up properly, rather than simply using whatever was laying around the house at the time.
XHTML is no easier to parse or maintain than good HTML 4.01 strict. It's hard to maintain bad code, period. Yeah, XHTML has a validator, but 1.0 is the last one that can be served without the screwy application/blah mimetype, and lots o' browsers don't behave with 1.1.
Validation is the only good thing about XHTML? Check out validator.w3.org and note that HTML can be validated too. Use stylesheets and HTML 4, and don't write crap code. It's the same thing as XHTML.
Also, browsers will probably accept poorly-formed XHTML just like they accept poorly-formed HTML, since the people generating the XHTML will frequently be people who don't know what they're doing - probably because they didn't know what they were doing when HTML was king.
Yeah, it's impossible to add extra database servers.
:)
It's also unlikely that one could find a database server that can cache the results of identical queries when the data hasn't changed, significantly speeding up access to nearly-static data.
It's downright insane to consider using proper cache-control headers and a caching proxy in front of a web server farm.
It's sure too bad that these solutions can't be solved by merely hiring a competent sysadmin who's willing to relocate, 'cause that's be far too convenient.
It'd probably be easier to teach everyone in the company good HTML.