Because the standard is missing lots of information, There are large parts of the Office XML files that contain chunks of binary, which we do not understand, this should be in the specification somewhere - but it isn't
This basically means that no-one else except Microsoft are capable of writing their OOXML files (and i don't think others can read them either) Why do you think Open Office still doesn't support the new OOXML files?
Also, probably just because its made by Microsoft and their history speaks for itself.
"You are right... EVERYONE should know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING. I mean if they dont know how networking works and how to perform delicate reconstructive surgery at the same time they are STUPID!" I think your missing the point
Just because you don't know doesn't make you stupid, but going around telling everyone some crap and claiming its the truth, that does make you stupid (well its just degrading human knowledge, but either way)
Sometimes I'm actually looking for something on a particular site, but the 1 extra click doesn't bother me
What is annoying is that the Google toolbar doesn't have a "I'm Feeling Lucky" so u always have to see the results page, but even then, considering the speed of the internet these days 1 click may be a mere second or two (especially considering how streamlined Google is)
Back on topic, i cant say the BBC fascinate me, most of their programs are boring, or on other channels first (to me anyway), i dont think i ever visit their website, and i use Linux (probably 70% of the time anyway (excluding gaming)) Besides if i want news off the BBC, it usually goes through a 3rd party who focus's stories im actually interested in
"Why would they do this after the war? Wouldn't they want to explore the technology for other uses, and profit further from the leadership in this field they developed? I mean, what's the reason for hiding (and, worse, destroying!) their code-breaking machine after the war has ended?" Maybe they were just trying to hide it
I mean, if people could get holds of the plans on colossus, and find out how the cipher was done, they could probably work out much more difficult encryption methods if you think about it, colossus was the absolute peak of what we could do, if anyone got hold of that it would be a dangerous weapon
Its easier to deny something's existence if it doesn't exist
"You actually didn't provide any evidence that the problem doesn't affect XP or Vista" On that note, the article didn't provide any evidence that it DID affect XP/Vista
By this/your/some reasoning, i could argue that bugs in GCC3 affect GCC4
actually you are legally required to provide 1 years warranty/guarantee (UK) on a product (3 months in the USA)(minimum)
I thought the USA had fair use laws, is it not fair for someone to use a phone on a network of their choice? (assuming there aren't technical limitations) Hell if you modded an iphone to use 3G, i still don't see anything illegal, as long as its not more powerful
From what Ive read here, apple are fine, they did warn users the update may break custom phones, you were warned and you took the risk, just like you took the risk hacking it in the first place
Unfortuntly, i guess apple has no real way to tell if the iphone has been modified, and they are well within their rights to ask you if it has been, but you say no, and they have no other proof, you are entitled to the contractual obligations of the warranty
Microsoft implement a depreciated standard and people start complaining that its not supported ? Go try and play your DirectX 3 Games and get back to us
I'm running FF at this second, 4 tabs open, 108,572K
Its using over 100MB and Ive got 4 tabs open, but tbh i don't care, its not like 100MB is really that much to me, id rather use it then have it sit there idle
apparently you lot seem to have missed the point of "multi" touch
What you just described is single touch
Hell even that Linux demo hardly demonstrated more then single touch - which you can do with any old touchscreen, however, when the two of them started using it, you really could see the advantage of multi-touch (well if you call what they were doing useful)
Also, their implementation seemed a bit laggy at times, i don't know if that's because the PC they were using was a bit slow, or because their coding is bad, or the bugs, or if that is just a problem with Linux
firstly, they don't actually store much power (normal capacitors are only 500mF or something like that) - that would only light a 12v bulb for a fraction of a second Secondly, they leak a lot of power, as the article says >The amount of energy that a capacitor can store depends on the insulating material in between the metal surfaces, called a dielectric Whats actually happening is there are 2 metal plates, a positive and negative (well there are actually many sets of these plates in a capacitor, but that's not the point) and a liquid in the middle that stores electrons, when you apply power the dielectric holds some of these electrons, but they are also constantly escaping to the negative plates This means capacitors actually leak a lot of current, however, they are still invaluable from rectifying power supplies to many other things
For the (long) foreseeable future capacitors are never ever going to replace a battery, and in-fact companies are probably going to want to remove as many capacitors from their products as they can, as this will lead to less overall current leakage - thus power consumption will be lowered
Don't believe me, get a simple electrolytic capacitor (something like 50pF) and connect it to a battery, and then see how long the battery lasts
yeah but although that may be gone, things like WoWGlider are still as prevalent as ever
Just because 1 main cheating system is gone, there is another to take its place, this has and always will be true
Of course since the warden has been updated a lot, the number of cheaters is pretty low, but with VAC which hasn't been updated enough there are still quite a lot of cheaters, of course you can see that VAC actually works quite well because if you go onto an Unprotected server you will see the number of cheaters
heh heh i was about to say the same thing, to read the manual you have to have bought the iphone, so to find out that it doesn't support your computer you need to buy an iphone
GG apple, not that i would expect much more from them
I also find it sad that his post was deleted off the forum, it seems apple loves to cover up the truth
but what people don't realise is that they usually only part fill a cartridge that comes with the printer, so although it looks a good deal, your actually getting screwed anyway
there are plenty of 3rd party cartridges around, even bypassing the chip problem, but often manufacturers say that it invalidates your warranty or something, still your better off doing it because the cartridges can easily be had for like 1/10th the price, you will easily make up the difference in cartridge prices with a new printer when it breaks anyway
Disable Networking on windows altogether, i mean, what if someone put a virus on your intranet, then your buggered;)
Does IPv4 work any better in vista, i mean networking in windows as a whole is a complete joke, on XP i often end up with the network stack just locking up, requiring a reboot for no apparent reason And on vista, it seems to randomly decide whether or not its actually going to work, and what computers it will detect on your network
a compiler has to be general purpose, it has to convert any code into something that will run A human however can see better ways to optimise code, or do interesting tricks, this is why assembler is capable of being so much faster
The trouble is, as the program gets complex it takes far too much time to try and optimise your code, so assembler isn't going to take over (as it would take you forever to do even the most basic things), tools like this are good because it can save a lot of human time, which is expensive, and use machine time, which is pretty cheap in comparison, however, it wont generate the best/smallest/fastest code possible
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Care to show some evidence?
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I'm not an expert, but last i heard this was the claim against it
Because the standard is missing lots of information, There are large parts of the Office XML files that contain chunks of binary, which we do not understand, this should be in the specification somewhere - but it isn't
This basically means that no-one else except Microsoft are capable of writing their OOXML files (and i don't think others can read them either)
Why do you think Open Office still doesn't support the new OOXML files?
Also, probably just because its made by Microsoft and their history speaks for itself.
So your saying Chuck Norris is weaker then a nuclear bomb?
I think you made a calculation/logic error
"You are right... EVERYONE should know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING. I mean if they dont know how networking works and how to perform delicate reconstructive surgery at the same time they are STUPID!"
I think your missing the point
Just because you don't know doesn't make you stupid, but going around telling everyone some crap and claiming its the truth, that does make you stupid (well its just degrading human knowledge, but either way)
Or try
http://www.facebook.com/policy.php (Or, click the link at the bottom of every facebook page that says "Privacy")
I've never really found that really useful
Sometimes I'm actually looking for something on a particular site, but the 1 extra click doesn't bother me
What is annoying is that the Google toolbar doesn't have a "I'm Feeling Lucky" so u always have to see the results page, but even then, considering the speed of the internet these days 1 click may be a mere second or two (especially considering how streamlined Google is)
Kudos to you for admitting it :)
Back on topic, i cant say the BBC fascinate me, most of their programs are boring, or on other channels first (to me anyway), i dont think i ever visit their website, and i use Linux (probably 70% of the time anyway (excluding gaming))
Besides if i want news off the BBC, it usually goes through a 3rd party who focus's stories im actually interested in
Ive used wow in 3360x1050 on a 6800GT, x1900XT and 8800GTX - all worked perfectly - at max settings
Wow is hardly graphically demanding
"Why would they do this after the war? Wouldn't they want to explore the technology for other uses, and profit further from the leadership in this field they developed? I mean, what's the reason for hiding (and, worse, destroying!) their code-breaking machine after the war has ended?"
Maybe they were just trying to hide it
I mean, if people could get holds of the plans on colossus, and find out how the cipher was done, they could probably work out much more difficult encryption methods
if you think about it, colossus was the absolute peak of what we could do, if anyone got hold of that it would be a dangerous weapon
Its easier to deny something's existence if it doesn't exist
"You actually didn't provide any evidence that the problem doesn't affect XP or Vista"
On that note, the article didn't provide any evidence that it DID affect XP/Vista
By this/your/some reasoning, i could argue that bugs in GCC3 affect GCC4
Because the added weight of the batteries and regenerative breaking system most likely make the train more inefficient then just braking normally
I was talking about the part of DHCP, not UDP
actually you are legally required to provide 1 years warranty/guarantee (UK) on a product (3 months in the USA)(minimum)
I thought the USA had fair use laws, is it not fair for someone to use a phone on a network of their choice? (assuming there aren't technical limitations)
Hell if you modded an iphone to use 3G, i still don't see anything illegal, as long as its not more powerful
From what Ive read here, apple are fine, they did warn users the update may break custom phones, you were warned and you took the risk, just like you took the risk hacking it in the first place
Unfortuntly, i guess apple has no real way to tell if the iphone has been modified, and they are well within their rights to ask you if it has been, but you say no, and they have no other proof, you are entitled to the contractual obligations of the warranty
Microsoft implement a depreciated standard and people start complaining that its not supported ?
Go try and play your DirectX 3 Games and get back to us
I'm running FF at this second, 4 tabs open, 108,572K
Its using over 100MB and Ive got 4 tabs open, but tbh i don't care, its not like 100MB is really that much to me, id rather use it then have it sit there idle
only on slashdot would this post be marked funny .....
apparently you lot seem to have missed the point of "multi" touch
What you just described is single touch
Hell even that Linux demo hardly demonstrated more then single touch - which you can do with any old touchscreen, however, when the two of them started using it, you really could see the advantage of multi-touch (well if you call what they were doing useful)
Also, their implementation seemed a bit laggy at times, i don't know if that's because the PC they were using was a bit slow, or because their coding is bad, or the bugs, or if that is just a problem with Linux
Surely the first thing you do when you get to work is walk in the door ?
actually capacitors are pretty inefficient
firstly, they don't actually store much power (normal capacitors are only 500mF or something like that) - that would only light a 12v bulb for a fraction of a second
Secondly, they leak a lot of power, as the article says
>The amount of energy that a capacitor can store depends on the insulating material in between the metal surfaces, called a dielectric
Whats actually happening is there are 2 metal plates, a positive and negative (well there are actually many sets of these plates in a capacitor, but that's not the point) and a liquid in the middle that stores electrons, when you apply power the dielectric holds some of these electrons, but they are also constantly escaping to the negative plates
This means capacitors actually leak a lot of current, however, they are still invaluable from rectifying power supplies to many other things
For the (long) foreseeable future capacitors are never ever going to replace a battery, and in-fact companies are probably going to want to remove as many capacitors from their products as they can, as this will lead to less overall current leakage - thus power consumption will be lowered
Don't believe me, get a simple electrolytic capacitor (something like 50pF) and connect it to a battery, and then see how long the battery lasts
yeah but although that may be gone, things like WoWGlider are still as prevalent as ever
Just because 1 main cheating system is gone, there is another to take its place, this has and always will be true
Of course since the warden has been updated a lot, the number of cheaters is pretty low, but with VAC which hasn't been updated enough there are still quite a lot of cheaters, of course you can see that VAC actually works quite well because if you go onto an Unprotected server you will see the number of cheaters
heh heh i was about to say the same thing, to read the manual you have to have bought the iphone, so to find out that it doesn't support your computer you need to buy an iphone
GG apple, not that i would expect much more from them
I also find it sad that his post was deleted off the forum, it seems apple loves to cover up the truth
but what people don't realise is that they usually only part fill a cartridge that comes with the printer, so although it looks a good deal, your actually getting screwed anyway
there are plenty of 3rd party cartridges around, even bypassing the chip problem, but often manufacturers say that it invalidates your warranty or something, still your better off doing it because the cartridges can easily be had for like 1/10th the price, you will easily make up the difference in cartridge prices with a new printer when it breaks anyway
Disable Networking on windows altogether, i mean, what if someone put a virus on your intranet, then your buggered ;)
Does IPv4 work any better in vista, i mean networking in windows as a whole is a complete joke, on XP i often end up with the network stack just locking up, requiring a reboot for no apparent reason
And on vista, it seems to randomly decide whether or not its actually going to work, and what computers it will detect on your network
im not so sure
a compiler has to be general purpose, it has to convert any code into something that will run
A human however can see better ways to optimise code, or do interesting tricks, this is why assembler is capable of being so much faster
The trouble is, as the program gets complex it takes far too much time to try and optimise your code, so assembler isn't going to take over (as it would take you forever to do even the most basic things), tools like this are good because it can save a lot of human time, which is expensive, and use machine time, which is pretty cheap in comparison, however, it wont generate the best/smallest/fastest code possible