Given that xcode is free (as in comes with OS X), why would you get it from a source other than Apple?
The quickest answer is that some countries fsck with the websites of others... I live in China and they love to play games with DNS resolving, temporary and permanent website bans, bandwidth restrictions (sometimes per service... ie just for www, but ssh is full speed).... and etcetera and so forth.
Sometimes you will download from another site just so it doesn't take a week to download, sometimes you don't even realize that you are on a China specific site that is giving you different binaries (ie Skype).
I pissed myself when I saw this was labelled troll. Mod this one up. If ever there was a topic where we needed a couple +5 Troll posts, this would be it.
In practice debugging html templates with integrated jsp/php code (I started as a JSP developer) is not really that much harder than debugging straight java code. Its just what you're used to. And in fact for a LOT of smaller web applications it is the quickest, simplest and easiest way to get the job done. I think you're being a bit harsh knocking the use of conditional PHP statements in html code.
I agree! It annoys the crap out of me too. In theory the reason is so that when you hotkey (Vim : Shift+5) from the close brace to the open brace, you don't have to move one more line up to see the condition statement. But in all honesty I just don't notice that as an issue. Its more important to have nicely laid out code (ie open brace on a new line), rather than have the hotkey work more efficiently.
But I assume he already provided the GPS data in order to prove that the cops radar gun data was incorrect. Or do courts just take people at their word over there in the US:)
After he provided his GPS data as evidence, the cops should have back tracked from the point in time where the speed camera and the GPS disagree. They know the spot in the road, they know the direction he was heading in. He's an 18yo kid so surely he was speeding somewhere within the last 5 minutes.
what about the time being incorrectly recorded when taken by the speed camera? If the speed camera's absolute time was 1 minute slow, the guy could well have slowed down (especially if he ended up seeing the speed camera).
I've had a few wireless routers which borked themselves far too often (one particular netcomm model which I had to have replaced 3 times before giving up entirely on it).
Now it seems to me after using these things for many years that the wireless chipsets in particular are vulnerable to overheating, and once they do so, they malfunction and the software crashes.
So its less the embedded OS software itself and more faulty hardware in my experience.
(In summer I still need to take an icepack out of the freezer and stick it on my ADSL modem if I don't want my internet to crash)
Actually I think you're right. I got the TurboPrint drivers originally so I could get the extra resolution for my Canon IP6700D Pixma, not the Lexmark C532dn.
But I have this recollection of trying the new TurboPrint drivers with the Lexmark, and the TurboPrint drivers ended up giving a lot more configurable options than the free driver (and a better print quality as well I think, but my memory is hazy).
Didn't know you could extract directly from the Windows drivers. Imagine how annoyed I'll be if I ever found out that's all that TurboPrint has done:)
I have the C532dn.
Basically I wanted it because it prints duplex. To Lexmark's credit it does sort of work out of the box with the standard drivers.
But to get the high resolutions and some of the extra features I needed the 3rd party driver. But I knew all that before I bought it so I'm not bagging Lexmark over it. I was just offering a potential workaround.
I have a Lexmark color laser printer. Native linux support is pretty terrible for it, but it's a great printer so I bought a linux driver for it from TurboPrint (http://www.turboprint.de/english.html). As much as you hate buying a driver for a piece of equipment you've already bought, I found the price to be worth it.
I used to use Motion. I had it setup for surveillance of my home office. It used just a plain USB webcam, and would only record when it detected movement. I managed to configure it to turn on when my screensaver turned on, and turn off when I logged back into the computer. If it detected movement, it would email the resulting video to a gmail account. Worked really well, except that it burnt out two Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000's (I don't think they like being left on for long periods of time). Haven't really found a good webcam for linux since so I never set it back up again (not that I looked that hard). If anybody has a recommendation for a good linux webcam that has a reasonably wide angle lens and decent low light response then please share.
I know everybody's getting mad about how Roger's dare modify their sacred html:) But lets face it, the Google homepage is a fantastic place to put such notices. It wouldn't be a terrible idea for Google to create Google ISP, an API that allows ISP's to communicate with their customer's more effectively about the current status of their internet accounts. Maybe making it a plugin to iGoogle would make it less offensive to people.
I knew John from school and when I saw the earlier posting I got in contact with him again and ended up at his farewell party (before he heads to the US).
I must say, for an Uber-geek he sure pulls some hot chicks. It almost convinced me to do a PhD in some sort of communication crosstalky stuff.
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Given that xcode is free (as in comes with OS X), why would you get it from a source other than Apple?
The quickest answer is that some countries fsck with the websites of others... I live in China and they love to play games with DNS resolving, temporary and permanent website bans, bandwidth restrictions (sometimes per service... ie just for www, but ssh is full speed).... and etcetera and so forth.
Sometimes you will download from another site just so it doesn't take a week to download, sometimes you don't even realize that you are on a China specific site that is giving you different binaries (ie Skype).
I pissed myself when I saw this was labelled troll. Mod this one up. If ever there was a topic where we needed a couple +5 Troll posts, this would be it.
In practice debugging html templates with integrated jsp/php code (I started as a JSP developer) is not really that much harder than debugging straight java code. Its just what you're used to. And in fact for a LOT of smaller web applications it is the quickest, simplest and easiest way to get the job done. I think you're being a bit harsh knocking the use of conditional PHP statements in html code.
I agree! It annoys the crap out of me too. In theory the reason is so that when you hotkey (Vim : Shift+5) from the close brace to the open brace, you don't have to move one more line up to see the condition statement. But in all honesty I just don't notice that as an issue. Its more important to have nicely laid out code (ie open brace on a new line), rather than have the hotkey work more efficiently.
But I assume he already provided the GPS data in order to prove that the cops radar gun data was incorrect. Or do courts just take people at their word over there in the US :)
After he provided his GPS data as evidence, the cops should have back tracked from the point in time where the speed camera and the GPS disagree. They know the spot in the road, they know the direction he was heading in. He's an 18yo kid so surely he was speeding somewhere within the last 5 minutes.
what about the time being incorrectly recorded when taken by the speed camera? If the speed camera's absolute time was 1 minute slow, the guy could well have slowed down (especially if he ended up seeing the speed camera).
Obviously... Duct Tape
I've had a few wireless routers which borked themselves far too often (one particular netcomm model which I had to have replaced 3 times before giving up entirely on it). Now it seems to me after using these things for many years that the wireless chipsets in particular are vulnerable to overheating, and once they do so, they malfunction and the software crashes. So its less the embedded OS software itself and more faulty hardware in my experience. (In summer I still need to take an icepack out of the freezer and stick it on my ADSL modem if I don't want my internet to crash)
Actually I think you're right. I got the TurboPrint drivers originally so I could get the extra resolution for my Canon IP6700D Pixma, not the Lexmark C532dn. But I have this recollection of trying the new TurboPrint drivers with the Lexmark, and the TurboPrint drivers ended up giving a lot more configurable options than the free driver (and a better print quality as well I think, but my memory is hazy). Didn't know you could extract directly from the Windows drivers. Imagine how annoyed I'll be if I ever found out that's all that TurboPrint has done :)
I have the C532dn. Basically I wanted it because it prints duplex. To Lexmark's credit it does sort of work out of the box with the standard drivers. But to get the high resolutions and some of the extra features I needed the 3rd party driver. But I knew all that before I bought it so I'm not bagging Lexmark over it. I was just offering a potential workaround.
I have a Lexmark color laser printer. Native linux support is pretty terrible for it, but it's a great printer so I bought a linux driver for it from TurboPrint (http://www.turboprint.de/english.html). As much as you hate buying a driver for a piece of equipment you've already bought, I found the price to be worth it.
I used to use Motion. I had it setup for surveillance of my home office. It used just a plain USB webcam, and would only record when it detected movement. I managed to configure it to turn on when my screensaver turned on, and turn off when I logged back into the computer. If it detected movement, it would email the resulting video to a gmail account. Worked really well, except that it burnt out two Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000's (I don't think they like being left on for long periods of time). Haven't really found a good webcam for linux since so I never set it back up again (not that I looked that hard). If anybody has a recommendation for a good linux webcam that has a reasonably wide angle lens and decent low light response then please share.
I know everybody's getting mad about how Roger's dare modify their sacred html :) But lets face it, the Google homepage is a fantastic place to put such notices. It wouldn't be a terrible idea for Google to create Google ISP, an API that allows ISP's to communicate with their customer's more effectively about the current status of their internet accounts. Maybe making it a plugin to iGoogle would make it less offensive to people.
I knew John from school and when I saw the earlier posting I got in contact with him again and ended up at his farewell party (before he heads to the US). I must say, for an Uber-geek he sure pulls some hot chicks. It almost convinced me to do a PhD in some sort of communication crosstalky stuff.