Not really, I remember reading similar (but more generic) findings nearly 10 years ago - in general, more exposure to foreign things tends to lead to a stronger immune system. This follows pretty directly from that, I think.
Bigger worry - what supplies the power to the plate? If it is from the car battery, I can see a lot of unhappy owners. Then again, if power isn't needed for the numbers, I can also see this making a lot of happy owners who are at least minimally creative *snip*.
Doesn't seem so to me - at least with a tech-savvy user. It's been 12 years since my last infection (Since then, none of the AVs I've used have even picked up anything). And no suspicious behavior.
You don't use the internet like an idiot, and you stay safe.
malware in Windows can spread when the user inadvertently executes something (which Linux does protect you against)
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last 10 years, you'll know that both Windows and Linux protect against inadvertent execution - they use different methods, but that doesn't mean Windows doesn't have protection, and it doesn't mean Linux is foolproof.
I agree there are things that can be done easier/better in flash, but I'm not sure about the 'only' thing.
Well, I saw a flashed based web game that could save/load files to your hard drive (opened a save/load dialog). That kindof scared the shit out of me, but aside from that, I'm not sure what can be done in flash but not javascript.
Although having reviewed several options around here between myself, friends and coworkers, the phone company is actually the second best option...
* The cable company I have is by far the most reliable and the best service. It's also the second most %$#@ing expensive at the high end * The phone company has the second worst service, but the second best reliability, and an intermediate price * The satellites are the cheapest, but you don't get internet (so, if you want internet, you'll probably be paying more since there's no bundle), tied for the worst reliability, and decent customer service * The last cable company (the most popular, probably due to it's advertising and the fact that it was the first in the area) has the highest prices, worst service and reliability on par with satellites.
Conversely, where my aunt lives, there's a monopoly in the cable area, and you pretty much need to go with the phone company if you want anything decent (satellite is less reliable there, but much better service/price).
I've yet to see a home-based or single-store based (i.e. HH Gregg, BW3s) satellite that wasn't affected fairly decently by weather still. Not had that issue with most cable companies (guessing they have better grade satellites for their video streams, or multiple locations with fallback/failover). But, if I were living in most of the southwest, I would probably go for satellite.
I guess given that long ramble, it really varies on your area as to which is best. There are areas where the cable company at the bottom of my list is actually really good (just not around here), and likewise, there are areas where the cable company I use is run poorly. The local infrastructure is just as important as the higher level infrastructure in many cases.
Yeah, I've seen more IE than Firefox too. But that's irrelevant to this particular straw-man.
They are basically washing over the fact that they are causing the same issue, except they are adding an additional layer that it can occur on. Although, in this case competition is limited.
Still, a decently written page with a cross-browser javascript library and/or plain HTML will work on more platforms than Flash.
You don't need multiple fast cores necessarily - it depends on the server.
You do need good I/O on most servers. The earlier benchmarks of the Sun T1 was a nice example of this. IIRC 8 cores, each with two threads of execution, back when x86 was single and dual core. The cores were wimpy, but on many server applications (web, file, I believe database) it beat x86.
You need a lot of cores, yes, but they don't need to be powerful for most server applications - since most are parallel.
Personally, I say to that constraint, what about doom? It teaches nice, christian values (stop satan and demons!), better than that "Left Behind" game... Truely ironic. Of course, it doesn't teach hypochristian values, and that might be the problem.
Actually, if you wanted to carry on the analogy, it would be "cBrowser" for the office suite, and "cWriter" for the web browser (because you are browsing documents, and the web browser has optimized form handling)
I can think of three off the top of my head that I know work fine, and I'm pretty sure I could add Eclipse and Anjuta to the list.
Incosistent implementation is an issue, but jQuery fixes a lot of that. I only had to add two or three functions to my 'compatibility.js' file I use with everything to get IE in line (the rest of the stuff is things I think JS is missing in the default).
Granted, I'd still rather be programming in Python, C or even Java with a good UI library, but for the purposes of web development, it's not bad, and it takes some display related logic off of my servers, without having a huge client side hit.
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compared to iPhones, their are more android phones (although no one model outsells the iPhone).
That being said, you are correct on the Symbian point.
A better point, I believe, is the government promoting a single corporation - by making only iPhone apps, the are promoting Apple.
Web sites are good, and if not, why not iPhone + Android + Symbian apps?
Not really, I remember reading similar (but more generic) findings nearly 10 years ago - in general, more exposure to foreign things tends to lead to a stronger immune system. This follows pretty directly from that, I think.
Typo. Need sleep.
But yeah, I laughed at myself...
Now I can have the dubious claim of the cell phone with the biggest security whole.
Bigger worry - what supplies the power to the plate? If it is from the car battery, I can see a lot of unhappy owners. Then again, if power isn't needed for the numbers, I can also see this making a lot of happy owners who are at least minimally creative *snip*.
Does it predate the services on AIM and ICQ that let you search for people?
I don't think so, but I'm not sure.
Actually, in a way, doesn't finger+whois+nslookup on UNIX provide that functionality (albeit in a user-unfriendly way).
Doesn't seem so to me - at least with a tech-savvy user. It's been 12 years since my last infection (Since then, none of the AVs I've used have even picked up anything). And no suspicious behavior.
You don't use the internet like an idiot, and you stay safe.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last 10 years, you'll know that both Windows and Linux protect against inadvertent execution - they use different methods, but that doesn't mean Windows doesn't have protection, and it doesn't mean Linux is foolproof.
I agree, we of EMACS and those of VI deserve our and their recognition!
But with VI mode in EMACS, who needs VI?
Yeah, but this is the US, we don't get blood in lawsuits, only money and occasionally cease and desist orders.
Of course not, they are being sued because there was no warning on the map, displayed through her blackberry.
My guess is, RIM would be a more sensible responsible party, since they didn't display the warning.
But RIM is still a bad choice because HER BRAIN should have told her "Hmm... Freeway. Cars move fast. I should be careful."
So, really, she should file suit against her own brain.
So, I could file a suit against her, claiming libel because she makes people who walk from Point A to Point B, rather than drive, look stupid?
What can only be done in flash?
I agree there are things that can be done easier/better in flash, but I'm not sure about the 'only' thing.
Well, I saw a flashed based web game that could save/load files to your hard drive (opened a save/load dialog). That kindof scared the shit out of me, but aside from that, I'm not sure what can be done in flash but not javascript.
jQuery, YUI, etc.
But, HTML 4 + javascript (with a good library) is functional across even more platforms.
I can use it on FreeBSD, Linux, Windows, MacOSX, and even BeOS without difficulty. I suspect I could add Amiga variants to this as well.
I can't say that about flash.
Seriously.
Although having reviewed several options around here between myself, friends and coworkers, the phone company is actually the second best option...
* The cable company I have is by far the most reliable and the best service. It's also the second most %$#@ing expensive at the high end
* The phone company has the second worst service, but the second best reliability, and an intermediate price
* The satellites are the cheapest, but you don't get internet (so, if you want internet, you'll probably be paying more since there's no bundle), tied for the worst reliability, and decent customer service
* The last cable company (the most popular, probably due to it's advertising and the fact that it was the first in the area) has the highest prices, worst service and reliability on par with satellites.
Conversely, where my aunt lives, there's a monopoly in the cable area, and you pretty much need to go with the phone company if you want anything decent (satellite is less reliable there, but much better service/price).
I've yet to see a home-based or single-store based (i.e. HH Gregg, BW3s) satellite that wasn't affected fairly decently by weather still. Not had that issue with most cable companies (guessing they have better grade satellites for their video streams, or multiple locations with fallback/failover). But, if I were living in most of the southwest, I would probably go for satellite.
I guess given that long ramble, it really varies on your area as to which is best. There are areas where the cable company at the bottom of my list is actually really good (just not around here), and likewise, there are areas where the cable company I use is run poorly. The local infrastructure is just as important as the higher level infrastructure in many cases.
Yeah, I've seen more IE than Firefox too. But that's irrelevant to this particular straw-man.
They are basically washing over the fact that they are causing the same issue, except they are adding an additional layer that it can occur on. Although, in this case competition is limited.
Still, a decently written page with a cross-browser javascript library and/or plain HTML will work on more platforms than Flash.
Horrible imagery there. Please don't say that again.
Thank you.
That's everyone, not per person.
That's ~1/7th TB per person
Man am I over quota.
You don't need multiple fast cores necessarily - it depends on the server.
You do need good I/O on most servers. The earlier benchmarks of the Sun T1 was a nice example of this. IIRC 8 cores, each with two threads of execution, back when x86 was single and dual core. The cores were wimpy, but on many server applications (web, file, I believe database) it beat x86.
You need a lot of cores, yes, but they don't need to be powerful for most server applications - since most are parallel.
Personally, I say to that constraint, what about doom? It teaches nice, christian values (stop satan and demons!), better than that "Left Behind" game... Truely ironic. Of course, it doesn't teach hypochristian values, and that might be the problem.
Actually, if you wanted to carry on the analogy, it would be "cBrowser" for the office suite, and "cWriter" for the web browser (because you are browsing documents, and the web browser has optimized form handling)
Well, tools aren't a big problem.
I can think of three off the top of my head that I know work fine, and I'm pretty sure I could add Eclipse and Anjuta to the list.
Incosistent implementation is an issue, but jQuery fixes a lot of that. I only had to add two or three functions to my 'compatibility.js' file I use with everything to get IE in line (the rest of the stuff is things I think JS is missing in the default).
Granted, I'd still rather be programming in Python, C or even Java with a good UI library, but for the purposes of web development, it's not bad, and it takes some display related logic off of my servers, without having a huge client side hit.
Where's a "woosh" when you need one?
Oh, right here.
WOOOOOOOSH!!!
my condolences.