Yes, I know/that/. However they were doing some odd changes afterwards that I've never seen before, be it because of the hack or they just felt it a good time to screw around.:D
Comcast.net was acting weird all day yesterday. First the portal page was changed into a search-only page, which required a login to access all portal features. Then some features weren't working properly.
*cough* Also, the smartest is Mozilla on Unknown, not Firefox. And where the heck did you get the figure for the dumbest users? On the website it says 'AppleMAC-Safari on WinNT' with a score of 89.89. Technically it's 'IE on Unknown' that's the dumbest but apparently there's no IQ data for that...
Plastic bags can't be recycled. Actually, they *can*, but it costs the recycling companies too much money. They're a pain to handle.
The solution? Plastics made from food products (such as corn) that can biodegrade in a reasonable amount of time. Then to recycle them put them in one big compost pile and sell 'natural' fertilizer.
Of course, I don't know squat about said subject except it sounds like a good idea. I'll have to do more research. Anyone care to elaborate on the subject?
So is the personality the same? If not, this is entirely pointless.
Either way, it's too creepy for me. Some things we should just let happen. If we can try to increase the length of life for our pet if they have cancer or something, then we should do it. But if they are going to die of natural causes, let it be and enjoy the memory of their life and move on.
Have an interesting little story: I've got a commercial app (plug: AutoScreen) that deals with monitoring through automatic screenshots. A great feature would be to prevent a casual user from terminating the program. So I did some research, and it seems hooking to TerminateProcess() and redirecting the call if the PID matches my app's PID does the trick, as that's the function that the Task Manager in NT uses. The problem is, if I were to do this, some anti-virus applications would say my program was a potential SPR. My app isn't very well known; if a few users' AV's were to say my program was a SPR, I'd be toast. So I didn't implement the feature. I just can't afford it.
So, while we're on the subject -- anyone know a good method of hiding a process/preventing it's termination that won't cause AV's to warn users, or an alternative method? I'd rather not use a service because my app runs on Win9x as well.
I find it helps more *after* you find the data you were looking for, especially as the number of columns increases. It keeps your eyes from straying to a different row as you move across the row.
For example, there might be column data for "Name", "DOB", and "Comments". So I can find the name I'm looking for pretty quickly, but as I move over to the "Comments" section (which could be far away to the right), the "Zebra striping" helps your eyes stay in the row of the "Name" you found.
C/C++ will always be there. Period. Just look at all of the C/C++ projects on SourceForge.
New languages will come and go, but C/C++ are just too stable to go so quickly.
Reminds me of the episode on Mythbusters... it was comically simple to get through the systems. Granted, they weren't multi-million dollar ones, but one even read a fingerprint printed on a piece of paper.
While they legally had a right to do this, most people's anger comes from the fact that Creative has had crappy Vista drivers, without fix, for a while now. And then the person who actually fixed it is getting shunned, and people can't download the fixed drivers anymore.
This is the problem with large companies. When they're small, they have no choice but to treat their customers like royalty -- otherwise they fail. But when they're large and have a lot of money, they don't care anymore, because they're already successful.
This is on reddit, Slashdot, and likely Digg. I'm sure this will hurt Creative a bit, and it should. There's no excuse.
I think the problem really lies with UI toolkits. Don't get me wrong, GTK+ is an awesome API for writing UIs, but let's face it -- it uses a lot of RAM, and it's slow. QT feels faster, but I don't use it because I don't code in C++. Contrast this to pure Windows API UI programming... fast, and uses very little RAM. Certainly not as well documented, and not as straightforward to use, but still.
Have you ever tried to load a very large page in Firefox? It takes ages, even if it's a local file. Then try loading it in Opera. Almost instant. I'm not sure the problem lies in the "loading algorithm", as much as it lies in the choice of rendering engine.
While I'd certainly choose GNOME over KDE (it's just more of my style... KDE to me looks like it was designed by a little kid), I prefer fluxbox to them both. It's insanely lightweight and simple.
The way assembly language is organized is more difficult. You only have a few registers, and then the stack, and then memory. There is no "if" or "else". It's a very different way of thinking.
Example:
if (x == 0) { /*... */ } else { /*... */ }
is:
test eax, eax
jz x_is_zero x_is_not_zero:
;...
jmp after x_is_zero:
;... after:
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You're scrutinizing it too closely.
It's cool. It's that simple!
Yes, I know /that/. However they were doing some odd changes afterwards that I've never seen before, be it because of the hack or they just felt it a good time to screw around. :D
Comcast.net was acting weird all day yesterday. First the portal page was changed into a search-only page, which required a login to access all portal features. Then some features weren't working properly.
*cough* Also, the smartest is Mozilla on Unknown, not Firefox. And where the heck did you get the figure for the dumbest users? On the website it says 'AppleMAC-Safari on WinNT' with a score of 89.89. Technically it's 'IE on Unknown' that's the dumbest but apparently there's no IQ data for that...
I know, I'm being picky.
Can we make Slashdot.org the "Smartest Website in the World?" (It's curretly number 2 behind ScienceBlogs.com.)
*That's* why it's #2.
It's not only that -- plastic is made from petroleum. You can take it from there.
Also, lots of pollution comes from making plastic, as well.
Plastic bags can't be recycled. Actually, they *can*, but it costs the recycling companies too much money. They're a pain to handle.
The solution? Plastics made from food products (such as corn) that can biodegrade in a reasonable amount of time. Then to recycle them put them in one big compost pile and sell 'natural' fertilizer.
Of course, I don't know squat about said subject except it sounds like a good idea. I'll have to do more research. Anyone care to elaborate on the subject?
So is the personality the same? If not, this is entirely pointless.
Either way, it's too creepy for me. Some things we should just let happen. If we can try to increase the length of life for our pet if they have cancer or something, then we should do it. But if they are going to die of natural causes, let it be and enjoy the memory of their life and move on.
Wow, and I thought CNET was huge already. Almost like the government purchasing Microsoft.
Wait... maybe not quite.
Have an interesting little story: I've got a commercial app (plug: AutoScreen) that deals with monitoring through automatic screenshots. A great feature would be to prevent a casual user from terminating the program. So I did some research, and it seems hooking to TerminateProcess() and redirecting the call if the PID matches my app's PID does the trick, as that's the function that the Task Manager in NT uses. The problem is, if I were to do this, some anti-virus applications would say my program was a potential SPR. My app isn't very well known; if a few users' AV's were to say my program was a SPR, I'd be toast. So I didn't implement the feature. I just can't afford it.
So, while we're on the subject -- anyone know a good method of hiding a process/preventing it's termination that won't cause AV's to warn users, or an alternative method? I'd rather not use a service because my app runs on Win9x as well.
I find it helps more *after* you find the data you were looking for, especially as the number of columns increases. It keeps your eyes from straying to a different row as you move across the row.
For example, there might be column data for "Name", "DOB", and "Comments". So I can find the name I'm looking for pretty quickly, but as I move over to the "Comments" section (which could be far away to the right), the "Zebra striping" helps your eyes stay in the row of the "Name" you found.
Yes, but how much?
C/C++ will always be there. Period. Just look at all of the C/C++ projects on SourceForge. New languages will come and go, but C/C++ are just too stable to go so quickly.
Ha. Ha ha.
Good competition is wonderful.
Reminds me of the episode on Mythbusters... it was comically simple to get through the systems. Granted, they weren't multi-million dollar ones, but one even read a fingerprint printed on a piece of paper.
While they legally had a right to do this, most people's anger comes from the fact that Creative has had crappy Vista drivers, without fix, for a while now. And then the person who actually fixed it is getting shunned, and people can't download the fixed drivers anymore.
This is the problem with large companies. When they're small, they have no choice but to treat their customers like royalty -- otherwise they fail. But when they're large and have a lot of money, they don't care anymore, because they're already successful.
This is on reddit, Slashdot, and likely Digg. I'm sure this will hurt Creative a bit, and it should. There's no excuse.
I thought it would be about application ports to different hardware.
If you still use it, it ain't obsolete.
I think the problem really lies with UI toolkits. Don't get me wrong, GTK+ is an awesome API for writing UIs, but let's face it -- it uses a lot of RAM, and it's slow. QT feels faster, but I don't use it because I don't code in C++. Contrast this to pure Windows API UI programming... fast, and uses very little RAM. Certainly not as well documented, and not as straightforward to use, but still.
Have you ever tried to load a very large page in Firefox? It takes ages, even if it's a local file. Then try loading it in Opera. Almost instant. I'm not sure the problem lies in the "loading algorithm", as much as it lies in the choice of rendering engine.
Crap, I just downloaded the multi-hundred-megabyte 2.3.1 installer. Now I have to do it _again_.
Update: 03/26 21:21 GMT by Z : Safari is now at 100%, apparently, with Safari close behind at 98%. Hunh? Typo!
While I'd certainly choose GNOME over KDE (it's just more of my style... KDE to me looks like it was designed by a little kid), I prefer fluxbox to them both. It's insanely lightweight and simple.
The unfortunate thing is that the overwhelming majority of people who purchase a Sony PC will pay for this "service", because they know no better.
The way assembly language is organized is more difficult. You only have a few registers, and then the stack, and then memory. There is no "if" or "else". It's a very different way of thinking.
Example: is: