I love Mozilla. There's just one thing stopping me using it - when I open links from other programs (including the address bar on the Start Bar) it uses an existing Mozilla window/tab rather than opening an new one.
I just can't use a program which randomly overwrites my open windows.
well yeah, the people that bought cheap shares and then sold them at the top of the market got rich.
The people selling real products to the.com companies got rich (an awful lot of computer companies sold a lot of servers, really nice chairs did very well, etc.)
Oh, I'm sure that some skills are transferrable from SQL Server admin to MySQL admin, but it's still a lot easier to manage 5 servers of one kind than it is to manage 2 servers of different kind.
And choose PHP+MySQL, and who is going to look after it when you go?
If I already have 5 SQL databases, I can deal with it with one admin. Add a MySQL database and a PostgreSQL database and an Oralce database and suddenly you need a specialist in each one.
I can confirm that the kitten thing happened, having discussed it with researchers at the computational neuroscience unit at Stirling Uni. They also did computer based models of the whole process.
You can call non.NET programs from within.NET. If you decide to use a library that only exists in Windows (like DirectX) or in Linux (like that version of GTK) then of course it only works in that system.
Once more of Mono is complete, you'll be able to do the whole of your program in it, including the libraries, and moving between Windows and Linux will be transparent.
How many hours of watching does that collectors edition get? Most people watch a movie 3 maybe 4 times tops. Add in a watch of the 4 hours of extras and that's 20 hours total.
How many times do you listen to an album? I've listened to some of mine over a thousand.
Open up the results to everyone.
If everyone has the capacity to watch everyone else, then the people doing the watching won't be able to abuse the privilege.
The web is supposed to be platform-neutral, not built for IE.
The Web isn't supposed to be anything. It's not centralised or ruled. There are suggestions and many people issue guidelines, but nobody forces anyone else to do anything. If people want to produce IE specific pages, then it's their free to choice to do so. If you want them to do differently, it's up to you to convince them that it's in their best interests to do so.
Sure, the geeks want choice, but most people want nothing more complicated than a Microwave (if that complex, they sure as hell can't manage a VCR), and they want it to not change, ever.
That's because people liked Jurassic Park, whereas many people felt that eXistenZ was muddled, confused and portrayed a computer game that nobody would actually want to play.
If all the protocols and standards you use are open, then this shouldn't be a problem. Replacing a 10 year old mail server doesn't mean going back to the company that sold it to you, it means finding new SMTP software that fits your need and then using SMTP to transfer your email from one system to the other.
Obviously, this is a simplified example, but striving for openness and transparency in your original buying decision should make upgrading a lot easier.
I like to watch my tv on a fairly big screen while relaxing on the sofa. My flatmate likes to download lots of tv, and I've watched a few episodes of Futurama and the Simpsons that he's grabbed.
And you know what? There's no way I'd watch a downloaded film, because watched fullscreen, the quality is shit. It's bad enough with Futurama, which is nice and simple most of the time, without realy fast changes, but almost anything else tends to be blocky and pixellated and low res.
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I love Mozilla. There's just one thing stopping me using it - when I open links from other programs (including the address bar on the Start Bar) it uses an existing Mozilla window/tab rather than opening an new one.
I just can't use a program which randomly overwrites my open windows.
well yeah, the people that bought cheap shares and then sold them at the top of the market got rich.
.com companies got rich (an awful lot of computer companies sold a lot of servers, really nice chairs did very well, etc.)
The people selling real products to the
I've now installed this, it looks great. I just wish it used a more complex ruleset for determining spam. Spam Detective is great for that.
But I'll try this out for a few days and see how accurate it is.
Actually, I thought that Brave New World was utopian, not dystopian. I'd love to live there.
Oh, absolutely. I'm not saying "Standardise on the big boys", I'm just saying that standardising has definite advantages.
Oh, I'm sure that some skills are transferrable from SQL Server admin to MySQL admin, but it's still a lot easier to manage 5 servers of one kind than it is to manage 2 servers of different kind.
And choose PHP+MySQL, and who is going to look after it when you go?
If I already have 5 SQL databases, I can deal with it with one admin. Add a MySQL database and a PostgreSQL database and an Oralce database and suddenly you need a specialist in each one.
Let's see, I frequently use web based calendars, email, discussion forums, etc.
I use Livejournal, which has both a web based front end and a Web-API based one (which I prefer posting from).
I've communicated from a Windows based middle-tier to a tomcat web server using SOAP.
There's an awful lot of places that having web services is/will be handy.
I can confirm that the kitten thing happened, having discussed it with researchers at the computational neuroscience unit at Stirling Uni. They also did computer based models of the whole process.
You can call non .NET programs from within .NET. If you decide to use a library that only exists in Windows (like DirectX) or in Linux (like that version of GTK) then of course it only works in that system.
Once more of Mono is complete, you'll be able to do the whole of your program in it, including the libraries, and moving between Windows and Linux will be transparent.
How many hours of watching does that collectors edition get? Most people watch a movie 3 maybe 4 times tops. Add in a watch of the 4 hours of extras and that's 20 hours total.
How many times do you listen to an album? I've listened to some of mine over a thousand.
Yes!, um No!, um, I don't know.. Aaaaarrgghh!!!!!
Open up the results to everyone. If everyone has the capacity to watch everyone else, then the people doing the watching won't be able to abuse the privilege.
I'd kill to play Populous on the GBA. Now if someone could get me the name of the person I have to kill to make this happen, that'd be fantastic.
The Kernel is somehow innovative? I could have sworn it was deliberately a recreation of unix kernels.
A corporation is a collection of people. These people arrange to buy things from the people that produce them.
Nobody forces the people to sell them to the corporations. Nobody forces you to deal with them.
The web is supposed to be platform-neutral, not built for IE.
The Web isn't supposed to be anything. It's not centralised or ruled. There are suggestions and many people issue guidelines, but nobody forces anyone else to do anything. If people want to produce IE specific pages, then it's their free to choice to do so. If you want them to do differently, it's up to you to convince them that it's in their best interests to do so.
Sure, the geeks want choice, but most people want nothing more complicated than a Microwave (if that complex, they sure as hell can't manage a VCR), and they want it to not change, ever.
With the way that XP aggregtes windows on the taskbar, if I have more than 5 windows open, then all the explorer ones are listed together.
Bingo, instant MDI.
That's because people liked Jurassic Park, whereas many people felt that eXistenZ was muddled, confused and portrayed a computer game that nobody would actually want to play.
I, by the way, gave my real name and other associated information.
If the NYT wants me to tell them who I am in exchange for vast amounts of information, I'm quite prepared to take them up on it.
But then I'm not a strict believer in privacy.
Nothing... except a small bit of your personal information
Which you can choose to make up on the spot, should you not trust them.
I'd say it was because the NY Times frequently has well written, informative takes on the story, and the subscriptions costs you.... nothing.
If all the protocols and standards you use are open, then this shouldn't be a problem. Replacing a 10 year old mail server doesn't mean going back to the company that sold it to you, it means finding new SMTP software that fits your need and then using SMTP to transfer your email from one system to the other.
Obviously, this is a simplified example, but striving for openness and transparency in your original buying decision should make upgrading a lot easier.
I like to watch my tv on a fairly big screen while relaxing on the sofa. My flatmate likes to download lots of tv, and I've watched a few episodes of Futurama and the Simpsons that he's grabbed.
And you know what? There's no way I'd watch a downloaded film, because watched fullscreen, the quality is shit. It's bad enough with Futurama, which is nice and simple most of the time, without realy fast changes, but almost anything else tends to be blocky and pixellated and low res.
I think I'll stick to buying the DVDs