It doesn't have any of the good widgets that exist on most of the google pages that make them great, at least the last time I looked. For instance, there's no pop-up calendar date picker like Google Calendar uses. There's no form field completion popup with scrollbar. So if you want to do anything good, you have to roll your own anyway, or use something like YUI.
If you are going to end up using YUI anyway, it does everything GWT does and more, so you might as well simplify and limit your third party library complexity to one fewer library.
Also, when something doesn't work in GWT, you usually end up debugging the javascript anyway. It's a lot easier to navigate code you wrote than generated code.
It really doesn't buy you much over JS-only toolkits, IMHO. Unless all you know is Java and you want to make a very very simple website.
MacOS is an alternative to windows and it doesn't meet any of your criteria. There's a big difference between an "alternative" and a "replacement".
The PC world isn't what it used to be. Tons of people don't upgrade the hardware in their computers, they don't want to mess with the hassle of it. They just want something cheap that works for email, web surfing, chat, solitaire and yahoo games, not every program under the sun. Add Walmart and Google AdWords and you have a business model.
Please take this as constructive criticism. Slashdot is great - but all things have room for improvement.
The only problem I have with Slashdot is that sometimes the article summary (both the one-liner and the submitter's summary) don't accurately summarize the article. It's often something subtle. The summary would be something like "Security hole in X causes billions of dollars of damage" when the article actually said that an analyst estimated up to a billion dollars of damage could be caused by a well-written exploit (i.e. no actual damage had occurred, but the potential is there).
This is a major problem because readers often don't follow the links (myself included), and thus get bad information. Then the information gets passed around the water cooler, etc.
I haven't ever emailed you to alert you of them, so it's my fault as part of the community. However, by the time I read something, it often has already scrolled off the front page and the damage is done.
Also, just for some perspective, I think the most basic spelling and grammatical errors are as annoying to many readers as linking "here" and "article" are to you (and me). Maybe someone so annoyed could submit a patch for spelling and grammar checking.
When Netflix first started, they had a business model where you could rent a single movie, and if you liked it, you could pay the remaining cost of the movie and buy it. It was awesome. I used it all the time.
So why don't they have this anymore? They made a deal with Amazon that Amazon would get the purchase business and Netflix would get the rental business. That way, they wouldn't compete. So Netflix didn't offer that service anymore. Problem was, Amazon didn't offer it either.
Not sure what kind of deal is going to be made, but the sure thing is that it will be bad for the consumer, since it's being done expressly to avoid competition...
Agreed. Of course Linus has done some great things, but obviously he's siding with McVoy because he's his buddy, not for any logical reason. Linus could just as well blame McVoy for the situation, but doesn't.
Isn't it a bit ironic though, that the poster-child open source project is taking a productivity hit from retooling due to lock-in to a proprietary product?
The good thing that has come out of this whole situation is that the Open Source world has a greater appreciation of how much an advanced CM tool can help. As a result, some better open source CM tools are on the horizon, which I think is great.
If I'm not mistaken, I believe that this may have been one of the many MS behaviors that caused the monopoly suite to be filed. If this is the case, it's like "Will they never learn?"
Yes, they did learn. They learned that they can do it, elminate some competitors, and get no penalty - all for the cost of some minor (for MS) legal fees. Why wouldn't they continue what has worked so well for them in the past?
We had the black hard plastic pads from Red Octane. Under fairly light use, they didn't hold up too well, buttons stopped working, etc. Of course, we have some ~250lb people playing at times, and you could hear the pads crackin'.
We got the cobaltflux pads (after gulping down on that price tag) and they are awesome. Haven't had any problems with them yet. They always come out at any party we ever have at our house.
And yes, you can work up a serious sweat using them. 8')
With Comcast internet, you have to sign up with Giganews to get Usenet news. Before signing up with Giganews, I got 0 spam emails. After signing up with Giganews, I get tons of spam.
I don't use the email account at all, and didn't give it out to anyone except Giganews, who requires it for service.
I don't see how this is surprising. Simplicity has always been key in the id games. When everyone else was doing "action" buttons, id still had you bumping into buttons to open doors.
This simplicity and accessibility has earned them fans who don't like complicated games - they just want to play.
The cost of the computer and MS Windows is not included. I would be more impressed if he could make a $204 + (local tax on $200) one with that Walmart computer.
Still, if there is "serious" work to be done - coding, writing documents, whatever, it's Linux all the way. You just can't beat all the tools that come with it right out of the box. If you know how to use them, you're unstoppable. The best and simplest feature is multiple desktops integrated with your operating environment (right out of the box!)
The only drawback is the really annoying way mouse acceleration works in X. But, I'll take that rather than hand over control of my machine for Microsoft to do whatever they want with it.
I think being an end-user isn't enough, you actually have to consume it, which I guess means eat it. Like taking the tamper-proof tab off orange juice before you drink it.
Use a secure hash on the passphrase to generate the encryption key "k".
Use the encryption key "k" to encrypt the customer's data with a symmetric key algorithm of your choice.
Store the encrypted customer data on the disk.
That way, neither the unencrypted customer's data nor the encryption key are stored on disk.
You can do the same thing with the database password that was described above for the customer data.
Brute force is always possible. Make sure you have a sufficently time-consuming secure hash and encryption functions so that brute force takes prohibitively long.
Also make sure you have a good passphrase generator.
There are a number of vulnerabilites still. Someone can use the FBI keystroke logger on you to get the passphrase, among other things.
In the end, though, your system will be exploited by someone writing down the passphrase on a sticky and sticking it to the monitor. 8') Either that or being tricked out of it by a hacker disguised as a legitimate user asking for the passphrase.
I have been using gnucash for 3 years or so, and I love it.
I've had mixed success with importing information from financual institutions (QIF). Sometimes it seems to put things in the wrong account (could be user error, though, also that was a few versions back). But I've had a great experience with it otherwise.
The current stock price grabber works great for me.
It's also handy because I can share a single account with my SO, and either of us can enter in information from our own computers (running it from our linux boxes, or X under windows).
That works great if it is just an email service. However, if you are using a say, telecom service (you get a T1 or DSL to your house) you have to give your phone number and address, or they will install it at the wrong place. 8') Next, Verizon posts your personal HOME address and telephone number in the WHOIS database for any spambot to pick out (rather than use the P.O. Box you gave for your billing address).
Sometimes you have to give out your address. Or maybe you called a toll free number - guess what, your phone number is in the database.
In the case of a monopoly like Verizon, you're stuck. But there are other cases where you have a choice.
This is why those who value their privacy should only use companies that give notice before changing their privacy policy. If they don't give notice, then there is no time to react to have the personal information removed or changed, making whatever policy they have meaningless.
Again, "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
Besides, Microsoft needs some money to build that factory in China with their partner to make cheaper Xboxes. 8')
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It doesn't have any of the good widgets that exist on most of the google pages that make them great, at least the last time I looked. For instance, there's no pop-up calendar date picker like Google Calendar uses. There's no form field completion popup with scrollbar. So if you want to do anything good, you have to roll your own anyway, or use something like YUI.
If you are going to end up using YUI anyway, it does everything GWT does and more, so you might as well simplify and limit your third party library complexity to one fewer library.
Also, when something doesn't work in GWT, you usually end up debugging the javascript anyway. It's a lot easier to navigate code you wrote than generated code.
It really doesn't buy you much over JS-only toolkits, IMHO. Unless all you know is Java and you want to make a very very simple website.
MacOS is an alternative to windows and it doesn't meet any of your criteria. There's a big difference between an "alternative" and a "replacement".
The PC world isn't what it used to be. Tons of people don't upgrade the hardware in their computers, they don't want to mess with the hassle of it. They just want something cheap that works for email, web surfing, chat, solitaire and yahoo games, not every program under the sun. Add Walmart and Google AdWords and you have a business model.
Please take this as constructive criticism. Slashdot is great - but all things have room for improvement.
The only problem I have with Slashdot is that sometimes the article summary (both the one-liner and the submitter's summary) don't accurately summarize the article. It's often something subtle. The summary would be something like "Security hole in X causes billions of dollars of damage" when the article actually said that an analyst estimated up to a billion dollars of damage could be caused by a well-written exploit (i.e. no actual damage had occurred, but the potential is there).
This is a major problem because readers often don't follow the links (myself included), and thus get bad information. Then the information gets passed around the water cooler, etc.
I haven't ever emailed you to alert you of them, so it's my fault as part of the community. However, by the time I read something, it often has already scrolled off the front page and the damage is done.
Also, just for some perspective, I think the most basic spelling and grammatical errors are as annoying to many readers as linking "here" and "article" are to you (and me). Maybe someone so annoyed could submit a patch for spelling and grammar checking.
When Netflix first started, they had a business model where you could rent a single movie, and if you liked it, you could pay the remaining cost of the movie and buy it. It was awesome. I used it all the time.
So why don't they have this anymore? They made a deal with Amazon that Amazon would get the purchase business and Netflix would get the rental business. That way, they wouldn't compete. So Netflix didn't offer that service anymore. Problem was, Amazon didn't offer it either.
Not sure what kind of deal is going to be made, but the sure thing is that it will be bad for the consumer, since it's being done expressly to avoid competition...
Agreed. Of course Linus has done some great things, but obviously he's siding with McVoy because he's his buddy, not for any logical reason. Linus could just as well blame McVoy for the situation, but doesn't.
Isn't it a bit ironic though, that the poster-child open source project is taking a productivity hit from retooling due to lock-in to a proprietary product?
The good thing that has come out of this whole situation is that the Open Source world has a greater appreciation of how much an advanced CM tool can help. As a result, some better open source CM tools are on the horizon, which I think is great.
That would be awesome - I want nine of those. I could buy a gallon of gas,
If I'm not mistaken, I believe that this may have been one of the many MS behaviors that caused the monopoly suite to be filed. If this is the case, it's like "Will they never learn?"
Yes, they did learn. They learned that they can do it, elminate some competitors, and get no penalty - all for the cost of some minor (for MS) legal fees. Why wouldn't they continue what has worked so well for them in the past?
No research grant for you - consider the converse instead:
Get fat and require less sleep!!
Less sleep required equals more tine to work. More time to work means more money.
Proof: America is both the fattest and richest nation on earth.
Grant plz.
Will we have to use use "roads" in the air, or can we go as the crow flies? (going around military installqtions and so forth.
...you won't see competitors' links at all from newsbot, if an MSN one exists.
I'm going out on a limb and predicting that the famous scene from "When Harry Met Sally" is going to be the most popular.
We had the black hard plastic pads from Red Octane. Under fairly light use, they didn't hold up too well, buttons stopped working, etc. Of course, we have some ~250lb people playing at times, and you could hear the pads crackin'.
We got the cobaltflux pads (after gulping down on that price tag) and they are awesome. Haven't had any problems with them yet. They always come out at any party we ever have at our house.
And yes, you can work up a serious sweat using them. 8')
With Comcast internet, you have to sign up with Giganews to get Usenet news. Before signing up with Giganews, I got 0 spam emails. After signing up with Giganews, I get tons of spam.
I don't use the email account at all, and didn't give it out to anyone except Giganews, who requires it for service.
Actually, entropy is the energy NOT available to do work...
Even though the original poster did misuse entropy, even in the information theory context... From www.dictionary.com:
2. A measure of the disorder or randomness in a closed system.
and Webster.com:
1 : a measure of the unavailable energy in a closed thermodynamic system that is also usually considered to be a measure of the system's disorder
Get over it. 8')
I don't see how this is surprising. Simplicity has always been key in the id games. When everyone else was doing "action" buttons, id still had you bumping into buttons to open doors.
This simplicity and accessibility has earned them fans who don't like complicated games - they just want to play.
The cost of the computer and MS Windows is not included. I would be more impressed if he could make a $204 + (local tax on $200) one with that Walmart computer.
The natural target application: hook this up to correspond to the Terrorist Threat Level as published by the US.
Ditto.
Still, if there is "serious" work to be done - coding, writing documents, whatever, it's Linux all the way. You just can't beat all the tools that come with it right out of the box. If you know how to use them, you're unstoppable. The best and simplest feature is multiple desktops integrated with your operating environment (right out of the box!)
The only drawback is the really annoying way mouse acceleration works in X. But, I'll take that rather than hand over control of my machine for Microsoft to do whatever they want with it.
Not to be removed, execpt by consumer
I think being an end-user isn't enough, you actually have to consume it, which I guess means eat it. Like taking the tamper-proof tab off orange juice before you drink it.
...and if they wanted to do business in France, they would have to censor Nazi artifacts.
I have 2 items in my inventory.
0 - nothing.
1 - everything in existence.
You can buy everything (inventory item #1 - information value 1 bit) for [insert astronomically high price here].
Goods will be delivered after payment validated.
Failing that...
Use a secure hash on the passphrase to generate the encryption key "k".
Use the encryption key "k" to encrypt the customer's data with a symmetric key algorithm of your choice.
Store the encrypted customer data on the disk.
That way, neither the unencrypted customer's data nor the encryption key are stored on disk.
You can do the same thing with the database password that was described above for the customer data.
Brute force is always possible. Make sure you have a sufficently time-consuming secure hash and encryption functions so that brute force takes prohibitively long.
Also make sure you have a good passphrase generator.
There are a number of vulnerabilites still. Someone can use the FBI keystroke logger on you to get the passphrase, among other things.
In the end, though, your system will be exploited by someone writing down the passphrase on a sticky and sticking it to the monitor. 8') Either that or being tricked out of it by a hacker disguised as a legitimate user asking for the passphrase.
I have been using gnucash for 3 years or so, and I love it.
I've had mixed success with importing information from financual institutions (QIF). Sometimes it seems to put things in the wrong account (could be user error, though, also that was a few versions back). But I've had a great experience with it otherwise.
The current stock price grabber works great for me.
It's also handy because I can share a single account with my SO, and either of us can enter in information from our own computers (running it from our linux boxes, or X under windows).
That works great if it is just an email service. However, if you are using a say, telecom service (you get a T1 or DSL to your house) you have to give your phone number and address, or they will install it at the wrong place. 8') Next, Verizon posts your personal HOME address and telephone number in the WHOIS database for any spambot to pick out (rather than use the P.O. Box you gave for your billing address).
Sometimes you have to give out your address. Or maybe you called a toll free number - guess what, your phone number is in the database.
In the case of a monopoly like Verizon, you're stuck. But there are other cases where you have a choice.
This is why those who value their privacy should only use companies that give notice before changing their privacy policy. If they don't give notice, then there is no time to react to have the personal information removed or changed, making whatever policy they have meaningless.
Again, "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
Besides, Microsoft needs some money to build that factory in China with their partner to make cheaper Xboxes. 8')