Just an idea: Why not make a clone of this virus, which would erase the other clones and close the door behind? Since a stand-alone program has more chances of being transmitted everywhere than any windows update or patch requiring user intervention, I'm sure it would help a lot to remove any remnants of this worm attack... Can anybody code this? I guess antivirus companies don't want to do that, that would kill their business!
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Quote: Perth-based American computer technician Tom Cash agrees. "This is not what I'm used to," he says. "Not that I'm complaining! Australians are more into holidays and weekends and having a life than Americans. They're a bit lazy, though. Don't print that... oh, go ahead, everyone's heard me mouthing off about it anyway."
I'm French and have lived in Melbourne for more than five years now, I really like the Australian culture and work/life balance. And I can be lazy too (any programmer who isn't?:-)
Except that the monitor's controls don't work without the software support that only exists on MacOS. Actually, it now works "perfectly" for me: I can control the brightness from ATI's display properties (under Settings -> Advanced -> Color), and Windows can power the display off (after some time, or when I turn the PC off). Of course, it's not as practical as with a Mac, but it's all I need: I don't change contrast every day, and I can turn my PC off from the keyboard, which saves me 10cm of finger travel:-P The USB hub works "perfectly" too!
Nope, I didn't know, thanks for the information! However, my impression is still the same: character rendering looks worse than WinXP's! (Using the same LCD screen) That would also explain why my colleague doesn't like any antialiasing option on his Mac, as he doesn't like ClearType on WinXP.
Sorry, I was not clear: it's *advertised* for Macs only, and the box reads "Requires Powermac G4 with such Geforce, MacOSX or 9 bla bla", which is obviously false, since, as I said above, it runs perfectly (with the ADC-DVI adaptor, of course) on my PC with an ATI Radeon 9700pro, and should work with any OS and any graphics card with DVI output. This LCD is actually the best price/value ratio around, I guess because it doesn't have the extra analog inputs that all other generic LCDs have. Unless I've missed some?...
As for MacOS/Windows real estate, I guess that's my personal taste, and my colleague's. In Windows and other OSes, you can pretty much change any object size (borders, menu and bar fonts, window buttons, etc.), while it's way too limited on Mac. AFAIK, if Steve Jobs wants it this way, it's this way for everyone!:-P
Fuzzy characters: we've tried every antialiazing and smoothing option on my colleague's PowerBook 15", and nothing looks as good as Windows'. Maybe taste again...
Sub-pixel antialiasing: have you ever seen Windows XP running on a LCD? You can really notice the difference with italic text. It just looks like normal text, no pixels, no fuzziness. Really impressive, try it! (Probably taste again, my colleague doesn't like it)
Anyway, back to topic: If you can afford a $2000 DVI-only screen, get the Apple 23"! Even if you don't have a Mac;-)
Just bought the Apple 23" HD Cinema, it does look sexy, and it works fine on PC! I'd say it's a pity it's sold only for Macs, as Windows (and possibly Linux, not tried it yet) uses the screen real estate much better, and doesn't make characters look fuzzy like MacOS X... Can't wait to try it with Windows XP, with the sub-pixel antialiasing, to make my Mac-owning colleague even greener with envy:-) The only problem is that the buttons on the front of the screen don't work, so I can't change the brightness; lucky the default brightness is fine!
In part 3 (Designing Distributed Systems), Ken says "You can't solve all problems with it, but basically idempotency says that reinvoking the method will be harmless." It's in a different context, but I'd say it's a good idea: if you try to close a file a second time, nothing happens! And that's how standard Java file-like objects work, their close() methods does nothing if the file is already closed.
Every library should put this sign next to their computers: WARNING! Computers may be bugged by FBI! (If this sign disappears, it means they *are* bugged)
If the FBI arrives with their big shoes, they will either have to leave the sign (and people will still know they *may* be bugged), or take it down (and people will know for sure that they *are* bugged right now).
Yet another one, but only for French people: Casimir is our equivalent for Barney the dinosaur. It's even the first choice on google! So, it felt strange when I read the 'Casimir Effect':-P
I've there's such a thing as an ad schedule (I was thinking about that once), it means you can separate the program from the ads... Sometimes, I like to take a break, so I'd be interested in hitting the AD button on my PVR remote, and I go have a leak or whatever while the other viewers enjoy the ads. And as a child, I loved watching ads, so I'm sure some would like to watch all the ads of a program at once! Now, the question is, would enough people watch the ads to make it still acceptable to advertisers?
Remember this file explorer with the / in the middle and the subdirectories around arranged as a circle, and you drag subtrees near the center to expand them? This is a very similar concept, I think... Arrrgh, I can't find it anymore:-( Anyone knows where to find it?...
I think the music video "Let your soul be your pilot" used this technique in 1996... The newly re-released CD "Mercury Falling" contains this video (Extended(?)-CD). Cool stuff:-)
Seems strange that Peter Gabriel didn't do it before! :o)
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Just an idea: Why not make a clone of this virus, which would erase the other clones and close the door behind?
Since a stand-alone program has more chances of being transmitted everywhere than any windows update or patch requiring user intervention, I'm sure it would help a lot to remove any remnants of this worm attack...
Can anybody code this? I guess antivirus companies don't want to do that, that would kill their business!
Coincidence? There's an article in The Age about the Australian workplace: The office, Australia style.
... oh, go ahead, everyone's heard me mouthing off about it anyway."
:-)
Quote: Perth-based American computer technician Tom Cash agrees. "This is not what I'm used to," he says. "Not that I'm complaining! Australians are more into holidays and weekends and having a life than Americans. They're a bit lazy, though. Don't print that
I'm French and have lived in Melbourne for more than five years now, I really like the Australian culture and work/life balance. And I can be lazy too (any programmer who isn't?
Except that the monitor's controls don't work without the software support that only exists on MacOS. :-P
Actually, it now works "perfectly" for me: I can control the brightness from ATI's display properties (under Settings -> Advanced -> Color), and Windows can power the display off (after some time, or when I turn the PC off). Of course, it's not as practical as with a Mac, but it's all I need: I don't change contrast every day, and I can turn my PC off from the keyboard, which saves me 10cm of finger travel
The USB hub works "perfectly" too!
Nope, I didn't know, thanks for the information!
However, my impression is still the same: character rendering looks worse than WinXP's! (Using the same LCD screen)
That would also explain why my colleague doesn't like any antialiasing option on his Mac, as he doesn't like ClearType on WinXP.
Sorry, I was not clear: it's *advertised* for Macs only, and the box reads "Requires Powermac G4 with such Geforce, MacOSX or 9 bla bla", which is obviously false, since, as I said above, it runs perfectly (with the ADC-DVI adaptor, of course) on my PC with an ATI Radeon 9700pro, and should work with any OS and any graphics card with DVI output.
:-P
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This LCD is actually the best price/value ratio around, I guess because it doesn't have the extra analog inputs that all other generic LCDs have. Unless I've missed some?...
As for MacOS/Windows real estate, I guess that's my personal taste, and my colleague's. In Windows and other OSes, you can pretty much change any object size (borders, menu and bar fonts, window buttons, etc.), while it's way too limited on Mac. AFAIK, if Steve Jobs wants it this way, it's this way for everyone!
Fuzzy characters: we've tried every antialiazing and smoothing option on my colleague's PowerBook 15", and nothing looks as good as Windows'. Maybe taste again...
Sub-pixel antialiasing: have you ever seen Windows XP running on a LCD? You can really notice the difference with italic text. It just looks like normal text, no pixels, no fuzziness. Really impressive, try it! (Probably taste again, my colleague doesn't like it)
Anyway, back to topic: If you can afford a $2000 DVI-only screen, get the Apple 23"! Even if you don't have a Mac
Just bought the Apple 23" HD Cinema, it does look sexy, and it works fine on PC! :-)
I'd say it's a pity it's sold only for Macs, as Windows (and possibly Linux, not tried it yet) uses the screen real estate much better, and doesn't make characters look fuzzy like MacOS X... Can't wait to try it with Windows XP, with the sub-pixel antialiasing, to make my Mac-owning colleague even greener with envy
The only problem is that the buttons on the front of the screen don't work, so I can't change the brightness; lucky the default brightness is fine!
In part 3 (Designing Distributed Systems), Ken says "You can't solve all problems with it, but basically idempotency says that reinvoking the method will be harmless."
It's in a different context, but I'd say it's a good idea: if you try to close a file a second time, nothing happens! And that's how standard Java file-like objects work, their close() methods does nothing if the file is already closed.
Every library should put this sign next to their computers:
WARNING! Computers may be bugged by FBI!
(If this sign disappears, it means they *are* bugged)
If the FBI arrives with their big shoes, they will either have to leave the sign (and people will still know they *may* be bugged), or take it down (and people will know for sure that they *are* bugged right now).
I vote for the best-known of all pythons!
Yet another one, but only for French people: Casimir is our equivalent for Barney the dinosaur. :-P
It's even the first choice on google!
So, it felt strange when I read the 'Casimir Effect'
I've there's such a thing as an ad schedule (I was thinking about that once), it means you can separate the program from the ads...
Sometimes, I like to take a break, so I'd be interested in hitting the AD button on my PVR remote, and I go have a leak or whatever while the other viewers enjoy the ads.
And as a child, I loved watching ads, so I'm sure some would like to watch all the ads of a program at once!
Now, the question is, would enough people watch the ads to make it still acceptable to advertisers?
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I'd suggest
- For newbies: http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/diagrams.ht
- For experts: http://www.dictionary.com
Cheers,
Gerry.
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To be honored, work must be submitted to the "xbox-linux" project at Sourceforge.
Nuff said.
Remember this file explorer with the / in the middle and the subdirectories around arranged as a circle, and you drag subtrees near the center to expand them? :-(
This is a very similar concept, I think...
Arrrgh, I can't find it anymore
Anyone knows where to find it?...
I think the music video "Let your soul be your pilot" used this technique in 1996... :-)
The newly re-released CD "Mercury Falling" contains this video (Extended(?)-CD). Cool stuff
Seems strange that Peter Gabriel didn't do it before!
:o)
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