I know that Opera works with/most/ netscape (4?) plugins - it was designed that was for obvious reasons.
Makes sense that Opera and Netscape/Mozilla would tie together to set a standard - it really is in their mutual interest, and very good for us.
It would be nice to have MS on board with this, but the likelyhood is slim - they have no need to do that. It does mean that for plug-in creators, they will only need to create 2 plug-ins in order to cover the majority of the browsers.
Looking good from the end-user perspective.
I'm wondering, however, if the Linux and Windows plugins are going to be binary compatable? And the Mac plugins? Will the plugins be like JavaCode, or written specifically for the platform? From my reading, this is a standard plugin API, which would imply non-binary compatability (which would also make sense).
Certainly not immediately. It took Ferrari a number of years to get to where they are today.
Give Minardi the same budget and facilities as Ferrari, and about 5 years, and they see where they will be.
Their engineers are very good out of getting the most of out what they have, so imagine them getting the most out of the cutting-edge tech that the richer teams use.
It has been shown that, comparing the Ferrari Budget to the Minardi Budget, Minardi are actually the better team. They get a lot more bang-for-their-buck than Ferrari, who just have money to burn.
There is talk (I need to confirm this) that they may restrict the budgets of the larger teams. Not sure if it's a good idea, but it would certainly be interesting.
w3schools.com have a page where they keep a up-to-date stats on the resolutions of browsers visiting their pages. 47% use 1024x768 against 37% running 800x600 (as of January this year)
Probably slightly skewed, but interesting non-the-less.
The page also shows browser usage stats, and whether javascript is enabled or not (92% yes).
cellotape on the end of the network cables - they are still plugged in, but the connection isn't being made.
I remember a few years ago, in the days of Windows 3.1 and Novell, I used 'debug' to change a copy of win.com so that the first few bytes were the call to Int 11 that logged you out of the Novell network. I then copied this into another collegues network account and wrote a batch file to backup his win.com on his C: drive, and copy mine in. I knew he ran a batch file when he logged in everyday, so all I had to do was add this batch file to his and sit back and enjoy.
I never activated, though. Can't remember why.
Glad to see that you are keeping an amount of professionalism about your practical jokes, ie. harmless fun. I hope it does keep the morale in the office up for a while.
schizophrenia P Pronunciation Key (skts-frn-, -frn-) n. Any of a group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances. Schizophrenia is associated with dopamine imbalances in the brain and defects of the frontal lobe and is caused by genetic, other biological, and psychosocial factors. A situation or condition that results from the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic qualities, identities, or activities: the national schizophrenia that results from carrying out an unpopular war.
Schizophrenia
n : any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact [syn: schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox]
The only think I know about dealing with someone with Schizophrenia is to never confront them.
If you are talking to them, don't sit or stand opposite them, but beside them.
Try not to disagree with them about this, or if you do, don't do it negatively.
People with Schizophrenia can very easily turn away from you, cut you off, and want to have nothing to do with you.
I don't have any experience here, but this is from something my sister told me (she was a phsychologist, so I can only assume she knew what she was talking about).
You are talking short term memory here, not long term memory.
Short term memory is memory that is gone in minutes or seconds.
Good short term memory is useful for things like a=1, b=4, c=6, d=3, e=7 what is ((a*b)+(c-a))-((d/f)+(c-a)) - the better (bigger) your short term memory, the less you will need to refer back to the values when working out the equation.
I don't think the problem is whether or not my company will last 100 years (or, for that matter, whether I will last for 100 years). I would ask whether Network Solutions would last for 100 years.
The max term of a domain name lease is 10 years. Network solutions provide this 100 year lease by automatically adding an extra year to your lease on a yearly basis. If Network Solutions suddenly disappear, then your lease it left at 10 years, and you loose the other 90 years that you paid for.
I'm wondering if they need the help, financially. They are, after all, a Fortune 500 company and are, seemingly, worth billions.
Didn't IBM also offer money some time ago to help fight SCO in any legal challenges they made?
However, it would be nice to be able to say that the Linux community as a whole is behind them, and having a fund would give more visability of this support.
I once heard that, in test, the human body operates on a 25 hour cycle anyway, and we 'reset' our internal clocks ever day to fit in with the 24 hours of a day.
IIRC, tests were carried out where volunteers lived underground with no access to the outside world - no TV, windows, etc. They could call up to the surface to request books, games, food, but nothing that would allow them to work out any sence of time (no clocks either!). It was found that they reverted to a 25 hour day...
Shouldn't be too difficult for the scientists, or for colonization...
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If I were there, I just know I'd be the really embarrassed guy who gets knocked out first...
T.
Funnily enough, I knew that. Damn.
GPS info available here
T.
Geosynchronous orbit.
Put a sufficiently heavy mass (like an asteroid) in geosync around the equator (just like the GPS satellites), and connect your ribbon.
Hey presto.
It's a simple enough concept, just the execution of it is difficult.
T.
I know that Opera works with /most/ netscape (4?) plugins - it was designed that was for obvious reasons.
Makes sense that Opera and Netscape/Mozilla would tie together to set a standard - it really is in their mutual interest, and very good for us.
It would be nice to have MS on board with this, but the likelyhood is slim - they have no need to do that. It does mean that for plug-in creators, they will only need to create 2 plug-ins in order to cover the majority of the browsers.
Looking good from the end-user perspective.
I'm wondering, however, if the Linux and Windows plugins are going to be binary compatable? And the Mac plugins? Will the plugins be like JavaCode, or written specifically for the platform? From my reading, this is a standard plugin API, which would imply non-binary compatability (which would also make sense).
T.
(4000 / 60) = 66.66666 rps
50 teeth => 50x66.6666 = 3333.3333 tps (teeth/sec)
5 milliseconds is 5/1000 seconds, so...
3333.33333 / 1000 = 3.33333
*5 = 16.6666
So, that's 16-17 cuts, max. The blade is slowing down, and retracting, in that 5ms, so it would be even less than that.
T.
Honestly, would you like to donate a finger to nick for a video?
Imagine it - 'Ok, cut.', and everyone fall around laughing.
'BandAid him, take 2'
'no no no - another bandaid - take 3'.
I think the hot dog serves the purpose.
T.
"Now, Mr. Bond, since you won't talk, you will loose your..."
CHUG.
"...eh? Damn you SawStop"
T.
Certainly not immediately. It took Ferrari a number of years to get to where they are today.
Give Minardi the same budget and facilities as Ferrari, and about 5 years, and they see where they will be.
Their engineers are very good out of getting the most of out what they have, so imagine them getting the most out of the cutting-edge tech that the richer teams use.
'twould be nice to see.
T.
Yeah, well Mindari really don't have a chance. How can you compete against someone what that amount of money?
They don't have the money to research and build their own engines. They can only buy the last years' engine that other teams are no longer using.
A lot of the back-of-the-grid teams are in the same position - limited budgets means limitations on the cars the the richer teams don't have.
I would like to see Ferarri operating on a Mindari budget to see just who comes up with the best car. My money would be on Mindari.
T.
It has been shown that, comparing the Ferrari Budget to the Minardi Budget, Minardi are actually the better team. They get a lot more bang-for-their-buck than Ferrari, who just have money to burn.
There is talk (I need to confirm this) that they may restrict the budgets of the larger teams. Not sure if it's a good idea, but it would certainly be interesting.
T.
w3schools.com have a page where they keep a up-to-date stats on the resolutions of browsers visiting their pages. 47% use 1024x768 against 37% running 800x600 (as of January this year)
Probably slightly skewed, but interesting non-the-less.
The page also shows browser usage stats, and whether javascript is enabled or not (92% yes).
You'll get the page here
T.
cellotape on the end of the network cables - they are still plugged in, but the connection isn't being made.
I remember a few years ago, in the days of Windows 3.1 and Novell, I used 'debug' to change a copy of win.com so that the first few bytes were the call to Int 11 that logged you out of the Novell network. I then copied this into another collegues network account and wrote a batch file to backup his win.com on his C: drive, and copy mine in. I knew he ran a batch file when he logged in everyday, so all I had to do was add this batch file to his and sit back and enjoy.
I never activated, though. Can't remember why.
Glad to see that you are keeping an amount of professionalism about your practical jokes, ie. harmless fun. I hope it does keep the morale in the office up for a while.
T.
schizophrenia P Pronunciation Key (skts-frn-, -frn-)
n.
Any of a group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances. Schizophrenia is associated with dopamine imbalances in the brain and defects of the frontal lobe and is caused by genetic, other biological, and psychosocial factors.
A situation or condition that results from the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic qualities, identities, or activities: the national schizophrenia that results from carrying out an unpopular war.
Schizophrenia
n : any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact [syn: schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox]
from www.dictionary.com
T.
The only think I know about dealing with someone with Schizophrenia is to never confront them.
If you are talking to them, don't sit or stand opposite them, but beside them.
Try not to disagree with them about this, or if you do, don't do it negatively.
People with Schizophrenia can very easily turn away from you, cut you off, and want to have nothing to do with you.
I don't have any experience here, but this is from something my sister told me (she was a phsychologist, so I can only assume she knew what she was talking about).
T.
Is tele-commuting an option? nice DSL line with a VPN into the company? Saves you using any sort of transportation at all.
T.
I thought SG-1 discovered Atlantis?
Nope, McGyver helped discover Atlantis in one of the movies alright. Same actor - Richard Dean Anderson.
IIRC, he then destroyed some of it in order to escape.
Bloody hooligans...
T.
The articles does say that is runs from dusk till dawn...
Currently, there is a 10 hour wait, and it's 5pm here. The lights won't start until sometime after 9 when it's dark enough to see the lights.
Incidently, you get emailed a link to a webpage so that you can see you design from 4 different cameras.
T.
Sheesh. Mathematicians...
You are talking short term memory here, not long term memory.
Short term memory is memory that is gone in minutes or seconds.
Good short term memory is useful for things like
a=1, b=4, c=6, d=3, e=7
what is ((a*b)+(c-a))-((d/f)+(c-a))
- the better (bigger) your short term memory, the less you will need to refer back to the values when working out the equation.
T.
Then you better not follow this link then...
T.
Do doo d' do do!
Do you really need Sandra Bullok and a few pink muppets to get the effect.
I don't think the problem is whether or not my company will last 100 years (or, for that matter, whether I will last for 100 years). I would ask whether Network Solutions would last for 100 years.
The max term of a domain name lease is 10 years. Network solutions provide this 100 year lease by automatically adding an extra year to your lease on a yearly basis. If Network Solutions suddenly disappear, then your lease it left at 10 years, and you loose the other 90 years that you paid for.
T.
I'm wondering if they need the help, financially. They are, after all, a Fortune 500 company and are, seemingly, worth billions.
Didn't IBM also offer money some time ago to help fight SCO in any legal challenges they made?
However, it would be nice to be able to say that the Linux community as a whole is behind them, and having a fund would give more visability of this support.
T.
That would explain then why I'm always so tired - I'm also suffering from 'jet lag' of 4 hours or so... ;-)
I once heard that, in test, the human body operates on a 25 hour cycle anyway, and we 'reset' our internal clocks ever day to fit in with the 24 hours of a day.
IIRC, tests were carried out where volunteers lived underground with no access to the outside world - no TV, windows, etc. They could call up to the surface to request books, games, food, but nothing that would allow them to work out any sence of time (no clocks either!). It was found that they reverted to a 25 hour day...
Shouldn't be too difficult for the scientists, or for colonization...