Yeah, you'd think they would've thought of that a decade ago or something.
"Sarcasm is the recourse of a weak mind"
Re:You seem to be wrong.
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No, you asked a stupid question, and you got a stupid answer. I mean, it's not like I care what you personally think, but generally stupid questions should be indicated as such. Software is software, and any abitrary piece of code can be duplicated, simulated, or imitated on any other computing platform (hell where would Microsoft be today if that weren't true?). The question isn't what you can do, it's how well you can do it. Though I suppose anything that works is "good enough" for sheep^H^H^H^H^HWindows users.
Actually no, that wouldn't do him any good. He would still have to implement the scripting commands in his program. He wants something to simulate the use of the actual interface, not call the underlying functions.
Today I received a polite phone call from a fellow at Microsoft who works in the Windows Media group. He informed me that Microsoft has intellectual property rights on the ASF format and told me that, although I had reverse engineered it, the implementation was still illegal since it infringed on Microsoft patents. I have asked for the specific patent numbers, since I find patenting a file format a bit strange. At his request, and much to my own sadness, I have removed support for ASF in VirtualDub 1.3d, since I cannot risk a legal confrontation. This unfortunately means that I can no longer redistribute versions of VirtualDub older than V1.3d.
My printer doesn't work -- and not only that, my Print Center program "unexpectedly quit"s every time I try to add a printer.
You probably have the file permissions wrong on your print center executable files. The contents of/Applications/Utilities/Print Center.app/Contents/MacOS/ should look like this: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root daemon 384364 Jul 15 15:57 Print Center -r-sr-xr-- 1 root daemon 39012 Jun 21 18:32 PrintingReset
And those "hangs" are probably because of the order in which directory services in OS X are set. Take a look at the "Directory Setup" application and make sure it's set to search the local directory for user authentication. You'd be better off if you actually took the effort to fix your problems yourself (or at least look for solutions to your problems) instead of just moaning about them and expecting Apple to fix them automatically with an update.
It's not POSIX-compliant. It has a POSIX layer that allows it to run POSIX compliant apps. However, these apps are severely limited. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb; EN-US;q149902
The most important example being # POSIX applications do not have access to any networking APIs such as pipes or sockets. They are not network aware, but they can access files over the network.
Kids also typically have slow connections and outdated software. Given these limitations, websites must avoid technical problems or crashes related to access by low-end equipment. Faced with an error message, kids in our study told us that they see them a lot, and that the best thing to do is to ignore them or close the window and find something else to do.
Isn't it child abuse to force a kid to browse the web on Windows machines?
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My only complaint is it aches after a hot shower or bath, anyone have any scientific reason for why this would be?
They're your wolverine claws extending. That wasn't titanium you had implanted in your wrist--it was Adamantium!
When he says "Netscape Plugins", he's not talking about plugins for Netscape. He's talking about browser plugins that use the Netscape plugin format (a majority of them used to). Internet Explorer used to be able to use this plugin format. It has nothing to do with the Netscape browser itself. And if you need evidence of this, do a freakin' web search. It's widely-known and reported. Don't expect other people to do extra work for you simply because you haven't done the research yourself.
Not really. Does X window contain HTML rendering routines? Nope. X window is to GDI+ as Mozilla is to IE. In other words, Mozilla doesn't rely on X window any more than any other app out there. Really large parts of IE are integrated into Windows--it's just a fact.
UFS is cool, thougt no softupdates. HFS just plainsucks
Where on earth do you get that from? The only thing that UFS has going for it over HFS+ is that it has a case-sensitive file system, and even that is still debatable as a good thing to have. HFS+ does SO, SO, SO MUCH more than UFS. Multiple data streams per file? File ids that can track a file no matter where it was moved? A way to store a virtually unlimited amount of metadata about a file? Not to mention the fact that OS X itself currently performs a lot better with HFS+.
What are you smoking anyway?
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Yeah, you'd think they would've thought of that a decade ago or something.
"Sarcasm is the recourse of a weak mind"
No, you asked a stupid question, and you got a stupid answer. I mean, it's not like I care what you personally think, but generally stupid questions should be indicated as such. Software is software, and any abitrary piece of code can be duplicated, simulated, or imitated on any other computing platform (hell where would Microsoft be today if that weren't true?). The question isn't what you can do, it's how well you can do it. Though I suppose anything that works is "good enough" for sheep^H^H^H^H^HWindows users.
run an OS that doesn't have to search the entire hard drive after you move the target of a shortcut? Don't tempt me. I have plenty more.
Show me tfm, dipshit. They can only simulate interface actions with a scripting addition.
Actually no, that wouldn't do him any good. He would still have to implement the scripting commands in his program. He wants something to simulate the use of the actual interface, not call the underlying functions.
That's why I should've used the preview button. Here's the link:
http://qtcomponents.sourceforge.net/
I believe that's what these guys are trying to do.
The contents of
should look like this:
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root daemon 384364 Jul 15 15:57 Print Center
-r-sr-xr-- 1 root daemon 39012 Jun 21 18:32 PrintingReset
And those "hangs" are probably because of the order in which directory services in OS X are set. Take a look at the "Directory Setup" application and make sure it's set to search the local directory for user authentication.
You'd be better off if you actually took the effort to fix your problems yourself (or at least look for solutions to your problems) instead of just moaning about them and expecting Apple to fix them automatically with an update.
You'd better pull out your teeth so they won't be able to locate you and bring you back to the future!
It's not POSIX-compliant. It has a POSIX layer that allows it to run POSIX compliant apps. However, these apps are severely limited. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb; EN-US;q149902
The most important example being
# POSIX applications do not have access to any networking APIs such as pipes or sockets. They are not network aware, but they can access files over the network.
That doesn't even make sense, dumbass.
Haha. Stupid Windows users.
These effors were written about in more depth and detail by Gegory Benford here:r d.html
http://www.physics.uci.edu/~silverma/benfo
You're wrong. Brilliant is the name of a company.
No, quantum cryptography makes one link in the chain positively unassailable--not just "more secure".
If you were uploading the image for a website, you wouldn't be transferring the resource fork anyway, so it would make almost no difference.
And when you send email to someone with a POP server in the US that's currently being monitored...
Isn't it child abuse to force a kid to browse the web on Windows machines?
They're your wolverine claws extending. That wasn't titanium you had implanted in your wrist--it was Adamantium!
You DO realize that the term "light pollution" has absolutely nothing to do with satellites, right?
When he says "Netscape Plugins", he's not talking about plugins for Netscape. He's talking about browser plugins that use the Netscape plugin format (a majority of them used to). Internet Explorer used to be able to use this plugin format. It has nothing to do with the Netscape browser itself. And if you need evidence of this, do a freakin' web search. It's widely-known and reported. Don't expect other people to do extra work for you simply because you haven't done the research yourself.
Holy shit are you a fucking moron.
I don't have to back up my statements if you don't back up yours.
Get a life, because from what I can tell of yours, it is a very sad and befuddled existence.
Not really. Does X window contain HTML rendering routines? Nope. X window is to GDI+ as Mozilla is to IE. In other words, Mozilla doesn't rely on X window any more than any other app out there. Really large parts of IE are integrated into Windows--it's just a fact.