My company has an e-commerce site that our customers use to place orders, check stock, pick up invoices, etc. The app has many Java applets, and requires the Sun Java-Runtime, so we install it on all their PC's, so some people are using it!
Our speed limits pretty much max out at 100 kph (65mph) in Canada. There is a grass roots effort to get the limit raised to 120 kph on the major expressways, but the police are against it, saying that it will cause more accidents. In reality, most people drive 120 to 140 kph, but it's the occasional person driving 95 or 100 that is the safety problem.
Name another form of transport that hasn't got faster since the sixties?
How about cars? Speed limits are actually slower now than in the 60's, while technology improves every year. Although when I was in England last summer the speeds didn't seem that slow (small winding roads), but here in Canada, when you have 8 wide, straight lanes going each direction with little traffic, 100 kph (about 60 mph) seems really slow. Highway 401, Toronto
Concorde has been created as a cooperating project between France and the UK. It's been a difficult achievement but it was also the biggest recent proof that English people and French people can actually understand each others and do something valuable together
Don't forget about the Channel Tunnel, that was a pretty big project between the French and English.
I believe it's happened in the past where Microsoft's patches will check for this key and deactivete the product if it's found. So if you go to Windows Update and download the latest service pack, it will disable your copy of Windows, citing a "Warez" key as the reason, and to please contact Microsoft to obtain a valid key. And with all the built in vulnerabilities, your basically forced to keep on top of the updates.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you've every bought a pre-assembled computer system you've paid for Windows. Or if you use it at work, it's been paid for by your company who could have allocated that money to increasing salaries or benefits.
That kind of response goes well with the unwashed masses around here
Not to be pedantic, but aren't we the washed masses? I thought the unwashed masses were the uneducated-layman... Plus I don't appreciate the insinuation that I don't shower..:-)
I've been having trouble compiling the kernel under Red Hat 9 (the stock kernel doesn't have ntfs support for some strange reason?!!). I get all kinds of compiler errors when compiling the modules (the "make modules" step). Anyone been able to do it yet? I'm using the kernel source supplied as an RPM on the CD's.
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Yeah, Logitech makes good stuff. I wouldn't use any other mouse. Mine is optical but has a cord, which I love... The cordless ones are too heavy because of the batteries (yeah, ok, I'm a wimp, LOL!).
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Most mice come with the option to use USB or PS/2 (with some kind of small adapter). Am I the only one that finds that PS/2 is more responsive? When a mouse is plugged in to USB I sometimes notice hesitation and other glitches. Must be something to do with hardware interrupts or something? Anyway, sometimes the legacy was isn't always bad.
Hi Slashdot. I accepted a programming job paying in excess of $100,000. I start tomorrow but have never programmed before. Can you give me some tips to help me fake it? I really want this job, but I'm scared that my lack of programming skills will get me fired! Please help!
What is really needed is a universal format (such as XML/RTF) where anyone can read/write a document and it would still maintain its formating.
It's not that simple. Excel has thousands of functions you can call, macros, charts, not to mention a VB interpreter. To open a complex spreadsheet created in Excel in another program, the other program would have to implement all the function calls and VB scripting, etc. If you want a universal format, you'd need some kind of an API standard to really make that possible. Simple formatting is a different issue, but spreadsheets are often more complicated than that.
It really sounds like your comparing current Microsoft products to competitors products from the past. When Netscape 3 was new, it was *much* better than the version of IE that was out at the time, you can't compare it to IE 6.0. Same for most of the other programs mentioned in this thread.
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My company has an e-commerce site that our customers use to place orders, check stock, pick up invoices, etc. The app has many Java applets, and requires the Sun Java-Runtime, so we install it on all their PC's, so some people are using it!
The fall of Sadam-net?
Our speed limits pretty much max out at 100 kph (65mph) in Canada. There is a grass roots effort to get the limit raised to 120 kph on the major expressways, but the police are against it, saying that it will cause more accidents. In reality, most people drive 120 to 140 kph, but it's the occasional person driving 95 or 100 that is the safety problem.
How about cars? Speed limits are actually slower now than in the 60's, while technology improves every year. Although when I was in England last summer the speeds didn't seem that slow (small winding roads), but here in Canada, when you have 8 wide, straight lanes going each direction with little traffic, 100 kph (about 60 mph) seems really slow. Highway 401, Toronto
Don't forget about the Channel Tunnel, that was a pretty big project between the French and English.
Thanks, it worked! Now why wouldn't Red Hat run make mrproper before packaging the RPM? ;-)
Thanks, I should have read the article before posting, it was mentioned there.
I believe it's happened in the past where Microsoft's patches will check for this key and deactivete the product if it's found. So if you go to Windows Update and download the latest service pack, it will disable your copy of Windows, citing a "Warez" key as the reason, and to please contact Microsoft to obtain a valid key. And with all the built in vulnerabilities, your basically forced to keep on top of the updates.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you've every bought a pre-assembled computer system you've paid for Windows. Or if you use it at work, it's been paid for by your company who could have allocated that money to increasing salaries or benefits.
Not to be pedantic, but aren't we the washed masses? I thought the unwashed masses were the uneducated-layman... Plus I don't appreciate the insinuation that I don't shower.. :-)
I've been having trouble compiling the kernel under Red Hat 9 (the stock kernel doesn't have ntfs support for some strange reason?!!). I get all kinds of compiler errors when compiling the modules (the "make modules" step). Anyone been able to do it yet? I'm using the kernel source supplied as an RPM on the CD's.
Yeah, Logitech makes good stuff. I wouldn't use any other mouse. Mine is optical but has a cord, which I love ... The cordless ones are too heavy because of the batteries (yeah, ok, I'm a wimp, LOL!).
Wrong part of Canada, dude...
Instructions for navigating the site are on page 2 of the article...
Most mice come with the option to use USB or PS/2 (with some kind of small adapter). Am I the only one that finds that PS/2 is more responsive? When a mouse is plugged in to USB I sometimes notice hesitation and other glitches. Must be something to do with hardware interrupts or something? Anyway, sometimes the legacy was isn't always bad.
Hi Slashdot. I accepted a programming job paying in excess of $100,000. I start tomorrow but have never programmed before. Can you give me some tips to help me fake it? I really want this job, but I'm scared that my lack of programming skills will get me fired! Please help!
And for Bonus Points, after building your Enterprise, re-assemble the floppy disk into working condition!
First GIF, now JPEG? I guess we'd better all start using Windows BMP format!
It's not that simple. Excel has thousands of functions you can call, macros, charts, not to mention a VB interpreter. To open a complex spreadsheet created in Excel in another program, the other program would have to implement all the function calls and VB scripting, etc. If you want a universal format, you'd need some kind of an API standard to really make that possible. Simple formatting is a different issue, but spreadsheets are often more complicated than that.
I use fastmail, but I'm not sure if they are still giving free acounts. The interface is fast and simple and there's little or no advertising!
Go to this Google directory for a list of thousands of alternatives.
It really sounds like your comparing current Microsoft products to competitors products from the past. When Netscape 3 was new, it was *much* better than the version of IE that was out at the time, you can't compare it to IE 6.0. Same for most of the other programs mentioned in this thread.
I agree, I especially like the Ed Fowley reference (if I'm remembering the name correctly).
To which the USA demanded it be called FreedomBSD! :-)
the United Nations delegates determined that the BSDs must unite
The UN debate was quite interesting. France vetoed the merger but were over-rulled by the US and the UK, while Canada sat on the sidelines...