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  1. how do the others stack up ? on Firefox and Opera Fail the Acid2 Test · · Score: 3, Interesting

    like

    safari on tiger anyone ?
    please post a screenshot of that I would really be intrested

    stats on web browsers market share
    w3 numbers

  2. Re:Valid HTML for everything on What Can Yahoo Do To Compete with Google? · · Score: 1

    how about being able to put the w3c icon on the front page

    http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#icon

    when I see that yahoo will cease to be evil

    COMPETE abide by the rules and WIN

    regards

    John Jones

  3. Valid HTML for everything on What Can Yahoo Do To Compete with Google? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    things they should do and not do

    o make damn sure that all their pages are valid HTML and make them small and LOAD FAST

    o the mail and calendar services are better than google dont worry about this

    o yahoo already have IM now they just need to offer VoIP gateways to countries (might be a problem but investigate)

    o better I mean much BETTER shopping sites in terms of the service they offer to shopkeeper's to publish wares (dont brand them as much in terms of yahoo domain)

    o look at offering flickr like service NOW ( build inside and look at buying at the same time whatever is faster )

    o For Publishers better feedback serve 3 differant kinds of targeted ads

    1/ html only (valid html no javascript)
    2/ non animated pictures (only jpg png gif)
    3/ animated flash or gif (kitchen sink)

    o For Advertisers make it easy to log in and better stats

    o remember for all pages even the tools make damn sure that all their pages are valid HTML and make them small and LOAD FAST remember 56k modem

    regards

    John Jones

  4. combine the old school car kits on Using a Cellphone in a Basement? · · Score: 1

    hey

    the best thing would be to find 2 car kit aeriels and attach them one upstairs one down

    use the phone to monitor best position of outside aerial ( unless you have a signal box)

    Note the gold on the conectors fudge it and no signal

    regards

    John Jones

  5. its LGPL on Daffodil DB / One$DB - How Do They Compare? · · Score: 3, Informative

    some things to note

    you can try it out yourself....
    there is a comparision with derby
    http://www.daffodildb.com/onedollardb-derby .html

    everything depends on what you are using it for

    you dont say that in your posting

    if you did I might be able to compare and contrast

    regards

    John Jones

  6. insane really use a Mips or ARM SOC on Moving An Embedded Project From x86 to PowerPC · · Score: 1

    why not use a intel Xscale (ARM) or a quad core 1GHz BCM1250 (mips) SOC from broadcom OR run a AMD alchemy au1200 500MHz (mips)

    and run netbsd or linux

    the whole thing is skewed he does mention ARM but discounts it because not powerful enough and opts for a 200MHz PPC yet a Xscale can clock at 500MHz so can the MIPS and trust me the broadcom has 4 CPU's to do the processing so its going to be outgunning ANYTHING the PPC camp has

    I would have gone with a Xscale (intel) or Alchemy (AMD) solution

    regards

    John Jones

  7. maybe GSM/GPRS Bluetooth for home or office on Vonage to Produce a WiFi Phone · · Score: 1

    ok what GSM providers should do

    bluephone put bluetooth accesss points for the home intergrate into the base of cheap POTS phones (bluetooth can go 100 Meters but like WiFi big solid wall does nothing for reception )

    lots of cheap access points in the home AND office when your out and about GSM when your at home calls are routed through POTS landline

    or rather than landline use VoIP

    the GSM people could be ISP's and broadcasters think of IP TV tivo all billing through your mobile/cellphone

    they would love it (lots of money to be made)
    you just have to have a GSM network and be able to get broadband to your customers

    regards

    John Jones

  8. it not selling so get rid of it.... on UK Retailers Dumping Gamecube? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    simple really if you had a lot of stock and the sales where low/nonexistant what would you do ?

    nintendo cube sales are not good in the highstreet

    frankly all the kids I know have playstation / playstation 2 or xbox

    what is going to be intresting is the price of a GameBoy after PSP is released

    regards

    john jones

  9. you still need a supervisor on Next G5 Multitasks Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    you still need a stupervisor

    see http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/ind ex.html

    they calll this a managment console but linux already has this kind of caperbility with the right software.... hence MOL and to a lesser degreee UML

    you could even go down the virtual ISA route hence IBM daisy and transmeta....

    really old thing but nice to have support in hardware to make easy for the software but I am at a loss to see where in PowerPC thay are going to do this what are they going to add ?

    anyone ?

    regards

    John Jones

  10. DVB ? on External TV Tuners/PVR Devices Tested · · Score: 1

    frankley MPEG is broadcast to me so I dont need to do anything but shunt it down the wires but linux and windows for that matter are really BAD at this becuase of the tuner drivers conexant should be ashamed

    sort out the DVB drivers and you make more sales right now anyone who buys anything to do with DVB that is not a Set Top Box gets burned
    (the linux drivers are new and in 2.6.10-rc3-bk16 and sothe old truth is once again new = buggy alot of great work is done but more to do )

    regards

    john jones

  11. IPsec on WEP And PPTP Password Crackers Released · · Score: 1

    it can be easy but mostly its hard to get servers to talk to each other

    IPSec is cross platform people and AIRPORT people should just use it and dump the crypto stuff on the cards and let the OS deal with it

    N. Ferguson and B. Schneier "it is the best IP security protocol available at the moment." bbut dont like the fact the config is hard...

    push the vendors to all support IPSec and make config easy and bingo "the world is a better place" tm

    do it

    john jones

  12. ok learn from history... on Secret Agents Hold Code-Breaking Contest · · Score: 4, Informative

    it would be a good bet in my mind it will be something like what they did before (people tend to repeat themselves)so... previously on gchq

    Each of the six extracts is encrypted with a simple substitution cipher. In the first extract, this is a straightforward shift: P=A, Q=B, R=C etc.

    In extracts two to six, the ciphertext alphabet is formed by taking a keyword, removing those letters that occur more than once in the keyword, and then adding all remaining letters in alphabetical order. For example, in extract two, the keyword is MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE. By taking out those letters that are repeated in the keyword, we are left with: MURDESINTHOG. We then add all unused letters in alphabetical order to give us: MURDESINTHOGABCFJKLPQVWXYZ.

    Finally, the alphabet is shifted to give the keyword PUZZLE as the encryption of A in each alphabet in turn (as read down the left hand side of the grid).

    1) And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho."

    Joshua chapter 2. The Bible, c.550 BC. (An early reference to intelligence gathering.)

    2) Many years ago I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want.

    Edgar Allan Poe, Tales of Mystery and Imagination: The Gold Bug. The Dollar Newspaper, Philadelphia, 1843. (The first extensive treatment of cryptanalysis in fiction.)
    Keyword: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (another famous short story by Poe).

    3) Holmes had been seated for some hours in silence with his long, thin back curved over a chemical vessel in which he was brewing a particularly malodorous product.

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, The Strand Magazine, 1903. (Another fictional example of a substitution cipher.)
    Keyword: MYCROFT HOLMES (Sherlock Holmes's brother).

    4) The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, "Why don't you go back and sleep? We can ring you if he shows up."

    John Le Carre, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1963. (The third in the series of books featuring George Smiley, one of the best known fictional agents.)
    Keyword: GEORGE SMILEY (main character in this series of books).

    5) An Act to make provision about the Secret Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Headquarters, including provision for the issue of warrants and authorisations

    (The Act of Parliament allowing GCHQ to operate, and defining its accountability to Parliament and the public.)
    Keyword: ELIZABETH THE SECOND (signatory of the Act), Intelligence Services Act 1994.

    6) On the morning of Wednesday, 15 October 1586, Queen Mary entered the crowded courtroom at Fotheringhay Castle. (Some editions of this book list the day as Saturday)

    Simon Singh, The Code Book. Fourth Estate, 1999. (Singh's book is a recent tour de force on the subject of cryptography.)
    Keyword: FOURTH ESTATE (publisher).

  13. its here on PC Photo Printers Challenge Pros · · Score: 1

    seen it at a lunch in a fancy hotel...

    Plasma screens are everywhere and LCD are getting so cheap that this can work...

    oh and printing is all about the paper when you compare to a shop printed they should ask what kind of paper you want if they dont then they are cheap and you can achive better on your home inkjet BUT your home inkjet *might* be more expensive

    regards

    john jones

  14. the virtual machine ? on Lightweight Languages Workshop Webcast from MIT · · Score: 1

    has anyone got any studies into a virtual machine that would best suit these kind of interpreters/compilers ?

    I know parrot but any studies on that even ?

    regards

    John Jones

  15. PS 3 being a powerPC machine ? on Prelude to the PSP Launch · · Score: 1

    Personally I can't belive this

    all their consoles have been MIPS based even the PSP
    Methinks that IBM is the FAB...
    IBM rock at this very few other fabs have SOI and 90nm working as nice and they are looking at 60nm and 45nm real hard apperntly

    has somone got arch specs and not just the normal Cell patents ?

    regards

    John Jones

  16. hardware ? on Cellphone Forensic Software Open Sourced · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ok so you still need a sim reader right ?

    where do I get one of those I am in the uk

    plus I am looking into recording GSM signals has anyone got any advice ?

    regards

    John Jones

  17. nope just tax Cell/mobile users or local gov does on More Fallout From FCC VoIP Decision · · Score: 2, Insightful

    everyone should have a Cell / mobile so this is kind of moot

    plus who

    the local fire service gets its funding from where ? should they not fund the 911 call center ?

  18. can I use it with classPath ? on JDK 5.0: More Flexible, Scalable Locking · · Score: 1

    methink's no

    so frankly whats the point

    I want an open JVM and that means open Libs if I am going to bugfix and then take my ball and play elsewhere

    yes there is parrot but think a good set of libs like the CLR for parrot would be good...

    but I want to use java maybe now...

    regards

    John Jones

  19. just wait for the jokes about "touching is good " on Official DS Website Launched · · Score: 0

    I have to say they brought it upon themselves

    the fiddling fools

    regards

    john jones

  20. ok IP TV how about makeing that IP wireless on SBC and Microsoft to Provide HDTV Over IP · · Score: 1

    I dont mean the the TV acting as a router (although in the situation above that would make sense)

    I mean IP on your CELL / Mobile phone and TV images streamed to that

    jack it in to watch on a normal screen... simple

    in order to make money from this you need custom channels

    not like they cell/mobile phone networks are doing now e.g. Orange just putting a digital TV reciver in the phone you need to stream custom content

    regards

    John Jones

  21. what you kind of want is GLUI.... on Making a GUI for OpenGL Games? · · Score: 3, Informative

    see Gui toolkits

    GLUI would be a good one GLUI website

    try it out

    regards

    John Jones
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    http://www.johnjones.me.uk/

  22. oh great furl.net wanabee on Cross Platform Browser Bookmark Autosyncing? · · Score: 1

    i have already been thinking about this for a while

    there are lots of these services that make a stab at it for online a reader pointed out spurl but for the fact www.furl.net got there first and got taken over so a bunch of people are trying to get taken over as well (great exit plan...)

    frankly it's really easy to do this kind of service and with a bit of javascript to submit the url (all browsers can submit)

    the problem is that NONE of these services actually bring up the bookmark in your "Favorites" or "bookmarks" widget which sucks

    I like the thing that someone said about RSS and live bookmarks but it no workee on MS IE6 or apple safari

    frankly people need to look at apple.com/isync

    thats how it should be done

    so store it online or build a sync server that knows how to mangle bookmarks into favorites and is cross platform

    regards

    John Jones

  23. Chip Spec's would be better on Linux GPU Performance · · Score: 2, Insightful

    frankly its a joke

    nvidia has always fscked around trying to get mangled source into XFree

    ATI where unable to understand what this linux thing was but people who ati trusted wrote drivers...

    solution - provide the chip spec's
    frankly with CG and other GPU compilers the hardware should be patented if not then what harm is there ?

    giving out spec with COPYRIGHT stamped all over it only supports you

    for example those XGI people could capture the market by opens sourceing the drivers (they failed under SIS because of the drivers so let people hunt bugs WITH you for a better product and respect...)

    regards

    John Jones

  24. open Virtual machine (for java, C# python perl) on Red Hat Acquires Netscape Server Products · · Score: 1

    it Would be good if redhat concentrated on a free and open virtual machine spec

    then we would not have to worry about all the nightmare of java / mono / interpreters

    then we would be free

    I know there is parrot but larry et al are slow nowadays redhat could get java or C# through GCC and life would be nicer

    regards

    John Jones

  25. colour on John Carmack Retiring? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    well I would like to see him solve the following problems

    o colour should be better look at film then CG not intended for film...

    o represent the graphics as a hight map effectivly...

    regards

    John Jones