Say, for example, PostgreSQL-specific error messages appear on a user's screen, or maybe some future version of the operating system breaks PostgreSQL but not SQL Server.
Or a non-technological leak, such as a loose-lipped staff member saying the wrong thing in front of the wrong person. Or worse yet a disgruntled ex-employee turning you in.
This is great for AJAX. Microsoft's imprimatur will make AJAX easier to everyone to sell to business people, even when no Microsoft technology is involved in the implementation.
One issue with Java or Flash applets that seems to also occur with AJAX applications is browser location getting out of sync with what the user sees as they manipulate the application.
That doesn't matter in the context of a single usage session, but if the user attempts to save their place with a bookmark or share what they've found by linking, they may fail. Their bookmark or link may reflect the URL of their entry point rather than the information they were looking at when they tried to "save" their place.
Google Maps has a special "Link to this page" link which resets the browser's location to reflect your manipulation of the map. If you bookmark/link without this step, your bookmark/link won't reflect your most recent scolling and zooming on the map.
The Back button can also be problematic for the same reason, if people start using it as a kind of Undo.
AJAX is extremely cool, but like anything else you need to know its pitsfalls and limitations.
Just walk away when the human-resources situation can't be repaired. Any mysterious problems in their systems, they'll think of people who had access to them but left on bad terms. No matter what the actual technical problem turns out to be; it's just human nature.
Best policy is to make sure the network administrator locks you out of every last system you had access to. Remind them of any logins they may have forgotten about to make sure this gets done. You want to be a million miles away from any future technical problems they might have.
Bill Gates hinted at retirement in the article. Who knows what he'll end up deciding, but the fact is all the leaders of the personal computing revolution of the 1970s and 1980s are approaching retirement age.
We saw Apple without Steve Jobs, for a little while anyway, but we've never seen Microsoft without Bill Gates.
I hope they're not going to let the hardcore fans write the Serenity movie--I watched the Firefly show on DVD and did not end up liking at much as many of my friends did.
For me, the Serenity movie is a chance for the Firefly team to show me something different.
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Mention that Google is powered by Linux. Everyone has used Google, and so everyone has used Linux indirectly.
Explain that if Google needs to double the number of servers they use, they don't have to buy more copies of Linux.
"Colombian" with an 'o'.
Hasta la vista, baby!
Let's have a raffle and raise some money while we're at it.
Don't you think you'll get caught eventually?
Say, for example, PostgreSQL-specific error messages appear on a user's screen, or maybe some future version of the operating system breaks PostgreSQL but not SQL Server.
Or a non-technological leak, such as a loose-lipped staff member saying the wrong thing in front of the wrong person. Or worse yet a disgruntled ex-employee turning you in.
Seems like an incredible risk to take.
Some moblog photos from the time of the event.
4 618,-0.120592&spn=0.035216,0.083822&hl=en
http://moblog.co.uk/view.php?id=77571
http://moblog.co.uk/view.php?id=77554
And I'm wondering if germane photos will start showing up on Flickr soon. So far just shots of television screens reporting the news.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/london/
Nothing gruesome in these sources at the time of this post, but of course anything could be added later.
Google Maps focused on the area described in the news reports:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=london,+uk&ll=51.51
I'd be more impressed if Oprah offered support for BitTorrent.
This is great for AJAX. Microsoft's imprimatur will make AJAX easier to everyone to sell to business people, even when no Microsoft technology is involved in the implementation.
Old Macs hang around, too. If staff are getting their work done on the old junk they're using, management is loathe is spend money on a replacement.
Decorate your mind, not your body.
Would you invest your own money in a new sitcom project if it scored high on this scale?
Are any of the folks behind the formula doing so?
Ya, if dey need somebuddy withan upper Grea' Lakes accent, I'm der man, eh?
You can certainly compress a typical Word or Excel file today by this much, using the default options of standard compression tools.
Or they could call it:
What percent of Americans can prove life exists beyond the Earth? Surely, a more interesting statistic.
One issue with Java or Flash applets that seems to also occur with AJAX applications is browser location getting out of sync with what the user sees as they manipulate the application.
That doesn't matter in the context of a single usage session, but if the user attempts to save their place with a bookmark or share what they've found by linking, they may fail. Their bookmark or link may reflect the URL of their entry point rather than the information they were looking at when they tried to "save" their place.
Google Maps has a special "Link to this page" link which resets the browser's location to reflect your manipulation of the map. If you bookmark/link without this step, your bookmark/link won't reflect your most recent scolling and zooming on the map.
The Back button can also be problematic for the same reason, if people start using it as a kind of Undo.
AJAX is extremely cool, but like anything else you need to know its pitsfalls and limitations.
I'm wondering if the new Cell processor, going to market in the PS3, is suitable for desktop use.
It seems a shame for Apple to be looking toward Intel when all the next-generation consoles are using IBM chip technology.
Just walk away when the human-resources situation can't be repaired. Any mysterious problems in their systems, they'll think of people who had access to them but left on bad terms. No matter what the actual technical problem turns out to be; it's just human nature.
Best policy is to make sure the network administrator locks you out of every last system you had access to. Remind them of any logins they may have forgotten about to make sure this gets done. You want to be a million miles away from any future technical problems they might have.
Bill Gates hinted at retirement in the article. Who knows what he'll end up deciding, but the fact is all the leaders of the personal computing revolution of the 1970s and 1980s are approaching retirement age.
We saw Apple without Steve Jobs, for a little while anyway, but we've never seen Microsoft without Bill Gates.
We need to develop a robot to watch soccer, an activity Americans generally consider too tedious for humans.
This story is good information and very welcome--it makes up for the Load List Values for Improved Efficiency posting earlier in the day.
I hope they're not going to let the hardcore fans write the Serenity movie--I watched the Firefly show on DVD and did not end up liking at much as many of my friends did.
For me, the Serenity movie is a chance for the Firefly team to show me something different.
So I guess in your organization attachments are a privilege reserved for those who understand base64(1).
Backlash in 5, 4, 3, ...
No, don't retire. Pick up the THX 1138 thread and run with it. Make the movies Star Wars prevented you from making.