Seriously, I have no freakin' clue why, but if you hit http://ninja250.kingston.net/ex250f-torque.html, it crashes HARD. I just had a user point this out to me last night (seldom used page), so I haven't investigated why yet.
The page loads a.csv file with the MS-proprietary tabular data control (TDC.ocx) and uses data binding to display information on the screen. The information may then be manipulated by JavaScript which can convert foot-points to newton-meters, and apply various filters to the data.
It was written this way so that I could take the source.csv and work with it on a non-net-connected laptop eons ago, and never updated. It will work as far back as IE4.....but I don't understand why it doesn't work with IE7. I mean, sure, I can see them dropping support for MS-proprietary extensions.. but using them shouldn't cause the browser to crash. ARGH!
(If only there was a w3c way to do data binding!!)
You know, I'll bet there are things in DOM level 3 that aren't supported by any browser. But that's beside the point, since you're intent on bashing ie right now.
For what it's worth, you can use innerText to achieve the same result in your sample case.
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The control key is right next to the A. That's a barely perceptible movement of the hand.
The only control-X combination required by daily emacs-coding-use is ^X-s (save), ^X-S (save all), and meta-control-Q (re-indent).
Once every six or eight months, you also have to have ^X-C (exit).
And if you're too stupid to learn how to press two keys at the same time, that's okay. press escape, then x, then type "global-set-key" and set your shortcuts however you like 'em.
> I personally wrote a program that would process over 35GB daily in > about 10minutes. How many servers can process that amount of information?
That is not a language-domain problem. That is a hardware issue -- you require disks able to spool 60 megabytes per second just to be able to handle that... so you're looking at a server with at least 20 disks and multiple buses. Probably fcal with multiple pathing, and RAID-side battery-backed cache.
Incidentally, I use gmail for precisely the same architectural reasons you site (it will search 2 gigabyte of mail in a few seconds) -- and I'm certain that it wasn't written in COBOL.
Actually, I stopped using that address about a month before the book came out.. But the address I use now has been in wide use since 1998... and my secondary address since 1995.
Oh. And they get a LOT of spam. Even after filtering my Postini AND gmail, my spam/ham ratio is about 0.75.
#1 - Category and File Size: Content-Type and Content-Length headers in HTTP describe these. Back in '94, everything was just text/html, text/plain, or multipart/alternative (or so it seemed).
#2 - Integration/Domanation: NOT just the web browser. The software he predicted happened the very next year: Windows '94 + Internet Explorer 4. Remember, back in '94 we were still playing with Trumpet Winsock, Crynwr drivers, blah de blah just to get our damned copies of NCSA Mosaic up and running.
#3 - ISDN saw a minor spurt. I had TWO pairs of b-channels around '99. But then, DSL came and completely obviated the need for ISDN. (I still have my 768k full duplex SDSL connection... had it since '01 or so.. Not my only connection, though.. just my most reliable)
#7 - SSL, SSH
#8 - PayPal
#9 - He was even right about watching Bell Labs for the bandwidth growth... Except it was called Lucent or something around the bubble.
#10 - This was more-or-less done with "Ask Jeeves". Ask.com didn't work out, though, people liked the Google better. The only thing I ever asked Jeeves was was if he was gay. And that answer doesn't work anymore. Somebody has bought ask.com and neutered him.
#11 - He was bang-on, except it was ADSL instead of ISDN. Close enough.
#12 - Return of the editors -- Wikipedia
#13 - eBay Stores
#14 - RIAA vs AllOfMP3, anyone?
#15 - Yes, politicos are using the net, and neferiously sometimes.
#17 - My house has lots of net-connected ethernet outlets. Does that count?
I don't know what the fascination with cancelbots was with these guys, though. They weren't a huge problem in '94, and restricting them was easy.
I'll let somebody else cover the slashdotisms (i.e. ass-munch, astroturfer, fuck head..), and in case you were really curious, the French would pronounce it mostly like an American would say "peek-pie".
Beats me. He probably wasn't the marketing genius that Marconi was. (Marconi is to radio as Bill Gates is to computer operating systems of the late 21st century).
Now, why don't you continue in the Tesla copy-cat tradition, and get rich selling wireless power? I have been trying to get my assistant to buy me a wireless power plug for my laptop, to go along with my wireless tube. That way, I will be able to check my email when backpacking through the remote wilderness, even after my battery dies.
While the thrust of your post is interesting, insightful, and probably even valid, I must take issue with your misunderstanding of the requirements of radio around the early part of the last century.
Back then, radios were big, expensive things that really didn't handle multiple frequencies well. Changing the radio transmitter's frequency, even by a bit, could literally involve swapping out parts, changing the length of the antenna, and so forth.
Additionally, it would have been impossible for broadcast radio to become the medium it was without having fixed frequencies. How would listeners tune in? "Tune in tommorow, same time, at another random place in the radio spectrum!"
Finally, I find it incredibly improbable that radio hobbyists 80 years ago had access to computers suitable for frequency negotiation and hand-off.
No, regulation of the spectrum, at least to a degree, was and IS absolutely necessary.
That's funny, I immediately thought he was talking about Don Lancaster's cookbooks:
# TTL Cookbook (Macmillan, May 1974). Paperback ISBN 0-672-21035-5 # RTL Cookbook # TV Typewriter Cookbook (January 1976). ISBN 0-672-21313-3 # The Cheap Video Cookbook (Sams, May 1978). Paperback ISBN 0-672-21524-1 # CMOS Cookbook 1st (Sams, 1980). ISBN 0-672-21398-2, 2nd rev. (Butterworth-Heinemann, January 1997). ISBN 0-7506-9943-4 # Don Lancaster's Micro Cookbook (Sams, October 1982). Paperback ISBN 0-672-21828-3 # Assembly Cookbook for Apple II/IIE (Sams, July 1984). Paperback ISBN 0-672-22331-7 # Applewriter Cookbook (January 1986). Paperback ISBN 0-672-22460-7 # Lancaster's Active Filter Cookbook (Butterworth-Heinemann, August 1996). Paperback ISBN 0-7506-2986-X
Don is also quite slashdot-y:
# The Case Against Patents : Selected Reprints from "Midnight Engineering" & "Nuts & Volts" Magazines (Synergetics Press, January 1996). Paperback ISBN 1-882193-71-7
I personally found the introduction to the TV Typerwriter Cookbook quite hilarious --
It seems Don was visiting a friend in the hospital, and wanted to bring him a terminal (you know, like a DEC VT100 or a Tektronix 4107). But terminals were not on the "allowed for patients" list that the security guard had, and so he was not allowed to bring it into the hospital.
So, he got a look at the list, and came back later. The guard asked him what the terminal was. Don told him it was a TV Typewriter. The guard checks his list: "TV? Okay. Typewriter? Okay. I guess a TV Typewriter is okay too, then!".
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Seriously, I have no freakin' clue why, but if you hit http://ninja250.kingston.net/ex250f-torque.html, it crashes HARD. I just had a user point this out to me last night (seldom used page), so I haven't investigated why yet.
.csv file with the MS-proprietary tabular data control (TDC.ocx) and uses data binding to display information on the screen. The information may then be manipulated by JavaScript which can convert foot-points to newton-meters, and apply various filters to the data.
.csv and work with it on a non-net-connected laptop eons ago, and never updated. It will work as far back as IE4. ....but I don't understand why it doesn't work with IE7. I mean, sure, I can see them dropping support for MS-proprietary extensions.. but using them shouldn't cause the browser to crash. ARGH!
The page loads a
It was written this way so that I could take the source
(If only there was a w3c way to do data binding!!)
You know, I'll bet there are things in DOM level 3 that aren't supported by any browser. But that's beside the point, since you're intent on bashing ie right now.
For what it's worth, you can use innerText to achieve the same result in your sample case.
The control key is right next to the A. That's a barely perceptible movement of the hand.
The only control-X combination required by daily emacs-coding-use is ^X-s (save), ^X-S (save all), and meta-control-Q (re-indent).
Once every six or eight months, you also have to have ^X-C (exit).
And if you're too stupid to learn how to press two keys at the same time, that's okay. press escape, then x, then type "global-set-key" and set your shortcuts however you like 'em.
> I personally wrote a program that would process over 35GB daily in
> about 10minutes. How many servers can process that amount of information?
That is not a language-domain problem. That is a hardware issue -- you require disks able to spool 60 megabytes per second just to be able to handle that... so you're looking at a server with at least 20 disks and multiple buses. Probably fcal with multiple pathing, and RAID-side battery-backed cache.
Incidentally, I use gmail for precisely the same architectural reasons you site (it will search 2 gigabyte of mail in a few seconds) -- and I'm certain that it wasn't written in COBOL.
Why does this surprise you?
Sony also would not allow VHS/Beta devices.
Yeah.
I've seen her goodies.
Britney couldn't even make it as a *porn star* without her label.
Hell, she wouldn't make much as a hooker, either!
Hmm..
.su and .ru domains on the 'net at the same time... :)
I seem to recall seeing both
Only if they haven't signed over the song to the record company in the first place.. Which is happening more and more.
As a crazy example, did you know that Michael Jackson gets mechanical royalties for the Beatles' back catalogue?
Sir Paul is (rightly) pissed about that one, since he doesn't get a dime.
Actually, I stopped using that address about a month before the book came out.. But the address I use now has been in wide use since 1998... and my secondary address since 1995.
Oh. And they get a LOT of spam. Even after filtering my Postini AND gmail, my spam/ham ratio is about 0.75.
Man, I knew he was on something. But robots ?!
Geez. Kids nowawdays! I don't even know what the hell you'd DO with robots. What, do you grind them up and smoke 'em something?
You missed a few matches.
#1 - Category and File Size: Content-Type and Content-Length headers in HTTP describe these. Back in '94, everything was just text/html, text/plain, or multipart/alternative (or so it seemed).
#2 - Integration/Domanation: NOT just the web browser. The software he predicted happened the very next year: Windows '94 + Internet Explorer 4. Remember, back in '94 we were still playing with Trumpet Winsock, Crynwr drivers, blah de blah just to get our damned copies of NCSA Mosaic up and running.
#3 - ISDN saw a minor spurt. I had TWO pairs of b-channels around '99. But then, DSL came and completely obviated the need for ISDN. (I still have my 768k full duplex SDSL connection... had it since '01 or so.. Not my only connection, though.. just my most reliable)
#7 - SSL, SSH
#8 - PayPal
#9 - He was even right about watching Bell Labs for the bandwidth growth... Except it was called Lucent or something around the bubble.
#10 - This was more-or-less done with "Ask Jeeves". Ask.com didn't work out, though, people liked the Google better. The only thing I ever asked Jeeves was was if he was gay. And that answer doesn't work anymore. Somebody has bought ask.com and neutered him.
#11 - He was bang-on, except it was ADSL instead of ISDN. Close enough.
#12 - Return of the editors -- Wikipedia
#13 - eBay Stores
#14 - RIAA vs AllOfMP3, anyone?
#15 - Yes, politicos are using the net, and neferiously sometimes.
#17 - My house has lots of net-connected ethernet outlets. Does that count?
I don't know what the fascination with cancelbots was with these guys, though. They weren't a huge problem in '94, and restricting them was easy.
I had a copy of that. I also bought "The Internet White Pages" that year... because it listed my email address!
Out of curiosity, what is the purpose of getting your protein from eggs?
I mean, if you're morally opposed to eating chickens, why wouldn't you be opposed to eating their abortions?
DDR?
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Please, tell me of other ways we can lose weight with computer parts. I have a lot of Socket 370 at the moment.
Yeah. I didn't even notice a rendering delay on FF2; my box is a P3-900 w/ 512MB RAM with a bunch of puttys and photoshop 7 already running.
Oh come on, everybody loves robots.
I keep telling my kid that her uncle has a robot leg. (Actually, it's a high-tech version of Terry Fox's)
Just wait'll she sees 'im again, I wonder what she'll say to him.
hehehehe
He'll probably tell her to bite his shiny metal ass.
I'll let somebody else cover the slashdotisms (i.e. ass-munch, astroturfer, fuck head..), and in case you were really curious, the French would pronounce it mostly like an American would say "peek-pie".
In fact.. forget the lunar lander, and the blackjack!
These could make for some seriously fantastic, 24x7 beer googles.
Are you an ugly chick? Let your lover wear these transparent transistor glasses, and pretend that you're Natalie Portman.
As long as you can stand hot grits down your pants, you should be able to get as much nookie as you can stand.
Beats me. He probably wasn't the marketing genius that Marconi was. (Marconi is to radio as Bill Gates is to computer operating systems of the late 21st century).
Now, why don't you continue in the Tesla copy-cat tradition, and get rich selling wireless power? I have been trying to get my assistant to buy me a wireless power plug for my laptop, to go along with my wireless tube. That way, I will be able to check my email when backpacking through the remote wilderness, even after my battery dies.
While the thrust of your post is interesting, insightful, and probably even valid, I must take issue with your misunderstanding of the requirements of radio around the early part of the last century.
Back then, radios were big, expensive things that really didn't handle multiple frequencies well. Changing the radio transmitter's frequency, even by a bit, could literally involve swapping out parts, changing the length of the antenna, and so forth.
Additionally, it would have been impossible for broadcast radio to become the medium it was without having fixed frequencies. How would listeners tune in? "Tune in tommorow, same time, at another random place in the radio spectrum!"
Finally, I find it incredibly improbable that radio hobbyists 80 years ago had access to computers suitable for frequency negotiation and hand-off.
No, regulation of the spectrum, at least to a degree, was and IS absolutely necessary.
Like the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"?
Vengeance is a dish which eats itself cold??
So, how much did it hurt?
Where was the locus of pain?
Does it more than sticking two screwdrivers in an outlet?
That's funny, I immediately thought he was talking about Don Lancaster's cookbooks:
# TTL Cookbook (Macmillan, May 1974). Paperback ISBN 0-672-21035-5
# RTL Cookbook
# TV Typewriter Cookbook (January 1976). ISBN 0-672-21313-3
# The Cheap Video Cookbook (Sams, May 1978). Paperback ISBN 0-672-21524-1
# CMOS Cookbook 1st (Sams, 1980). ISBN 0-672-21398-2, 2nd rev. (Butterworth-Heinemann, January 1997). ISBN 0-7506-9943-4
# Don Lancaster's Micro Cookbook (Sams, October 1982). Paperback ISBN 0-672-21828-3
# Assembly Cookbook for Apple II/IIE (Sams, July 1984). Paperback ISBN 0-672-22331-7
# Applewriter Cookbook (January 1986). Paperback ISBN 0-672-22460-7
# Lancaster's Active Filter Cookbook (Butterworth-Heinemann, August 1996). Paperback ISBN 0-7506-2986-X
Don is also quite slashdot-y:
# The Case Against Patents : Selected Reprints from "Midnight Engineering" & "Nuts & Volts" Magazines (Synergetics Press, January 1996). Paperback ISBN 1-882193-71-7
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lancaster
I personally found the introduction to the TV Typerwriter Cookbook quite hilarious --
It seems Don was visiting a friend in the hospital, and wanted to bring him a terminal (you know, like a DEC VT100 or a Tektronix 4107). But terminals were not on the "allowed for patients" list that the security guard had, and so he was not allowed to bring it into the hospital.
So, he got a look at the list, and came back later. The guard asked him what the terminal was. Don told him it was a TV Typewriter. The guard checks his list: "TV? Okay. Typewriter? Okay. I guess a TV Typewriter is okay too, then!".