That is the whole problem of this benchmark, they are comparing beta prodcuts (like google chrome) with stable products (like firefox 3.0.4).
Certainly, but at the same time certain 'stable' products should still be bearing the beta mark. While Google Chrome may be considered beta, it is stable and runs. If you are a true nerd, then there is nothing stopping you running beta software on your computer, just don't try installing it on your grand mother's computer unless she is one of the lesser-spotted centennial nerds.
horrible at JavaScript, HTML and standard compliance With Firefox, Opera and Chrome why would a sane person even want to use IE? IE still trails almost every other browser in JavaScript performance,
While IE may be crap, the average person is probably not tech-savie and is not aware of the alternatives or simply doesn't really care if the tool does the job. Don't be surprised how conservative people can be. In many way this is no different than your KDE user using Konquerer or your Mac user using Safari, while not considering the alternatives.
Given that IE8 is missing SVG support, are there any open source SVG libraries that they could potentially use to do the work, instead of coding the support from scratch?
Although this is about white house e-mails, this sort of stuff shows how ridiculous it is trying ask ISPs to record all traffic. At least here tax payer money is being used, but an ISP simply does not have that sort of budget. I feel all to often the layman confuses IT with magic and the people in the field as magicians. We are lucky enough if manage to become a level one mage:)
With what is being achieved with Javascript and dynamic HTML, I see less and less need for technologies such as Flash and Silverlight. The only thing they really have going for them are the development environments. To see some of the games already implemented using plain old Javascript and HTML:
Looking at the iPhone and the new Nintedo DSi, I was surprised to see that the DSi did not include motion sensing technology. Maybe the DSi2 will end up having it, since IMHO this is going to become a big part of mobile gaming.
Sounds like: "I am wanting a senior developer, but he needs to be less that 25 years old". Do you work for HR by any chance? You will probably want some who has 20 years of Java development next!?;)
Apple may not always be timely, but they do eventually get it out. Remember Although there is GPL stuff in there, there is also BSD stuff in there. With a BSD license they aren't required to give back, but Apple does. If you complain about Apple being late with the source, remember that in this regards their first priority is being a profitable business and the being a good open source citizen.
All you're doing is taking down free advertisements all around the world and giving yourself a bad name...
This has nothing to do with PR and everything to do with overzealous lawyers.
If the web site could get the support of some lawyers, then I am sure that the burden of proof has to be on Toyota. Basically they should not be charging the web site for work, since it is not clear what is and is not a 'copyright infringement'. Another approach, would be to replace all pictures (validating with lawyers first), with anti-publicity, where you have a picture with the following text: "Toyota demanded us not to host photos, based on the DMCA, and without due reason, so here is a picture of a Honda instead":)
So, the rocket scientists looked at all of the available open-source bug trackers, and chose Bugzilla? Really?
No matter which solution they choose, it certainly doesn't solve the common people related issues we see:
- rejected, reason: space debris, this is out of scope
- won't-fix, reason: no parts available I am sure there others.
Have any studies been made with regards to DDoS attacks and IPv6. While at this point highly theoretical, would the differences in address range and lack of NATs reduce, increase or have no change on the risk?
He's confirmed that unwanted content would include topics such as euthanasia, and other politicians have been pushing for gambling and anorexia websites to be added to the mandatory filter.
Now that you have mentioned those words, this is going to get slashdot blocked from Australia. Let me see what these two words mean, oh heck wikipedia is probably going to be blocked now;)
Personally, I see and use the iPhone as an appliance, not as a platform, which is what a real Smartphone is. iPhone is not in the same league, and comparisons of this kind, while informative to some extent fail to provide any significant insights. What is the difference, how does this effect the end result, and are you saying the iPhone is superior or worse?
Transplanting bone marrow to a HIV-infected individual should, IMO, be followed by a mandatory sterilisation.
The exact same argument can be made about any other deadly disease with a cure. We should obviously be sterilising everyone who gets antiobiotics to cure pneumonia.
The other problem is that there is an assumption that HIV was caught through sexual activity. While a large percentage is probably due to this, there are other ways such as contaminated needles and infected blood. Also, making a person sterile is not really going prevent the spread of HIV due to sexual activity, since sterile or not there are still fluids acting as transport for the virus.
It all depends what you are looking for out of a router. Also, it should be noted that you could choose DD-WRT and then choose a router which works well with it. I previously had a Belkin, but replaced it with a Linksys router, due to a specific issue I was having with the Belkin router - it would loose http connectivity when I tried uploading with Picasa Web Albums Uploader.
Since they're going for patented technology anyway, I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't push the AAC format. While I know geeks tend to associate it with iTunes, it's pretty much a universal standard in newer players. As a bonus, it's smaller, better quality, and a heck of a lot easier to license than the craziness behind the MP3 and MPEG form
I too find this surprising. AAC, aka MP4 Audio, is where we should be going. Suddenly accepting MP3 in the mainstream is like accepting Vinyl records just as the CD is replacing it. The other craziness I find in the market are players that play back MPEG4 video, but can't handle AAC!? This is odd because AAC is the audio layer in MPEG video.
It's not rewriting code or reusing code that makes you a great programmer. It's knowing when to rewrite code and when to reuse code that makes you a great programmer.
Exactly. Experience will help you with this.
You can reuse, reuse or rewrite:
- the first case is trying to make the best of what you have and building on that
- the second case is finding a library that already does what you are wanting to do
- finally you take the time to rewrite things yourself
Laziness is not a bad trait, since this will sometimes help you decide where you are best spending your energy. The bar is a good answer, but not applicable in this scenario;)
It's called a cluster, "The cloud" is a really annoying buzzword for software as a service.
An from my experience clouds are full of unpredictable vapour and they tend to have this annoying tendency to turn to rain - not really something I would want for my data;)
The most recent mainline Linux release has integrated mature patches for 4096 core scalability, that have been developed by high performance computing corporations and tested in the field for years. Previous versions were rated for "only" 1024 cores. That still makes 256 look like a Gameboy.
While the operating system might be able to support his many cores, many applications fail to do so. The PS3 is a good example of the hurdles in place to developing applications that truly can take advantage of the multiple cores. The problem is not to do with the hardware, but with the tools and programming methodologies we all know. While many programmers have touched on multi-threading how many truly master it?
In many ways it is better to write a single threaded application, than a badly threaded one. The point is that if threads spend too much time sharing resources and coordinating their use then the overhead sometimes outweighs the advantages. You can't apply threading to all solutions and you if something is going to be long running, then it is often better to separate the resources and then resync them at the end of the task. For me its like building a house: as long as each contractor is working on something independent then it works well, but as soon as they are involved in trying to work in the same area then you spend more time trying to manage things so that they don't get in each other's way.
What we need are better tools, better understanding of threads and an acceptance that a single application can't always take advantage of threads effectively.
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I can has cheezburger patent?
Well, I own the patent on the process for replacing 's's with 'z's, electronically.
That is the whole problem of this benchmark, they are comparing beta prodcuts (like google chrome) with stable products (like firefox 3.0.4).
Certainly, but at the same time certain 'stable' products should still be bearing the beta mark. While Google Chrome may be considered beta, it is stable and runs. If you are a true nerd, then there is nothing stopping you running beta software on your computer, just don't try installing it on your grand mother's computer unless she is one of the lesser-spotted centennial nerds.
horrible at JavaScript, HTML and standard compliance With Firefox, Opera and Chrome why would a sane person even want to use IE? IE still trails almost every other browser in JavaScript performance,
While IE may be crap, the average person is probably not tech-savie and is not aware of the alternatives or simply doesn't really care if the tool does the job. Don't be surprised how conservative people can be. In many way this is no different than your KDE user using Konquerer or your Mac user using Safari, while not considering the alternatives.
Given that IE8 is missing SVG support, are there any open source SVG libraries that they could potentially use to do the work, instead of coding the support from scratch?
Although this is about white house e-mails, this sort of stuff shows how ridiculous it is trying ask ISPs to record all traffic. At least here tax payer money is being used, but an ISP simply does not have that sort of budget. I feel all to often the layman confuses IT with magic and the people in the field as magicians. We are lucky enough if manage to become a level one mage :)
Anyhow, my point is these Javascript things are often flakey, unless you have the exact same environment as the guy that wrote them.
Sounds like maybe we need and Acid test for Javascript?
SVG is also part of the growing portfolio. If you have any modern browser the you can use it (IE is still playing catch-up).
BTW does anyone have any examples of good games implemented using SVG?
Try displaying text in any way other than in horizontal line (i.e. rotated, at least by 90 degrees) in plain HTML+CSS+JS, then we can talk.
May I present SVG?
With what is being achieved with Javascript and dynamic HTML, I see less and less need for technologies such as Flash and Silverlight. The only thing they really have going for them are the development environments. To see some of the games already implemented using plain old Javascript and HTML:
http://www.apple.com/webapps/games/
Looking at the iPhone and the new Nintedo DSi, I was surprised to see that the DSi did not include motion sensing technology. Maybe the DSi2 will end up having it, since IMHO this is going to become a big part of mobile gaming.
Did you try to play it on an old projector/monitor?
His mistake was not trying to rip it, or get a torrentz, first. ;) Honestly it shouldn't be necessary, but that's where we are going with all this.
"If laws are so bad that your have to be crazy to obey them, then only crazy people will be in liberty"
Built-in copy protection is a bag-of-hurt.
Good luck finding a computer without it.
PS There are surely ways around it.
Sounds like: "I am wanting a senior developer, but he needs to be less that 25 years old". Do you work for HR by any chance? You will probably want some who has 20 years of Java development next!? ;)
There is also this web site:
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/
Apple may not always be timely, but they do eventually get it out. Remember Although there is GPL stuff in there, there is also BSD stuff in there. With a BSD license they aren't required to give back, but Apple does. If you complain about Apple being late with the source, remember that in this regards their first priority is being a profitable business and the being a good open source citizen.
All you're doing is taking down free advertisements all around the world and giving yourself a bad name...
This has nothing to do with PR and everything to do with overzealous lawyers.
If the web site could get the support of some lawyers, then I am sure that the burden of proof has to be on Toyota. Basically they should not be charging the web site for work, since it is not clear what is and is not a 'copyright infringement'. Another approach, would be to replace all pictures (validating with lawyers first), with anti-publicity, where you have a picture with the following text: "Toyota demanded us not to host photos, based on the DMCA, and without due reason, so here is a picture of a Honda instead" :)
So, the rocket scientists looked at all of the available open-source bug trackers, and chose Bugzilla? Really?
No matter which solution they choose, it certainly doesn't solve the common people related issues we see:
- rejected, reason: space debris, this is out of scope
- won't-fix, reason: no parts available
I am sure there others.
Have any studies been made with regards to DDoS attacks and IPv6. While at this point highly theoretical, would the differences in address range and lack of NATs reduce, increase or have no change on the risk?
He's confirmed that unwanted content would include topics such as euthanasia, and other politicians have been pushing for gambling and anorexia websites to be added to the mandatory filter.
Now that you have mentioned those words, this is going to get slashdot blocked from Australia. Let me see what these two words mean, oh heck wikipedia is probably going to be blocked now ;)
Personally, I see and use the iPhone as an appliance, not as a platform, which is what a real Smartphone is. iPhone is not in the same league, and comparisons of this kind, while informative to some extent fail to provide any significant insights.
What is the difference, how does this effect the end result, and are you saying the iPhone is superior or worse?
The other problem is that there is an assumption that HIV was caught through sexual activity. While a large percentage is probably due to this, there are other ways such as contaminated needles and infected blood. Also, making a person sterile is not really going prevent the spread of HIV due to sexual activity, since sterile or not there are still fluids acting as transport for the virus.
It all depends what you are looking for out of a router. Also, it should be noted that you could choose DD-WRT and then choose a router which works well with it. I previously had a Belkin, but replaced it with a Linksys router, due to a specific issue I was having with the Belkin router - it would loose http connectivity when I tried uploading with Picasa Web Albums Uploader.
Since they're going for patented technology anyway, I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't push the AAC format. While I know geeks tend to associate it with iTunes, it's pretty much a universal standard in newer players. As a bonus, it's smaller, better quality, and a heck of a lot easier to license than the craziness behind the MP3 and MPEG form
I too find this surprising. AAC, aka MP4 Audio, is where we should be going. Suddenly accepting MP3 in the mainstream is like accepting Vinyl records just as the CD is replacing it. The other craziness I find in the market are players that play back MPEG4 video, but can't handle AAC!? This is odd because AAC is the audio layer in MPEG video.
It's not rewriting code or reusing code that makes you a great programmer. It's knowing when to rewrite code and when to reuse code that makes you a great programmer.
Exactly. Experience will help you with this.
You can reuse, reuse or rewrite:
- the first case is trying to make the best of what you have and building on that
- the second case is finding a library that already does what you are wanting to do
- finally you take the time to rewrite things yourself
Laziness is not a bad trait, since this will sometimes help you decide where you are best spending your energy. The bar is a good answer, but not applicable in this scenario ;)
It's called a cluster, "The cloud" is a really annoying buzzword for software as a service.
An from my experience clouds are full of unpredictable vapour and they tend to have this annoying tendency to turn to rain - not really something I would want for my data ;)
The most recent mainline Linux release has integrated mature patches for 4096 core scalability, that have been developed by high performance computing corporations and tested in the field for years. Previous versions were rated for "only" 1024 cores. That still makes 256 look like a Gameboy.
While the operating system might be able to support his many cores, many applications fail to do so. The PS3 is a good example of the hurdles in place to developing applications that truly can take advantage of the multiple cores. The problem is not to do with the hardware, but with the tools and programming methodologies we all know. While many programmers have touched on multi-threading how many truly master it?
In many ways it is better to write a single threaded application, than a badly threaded one. The point is that if threads spend too much time sharing resources and coordinating their use then the overhead sometimes outweighs the advantages. You can't apply threading to all solutions and you if something is going to be long running, then it is often better to separate the resources and then resync them at the end of the task. For me its like building a house: as long as each contractor is working on something independent then it works well, but as soon as they are involved in trying to work in the same area then you spend more time trying to manage things so that they don't get in each other's way.
What we need are better tools, better understanding of threads and an acceptance that a single application can't always take advantage of threads effectively.