huzzah is right! That means I get paid if they want my advice since I'm an early adopter. What? You're saying I don't get paid? Pshhh, in the future, everyone gets paid. I know this because I'm an early adopter. -hired!-
T1 is pretty slow, common DSL is faster than T1 connection. T3 on the other hand runs at about 44.6Mbps which is fairly decent, but truthfully anything over 3Mbps with a decent pipeline is fast enough since web-servers don't allocate their entire bandwidth to a single user, however sites like Youtube require you to have at the very least 13 or 14mbps. However, this is straying from the point that the majority of the world-wide-web is connected via HSI (200kbps+), and I know you were trying to troll but the United States is ranked about #30 as far as average internet speed.
Going back on topic, it's not surprising that this kind of scam still exists. I remember dialer malware used to be very popular back in the day. I think there was a/. article recently about how most of AOL's consumers are by those who forgot they had the service or just don't mind having it as a secondary service. Funny yet sad stuff.
Your comment made me think of Wild E. Coyote strapping himself to a rocket to catch the Road Runner. Somehow I feel there is a sense of familiarity with this, only it's not a road runner people are rushing to catch.
(slightly redundant) I have to agree with you. Patents were introduced to stimulate innovation and research but all it really does today is stimulate the front pockets of lawyers. I want to say "why after so many years have they decided to wait and sue Sony?" but Sony does sue pretty much everyone so I don't feel that bad or care for the reason why LG waited so long.
I was going to give you +1 but you posted as anonymous coward:( I really think that your answer pretty sums up this thread since it's impossible to determine without more information or assuming certain things... If you're going to go, at least be well prepared and know how to mingle and display yourself in mixers. At the end of the conference, there will certainly be a mixer so giving out business cards and learning everyone's names and what they do will be a challenging task as a first timer (assuming). From what I've heard though, your biggest benefit from this kind of conference will be after the fact, so if you're going to go, you're basically traveling to meet up with people. I'm certain that there are mixers every day near your place about various things. You should look at the local chamber of commerce website for information about this.
So they wanted surgeons so instead they hired a nurse? Anyone can pass the A+ exam, get CISCO certified, and 20 other certificates, it's not too difficult. But taking what you learn from that and putting into practice is an entirely different story. Even then, someone fresh out of college won't know very much about how the business world really works unless they've been actively part of it for quite some time. They also may not know the tricks of the trade or even have much exposure to real life scenarios. This is true for any major, which is why they get hired for less than those who have experience. However, there is a catch to hiring old farts... They tend to stick with traditional methods or know older things, but not necessarily what's new. True, they should be re-certified, or trained with the new stuff but sometimes the younger generation has a better understanding of it. There really isn't a perfect employee and it would seem that the one who knows everything is the biggest arrogant douchebag of the bunch. So you can't fire him because he does his job so darn well, but at the same time he's bringing down morale at the office (Grandma's Boy anyone?). Ah well, ces't la vie.
I've developed websites commercially for many years and adding compatibility just means more work and higher cost for producing websites. It doesn't mean that you get paid less for more work. It's not terribly difficult to create IE compatibility, and in most cases, you just need to add about 200 lines of extra CSS on your high-end website that is conditioned to work for IE browsers. Websites should work on the three biggest platforms and the only real concern about browsers is efficiency, security, and how much memory it uses for a simple user. A power user might need firefox extensions and someone who prefers just the basics can go with any other major browser since developers build compatibility for IE and Firefox mostly. Other browsers tend to work fine if it works under Firefox if programmed correctly.
It really doesn't matter if someone knows what a browser is or not, they all essentially do the same in the end. I dislike IE with a passion but it loads websites perfectly fine. It's been a while since I've installed a Mac but doesn't that only come with Safari? Doesn't Ubuntu only come with Firefox? The only reason why this whole situation came to be is because some of the smaller browsers that nobody ever heard of decided to petition this movement so they can be better known. They aren't needed as a browser, there are plenty of major browsers to choose from already, and if we have to start writing conditionals for them it'll make the cost of building websites even higher. I'm very glad that windows doesn't come bundled with the choice of web browser in my country because we're fine making decisions on our own.
I agree that there is a choice. The choice between buying the product or not buying it. Microsoft doesn't force people to use only their browser. Microsoft only supplies a pre-bundled browser. If you google web browser in google, you will get firefox as the first hit, not chrome. If it were chrome, there wouldn't be much of a problem either since it's an excellent browser to begin win. People can search for whatever browser they desire, and they can find charts of what browser supports what. It's not Microsoft's problem if people don't know how to do research, a skill that is learned early in life. Even if Microsoft were to force people to use only IE, it's their right to do so as a corporation. If people don't like that, they can go somewhere else. I know that's how I felt with the iPad, I went to Android and am happy with the move.
People ultimately have the choice for what they do in life, what they download, and the things they decide to make. They can also choose to ignore, stop using, and move someplace else if they're not satisfied with what's going on. The thing that makes America so great is the freedom to make decisions, the ones you want to do to build your life, your business, and even your country. It is a matter of choice that is given to you, whether you know you have it or not, it is there. It will be a grim day when America is nannied like those in the UK (no offense but it doesn't work too well with capitalism). - 2cents
That's actually a very good point, and another thing I would like to add is that every time a cop stops someone for speeding they should be able to archive video evidence until it can be purged. Maybe that's how it's done usually? I don't know, heck, I have never really seen inside a police car before so I have no idea how things are done in the police world. I only have police academy to help me visualize how it might be...
Hey, they may be fucktards but they are editors and above you. Respect them like you should respect the law (lol jk editors!). Actually I'm not sure what lesson this article is trying to convey but here in California, they would take away your smartphone so you lose your evidence:( At any rate, you shouldn't be hiding in the shadows as an anonymous coward while calling people names, that's dishonorable and very rude.
It seems that my sweaty boot rash won't do too well with this. I'll be walking for a few hours and stems will start to grow overnight. If I don't leave the house for a week, which isn't that uncommon, I might end up having to mow my shoes before leaving -- as if it wasn't bad enough to mow my chest (think Austin Powers).
I have been developing websites commercially for about 5 years now and it sickened me when I had to add IE6 compatibility on some websites because it was requested to have that compatibility. You can get the layout to look mostly like how you want it to but the functionality is greatly degraded. You might be able to design an entire site around javascript but that would not only be hell but it would destroy the purpose of adding IE6 compatibility as those who still uses that browser (the few) won't have javascript enabled because it's all business. I'm sure there are those who don't know any better but they were usually never our target audience to begin with, at least on paper. Some clients were cool and didn't care to support IE6 and you definitively come across programmers that feel obligated to support it and that you're breaking a commandment if you don't. Honestly? It all depends on who you're target audience is. Already you have to add IE 7, 8 and 9 compatibility and they all handle things differently, and sometimes you might have to do subversion support as well, then there's firefox, opera, safari, chrome, etc... But for the most part, you can make it universally compatible if you program for firefox. You'll encounter song transparency errors and maybe things will be off by a pixel or three on occasion but thankfully it's not as bad as like IE handles things. If you program correctly, you might be able to get 4/5 browsers to work just fine, if you have to adjust things, you'll need to create a javascript file that detects the browser agent and send them to the correct css file. It's a true pain but that's what programmers have to deal with when there's not a single standard for every release. The w3c is a guide, not a standard unfortunately =/
But drinking is the only way to get passed the butt-ugly layout that they have...
On a more serious note... Be careful of selling stuff there because they're climbing up your windows, they're snatching people up, tryin' to rape em so y'all need to hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husband cuz they're rapin errbody out there.
In Japan arcades are raging in popularity. I don't know whether or not they have increased in popularity or stayed the same, but it's a goldmine, especially Pachinko and Pachislot. I believe Karaoke out beats pachinko and pachinko beats TV as the biggest entertainment in Japan, but I could be wrong, though it's somewhere in that vicinity. My point is, arcades are insanely popular in Japan =)
The government has trouble accessing any info for anyone which is pretty funny since there's no central database. I'm pretty sure the IRS has more access to your private info than the CIA does without having to ask other agencies to submit info about you. {citation_needed}
To be fair, I think he (she?) meant the first real phone. Every other OS prior to WP7 was crappy to say the least. The more I see posts against Microsoft, the more I feel like a fanboy trying to defend them =/ There are certainly some amazing products being dished out by microsoft but then there's the not so great apps like IE, IE, and IE. I say this three times because they have three different (supported) standards and it makes CSS compatibility hell >: | But, I still love the big M for the other great things that they came out with. WP7 is one of them (and I'm stuck with an android outside of my dev life;__;)
Hey guys, I totally overheard that Microsoft was jamming some cellphones and I was ready to jam with them, but it seems you guys aren't as radical as Microsoft is. I think they are EXTREME! *plays air guitar* I think you should give Microsoft a chance, after all, jamming is only one of things they are good at doing, they're also great at making dev kits *plays air drums*
Those who fail at meeting their daily quota will surely fall, and fallen people do what they can to get back up, so long as they are fully capable of doing so.
But the US doesn't stop people from gaming at night, and if they tried there would be a mob of angry gamers and the government would surely regret it as we all know, gamers typically have at least +15 armor and +12 atk. The poor people working night shifts probably are getting butt-hurt over this since it's the only time they can game online.
They shouldn't need to do that, it's a parody and they are free to do as they please if it has no commercial gain. Basically anyone writing fanfic could get sued if this was not possible. Even then, unless there are registered Trademarks and patents involved, it would be hard to make a case even if it were a for-profit parody. $0.02
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huzzah is right! That means I get paid if they want my advice since I'm an early adopter. What? You're saying I don't get paid? Pshhh, in the future, everyone gets paid. I know this because I'm an early adopter. -hired!-
T1 is pretty slow, common DSL is faster than T1 connection. T3 on the other hand runs at about 44.6Mbps which is fairly decent, but truthfully anything over 3Mbps with a decent pipeline is fast enough since web-servers don't allocate their entire bandwidth to a single user, however sites like Youtube require you to have at the very least 13 or 14mbps. However, this is straying from the point that the majority of the world-wide-web is connected via HSI (200kbps+), and I know you were trying to troll but the United States is ranked about #30 as far as average internet speed.
/. article recently about how most of AOL's consumers are by those who forgot they had the service or just don't mind having it as a secondary service. Funny yet sad stuff.
Going back on topic, it's not surprising that this kind of scam still exists. I remember dialer malware used to be very popular back in the day. I think there was a
Your comment made me think of Wild E. Coyote strapping himself to a rocket to catch the Road Runner. Somehow I feel there is a sense of familiarity with this, only it's not a road runner people are rushing to catch.
(slightly redundant) I have to agree with you. Patents were introduced to stimulate innovation and research but all it really does today is stimulate the front pockets of lawyers. I want to say "why after so many years have they decided to wait and sue Sony?" but Sony does sue pretty much everyone so I don't feel that bad or care for the reason why LG waited so long.
and Asteroids(video-game) was anti-life, telling us that asteroids and meteorites are all bad and we should destroy them all. Tsk tsk...
I'd pay to get rid of software patents for $7.68bn but that's probably just me. Man how I hate the sluggishness of McAfee =/
I feel like a old slashdot article from last year (yes somehow that's old) claimed that most spam came from the states. I couldn't find the article but I did find this after googling it: http://www.infoniac.com/hi-tech/most-of-spam-comes-from-the-usa-says-sophoslabs.html
I was going to give you +1 but you posted as anonymous coward :( I really think that your answer pretty sums up this thread since it's impossible to determine without more information or assuming certain things... If you're going to go, at least be well prepared and know how to mingle and display yourself in mixers. At the end of the conference, there will certainly be a mixer so giving out business cards and learning everyone's names and what they do will be a challenging task as a first timer (assuming). From what I've heard though, your biggest benefit from this kind of conference will be after the fact, so if you're going to go, you're basically traveling to meet up with people. I'm certain that there are mixers every day near your place about various things. You should look at the local chamber of commerce website for information about this.
So they wanted surgeons so instead they hired a nurse? Anyone can pass the A+ exam, get CISCO certified, and 20 other certificates, it's not too difficult. But taking what you learn from that and putting into practice is an entirely different story. Even then, someone fresh out of college won't know very much about how the business world really works unless they've been actively part of it for quite some time. They also may not know the tricks of the trade or even have much exposure to real life scenarios. This is true for any major, which is why they get hired for less than those who have experience. However, there is a catch to hiring old farts... They tend to stick with traditional methods or know older things, but not necessarily what's new. True, they should be re-certified, or trained with the new stuff but sometimes the younger generation has a better understanding of it. There really isn't a perfect employee and it would seem that the one who knows everything is the biggest arrogant douchebag of the bunch. So you can't fire him because he does his job so darn well, but at the same time he's bringing down morale at the office (Grandma's Boy anyone?). Ah well, ces't la vie.
I've developed websites commercially for many years and adding compatibility just means more work and higher cost for producing websites. It doesn't mean that you get paid less for more work. It's not terribly difficult to create IE compatibility, and in most cases, you just need to add about 200 lines of extra CSS on your high-end website that is conditioned to work for IE browsers. Websites should work on the three biggest platforms and the only real concern about browsers is efficiency, security, and how much memory it uses for a simple user. A power user might need firefox extensions and someone who prefers just the basics can go with any other major browser since developers build compatibility for IE and Firefox mostly. Other browsers tend to work fine if it works under Firefox if programmed correctly.
It really doesn't matter if someone knows what a browser is or not, they all essentially do the same in the end. I dislike IE with a passion but it loads websites perfectly fine. It's been a while since I've installed a Mac but doesn't that only come with Safari? Doesn't Ubuntu only come with Firefox? The only reason why this whole situation came to be is because some of the smaller browsers that nobody ever heard of decided to petition this movement so they can be better known. They aren't needed as a browser, there are plenty of major browsers to choose from already, and if we have to start writing conditionals for them it'll make the cost of building websites even higher. I'm very glad that windows doesn't come bundled with the choice of web browser in my country because we're fine making decisions on our own.
I agree that there is a choice. The choice between buying the product or not buying it. Microsoft doesn't force people to use only their browser. Microsoft only supplies a pre-bundled browser. If you google web browser in google, you will get firefox as the first hit, not chrome. If it were chrome, there wouldn't be much of a problem either since it's an excellent browser to begin win. People can search for whatever browser they desire, and they can find charts of what browser supports what. It's not Microsoft's problem if people don't know how to do research, a skill that is learned early in life. Even if Microsoft were to force people to use only IE, it's their right to do so as a corporation. If people don't like that, they can go somewhere else. I know that's how I felt with the iPad, I went to Android and am happy with the move.
People ultimately have the choice for what they do in life, what they download, and the things they decide to make. They can also choose to ignore, stop using, and move someplace else if they're not satisfied with what's going on. The thing that makes America so great is the freedom to make decisions, the ones you want to do to build your life, your business, and even your country. It is a matter of choice that is given to you, whether you know you have it or not, it is there. It will be a grim day when America is nannied like those in the UK (no offense but it doesn't work too well with capitalism). - 2cents
That's actually a very good point, and another thing I would like to add is that every time a cop stops someone for speeding they should be able to archive video evidence until it can be purged. Maybe that's how it's done usually? I don't know, heck, I have never really seen inside a police car before so I have no idea how things are done in the police world. I only have police academy to help me visualize how it might be...
Hey, they may be fucktards but they are editors and above you. Respect them like you should respect the law (lol jk editors!). Actually I'm not sure what lesson this article is trying to convey but here in California, they would take away your smartphone so you lose your evidence :( At any rate, you shouldn't be hiding in the shadows as an anonymous coward while calling people names, that's dishonorable and very rude.
It seems that my sweaty boot rash won't do too well with this. I'll be walking for a few hours and stems will start to grow overnight. If I don't leave the house for a week, which isn't that uncommon, I might end up having to mow my shoes before leaving -- as if it wasn't bad enough to mow my chest (think Austin Powers).
Beat me to it. But since Jobs is dying, there might be a predecessor coming out of this project. (I know not funny joke)
I have been developing websites commercially for about 5 years now and it sickened me when I had to add IE6 compatibility on some websites because it was requested to have that compatibility. You can get the layout to look mostly like how you want it to but the functionality is greatly degraded. You might be able to design an entire site around javascript but that would not only be hell but it would destroy the purpose of adding IE6 compatibility as those who still uses that browser (the few) won't have javascript enabled because it's all business. I'm sure there are those who don't know any better but they were usually never our target audience to begin with, at least on paper. Some clients were cool and didn't care to support IE6 and you definitively come across programmers that feel obligated to support it and that you're breaking a commandment if you don't. Honestly? It all depends on who you're target audience is. Already you have to add IE 7, 8 and 9 compatibility and they all handle things differently, and sometimes you might have to do subversion support as well, then there's firefox, opera, safari, chrome, etc... But for the most part, you can make it universally compatible if you program for firefox. You'll encounter song transparency errors and maybe things will be off by a pixel or three on occasion but thankfully it's not as bad as like IE handles things. If you program correctly, you might be able to get 4/5 browsers to work just fine, if you have to adjust things, you'll need to create a javascript file that detects the browser agent and send them to the correct css file. It's a true pain but that's what programmers have to deal with when there's not a single standard for every release. The w3c is a guide, not a standard unfortunately =/
But drinking is the only way to get passed the butt-ugly layout that they have...
On a more serious note... Be careful of selling stuff there because they're climbing up your windows, they're snatching people up, tryin' to rape em so y'all need to hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husband cuz they're rapin errbody out there.
In Japan arcades are raging in popularity. I don't know whether or not they have increased in popularity or stayed the same, but it's a goldmine, especially Pachinko and Pachislot. I believe Karaoke out beats pachinko and pachinko beats TV as the biggest entertainment in Japan, but I could be wrong, though it's somewhere in that vicinity. My point is, arcades are insanely popular in Japan =)
The government has trouble accessing any info for anyone which is pretty funny since there's no central database. I'm pretty sure the IRS has more access to your private info than the CIA does without having to ask other agencies to submit info about you. {citation_needed}
To be fair, I think he (she?) meant the first real phone. Every other OS prior to WP7 was crappy to say the least. The more I see posts against Microsoft, the more I feel like a fanboy trying to defend them =/ There are certainly some amazing products being dished out by microsoft but then there's the not so great apps like IE, IE, and IE. I say this three times because they have three different (supported) standards and it makes CSS compatibility hell >: | But, I still love the big M for the other great things that they came out with. WP7 is one of them (and I'm stuck with an android outside of my dev life ;__;)
Hey guys, I totally overheard that Microsoft was jamming some cellphones and I was ready to jam with them, but it seems you guys aren't as radical as Microsoft is. I think they are EXTREME! *plays air guitar* I think you should give Microsoft a chance, after all, jamming is only one of things they are good at doing, they're also great at making dev kits *plays air drums*
Those who fail at meeting their daily quota will surely fall, and fallen people do what they can to get back up, so long as they are fully capable of doing so.
But the US doesn't stop people from gaming at night, and if they tried there would be a mob of angry gamers and the government would surely regret it as we all know, gamers typically have at least +15 armor and +12 atk. The poor people working night shifts probably are getting butt-hurt over this since it's the only time they can game online.
Well, excuuuse me princess!
They shouldn't need to do that, it's a parody and they are free to do as they please if it has no commercial gain. Basically anyone writing fanfic could get sued if this was not possible. Even then, unless there are registered Trademarks and patents involved, it would be hard to make a case even if it were a for-profit parody. $0.02