Try/Catch with errors 19 Layer movement 94 Random number engine 21 Math engine 64 DOM speed 387 Array functions 6 String functions 9 Ajax declaration 33
Overall: 633
Minefield (Firefox 3.1) =======================
Try/Catch with errors 15 Layer movement 57 Random number engine 16 Math engine 19 DOM speed 181 Array functions 7 String functions 7 Ajax declaration 31
Overall: 333
Which, by my simplistic reckonings, is about a 2 fold increase from FF3.0 to FF3.1
"The 5BX (Five Basic Exercises) Plan is an exercise program developed for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) by Bill Orban in the late 1950s.
The RCAF asked Orban to develop a fitness program for their pilots, a third of whom were not considered fit to fly at the time. The plan was innovative in two respects. Firstly, it did not require access to specialized equipment. Many RCAF pilots were located in remote bases in northern Canada, with no access to gymnasium facilities, so it was important to offer a means of keeping fit without their use. Secondly, the plan only required 11 minutes per day to be spent on the exercises."
The program can be downloaded in PDF form from the following location:
That has to be the most foolhardy advice I've seen in a long time.
DONT go to the phishing site as advised. It *may* just contain a form to accept information, but its *just* as likely to contain an exploit that might auto install (if you're not patched).
The best way to avoid these kindof problems is:
1. Dont follow links in emails. Most reputable institutions dont provide links, they tell you to type their URL into your browser. 2. Make sure you're running an anti-phishing toolbar (i.e. Netcraft), or a browser with anti-phishing (i.e. Firefox 2) or a decent OS (i.e. Linux)
God I hate when submitters force you to read an entire article, so heres the important bit:
1. Boot with the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD. 2. Click "Install Now." 3. Do not enter a Product Key When prompted. 4. When prompted, select the Vista product edition that you do have. 6. Install Vista normally. 7. Once the install is complete, restart the DVD-based Setup from within Windows Vista. Perform an in-place upgrade. 8. Enter your Product Key when prompted.
Office will simply become another darned application that has a non-standard interface (non-standard with regards to "normal" Windows applications).
And lets not forget - one of Windows' major attraction for users is its *standardized* user interface. A user can move from one application to another, and *expect* to find clipboard functions hanging off the Edit menu. Take that away, and you lose one major attraction of the OS.
> The financial cost is there because, psychologically, people who have a vested financial interest in something tend to follow through with it more often and more completely.
Haha. Nonsense. The financial cost is there because they want to make money of desperate fat people!
Q: How exactly can I share my 360 game to other 360 users? Will my game only be available to people with the XNA "Creators Club" subscription? Will it be available to all 360 users that have an Xbox Live account? A: There is currently no supported way to share binaries on the Xbox 360. Currently, there are four requirements that must be met in order to share a game targeting Xbox 360 which is developed with XNA Game Studio Express.
1. The individual you are planning to share the game with must be logged in to Xbox Live and have an active subscription to the XNA Creators Club
2. The receiving user must have downloaded the XNA Framework runtime environment for the Xbox 360
3. The receiving user must have XNA Game Studio Express installed on their own development PC
4. The game project, including all source and content assets, must be shared with the receiving user. The receiving user then compiles and deploys the game to their Xbox 360.
Doesnt exactly sound like a barrel of laughs to distribute to friends etc...
A self confessed geek myself, I get the occasional bout of eyestrain. Usually manifests itself as a kind of headache. I think its due to hours spent inches from a crappy TV monitor (for an Amiga) in my youth.
I find that dimming the lighting in the room, and turning the (TFT) monitor down to minimum brightness alleviates it.
That and cutting down on the time I stare at monitors...
Slashdot Mirror
Surely the filtering performed by IWF/ISP could be easily circumvented by using one of the many available and free web proxies?
Or am I missing something?
James
Running a Javascript speed test I found at: http://celtickane.com/webdesign/jsspeed.php, I get the following results:
Firefox 3.0
===========
Try/Catch with errors 19
Layer movement 94
Random number engine 21
Math engine 64
DOM speed 387
Array functions 6
String functions 9
Ajax declaration 33
Overall: 633
Minefield (Firefox 3.1)
=======================
Try/Catch with errors 15
Layer movement 57
Random number engine 16
Math engine 19
DOM speed 181
Array functions 7
String functions 7
Ajax declaration 31
Overall: 333
Which, by my simplistic reckonings, is about a 2 fold increase from FF3.0 to FF3.1
Impressive to say the least :-)
James
Many gamers are socially inept...
Gamers want GF/BF so they keep themselves trim...
Gamers dont get GF/BF so they get depressed/abuse substances.
QED
James (A Single Gamer)
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5BX
"The 5BX (Five Basic Exercises) Plan is an exercise program developed for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) by Bill Orban in the late 1950s.
The RCAF asked Orban to develop a fitness program for their pilots, a third of whom were not considered fit to fly at the time. The plan was innovative in two respects. Firstly, it did not require access to specialized equipment. Many RCAF pilots were located in remote bases in northern Canada, with no access to gymnasium facilities, so it was important to offer a means of keeping fit without their use. Secondly, the plan only required 11 minutes per day to be spent on the exercises."
The program can be downloaded in PDF form from the following location:
http://www.adam.com.au/wedesign/5bx.zip
James Bray
An intelligent, well-reasoned response from a Slashdot poster?!?
What ever next!
A Microsoft "currier" eh?
A Microsoft employee that delivers curries?
I'll take one!
James
An FBI agent willing to put his life "online" as well as "on the line" :-)
That has to be the most foolhardy advice I've seen in a long time.
DONT go to the phishing site as advised. It *may* just contain a form to accept information, but its *just* as likely to contain an exploit that might auto install (if you're not patched).
The best way to avoid these kindof problems is:
1. Dont follow links in emails. Most reputable institutions dont provide links, they tell you to type their URL into your browser.
2. Make sure you're running an anti-phishing toolbar (i.e. Netcraft), or a browser with anti-phishing (i.e. Firefox 2) or a decent OS (i.e. Linux)
James
You can purchase a nice RFID blocking wallet from a number of places (I got mine from here ), or alternatively make your own
God I hate when submitters force you to read an entire article, so heres the important bit:
1. Boot with the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD.
2. Click "Install Now."
3. Do not enter a Product Key When prompted.
4. When prompted, select the Vista product edition that you do have.
6. Install Vista normally.
7. Once the install is complete, restart the DVD-based Setup from within Windows Vista. Perform an in-place upgrade. 8. Enter your Product Key when prompted.
Unfortunately, I doubt this will be the case.
Office will simply become another darned application that has a non-standard interface (non-standard with regards to "normal" Windows applications).
And lets not forget - one of Windows' major attraction for users is its *standardized* user interface. A user can move from one application to another, and *expect* to find clipboard functions hanging off the Edit menu. Take that away, and you lose one major attraction of the OS.
You can turn off the indexing for projects in Eclipse CDT using the project properties dialog.
Completion and search still seem to work fine and it uses about a quarter of the memory. Not to mention preventing the tedious reindexing at startup.
James
> The financial cost is there because, psychologically, people who have a vested financial interest in something tend to follow through with it more often and more completely.
Haha. Nonsense. The financial cost is there because they want to make money of desperate fat people!
From the XNA FAQ:
Q: How exactly can I share my 360 game to other 360 users? Will my game only be available to people with the XNA "Creators Club" subscription? Will it be available to all 360 users that have an Xbox Live account?
A: There is currently no supported way to share binaries on the Xbox 360. Currently, there are four requirements that must be met in order to share a game targeting Xbox 360 which is developed with XNA Game Studio Express.
1. The individual you are planning to share the game with must be logged in to Xbox Live and have an active subscription to the XNA Creators Club
2. The receiving user must have downloaded the XNA Framework runtime environment for the Xbox 360
3. The receiving user must have XNA Game Studio Express installed on their own development PC
4. The game project, including all source and content assets, must be shared with the receiving user. The receiving user then compiles and deploys the game to their Xbox 360.
Doesnt exactly sound like a barrel of laughs to distribute to friends etc...
Just to save some people the bother of downloading....
They've been used by Starships for centuries now...
# graviton
http://www.startrek-voyager.info/dictionary2.html
Oh wait - that's not real....
Use a web proxy?
Seems simple enough to me....
James
A self confessed geek myself, I get the occasional bout of eyestrain. Usually manifests itself as a kind of headache. I think its due to hours spent inches from a crappy TV monitor (for an Amiga) in my youth.
I find that dimming the lighting in the room, and turning the (TFT) monitor down to minimum brightness alleviates it.
That and cutting down on the time I stare at monitors...
James
IIRC, in the early days, one of the main reasons Windows gained momentum was the standardized way that users interacted with applications.
Have they forgotton this or are they just stupid?
I for one will be sticking with Office 97. At least it looks like a standard application...
- Open parent folder in Explorer
- Right click on folder to create zip from in right hand Explorer window.
WinZip will then create an archive containing the folder you clicked on.
James
A stupid question: would a standard software firewall (say XP SP2 firewall) prevent this attack.
If so, why is there such a high risk. Surely everyone runs firewalls these days?
James
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/
Underneath the counter:
"(actual number, does not include ugprades)"
James
Redirect the tape device to /dev/null.
;-)
Backups performed in record time!
http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html
James
Yes, I agree. "open source" != OpenSource.
However, M$ are blatently touting this as OpenSource, not just "open source".