isn't there an animated SVG format that does what Flash does better?
but what tools does an artist created SVG animations? Where can I get an SVG player plugin? Adobe's SVG Viewer plugin is huge and rarely updated. And what will Adobe do with its SVG player after it finishes its acquisition of Macromedia? Will Adobe promote Flash or SVG? They have SVG, but have dropped the ball promoting it.
Firefox will supposedly support SVG eventually, but how many Joe AOLs use Firefox?
On Mac OS special folders could be named anything and be anywhere (futeure-proofing and localisation-safe). Applications just tell the OS that something needs to go into whichever special folder it needs to go in. So it's not impossible to create an elegant solution, just not possible for Microsoft to do it.
Windows can do this, too. Applications are supposed to use the SHGetSpecialFolderpath() API to get the localization-friendly, drive-letter-independent path to special folders like "My Documents". Of course, many apps don't bother. Plus Microsoft can't implement this correctly, so you can only call SHGetSpecialFolderpath() if IE4 or greater is installed, BUT if you are running on Windows 2000, SHGetSpecialFolderpath() is superceded by the the SHGetFolderPath() API.
3. Most muni broadband/wireless projects are funded via bond-issue, open access fees and user subscription fees. Relatively few of them rely on tax dollars to build or maintain the system.
With what funds does the government pay off those bonds? Are those "open access fees" voluntary or required? Must citizens without computers pay for "open access fees"? Does Grandma with her iMac pay the same fees as Joe Napster or Joe BitTorrent?
Section 8 of the Constitution does say the government should build physical infrastructure like Roads as well as communication infrastructure like Post Offices. Seems very similar to building wireless infrastructure.
That argument might apply for inter-state communication infrastructure (i.e. The Internet), but municipal WiFi is a local issue.
What about Newt's "Contract with America"? At the time, the GOP's promises were rather libertarian. They did introduce bills that would have implemented virtually everything they had promised to introduce in the Contract, even though their new-found Republican majority couldn't (or didn't want to) pass them all.
If you have been watching the news lately, you would know that the Republican-controlled Congress is sending a stem-cell research bill to Bush's desk. He says he'll veto it, but Republicans Arlen Specter says he believes the Senate has enough votes to override a threatened presidential veto: "Senate stem-cell override likely"
that is a GREAT idea! I'd like to see a similar service for Google Images, sorted by PageRank.
Unfortunately, his Unsafe Search doesn't seem to work very well:
Unsafe Search Results
A Google query for microsoft returned 53,300,000 normal results and 0 SafeSearch results, making it 0.0 percent safe.
Of the top 30 normal query results, the following 3 results were "unsafe":
1. MSN UK Portal and ISP offering subscription-free and monthly pre-paid packages from Microsoft. http://www.msn.co.uk/ -
2. MSN Search Miscroft provides search of the web, news, images and its own encyclopedia, Encarta. Also offers desktop search via a toolbar. http://search.msn.com/ - 4k
I found that hard to believe, but I just double-checked and you are correct. PHP (PHP/FI) was conceived in 1994 and the first public version was available in 1995. Microsoft first shipped ASP with IIS 3.0 in December 1996. However, I belive that Microsoft did not create ASP, but instead acquired a small startup. So that startup could have used the ASP technology earlier..??
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Correct, and neither will it end up being given back to the OSS community.
I don't have the link handy (of course), but some big companies are already pooling money to support development of boring open-source software for their backend systems. They can save money on software that is necessary but not a critical, proprietary business advantage.
So where are the patents? The closet approximiation of Nokia's patents is this list of 900+ patents: Nokia Software Patents at the European Patent Office (EPO). Most are related to mobile data syncing, but a few might be applicable to Linux, such as "ep1432207: Adaptive delayed ACK switching for TCP applications."
PalmOne or PalmSource needs to buy the other, and then they need to focus on creating a great mobile platform... operating system and hardware.
I completely agree. PalmSource needs PalmOne. No other company makes successful Palm OS devices. PalmOne does absolutely need PalmSource (given the rumors about a Windows CE Treo), but PalmOne+PalmSource makes a lot more sense. There are also rumors that RIM may acquire PalmSource, but I don't think RIM can gain anything from PalmSource. RIM's hardware and software is closed, proprietary, and based on Java. Why would they want PalmSource's Palm OS (without PalmOne's hardware)? I mused more about this in my blog: " Will PalmOne acquire PalmSource?"
If the "fingerprint bar code" is a one-way function like a hash, your lawyer could argue that, even if your fingerprint bar code matches that of a terrorist, there could be other people with the same fingerprint bar code.
if Bush is so opposed to destroying embryos, so opposed to "science that destroys life to save life", why is he so keen to send them to Iraq or who-knows-next when they are 18 years old?
Because GWB simply opposes science; he's a Born Again.
AdBlock just blocks ads. How does AdBlock prevent Goolge from returning SERPs with links to spammy link farms? Ads are not the problem with Google. It's link farms.
well, did the print ads actually work? The success of web ads is easy to measure. The success of print ads is not. There's an old marketing saying that, "I know half my marketing budget is spent on wasted ads, but I don't know WHICH half!" <:)
Unfortunately, the solution is to charge money for usage. Free wireless access is a classic Tragedy of the Commons. Everyone and their mom will overload free hotspots with their VoIP and P2P warezing.. until they have to pay for what they use!
Is the Indexing Service different from fastfind.exe? I think fastfind.exe might have been Office's own file indexer that would use 100% CPU, but was programmed only to do so at maximally inconvenient times.
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dude, I don't think your site's stats are very reliable when 0.12% of your users are still running "Windows 1"!
Actually, my phone always me to time-shift my audio messages.
isn't there an animated SVG format that does what Flash does better?
but what tools does an artist created SVG animations? Where can I get an SVG player plugin? Adobe's SVG Viewer plugin is huge and rarely updated. And what will Adobe do with its SVG player after it finishes its acquisition of Macromedia? Will Adobe promote Flash or SVG? They have SVG, but have dropped the ball promoting it.
Firefox will supposedly support SVG eventually, but how many Joe AOLs use Firefox?
On Mac OS special folders could be named anything and be anywhere (futeure-proofing and localisation-safe). Applications just tell the OS that something needs to go into whichever special folder it needs to go in. So it's not impossible to create an elegant solution, just not possible for Microsoft to do it.
Windows can do this, too. Applications are supposed to use the SHGetSpecialFolderpath() API to get the localization-friendly, drive-letter-independent path to special folders like "My Documents". Of course, many apps don't bother. Plus Microsoft can't implement this correctly, so you can only call SHGetSpecialFolderpath() if IE4 or greater is installed, BUT if you are running on Windows 2000, SHGetSpecialFolderpath() is superceded by the the SHGetFolderPath() API.
3. Most muni broadband/wireless projects are funded via bond-issue, open access fees and user subscription fees. Relatively few of them rely on tax dollars to build or maintain the system.
With what funds does the government pay off those bonds? Are those "open access fees" voluntary or required? Must citizens without computers pay for "open access fees"? Does Grandma with her iMac pay the same fees as Joe Napster or Joe BitTorrent?
"Free" government services are not free.
Section 8 of the Constitution does say the government should build physical infrastructure like Roads as well as communication infrastructure like Post Offices. Seems very similar to building wireless infrastructure.
That argument might apply for inter-state communication infrastructure (i.e. The Internet), but municipal WiFi is a local issue.
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What about Newt's "Contract with America"? At the time, the GOP's promises were rather libertarian. They did introduce bills that would have implemented virtually everything they had promised to introduce in the Contract, even though their new-found Republican majority couldn't (or didn't want to) pass them all.
If you have been watching the news lately, you would know that the Republican-controlled Congress is sending a stem-cell research bill to Bush's desk. He says he'll veto it, but Republicans Arlen Specter says he believes the Senate has enough votes to override a threatened presidential veto: "Senate stem-cell override likely"
Would you be happier if the press release read: HP Announces New National Identity System Solution Built on Linux Platform?
that is a GREAT idea! I'd like to see a similar service for Google Images, sorted by PageRank.
Unfortunately, his Unsafe Search doesn't seem to work very well:
Unsafe Search Results
A Google query for microsoft returned 53,300,000 normal results and 0 SafeSearch results,
making it 0.0 percent safe.
Of the top 30 normal query results, the following 3 results were "unsafe":
1. MSN UK
Portal and ISP offering subscription-free and monthly pre-paid packages from Microsoft.
http://www.msn.co.uk/ -
2. MSN Search
Miscroft provides search of the web, news, images and its own encyclopedia, Encarta.
Also offers desktop search via a toolbar.
http://search.msn.com/ - 4k
3. http://www.windowsupdate.com/
PHP came out before ASP too.
I found that hard to believe, but I just double-checked and you are correct. PHP (PHP/FI) was conceived in 1994 and the first public version was available in 1995. Microsoft first shipped ASP with IIS 3.0 in December 1996. However, I belive that Microsoft did not create ASP, but instead acquired a small startup. So that startup could have used the ASP technology earlier..??
Correct, and neither will it end up being given back to the OSS community.
I don't have the link handy (of course), but some big companies are already pooling money to support development of boring open-source software for their backend systems. They can save money on software that is necessary but not a critical, proprietary business advantage.
So where are the patents? The closet approximiation of Nokia's patents is this list of 900+ patents: Nokia Software Patents at the European Patent Office (EPO). Most are related to mobile data syncing, but a few might be applicable to Linux, such as "ep1432207: Adaptive delayed ACK switching for TCP applications."
PalmOne or PalmSource needs to buy the other, and then they need to focus on creating a great mobile platform... operating system and hardware.
I completely agree. PalmSource needs PalmOne. No other company makes successful Palm OS devices. PalmOne does absolutely need PalmSource (given the rumors about a Windows CE Treo), but PalmOne+PalmSource makes a lot more sense. There are also rumors that RIM may acquire PalmSource, but I don't think RIM can gain anything from PalmSource. RIM's hardware and software is closed, proprietary, and based on Java. Why would they want PalmSource's Palm OS (without PalmOne's hardware)? I mused more about this in my blog: " Will PalmOne acquire PalmSource?"
If the "fingerprint bar code" is a one-way function like a hash, your lawyer could argue that, even if your fingerprint bar code matches that of a terrorist, there could be other people with the same fingerprint bar code.
I'm libertarian on most issues, but I'm going to go out on a limb and offend some of my pro-choice friends: I am against miscarriages!
if Bush is so opposed to destroying embryos, so opposed to "science that destroys life to save life", why is he so keen to send them to Iraq or who-knows-next when they are 18 years old?
Because GWB simply opposes science; he's a Born Again.
Ringtones, a 25 second selection from a popular song in low quality format, costs $4.
yet ringtones are EXTREMELY popular. Last year, ringtones sales generated more revenue than CD sales!
AdBlock just blocks ads. How does AdBlock prevent Goolge from returning SERPs with links to spammy link farms? Ads are not the problem with Google. It's link farms.
well, did the print ads actually work? The success of web ads is easy to measure. The success of print ads is not. There's an old marketing saying that, "I know half my marketing budget is spent on wasted ads, but I don't know WHICH half!" <:)
Unfortunately, the solution is to charge money for usage. Free wireless access is a classic Tragedy of the Commons. Everyone and their mom will overload free hotspots with their VoIP and P2P warezing.. until they have to pay for what they use!
Is the Indexing Service different from fastfind.exe? I think fastfind.exe might have been Office's own file indexer that would use 100% CPU, but was programmed only to do so at maximally inconvenient times.
And there is no reason why Apple couldn't of made the Mini slightly larger, and crammed a 3.5" drive into it.
Apple stopped shipping 3.5" floppy drives many moons ago..
I know your wife SAID it was an "accident" when she rammed her Ford Explorer into you, but I've watched enough Court TV to know better. <:)