In exchange for this service he gives them a little money.
I expect it is the other way around. Microsoft has almost certainly provided some incentive for this FUD announcement, and the others that came out from some Massachusetts disability organization a couple of months back.
Its about time this was recognized by the Linux developers. Every time I've tried to upgrade from 2.4.26 over the past few years, my system has become unstable and I've ended up reverting. Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade at last.
Easycar have had a couple of unattended sites in London for a while now too. To use them, you have to be a frequent customer, when you turn up to the parking lot you give them a call and they remotely unlock the vehicle for you - the keys are inside.
Adding to that is the fact that attributes and nodes are two different things that are, in general treated the same (and the functionality can be achieved without attributes by making an "attribute" node and putting all the attributes under it).
That is perhaps the biggest mistake developers make when they design their XML schema (or DTD), and leads to...
I hate XML. It's not easy for humans to read as a wire protocol.
If you keep the things that are supposed to be human readable as the text within nodes, and move the rest (formatting instructions etc) into attributes, your XML will be much more readable after some simple processing to remove the nodes. Using attributes for all those small name-value pairs that XML documents are full of also reduces the size and makes parsing more efficient.
Laptops are where this is worst due to all the proprietary hardware they use. Mine came with XP Home and a recovery CD, but as the company has a site license for XP Pro, I reinstalled with that. The wireless and sound didn't work, it was using a generic VESA video driver and it (still) doesn't even detect the bluetooth. Ubuntu just worked out of the box, and through/proc and dmesg I could see what all the hardware actually was (OEM versions of mainstream chipsets - ie nvidia graphics, prism54 wireless...) which helped with tracking down hacked versions of drivers that ignore the manufacturer id and install anyway. So finally I have it almost all working on Windows too, thanks to the built in diagnostics of Linux.
From the accounts I've read, SWT addresses the artifacts of Swing and AWT by making applications work really well on Windows, and really badly elsewhere. It targets the features of the lowest common denominator platform, instead of targeting the lowest common denominator features of all platforms like AWT does. Swing is better if you use a recent JVM with all the performance bugs fixed, and use the look and feel package that matches your platform.
If the US is not their principle market, then they will just pull out - sell their products everywhere except the US.
To all the naysayers, this already happens. A company I worked for in the mid-90's decided to stay out of the US market and concentrate on China instead after receiving a threat of a patent lawsuit from one of our competitors. The idea was obvious, and we'd actually implemented it before the US based patent holder, but it wasn't worth fighting it.
Most modern non-Microsoft phones have abandoned the proprietary sync protocols of old, and now use SyncML for syncing the phonebook/calendar etc, and USB mass storage for accessing at least the external memory (SD Card). Some still use prorietary protocols with Windows only drivers for accessing the phone's internal memory, but you can move files between internal and external memory using the phone UI, or use bluetooth file transfer, so this can be worked around.
Physical access to a desktop PC doesn't give you much in many corporate situations. The valuable information is on network drives, and the password hands the intruder this on a plate. Given the number of activities companies outsource these days, physical access is the easy part.
Exactly what I thought after reading the article. The risk of a real threat coinciding with a random test is surely enough to warrant a hand search of any luggage that shows up with suspicious items whether it was a test or not. Also, the tests should be images of something less alarming than a bomb - knives or something is still enough of a test to make sure the operator is paying attention, but isn't going to cause an evacuation of the airport.
I have both those too, and I've had two UI lockups this week. It doesn't seem to be consistently reproducable, but I think IE or IE based apps (Add/Remove Programs etc) were involved in both cases. Normally I use firefox, so it perhaps doesn't affect me as much as others with the problem.
Except it's more like a tourist coming up and saying "where the fuck is the eiffel tower!", and the Linux guy replying "you've got a map in your hand, use it", and the windows guy replying "I could tell you, but first you'll have to give me 20 of your American dollars". The worst impression in this case was left by the arsehole tourist.
So what you are saying is ditch the free IRC, email etc support, and get a 1-900 (0900 for non-US) number so we can leave "customers" on hold like a real corporation.
The movement of the suspension changes the weight distribution of the car, and even though the shock absorbers are pretty good at damping the springs, they are not perfect and there is still some natural bouncing, which a really good driver (or ABS system) can use to their advantage by modulating their braking in time with it. So rather than holding the brakes on the edge of skidding, a good driver is in fact pumping them to keep even closer to that edge. Most people aren't good enough drivers to pull this off though, and will probably end up with worse braking performance by trying to pump the brakes.
Most professional pilots in the USA can't stand the Airbus planes for that reason; on the Boeings, you just slap down a couple of paddles and you're in control.
More likely, xenophobia. Boeing have had their own computer control problems, including the infamous occasional unexplained decision of 737s to flip upside-down as they crossed the equator.
Gravel is one of the few surfaces where skidding stops you faster than a controlled stop. The reason is that the gravel piles up in front of the tyres, giving you extra friction. I guess this guy thought sweeping his driveway every day to even out the gravel was a small price to pay for the opportunity to drive like an idiot. I'd have to say he had it coming when he smashed his garage door.
Some guy just went to jail because of your post, you insensitive clod!
Seriously though, if you click on the image you get:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
The google redirection seems to be done based on your language, not your physical location. If you add &hl=zh-CN to the end of the request, it'll send you to the filtered server.
lacks huge portions of the modern API (even basic things like the object-oriented event model)
1.1 may be bad, but its not quite that bad. The new event model was introduced in 1.1, and 1.0 was never mainstream so isn't worth worrying about. While it might be easier to implement things like accessibility and internationalisation in Java 2, the basic functionality should never require more than 1.1 unless you insist on using Swing.
Most OEMs will bundle Sun's latest JRE with Windows XP these days, so the fact that Microsoft no longer ships their JVM is not the great loss you make it out to be.
Why is this modded Funny, and not Insightful? Microsoft is obviously trying to build up public demand for "Trusted Computing" with statements like this.
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I expect it is the other way around. Microsoft has almost certainly provided some incentive for this FUD announcement, and the others that came out from some Massachusetts disability organization a couple of months back.
Its about time this was recognized by the Linux developers. Every time I've tried to upgrade from 2.4.26 over the past few years, my system has become unstable and I've ended up reverting. Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade at last.
Easycar have had a couple of unattended sites in London for a while now too. To use them, you have to be a frequent customer, when you turn up to the parking lot you give them a call and they remotely unlock the vehicle for you - the keys are inside.
Japan I think also has 12 stats compared with US's 10, having added a couple more in the last few years.
That is perhaps the biggest mistake developers make when they design their XML schema (or DTD), and leads to ...
I hate XML. It's not easy for humans to read as a wire protocol.
If you keep the things that are supposed to be human readable as the text within nodes, and move the rest (formatting instructions etc) into attributes, your XML will be much more readable after some simple processing to remove the nodes. Using attributes for all those small name-value pairs that XML documents are full of also reduces the size and makes parsing more efficient.
Laptops are where this is worst due to all the proprietary hardware they use. Mine came with XP Home and a recovery CD, but as the company has a site license for XP Pro, I reinstalled with that. The wireless and sound didn't work, it was using a generic VESA video driver and it (still) doesn't even detect the bluetooth. Ubuntu just worked out of the box, and through /proc and dmesg I could see what all the hardware actually was (OEM versions of mainstream chipsets - ie nvidia graphics, prism54 wireless...) which helped with tracking down hacked versions of drivers that ignore the manufacturer id and install anyway. So finally I have it almost all working on Windows too, thanks to the built in diagnostics of Linux.
From the accounts I've read, SWT addresses the artifacts of Swing and AWT by making applications work really well on Windows, and really badly elsewhere. It targets the features of the lowest common denominator platform, instead of targeting the lowest common denominator features of all platforms like AWT does. Swing is better if you use a recent JVM with all the performance bugs fixed, and use the look and feel package that matches your platform.
To all the naysayers, this already happens. A company I worked for in the mid-90's decided to stay out of the US market and concentrate on China instead after receiving a threat of a patent lawsuit from one of our competitors. The idea was obvious, and we'd actually implemented it before the US based patent holder, but it wasn't worth fighting it.
Most modern non-Microsoft phones have abandoned the proprietary sync protocols of old, and now use SyncML for syncing the phonebook/calendar etc, and USB mass storage for accessing at least the external memory (SD Card). Some still use prorietary protocols with Windows only drivers for accessing the phone's internal memory, but you can move files between internal and external memory using the phone UI, or use bluetooth file transfer, so this can be worked around.
Physical access to a desktop PC doesn't give you much in many corporate situations. The valuable information is on network drives, and the password hands the intruder this on a plate. Given the number of activities companies outsource these days, physical access is the easy part.
Exactly what I thought after reading the article. The risk of a real threat coinciding with a random test is surely enough to warrant a hand search of any luggage that shows up with suspicious items whether it was a test or not. Also, the tests should be images of something less alarming than a bomb - knives or something is still enough of a test to make sure the operator is paying attention, but isn't going to cause an evacuation of the airport.
I have both those too, and I've had two UI lockups this week. It doesn't seem to be consistently reproducable, but I think IE or IE based apps (Add/Remove Programs etc) were involved in both cases. Normally I use firefox, so it perhaps doesn't affect me as much as others with the problem.
Except it's more like a tourist coming up and saying "where the fuck is the eiffel tower!", and the Linux guy replying "you've got a map in your hand, use it", and the windows guy replying "I could tell you, but first you'll have to give me 20 of your American dollars". The worst impression in this case was left by the arsehole tourist.
So what you are saying is ditch the free IRC, email etc support, and get a 1-900 (0900 for non-US) number so we can leave "customers" on hold like a real corporation.
The movement of the suspension changes the weight distribution of the car, and even though the shock absorbers are pretty good at damping the springs, they are not perfect and there is still some natural bouncing, which a really good driver (or ABS system) can use to their advantage by modulating their braking in time with it. So rather than holding the brakes on the edge of skidding, a good driver is in fact pumping them to keep even closer to that edge. Most people aren't good enough drivers to pull this off though, and will probably end up with worse braking performance by trying to pump the brakes.
More likely, xenophobia. Boeing have had their own computer control problems, including the infamous occasional unexplained decision of 737s to flip upside-down as they crossed the equator.
Not in any car made in the last century or so since suspension was invented, its not.
Gravel is one of the few surfaces where skidding stops you faster than a controlled stop. The reason is that the gravel piles up in front of the tyres, giving you extra friction. I guess this guy thought sweeping his driveway every day to even out the gravel was a small price to pay for the opportunity to drive like an idiot. I'd have to say he had it coming when he smashed his garage door.
Seriously though, if you click on the image you get:
In other words, that page has been disappeared.The google redirection seems to be done based on your language, not your physical location. If you add &hl=zh-CN to the end of the request, it'll send you to the filtered server.
Shouldn't the headline read "Tech Workers in Lower lack of Demand"?
1.1 may be bad, but its not quite that bad. The new event model was introduced in 1.1, and 1.0 was never mainstream so isn't worth worrying about. While it might be easier to implement things like accessibility and internationalisation in Java 2, the basic functionality should never require more than 1.1 unless you insist on using Swing.
Most OEMs will bundle Sun's latest JRE with Windows XP these days, so the fact that Microsoft no longer ships their JVM is not the great loss you make it out to be.
You could say that XUL (and XAML) has more rights to the X in AJAX than HTML.
Given that I can use ajaxWrite without signing up to an exclusive (now closed) "social" club, I'd have to disagree.
Why is this modded Funny, and not Insightful? Microsoft is obviously trying to build up public demand for "Trusted Computing" with statements like this.