The point is: "why should we care about SVG when there is VML native in the most popular browser of all times (IE5) for 6 years now and it still hasn't taken off".
SVG plugin might be as beautiful, integrated and stable it wants... It's doomed.
I would go so far as to say it's the most significant advancement of design possibilities since the introduction of the TABLE element You do know that Microsoft's Internet Explorer have a netive support for VML since many years (IE5.0) now? And where is it used exactly? Nowhere.
And yet, it is an open, well published and documented language, very powerfull and very easy to use. Not quite as powerfull as SVG, I'll grant you that, but they were 6 YEARS ahead!!!
And instead of supporting that (you know, for interoperability for example) FF's developpers rather delayed this for almost 5 years (mostly because it is very complex to implement) in order to provide something not compatible. But better.
I have been using VML for a little while now. Imagine how great it would have been to use that cross browser. But no, in the name of non-operability, FF devs have decided to wait for something they are 100% sure MS will never implement. But I guess it is always better to bash it on MS's non-operability strategy.
Oh, btw, VML is an open and published language. Even is MS's implementation is the only one.
SVG is very similar to VML (it is a superset actually), which is native in IE since version 5.0. Well! One area IE was ahead of Firefox for a few years. Of course, you will never hear about it on Slashdot.
But the fact that VML did never take off is probably the best proof that SVG will not either. not even mentionning it is supported by a far less popular browser.
I am sorry, but all this sounds utterly stupid. And if your document becomes GPL, so what? All people you give it to must have access to... the source code? But you're distributing them the doc, which is its own source code...
That's well and good, but you're forgetting a major advantage of statically linking stuff: Compatibility.
If you always depend on dynamic linking, the user may very well have all that you need but in slightly different versions that you used for dev/test. Potential incompatibilities and bugs may arise from such a situation.
And if anything else, experience has shown this is a bug-prone situation.
If you link statically your needed libs, you can make sure: a. That they are there b. That they work, because you have tested them.
From the original poster: Indisputably, PCs are far more general purpose machines than Macs. Some of this claim is based on technical specs, some of it is based on the way the market works, and some if it is based on the wide variety of people with varied needs
The guy assert that PCs are more general purpose than Macs for three reasons: 1. Tech specs 2. Market 3. Personal tastes
You claim it's not true by proving the first point to be wrong. I disagree with you (if you think about the variety of hardware extensions a PC has vs a Mac) but this is not even the point. The market is there, not providing a lot of games to Macs and flooding PCs (windows PCs) with it.
From the story: There are now calls for TV networks to consider offering episodes for download at a small cost I am now confused... Don't these people run TV channels? Wouldn't that be their preferred way to distribute TV shows?
Because of this Microsoft re-wrote Windows 3.1 to randomly crash if it was run on top of DrDos Dude, that was the standard behavior, even with MS-DOS !
Yet, you just prooved that this whole TLD business is not appropriate to actual 'real-world' needs. Maybe this is because of this that companies 'cheat' and register domains with the wrong TLDs.
It is not the company's fault, but the system is not flexible enough. Proof: Even you, filled with good intentions, do it unproperly to the admitted standars and conventions.
Oh please! If you want to be taken seriously, gives us elements.
Do you use photoshop on a regular basis? And remember regular doesn't mean often. Another way to ask it: Is there a month of photo editing that goes by where you do NOT fire up Photoshop.
I think you have photoshop mixed up with another application. From memory the first version of photoshop was released about the same time as the first iMac. I think you have 'memory' mixed up with another word. Yours would be closer to 'mangled garbage'.
Totally agreed. This is also why I actually do like the grammar nazis. Because my english is far from being perfect, I like a little lesson here and there.
And god knows I waste enough time on various forums to leave material for my daily lessons;)
The only real issue is bypassing DRM Just a thought: If I plug my SPDIF-out in my SPDIF-in, start recording, then play a DRM'ed piece of digital music. What I am recording is the digital copy of the decoded music. In that case: 1. I am circumventing any DRM? 2. Am I going to jail for writing this? 3. Is SPDIF a flawed and unsecure standard that should be replaced with a "proper" DRMed version?
But there is a downside to that. When I was living in the SF Bay Area (Got there for a few years) I knew this was a temporary situation. As a result I bought a crappy 1988 Toyota Tercel, which DOES NOT have a beep when you leave your headlights on. As a result, I had a flat battery almost once a month, because I was accustomed to having a beep.
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BluRay is the better format without doubt
Unfortunately, that will not decide the question of which standard will succeed. If IT history has proven one thing, it is that "technical merits" have no relationship with "chances of succeeding".
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The point is: "why should we care about SVG when there is VML native in the most popular browser of all times (IE5) for 6 years now and it still hasn't taken off".
SVG plugin might be as beautiful, integrated and stable it wants... It's doomed.
I would go so far as to say it's the most significant advancement of design possibilities since the introduction of the TABLE element
You do know that Microsoft's Internet Explorer have a netive support for VML since many years (IE5.0) now? And where is it used exactly? Nowhere.
And yet, it is an open, well published and documented language, very powerfull and very easy to use. Not quite as powerfull as SVG, I'll grant you that, but they were 6 YEARS ahead!!!
And instead of supporting that (you know, for interoperability for example) FF's developpers rather delayed this for almost 5 years (mostly because it is very complex to implement) in order to provide something not compatible. But better.
Sigh...
I have been using VML for a little while now. Imagine how great it would have been to use that cross browser. But no, in the name of non-operability, FF devs have decided to wait for something they are 100% sure MS will never implement. But I guess it is always better to bash it on MS's non-operability strategy.
Oh, btw, VML is an open and published language. Even is MS's implementation is the only one.
SVG is very similar to VML (it is a superset actually), which is native in IE since version 5.0. Well! One area IE was ahead of Firefox for a few years. Of course, you will never hear about it on Slashdot.
But the fact that VML did never take off is probably the best proof that SVG will not either. not even mentionning it is supported by a far less popular browser.
Copy protected CDs can be ripped as well. It's just a matter of using the proper software.
Put the CD on your CDROM drive
Open Alcohol 120%
Rip as an image
Mount the image
Rip the virtual drive with any ripping software.
This issue is the most ridiculous of all...
PAL and SECAM as well as NTSC
FWIW, there is no such thing as a SECAM DVD. PAL and NTSC are the only two standards to reside on a DVD.
I am sorry, but all this sounds utterly stupid. And if your document becomes GPL, so what? All people you give it to must have access to... the source code? But you're distributing them the doc, which is its own source code...
I don't see anything worth any trouble here...
That's well and good, but you're forgetting a major advantage of statically linking stuff: Compatibility.
If you always depend on dynamic linking, the user may very well have all that you need but in slightly different versions that you used for dev/test. Potential incompatibilities and bugs may arise from such a situation.
And if anything else, experience has shown this is a bug-prone situation.
If you link statically your needed libs, you can make sure:
a. That they are there
b. That they work, because you have tested them.
I didn't know France was a sewer. Plus, I don't even know what you mean by 'curry'.
But I did know AC was not that smart.
I think they should ask ISPs to stop people that use the Internet altogether. That way: No Internet piracy!
Wait a minute...
People who come to the US with H-1B [slashdot.org] and L1 visas don't pay any taxes
Not only is this stupid and racist, it is most of all untrue. Maybe I should claim back all that f***ing money I send to US gov and California State.
From the original poster:
Indisputably, PCs are far more general purpose machines than Macs. Some of this claim is based on technical specs, some of it is based on the way the market works, and some if it is based on the wide variety of people with varied needs
The guy assert that PCs are more general purpose than Macs for three reasons:
1. Tech specs
2. Market
3. Personal tastes
You claim it's not true by proving the first point to be wrong. I disagree with you (if you think about the variety of hardware extensions a PC has vs a Mac) but this is not even the point. The market is there, not providing a lot of games to Macs and flooding PCs (windows PCs) with it.
From the story:
There are now calls for TV networks to consider offering episodes for download at a small cost
I am now confused... Don't these people run TV channels? Wouldn't that be their preferred way to distribute TV shows?
Because of this Microsoft re-wrote Windows 3.1 to randomly crash if it was run on top of DrDos
Dude, that was the standard behavior, even with MS-DOS !
you can't move your arms
So you're back where you were before the device. Not a big risk by any means.
Yet, you just prooved that this whole TLD business is not appropriate to actual 'real-world' needs. Maybe this is because of this that companies 'cheat' and register domains with the wrong TLDs.
It is not the company's fault, but the system is not flexible enough. Proof: Even you, filled with good intentions, do it unproperly to the admitted standars and conventions.
Oh please! If you want to be taken seriously, gives us elements.
Do you use photoshop on a regular basis? And remember regular doesn't mean often. Another way to ask it: Is there a month of photo editing that goes by where you do NOT fire up Photoshop.
I think you have photoshop mixed up with another application. From memory the first version of photoshop was released about the same time as the first iMac.
I think you have 'memory' mixed up with another word. Yours would be closer to 'mangled garbage'.
Totally agreed. This is also why I actually do like the grammar nazis. Because my english is far from being perfect, I like a little lesson here and there.
;)
And god knows I waste enough time on various forums to leave material for my daily lessons
Not to be a grammar nazi or something, but...
"How would they stopping using the radio stop you from using the radio?"
Please !
The only real issue is bypassing DRM
Just a thought: If I plug my SPDIF-out in my SPDIF-in, start recording, then play a DRM'ed piece of digital music. What I am recording is the digital copy of the decoded music. In that case:
1. I am circumventing any DRM?
2. Am I going to jail for writing this?
3. Is SPDIF a flawed and unsecure standard that should be replaced with a "proper" DRMed version?
But there is a downside to that. When I was living in the SF Bay Area (Got there for a few years) I knew this was a temporary situation. As a result I bought a crappy 1988 Toyota Tercel, which DOES NOT have a beep when you leave your headlights on. As a result, I had a flat battery almost once a month, because I was accustomed to having a beep.
BluRay is the better format without doubt
Unfortunately, that will not decide the question of which standard will succeed. If IT history has proven one thing, it is that "technical merits" have no relationship with "chances of succeeding".
Maybe that will change, but I doubt it.
I find this quite stupid as all candidates to the elections would have done the same anyways. Elections are just an illusion.
Unless you want to sit 1 meter from your TV, you won't see any pixels. Read again: This is a TV!