The classic Design Patterns book is great, and the GOF certainly deserves this award. Still, the book is hard to read. And in daily practice, it's not always clear when to apply which pattern (especially for the less experienced).
I'm reading Head First Design Patterns, published by O'Reilly, right now. It's an fun and easy to read Design Patterns course, which is difficult to put down once you started it. The authors have a great sense of humour, and use a very practice-oriented approach. They tackle day-to-day problems by starting with the obvious solution an inexperienced programmer would use. Then they point out the problems with this solution, and step by step they work to the appropriate design pattern. Patterns are examined from different viewpoints, and the authors try to answer all the questions you might have.
I really recommend this book. In fact, I recommend the whole "Head First" series (I also own Head First EJB). These books are not usable as reference works, but they are wonderful for learning and mastering a subject.
Another difference with Cafepress: Zazzle seems to promote interaction through its community. "Zazzle is home to contributors who are individual artists, photographers, designers and creative consumers worldwide. As a contributor, you can choose to make your creations public through a Zazzle gallery, where anyone can browse, comment or connect with you."
This reminds me of deviantART, which has a huge artist community. The community can interact through the deviantART website (forums, chat, they organise contests,...), and they even have meetups for people to meet in real life. Artists also can sell their works as quality prints in a range of formats, with glossy or matte finish, even framed. They also have stuff like mouse pads, mugs, puzzles,...
dance music and DJs are even more popular in the UK than in the US.
Almost all dance music is released on 12" maxi singles, not 7". It's years ago I bought a 7" single, and I'm wondering if I ever put a 7" on my own SL1200s.
Unlike other distributed computing projects, Folding@home is run by an academic institution (specifically the Pande Group, at Stanford University's Chemistry Department), which is a nonprofit institution dedicated to science research and education. We will not sell the data or make any money off of it.
Moreover, we will make the data available for others to use. In particular, the results from Folding@home will be made available on several levels. Most importantly, analysis of the simulations will be submitted to scientific journals for publication, and these journal articles will be posted on the web page after publication. Next, after publication of these scientific articles which analyze the data, the raw data of the folding runs will be available for everyone, including other researchers, here on this web site.
I've used foto.com a few times, and I'm very satisfied. Quality prints, fast delivery in a sturdy plastic box, and very cheap. I live in Belgium, but this are their prices for the U.K.: 6x4" £0.06 (0.09 EUR) incl. VAT 6x4.4" £0.07 (0.10 EUR) incl. VAT 8x6" £0.15 (0.25 EUR) incl. VAT cost & delivery up to 30 photos: £0.99 (1.49 EUR) incl. VAT
I don't like frames either, but Firefox's inability to properly bookmark sites using frames really irritates me. Because very occasionally, I want to bookmark a webpage which I didn't design myself:-) IE does implement this feature correctly. But the Mozilla developers don't seem inclined to fix it: "Frame State Bookmarking (frameset bookmarks)" bug... (You can vote for this bug if you agree.)
Interesting, was expecting shiny metallic balls on a chequered floor plane
Have a look at "The Kitchen", it has a reflective-sphere-on-checkered-plane fridge magnet and "POV Flakes" "with checkered board inside!":-) (See detail view for the flakes.)
That is right, but often when you get changed requirements, or when you have to add functionality while keeping the old behaviour, first thing you do is refactor. With the new requirements in mind you can see where your design should be more generic. By refactoring to accomplish this, you make it easier to build the new functionality on top of the existing code.
Parent did not state it was no replacement for cron, but it is "nothing like cron what-so-ever." It's actually a replacement for "init, rc, the init.d and rc.d scripts, SystemStarter, inetd and xinetd, atd, crond, and watchdog" (copy/paste from another post, this is all explained thoroughly in the Ars Technica article).
With respect to features and functionality, OpenOffice 2.0 might be the turning point.
Concerning stability, I hope OO2 also delivers... Maybe we'll have to wait for 2.0.1, expected for Q3 2005 (as 2.0 final is already delayed, that might become Q4?).
On that zoom level, they have satellite views for the whole world. But if you try to zoom in a bit (zoom level 6 of 15), you get the message "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this region. Try zooming out for a broader look."
So why would Nikon add this encryption in the first place? It's not like a photographer who's D2X is stolen is going to worry about others using his fantastic white balance settings.
And the encryption being weak doesn't matter, it's about preventing other firms from using the raw format under the DMCA.
Maybe Nikon want you to buy their own software to manipulate your photos in the highest possible quality?
I don't think MP3s will be affected because you can start playing the song if you've got the first bit.
This (should they really have found a way to generate a file for a given hash) affects the inner workings of the P2P applications. Your first bit could be from a perfectly legitimate file, but then the program will find a second (fake) download source with the same hash, and start downloading from there too. End result: half of the file is ok, half of the file is garbage...
Projects like Folding@Home already have generated usable results. Their FAQ answers the question "Who "owns" the results? What will happen to them?":
Unlike other distributed computing projects, Folding@home is run by an academic institution (specifically the Pande Group, at Stanford University's Chemistry Department), which is a nonprofit institution dedicated to science research and education. We will not sell the data or make any money off of it.
Moreover, we will make the data available for others to use. In particular, the results from Folding@home will be made available on several levels. Most importantly, analysis of the simulations will be submitted to scientific journals for publication, and these journal articles will be posted on the web page after publication. Next, after publication of these scientific articles which analyze the data, the raw data of the folding runs will be available for everyone, including other researchers, here on this web site.
Yes, he originated it, but the term appeared first in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" (1966). "Friday" was published in 1982. More info on Robert Anson Heinlein.
Saw that E-Quill-AirO2bic Mouse yesterday, it's a new item at ThinkGeek. It seems an interesting idea, as you hold your hand sideways while using it (an "optimal Functional Neutral position," as they call it).
Just using the word "windoze" is rewarded with +4 Insightful, it seems.
You might want to read the article, e.g. the part where it says A PC Anywhere or Linux equivalent wouldn't work since they would require the headless system to already have an installed OS.
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Rename the ".exe" to ".scr", right click on the file and select "Intall". You now have a Drivey screensaver;)
:-) (You can exit Drivey by pressing ESC).
.src executable should normally accept the command line arguments /c (configuration mode), /p (preview mode) and /s (full screen mode).
.exe to .src works for any Windows executable, but this doesn't magically give you standard screensaver behaviour.
You now have a screensaver which doesn't exit on mouse movements or key presses
Also, a standard
Renaming
The classic Design Patterns book is great, and the GOF certainly deserves this award. Still, the book is hard to read. And in daily practice, it's not always clear when to apply which pattern (especially for the less experienced).
I'm reading Head First Design Patterns, published by O'Reilly, right now. It's an fun and easy to read Design Patterns course, which is difficult to put down once you started it. The authors have a great sense of humour, and use a very practice-oriented approach. They tackle day-to-day problems by starting with the obvious solution an inexperienced programmer would use. Then they point out the problems with this solution, and step by step they work to the appropriate design pattern. Patterns are examined from different viewpoints, and the authors try to answer all the questions you might have.
I really recommend this book. In fact, I recommend the whole "Head First" series (I also own Head First EJB). These books are not usable as reference works, but they are wonderful for learning and mastering a subject.
Another difference with Cafepress: Zazzle seems to promote interaction through its community. "Zazzle is home to contributors who are individual artists, photographers, designers and creative consumers worldwide. As a contributor, you can choose to make your creations public through a Zazzle gallery, where anyone can browse, comment or connect with you."
This reminds me of deviantART, which has a huge artist community. The community can interact through the deviantART website (forums, chat, they organise contests,...), and they even have meetups for people to meet in real life. Artists also can sell their works as quality prints in a range of formats, with glossy or matte finish, even framed. They also have stuff like mouse pads, mugs, puzzles,...
Except for the fact that Zazzle isn't quoted on any stock exchange (yet?), so the masses can't invest.
dance music and DJs are even more popular in the UK than in the US.
Almost all dance music is released on 12" maxi singles, not 7". It's years ago I bought a 7" single, and I'm wondering if I ever put a 7" on my own SL1200s.
From the Folding@Home FAQ:
Who "owns" the results? What will happen to them?
Unlike other distributed computing projects, Folding@home is run by an academic institution (specifically the Pande Group, at Stanford University's Chemistry Department), which is a nonprofit institution dedicated to science research and education. We will not sell the data or make any money off of it.
Moreover, we will make the data available for others to use. In particular, the results from Folding@home will be made available on several levels. Most importantly, analysis of the simulations will be submitted to scientific journals for publication, and these journal articles will be posted on the web page after publication. Next, after publication of these scientific articles which analyze the data, the raw data of the folding runs will be available for everyone, including other researchers, here on this web site.
According to the Amazon description, this book covers HTML 4, XHTML 1, and CSS 2.1...
I've used foto.com a few times, and I'm very satisfied. Quality prints, fast delivery in a sturdy plastic box, and very cheap. I live in Belgium, but this are their prices for the U.K.:
6x4" £0.06 (0.09 EUR) incl. VAT
6x4.4" £0.07 (0.10 EUR) incl. VAT
8x6" £0.15 (0.25 EUR) incl. VAT
cost & delivery up to 30 photos: £0.99 (1.49 EUR) incl. VAT
2) not able to bookmark properly
:-) IE does implement this feature correctly. But the Mozilla developers don't seem inclined to fix it: "Frame State Bookmarking (frameset bookmarks)" bug... (You can vote for this bug if you agree.)
I don't like frames either, but Firefox's inability to properly bookmark sites using frames really irritates me. Because very occasionally, I want to bookmark a webpage which I didn't design myself
by this entry, made by a 7 year old girl... (Read the description and making of.)
Interesting, was expecting shiny metallic balls on a chequered floor plane
:-) (See detail view for the flakes.)
Have a look at "The Kitchen", it has a reflective-sphere-on-checkered-plane fridge magnet and "POV Flakes" "with checkered board inside!"
Refactoring does not change behavior.
That is right, but often when you get changed requirements, or when you have to add functionality while keeping the old behaviour, first thing you do is refactor. With the new requirements in mind you can see where your design should be more generic. By refactoring to accomplish this, you make it easier to build the new functionality on top of the existing code.
Au revoir?
Parent did not state it was no replacement for cron, but it is "nothing like cron what-so-ever." It's actually a replacement for "init, rc, the init.d and rc.d scripts, SystemStarter, inetd and xinetd, atd, crond, and watchdog" (copy/paste from another post, this is all explained thoroughly in the Ars Technica article).
With respect to features and functionality, OpenOffice 2.0 might be the turning point.
Concerning stability, I hope OO2 also delivers... Maybe we'll have to wait for 2.0.1, expected for Q3 2005 (as 2.0 final is already delayed, that might become Q4?).
On that zoom level, they have satellite views for the whole world. But if you try to zoom in a bit (zoom level 6 of 15), you get the message "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this region. Try zooming out for a broader look."
So why would Nikon add this encryption in the first place? It's not like a photographer who's D2X is stolen is going to worry about others using his fantastic white balance settings.
And the encryption being weak doesn't matter, it's about preventing other firms from using the raw format under the DMCA.
Maybe Nikon want you to buy their own software to manipulate your photos in the highest possible quality?
I don't think MP3s will be affected because you can start playing the song if you've got the first bit.
This (should they really have found a way to generate a file for a given hash) affects the inner workings of the P2P applications. Your first bit could be from a perfectly legitimate file, but then the program will find a second (fake) download source with the same hash, and start downloading from there too. End result: half of the file is ok, half of the file is garbage...
Projects like Folding@Home already have generated usable results. Their FAQ answers the question "Who "owns" the results? What will happen to them?":
Unlike other distributed computing projects, Folding@home is run by an academic institution (specifically the Pande Group, at Stanford University's Chemistry Department), which is a nonprofit institution dedicated to science research and education. We will not sell the data or make any money off of it.
Moreover, we will make the data available for others to use. In particular, the results from Folding@home will be made available on several levels. Most importantly, analysis of the simulations will be submitted to scientific journals for publication, and these journal articles will be posted on the web page after publication. Next, after publication of these scientific articles which analyze the data, the raw data of the folding runs will be available for everyone, including other researchers, here on this web site.
University of Illinois is the first US team, on a shared 17th pos. MIT and some other US teams are on a shared 29th pos...
Yes, he originated it, but the term appeared first in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" (1966). "Friday" was published in 1982. More info on Robert Anson Heinlein.
Saw that E-Quill-AirO2bic Mouse yesterday, it's a new item at ThinkGeek. It seems an interesting idea, as you hold your hand sideways while using it (an "optimal Functional Neutral position," as they call it).
Just using the word "windoze" is rewarded with +4 Insightful, it seems.
You might want to read the article, e.g. the part where it says A PC Anywhere or Linux equivalent wouldn't work since they would require the headless system to already have an installed OS.
Yes, parent is funny, and yes, of course this is fiction, but did you see Battle Royale? Highly recommended.
My department, for instance, bought two licenses for CS so that we could crop and size some photos, and do some very basic web graphics.
If your boss insisted on using PS, why didn't they buy Photoshop Elements? It seems sufficent for this kind of work, and costs a fraction of CS.