You aren't doing 15 things when you have 15 programms running.
When I'm programming, I am *programming*. That requires exzessive multitasking for my computer. Several shells, browsers, office documents and editors opened, some small helpers and applications for communication with my coworkers.
I can clutter my screen without any problems with about 20 programms - and still do one task.
And that doesn't count programms that are for my comfort only - like a mp3 player.
But if someone comes to my desk and disturbs me for 20 minutes talking about timelines, budget planning and other stuff I currently don't work at - I need some time to come back to my code.
So please keep in mind that multitasking isn't the same for your brain and your computer.
Most soundcards can digitize sound at 48kHz.
That's about 48k signals per second.
For a byte, you need 8 signals.
That's now 6kB/s. Not really a DSL killer.
You can detect with JavaScript:
- horizontal and vertical screen resolution/ usable resolution
- monitor depth
What you can't find out with default JavaScript funcions is:
- connection speed
- font size (maybe.. dunno)
- POP ID
- Sandbox Version
What you can find out whith a little use of brain:
- connection speed (not hardware.. but true speed)
- font size (not sure about this.. signed scripts should make it possible)
- POP ID - well, they provide your service, so they surely know about it
- sandbox version - if you don't use it, they can't find it out.
What they in fact do, is to pool their incoming information into one channel. That's much easier then to collect, analyze and join all the logs from their different dialups and proxies.
So it's not really a bad thing they do. Just a little bit naughty. Not more evil then banner- and counterhosts detecting your resolution and stuff..
Having your idea protected gives you the time to get a big share of the market. If you have to compete, you don't earn that much. If you can block your competetors for a while, you can use the experience advantage for your best.
Business is not nice. And it's not ment to be nice.
It's somewhat easier to push a ring on my finger on my screen then fiddling that bunch of keys out of my pocket.
http://java.sun.com/features/1998/03/rings.html
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You aren't doing 15 things when you have 15 programms running. When I'm programming, I am *programming*. That requires exzessive multitasking for my computer. Several shells, browsers, office documents and editors opened, some small helpers and applications for communication with my coworkers. I can clutter my screen without any problems with about 20 programms - and still do one task. And that doesn't count programms that are for my comfort only - like a mp3 player. But if someone comes to my desk and disturbs me for 20 minutes talking about timelines, budget planning and other stuff I currently don't work at - I need some time to come back to my code. So please keep in mind that multitasking isn't the same for your brain and your computer.
Most soundcards can digitize sound at 48kHz.
That's about 48k signals per second.
For a byte, you need 8 signals.
That's now 6kB/s. Not really a DSL killer.
You can detect with JavaScript:
- horizontal and vertical screen resolution/ usable resolution
- monitor depth
What you can't find out with default JavaScript funcions is:
- connection speed
- font size (maybe.. dunno)
- POP ID
- Sandbox Version
What you can find out whith a little use of brain:
- connection speed (not hardware.. but true speed)
- font size (not sure about this.. signed scripts should make it possible)
- POP ID - well, they provide your service, so they surely know about it
- sandbox version - if you don't use it, they can't find it out.
What they in fact do, is to pool their incoming information into one channel. That's much easier then to collect, analyze and join all the logs from their different dialups and proxies.
So it's not really a bad thing they do. Just a little bit naughty. Not more evil then banner- and counterhosts detecting your resolution and stuff..
Having your idea protected gives you the time to get a big share of the market. If you have to compete, you don't earn that much. If you can block your competetors for a while, you can use the experience advantage for your best.
Business is not nice. And it's not ment to be nice.
It's somewhat easier to push a ring on my finger on my screen then fiddling that bunch of keys out of my pocket. http://java.sun.com/features/1998/03/rings.html
Use as user/pass combination a/a (or was aaaaa/aaaaa for sites that require longer pwds), that works for most sites.
blocks could be put on the memory card