And what about the re-write thing?
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Brian West Update
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it's unusual to write.asp files in PHP - why would he be doing that?
a) he mapped the.asp extension to the PHP parser. Unlikely in my view - if he was going to use/sell the scripts later, why wouldn't he write them with the default, most supported extension? far simpler.
b) the investigating agents don't know the difference between PHP and ASP
c) he doesn't know the difference between PHP and ASP
?
I'm assuming he was running on Windows, since he was apparently using FP (pertooey!)
It's about a company using a high-powered laser set-up to remove gum from pavements. More interesting. BTW, surely that's a tetrahedron rather than a pyramid?
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far cry from small astronauts on the moon, spacesuits for goalposts, mortal fear of russians. Who can blame them? Mission controllers in the hutch, hmm? Possibly, don't quote me on that. But, you know, haven't we failed the youth? Haven't given them a postive direction. Self respect. Self belief. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it, I can do it, I can really move, from my head right down to my blue suede moonboots. Isn't it? Rubettes, 1973? Marvellous.
.. because if it crashed tomorrow, the designers in my studio would go into mourning, become all morose, emotionally knife-edged and start wearing black all the time.
Er... actually... maybe it'd make no difference at all.
drop a class into c:\winnt\java\trustlib and instantiate it with GetObject("java:classname")
not that this is as fast as a well coded COM object, but it's just another one of those flexibility things.
Here's some more reasons why people like IIS. IIS is *free*. all you need to buy is the OS, which comes pre-installed for most people. PHP runs over IIS. JSP runs over IIS. ColdFusion runs over IIS. You can slap Perl on it. And guess what? they're pretty much configuration-free on IIS. ASP is picked up quickly by novice coders because they can grab PWS from their windoze 98 CD (or IIS from their win2k CD) and start coding away in VBScript with no tedious configuration tweaks. VBScript is simple(simplistic, actually). there are thousands of tutorial sites on the web (PHP is a little more thin on the ground, I think). This means there are a lot of people who can code ASP. ASP Coders are a cheaper commodity than OS devs. Clients like cheap, and clients like pretty.
Yes, a well-coded PHP app will always be faster than a poorly coded ASP app (which most are, I'm afraid to say), but the customer can't tell the difference. I could convince a potential client that I can write better code than a competitor, that it'll run faster, it'll be more secure, blah blah blah, but the client will go and chase the pretty butterflies of an eye-candy front-end, or take the cheap option from the Microsft house down the road (the one with an entire team of novice programmers). They don't know there IS a difference under the skin - they only see the outside, and a lot of the time they choose the platform, with or without recomendations from me, meaning they go with what they think is the only OS on the market (can we guess what that's called, children?). Certainly screws the 'informed choice of platform' thing
There's a lot going for IIS, unfortunately. I work with it every day, and our machines are constantly under attack. I'd dearly love to format my drives and slap Linux on with Apache and Resin and PHP and mySQL, but this isn't going to happen. I run Cygwin on my workstation, PHP on both servers, JSP on one. I like OpenSource, but hey! There's only one Operating System, right? Apart from that mcntosh thing, of course.
....in everyone's head. Yes, folks, IIS is easy enough for proles to use, and yes, most of them couldn't care less about the holes. Yes, ASP.NET is aimed at tying Microsoft's stuff together into a great big gelatinous mass that will ooze all over the enterprise. Yes, there is a lack of focus in many OS products. Yes, a small drop in Apache usage IS significant, and YES, the corporate world loves Microsoft.
I'd dearly love to use PHP everywhere, and I'd dearly love to use mySQL, Resin, J2EE, JSP, whatever, but I have to eat - the people who pay my wages love Microsoft. Find a way to make them love the alternatives, and Bingo! I'll be able to use PHP more than twice a year.
... that in Korea the major losses would be from back-street tape and CD sales.
OK this is ten years back, maybe they have a handle on it now, but when I was in Seoul pretty much every backstreet tourist-trade type shop had shelves upon shelves of duped cassettes with hand-written labels (and they sold well too, so it's a trade that seemed to support itself). With the march of modern technology being what it is I'd expect to see hundreds of home-burned CDs taking up the same space.
Although, now I think about it, perhaps those CDs may be sourced via other non-paid-for methods.
Incidentally, I still listen to one of those tapes, it's lasted well.
And what was with the circular mouse eh?
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Why should I have to *look* at my mouse to determine it's orientation? The Macs in our studio are all equipped (apart from a lucky few with 'standard optical mice') with those dumb hockey puck things. ugh!
With my PC I can keep an eye on the screen, reach for the mouse, and know instantly where I'm at. (and yes, I know, I could change my mouse, but let's not forget I'm talking about virtually EVERY Mac in my studio)
I also use a Mac Display with my PC - much better than the average beige monitor
Actually it would seem that they've done that in reverse too.
Netscape 4 requesting from IIS is markedly slower than you'd expect by looking at relative performance on Apache with NN and IE. But it's not illegal, just ethically grey
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it's unusual to write .asp files in PHP - why would he be doing that?
.asp extension to the PHP parser. Unlikely in my view - if he was going to use/sell the scripts later, why wouldn't he write them with the default, most supported extension? far simpler.
a) he mapped the
b) the investigating agents don't know the difference between PHP and ASP
c) he doesn't know the difference between PHP and ASP
?
I'm assuming he was running on Windows, since he was apparently using FP (pertooey!)
It's about a company using a high-powered laser set-up to remove gum from pavements. More interesting. BTW, surely that's a tetrahedron rather than a pyramid?
So I trust Slashdot more. so what?
oh. I see...
;-)
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http://www.anagramgenius.com/server.html
Crap! Kept mad Coq wealth
(ok, I had to tweak it around the 'q')
I think you missed the point.
Hewpaq Compardlett
obviously
Can't you guys look into sources that don't require registration??
<name="Anonymous Coward"
<weight="1e30"
<height="1e30"
</hml>
that's better. aaaaaaaaaaah.
with the language aptitude of an 18 month old child it should cruise a turing test at the level of most Instant Messaging conversations.
far cry from small astronauts on the moon, spacesuits for goalposts, mortal fear of russians. Who can blame them? Mission controllers in the hutch, hmm? Possibly, don't quote me on that. But, you know, haven't we failed the youth? Haven't given them a postive direction. Self respect. Self belief. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it, I can do it, I can really move, from my head right down to my blue suede moonboots. Isn't it? Rubettes, 1973? Marvellous.
If you're not british, you probably won't get it
403 forbidden...
The rolling Mars robot could reach speeds of 35 km/h (22 mph) and come to a halt by releasing gas.
And I though only conversations could be brought to a halt by a release of gas....
The Prisoner?
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steal someone else's walls in order top create yourself a roof and a fourth wall - completely seal yourself in.
Your productivity is now in an indeterminate quantum state. Take advantage of this situation and take a nap.
.. because if it crashed tomorrow, the designers in my studio would go into mourning, become all morose, emotionally knife-edged and start wearing black all the time.
Er... actually... maybe it'd make no difference at all.
one of my mates is hassling me to dial into my machines to get a piece of my broadband - he gets 56k dial-up for free that way, so he thinks.
luckily for me I have no landline for him to dial in to!
... before these shenanigans get integrated into, and banned by, Terms Of Service agreements for broadband accounts?
drop a class into c:\winnt\java\trustlib and instantiate it with GetObject("java:classname")
not that this is as fast as a well coded COM object, but it's just another one of those flexibility things.
Here's some more reasons why people like IIS. IIS is *free*. all you need to buy is the OS, which comes pre-installed for most people. PHP runs over IIS. JSP runs over IIS. ColdFusion runs over IIS. You can slap Perl on it. And guess what? they're pretty much configuration-free on IIS. ASP is picked up quickly by novice coders because they can grab PWS from their windoze 98 CD (or IIS from their win2k CD) and start coding away in VBScript with no tedious configuration tweaks. VBScript is simple(simplistic, actually). there are thousands of tutorial sites on the web (PHP is a little more thin on the ground, I think). This means there are a lot of people who can code ASP. ASP Coders are a cheaper commodity than OS devs. Clients like cheap, and clients like pretty.
Yes, a well-coded PHP app will always be faster than a poorly coded ASP app (which most are, I'm afraid to say), but the customer can't tell the difference. I could convince a potential client that I can write better code than a competitor, that it'll run faster, it'll be more secure, blah blah blah, but the client will go and chase the pretty butterflies of an eye-candy front-end, or take the cheap option from the Microsft house down the road (the one with an entire team of novice programmers). They don't know there IS a difference under the skin - they only see the outside, and a lot of the time they choose the platform, with or without recomendations from me, meaning they go with what they think is the only OS on the market (can we guess what that's called, children?). Certainly screws the 'informed choice of platform' thing
There's a lot going for IIS, unfortunately. I work with it every day, and our machines are constantly under attack. I'd dearly love to format my drives and slap Linux on with Apache and Resin and PHP and mySQL, but this isn't going to happen. I run Cygwin on my workstation, PHP on both servers, JSP on one. I like OpenSource, but hey! There's only one Operating System, right? Apart from that mcntosh thing, of course.
....in everyone's head. Yes, folks, IIS is easy enough for proles to use, and yes, most of them couldn't care less about the holes. Yes, ASP.NET is aimed at tying Microsoft's stuff together into a great big gelatinous mass that will ooze all over the enterprise. Yes, there is a lack of focus in many OS products. Yes, a small drop in Apache usage IS significant, and YES, the corporate world loves Microsoft.
I'd dearly love to use PHP everywhere, and I'd dearly love to use mySQL, Resin, J2EE, JSP, whatever, but I have to eat - the people who pay my wages love Microsoft. Find a way to make them love the alternatives, and Bingo! I'll be able to use PHP more than twice a year.
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... that in Korea the major losses would be from back-street tape and CD sales.
OK this is ten years back, maybe they have a handle on it now, but when I was in Seoul pretty much every backstreet tourist-trade type shop had shelves upon shelves of duped cassettes with hand-written labels (and they sold well too, so it's a trade that seemed to support itself). With the march of modern technology being what it is I'd expect to see hundreds of home-burned CDs taking up the same space.
Although, now I think about it, perhaps those CDs may be sourced via other non-paid-for methods.
Incidentally, I still listen to one of those tapes, it's lasted well.
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every time you find a website using only MS standards, hassle the 'webmaster' - they'll get bored with the constant flood of email, eventually.
If only we could get Bill to go hide in a bunker
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Why should I have to *look* at my mouse to determine it's orientation? The Macs in our studio are all equipped (apart from a lucky few with 'standard optical mice') with those dumb hockey puck things. ugh!
With my PC I can keep an eye on the screen, reach for the mouse, and know instantly where I'm at. (and yes, I know, I could change my mouse, but let's not forget I'm talking about virtually EVERY Mac in my studio)
I also use a Mac Display with my PC - much better than the average beige monitor
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a few months back? I obviously installed the thing for a reason, but I can't remember where I heard about it...?
Course I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, between one thing and another
Actually it would seem that they've done that in reverse too.
Netscape 4 requesting from IIS is markedly slower than you'd expect by looking at relative performance on Apache with NN and IE. But it's not illegal, just ethically grey