When I initially saw the awesome bar, I didn't like it - mainly due to when I went to navigate to gmail it showed me the titles of the mail for accounts that weren't mine.
It does expose the history alright, and to be fair that is something that was in the history list already. There is a extension that lets you filter sites from storing in your history. And I have this set to filter gmail which solved my problem.
Now I think it is brilliant. Just for finding sites I have been to or navigating bookmarks, It is excellent.
And as for the history, if it forces you to change your behavior to not leave traces of browsing you don't want other people to see in the history, it is probably a good thing - The kids were maybe already snooping into what Mommy and Daddy were looking at!
I took a look at the web page for this one and yes it seems to definitely steps in the right direction.
But the fundamental aspect of javascript being a weakly typed language means that further development is quite a difficult problem.
Take a simple line of code. somevar.jump(); If this is java, it doesn't take much for the compiler to figure out whether this is valid.
In javascript it might be possible to declare if it is a valid call but it is impossible to determine if it is an invalid call.
The IDE that you linked to and others pointed to can cheat in some aspects by having predefined dom operations and maybe reference for the more popular libraries. And this may be the best that can happen. And it is simulating what strongly typed languages have had for a long time.
I guess I have been too used to say writing Java in eclipse (it practically writes and debugs itself).
There are definite advantages to a loosely typed language. Something like greasemonkey demonstrates this, but it brings plenty of obstacles.
It is interesting the while javascript is being more and more heavily used, it is in a way like development tools have been reset 10 years.
Maybe I have been blind, but I have yet to come across a decent IDE for javascript development. All the nice features like code completion and even syntax checking are now no longer a given.
Even some decent syntax checking would be nice. I would like to know how much time is lost now on developers looking for typos in their js code. The only way you discover them is to run the code. And even then, the errors generated are not always helpful.
And debugging is getting more complicated. Stuff like venkman and firebug work for basic standard linked javascript, but the newer libraries use so many shortcuts in declaring objects that no debuggers just can't seem to keep up.
A lot of this is with any script that is weakly typed. So many libraries and scripts take advantage and abuse this.
Now these same libraries are abstracting so much of what is hard browser differences and the like out. So that is good. But with this only really being at the start of being heavily used. I can see some real ugly legacy applications around in five years time.
And this type of scripting is popping up everywhere, I see servers now that have javascript running on the server, and other devices using them for UI.
Another model is that of NPR. Basically non profit user supported.
I do however think that the major newspapers will figure out how to monetize their popularity eventually. It is not as if the newspapers are not being read, it is just that the old revenue model is failing.
It would depend what is defined as the mall also - Is it just the bit from 3rd street to the Washington monument or do you go all the way to the Lincoln memorial.
Right so after staring at the picture I linked to and allowing 2.5 sq foot per person in the crowded bits, I reckon 500,000 on the mall at the time of the picture, there was another 200,000 invited people in the capitol grounds, and then there are the people still crowding the streets. Picture was taken half an hour before and 18th street still looks crowded in that picture. So I don't know 900k in total?
Ah but was Johnson's one really 1.2 million? How did they get that figure?
There is a cool satellite image of it all going around, like here, so you imagine someone could eventually come up with a good estimate of yesterdays one.
How do they estimate crowd sizes anyway, fair enough in a stadium (80,000 seats all full = 80,000 people) but for other things it seems to be bordering on random guessing.
Well the Republic of Ireland is closer to 4 million (the north is part of the UK). There is about 2 million working I believe. 4 million - children - old people easily gives you that. It says corporate employer so that rules out all public jobs. And in Ireland that means most education and health.
Most major companies would only have one major location in Ireland, so even the big ones are a few thousand. So it is easily believed. You'd only need a 1000 companies employing 2000 people to employ the whole country including the public workers.
Ireland would be the equivalent of a medium metro area in the US. Not many of those have many corporate employers employing more than 5k people I would guess, maybe Detroit?
I think this has already been invented, just not used, I remember reading somewhere about an artificial turf that was like fiber optics for each blade of grass and could change the color of any part of the field. It would even re trace the footsteps of a player to show everyone if he went out of bounds.
I know what they are intended for, but not all cable operators still provide an analog signal even on a wired connection, I was wondering if these boxes would convert a wired digital connection, probably not. Btw a troll mod was a bit harsh
But why is there no credit limits on what phone companies provide, they all seem to happily keep upping someones bill without ever wondering if that person can pay it. Someday we are going to hear about a someone getting billed 30 million for watching a movie on their iphone while on safari. After the first few grand they should cut you off and tell you about it. And if you want a bigger credit limit you request it.
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Is belief in God still a requirement of Catholicism?
Is it ever worth it. I mean the only games that get a decent price are new ones which I would still be using.
Seems to be a lot of bother for $10.
When I initially saw the awesome bar, I didn't like it - mainly due to when I went to navigate to gmail it showed me the titles of the mail for accounts that weren't mine.
It does expose the history alright, and to be fair that is something that was in the history list already. There is a extension that lets you filter sites from storing in your history. And I have this set to filter gmail which solved my problem.
Now I think it is brilliant. Just for finding sites I have been to or navigating bookmarks, It is excellent.
And as for the history, if it forces you to change your behavior to not leave traces of browsing you don't want other people to see in the history, it is probably a good thing - The kids were maybe already snooping into what Mommy and Daddy were looking at!
The BBC streams some things - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/also_in_the_news/7919495.stm
I also think there is a big difference between a television station broadcasting something and what amounts to a press release.
I took a look at the web page for this one and yes it seems to definitely steps in the right direction.
But the fundamental aspect of javascript being a weakly typed language means that further development is quite a difficult problem.
Take a simple line of code. somevar.jump(); If this is java, it doesn't take much for the compiler to figure out whether this is valid.
In javascript it might be possible to declare if it is a valid call but it is impossible to determine if it is an invalid call.
The IDE that you linked to and others pointed to can cheat in some aspects by having predefined dom operations and maybe reference for the more popular libraries. And this may be the best that can happen. And it is simulating what strongly typed languages have had for a long time.
I guess I have been too used to say writing Java in eclipse (it practically writes and debugs itself).
There are definite advantages to a loosely typed language. Something like greasemonkey demonstrates this, but it brings plenty of obstacles.
It is interesting the while javascript is being more and more heavily used, it is in a way like development tools have been reset 10 years.
Maybe I have been blind, but I have yet to come across a decent IDE for javascript development. All the nice features like code completion and even syntax checking are now no longer a given.
Even some decent syntax checking would be nice. I would like to know how much time is lost now on developers looking for typos in their js code. The only way you discover them is to run the code. And even then, the errors generated are not always helpful.
And debugging is getting more complicated. Stuff like venkman and firebug work for basic standard linked javascript, but the newer libraries use so many shortcuts in declaring objects that no debuggers just can't seem to keep up.
A lot of this is with any script that is weakly typed. So many libraries and scripts take advantage and abuse this.
Now these same libraries are abstracting so much of what is hard browser differences and the like out. So that is good. But with this only really being at the start of being heavily used. I can see some real ugly legacy applications around in five years time.
And this type of scripting is popping up everywhere, I see servers now that have javascript running on the server, and other devices using them for UI.
Another model is that of NPR. Basically non profit user supported.
I do however think that the major newspapers will figure out how to monetize their popularity eventually. It is not as if the newspapers are not being read, it is just that the old revenue model is failing.
I hope it isn't. Or at least have it an option.
It would ruin the feeling of wandering around streets and getting an idea of somewhere.
Sort of defeats the point of the system.
Convince me not to.
It is the ease of getting new material that appeals to me, I like to read but I am terrible at buying books.
The price is a bit steep. Eventually these have to come down in price? Anyone any ideas when there will be a decent sub $100 ebook reader?
Isn't that once the wind is a certain strength, the windmills are locked to prevent damage.
So they wouldn't be looking for no wind conditions, but strong wind conditions.
Well I definitely think the xbox 720 is miles better than the nintendo poo or the playstation 4.
Sure the poo has a nifty vr helmet and the playstation 4 can simulate every atom in the universe, but the xbox 720 has Halo 5, so there!
It would depend what is defined as the mall also - Is it just the bit from 3rd street to the Washington monument or do you go all the way to the Lincoln memorial.
Right so after staring at the picture I linked to and allowing 2.5 sq foot per person in the crowded bits, I reckon 500,000 on the mall at the time of the picture, there was another 200,000 invited people in the capitol grounds, and then there are the people still crowding the streets. Picture was taken half an hour before and 18th street still looks crowded in that picture. So I don't know 900k in total?
Ah but was Johnson's one really 1.2 million? How did they get that figure?
There is a cool satellite image of it all going around, like here, so you imagine someone could eventually come up with a good estimate of yesterdays one.
How do they estimate crowd sizes anyway, fair enough in a stadium (80,000 seats all full = 80,000 people) but for other things it seems to be bordering on random guessing.
Density of Manhattan is 70,000 per sq mile, Density of Boston is 12,000 per sq mile.
Well the Republic of Ireland is closer to 4 million (the north is part of the UK). There is about 2 million working I believe. 4 million - children - old people easily gives you that.
It says corporate employer so that rules out all public jobs. And in Ireland that means most education and health.
Most major companies would only have one major location in Ireland, so even the big ones are a few thousand. So it is easily believed. You'd only need a 1000 companies employing 2000 people to employ the whole country including the public workers.
Ireland would be the equivalent of a medium metro area in the US. Not many of those have many corporate employers employing more than 5k people I would guess, maybe Detroit?
I think this has already been invented, just not used, I remember reading somewhere about an artificial turf that was like fiber optics for each blade of grass and could change the color of any part of the field. It would even re trace the footsteps of a player to show everyone if he went out of bounds.
Found a link - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070313.wsb-turf13/BNStory/specialSmallBusiness/home
I know what they are intended for, but not all cable operators still provide an analog signal even on a wired connection, I was wondering if these boxes would convert a wired digital connection, probably not.
Btw a troll mod was a bit harsh
Does anyone know do these converter boxes work for cable operators who don't provide an analog signal, specifically verizon fios?
But why is there no credit limits on what phone companies provide, they all seem to happily keep upping someones bill without ever wondering if that person can pay it.
Someday we are going to hear about a someone getting billed 30 million for watching a movie on their iphone while on safari.
After the first few grand they should cut you off and tell you about it. And if you want a bigger credit limit you request it.
HD and technology like this can only help hockey, next to impossible to see the game on standard definition - you can't see the puck!
Or was it the flowers?
That slashdot isn't considered some other publication.
... when it comes to programming book covers?
Yeah my hp laptop died also, was only 4 months old so they fixed it with no hassle. Might get the extended warranty now though.