Regular CGI, mod_perl, mod_python, the newcomer Ruby on Rails, and now CherryPy. Granted, some webhosts handle the first four (even Rails) without any problems, but how many do we really need?
I suppose the answer is "as many as it takes" — whatever's easiest for some users will be utterly impenetrable to others, and it's good to have choice. But at what point does it start to become a burden to keep up with all these — either for programmers looking to keep their CVs up to date, or hosts wanting to stay current?
The Department of Homeland Security put out a PDF leaflet about the program, which contained their normal, almost incomprehensible pictograms like those on ready.gov
Arr, and I be obliged to be postin' a link for the British HQ for the day, yarr.org.uk. We be havin' pirate ringtones for yer phone, too, an' a guide on how to be proper takin' like a pirate. Yarr.
SpamAssassin's a great idea, but for the non-technically minded user, POPFile's the best choice. Bayesian filters, learning, kickass UI, and a Windows installer (and Perl for other platforms.)
Just a quick note - as I always do in these topics - I've written an under-600-word guide to the problem and how to fix it, designed for the uninitiated.
Pointing people there could save hours of explanation...
I normally use Opera, but for this I had to switch to IE6: the Fish outputted the right codes and IE6 could copy and paste them, in their original Japanese form, straight into the text box.
In the areas in the UK where it's available, broadband works well and is cheap, with ADSL and cable offerings (from BT and NTL respectively) are around 0.5Mbps for £25 ($40)/month. That's respectable, even if takeup is a little lower than they hoped.
The trouble is that the market here has been hoisted on its own petard - when no subscription, toll-free, ad-free dial-up is available (though for how much longer, no-one knows), Joe User can't see the point in broadband.
Since the first copyright dispute, they've used a Java applet that doesn't allow cutting and pasting, or paging through...
It can't be copied unless you somehow intercepted the packets - and even then, that's a lot of work when some other website will probably have printed the lyrics anyway.
Slashdot Mirror
that's a referral link in the parent post. To be honest, I'd recommend them anyway, but it's probably best to disclose it.
Regular CGI, mod_perl, mod_python, the newcomer Ruby on Rails, and now CherryPy. Granted, some webhosts handle the first four (even Rails) without any problems, but how many do we really need?
I suppose the answer is "as many as it takes" — whatever's easiest for some users will be utterly impenetrable to others, and it's good to have choice. But at what point does it start to become a burden to keep up with all these — either for programmers looking to keep their CVs up to date, or hosts wanting to stay current?
there's this handy site I made,which will take any MIDI file, put it on a WAP server, and let you use it as a polyphonic ringtone, for free.
There are some quite entertaining expletive-ridden audio outtakes from Tom Baker doing a voiceover for a company called Symphony...
The Department of Homeland Security put out a PDF leaflet about the program, which contained their normal, almost incomprehensible pictograms like those on ready.gov
I thought they needed some better, and funnier, subtitles.
that's not SHGb11+15a...
that's the sound of the signal from Contact.
Spooked me a little before I realised what it was, though.
Arr, and I be obliged to be postin' a link for the British HQ for the day, yarr.org.uk. We be havin' pirate ringtones for yer phone, too, an' a guide on how to be proper takin' like a pirate. Yarr.
The first mobile videophones are already on sale and in use. We're not quite there with the flying cars yet, though.
"this [the talk] is hosted on NYPHP's servers... and is running Apache 1.3.27 + PHP5. PHP5 leaks worse than the Titanic..."
And you linked to it from Slashdot and expected it to survive long enough so that any non-subscriber could click on it?!
SpamAssassin's a great idea, but for the non-technically minded user, POPFile's the best choice. Bayesian filters, learning, kickass UI, and a Windows installer (and Perl for other platforms.)
I said: "That [you] was (and still technically is) the respectful version."
You said: "The familiar version of "you" in Middle/Early Modern language is "thou." "
Aren't we saying the same thing?
That was (and still technically is) the respectful version. The monarch would reply using "thou".
Wow. I actually learned something useful out of my English course...
Just nitpicking...
Funny what people believe, isn't it?
Pointing people there could save hours of explanation...
Pointing people there could save hours of explanation...
I normally use Opera, but for this I had to switch to IE6: the Fish outputted the right codes and IE6 could copy and paste them, in their original Japanese form, straight into the text box.
ÚÒÚ!
(That's Babelfish's Chinese translation of First Post.)
The trouble is that the market here has been hoisted on its own petard - when no subscription, toll-free, ad-free dial-up is available (though for how much longer, no-one knows), Joe User can't see the point in broadband.
Since the first copyright dispute, they've used a Java applet that doesn't allow cutting and pasting, or paging through...
It can't be copied unless you somehow intercepted the packets - and even then, that's a lot of work when some other website will probably have printed the lyrics anyway.
So long, lyrics.ch. We hardly knew ya.
Yep, agreed. This thing is nasty.
Apart from the fake MIME headers, there is this little gem:
Content-Type: audio/x-wav;
name="readme.exe"
IE interprets this as 'I'm a WAV file, I'm harmless', ignoring the fact that the extension is quite clearly an EXE file.
...and it's actually quite clever if you look closely...
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/related;
type="multipart/alternative";
boundary="====_ABC1234567890DEF_===="
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Unsent: 1
--====_ABC1234567890DEF_====
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="====_ABC0987654321DEF_===="
--====_ABC0987654321DEF_====
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
--====_ABC0987654321DEF_====--
--====_ABC1234567890DEF_====
Content-Type: audio/x-wav;
name="readme.exe"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-ID:
I'm fairly sure this will work, but IANAMSCE...
Go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced.
Uncheck 'Play sounds in web pages'.
...but then, as it's trying everything, it would be...