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  1. Re:in case you're curious... on MS Office XML Format Now In TextEdit · · Score: 2, Interesting


    Well, sir, you made the point nicely. Although the HTML file that I came up with in vi came in at around 48 bytes. The 33 tags that TextEditor produces for doc-like-XML is actually a pretty compact way of describing a document along with formatting.

    Here's my $.02 on the bigger picture here: instead of fighting about document formats with Microsoft, we will now be fighting over XML data structures. Same old bully, just a different playground.

  2. in case you're curious... on MS Office XML Format Now In TextEdit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So a simple two word text file has the following 33 XML tags pasted here with the greater and less than signs removed...


    ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?
    ?mso-application progid="Word.Document"?
    w:wordDocument xmlns:w="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/ 2003/2/wordml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w10="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:SL="http://schemas.microsoft.com/schemaLibra ry/2003/2/core" xmlns:aml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/aml/2001/c ore" xmlns:wx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word /2003/2/auxHint" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C1488 2" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smartt ags" xml:space="preserve"o:DocumentProperties/o:Documen tPropertiesw:fontsw:defaultFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:fareast="Times New Roman" w:h-ansi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"//w:fontsw:docPr/w:docPrw:bodywx:sectw:pw:pP r/w:pPrw:rw:rPrw:rFonts w:ascii="Helvetica" w:h-ansi="Helvetica" w:cs="Helvetica"/wx:font wx:val="Helvetica"/w:sz w:val="24"/w:sz-cs w:val="24"//w:rPrw:tHot time!/w:t/w:r/w:pw:sectPrw:pgSz w:w="12240" w:h="15840"/w:pgMar w:top="1440" w:right="1440" w:bottom="1440" w:left="1440"//w:sectPr/wx:sect/w:body/w:wordDocum ent

  3. MyEclipseIDE is worth it on Eclipse 3.1 Released · · Score: 1

    I always wait until Genuitec has released their version, with all its bells and whistles. Works on Win32, OSX and Linux with hundred+ plugins already configged and ready to go; those guys rock.

  4. half pregnant? on Java: One Step Closer To Open Source · · Score: 1

    Being kind of open-source is like being kind of pregnant.

    Look, either we can see the source for Java or not.

    In this case, it's a not.

    Sun: Thank you, come again.

  5. see the LARA recommendations at Creighton on Linux-to-Palm Integration? · · Score: 1

    Definitely check out the LARA project at Creighton. They have a list of devices that work with their PalmOS system that delivers patient data to physicians wirelessly.

  6. excerise at 30,000 feet? on Desk Free Technology Career Path? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Consider getting a job that demands some travel. Probably the most creative postures to combat the desk-potato lifestyle that I've come up with are ones necessary to get comfortable in a regular-class airline seat. Not sure if it counts for exercise, but I sure am tired at the end of the flight.

  7. two words: self employment on After College, What Type of Jobs Should One Seek? · · Score: 2, Informative


    That's one way to prove yourself and learn all the parts of a business directly. Or rotate through divisions of a larger company that involve marketing, product design, business development, channel relations, advertising, tech support, etc. If you take this approach, one thing is for sure: you won't wind up a tax-and-spend Democrat. (!)

  8. outsource to Russia! on Shuttles Can't Finish Space Station · · Score: 1

    Seriously, they have a solid space program. What's the exchange rate like these days?

  9. how does Acrylic compare with WinGIMP? on MS Unveils Beta of New Image Editing Program · · Score: 1

    I'd be especially curious about how this compares to the Win32 version of the GIMP. Any Acrylic testers care to comment?

  10. So how many of them were attorneys? on IBM to Lose 13,000 Jobs · · Score: 1


    IBM is a notoriously lawer-centric corporation.

    If their press release said "IBM laid off 13000 attorneys to hire 13000 engineers" I'd be buying their stock. As it is, I hope the hedge fund managers ride this bitch ALL the way down.

  11. somebody kick me if I'm wrong, but... on Pi: Less Random Than We Thought · · Score: 0

    they say: pi's digit string does not always produce randomness as effectively as manufactured generators do.

    I say: apparently the deep sequence of pi digits in base ten is less effective at predictably producing random sequences than something that is supposed to produce randomness predictably, therefore methods with pi are less predictable, and therefore truly more random.

  12. Mac version 8.0b1 also released recently on Opera 8 Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    release date on the dmg download for the Mac is April 18.
    Two comments:

    1. It is very fast.
    2. Keychain integration, so all the web site passwords from your other keychain-enabled browsers (firefox, safari, etc.) on your Mac will be remembered.

  13. Yawn... on Michael Robertson Says Root is Safe · · Score: 1


    Michael Robertson has such a long history of controversy for the sake of controversy that anything from this guy whatsover goes like this: | /dev/null

    A bigger deal is Apple withdrawing setuid/gid in one of their OS "updates." Ouch.

  14. the Plato reference on AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old for Sex · · Score: 1


    Qui Custodes Custodiat? is probably better translated as "who guards the guardians" than "who watches the watchers"?

    Close, though.

  15. bc and ^ on Easy, Fast, Cheap Way to Generate CPU Load? · · Score: 1


    bc
    1234123412341234^1234123412


    Should work for at least an hour or two on current CPU's.

  16. download link at MacGIMP.org on Hack turns GIMP into Photoshop Look-alike · · Score: 4, Informative

    The MacGIMP web site has the download link for the MacOSX disk image here.

  17. sqlite may be useful for the simpler tasks on 'Most Important Ever' MySQL Reaches Beta · · Score: 1

    As mysql bulks up, if you still want wicked-fast raw inserts with low-overhead engine, consider sqlite. Personally, I'm eager to get the triggers, views and stored procedures, as it will enable PHP apps to mature a bit.

  18. Y Combinator and Robert Morris on Return of the Mac · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else notice that Robert Morris is a principal with Y Combinator ?

    Interesting, to say the least.

  19. Re: their belt on Making the Transition to University? · · Score: 1

    I'm not usually a grammar nazi, but this happens to be a discussion about the merits of college education, so you should be held up to the standard of knowing the difference between there and their.

    So, what college did you say you attended, Dan? :)

  20. infosecurity basics on Teaching Programming to Non-Developers · · Score: 4, Informative

    I taught a one-semester PHP and MySQL basics course a while back and you may find the materials there helpful. If I had to distill the most important parts down for non-coders, I'd emphasize confidentiality, integrity, and availability as the most important properties of an information system.

  21. Re: not mad, but you did miss an important one on Anatomy of a Successful Enterprise Linux Distro? · · Score: 2, Interesting


    Ubuntu.

    This is the first linux distro that I've recommended to my mom, and to my brother-in-law, who has used Windows exlusively. My mother's experience was that the web browser worked without any configuration when she booted up, and my brother-in-law was happy that his wireless connection on his laptop also "just worked." Sun and Novell could learn a lot from some of the open source integration efforts, but they have the advertising budget, so we can guess who will get al of the press.

  22. the ISC^2 said it best on Mitnick: Security Not about Technology · · Score: 1
  23. Re: ante up on More on Newly Broken SHA-1 · · Score: 1


    I'll see your Public Domain and raise you a TCP/IP network freeforall. ;)

  24. whirlpool anyone? on More on Newly Broken SHA-1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    SHA-2 in 256 and 512 bit flavors isn't the only alternative folks. Among other nifty hashes, there's whirlpool: Linux 2.6 kernel crypto API entry for whirlpool and a page with whirlpool details.

  25. maximizing coverage with the right antennas on Wide Area Wireless on a Shoestring Budget? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Cantennas are the wrong way to go, as their propagation pattern approximates linear, like the yagi designs. What you want is an omni, sometimes called marine, antenna that will spread signal in a plane. If you're in a greenhouse, I'm assuming you don't want strong signal going up or down, but horizontal in the plane of people walking around. Here's an example of one I grabbed from Google: radiolabs omni antenna For about another $30 you can pick up pigtails on eBay that let you attach these to the usual netgear/buffalo/d-link/linksys/etc. accesspoints. You can place them for effective 10Mbit coverage about one for every 2 acres assuming clean line of sight to the antennas and no major obstacles. Note that vegetation would definitely impact signal propagation in the 5.4ghz band.