If he had any sofware choice, he'd be running Mozilla.
Untrue. There are plenty of web applications that just won't work right without IE. That doesn't mean that you can't use another browser, but sometimes it is convenient to use the same browser all the time.
Yes, but English has this thing called context. You're supposed to know when someone would be talking about an ICMP echo request and when someone would be talking about a Portable Network Graphic format image (or, indeed, the Portable Network Graphic format itself), or any of the other meanings of the word "ping"/"Ping".
Don't worry... I call it "pee en gee" myself, despite the best desires of the authors of the PNG specification. Just thought I would be (+1) Informative about the "true" pronunciation.
``PNG'' is always spelled ``PNG'' (or ``Portable Network Graphics'') and always pronounced ``ping'' in English, not ``pinj'' or ``pee en gee'' or any other multi-syllabic disaster. (For non-English speakers, the three-letter pronunciation is fine, however.) See the introduction to the PNG specification for the definitive statement on the matter.
For the most part, I think that the postal code is used for routing the mail across the country. Once it gets to the postal code, the letter carrier needs the address to know what residence/box to drop it off at. I suppose it's possible that the carrier recognized the name (assuming your parents have the same last name as you) and dropped the letter off there.
That's a really cool idea, and a helluva heavy-duty engine, but when I clicked the link, all I could think was that is the ugliest car I have ever seen. That impression didn't last long, once I clicked on the links to the other vehicles on that page.
For example, take a pencil and paper and draw a line that's approximately one inch long. Easy, right? Now do the same for a centimeter. Still pretty easy, although if you're an American, you might be less confident about your estimate.
Actually, coming from a confessed non-American, I would have a much easier time drawing a centimetre -long line than an inch-long one. To get the inch-long line, I would just make one 2.5 times longer than the other.:-)
Move to Canada. It seems that most votes in parliament are votes of confidence. Unfortunately, this has the side effect of every politician voting along party lines to be sure that they don't lose the vote.
Now, maybe what you're talking about is different. The way parliament works, if the vote of confidence is lost the entire government goes up for election.
In a majority government (like the past ten years), the PM and a few senior cabinet ministers make the decisions and the backbenchers just follow suit. The opposition votes against.
When I read the headline Internet Enabled... Toilet Paper Dispenser, I thought that it was great that somebody decided to do something about the empty roll syndrome that plagues so many institutions. By Internet-enabling a toilet paper roll, these institutions could keep up-to-the-second tabs on the state of the rolls in their various restrooms.
Can someone answer this though: Do we manually synchronize our clocks every once and awhile (say every few years anyways) just to make sure? I heard a rumor about it (most people have to reset their clocks after the power goes out anyways, and PC clocks are horribly inaccurate), so is this true?
The permissions of symbolic links are not used. From chmod(1),
chmod never changes the permissions of symbolic links; the chmod system call cannot change their permissions. This is not a problem since the permissions of symbolic links are never used.
AFAIK, symbolic links aren't actually changed, only created and deleted. In order to do that, you need write permission on the directory.
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If he had any sofware choice, he'd be running Mozilla.
Untrue. There are plenty of web applications that just won't work right without IE. That doesn't mean that you can't use another browser, but sometimes it is convenient to use the same browser all the time.
Dude, I use IE at work too but I don't see popups. The latest Google toolbar has a built-in popup blocker, among other cool features.
If you can, give it a try.
This is total coincidence, but this morning on CNET News.com, there was a link to King of spam meets its maker, which appeared Today in Tech History back in 1997.
Is this a SpamTM conspiracy?
Yes, but English has this thing called context. You're
... I call it "pee en gee" myself, despite the best
supposed to know when someone would be talking about an ICMP
echo request and when someone would be talking about a
Portable Network Graphic format image (or, indeed, the
Portable Network Graphic format itself), or any of the other
meanings of the word "ping"/"Ping".
Don't worry
desires of the authors of the PNG specification. Just thought
I would be (+1) Informative about the "true" pronunciation.
Indeed. According to the Intro to PNG Features,
Actually, J is used in Canadian postal codes. My last postal code had a J in it. In fact, J is the first character for Western Quebec postal codes.
As for I, O, and Q, I believe that you are correct.
I don't really know much about this, but would something like XMLTV be what you are looking for?
For the most part, I think that the postal code is used for routing the mail across the country. Once it gets to the postal code, the letter carrier needs the address to know what residence/box to drop it off at. I suppose it's possible that the carrier recognized the name (assuming your parents have the same last name as you) and dropped the letter off there.
Not just the stupid black bar, but the stupid graphics they overlay over the stupid black bar just to distract you.
Yeah, that was the one I was thinking of when I said that I no longer think the Cadillac 16 is the ugliest car I've ever seen.
YMMV.
That's a really cool idea, and a helluva heavy-duty engine, but when I clicked the link, all I could think was that is the ugliest car I have ever seen. That impression didn't last long, once I clicked on the links to the other vehicles on that page.
What are they smoking?
I knew the metric date, just got the civil war out by a bit.
You'd better quit while you're ahead.
For example, take a pencil and paper and draw a line that's approximately one inch long. Easy, right? Now do the same for a centimeter. Still pretty easy, although if you're an American, you might be less confident about your estimate.
:-)
Actually, coming from a confessed non-American, I would have a much easier time drawing a centimetre -long line than an inch-long one. To get the inch-long line, I would just make one 2.5 times longer than the other.
Right, and a newton is an SI derived unit, where 1N is 1 m kg/s^2. So, the previous poster was actually correct.
I'm not exactly clamoring for a new web browser, but it looks worth checking out.
New web browser? Where have you been for the last year? If you haven't been using this as your primary browser, my only question is why not?
Move to Canada. It seems that most votes in parliament are votes of confidence. Unfortunately, this has the side effect of every politician voting along party lines to be sure that they don't lose the vote.
Now, maybe what you're talking about is different. The way parliament works, if the vote of confidence is lost the entire government goes up for election.
In a majority government (like the past ten years), the PM and a few senior cabinet ministers make the decisions and the backbenchers just follow suit. The opposition votes against.
There's a down side to every system.
IF we could get
Uh, don't you already have that? I haven't seen a government yet that claims to represent its people and doesn't tax them in some way.
I think the word you were looking for was "spurred", although I found "spurned" particularly humorous for some reason.
When I read the headline Internet Enabled... Toilet Paper Dispenser, I thought that it was great that somebody decided to do something about the empty roll syndrome that plagues so many institutions. By Internet-enabling a toilet paper roll, these institutions could keep up-to-the-second tabs on the state of the rolls in their various restrooms.
But, no, it's just another marketing tool. Sigh.
I don't know where you're from, but I don't remember floppies in the 90s that worked more than once either.
It still needs to connect to your network which means a new light on your hub/switch/router.
I don't know if that would help for organizations that have a wall full of switches/routers. One more light wouldn't really make much of a difference.
The world hunger problem is about money, not lack of food. Zero-gravity growth experiments and terraforming won't solve that problem.
Can someone answer this though: Do we manually synchronize our clocks every once and awhile (say every few years anyways) just to make sure? I heard a rumor about it (most people have to reset their clocks after the power goes out anyways, and PC clocks are horribly inaccurate), so is this true?
Are you referring to leap seconds?
Untrue.
The permissions of symbolic links are not used.
From chmod(1),
AFAIK, symbolic links aren't actually changed, only created and deleted.
In order to do that, you need write permission on the directory.
HTH.
The DLL fix may be the "main course", but you'll get a side of new bugs in the app, and possibly an upgrade fee as a cover charge.
Not to mention changes to the EULA. Agree to these new terms or suffer the wrath of hax0rs.