4) Do not use methods that are OS or Browser specific.
As for #3) - Absolutely true. Too many developers depend on sniffing the User-Agent string to determine browser capabilities. A much better, more reliable and easier to maintain approach is to test the specific capabilities you use, and provide a way for alternative access to the content. Note "alternative" != "100% equivalent."
... is to STOP selling it as a phone and start selling it as the broad featured portable computing device that it is. At $500 it's way too expensive for being a phone with a few added features but, it's not too expensive to be a nifty, feature rich portable computing device that happens to include a phone.
What was missing from the article was that they have embedded the Snoop computing system into the robotic Defense Optimized Garden Guard (DOGG). The Snoop DOGG has been optimized for replacement of canines presently servicing as security personnel at key DoD facilities.
As we all have been taught in grade school - glaciation occurrs when show build-up exceeds snow melt over a significant period of time.
What's this have to do with global warming? Well, to get enough increase in snow build-up to trigger glaciation on an ice age scale you need to have an abundant supply of liquid water in the polar latitudes. Liquid Arctic sea surface in January and February constitutes an abundant supply of liquid water in polar latitudes.
Think of it as an airplane increasing its angle of ascent until it stalls. If global temperature is compared to angle of ascent you get a very scary feeling that we're gonna get warmer for a while, then very cold.
The notion that any MS project of this nature is a short term fix cannot help but to be dead on target. As a point of discussion, look at the release timeline for the next releases of Internet Explorer, and even Windows itself.
Microsoft takes considerable heat from many sources that it's development process is dragged out far beyond need or reason. Look at the long development cycle with consideration of anti-trust verdicts, agreements, etc. and you begin to see some logic.
Microsoft is under some legal obligation to de-bundle or make removable certain components of their preferred distro. These obligations have an expiration date in the not very distant future. That expiration date is also not rediculously far beyond the historic release cycle for MS product upgrades.
Given the choice of re-engineering my product so a specific component MS wants to become ubiquitous may be removed, or delaying release a few months and using the time to tie it in so tightly that the notion of removal becomes irrelevant, guess what Microsoft will choose to do.
With delayed release they allow themselves to present that they are in compliance with all orders in effect at time of release, without having to de-couple anything. As a result, your filesystem browser is also your internet browser, is also your front end for all GUI desktop apps... Nevermind that this is in complete opposition to the expectation that the kernel is the interface between hardware and all other software, and that the command shell, filesystem browser, web browser, GUI windowing system, etc. all fall into the category of 'all other software.'
The difference there is that certain corporate offices have a specific personal legal responsibility for the corporate information that goes out over their signature. That was one of the core arguments against Lay and Skilling and it appears to have stuck.
[person in favor of the 'PATRIOT' act] : Ouch! That's cutting a little close to the bone, don't you think? Don't you want to be safe from terrorists?
[person in disfavor of the 'PATRIOT' act] : Ouch! that's cutting a little close to the bone, don't you think? Isn't it painful enough that our government is run by paranoid underachievers who want the rest of us to be to frightened to fart?
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Standard ID behavior since 5.5. It will assume http:/// for.com sites but other TLDs get ignored. Thus, if you're looking for a.net,.edu,.cc,.uk, etc. you may be screwed by that 'feature.'
You sound like a prime candidate to be a classic BOFH!
Case 1: ** Ring! Ring! BOFH: Systems Help Desk. User: I'm getting over disk quota messages and I'm working on a big project for my dissertation. BOFH: I see your problem. Your home directory is full of.dbf files. User: Yeah, that's the data that supports the premise for my dissertation. BOFH: There, you should have plenty of space now. User: Thanks! I can't believe it was this simple to get my quota extended. BOFH: Good luck with your paper. ** Click.... User THEN sees that all of the.dbf files have been deleted.
Case 2: ** Ring, Ring! BOFH: Systems Help Desk User: Windows 98 won't let me delete this one file. Can you help? BOFH: Sure. From your start menu - open a command window. (gives instructions) User: OK, what next? BOFH: Enter the following... format c:/x/u When it finishes you'll need to reboot.
Oh No! I'm a 44 yr old programmer! Does this mean I have to report to the processing plant?
Many 40+ programmers become sysadmins. Other career changes include (but are not limited to) teacher, business analyst, fry cook, DMV counter clerk, minister/pastor/priest, and my favorite - CowboyNeal.
On top of that, if our 'esteemed' Vice President has his way, they can send you to the CIA who will have full global legal authority to use any form of torture they deem necessary, or fun.
Try looking for the 'English' version instead. Along that line... they don't have a separate 'American' version.
Back in the day... John Clease was one of Jay Leno's guests during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal. He described 3 differences between Americans and the British. 1) We (the British) speak English. 2) When we hold a world championship sporting event we invite teams from other countries. 3) When we meet our head of state we only go down on ONE knee.
The BEST firewall for any system is to not connect it to a network. If you can get to that box in any way, there's ALWAYS a chance someone will own you.
There's no such thing as a fool proof plan because fools are so ingenious.
I believe the idea is, "you are not allowed to beat up the nerdy kid because you've never seen him on a date with a girl and because of that he must be queer."
The real issue for the folks who try to stop this type of legislation is:
Antidiscrimination laws do nothing to prevent people from being a member of any litigiously (sp?) protected group and doing all sorts of things that some think are a moral sin against God and nature. They're there to prevent the those people who think that from painting pink triangles and yellow stars on your house, and all manner of other nasty things that their religion prohibits them from doing anyway.
The bit that gets me is the part about 'negative gravity.' Come up with a way to generate negative gravity and you've just devised the basis for a repulsor field. Now there's a household security system that really locks out the bad guys.;)
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4) Do not use methods that are OS or Browser specific.
As for #3) - Absolutely true. Too many developers depend on sniffing the User-Agent string to determine browser capabilities. A much better, more reliable and easier to maintain approach is to test the specific capabilities you use, and provide a way for alternative access to the content. Note "alternative" != "100% equivalent."
DUH!
Better practices make for better pages that load faster, have fewer (if any) linking errors, and make minimal use of client-side work.
... is to STOP selling it as a phone and start selling it as the broad featured portable computing device that it is. At $500 it's way too expensive for being a phone with a few added features but, it's not too expensive to be a nifty, feature rich portable computing device that happens to include a phone.
What was missing from the article was that they have embedded the Snoop computing system into the robotic Defense Optimized Garden Guard (DOGG). The Snoop DOGG has been optimized for replacement of canines presently servicing as security personnel at key DoD facilities.
As we all have been taught in grade school - glaciation occurrs when show build-up exceeds snow melt over a significant period of time.
What's this have to do with global warming? Well, to get enough increase in snow build-up to trigger glaciation on an ice age scale you need to have an abundant supply of liquid water in the polar latitudes. Liquid Arctic sea surface in January and February constitutes an abundant supply of liquid water in polar latitudes.
Think of it as an airplane increasing its angle of ascent until it stalls. If global temperature is compared to angle of ascent you get a very scary feeling that we're gonna get warmer for a while, then very cold.
Fascinating. It took over half an hour for that quote to get into this thread.
NATIVE support for the current standard recommendation of SVG.
Plain and simple. That's the one thing I've been waiting on in a mainstream browser.
Yes, you can get it with betas and prc's but, mainstream, main trunk, production releases that include this are unknown to the public at large.
The notion that any MS project of this nature is a short term fix cannot help but to be dead on target. As a point of discussion, look at the release timeline for the next releases of Internet Explorer, and even Windows itself.
Microsoft takes considerable heat from many sources that it's development process is dragged out far beyond need or reason. Look at the long development cycle with consideration of anti-trust verdicts, agreements, etc. and you begin to see some logic.
Microsoft is under some legal obligation to de-bundle or make removable certain components of their preferred distro. These obligations have an expiration date in the not very distant future. That expiration date is also not rediculously far beyond the historic release cycle for MS product upgrades.
Given the choice of re-engineering my product so a specific component MS wants to become ubiquitous may be removed, or delaying release a few months and using the time to tie it in so tightly that the notion of removal becomes irrelevant, guess what Microsoft will choose to do.
With delayed release they allow themselves to present that they are in compliance with all orders in effect at time of release, without having to de-couple anything. As a result, your filesystem browser is also your internet browser, is also your front end for all GUI desktop apps... Nevermind that this is in complete opposition to the expectation that the kernel is the interface between hardware and all other software, and that the command shell, filesystem browser, web browser, GUI windowing system, etc. all fall into the category of 'all other software.'
How long does it take to crack MD5? Diffie-Hellman? What have you?
How long before someone cracks the encryption on your weapon and makes it so you cannot fire your own gun?
Obligatory bad movie scene:
Bond: You don't really expect to be able to fire that do you?
Bad Guy: You underestimate me Mr. Bond. I crack 512bit encryption routines in my head. Don't you think I can get past your little toy crypto gun?
The difference there is that certain corporate offices have a specific personal legal responsibility for the corporate information that goes out over their signature. That was one of the core arguments against Lay and Skilling and it appears to have stuck.
[person in favor of the 'PATRIOT' act] : Ouch! That's cutting a little close to the bone, don't you think? Don't you want to be safe from terrorists?
[person in disfavor of the 'PATRIOT' act] : Ouch! that's cutting a little close to the bone, don't you think? Isn't it painful enough that our government is run by paranoid underachievers who want the rest of us to be to frightened to fart?
Standard ID behavior since 5.5. It will assume http:/// for .com sites but other TLDs get ignored. Thus, if you're looking for a .net, .edu, .cc, .uk, etc. you may be screwed by that 'feature.'
You sound like a prime candidate to be a classic BOFH!
.dbf files. ... User THEN sees that all of the .dbf files have been deleted.
/x /u When it finishes you'll need to reboot.
Case 1:
** Ring! Ring!
BOFH: Systems Help Desk.
User: I'm getting over disk quota messages and I'm working on a big project for my dissertation.
BOFH: I see your problem. Your home directory is full of
User: Yeah, that's the data that supports the premise for my dissertation.
BOFH: There, you should have plenty of space now.
User: Thanks! I can't believe it was this simple to get my quota extended.
BOFH: Good luck with your paper.
** Click.
Case 2:
** Ring, Ring!
BOFH: Systems Help Desk
User: Windows 98 won't let me delete this one file. Can you help?
BOFH: Sure. From your start menu - open a command window. (gives instructions)
User: OK, what next?
BOFH: Enter the following... format c:
Oh No! I'm a 44 yr old programmer! Does this mean I have to report to the processing plant?
Many 40+ programmers become sysadmins. Other career changes include (but are not limited to) teacher, business analyst, fry cook, DMV counter clerk, minister/pastor/priest, and my favorite - CowboyNeal.
On top of that, if our 'esteemed' Vice President has his way, they can send you to the CIA who will have full global legal authority to use any form of torture they deem necessary, or fun.
I just had to explain to my co-workers what I was laughing at and none of them are old enough to remember...
The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain...
Yes, I work with a bunch of noobs.
Oh yeah? Remember, the Apollo era spacecraft had less computing power than an AMC Gremlin.
Try looking for the 'English' version instead. Along that line ... they don't have a separate 'American' version.
Back in the day... John Clease was one of Jay Leno's guests during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal. He described 3 differences between Americans and the British.
1) We (the British) speak English.
2) When we hold a world championship sporting event we invite teams from other countries.
3) When we meet our head of state we only go down on ONE knee.
The BEST firewall for any system is to not connect it to a network. If you can get to that box in any way, there's ALWAYS a chance someone will own you.
There's no such thing as a fool proof plan because fools are so ingenious.
I'm reminded of two words from the Microsoft glossary:
'Embrace'
and
'Extend'
Together, when used by MS, they are enough to cause many developers to suffer from severe gastro-intestinal distress.
I believe the idea is, "you are not allowed to beat up the nerdy kid because you've never seen him on a date with a girl and because of that he must be queer."
The real issue for the folks who try to stop this type of legislation is:
Antidiscrimination laws do nothing to prevent people from being a member of any litigiously (sp?) protected group and doing all sorts of things that some think are a moral sin against God and nature. They're there to prevent the those people who think that from painting pink triangles and yellow stars on your house, and all manner of other nasty things that their religion prohibits them from doing anyway.
If GLBT people are not protected from discrimination there would be no porn on the internet to corrupt our children.
Yeah, Right.
Absolutely. That would be something of a proof of concept.
The fact that some fantastic idea come out of my head has nothing to do with any concept of reality.
The bit that gets me is the part about 'negative gravity.' Come up with a way to generate negative gravity and you've just devised the basis for a repulsor field. Now there's a household security system that really locks out the bad guys. ;)