Currently no, but that's mainly because we have no use for it at the moment. When I set it up I only enabled the feature set we needed and left everything else off until a need arises. I would have no problem enabling inter-server communication if there was a reason for it.
Note that as of 10.4 iChat is actually a Jabber client as well as an AIM client. Prior to this, iChat used the Jabber protocol for Rendezvous chat but now you can use it with any Jabber account as well.
I'm on a campaign to get people to switch from AIM to Jabber and so whenever I use iChat, I'm logged in to both services. If this rumor is true, it might be a nice big push in that direction.
Not necessarily. My company runs a Jabber server for internal messaging and it's accessible from outside our network. Authenticated users can connect and talk securely over SSL, non authenticated users can't connect. What's the problem?
But the article (I actually read it, I must be new here, etc) said they're running a Jabber service. This means that, at most, it would be Yet Another IM Client, not YAIM Protocol. Jabber users (and this includes people using Apple's iChat) could talk to people running Google IM without changing a thing.
That said, the presense of a Jabber service means nothing. I've worked for two companies that use Jabber for secure instant messaging and neither offer any IM services to the public.
FYI, at Linuxworld SF a couple weeks ago CmdrTaco explicitely said that Slashdot does not accept paid advertising as stories. I asked him this question myself.
Their referral script will normally redirect you to the site root after setting a cookie with the referral ID. Denying cookies will obviously foil this.
They're about one install of htdig away from a big "fuck you" in the form of a complete block via robots.txt, a redirect on any hit with a google referral, etc.[1]
[1] See also: cutting off your nose to spite your face.
The name "DHTML" is just a blanket term for DOM/CSS scripting. Firefox supports this just fine. If elements of your banking site don't work in Firefox, it's probably because they're using IE-specific code, in which case only your bank can fix it. Have you complained to them about it?
Probably because slashcode has years of cruft and mixed presentation and login built into it. Not to take anything away from the AListApart guys -- I think they did a great job -- but they're working with a static, already-generated page. That's orders of magnitude easier than rewriting an application with HTML tags scattered all through it.
That said, Slashcode is using the new templates and it's a testing ground for stuff that is coming to this site. CmdrTaco spoke at Linuxworld about the upcoming conversion which should be happening Real Soon Now.
I don't know who "invented" MP3 players. They were around a LONG time before the ipod and before itunes, yet somehow because they happen to make the most popular mp3 player on the market this somehow entitles them to all the patents?
I don't recall anyone saying that Apple deserves patents on MP3 player technology, but just that Microsoft sure doesn't.
Or makes them immune from fair enforcement of those patents?
If those patents are filed after the product is already on the market, not to mention the numerous other products that came before it, then yes. The patent itself shouldn't even exist at all. You can't have fair enforcement of an unfair patent.
The guy giving the "presentation" struck me as a total jackass, throwing t-shirts around, yelling "we're not dot-com, we're dot-open-source!!", and generally acting like some kind of rock star. What an ass.
I'd recommend reading TBL's book, Weaving the Web for a good answer to that question. It's actually quite interesting, where this interview really isn't.
I haven't seen a blog yet that I think is more important that the wikipedia.
And you likely never will, because you're comparing two fundamentally different things.
Wikis in general, and Wikipedia specifically, are collaborative. They have large numbers of people contributing content to them, where the typical blog has between one and maybe half a dozen or so, depending on the type of site it's on. It's only when you look at blogging as a whole (I refuse to use the word "blogosphere" here) that the real value comes out.
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Currently no, but that's mainly because we have no use for it at the moment. When I set it up I only enabled the feature set we needed and left everything else off until a need arises. I would have no problem enabling inter-server communication if there was a reason for it.
Note that as of 10.4 iChat is actually a Jabber client as well as an AIM client. Prior to this, iChat used the Jabber protocol for Rendezvous chat but now you can use it with any Jabber account as well.
I'm on a campaign to get people to switch from AIM to Jabber and so whenever I use iChat, I'm logged in to both services. If this rumor is true, it might be a nice big push in that direction.
Not necessarily. My company runs a Jabber server for internal messaging and it's accessible from outside our network. Authenticated users can connect and talk securely over SSL, non authenticated users can't connect. What's the problem?
But the article (I actually read it, I must be new here, etc) said they're running a Jabber service. This means that, at most, it would be Yet Another IM Client, not YAIM Protocol. Jabber users (and this includes people using Apple's iChat) could talk to people running Google IM without changing a thing.
That said, the presense of a Jabber service means nothing. I've worked for two companies that use Jabber for secure instant messaging and neither offer any IM services to the public.
He spoke candidly about everything else, and he didn't seem to be lying about this. He also thinks all the complaints about stuff like this are funny.
But hey, you don't have to take it from someone who was there, you're free to continue with your own theories.
m50d confirms it, the web is dying.
I sure am glad you told us or I might never have noticed it!
FYI, at Linuxworld SF a couple weeks ago CmdrTaco explicitely said that Slashdot does not accept paid advertising as stories. I asked him this question myself.
Their referral script will normally redirect you to the site root after setting a cookie with the referral ID. Denying cookies will obviously foil this.
They're about one install of htdig away from a big "fuck you" in the form of a complete block via robots.txt, a redirect on any hit with a google referral, etc.[1]
[1] See also: cutting off your nose to spite your face.
What if someone is looking up who makes a Ram, because they don't know the manufacturer.
Luckily, a search for ram truck also gets you the Dodge web site as the first result.
I'm a vegetarian but I'd have no problem eating a person. Animals are innocent but I've met plenty of people who deserve to be eaten.
Here's a nickel, kid. Go buy yourself a sense of humor.
Right, as soon as someone comes up with a good definition of what porn is, I'm sure we'll get right on it.
And no, "I know it when I see it" doesn't count.
highly competent Slashdot crowd
It's funny, laugh!
The name "DHTML" is just a blanket term for DOM/CSS scripting. Firefox supports this just fine. If elements of your banking site don't work in Firefox, it's probably because they're using IE-specific code, in which case only your bank can fix it. Have you complained to them about it?
Probably because slashcode has years of cruft and mixed presentation and login built into it. Not to take anything away from the AListApart guys -- I think they did a great job -- but they're working with a static, already-generated page. That's orders of magnitude easier than rewriting an application with HTML tags scattered all through it.
That said, Slashcode is using the new templates and it's a testing ground for stuff that is coming to this site. CmdrTaco spoke at Linuxworld about the upcoming conversion which should be happening Real Soon Now.
I don't know who "invented" MP3 players. They were around a LONG time before the ipod and before itunes, yet somehow because they happen to make the most popular mp3 player on the market this somehow entitles them to all the patents?
I don't recall anyone saying that Apple deserves patents on MP3 player technology, but just that Microsoft sure doesn't.
Or makes them immune from fair enforcement of those patents?
If those patents are filed after the product is already on the market, not to mention the numerous other products that came before it, then yes. The patent itself shouldn't even exist at all. You can't have fair enforcement of an unfair patent.
Global warming is caused by terrorists?
Brilliant insight, junior, thanks.
Because Intel is in business to make money and even Apple's 4% (or whatever) is a pretty big sale?
The guy giving the "presentation" struck me as a total jackass, throwing t-shirts around, yelling "we're not dot-com, we're dot-open-source!!", and generally acting like some kind of rock star. What an ass.
Better than that, every single copy of OS X out there comes not only with gcc, but with Apple's full development suite.
Seriously, for web design stuff, it's actually decent. Really. Well, as long as you don't try to use any Netscape-only HTML.
1998 called, they want their web technology back.
I'd recommend reading TBL's book, Weaving the Web for a good answer to that question. It's actually quite interesting, where this interview really isn't.
I haven't seen a blog yet that I think is more important that the wikipedia.
And you likely never will, because you're comparing two fundamentally different things.
Wikis in general, and Wikipedia specifically, are collaborative. They have large numbers of people contributing content to them, where the typical blog has between one and maybe half a dozen or so, depending on the type of site it's on. It's only when you look at blogging as a whole (I refuse to use the word "blogosphere" here) that the real value comes out.