I develop a browser app which works with a lot of DOM/CSS/JS/... I can kill Firefox 1.0, nightly builds too, withing a few seconds of browsing our app. Unfortunately I don't have the possibility to send you the code (it's ours). Secondly, I don't have time to make a separate test case for dev'ers. Thirdly, filing a bugreport for Firefox (the proper way, that is) is a pain.
I would like to send a bugreport, but it cannot cost me more than an hour. My boss will tell me to start doing my work.
In the Netherlands there are 32 big financial organizations. Their websites (see Promozilla in Dutch) require IE to work. Now in my book, financial transactions don't go hand in hand with IE (give me credit, as an MSc computer architecture).
However, I am forced to support IE for my father and I have to look for alternatives myself (IE does not run on Linux).
For the Netherlands, there is a site called Promozilla which blacklists IE-only sites (and whitelists where credit is due). Very interesting, good setup.
It gets even worse when you are actually white (like nearly chalk white) and don't get any tan even if you sit in the sun all weekend. No, I'm no albino.
Smartass;-), I've seen my own behaviour for starters... Maybe it should have stated: "if noone would normally observe it". Second fact is that there are often side-effects which are observable.
The real problem that is addressed with these blocks is that of rapid electronic prototyping. That is pretty hard to do. Ideally I would want to be able to put a number of analog/digital blocks together and have a working set within an afternoon.
This is very hard to do. Even though microcontrollers are easy to set up, they need a custom circuit. The second problem is that even if things are connected wireless, they need power to work. The third problem is heat. Building blocks should be placed in a way that removes heat from the blocks. A fourth problem are the proprietary tools that are often needed to program an fpga or microcontroller. I don't have them and if you don't prototype often they are too expensive to own.
An advantage of building blocks would be the easy repair of a system. Repair by replacement. However, the professors implementation of the blocks is too simplistic IMHO. If you are building an expensive package that can be connected with others, in a click, put a processor inside it. It is not that people cannot program (a la lego mindstorm) but that they cannot connect/place the right components quickly/accurately enough.
Building blocks that I would make: 1) fast processor 2) a/d - d/a converter blocks for a number of signals 3) sensor connector (pressure/temp/...) 4) power amplifier 5) usb/firewire/bluetooth/... 6) IDE drive block 7) power rails to drive these blocks 8) FPGA 9) DVI/CRT monitor (wouldn't it be nice to hook up test blocks in the design)
Incompetence is also a factor not to forget. The guys at my work hardly know how a webserver works and I quote (&translate) "If I can't click it together in five minutes then things aren't efficient". These guys service 500 users LOL.
They don't have time for linux because they have so much work to do, fixing their mailserver, terminal server, mail clients, etc etc. Fsckers.
Blacklists are just a hassle to these people. They could care less about the user. "Yes Sir, just delete those spam e-mails, then you are fine".
Dude, I'm glad that powerpoint has this 10 year old look and isn't updated (or degraded which would be more to the point).
Powerpoint is at least a stable app which I, a linux user, need. I cannot get around it because presentations are often done on someone elses computer.
They do not really care about your address. The snail-mail spam is a bonus for both advertisers and consumers.
The real value of these loyalty cards is to understand your buying behaviour and couple it to a unique ID (databases anyone?). Questions to be answered should include: what is the distribution of buyers, what do they buy, how often, when, is there a correlation with other buyers, do buyers migrate?, in what product groups (cheap/expensive/large/small/etc) do you buy, etc, etc.
This information can aid in marketing and optimization of profit. It should also provide an optimal price point for all products _per ID_.
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I've seen working devices 2 years ago. Alpha stage probably, but working.
I develop a browser app which works with a lot of DOM/CSS/JS/... I can kill Firefox 1.0, nightly builds too, withing a few seconds of browsing our app. Unfortunately I don't have the possibility to send you the code (it's ours). Secondly, I don't have time to make a separate test case for dev'ers. Thirdly, filing a bugreport for Firefox (the proper way, that is) is a pain.
I would like to send a bugreport, but it cannot cost me more than an hour. My boss will tell me to start doing my work.
I'm a web-app dev'er and I've seen 0.9.3 crash on our latest apps, without problems. Much javascript/DOM/... though.
And that Dodge probably comes with a 4 ton boat on an unbraked trailer... :-).
Btw for something completely irrelevant, some background on the Dodge. I guess there is one reason not to drive it: gas prices... In Holland...
In the Netherlands there are 32 big financial organizations. Their websites (see Promozilla in Dutch) require IE to work. Now in my book, financial transactions don't go hand in hand with IE (give me credit, as an MSc computer architecture).
However, I am forced to support IE for my father and I have to look for alternatives myself (IE does not run on Linux).
For the Netherlands, there is a site called Promozilla which blacklists IE-only sites (and whitelists where credit is due). Very interesting, good setup.
It gets even worse when you are actually white (like nearly chalk white) and don't get any tan even if you sit in the sun all weekend. No, I'm no albino.
Is there any data on fuel economy with this close by driving? I think that there is a lot to be saved on the highway.
This is like taking your home address with you, when you move.
"But I want to live on 115 Baker Street". How can a judge get that dumb.
indeed, "wish I had points".
Well, South African society set a standard for bad practices: tell all you wrong doings and "be forgiven" by the community.
I would like to know which postings are faked.
Smartass ;-), I've seen my own behaviour for starters... Maybe it should have stated: "if noone would normally observe it". Second fact is that there are often side-effects which are observable.
that really depends on your ethics. Would you do good if noone could observe it, or is it a social layer to improve ones standing? I've seen both.
Big Blue is in many more businesses.
The real problem that is addressed with these blocks is that of rapid electronic prototyping. That is pretty hard to do. Ideally I would want to be able to put a number of analog/digital blocks together and have a working set within an afternoon.
This is very hard to do. Even though microcontrollers are easy to set up, they need a custom circuit. The second problem is that even if things are connected wireless, they need power to work. The third problem is heat. Building blocks should be placed in a way that removes heat from the blocks. A fourth problem are the proprietary tools that are often needed to program an fpga or microcontroller. I don't have them and if you don't prototype often they are too expensive to own.
An advantage of building blocks would be the easy repair of a system. Repair by replacement. However, the professors implementation of the blocks is too simplistic IMHO. If you are building an expensive package that can be connected with others, in a click, put a processor inside it. It is not that people cannot program (a la lego mindstorm) but that they cannot connect/place the right components quickly/accurately enough.
Building blocks that I would make:
1) fast processor
2) a/d - d/a converter blocks for a number of signals
3) sensor connector (pressure/temp/...)
4) power amplifier
5) usb/firewire/bluetooth/...
6) IDE drive block
7) power rails to drive these blocks
8) FPGA
9) DVI/CRT monitor (wouldn't it be nice to hook up test blocks in the design)
Yes, I've thought about it too...
Thanks, I needed that laugh.
I promise I won't :-)
Why would an OS need another LISP interpreter? Duh...
I don't think so. It would make it impossible to steer. Friction would also be problem.
Incompetence is also a factor not to forget. The guys at my work hardly know how a webserver works and I quote (&translate) "If I can't click it together in five minutes then things aren't efficient". These guys service 500 users LOL.
They don't have time for linux because they have so much work to do, fixing their mailserver, terminal server, mail clients, etc etc. Fsckers.
Blacklists are just a hassle to these people. They could care less about the user. "Yes Sir, just delete those spam e-mails, then you are fine".
If you don't know where you want to go. If you have a clear goal or a good gut feeling of what/where, choice is a bonus.
Dude, I'm glad that powerpoint has this 10 year old look and isn't updated (or degraded which would be more to the point).
Powerpoint is at least a stable app which I, a linux user, need. I cannot get around it because presentations are often done on someone elses computer.
That is the price of privacy and I am happy to pay it at our local store.
They do not really care about your address. The snail-mail spam is a bonus for both advertisers and consumers.
The real value of these loyalty cards is to understand your buying behaviour and couple it to a unique ID (databases anyone?). Questions to be answered should include: what is the distribution of buyers, what do they buy, how often, when, is there a correlation with other buyers, do buyers migrate?, in what product groups (cheap/expensive/large/small/etc) do you buy, etc, etc.
This information can aid in marketing and optimization of profit. It should also provide an optimal price point for all products _per ID_.
You just described that your law process is incapable of having an "intelligent"/complex evaluation of facts.
Please reread the sentence so you understand.
You can't guarantee the authorization of any content you are transporting. Especially when stuff is encrypted.