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  1. Re:Bad buy on Ajax Design Patterns · · Score: 1

    Auts. You're right. Mine is 'Ajax Patterns and Best Practicies' from apress.com.
    (ISBN: 1-59059-616-1)

    Doesn't change the fact that this is worst book I've bought. :-(

  2. Bad buy on Ajax Design Patterns · · Score: 1
    I bought this book. Wanted Ora's with same title, but could not find such. So picked this one after long comparsion and once i got it, it was a real disappointment. Writing style, content, etc, this guy should not be writing books.


    The reason why Ora doesn't have such is that AJAX is basically Javascript topic, you don't need a book for it, nor you can't write one. Buy a good javascript, XHTML, XML, CSS book and you are fine.

  3. Unicode lacks smileys :-/ on The First Smiley :-) · · Score: 1

    Seems that Redhat and others are moving to the UTF/Unicode which should solve lots of problems in char encoding.

    Unfortunately, there is only T H R E E smileys in unicode when people nowdays use tens of them in daily text. It looks like the unicode is going to be another version of ASCII - collection of junk what nobody uses. :-)

  4. The Great Plot(TM) on Xbox Price Drops For Australia And Europe · · Score: 1


    The real plot here is to distribute those boxes (and others to come) into households and keep low noise at the beginning. Give them out practically for free and make all kind of devices from entertainment boxes to toasters and microwave owns. Behave pretty and people buy them (and if they don't - lower the price, it's irrelevant at the beginning).

    But you didn't notice the one thing - the network. Yes, Xbox has it already and nobody talks about it, nobody uses it.

    The early software releases will be bug free until the penetration is widespread enough. The next step is to return into business as usual and release buggy software and often. People purchase more frequently new versions (increased cash flow) and because The Great Xbox has the hard drive it establishes patching.

    Having said that, you need to connect your box into net. And download what they call service packs. I case you didn't notice who's purpose it serves, look back into their instant messenger (and others, you tell me, I'm not hooked into their systems and never will be) which stores all your privacy information into net. And when patching, they install tons of software as new features what they forgot to tell you.

    Also, they will hook Xbox and forthcoming Ybox and Zbox into passport, so nobody is able to use your microwave or open your fridge without your permission. Or you to do so, without MS knowing about it.

    Having done that, they start collecting information about you. Having done that all day in your work, they are doing it also in your free time and building a perfect profile from you. What would be more interesting information to marketing (read spammer's) point of view? Again, increased cash flow.

    In their visions, they look at future where they know what TV programs you watch, what video on demand movies you order, what music or radio channel you listen, what kind of food you eat, when you wake up, how much band width you use, VoIP calls, others...

    Even the Xbox looks pretty game box, works pretty well and has no big bugs - I wouldn't believe that company. Been there, seen that, done that. The same evil people are behind that, doing the same evil plot to cash you.

    And this time they are selling your privacy.


  5. IE vs Konqueror on Xbox Price Drops For Australia And Europe · · Score: 1



    " If IE's Windows integration is a monopoly, then I'm all for the removal of Konqueror from KDE."

    Yep, I would too - if I wouldn't have a CHANGE to run something ELSE on top of that BINARY COMPATIBLE PLATFORM. Having no change to run MS Office or for example CorelDraw! without having IE is monopoly.


  6. Re:A useful feature to add to such a device... on New All-In-One Nokia · · Score: 1


    THERE IS...

    another Finnish company building GSM phones with GPS positioning build in.

    That company is called Benefon and they do make very cool phones. (Check out the ESC! and Tarck models.)

    Yes, used 9110 communicator for couple of years and have to say, that it's OS GEOS sucks big time. (as well as Linux connectivity, all are win software.)

    Not sure what to choose as next PDA+phone, 9210 or Track+some PDA....

    PS: Benefon was founded by buch of EX-Nokia engineers....

  7. You need SailMail on Internet Access While Sailing? · · Score: 1


    Check out the:

    www.sailmail.com

    I'm not so familar with that, I guess you are supposed to be an regular sailor to use it.

    Go and find out yourself.

    Jii

  8. Re:Register.com on Who is the Best Registrar? · · Score: 1

    I agree.

    I bought my domain from one guy and tried
    to change it's authorative IP addresses.

    They have web forms for such thing and
    you should be able to change IP addresses
    of your servers. This is what manual says,
    and even have pictures in it.

    When I tried to do so, there isn't that link
    whose picture is in manual! I then contacted
    them several times and got nothing else than
    automated answers - which promise replays/
    changes in 5 hours.

    I did this at one PM Friday and now at sunday,
    nothing has done. They might be online only
    at business time, but their automated systems
    suck anyway. That's what those are for - changes
    outside the business time!

    They also say that confirmations for changes
    will be sent to my email address. They don't
    fill To: field when it won't penetrate my
    SPAM-filters.

    QUESTION:
    What if I want to move my domain to an another
    registrant? Is it possible or do they own my
    domain somehow?

    I'm getting a bit fustrated with this shit
    already after one week wondering and fiddling.

    Jii

  9. My link collection on Cheap Rackmount Enclosures/Systems? · · Score: 2

    I did recently an lookup about rack chassis
    in Web and here are the results:

    http://www.gtweb.net/rackmount.html
    http://www.sliger.com/
    http://www.famous-computer.com/
    http://www.inco.de/
    http://www.pcwmicro.com/Rackmt/compare.h tm
    http://www.rackmount.com/
    http://www.aberdeeninc.com/abcatg/r ackmount.htm
    http://www.technoland.com/chassis.htm
    http://www.ittools.com/Products/ap ollo_cases.htm
    http://users.cwnet.com/fotra/CHASSIS/
    http://www.vatyx.com/rackmount/rackmo unt.html
    http://www.uslogic.com/igc/igcrackraid. html
    http://www.dcsis.com/rack.htm

    I don't know prices - go find yourself. Some of
    those are pretty expensive, but there is cheap
    ones also.

    I prefer my local dealer's (in Finland) chassis, since those are pretty good and nearby me.
    Pages are only in Finnish, sorry about that.

    http://www.damicon.fi/rakki/index.html

    And sorry about possible Slashdot-effect-meltdown to every site in this list ;-))))

  10. Will Micro$oft own /. someday? on Special Interview: Rob Malda and Jeff Bates · · Score: 1


    With enough money, you can buy everything,
    even the owners of /., right?

  11. Auckland International Airport - convincing, NOT! on Y2K Rollover - Post Your Experiences Here! · · Score: 1


    Check this out(date)!


    http://www.auckland-airport.co.nz/airport_newsfl ash.html

  12. Millenium bug animation (joke) on Y2K Rollover - Post Your Experiences Here! · · Score: 2
  13. Re:Putin now has responsibility on Boris Yeltsin Resigns · · Score: 1


    Yep, Putin has the nuke keys now.