Are they going to fix their totally, state-of-the-brain-damaged-art configuration interface? I was made a couple of times to try to fix IIS problems and damn, is that one misguided abomination if I ever seen one. I dunno - maybe they should make it - you know - well commented plain text configuration file? Or even XML? I heard this works for others;) But all in all - ASP.Net aside (I have not yet encountered that closely enough, knocking on the wood) is there a reason to use IIS at all? Apache for Win32 works perfectly well. And the fact that IIS runs ASP (classic) is IMO a good enough reason to _disallow_ IIS usage anywhere you have authority to. (In my repeated experience a semi-intelligent ASP programmer with zero PHP experience is made 3-10 times more productive within a week of PHP exposure).
Aha, I'm with you. Like these petroleum carriages can replace the horse. Like these "avia" thingies can replace ocean ships. Like Windows shell can beat OS/2 OS. Like Renault can beat Ferrari in F1. Right, yeah, ahaha. You know - it works both ways. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Computers (be that Windows, Macs, or Linux) all have huge usability and reliability problems presently and there is little evidence that those can be overcome without going revolutionary different ways. If you don't see it then I guess it's just a matter of being used to those problems. Prepare to be painfully crushed by the progress though.
But when these 12-yr olds grow up and become 40-yr olds, it's a sad picture when their 60+ mothers _still_ check that they are eating right, brush their teeth before going to bed, etc. If you don't let them gradually grow up they never will. Surely it's not a "click" event on their 18-th birthday.
Now they need to install a monitoring system to kids underpants to track their toilet visits and we're done. Who cares that kids grow up pissed-off and psychotic? We better treat them like some kettle. And if they ever get over the edge - blame TV & computers.
So many messages in this thread and not a one (above my viewing threshold) about the fact that _XPSP2_ is breaking IE XML rendering! I used to rely on MSIE to view/check_that_it_parses XML files (even though it has problems with something reasonably big, but those are not quite as bad as with FF - hint, hint to developers). But since SP2 came out it's all fucked up a little. Branches don't expand/collapse and there's a yellow warning(!) panel on the top and something else that I forget.
PS: You have to check to allow "Active Content in Local Documents" or something like that. I'm just annoyed that they have this issue in default configuration.
Oh, come on - there are tons of those, the problem with guys like you is that when the moment to buy it comes you all go "bleh, it's big", "bleh, it's not cool" and stuffs. You want a practical phone? My old trusty 3510i used to be what you probably want. It's not tiny though. Let's see:
-a good strong signal that won't drop calls
Well, if you don't live a country road away from the nearest cell tower, you know, they all do that.
-a long battery life
Which means a big(ger) battery. 3510i I had lasted 5 to 7 days on 3-5 minutes a day probably (I'm not a chatter). Take note that it heavily depends on tower proximity. If you live in a Faraday cage "your results may vary".
-the ability to survive repeatedly being dropped onto a hard surface from a height of about 5 feet
I dropped it hard from my ear to the pavement. Twice. And several times to the floor. I'm close to 6 feet tall and don't have floppy ears;) Once I dropped it onto the street while walking and accidentally footballed it another couple of meters away. It survived without an issue (except, of course, covers scratched but they are cheap to replace). Amazing stuff.
-waterproofing might be nice
You're out of luck here with any non-industrial-strength gadgets, I'm afraid.
Maybe once I can get all that, I'll be interested in a phone that can deliver TV shows, play Beethoven ring tones, take grainy pictures, and allow me to play simply video games. Honestly, what do these companies think that people buy phones for?
Yes, and you see why it's a problem here. You have your "basic" phone for a couple of months and then you want more. Most people in the world are using their 2nd-3rd-etc phones already. Reason enough why seemingly only the advanced phones are on display in the shops.
Hmm, maybe the guys working on OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe continued) should hack the rules now so that when you deliver a trainload of diamonds into town past, say, 2010, then instead of paying you the game should play the sound of hysteric laughter, huh?
The main advantages over the other low-high-level languages - like C family - are:
1) Much faster and far less messy build cycles. 2) Better namespace separation. 3) More developed built-in types (yes, Charlie, there _is_ a difference between "string" being a built-in type and C++ class as disassemblies clearly show. Also there are other examples, like dynamic arrays, ref-counted "interface" pointers etc). 4) The syntax is less cryptic (arguable) and there are no preprocessor abuse abominations (EG: the whole message maps implementation in VC++ is puky).
Disadvantages:
1) Way too verbose for my tastes syntax - my fingers hurt when I do Delphi:-|. "Procedure" and "function" separation is also too obsolete. 2) Libraries/APIs need to be ported. 3) Infrastructure (editors etc) is of course less developed than for C.
Not Jewish holocaust, but certainly they've been involved in software product companies holocaust big time. (Symantec C++? Borland Office Suite? etc, etc...)
There's a big stumbling block here in the form of MSIE stubbornly refusing to implement standards. Most notable (for me) annoyance of this kind is that on new Google groups the silly yellow navbar jumps all around the screen when I scroll. Had MSIE supported "position: fixed" we would been spared it I guess. (Just an example).
Heck, I found out not too long ago that my proxy was replacing user agent with MSIE. So both my Opera and FF were accounted as MSIE for about half a year. Speaking of Opera - I wonder how many stat engines check for/Opera/ before/MSIE/? (Opera's UserAgent goes something like "Mozilla/4 (MSIE5...) Opera 6" IIRC).
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Are they going to fix their totally, state-of-the-brain-damaged-art configuration interface? I was made a couple of times to try to fix IIS problems and damn, is that one misguided abomination if I ever seen one. I dunno - maybe they should make it - you know - well commented plain text configuration file? Or even XML? I heard this works for others ;) But all in all - ASP.Net aside (I have not yet encountered that closely enough, knocking on the wood) is there a reason to use IIS at all? Apache for Win32 works perfectly well. And the fact that IIS runs ASP (classic) is IMO a good enough reason to _disallow_ IIS usage anywhere you have authority to. (In my repeated experience a semi-intelligent ASP programmer with zero PHP experience is made 3-10 times more productive within a week of PHP exposure).
Aha, I'm with you. Like these petroleum carriages can replace the horse. Like these "avia" thingies can replace ocean ships. Like Windows shell can beat OS/2 OS. Like Renault can beat Ferrari in F1. Right, yeah, ahaha. You know - it works both ways. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Computers (be that Windows, Macs, or Linux) all have huge usability and reliability problems presently and there is little evidence that those can be overcome without going revolutionary different ways. If you don't see it then I guess it's just a matter of being used to those problems. Prepare to be painfully crushed by the progress though.
...or at least 76790823485724429234 rubles (roughly $45 US)
(Roughly 3 Euro)
But when these 12-yr olds grow up and become 40-yr olds, it's a sad picture when their 60+ mothers _still_ check that they are eating right, brush their teeth before going to bed, etc. If you don't let them gradually grow up they never will. Surely it's not a "click" event on their 18-th birthday.
Now they need to install a monitoring system to kids underpants to track their toilet visits and we're done. Who cares that kids grow up pissed-off and psychotic? We better treat them like some kettle. And if they ever get over the edge - blame TV & computers.
Do you mean you'll be able to play DRM-"protected" media on the OS of _your_ choice? Hmm... I don't think so.
No, that's not the reason why you shouldn't use Java.
So many messages in this thread and not a one (above my viewing threshold) about the fact that _XPSP2_ is breaking IE XML rendering! I used to rely on MSIE to view/check_that_it_parses XML files (even though it has problems with something reasonably big, but those are not quite as bad as with FF - hint, hint to developers). But since SP2 came out it's all fucked up a little. Branches don't expand/collapse and there's a yellow warning(!) panel on the top and something else that I forget.
PS: You have to check to allow "Active Content in Local Documents" or something like that. I'm just annoyed that they have this issue in default configuration.
Hmm, when someone posts a story about how he's been using Macs for years and then "had it" and switched to Windows... I'm sure that would be /.-worthy.
But I don't have that rich imagination.
I have a for-sale keyboard here without inscriptions on W, A, and D keys. Several others are shadowed too. How much do you think it may be worth?
Fifty-seven staff on the list,
Fifty-seven of staff.
You take nine down,
Cut them around,
Forty-eight staff on the list.
(sigh) I'm lame...
I'm a vigin Star Wars fan...
Oh, dude, that's the most stunning typo I've ever seen. I guess.
Mod parent up! :-))
Oh, come on - there are tons of those, the problem with guys like you is that when the moment to buy it comes you all go "bleh, it's big", "bleh, it's not cool" and stuffs. You want a practical phone? My old trusty 3510i used to be what you probably want. It's not tiny though. Let's see:
;)
-a good strong signal that won't drop calls
Well, if you don't live a country road away from the nearest cell tower, you know, they all do that.
-a long battery life
Which means a big(ger) battery. 3510i I had lasted 5 to 7 days on 3-5 minutes a day probably (I'm not a chatter). Take note that it heavily depends on tower proximity. If you live in a Faraday cage "your results may vary".
-the ability to survive repeatedly being dropped onto a hard surface from a height of about 5 feet
I dropped it hard from my ear to the pavement. Twice. And several times to the floor. I'm close to 6 feet tall and don't have floppy ears
Once I dropped it onto the street while walking and accidentally footballed it another couple of meters away. It survived without an issue (except, of course, covers scratched but they are cheap to replace). Amazing stuff.
-waterproofing might be nice
You're out of luck here with any non-industrial-strength gadgets, I'm afraid.
Maybe once I can get all that, I'll be interested in a phone that can deliver TV shows, play Beethoven ring tones, take grainy pictures, and allow me to play simply video games. Honestly, what do these companies think that people buy phones for?
Yes, and you see why it's a problem here. You have your "basic" phone for a couple of months and then you want more. Most people in the world are using their 2nd-3rd-etc phones already. Reason enough why seemingly only the advanced phones are on display in the shops.
Oh, don't worry - they'll use Bluetooth TV goggles while driving so they don't need to hold TV-phone in their hands.
You mean after that your CPU would look like it came from the year 1805 ?
That you're a chick?
Once some other office suite takes 5%+ of the market... wait a couple of years after that.
PS: Drives me nuts too. Though Microsoft is notoriously stubborn to implement something that is clearly needed.
Will it support CSS1? Is CSS2 support scheduled for IE8.0 or should we expect that later?
Hmm, maybe the guys working on OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe continued) should hack the rules now so that when you deliver a trainload of diamonds into town past, say, 2010, then instead of paying you the game should play the sound of hysteric laughter, huh?
The main advantages over the other low-high-level languages - like C family - are:
:-|. "Procedure" and "function" separation is also too obsolete.
1) Much faster and far less messy build cycles.
2) Better namespace separation.
3) More developed built-in types (yes, Charlie, there _is_ a difference between "string" being a built-in type and C++ class as disassemblies clearly show. Also there are other examples, like dynamic arrays, ref-counted "interface" pointers etc).
4) The syntax is less cryptic (arguable) and there are no preprocessor abuse abominations (EG: the whole message maps implementation in VC++ is puky).
Disadvantages:
1) Way too verbose for my tastes syntax - my fingers hurt when I do Delphi
2) Libraries/APIs need to be ported.
3) Infrastructure (editors etc) is of course less developed than for C.
There _MUST_ be an anime show with vampire robots. Damn, but I can't recall any. Help me anyone?
Not Jewish holocaust, but certainly they've been involved in software product companies holocaust big time. (Symantec C++? Borland Office Suite? etc, etc...)
There's a big stumbling block here in the form of MSIE stubbornly refusing to implement standards. Most notable (for me) annoyance of this kind is that on new Google groups the silly yellow navbar jumps all around the screen when I scroll. Had MSIE supported "position: fixed" we would been spared it I guess. (Just an example).
Heck, I found out not too long ago that my proxy was replacing user agent with MSIE. So both my Opera and FF were accounted as MSIE for about half a year. Speaking of Opera - I wonder how many stat engines check for /Opera/ before /MSIE/? (Opera's UserAgent goes something like "Mozilla/4 (MSIE5...) Opera 6" IIRC).