More goes into an enterprise disk drive than the cost of the hardware. Do you want backups? Do you want fast access? Do you need a warranty? Do you want RAID?
On the other hand, one really slick move that Google could have made would be to index unique messages. If you and I both get the same message, it could be stored once on the server, rather than twice.
If you figure that 50% of email is unique, then that's at most 500mb of content you have to store for a given user. If you figure that 1% of email is shared among 1000 users (e.g. securityfocus mail), then that 1k email is going to *appear* to be 1mb spread out over 1000 users' inboxes.
Also think about the industries that market the Atkins Diet: groups like the meat industry, the same people who created Cool 2B Real, a site that covertly markets meat to young women. These groups don't have your interests at heart--just their bottom lines.
Straight from kmail, huh? Hope you don't get an attachment ";rm -rf/;x.doc"... I suggest the multi-argument form of exec:
exec("/usr/bin/acroread", "$HOME/tmp/fn.pdf");
/o also not needed btw, as your regex is run only once. Also maybe change backticks to a system() call so you can check the return codes with an "or die"?
Just trying to watch out for anyone who might use this code...
Many simple Web clients cannot display fonts other than monospace. Bi-directional text, bold faced font, and other text extension
elements are not supported.
I've been goading my friends for years to make web pages that are easy to view in lynx, but XHTML "Basic" goes too far in its rigorous approach to creating a universal standard.
Beginners now, instead of using <b> and </b> will have to learn how to create style sheets or use extensions to the DTD! This new move, if actually adopted by web browsers, will make even MORE people use Netscape Composer and other front-ends rather than realizing how simple HTML is... or was... to use. XHTML Basic doesn't seem so "basic" to code, removing one of HTML's great strengths.
Wireless clients will now have to send out more GETs to display data. If they honor any sort of style sheet, they're going to be following at least one LINK per web page. That'll use up more air time; services charging by the page or even by the minute will cost more for wireless users.
Can't handhelds and other browsers just ignore markups that they can't display?
Well, I'm ready not to have to worry about porting Perl scripts to Windows... When fork(), fcntl(), and other core functions are finally unified programmers will all have an easier time of it.
"Have you ever just sat and stared at it? Marvelled at it's beauty? Billions of people, all going about their lives..." -- The Matrix, Agent Smith
Apparently, because of the recent youth violence problems, WB will *not* be releasing the Matrix for VHS sales; This makes me want to kill someone... "Tell me, Mr. Anderson... what good is a phone call if you are unable to speak?" --Agent Smith
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More goes into an enterprise disk drive than the cost of the hardware. Do you want backups? Do you want fast access? Do you need a warranty? Do you want RAID?
On the other hand, one really slick move that Google could have made would be to index unique messages. If you and I both get the same message, it could be stored once on the server, rather than twice.
If you figure that 50% of email is unique, then that's at most 500mb of content you have to store for a given user. If you figure that 1% of email is shared among 1000 users (e.g. securityfocus mail), then that 1k email is going to *appear* to be 1mb spread out over 1000 users' inboxes.
- Atkins Diet Alert, from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- The Guardian: Atkins diet is 'pseudo-science', say experts
- Big Fat Fake: The Atkins diet controversy and the sorry state of science journalism
- Atkins diet banned in Scottish hospitals
Also think about the industries that market the Atkins Diet: groups like the meat industry, the same people who created Cool 2B Real, a site that covertly markets meat to young women. These groups don't have your interests at heart--just their bottom lines.Just trying to watch out for anyone who might use this code...
Beginners now, instead of using <b> and </b> will have to learn how to create style sheets or use extensions to the DTD! This new move, if actually adopted by web browsers, will make even MORE people use Netscape Composer and other front-ends rather than realizing how simple HTML is... or was... to use. XHTML Basic doesn't seem so "basic" to code, removing one of HTML's great strengths.
Wireless clients will now have to send out more GETs to display data. If they honor any sort of style sheet, they're going to be following at least one LINK per web page. That'll use up more air time; services charging by the page or even by the minute will cost more for wireless users.
Can't handhelds and other browsers just ignore markups that they can't display?
No, Tang doesn't count.
Whatever happened to Tang? I haven't seen it for the last year or two here in North Carolina...
Well, I'm ready not to have to worry about porting Perl scripts to Windows... When fork(), fcntl(), and other core functions are finally unified programmers will all have an easier time of it.
"Have you ever just sat and stared at it? Marvelled at it's beauty? Billions of people, all going about their lives..." -- The Matrix, Agent Smith
Apparently, because of the recent youth violence problems, WB will *not* be releasing the Matrix for VHS sales; This makes me want to kill someone... "Tell me, Mr. Anderson... what good is a phone call if you are unable to speak?" --Agent Smith