I happen to have recently surveyed XForms engines, and at least two of them under development run entirely within the client, in the style of gmail, Google Maps, Flickr, etc.
Modern browsers are up to this, it just takes a (one-time) engineering effort, treating JavaScript as a full programming language.
Of course, if browsers like Mozilla natively support XForms, all the better. -m
The kicker is that if Linux is a "nonliteral" derivative of SysV, then SCO's Linux Kernel Personality must be "nonliterally" infringing on Linux and the GPL.
I wrote the O'Reilly book XForms Essentials and released it under the GFDL. I can say from experience that freeing the text has helped promote the book to audiences that would not have otherwise heard of it.
In order to deal with the rapidly changing technology, I launched a companion web site XForms Institute.
Particularly with technical books, "multimodal" publishing is smart. I'm glad to see Cory try it with fiction. -m
One thing the Open Source office suites don't (yet) have much of an answer for is an XML data collection/management system along the lines of Microsoft Office InfoPath. A natural standard for such applications is W3C XForms.
Read all about it--fullly GFDL and online now--from the O'Reilly book at my site.
I'm writing a book for O'Reilly, to be released under the Gnu Free Documentation License. Will people copy the book instead of buying it? Oh, surely. But even more people will hear about it and eventually buy it.
For new authors, obscurity is a bigger enemy than "piracy".
-m
Disclaimer: Clicking on the above link will show your support for O'Reilly and Free Documentation, but also amazon.com. Moral dilemma, huh? If you just want to read it, use the free link in my sig. And stop calling me Shirley.
Think about it. 100 million Windows users. 5% is 5 mil. At 2 crashes a day, that's 10 million transactions. Daily. Not even counting all the less frequent crashers.
That's 416,666 transactions per hour, 6944 transactions per minute, or about 116 transactions per second.
If each report is 50K (don't have an exact figure, and I don't want to wait the.5 day to measure it), the throughput is 500 gigabytes per day, averaging 46.4 Megabits/second.
*That's* the kind of data processing system I'd like to buy! -m
According to the U.S. Secret Service:
"""If you have been victimized by one of these schemes, please forward appropriate written documentation to the United States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 950 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20223, or telephone (202) 406-5850, or contact by e-mail.
If you have received a letter, but have not lost any monies to this scheme, please fax a copy of that letter to (202) 406-5031."""
For some unspecified reason, and only in a lead-acid battery, the ion-flow in the electrolyte is slower to change direction than the "lighter" electron flow in the main circuit. Thus, by cleverly and quickly reversing the flow, you can make an average ion flow in the 'charging' direction while still having an main circuit current in the 'discharging' direction, which they call "negative resistance". They claim the extra energy comes from the "vacuum".
Debunking:
Even if the electrolyte ions take longer (more energy) to reverse, that just means they take longer (yup, more energy) to get them moving in the first place. Do not pass Go, do not collect 200j..micah
Upon clicking the link to the article, the Popular Science web server will set two cookies, instantly making you trackable on all future visits to that server or any other with which they share data... -m
Zod knew that his rightful place on this planet Houston (known to some as "Earth"), was to be ruler. Zod eventually made his way back to Superman's Crystal Palace and was able to restore his own super powers. And now that Superman is in a wheelchair (which Zod swears he had NOTHING to do with), there is no longer anyone on this planet left to oppose him.
So Zod is now assuming his position as your rightful leader. You have two choices:
1. Take his hand and swear eternal loyalty to Zod. 2. Perish for your defiance.
The choice is obvious. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD. Truth. Justice. Zod.
I have this device, as well as IBM ViaVoice. Excellent combination, especially when you get that carpal-tunnel-ish pain. As an added bonus, you can stick the silver dot on the front of the headset mic, which works quite well for tracking.
If you insist on 100% hands-free, you can also use the "Voice Mouse" feature to kick in when you say "click", "double-click", etc.
When a user goes to a site and wishes to sign up for registration, to purchase something, etc -- there should be a mechanism where that site is able to formulate a list of the fields that it wants + requires for registration. The site will send this (i.e. XML) to the Personal Information Widget.
An article on XML.com outlines the US government's new mandate to support only open standards, specifically mentioning W3C. Even cooler, the guidelines expressly forbid competing (proprietary) standards.
Good quote at the end of the article
on
Wired Talks Wine
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· Score: 5, Interesting
"I also find it intriguing that Microsoft has a Linux Competitive Manager if they don't see Linux as competition."
-- from WINE contributor István Lebor
What if I had an algo (or heuristic) that would produce, not necessarily the best answer, but one always within 1% of optimal, all in O(n)? Would that have the same practical effect as a true solution in O(n)?
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Having started a company with the tagline "Information overload solutions", I have a bit to say about this.
Full entry on my blog -m
I happen to have recently surveyed XForms engines, and at least two of them under development run entirely within the client, in the style of gmail, Google Maps, Flickr, etc.
Modern browsers are up to this, it just takes a (one-time) engineering effort, treating JavaScript as a full programming language.
Of course, if browsers like Mozilla natively support XForms, all the better. -m
Roll a d20, if you get 1 ,2, or 3, go to the next step.
Next step: roll d20 again. If you get a 1, 2, or 3, the earth just got hit. -m
Not to be picky or anything.
FWIW, XForms is more aiming at the level of capturing the intent of a data collection form, not writing full-blown office suites.
Follow the link for an interactive in-browser tutorial, and judge for yourself. -m
If you want to see XForms in action, point your browser to XForms Institute
This uses the Flash-based DENG engine, so it should work on any Flash-enabled browser.
The site includes an interactive tutorial, a validator, and the full text of O'Reillly's _XForms Essentials_
.micah
The kicker is that if Linux is a "nonliteral" derivative of SysV, then SCO's Linux Kernel Personality must be "nonliterally" infringing on Linux and the GPL.
-m
I wrote the O'Reilly book XForms Essentials and released it under the GFDL. I can say from experience that freeing the text has helped promote the book to audiences that would not have otherwise heard of it.
In order to deal with the rapidly changing technology, I launched a companion web site XForms Institute.
Particularly with technical books, "multimodal" publishing is smart. I'm glad to see Cory try it with fiction. -m
One thing the Open Source office suites don't (yet) have much of an answer for is an XML data collection/management system along the lines of Microsoft Office InfoPath. A natural standard for such applications is W3C XForms.
Read all about it--fullly GFDL and online now--from the O'Reilly book at my site.
.micah
I'm writing a book for O'Reilly, to be released under the Gnu Free Documentation License. Will people copy the book instead of buying it? Oh, surely. But even more people will hear about it and eventually buy it.
For new authors, obscurity is a bigger enemy than "piracy".
-m
Disclaimer: Clicking on the above link will show your support for O'Reilly and Free Documentation, but also amazon.com. Moral dilemma, huh? If you just want to read it, use the free link in my sig. And stop calling me Shirley.
Think about it. 100 million Windows users. 5% is 5 mil. At 2 crashes a day, that's 10 million transactions. Daily. Not even counting all the less frequent crashers.
.5 day to measure it), the throughput is 500 gigabytes per day, averaging 46.4 Megabits/second.
That's 416,666 transactions per hour, 6944 transactions per minute, or about 116 transactions per second.
If each report is 50K (don't have an exact figure, and I don't want to wait the
*That's* the kind of data processing system I'd like to buy!
-m
Something I've wondered about: Electrons definately have mass, and seem to have a zero physical size.
So, why are they not black hole singularities with infinite mass? Why don't they evaporate in a puff of Hawking radiation?
Also of note, the XForms book I'm writing for O'Reilly will be published under the GFDL.
.micah
Before publication, the text-in-progress is also available, but under a somewhat more restrictive license, at http://dubinko.info/writing/xforms/.
This policy at O'Reilly dates back to at least May 2002, when I signed the contract.
>2 proposed recommendations: XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0 and HTML DOM 2.
XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0 is a final W3C Recommendation, not proposed.
-m
According to the U.S. Secret Service: """If you have been victimized by one of these schemes, please forward appropriate written documentation to the United States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 950 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20223, or telephone (202) 406-5850, or contact by e-mail.
If you have received a letter, but have not lost any monies to this scheme, please fax a copy of that letter to (202) 406-5031."""
-m
The claim:
.micah
For some unspecified reason, and only in a lead-acid battery, the ion-flow in the electrolyte is slower to change direction than the "lighter" electron flow in the main circuit. Thus, by cleverly and quickly reversing the flow, you can make an average ion flow in the 'charging' direction while still having an main circuit current in the 'discharging' direction, which they call "negative resistance". They claim the extra energy comes from the "vacuum".
Debunking:
Even if the electrolyte ions take longer (more energy) to reverse, that just means they take longer (yup, more energy) to get them moving in the first place. Do not pass Go, do not collect 200j.
>We're stumped for good names for boys, though.
Odo
-m
Upon clicking the link to the article, the Popular Science web server will set two cookies, instantly making you trackable on all future visits to that server or any other with which they share data... -m
Zod knew that his rightful place on this planet Houston (known to some as "Earth"), was to be ruler. Zod eventually made his way back to Superman's Crystal Palace and was able to restore his own super powers. And now that Superman is in a wheelchair (which Zod swears he had NOTHING to do with), there is no longer anyone on this planet left to oppose him.
So Zod is now assuming his position as your rightful leader.
You have two choices:
1. Take his hand and swear eternal loyalty to Zod.
2. Perish for your defiance.
The choice is obvious. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD. Truth. Justice. Zod.
http://www.generalzod.net/
Based on the (skimpy) description, couldn't it just as easily have been a Neutron Star fragment or a primordial black hole?
Oh yeah, there is also a cool poster -m
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http://dubinko.info/blog/
I have this device, as well as IBM ViaVoice. Excellent combination, especially when you get that carpal-tunnel-ish pain. As an added bonus, you can stick the silver dot on the front of the headset mic, which works quite well for tracking.
If you insist on 100% hands-free, you can also use the "Voice Mouse" feature to kick in when you say "click", "double-click", etc.
.micah
When a user goes to a site and wishes to sign up for registration, to purchase something, etc -- there should be a mechanism where that site is able to formulate a list of the fields that it wants + requires for registration. The site will send this (i.e. XML) to the Personal Information Widget.
Hmmm sounds like W3C XForms would be a great way to tag individual 'fields' with the type of personal information requested...
An article on XML.com outlines the US government's new mandate to support only open standards, specifically mentioning W3C. Even cooler, the guidelines expressly forbid competing (proprietary) standards.
See the article
.micah
"I also find it intriguing that Microsoft has a Linux Competitive Manager if they don't see Linux as competition."
-- from WINE contributor István Lebor
So, IPFilter was removed because of IP issues?
What if I had an algo (or heuristic) that would produce, not necessarily the best answer, but one always within 1% of optimal, all in O(n)? Would that have the same practical effect as a true solution in O(n)?
.micah