Seriously, though, this whole deal of "User-Powered" looks like an attempt to play out the image of Wikipedia if front of ignorant public.
The fact is that many (of not all) search engines use human input to rank search results. For example, Google's PageRank is about links put on pages by whom? Humans, of course.
OK, so you found a new way of extracting rating info from humans? Let's talk about that, but please stop bringing this "People vs. Computers" nonsense.
We have switched part of our development to Subversion and are enjoying every moment of it.
...except for the fact that it is very slow on big repositories. How big? I would say 20K files and up.
The bad news is that it doesn't look like this problem is going to be fixed any time soon. It is the design of the workspace (client part) that slows things down -- it creates several additional files per every checked out file and God only knows how many directories. Of course keeping track of these takes very long.
People say, ReiserFS works almost as fast as CVS, but this is not going to help us on Windows:-(
If there were no Eclipse I would be more likely to use.NET. I think many other people would, too. Unlike ugly slow NetBeans, Eclipse stands a chance against.NET.
Sun, please stop whining and concentrate on Java SDK. You cannot do well in the IDE department, get over it.
While we are on that: I just want to download Java SDK standard edition, why am I spammed with J2EE and NetBeans URLs? Stop that madness, please.
If you consider commercial products RealTimeImage is certainly worth your look. They provide collaborative application based on a networked viewer that can work with really large images very fast.
Have a look at their Demo. Viewing 0.5G images on your local computer is very impressive.
Look at all those racks filled with boxes that serve the today's Internet. What are they? PCs? Huh! I would say a custom-built mainframe. Usually, a bad one. Like a car built by putting together a couple of motorbikes.
Now these Sun E3000 and alike. Workstations? Hmmm, not quite.
I think we are talking computer systems from this vendor or that vendor. IBM has been building this class boxes for 50 years already. My neightbor Joe assembles his third rack-mounted dinosaur, so he must have lot of experience.
Protected memory, virtual memory, SMP, failover, load balancing, virtual machine...We keep inventing these things again and again...
The cost part is easy. Modern rack-mounted systems are seven-figures, too.
The time has come to have a hard look at Big Iron.
I heard a story that walking the streets of North Korea in the evening is like watching a porn movie. When asked why they don't have curtains on their windows North Koreans smile and answer, "we have nothing to hide from our people".
And they don't have terrorists and organized crime, of course. I mean, other than...
Wake up people, this "modern" networked society is becoming more and more like totalitarian regime, just waiting for Big Brother to come and flip a switch.
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A) taking you out naked in the public and publicly discussing the shortcomings of your body.
B) tasting the dish you've just cooked with a group of friends.
C) flossing your teeth after each meal.
Pick one.
Now that's news!
Seriously, though, this whole deal of "User-Powered" looks like an attempt to play out the image of Wikipedia if front of ignorant public.
The fact is that many (of not all) search engines use human input to rank search results. For example, Google's PageRank is about links put on pages by whom? Humans, of course.
OK, so you found a new way of extracting rating info from humans? Let's talk about that, but please stop bringing this "People vs. Computers" nonsense.
The bad news is that it doesn't look like this problem is going to be fixed any time soon. It is the design of the workspace (client part) that slows things down -- it creates several additional files per every checked out file and God only knows how many directories. Of course keeping track of these takes very long.
People say, ReiserFS works almost as fast as CVS, but this is not going to help us on Windows
A judge in Fresno, NY ordered the stickers stating that "Big Band is a theory, not a fact" removed from all physics textbooks.
The ruling has been received with satisfaction in the district's religious communities.
:-) Sorry, could not resist.
BOOST certainly deserves mention
by hurting Eclipse.
.NET. I think many other people would, too. Unlike ugly slow NetBeans, Eclipse stands a chance against .NET.
If there were no Eclipse I would be more likely to use
Sun, please stop whining and concentrate on Java SDK. You cannot do well in the IDE department, get over it.
While we are on that: I just want to download Java SDK standard edition, why am I spammed with J2EE and NetBeans URLs? Stop that madness, please.
I am using MozFirebird/Thunderbird exclusively but more importantly, I have withnessed several my colleagues switched to Thunderbird from Outlook.
;-)
Never thought that could happen
Unlike this and some other techniques S/MIME is 1)widely available, 2)proven and 3)adds value instead of wasting money or cycles.
Widespread use of S/MIME would help to seriously cut on spam without re-inventing a wheel.
...I am using is PINS
. I have evaluated several and this one seemed to be the best. I think it still is.
It can simulate typing passwords in the browser login pages/login dialogs.
The program is open-source and free but like PasswordSafe it is it only for M$oft world.
I would be happy to have one that supports Windows & Palm & Mac, but I am not holding my breath.
No and no. Example:Looks like you need to brush up your C++ knowlege.
Really fun stuff, thanks for the link.
Even funnier, with some find-and-replace the piece looks strikingly similar to a software project diary. Same efficiency and same outcome. I guess.
Have a look at their Demo. Viewing 0.5G images on your local computer is very impressive.
Look at all those racks filled with boxes that serve the today's Internet. What are they? PCs? Huh! I would say a custom-built mainframe. Usually, a bad one. Like a car built by putting together a couple of motorbikes.
Now these Sun E3000 and alike. Workstations? Hmmm, not quite.
I think we are talking computer systems from this vendor or that vendor. IBM has been building this class boxes for 50 years already. My neightbor Joe assembles his third rack-mounted dinosaur, so he must have lot of experience.
Protected memory, virtual memory, SMP, failover, load balancing, virtual machine...We keep inventing these things again and again...
The cost part is easy. Modern rack-mounted systems are seven-figures, too.
The time has come to have a hard look at Big Iron.
And they don't have terrorists and organized crime, of course. I mean, other than...
Wake up people, this "modern" networked society is becoming more and more like totalitarian regime, just waiting for Big Brother to come and flip a switch.
Well I hope I am exaggerating...