The very same program has already been launched in several smaller cities of France for months. In the south-east part of the country, Nice, Antibes and Cannes had autolib cars since early April.
I tried looking for these but couldn't really find anything, not knowing that region at all. Would you mind posting a couple google maps links to these places ?
While Java isn't a bad choice, I don't think it's the best entry-point for someone learning programming by himself. In your case, I think I would start looking around for other options, especially Python. A good mix of book-reading for the pure theory, community-based support for your specific questions, and a LOT of practice is the key.
Google Analytics, for instance, probable use a few thousands servers. Adsense as well. And they have many computing-heavy services. And they tend to parralelize everything that can be.
Google's back-office obviously relies on a lot more servers than their front-end does.
"While markets are supposed to ensure transparency by showing orders to everyone simultaneously, a loophole in regulations allows marketplaces like Nasdaq to show traders some orders ahead of everyone else in exchange for a fee."
The companies managing the marketplaces make money (and probably lots of it) with this method, and it's not illegal. So it's just another flaw in the marketplace system that won't be fixed just because a few "key people" exploit it and make huge piles of money.
I just switched to Ubuntu for my home computer last saturday, after 15 years of using pretty much every version of Windows. I'm not new to linux on the server-side, but very new on the desktop side.
After playing with it for a couple days, I don't see a single piece of innovation. The effects when moving the windows are neat. The package-management GUIs are useful. But that's it. There's nothing in there that isn't on other OSs. So I don't see where the innovation is.
On the other side, there are many little glitches, many little weird things that make Ubuntu (which IS the "linux Desktop" right now) not as good as Windows. Nothing important, nothing blocking, but annoyances that no other OS wouldn't fix.
For instance the fact you have to hit the "number lock" key every time you're on the "input your password" screen...there's most likely a fix for that, but then why (and how) would a basic user have to fix that ? There's more, like when you try to find out what's wrong with your sound card, or when your keyboard switches from your setting to another when you start some applications. And there's the copy-paste thing, where the copy part works great but the paste part needs you to figure out if the current app needs you to press the right or the middle button, or in a few cases ctrl-v.
The Linux Desktop is probably the greatest chance the world has to get away from MS and Apple one day, but right now, as a user, I have to say it's not ready. As 10+ years linux supporter I would love to say it is (even slightly) innovative, but it would be a lie. Right now, it can't really compete with other OSs, seeing how every app beahave in their own way. And you can't call that innovation. MS and Apple got this straight for a while now, probably because it's what matters to the user, even more than the fancy effects.
I'll rephrase : I'd like a browser that only displays web-pages (html + css + javascript + flash) and that's all. By doing just that, maybe I can even dream of a web-browser that won't be using 100M when launched, and 2-300M after a few hours of usage.
You have to admit that today's Firefox is pretty far from that, and it's not exactly getting better:/
I honnestly wish I knew more about C/C++ programming, so I could have a better idea how FF interacts with the rendering engine, and of the amount of work it would be to get rid of all I would like to. I tried looking at the code a few times, but it's far from where my C/C++ knowledge stand:/
For me, it would be pretty much everything. I don't use the search field, I don't use the bookmarks, I use an online RSS reader, I don't print-preview and print web-pages, I don't use history, I don't use side-panels. I wish all this could at least be optional.
Many of FF3 features now rely on SQLite database as a data storage system. It's a great idea, it's really fast and all, but if there's a need to store data that way, for a web-browser, maybe there's too much data in the first place ?
I really wish someone would fork FF, remove all the crap that's been added in the last 2 years, and deliver a simple, fast and stable browser, that people could extend using extensions. Actually, I would gladly pay for a browser like this.
"The prospect of Firefox having the ability to track your location raises obvious privacy fears."
What I fear more is Firefox becoming everything but what people need it to be. You know, a web browser.
Please wake me up when someone decides to fork FF and remove all the useless crap that's being added lately. We're far from what made many of us tech-savvy people switch to what used to be a lightweight, efficient and secure web browser.
You're perfectly right, and I realise I didn't explain my point.
Of course, Larabie can't realy be compared with the big typography guys, in the sense they would spend months working on optimizing a typeface, when Larabie would create a font in a couple evenings (From what he said to me...I've been an editor for a pretty big graphic arts related website in a not-so-far-away past, and I talked with Ray Larabie a few times).
My point was more about the fact there are many "font superstars", no matter how professional they are or how many time they spend on a font or how many fonts they produced in their career. And it would have been interesting to see their handwriting skills:)
I'm very surprised that Ray Larabie (of Larabie Fonts fame) is not on the list. He's been the most productive font designer in the "modern internet era" (1997-today).
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EchoFS is 30 GB, also free.
The very same program has already been launched in several smaller cities of France for months. In the south-east part of the country, Nice, Antibes and Cannes had autolib cars since early April.
Thank you !
I tried looking for these but couldn't really find anything, not knowing that region at all. Would you mind posting a couple google maps links to these places ?
Thanks a lot in advance !
Seems to me they find a clever way of testing their platforms under a very heavy, yet realistic, load.
Definately, but here we're talking about water on the moon. Shouldn't the unit of choice be the "Library of Congress" ?
While Java isn't a bad choice, I don't think it's the best entry-point for someone learning programming by himself. In your case, I think I would start looking around for other options, especially Python. A good mix of book-reading for the pure theory, community-based support for your specific questions, and a LOT of practice is the key.
Google Analytics, for instance, probable use a few thousands servers. Adsense as well. And they have many computing-heavy services. And they tend to parralelize everything that can be.
Google's back-office obviously relies on a lot more servers than their front-end does.
"Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier" is the most silly name I have ever heard for a can of Pringles :)
"While markets are supposed to ensure transparency by showing orders to everyone simultaneously, a loophole in regulations allows marketplaces like Nasdaq to show traders some orders ahead of everyone else in exchange for a fee."
The companies managing the marketplaces make money (and probably lots of it) with this method, and it's not illegal. So it's just another flaw in the marketplace system that won't be fixed just because a few "key people" exploit it and make huge piles of money.
And yet, those big corporations keep wondering how they could make those silly non-american people pay for their content.
I realize I am entering the lion's den covered in tasty meat-flavored sauce.
Step 1 : Stop talking like that.
:)
I just switched to Ubuntu for my home computer last saturday, after 15 years of using pretty much every version of Windows. I'm not new to linux on the server-side, but very new on the desktop side.
After playing with it for a couple days, I don't see a single piece of innovation. The effects when moving the windows are neat. The package-management GUIs are useful. But that's it. There's nothing in there that isn't on other OSs. So I don't see where the innovation is.
On the other side, there are many little glitches, many little weird things that make Ubuntu (which IS the "linux Desktop" right now) not as good as Windows. Nothing important, nothing blocking, but annoyances that no other OS wouldn't fix.
For instance the fact you have to hit the "number lock" key every time you're on the "input your password" screen...there's most likely a fix for that, but then why (and how) would a basic user have to fix that ? There's more, like when you try to find out what's wrong with your sound card, or when your keyboard switches from your setting to another when you start some applications. And there's the copy-paste thing, where the copy part works great but the paste part needs you to figure out if the current app needs you to press the right or the middle button, or in a few cases ctrl-v.
The Linux Desktop is probably the greatest chance the world has to get away from MS and Apple one day, but right now, as a user, I have to say it's not ready. As 10+ years linux supporter I would love to say it is (even slightly) innovative, but it would be a lie. Right now, it can't really compete with other OSs, seeing how every app beahave in their own way. And you can't call that innovation. MS and Apple got this straight for a while now, probably because it's what matters to the user, even more than the fancy effects.
They're not listening :/
I'll rephrase : I'd like a browser that only displays web-pages (html + css + javascript + flash) and that's all. By doing just that, maybe I can even dream of a web-browser that won't be using 100M when launched, and 2-300M after a few hours of usage.
:/
You have to admit that today's Firefox is pretty far from that, and it's not exactly getting better
I honnestly wish I knew more about C/C++ programming, so I could have a better idea how FF interacts with the rendering engine, and of the amount of work it would be to get rid of all I would like to. I tried looking at the code a few times, but it's far from where my C/C++ knowledge stand :/
For me, it would be pretty much everything. I don't use the search field, I don't use the bookmarks, I use an online RSS reader, I don't print-preview and print web-pages, I don't use history, I don't use side-panels. I wish all this could at least be optional.
Many of FF3 features now rely on SQLite database as a data storage system. It's a great idea, it's really fast and all, but if there's a need to store data that way, for a web-browser, maybe there's too much data in the first place ?
I really wish someone would fork FF, remove all the crap that's been added in the last 2 years, and deliver a simple, fast and stable browser, that people could extend using extensions. Actually, I would gladly pay for a browser like this.
"Once validated, the game never needs to connect to the Internet again."
"Of course, this only works for online games."
Yeah, lots of sense here.
Basically it's just a different way to implement DRM.
Do you mean MS Messaging Queue ? It's alive so far, and part of Vista and Server 2008.
This actually...makes sense !
Funny or not, I'm pretty sure the lack of ad-blocking feature is the reason why most people gave up on Chrome after a few days using it.
"The prospect of Firefox having the ability to track your location raises obvious privacy fears."
What I fear more is Firefox becoming everything but what people need it to be. You know, a web browser.
Please wake me up when someone decides to fork FF and remove all the useless crap that's being added lately. We're far from what made many of us tech-savvy people switch to what used to be a lightweight, efficient and secure web browser.
You're perfectly right, and I realise I didn't explain my point.
Of course, Larabie can't realy be compared with the big typography guys, in the sense they would spend months working on optimizing a typeface, when Larabie would create a font in a couple evenings (From what he said to me...I've been an editor for a pretty big graphic arts related website in a not-so-far-away past, and I talked with Ray Larabie a few times).
My point was more about the fact there are many "font superstars", no matter how professional they are or how many time they spend on a font or how many fonts they produced in their career. And it would have been interesting to see their handwriting skills :)
I'm very surprised that Ray Larabie (of Larabie Fonts fame) is not on the list. He's been the most productive font designer in the "modern internet era" (1997-today).