Umm i think that's kind-of how it already is..
I believe iOS doesn't come by default with a url-binding for skype: it gets setup when skype installs.
you're sugesting a change from:
no binding -> skype install -> binding added
to:
no binding -> skype install -> locked-by-default binding -> skype override -> unlocked binding
Straight away the skype install would change to both add and unlock and you're back to exactly the same position as before.
As much as it pains me to say so I'm with Apple on ths one: The app install created a url binding. It's then up to the app to handle those urls sensibly.
Seriously, I've been asked "What the hell is Lorem ipsum?" so many times that I now paste in text about Lorem ipsum instead.
Maybe next week I'll start using the content from this very post followed a week later by a story about how I once posted to slashdot on a story about lorem ipsum - only translated to Latin.
Furthermore, Java doesn't have headers. And FSF insists that "dynamically linking" (of course, it is always dynamic in Java) against a GPL'd Java class library results in a derived work as well.
Which is why a number of Java library projects that don't object to the jars being used by commercial software release under a "GPL with classpath exception" license.
I always imagine this license sitting somwhere between GPL and LGPL.
Here's the quick-and-dirty process we use around this.
1) Never ever make DDL changes directy to a dev database. always write a.sql file to apply changes. 2) These.sql files are kept in subversion along with the Data-access layer code. 3) nant scipts handle pushing the code to test/production servers and applying any pending sql patches 4) nant has an sqlTask that can run arbitrarty SQL statements against a database.
I agree that a framework that could manage this in a more robust manner would be useful.
So all google has to do here is not illegally impose economic sanctions on any OEM that tries to ship the inevitable Firefox build with their netbooks. Seems pretty straight forward to me.
That reminds me of a particular language problem I have.
I'm an atheist myself but respect other people's religions so when I speak to someone I know is religious I deliberately attempt to curb my natural foul language to prevent causing offense.
Unfortunately, this inevitably results in me downgrading swearing to blasphemy such as from "Fucking hell" to "Jesus Christ" - which doesn't really achieve my original goal.
Alarmmingly, asp.net session and authentication cookies do not have the secure bit set even when the site is set to https-only.
The server still accepts http requests to display a "site can only be viewed over https"
This C# code added to global.asax will secure all cookies on a.net site. I've left cookies unsecure when browsing localhost so Visual Studio debugging and "view in browser" will still work.
protected void Application_EndRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e) { // set all cookies to secure if (Request.Url.Host != "localhost" && Response.Cookies.Count > 0) { foreach (string s in Response.Cookies.AllKeys) { Response.Cookies[s].Secure = true; } } }
Reserve in us a means for increase of the member and you quickly will achieve desired result.
Make an impression of successful person wearing expensive looking watch.
Negroes admire with the of the size - we will surpass them! - not sure whether I should be amused, bemused or deeply offended - probably a combination of all of the above.
Say goodbye to your diseases!
Increase Your Penis Width (Girth) By upto 20%.
Be the master of the universe, with a huge broadsword in your pants?
My biggest issue with new PHP changes is fact that the sheer size of the PHP libraries mean that these new features don't bubble through to the whole core.
For exmaple take the newish try / catch exception features. On first glance you think "finally I can write decent exception handling into my own code" - which is great for your own exceptions but too many of the core functions used by your code or by a framework you're using don't throw exceptions - they indicate an error codition in the function's result.
So now we're seeing loads of code out there by people trying to do things "The right way (tm)" but it's full of bugs as there's exception conditions being raised by core functions that don't get caught by the catch blocks.
The line from TFA that concerns me is "Much improved for PHP V6 is support for Unicode strings in many of the core functions"
Many? That will means developers will start using unicode only to find scattered lines of code throughout the app doesn't work as the core function it uses doesn't support unicode. The overhead of keeping track of which functions do and don't support unicode will be a nightmare.
In fact your suggestion - an ISP blocking port 25 except to their own mailserver - is exactly what is meant by "block port 25 outbound".
This will disadvantage people who use a mailserver hosted elsewhere - a setup that is pretty useful if you move your laptop around (changing ISPs between home, work, your friend's house etc).
I found an article on the evolution of "I could care less". (I really have nothing better to do with my time right now) http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm
In my opinion it's lazy, wrong and just plain annoying English but then again I don't want to interfere with the natural evolution of language.
So feel free to use whatever you wish - just remember that a lot of people will think you're an idiot for using "I could care less".
This may not be as bad as it initially looks. This only affects IE and not the servers so that any scripts you write to connect to servers using user:pass@domain will still be properly authenticated by the server.
From the user point of view if a site requires authentication, IE will popup a dialogue asking for a username and password like it already does if you haven't already specified the details in the URL.
What you'll lose is the ability to send someone one link that automatically authenticates.
In fact, the communication between IE and the server stays true to the RFC - just that the interface will change to prevent one way of using the RFC being presented directly to the user. For example, there's no box under the URL bar to manually change the referrer field to be sent with your request or there isn't a menu button with dialogue called "add query parameter to URL".
I'll agree with your point. A purely scientific report shouldn't
contain ANY politics - just the facts.
However, if part of a report covers policital and / or sociological
impacts of a technology then I'd consider the author to be
highly irresponsible if the facts were only partially investigated
in order to promote a particular political viewpoint. Particularly
if the report was presented as a purely scientific document.
For example if a report contains the results of a psychological study
presented in purely scientific form, fine.
If the report then goes on to suggest a policy change based solely
on those findings without considering any related studies, the report
become unscientific and biased.
As far as I am concerned, I beleive it is the role of scientists
to produce informed, well-researched and above all unbiased work.
The best scientists in the world are the ones who are not afraid to quote
their critics. A well-rounded scientific report should list all the
pros and cons of any particular technology, thoery or practice.
Once all the available knowledge has been pulled together
by scientists, then it is the role of politicians to choose
their own apporach or bias from this work and run for election based on those principles.
Of course, most politicians would need scientific advisors but the
role there is predominantly political rather than scientific - kind
of like a political knowledge worker rather than a political scientist.
Putting a political bias into scientific research from the start can only
hider the quality of the research.
This is my ideal case. In the real world, most scientific research these
days is bankrolled by people with an agenda - either to make money, win votes or both.
Re:Notes on quantum computing...
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Forgive me for my limited understanding of quantum theory but....
wouldn't the same argument apply to the recipient?
By trying to read the message would you alter it?
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Umm i think that's kind-of how it already is..
I believe iOS doesn't come by default with a url-binding for skype: it gets setup when skype installs.
you're sugesting a change from:
no binding -> skype install -> binding added
to:
no binding -> skype install -> locked-by-default binding -> skype override -> unlocked binding
Straight away the skype install would change to both add and unlock and you're back to exactly the same position as before.
As much as it pains me to say so I'm with Apple on ths one: The app install created a url binding. It's then up to the app to handle those urls sensibly.
Building it wouldn't be too hard as long as he's got a decent sco... oh. wait. never mind.
Seriously, I've been asked "What the hell is Lorem ipsum?" so many times that I now paste in text about Lorem ipsum instead.
Maybe next week I'll start using the content from this very post followed a week later by a story about how I once posted to slashdot on a story about lorem ipsum - only translated to Latin.
Which is why a number of Java library projects that don't object to the jars being used by commercial software release under a "GPL with classpath exception" license. I always imagine this license sitting somwhere between GPL and LGPL.
"The truck was stolen"?
Sounds like the guy from this song finally decided to come back home...
http://www.ilike.com/artist/King+Missile/track/Cheesecake+Truck
Except for maybe a "Chicago based non-profit company"
Here's the quick-and-dirty process we use around this.
.sql file to apply changes. .sql files are kept in subversion along with the Data-access layer code.
1) Never ever make DDL changes directy to a dev database. always write a
2) These
3) nant scipts handle pushing the code to test/production servers and applying any pending sql patches
4) nant has an sqlTask that can run arbitrarty SQL statements against a database.
I agree that a framework that could manage this in a more robust manner would be useful.
So all google has to do here is not illegally impose economic sanctions on any OEM that tries to ship the inevitable Firefox build with their netbooks.
Seems pretty straight forward to me.
That reminds me of a particular language problem I have.
I'm an atheist myself but respect other people's religions so when I speak to someone I know is religious I deliberately attempt to curb my natural foul language to prevent causing offense.
Unfortunately, this inevitably results in me downgrading swearing to blasphemy such as from "Fucking hell" to "Jesus Christ" - which doesn't really achieve my original goal.
and there's QGtkStyle on it's way to make your KDE-based apps pick up your gnome style/look-and-feel.
GTK-Qt does the inverse for displaying gnome apps within KDE
Alarmmingly, asp.net session and authentication cookies do not have the secure bit set even when the site is set to https-only.
.net site. I've left cookies unsecure when browsing localhost so Visual Studio debugging and "view in browser" will still work.
// set all cookies to secure
The server still accepts http requests to display a "site can only be viewed over https"
This C# code added to global.asax will secure all cookies on a
protected void Application_EndRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Request.Url.Host != "localhost" && Response.Cookies.Count > 0)
{
foreach (string s in Response.Cookies.AllKeys)
{
Response.Cookies[s].Secure = true;
}
}
}
Then again, the guy might be a Brit, and I think they do things correctly over there.
There, fixed that for you.
My biggest issue with new PHP changes is fact that the sheer size of the PHP libraries mean that these new features don't bubble through to the whole core.
For exmaple take the newish try / catch exception features. On first glance you think "finally I can write decent exception handling into my own code" - which is great for your own exceptions but too many of the core functions used by your code or by a framework you're using don't throw exceptions - they indicate an error codition in the function's result.
So now we're seeing loads of code out there by people trying to do things "The right way (tm)" but it's full of bugs as there's exception conditions being raised by core functions that don't get caught by the catch blocks.
The line from TFA that concerns me is "Much improved for PHP V6 is support for Unicode strings in many of the core functions"
Many? That will means developers will start using unicode only to find scattered lines of code throughout the app doesn't work as the core function it uses doesn't support unicode. The overhead of keeping track of which functions do and don't support unicode will be a nightmare.
Hey, you're halfway there...
In fact your suggestion - an ISP blocking port 25 except to their own mailserver - is exactly what is meant by "block port 25 outbound".
This will disadvantage people who use a mailserver hosted elsewhere - a setup that is pretty useful if you move your laptop around (changing ISPs between home, work, your friend's house etc).
I found an article on the evolution of "I could care less". (I really have nothing better to do with my time right now)
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm
In my opinion it's lazy, wrong and just plain annoying English but then again I don't want to interfere with the natural evolution of language.
So feel free to use whatever you wish - just remember that a lot of people will think you're an idiot for using "I could care less".
With php, there's a seperate function to open a connection to the database, per vendor.
Not if you use PEAR.
This may not be as bad as it initially looks.
This only affects IE and not the servers so that any scripts you write to connect to servers using user:pass@domain will still be properly authenticated by the server.
From the user point of view if a site requires authentication, IE will popup a dialogue asking for a username and password like it already does if you haven't already specified the details in the URL.
What you'll lose is the ability to send someone one link that automatically authenticates.
In fact, the communication between IE and the server stays true to the RFC - just that the interface will change to prevent one way of using the RFC being presented directly to the user. For example, there's no box under the URL bar to manually change the referrer field to be sent with your request or there isn't a menu button with dialogue called "add query parameter to URL".
I'll agree with your point. A purely scientific report shouldn't contain ANY politics - just the facts.
However, if part of a report covers policital and / or sociological impacts of a technology then I'd consider the author to be highly irresponsible if the facts were only partially investigated in order to promote a particular political viewpoint. Particularly if the report was presented as a purely scientific document.
For example if a report contains the results of a psychological study presented in purely scientific form, fine.
If the report then goes on to suggest a policy change based solely on those findings without considering any related studies, the report become unscientific and biased.
As far as I am concerned, I beleive it is the role of scientists to produce informed, well-researched and above all unbiased work. The best scientists in the world are the ones who are not afraid to quote their critics. A well-rounded scientific report should list all the pros and cons of any particular technology, thoery or practice.
Once all the available knowledge has been pulled together by scientists, then it is the role of politicians to choose their own apporach or bias from this work and run for election based on those principles. Of course, most politicians would need scientific advisors but the role there is predominantly political rather than scientific - kind of like a political knowledge worker rather than a political scientist.
Putting a political bias into scientific research from the start can only hider the quality of the research.
This is my ideal case. In the real world, most scientific research these days is bankrolled by people with an agenda - either to make money, win votes or both.
Forgive me for my limited understanding of quantum theory but....
wouldn't the same argument apply to the recipient?
By trying to read the message would you alter it?