Thats my point! For now, developers are stuck with closed solutions for many applications:
Video
Audio
Non-standard fonts (via sIFR, etc)
Complicated animations
We're moving (quickly) towards openness on the web, but developers always have to cater to the lowest common denominator. Right now its IE6. Someday it could be Firefox. Standards take time to be supported by enough browsers with enough marketshare to be actually usable. It wasn't THAT long ago that CSS was weakly implemented by browsers that represented almost 90% of web market share.
Not yet it's not.
Flash and Silverlight are everywhere. Until there is solid support for , quicktime and WMV will continue to flourish.
Javascript isn't the offender here. Its open (EMCAScript) and finally has decent, standard support across major browsers.
I believe the test actually decreases the allowed time to complete over time. The base test was designed to pass on reasonably optimized code on a top-of-the line MacBook Pro.
So yes, running the test on this years high-end computer will pass, but that doesen't mean the test will pass in 2-3 years time.
Not the point. The parent poster was implying that if their web-master is using MS Word to generate an error page with >11k of code then chances are the rest of their technical staff aren't too bright either.
Because you can NEVER have enough blinking lights:P
Seriously though, I doubt the software requires that much overhead, and the extra feedback could be usefull to some people. Personally I won't be buying one, but I can imagine that some people might find it handy.
If anything I would think that it would actually hurt them. If keyword filtering results in less people using the network, then thats one less avenue that an independent artist can use to get their music out.
Popular artists will still be availible illegally from bittorrent etc., but people will be less likely to run accross a lesser known artist.
The one thing they cheated on was the muffler rolling accross the floor. They coulden't ever get it to work properly so they used some CGI to replace the muffler with a computer generated image. It was all still in one take though...
I attribute my ability to cope in math to one teacher I had back in grade 12. His theory was that if you completely understand the reasoning behind the proofs then you can derive pretty much anything from that.
He would spend entire classes making sure that we understood the *logic* behind the math. Because thats what math is really -- as system of applying logic to a problem.
Now as a 3rd year engineering graduate I have friends who are lost in calculus, when half the time they just need to go back to the basic ideas they learned years ago.
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For my family I've resorted to removing any visible reference to IE and setting up basic user accounts for them. If they want to install something then they have to call me over to do it for the admin account.
Sounds like a lot of work, but I swear I spend less time/effort since I disallowed them the opertunity of screwing it up themselves.
I think I can probably count about 4 or 5 of them within a few km's from my house.
Plus theres the typical 60$ an hour to install some RAM or to upgrade Windows. Its a shame the more people dont take an interest in a machine that is still a fairly large cash investment.
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They use sheep to mow their grass on campus. Close enough?
Worked for me :) "Windows? No clue -- haven't used it in a decade."
We're moving (quickly) towards openness on the web, but developers always have to cater to the lowest common denominator. Right now its IE6. Someday it could be Firefox. Standards take time to be supported by enough browsers with enough marketshare to be actually usable. It wasn't THAT long ago that CSS was weakly implemented by browsers that represented almost 90% of web market share.
Not yet it's not. Flash and Silverlight are everywhere. Until there is solid support for , quicktime and WMV will continue to flourish. Javascript isn't the offender here. Its open (EMCAScript) and finally has decent, standard support across major browsers.
I believe the test actually decreases the allowed time to complete over time. The base test was designed to pass on reasonably optimized code on a top-of-the line MacBook Pro. So yes, running the test on this years high-end computer will pass, but that doesen't mean the test will pass in 2-3 years time.
tesseradecade is the longest from my machine's dictionary file.
Not the point. The parent poster was implying that if their web-master is using MS Word to generate an error page with >11k of code then chances are the rest of their technical staff aren't too bright either.
Where can I file bug reports on the new layout? I've already found a few easy to fix CSS problems.
New Slashdot design! Now I can stop compulsivly reloading the homepage :P
weird... I guess you don't have ACPI compiled in. My point was that you CAN do that sort of thing already :P
cat /proc/acpi/thermalzone/THRM1/temperature
Mod parent WAY up. This is an ideal solution to the problem.
hmmm... that and you're a subscriber apparently. Feel free to ignore any and all future posts from me. :P
How the HELL was a comment this long posted less the a minute after the article went live?
From TFA: [note: the rsstroom reader(TM) is a conceptual product by dj spyhunter]
Slashdot takes one step closer to becoming The Onion...
You laugh, but I have a friend that recently bought a new cellphone because the new one "vibrates harder then my last one"
Because you can NEVER have enough blinking lights :P
Seriously though, I doubt the software requires that much overhead, and the extra feedback could be usefull to some people. Personally I won't be buying one, but I can imagine that some people might find it handy.
If anything I would think that it would actually hurt them. If keyword filtering results in less people using the network, then thats one less avenue that an independent artist can use to get their music out. Popular artists will still be availible illegally from bittorrent etc., but people will be less likely to run accross a lesser known artist.
Is this the same legal battle thats been going on for the last few years? Or is this a completely new one?
The one thing they cheated on was the muffler rolling accross the floor. They coulden't ever get it to work properly so they used some CGI to replace the muffler with a computer generated image. It was all still in one take though...
The money is refunded, minus PayPal transaction fees
I attribute my ability to cope in math to one teacher I had back in grade 12. His theory was that if you completely understand the reasoning behind the proofs then you can derive pretty much anything from that.
He would spend entire classes making sure that we understood the *logic* behind the math. Because thats what math is really -- as system of applying logic to a problem. Now as a 3rd year engineering graduate I have friends who are lost in calculus, when half the time they just need to go back to the basic ideas they learned years ago.
For my family I've resorted to removing any visible reference to IE and setting up basic user accounts for them. If they want to install something then they have to call me over to do it for the admin account.
Sounds like a lot of work, but I swear I spend less time/effort since I disallowed them the opertunity of screwing it up themselves.
I think I can probably count about 4 or 5 of them within a few km's from my house. Plus theres the typical 60$ an hour to install some RAM or to upgrade Windows. Its a shame the more people dont take an interest in a machine that is still a fairly large cash investment.
I think hell just froze over.