My ISP recently added C/R to their mail servers, and I've lost mailing list traffic as a result. To me this illustrates a key problem with C/R: by being selfish, you win in the short term. If everyone acted so selfishly, email would not be an effective tool for communication.
I was simply pointing out to the OP that Ajax can do more than "asyncronously [call] JAVA functions without needing a page redraw". I thought the client-side aspect of Ajax was implied.
Ajax, which stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, does not necessarily imply Java on the backend. Many Web application frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails, include Ajax helpers. I'm sure many Java Web app frameworks have also added support for it.
Secondly, IE5 for the Mac really isn't that bad. It's a completely different codebase than IE for Windows, and it shows (as the rendering quirks are so different!) In fact, we complain that IE5 for the Mac follows the standards a little too closely... it can be pretty strict.
Except for the fact that it gets floats totally wrong and computes margins and padding incorrectly. I used to think MacIE was okay, but then I learned CSS.
I've never used it, but a lot of people recommend mairix for indexing and searching email.
Personally, I don't see the value in searching over sorting - it seems like a copout. Invest a little time in coming up with a decent organization and you should be able to find what you need quickly.
I don't like Gmail because I can't organize my mail into hierarchies. There may be places where my organization breaks down, but they are rare. Labels don't really fix the inconsistencies for me. If I could use them in conjunction with folders, I'd probably love them.
Well, as far as I know, SourceForge uses pserver only for anonymous CVS access. Presumably, the anonymous CVS uses a read-only filesystem. If someone were to exploit this vulnerability, it would probably be pretty difficult for them to cause any problems.
Developers have access over SSH, and hopefully only have access to their project. There are obviously some concerns with malicious developers or people breaking into a developer's account, but the chances are pretty slim.
I don't think this was mentioned anywhere else, but the original annoucement includes a note about SourceForge finding a problem with the security patch breaking compatibility with some versions of WinCVS and TortoiseCVS.
As you say, programmers don't want to spend time worrying about error checking. The problem with return values is that some functions return -1, some return NULL, and others return some magic number depending on the problem. You can come up with rules and standards, but these are often broken or forgotten while programming.
Exceptions provide an obvious answer to the problem of how to handle different types of problems. If a file doesn't exist and someone tries to open it, a FileNotFoundException is thrown. If a file exists but the permissions don't allow access, an IOException is thrown.
Exceptions also provide a MUCH cleaner way of propagating errors. If one method calls another method to open a file, and the file can't be opened, how do you tell the original caller that there was a problem? With exceptions, you simply declare that your method throws IOException, and then (typically) skip the try-catch-finally block.
They've implemented it very well at the University of Florida. As email is received, a message is accepted only if it does not contain a self-replicating virus. Messages with other types of viruses are accepted, but the attachments are modified to prevent automatic execution and a notification is added to the body.
It probably slows down the SMTP server a bit, but is that really so bad? It effectively limits the throughput of the mail server, should anyone on campus decide to send out a huge number of messages at once (i.e. spam or virus).
I definitely agree that lawyers deserved to be paid for their work. I just think the payoffs are a little too high. Granted, the risk of not getting paid is high - it would be very interesting to see some statistics on how many class action suits are successful. The percentage probably isn't as high as one would think.
It's not uncommon for law firms to start class action suits on their own. Wonder why? Law firms get something like a third of the total settlement value, and any part of the settlement unclaimed by members of the class.
1. I don't use the remote. 2. If you're worried about people noticing the white headphone cable, buy a different set of headphones (my original point).
Therefore, it would bo logical to assume that CD sales would go up after a dragonian system like this was implemented, and surprising if it didn't.
Only you're ignoring all other factors - the cost of CDs, the quality of new music, etc. There's no proof of cause and effect in the RIAA's study or your assumption.
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True. However, according to the full specifications, the phone does not support the frequency band used by T-Mobile USA for HSDPA.
My ISP recently added C/R to their mail servers, and I've lost mailing list traffic as a result. To me this illustrates a key problem with C/R: by being selfish, you win in the short term. If everyone acted so selfishly, email would not be an effective tool for communication.
See also Justin Mason's collection of anti-challenge-response links.
Perhaps, but the original patch also uses -g. I don't believe Miika Pekkarinen has any association with Gentoo.
Gentoo patches coreutils to add that feature.
I was simply pointing out to the OP that Ajax can do more than "asyncronously [call] JAVA functions without needing a page redraw". I thought the client-side aspect of Ajax was implied.
Ajax, which stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, does not necessarily imply Java on the backend. Many Web application frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails, include Ajax helpers. I'm sure many Java Web app frameworks have also added support for it.
Adaptive Path has a nice article introducing Ajax called Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications.
Secondly, IE5 for the Mac really isn't that bad. It's a completely different codebase than IE for Windows, and it shows (as the rendering quirks are so different!) In fact, we complain that IE5 for the Mac follows the standards a little too closely... it can be pretty strict.
Except for the fact that it gets floats totally wrong and computes margins and padding incorrectly. I used to think MacIE was okay, but then I learned CSS.
alias nano='nano -w'
The -w option turns off line wrapping. Should be the default, IMO.
I've never used it, but a lot of people recommend mairix for indexing and searching email.
Personally, I don't see the value in searching over sorting - it seems like a copout. Invest a little time in coming up with a decent organization and you should be able to find what you need quickly.
I don't like Gmail because I can't organize my mail into hierarchies. There may be places where my organization breaks down, but they are rare. Labels don't really fix the inconsistencies for me. If I could use them in conjunction with folders, I'd probably love them.
Well, as far as I know, SourceForge uses pserver only for anonymous CVS access. Presumably, the anonymous CVS uses a read-only filesystem. If someone were to exploit this vulnerability, it would probably be pretty difficult for them to cause any problems.
Developers have access over SSH, and hopefully only have access to their project. There are obviously some concerns with malicious developers or people breaking into a developer's account, but the chances are pretty slim.
I don't think this was mentioned anywhere else, but the original annoucement includes a note about SourceForge finding a problem with the security patch breaking compatibility with some versions of WinCVS and TortoiseCVS.
UF Study Finds Specialty Coffee's Caffeine Content Capricious. Worst headline ever.
If you want free, try the XFree86 implementation in Fink. IIRC, Fink is still supporting all versions of Mac OS X.
As you say, programmers don't want to spend time worrying about error checking. The problem with return values is that some functions return -1, some return NULL, and others return some magic number depending on the problem. You can come up with rules and standards, but these are often broken or forgotten while programming.
Exceptions provide an obvious answer to the problem of how to handle different types of problems. If a file doesn't exist and someone tries to open it, a FileNotFoundException is thrown. If a file exists but the permissions don't allow access, an IOException is thrown.
Exceptions also provide a MUCH cleaner way of propagating errors. If one method calls another method to open a file, and the file can't be opened, how do you tell the original caller that there was a problem? With exceptions, you simply declare that your method throws IOException, and then (typically) skip the try-catch-finally block.
They've implemented it very well at the University of Florida. As email is received, a message is accepted only if it does not contain a self-replicating virus. Messages with other types of viruses are accepted, but the attachments are modified to prevent automatic execution and a notification is added to the body.
It probably slows down the SMTP server a bit, but is that really so bad? It effectively limits the throughput of the mail server, should anyone on campus decide to send out a huge number of messages at once (i.e. spam or virus).
See http://open-systems.ufl.edu/services/virus-scan/.
Yes.
I don't think I'll be buying colo service from you...
I definitely agree that lawyers deserved to be paid for their work. I just think the payoffs are a little too high. Granted, the risk of not getting paid is high - it would be very interesting to see some statistics on how many class action suits are successful. The percentage probably isn't as high as one would think.
What part of the lawyers don't have clients in this suit don't you understand?
It's not uncommon for law firms to start class action suits on their own. Wonder why? Law firms get something like a third of the total settlement value, and any part of the settlement unclaimed by members of the class.
s uit_update.htm.
For more information, see http://www.power-of-attorneys.com/classaction_law
Mutt has done this for as long as I can remember.
1. I don't use the remote.
2. If you're worried about people noticing the white headphone cable, buy a different set of headphones (my original point).
There's reasons to use iTunes, but only if you own an iPod, since then you are required to use it.
Sorry, what? I've never used iTunes with my iPod - I use gtkpod.
Original mac (128K, 512K, Plus, SE and SE/30) had no space for a hard drive inside.
I don't think so. My Macintosh SE had a 20 MB hard drive.
Since when did it become impossible to use a different set of headphones with the iPod? I hate the earbud headphones that came with mine.
Therefore, it would bo logical to assume that CD sales would go up after a dragonian system like this was implemented, and surprising if it didn't.
Only you're ignoring all other factors - the cost of CDs, the quality of new music, etc. There's no proof of cause and effect in the RIAA's study or your assumption.