While I appreciate SOAP is a great technology, and its impact will be huge, It did always puzzle me why everyone kept insisting on cramming it all through port 80.
The justification that it would go through existing firewalls never really washed (sorry...) with me.
Is there really such a problem with assigning a new protocol? I mean, if a company are going to expose web services, then a firewall config change isn't really going to cause too much hassle in the grand scheme of things.
my $0.02
You post scares me. You refer to the Anglo-American military machine.
I'm scared because you're right and I'm British.
I get the feeling there is a significant anti-war feeling in my country. Trouble is, the person that counts is very much taken with the US way of things (which probably isnt an accurate reflection of the feelings of the population - much like the recent presidential election).
I wish we had elections every year instead of every five...
convince people that its OK for your computer to lock up 5 times a day, because it has a smiley face and a translucent mouse.
btw
macs only appear to be a success because they sell products to the *same* people. the crappy new iMac will almost only be bought be existing iMac owners.
i suspect that the actual number of mac owners hasn't gone up that much.
the only reason PC are more successful is IMHO they're a hell of lot cheaper. it certainly isn't because of ease of use of the OS.
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I'd better remember to put the irony tags in next time...
it'll not be able to float over fires - it'll rise up with all the hot air.
has there been a noticeable increase in hit rate since google whacking became popular?
have you had to take counter measures?
also, you already have an elmer fudd language, how about duke nukem or yoda?
i am never wrong.
although i do get a little stressed from time to time.
mod me down??!!
please, Score: 5 (Funny)...
:-)
Did they carry out any Eggstra Vehicular Activities?
slashdot needs an escape button.
microsoft already released a critical update to fix this.
would it mangle the PS2?
Reminds me of RMS...
you got a kernel panic cos its only OS X
Nigel Tufnel gets upset if he has to play on equipment that doesn't go up to eleven.
shouldn't this belong in the "outrageous vendor lies" thread.
still, i won't have to worry about my diet...
100:1 compression rate guaranteed
You're job is safe.
comments in code or comments on slashdot??
=)
wasn't the latest incarnation of the linux VM written "fred fastfinger" style...?
also, there is a giant grey square in the middle of this thread. wtf??
While I appreciate SOAP is a great technology, and its impact will be huge, It did always puzzle me why everyone kept insisting on cramming it all through port 80. The justification that it would go through existing firewalls never really washed (sorry...) with me. Is there really such a problem with assigning a new protocol? I mean, if a company are going to expose web services, then a firewall config change isn't really going to cause too much hassle in the grand scheme of things. my $0.02
Isn't XML only part of the solution? I'm pretty sure RDF comes into play somewhere here.
http://whatreallyhappened.com/
you have to take a lot of what is said here with a pince of salt. Some interesting stuff though.
You post scares me. You refer to the Anglo-American military machine.
I'm scared because you're right and I'm British.
I get the feeling there is a significant anti-war feeling in my country. Trouble is, the person that counts is very much taken with the US way of things (which probably isnt an accurate reflection of the feelings of the population - much like the recent presidential election).
I wish we had elections every year instead of every five...
oh, and did I mention
THE MICE ONLY HAVE *ONE* BUTTON!!!
I stopped typing with *one* finger when I was 10.
its UNIX *now*, but how the hell did it get a userbase with crappy OS 9 and less?
convince people that its OK for your computer to lock up 5 times a day, because it has a smiley face and a translucent mouse.
btw
macs only appear to be a success because they sell products to the *same* people. the crappy new iMac will almost only be bought be existing iMac owners.
i suspect that the actual number of mac owners hasn't gone up that much.
the only reason PC are more successful is IMHO they're a hell of lot cheaper. it certainly isn't because of ease of use of the OS.
is cowboyneal data, software or both?
right on!!! mod this up. post it on the frontpage. start