From the article: " Some have speculated that it could be nudged into a permanent Earth orbit where it could be studied at greater length."...or accidently sent crashing to earth reeking havoc.
While we are out it, let's stop the damn rotation of the moon. It is so annoying, always changing phases.
Most people talk about options, but having a degree will open up more doors than you think. If you really want to have options, you can also look outside your own country. I am an American working in Montreal, Canada, and I would not have been able to get the work permit to work here if it had not been for my education. The company didn't care if I had a degree or not, but the government of Canada did. Getting a degree means you have just opened up the doors on a lot of jobs you never though possible.
Don't think that a company will want to hire you even if you don't have a degree because of your skill set, in fact, legally they might not be able to.
First, my thoughts on PHP v.s. Perl: http://www.phpcomplete.com/devblogs.php?blo gid=4
For me, the simple fact is that PHP and Perl can both be used in each their own areas. I find PHP better for the web as it has built in functions simply made for it. However, when I need scritping power or server side programs, I turn to Perl.
PHP offers up a very easy to use syntax (comparing it to Perl's ability to obfuscate) and is therefore easier to learn the Perl by many (read Not everyone, but most people I know).
I use both happily, and when faced with PHP v.s. Perl, I say "use whatever you are happier with".
As most people here haven't read the article, the lawsuit would not say "Macromedia can't make Macromedia Flash anymore" but rather "Macromedia can't sell the infringing software". A simple redesign of the user interface would suffice, as that is what is at issue. The fact that Macromedia makes Flash is not, and therefore would not be a problem. It's basically the same concept of telling a warez site to take down the warez. You can have a website/application, so long as it follows the rules.
This is not to say I agree with any of this. I just don't agree with people commenting on something when they didn't even read what they are commenting on.
Please, before making comments, at least get the facts straight.
Actually, no they wouldn't get sued, and Flash rather open. In fact, there is Ming, an extension for PHP, and even FreeMovie, http://freemovie.sourceforge.net/, which is currently moving to support the following:
"Besides, there is no "proper" way to require me to remove my address from a list I never consented to add it to."
Agreed, and yes, you are right. I was refering to the "spam" people get that isn't really spam, but they call it that because the don't know better. Frankly, Email campaigns do work when they are sent appropriatly and to people that did in fact as for it. Its very effective in fact. Real Spam of course is bad, and I condone it in no way.
It seems interesting and maybe coincidental that AOL Timewarner starts testing Netscape, and Mozilla seems to quiken its pace to 1.0. Maybe I am just reading to much into this, and its probably all just coincidental, though, it is something for the conspiracy theorists to work out.
This might also have to do with the increase in online gaming? Most games now allow players to play online, bringing more than just a challenge, but a challenge with peers. So rather than surf the web, more and more people are playing these games, or are spending more time on them?
The problem is most poeople who complain about smap in fact Opt-in to this spam when the sign up for wonderful free services like Yahoo mail and the what not. And then fail to remove themselves of the mailing list properly. Granted, there are a lot of spammers out there stealing emails, but at the same time, your average OE/IE using user doesn't take the time to read the Agreement that says "We are going to sell your info, oh yeah!". So when they get the spam, too bad for them. Yeah, it sucks, but is it really spam?
Of course, this was talking more about those spammers stealing emails however they could get it. I just notice that the average person who gets "SPAM" doesn't have a clue that yes, there are companies who actually "spam" legally. If you signup, and don't read the agreement, you get what you asked for, literally. =)
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From the article: " Some have speculated that it could be nudged into a permanent Earth orbit where it could be studied at greater length."...or accidently sent crashing to earth reeking havoc.
While we are out it, let's stop the damn rotation of the moon. It is so annoying, always changing phases.
Most people talk about options, but having a degree will open up more doors than you think. If you really want to have options, you can also look outside your own country. I am an American working in Montreal, Canada, and I would not have been able to get the work permit to work here if it had not been for my education. The company didn't care if I had a degree or not, but the government of Canada did. Getting a degree means you have just opened up the doors on a lot of jobs you never though possible. Don't think that a company will want to hire you even if you don't have a degree because of your skill set, in fact, legally they might not be able to.
First, my thoughts on PHP v.s. Perl:o gid=4
http://www.phpcomplete.com/devblogs.php?bl
For me, the simple fact is that PHP and Perl can both be used in each their own areas. I find PHP better for the web as it has built in functions simply made for it. However, when I need scritping power or server side programs, I turn to Perl.
PHP offers up a very easy to use syntax (comparing it to Perl's ability to obfuscate) and is therefore easier to learn the Perl by many (read Not everyone, but most people I know).
I use both happily, and when faced with PHP v.s. Perl, I say "use whatever you are happier with".
As most people here haven't read the article, the lawsuit would not say "Macromedia can't make Macromedia Flash anymore" but rather "Macromedia can't sell the infringing software". A simple redesign of the user interface would suffice, as that is what is at issue. The fact that Macromedia makes Flash is not, and therefore would not be a problem. It's basically the same concept of telling a warez site to take down the warez. You can have a website/application, so long as it follows the rules.
This is not to say I agree with any of this. I just don't agree with people commenting on something when they didn't even read what they are commenting on.
Please, before making comments, at least get the facts straight.
Actually, no they wouldn't get sued, and Flash rather open. In fact, there is Ming, an extension for PHP, and even FreeMovie, http://freemovie.sourceforge.net/, which is currently moving to support the following:
FreeMovie/C#
FreeMovie/Java
FreeMovie/Perl
FreeMovie/PHP
FreeMovie/Python
FreeMovie/Rebol
FreeMovie/Ruby
FreeMovie/Tcl
FreeMovie/VB
FreeMovie/VB.Net
So the real question is, "How do you want to flash today?"
True, didn't think of the reverse on this. =)
Frankly, I just thought it was an interesting afterthought, and not really some conspiracy theory.
"Besides, there is no "proper" way to require me to remove my address from a list I never consented to add it to."
Agreed, and yes, you are right. I was refering to the "spam" people get that isn't really spam, but they call it that because the don't know better. Frankly, Email campaigns do work when they are sent appropriatly and to people that did in fact as for it. Its very effective in fact. Real Spam of course is bad, and I condone it in no way.
for those that like to click: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:sSfdrcUvpF0C: www.mozillazine.org/+&hl=en
It seems interesting and maybe coincidental that AOL Timewarner starts testing Netscape, and Mozilla seems to quiken its pace to 1.0. Maybe I am just reading to much into this, and its probably all just coincidental, though, it is something for the conspiracy theorists to work out.
This might also have to do with the increase in online gaming? Most games now allow players to play online, bringing more than just a challenge, but a challenge with peers. So rather than surf the web, more and more people are playing these games, or are spending more time on them?
Just a thought.
The problem is most poeople who complain about smap in fact Opt-in to this spam when the sign up for wonderful free services like Yahoo mail and the what not. And then fail to remove themselves of the mailing list properly. Granted, there are a lot of spammers out there stealing emails, but at the same time, your average OE/IE using user doesn't take the time to read the Agreement that says "We are going to sell your info, oh yeah!". So when they get the spam, too bad for them. Yeah, it sucks, but is it really spam?
Of course, this was talking more about those spammers stealing emails however they could get it. I just notice that the average person who gets "SPAM" doesn't have a clue that yes, there are companies who actually "spam" legally. If you signup, and don't read the agreement, you get what you asked for, literally. =)
Could this even include websites?
"The definition will cover just about anything that runs on your computer -- except maybe the clock,"
As seen in the recent Google fiasco, they could possibly bend this to even including websites.