My problem is that I use an American keyboard, but I switch between the US and Swedish keyboard setup.
I need the Swedish setup to access the å, ä and ö keys.
The problem is that it also switches some other keys around such as (, ), +, = and others. I use these keys, but not often enough to automatically switch in my brain where they are. So I keep screwing up when I try to type those keys. Both when I use the U.S and the Swedish setup.
If it wasn't for that I would be a much better typist. But I'm afraid that I'll never master that.
Make Email an opt in that the user have to pay a small amount to use.
Normal users won't purchase that option.
The money saved by not having to combat zombies as much may be so substantial that the base cost plus the Email opt in is substantially less than what you pay today.
The same could be done for http (so you can't host a web server). Ideally they should block the protocols, not the ports.
And please don't say "I shouldn't have to pay extra to host a mail or web server". If you feel tempted to do that, then read the third paragraph again.
Most mainstream databases support replication. They are designed to be as fast as possible under heavy load.
Synchronization for a mobile device has another main requirement, robustness when the connection to the server is lost. A mobile device has to gracefully handle when the owner runs down into the subway.
Can someone enlightened tell me what the advantage is of using JavaScript over Java (with the assumption that Java would be installed on all machines)?
And don't flame me for using Java and JavaScript in the same sentence. I know that they are two different languages.
I'm guessing that the reasons are:
1) Java is actually not installed everywhere. 2) JavaScript is easier to get going with. You can use your existing web authoring environment and just add a few scripts that you copy paste from somewhere. 3) JavaScript is more light weight.
While, I understand these reasons, I think that they could have been overcome.
What the programmer needs to do is to buy a speed boat and have the victim drop the bag from a bridge into the boat and then flee and stage his own death with an explosion.
I've seen it in the movies.
The trick is to do that without spending more than $200.
I believe that they are using some type of sound recognition system.
An alternative approach would be to have your central server tuned in on all the radio stations.
And then when a caller calls in all the server has to do is find the channel that matches the song that comes through the phone. That can probably be done with very good precision.
I'm not sure, but I believe that most radio stations have lists of all the songs they play and when they played it. So then you can find the song.
Some radio stations also send out the song title for display on special radios. I forget what that technology is called (sorry).
This is possibly so simple that it could be set up by a private person without a lot of financial means.
And I feel bad about the general situation for programmers and loss of jobs in Europe and the U.S.
But their arguments aren't going to fly.
The workers say: The company is making money. Well, the company is constantly trying to make more money. Management will never keep people on the payroll just because they can afford it.
The workers say: There are other ways to save that amount of money. The managements reply will be great. What are they? Will do them too.
There was an interview with Bram Cohen a little while back. It talked a lot about Aspbergers syndrome which is similar to autism.
One of the problems the afflicted have is that they don't understand the sarcams of a sentence such as when the teacher asks "did the dog eat your homework". This was a literal example from that article.
So, I wonder what this discovery will mean for people with autism and Aspbergers?
Mixing (be your own DJ with pitch control and sound effects).
Support for independent vendors (a band could bypass the labels and list their content directly on iTunes). It could be possible for any band to list their songs on iTunes at a price they choose. And it could be done from the iTunes client. It really doesn't have to be very complicated....aaaand that's where I ran out of creativity for today. Thanks very much buddy. Now I have to work rest of the day without doing anything creative!;)
And if they announce a machine based off of any Intel technology I'd be more "Why?" than "Wow!".
If I was Apple I'd be far more interested in creating a machine based on the CELL processor.
It is fast. It is cheap (at least it should be considering it is in the PS3). It is not compatible with the PC market. It is based off of POWER which will make it easy for Apple to use it.
And finally, the CELL is _sexy_.
Photoshop seems to be a very important benchmark for Apple. If they go with CELL that has one main CPU and 8 auxilliary CPU's (and with Photoshop being suitable for multiprocessor systems) the CELL would likely "kill" any Intel platform in benchmarks.
I don't like the fact that we have to run all these scanners to look for viruses and worms and spyware and what have you.
It is because of a flawed operating system design being operated by, in general, the computer morons out there that is 90% of our society. Most of the computer users will always be clueless, and that is why we need a safe operating system.
Although Windows is flawed in this respect I must admit that I'm a computer professional that has been around for a while, and I didn't foresee that we would get these massive problems. I used Windows 95 and although I complained about lots of stuff it never entered my mind to say "this is going to be vulnerable to worms and spyware".
So that is a bit of an excuse for Microsoft.
But that doesn't change the fact that this situation pi**es me off.
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You mean "that's the best wordplay on
If you did mean that, then I doubt that I will read anything remotely as clever until at least 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z.
My problem is that I use an American keyboard, but I switch between the US and Swedish keyboard setup.
I need the Swedish setup to access the å, ä and ö keys.
The problem is that it also switches some other keys around such as (, ), +, = and others. I use these keys, but not often enough to automatically switch in my brain where they are. So I keep screwing up when I try to type those keys. Both when I use the U.S and the Swedish setup.
If it wasn't for that I would be a much better typist. But I'm afraid that I'll never master that.
Make Email an opt in that the user have to pay a small amount to use.
Normal users won't purchase that option.
The money saved by not having to combat zombies as much may be so substantial that the base cost plus the Email opt in is substantially less than what you pay today.
The same could be done for http (so you can't host a web server). Ideally they should block the protocols, not the ports.
And please don't say "I shouldn't have to pay extra to host a mail or web server". If you feel tempted to do that, then read the third paragraph again.
Object-relation databases has been the future of databases for at least 10 years now.
And it remains in the future.
Maybe it'll happen some day but so far I haven't seen anything happen in the industry.
support for XML in databases is far hotter.
Most mainstream databases support replication. They are designed to be as fast as possible under heavy load.
Synchronization for a mobile device has another main requirement, robustness when the connection to the server is lost. A mobile device has to gracefully handle when the owner runs down into the subway.
Can someone enlightened tell me what the advantage is of using JavaScript over Java (with the assumption that Java would be installed on all machines)?
And don't flame me for using Java and JavaScript in the same sentence. I know that they are two different languages.
I'm guessing that the reasons are:
1) Java is actually not installed everywhere.
2) JavaScript is easier to get going with. You can use your existing web authoring environment and just add a few scripts that you copy paste from somewhere.
3) JavaScript is more light weight.
While, I understand these reasons, I think that they could have been overcome.
I feel as if VHS beat Beta.
What the programmer needs to do is to buy a speed boat and have the victim drop the bag from a bridge into the boat and then flee and stage his own death with an explosion.
I've seen it in the movies.
The trick is to do that without spending more than $200.
This might be a long shot. But can anyone help me find the name for this song. It goes something like this:
Nana... Nana... Hmmm Hmm boom boom ne na na na chi chi chi kapow.
And then the chorus:
Na ne no na na na na oooooh ooooh bidi bidi badaaang.
Please let me know.
I believe that they are using some type of sound recognition system.
An alternative approach would be to have your central server tuned in on all the radio stations.
And then when a caller calls in all the server has to do is find the channel that matches the song that comes through the phone. That can probably be done with very good precision.
I'm not sure, but I believe that most radio stations have lists of all the songs they play and when they played it. So then you can find the song.
Some radio stations also send out the song title for display on special radios. I forget what that technology is called (sorry).
This is possibly so simple that it could be set up by a private person without a lot of financial means.
I'm a grassroot programmer.
And I feel bad about the general situation for programmers and loss of jobs in Europe and the U.S.
But their arguments aren't going to fly.
The workers say: The company is making money. Well, the company is constantly trying to make more money. Management will never keep people on the payroll just because they can afford it.
The workers say: There are other ways to save that amount of money. The managements reply will be great. What are they? Will do them too.
If I could I'd mod this both funny and insightful.
There was an interview with Bram Cohen a little while back. It talked a lot about Aspbergers syndrome which is similar to autism.
One of the problems the afflicted have is that they don't understand the sarcams of a sentence such as when the teacher asks "did the dog eat your homework". This was a literal example from that article.
So, I wonder what this discovery will mean for people with autism and Aspbergers?
Brain storm.
...aaaand that's where I ran out of creativity for today. Thanks very much buddy. Now I have to work rest of the day without doing anything creative! ;)
Movies (not just videos).
Lyrics for songs.
Karaoke.
Mixing (be your own DJ with pitch control and sound effects).
Support for independent vendors (a band could bypass the labels and list their content directly on iTunes). It could be possible for any band to list their songs on iTunes at a price they choose. And it could be done from the iTunes client. It really doesn't have to be very complicated.
Apple is all about spectacular announcements!
And if they announce a machine based off of any Intel technology I'd be more "Why?" than "Wow!".
If I was Apple I'd be far more interested in creating a machine based on the CELL processor.
It is fast. It is cheap (at least it should be considering it is in the PS3). It is not compatible with the PC market. It is based off of POWER which will make it easy for Apple to use it.
And finally, the CELL is _sexy_.
Photoshop seems to be a very important benchmark for Apple. If they go with CELL that has one main CPU and 8 auxilliary CPU's (and with Photoshop being suitable for multiprocessor systems) the CELL would likely "kill" any Intel platform in benchmarks.
Yes.
How the U.S. can counter it?
Simple, the U.S. government should refuse to buy software from Chinese companies.
(I pity anyone that mods this insightful)
What about the amateur radio guys? The HAMbergers?
Services is recent history.
I'm talking about how the design in windows is flawed from a security perspective. And that started 10 - 15 years ago with Win 3.1 and Win 95.
I don't like the fact that we have to run all these scanners to look for viruses and worms and spyware and what have you.
It is because of a flawed operating system design being operated by, in general, the computer morons out there that is 90% of our society. Most of the computer users will always be clueless, and that is why we need a safe operating system.
Although Windows is flawed in this respect I must admit that I'm a computer professional that has been around for a while, and I didn't foresee that we would get these massive problems. I used Windows 95 and although I complained about lots of stuff it never entered my mind to say "this is going to be vulnerable to worms and spyware".
So that is a bit of an excuse for Microsoft.
But that doesn't change the fact that this situation pi**es me off.
I'd be more interested if they had invented the bendable truth. ;)
Man, I'm making my funniest joke ever (parent post) and noone will see it because I posted too late.
I would be much less intimidated by an online contortionist. That's for sure.
"Pay up or I'll bend over backwards"!
So,
I'm trying to read the article and that is giving me another "business idea".
"Give me $10 000 or I'll submit an article to Slashdot with a link to your web site".
Distributed Denial of Service!
Would you have been happier if you remembered it because you were there in person?
God knows your
See, my idea is so great that 5 minutes after I posted it someone already stole it.
And umm... I'm delusional.
Sorry. I didn't know about the CELL workstation. Thanks for the info. Interesting.