I got 109. I must not be awake yet today or something (which is kind of odd for someone in their 20s).:) However the fact I have Aspergers Syndrome probably has something to do with it as that's linked to central auditory processing delays. Maybe that's why I've had to ask people to repeat what they're saying (especially the ones with foreign accents) recently.
Yes but the site shouldn't say you have an earlier version and insist you "upgrade" to an earlier version of the browser. We should write code in a way to cope with future changes. Yes browsers have bugs - but that's not the issue here. Your solution is to work around the bugs by serving different pages (based on useragent/version). My point is that it shouldn't be required (or necessary). If the person has a buggy browser they should upgrade it or apply a bugfix.
Well as someone who has designed sites for money - it is an issue as 1/3rd of the visitors aren't using IE these days including some of the clients.
Why shouldn't people write valid HTML code? It's not that difficult to correct the bugs. I admit that say designing a WAP version for mobile phones may be beyond some sites but valid HTML should work just as well on any OS (short of bugs in the program the person is using to view it).
It's when websites deliberately tie you down to IE that it annoys me (although generally it's IE/Firefox these days). It's also a search engine issue as they don't like being served different pages based on the user agent to "normal visitors". Hence why we have so much spam in Google. Firefox has got a momentum of its own - and Microsoft is on the wane.
I just hope that the greater prevalance of Firefox leads to a greater number of sites supporting it. I've had problems with some sites telling me my version of 1.5 needs to be upgraded to an earlier version!!! The site in question was the Comedy Channels's website. To many website designers seem to still design for IE only or use version checking to serve different pages. People should stick to writing valid HTML code that works across all browsers instead of making their websites unusuable for those who don't use IE.
Well by your reckoning then I should stop trade with America to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars just because I disagree with the current administration. The two are seperate. However there is the point that Google having a presence in China means they pay Chinese taxes and therefore financially support the Chinese government.
There is nothing Google would like more than to have free and unrestricted search results in China. The downside is that if you take such an uncompromising moral high ground line stubbornly you get nowhere. I suppose you'd class that as compromising on your principles.
"Actually, Google will make it easier for the Chinese government to impose censorship simply by doing the job for them, and probably a better job of it at that. Your statement is the mantra of just about everybody who sells out their principles for money. Evil is as Evil does. There's no way around it, not even if your name is "Google"."
They're not "doing the job for them". They're just "complying with a request from the Chinese government". People are free to go to any search engine they like. Sometimes it's better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Yes it sounds like a sell out/cop out etc etc. However it isn't (completely). There are plenty of searches that don't get filtered at all.
There's a delay though between information on the web being put there and it being added to the censored list. There are only so many Chinese censors!
To be perfectly honest if I was the Chinese government I wouldn't allow my censors to see stuff about *censored*, *censored* and *censored* because then they might just *censored* the *censored* - and the next thing you know is the censors refuse to do their job, start calling for a free press and democracy.
I agree on a visit to the States I was surprised how many businesses needed a licence (or whatever it's called) and the large fees involved.
Here in the UK there is far less regulation especially if you are self-employed. America may be pro-business - but complying with excessive rules, fees and regulations increases overheads and puts a dent in profits.
I agree that there are ways for tech savvy users to circumvent the Great Firewall of China and the censorship. However, it would be far better if they didn't have to do that in the first place. Regarding Google leaving backdoors open on purpose - they wouldn't as it'd be open to abuse.
"If they want to impress me, they should use their fancy new superjetliner to drop pro-democracy and pro-free press leaflets all over China."
I think if they did that they would find themselves asked to leave the country (to put it mildly). Why do you think it is Google's responsibility to ensure China has a democracy and a free press?
Although this may be an unpopular viewpoint here - Google did what they had to do. However they did it reluctantly. As they pointed out they have to follow the laws of the country they're in. Regarding censorship - there are ways around the GFC and people benefit from even the censored version of Google compared to nothing at all.
Basically having read the start of the pdf I think they're planning on having a very, very long (2000km) maglev track that can accelerate the vehicles on it all the way up to escape velocity. At least that's how I see it anyway...
How about VoIP just before the UPS dies?:) You don't need cell towers for that. In fact there are plenty of ways to get an internet connection - eg wifi even if the power is down and the broadband connection is too.
Technically no - as you have problems with floppy disk, CD-ROM etc - I suppose you could just remove all media devices and make the hard drive read only - but where would the fun in that be! Anyway anyone worth their salt could write their own worm anyway - on that computer - a floppy disk or CD-R worm.
Unfortunately here there is only one user intelligent with regards to computers. *grins* It also makes passing the buck impossible when there's only one person to blame.
Ebay auctions don't have to last 7 days. They can be three days - or even one. In fact there's a Halo 2 auction ending in 12 minutes that's a 1 day listing. Parcels can be delivered within a day - so if a person placed a winning bid now they could have it by this time tomorrow.
1) Always run antivirus software 2) Automatically filter all emails with attachments into a seperate folder 3) Only have one user/computer 4) Always virus scan software first 5) Always run a firewall 6) Always have twice as much bandwidth on the website as you need 7) Block virus/worm emails using filters
As Enterprise is set in the future they would hardly name the dog Beagle 1! Oh, I think somebody at the BBC has a sense of humour. The caption to the picture to go with Beagle 3 states "The new craft would demonstrate the ability to land on Mars" *chuckles* Well here's hoping the next one lands in one piece - functioning properly.
Well considering the demise in market share of IE and the rise of alternative browsers - eg Opera, Firefox, Mozilla etc.... it would seem smart to bring out a browser.
Anyway - the way the beta system used to work was that it was invite only.... after all some people don't know how to write bug reports.:P
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Well I got 67 the second time I did it. Seems your scores improve with time.
I got 109. I must not be awake yet today or something (which is kind of odd for someone in their 20s). :) However the fact I have Aspergers Syndrome probably has something to do with it as that's linked to central auditory processing delays. Maybe that's why I've had to ask people to repeat what they're saying (especially the ones with foreign accents) recently.
Yes but the site shouldn't say you have an earlier version and insist you "upgrade" to an earlier version of the browser. We should write code in a way to cope with future changes. Yes browsers have bugs - but that's not the issue here. Your solution is to work around the bugs by serving different pages (based on useragent/version). My point is that it shouldn't be required (or necessary). If the person has a buggy browser they should upgrade it or apply a bugfix.
Well as someone who has designed sites for money - it is an issue as 1/3rd of the visitors aren't using IE these days including some of the clients.
Why shouldn't people write valid HTML code? It's not that difficult to correct the bugs. I admit that say designing a WAP version for mobile phones may be beyond some sites but valid HTML should work just as well on any OS (short of bugs in the program the person is using to view it).
It's when websites deliberately tie you down to IE that it annoys me (although generally it's IE/Firefox these days). It's also a search engine issue as they don't like being served different pages based on the user agent to "normal visitors". Hence why we have so much spam in Google. Firefox has got a momentum of its own - and Microsoft is on the wane.
I just hope that the greater prevalance of Firefox leads to a greater number of sites supporting it. I've had problems with some sites telling me my version of 1.5 needs to be upgraded to an earlier version!!! The site in question was the Comedy Channels's website. To many website designers seem to still design for IE only or use version checking to serve different pages. People should stick to writing valid HTML code that works across all browsers instead of making their websites unusuable for those who don't use IE.
Well by your reckoning then I should stop trade with America to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars just because I disagree with the current administration. The two are seperate. However there is the point that Google having a presence in China means they pay Chinese taxes and therefore financially support the Chinese government.
There is nothing Google would like more than to have free and unrestricted search results in China. The downside is that if you take such an uncompromising moral high ground line stubbornly you get nowhere. I suppose you'd class that as compromising on your principles.
"Actually, Google will make it easier for the Chinese government to impose censorship simply by doing the job for them, and probably a better job of it at that. Your statement is the mantra of just about everybody who sells out their principles for money. Evil is as Evil does. There's no way around it, not even if your name is "Google"."
They're not "doing the job for them". They're just "complying with a request from the Chinese government". People are free to go to any search engine they like. Sometimes it's better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Yes it sounds like a sell out/cop out etc etc. However it isn't (completely). There are plenty of searches that don't get filtered at all.
There's a delay though between information on the web being put there and it being added to the censored list. There are only so many Chinese censors!
To be perfectly honest if I was the Chinese government I wouldn't allow my censors to see stuff about *censored*, *censored* and *censored* because then they might just *censored* the *censored* - and the next thing you know is the censors refuse to do their job, start calling for a free press and democracy.
I agree on a visit to the States I was surprised how many businesses needed a licence (or whatever it's called) and the large fees involved.
Here in the UK there is far less regulation especially if you are self-employed. America may be pro-business - but complying with excessive rules, fees and regulations increases overheads and puts a dent in profits.
I agree that there are ways for tech savvy users to circumvent the Great Firewall of China and the censorship. However, it would be far better if they didn't have to do that in the first place. Regarding Google leaving backdoors open on purpose - they wouldn't as it'd be open to abuse.
"If they want to impress me, they should use their fancy new superjetliner to drop pro-democracy and pro-free press leaflets all over China."
I think if they did that they would find themselves asked to leave the country (to put it mildly). Why do you think it is Google's responsibility to ensure China has a democracy and a free press?
Although this may be an unpopular viewpoint here - Google did what they had to do. However they did it reluctantly. As they pointed out they have to follow the laws of the country they're in. Regarding censorship - there are ways around the GFC and people benefit from even the censored version of Google compared to nothing at all.
Basically having read the start of the pdf I think they're planning on having a very, very long (2000km) maglev track that can accelerate the vehicles on it all the way up to escape velocity. At least that's how I see it anyway...
How about VoIP just before the UPS dies? :) You don't need cell towers for that. In fact there are plenty of ways to get an internet connection - eg wifi even if the power is down and the broadband connection is too.
Which Antivirus software do you use? Some of the commercial ones do hog the resources - memory, processor power etc - that's why I don't use them.
Yes, I take your points - however it wasn't meant to be a comprehensive list. I think along the lines of your last paragraph anyway.
Technically no - as you have problems with floppy disk, CD-ROM etc - I suppose you could just remove all media devices and make the hard drive read only - but where would the fun in that be! Anyway anyone worth their salt could write their own worm anyway - on that computer - a floppy disk or CD-R worm.
Unfortunately here there is only one user intelligent with regards to computers. *grins* It also makes passing the buck impossible when there's only one person to blame.
Ebay auctions don't have to last 7 days. They can be three days - or even one. In fact there's a Halo 2 auction ending in 12 minutes that's a 1 day listing. Parcels can be delivered within a day - so if a person placed a winning bid now they could have it by this time tomorrow.
1) Always run antivirus software
2) Automatically filter all emails with attachments into a seperate folder
3) Only have one user/computer
4) Always virus scan software first
5) Always run a firewall
6) Always have twice as much bandwidth on the website as you need
7) Block virus/worm emails using filters
As Enterprise is set in the future they would hardly name the dog Beagle 1! Oh, I think somebody at the BBC has a sense of humour. The caption to the picture to go with Beagle 3 states "The new craft would demonstrate the ability to land on Mars" *chuckles* Well here's hoping the next one lands in one piece - functioning properly.
You left out:-
DoH = Department of Health
and I'm not sure what ISV means - anybody know?
Perhaps it's being attacked by angry Republicans as his site is currently predicting Kerry ahead by one electoral vote. ;)
IDK = I don't know. In fact you could have said "IDK what IDK means." ;)
Well considering the demise in market share of IE and the rise of alternative browsers - eg Opera, Firefox, Mozilla etc.... it would seem smart to bring out a browser.
:P
Anyway - the way the beta system used to work was that it was invite only.... after all some people don't know how to write bug reports.