But a file manager backed by a SQL database was supposed to be Microsoft's innovation, just like the web browser was their idea, and the spreadsheet resulted from their genius, and I think they created the first word processor too;-)
I read this comparison last November. The author, Dean Wampler, Ph.D., concludes the following:
"The experimental flaws of the Microsoft tests render the performance comparisons unusable. All tests must be run on the same test bed and a more suitable application must be chosen. J2EE and.NET are most appropriate for large-scale, high availability applications. The documented tests say little about how well these frameworks support those applications.
The.NET and Java Pet Stores support the same features, but they implement different "nonfunctional" requirements. The.NET version assumes a single hardware/OS/database combination and makes performance paramount. The Java version supports multiple hardware/OS/database combinations and ranks performance as less important. In fact, both frameworks can support either emphasis. Hence, comparing the two code bases is misleading.
For developers who are comfortable with limited choices,.NET is a well-designed framework with good tools. J2EE provides greater freedom, but the J2EE community can't ignore the need for tools that create powerful and efficient applications in a timely manner."
There really isn't a lot of substance in the article beyond saying that they will adhere to a stricter privacy policy besides purging their db.
OK, I'll do your damn research.
"As part of this agreement, DoubleClick has agreed to adhere to the following practices and policies:
Clear Notice: The company's privacy policy will include easy-to-read explanations of its online ad serving services.
Enhanced Choice: If the company collects personally identifiable information, previously collected clickstream obtained by the company from across web sites can only be combined with the personally identifiable information after the provision of clear and conspicuous notice to the Internet user and receipt of the Internet user's opt-in choice.
Consumer Education: The company will undertake a consumer education effort, which includes 300 million consumer privacy banner ads that invite consumers to learn more about how to protect their online privacy. Over the last two years, the company has already voluntarily delivered 100 million ads relating to consumer privacy.
Consistency: The company will ensure that an Internet user's online data will not be used in a manner materially inconsistent with the privacy policy under which it was collected, unless the consumer has given permission to do otherwise. The company will take steps to require that a successor to DoubleClick's business does not use Internet users' online data in a manner inconsistent with the privacy policy under which that data was collected.
Purging of Data and Cookie Life: The company will institute internal policies to ensure the protection and routine purging of data collected online. The company will also purge online data it obtained during the course of testing the manner in which online and offline data could be merged. The company has also agreed to limit to five years the life of new ad serving cookies.
Settlement Compliance: A nationally recognized independent accounting firm will conduct annual reviews for the next two years of DoubleClick's compliance with specified terms of the settlement, expanding on DoubleClick's current auditing program with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Legal Fees: Legal fees and costs of up to $1.8 million will be paid by the company. In the third quarter of 2001, DoubleClick publicly announced that it had accounted for this charge as part of its operating expenses." (per http://www.doubleclick.com:80/us/corporate/presski t/press-releases.asp?asp_object_1=&press%5Frelease %5Fid=2584)
Sure, there will theoretically be more "resources", but in the majority of instances where a company is bought out, their previous business plan and goals are thrown into the garbage and the new owner puts the product into a tailspin trying to imagine new methods to bring about profit.
In this case, any and all statements previously made by MOXI representatives (executives, product managers, dev team folks, et al.) can be forgotten, as the new management will evaluate and develop the new plan for MOXI's product.
The environment portrayed by the author is harsh and at times quite disturbing. Don't be fooled into thinking these are just Harry Potter rip-offs; they're scarier and contain more violence. However, they also are primarily philosophical works rather than your run of the mill sci-fi thrillers. Although entertaining, this series makes you really think and reconsider your view of the world.
And now, at last, Ivan Baldry and Karl Glazebrook, astronomers at Johns Hopkins University, using spectral data from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, have announced the final result: The universe is decidedly salmon. Really.
The first sentence of this article really turned me off.
When elephants dance, it's best to get out of the way.
I resent this. When elephants dance (or try to stomp on everybody), I say take them out with a tranquilizer gun. And if that's not possible, be sure that if you go down, you go down fighting.
We must not get out of the way as the media behemoths try to force law after law onto consumers. It's bad enough that they've had a monopoly on new music for the past ___ decades; now they're trying to control us even more.
I say use P2P and don't buy CDs at all. The artists only get a few cents from every CD purchase anyway; the rest goes to the fat paychecks of the moron blue-blooded executives at Sony Music, BMG, etc.
Instead, if you want to support your favorite artist, buy their concert tickets and fan merchandise from their online stores.
It includes a sample letter that you can editor accordingly and then it will automatically fax it to your government representatives, encouraging them to act against this bill (and potential law!).
At least when Slashdot was free we knew we only get what we paid for. Now that you are a fully commercial entity, you ought to remember "the customer is always right."
How is Slashdot not free anymore? Is subscription mandatory? No. Does/. charge fees for user accounts? Nope. Are there extra fees for posting comments? Uh-uh.
Please explain yourself. The fact that Slashdot was bought-out by another company doesn't necessarily make it non-free all of the sudden.
If you don't like it here, leave. Your dozens of pageviews per day only cost more money for Slashdot, and the fact that you don't subscribe doesn't help matters.
Here's a nice basic overview of QC from the site mentioned above: "While classical cryptography employs various mathematical techniques to restrict eavesdroppers from learning the contents of encrypted messages, in quantum mechanics the information is protected by the laws of physics. In classical cryptography an absolute security of information cannot be guaranteed. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle and quantum entanglement can be exploited in a system of secure communication, often referred to as "quantum cryptography". Quantum cryptography provides means for two parties to exchange a enciphering key over a private channel with complete security of communication."
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Is it really possible to masquerade as an editor? I'm not sure how the hell someone would pull it off, to be honest.
Sun Microsystems Set To Purchase MandrakeSoft
Here's some real news: Sun Microsystems Set To Purchase MandrakeSoft
This one is pretty clever actually...
CBDTPA / SSSCA Won't Be Passed This Year, Say Leahy
;-)
Note to self: change 'say' to 'says'
/me winks, nudges, and puts tongue in cheek
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But a file manager backed by a SQL database was supposed to be Microsoft's innovation, just like the web browser was their idea, and the spreadsheet resulted from their genius, and I think they created the first word processor too ;-)
Say it ain't so, say it ain't so...
/me cries
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I read this comparison last November. The author, Dean Wampler, Ph.D., concludes the following:
.NET are most appropriate for large-scale, high availability applications. The documented tests say little about how well these frameworks support those applications.
.NET and Java Pet Stores support the same features, but they implement different "nonfunctional" requirements. The .NET version assumes a single hardware/OS/database combination and makes performance paramount. The Java version supports multiple hardware/OS/database combinations and ranks performance as less important. In fact, both frameworks can support either emphasis. Hence, comparing the two code bases is misleading.
.NET is a well-designed framework with good tools. J2EE provides greater freedom, but the J2EE community can't ignore the need for tools that create powerful and efficient applications in a timely manner."
"The experimental flaws of the Microsoft tests render the performance comparisons unusable. All tests must be run on the same test bed and a more suitable application must be chosen. J2EE and
The
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http://settlement.doubleclick.net/settlement/
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There really isn't a lot of substance in the article beyond saying that they will adhere to a stricter privacy policy besides purging their db.
i t/press-releases.asp?asp_object_1=&press%5Frelease %5Fid=2584)
OK, I'll do your damn research.
"As part of this agreement, DoubleClick has agreed to adhere to the following practices and policies:
Clear Notice: The company's privacy policy will include easy-to-read explanations of its online ad serving services.
Enhanced Choice: If the company collects personally identifiable information, previously collected clickstream obtained by the company from across web sites can only be combined with the personally identifiable information after the provision of clear and conspicuous notice to the Internet user and receipt of the Internet user's opt-in choice.
Consumer Education: The company will undertake a consumer education effort, which includes 300 million consumer privacy banner ads that invite consumers to learn more about how to protect their online privacy. Over the last two years, the company has already voluntarily delivered 100 million ads relating to consumer privacy.
Consistency: The company will ensure that an Internet user's online data will not be used in a manner materially inconsistent with the privacy policy under which it was collected, unless the consumer has given permission to do otherwise. The company will take steps to require that a successor to DoubleClick's business does not use Internet users' online data in a manner inconsistent with the privacy policy under which that data was collected.
Purging of Data and Cookie Life: The company will institute internal policies to ensure the protection and routine purging of data collected online. The company will also purge online data it obtained during the course of testing the manner in which online and offline data could be merged. The company has also agreed to limit to five years the life of new ad serving cookies.
Settlement Compliance: A nationally recognized independent accounting firm will conduct annual reviews for the next two years of DoubleClick's compliance with specified terms of the settlement, expanding on DoubleClick's current auditing program with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Legal Fees: Legal fees and costs of up to $1.8 million will be paid by the company. In the third quarter of 2001, DoubleClick publicly announced that it had accounted for this charge as part of its operating expenses."
(per http://www.doubleclick.com:80/us/corporate/pressk
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Sure, but it's still the highest-profile target.
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Sure, there will theoretically be more "resources", but in the majority of instances where a company is bought out, their previous business plan and goals are thrown into the garbage and the new owner puts the product into a tailspin trying to imagine new methods to bring about profit.
In this case, any and all statements previously made by MOXI representatives (executives, product managers, dev team folks, et al.) can be forgotten, as the new management will evaluate and develop the new plan for MOXI's product.
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So much for this...
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First editor post ;-)
got mono?
The environment portrayed by the author is harsh and at times quite disturbing. Don't be fooled into thinking these are just Harry Potter rip-offs; they're scarier and contain more violence. However, they also are primarily philosophical works rather than your run of the mill sci-fi thrillers. Although entertaining, this series makes you really think and reconsider your view of the world.
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Timothy,
monolinux posted this yesterday.
Please stay more up-to-date with the articles that you post. Thanks.
My major suggestion would be to support more media formats.
:-)
Some people cannot or do not choose to use Windows Media Player or Quicktime.
RealMedia isn't that horrible, and it has free players for Linux.
Although, Crossover plugins work nicely for viewing Sorensen-encoded Quicktime files in Linux.
But still, just make sure you guys allow EVERYONE the opportunity to check out some funny commercials
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And now, at last, Ivan Baldry and Karl Glazebrook, astronomers at Johns Hopkins University, using spectral data from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, have announced the final result: The universe is decidedly salmon. Really.
I knew it all along; God is a She!
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The first sentence of this article really turned me off.
When elephants dance, it's best to get out of the way.
I resent this. When elephants dance (or try to stomp on everybody), I say take them out with a tranquilizer gun. And if that's not possible, be sure that if you go down, you go down fighting.
We must not get out of the way as the media behemoths try to force law after law onto consumers. It's bad enough that they've had a monopoly on new music for the past ___ decades; now they're trying to control us even more.
I say use P2P and don't buy CDs at all. The artists only get a few cents from every CD purchase anyway; the rest goes to the fat paychecks of the moron blue-blooded executives at Sony Music, BMG, etc.
Instead, if you want to support your favorite artist, buy their concert tickets and fan merchandise from their online stores.
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Don't email, don't write -- FAX!
h tml and fill out the brief form.
Go to this site: http://www.digitalconsumer.org/cbdtpa/cbdtpa-inf.
It includes a sample letter that you can editor accordingly and then it will automatically fax it to your government representatives, encouraging them to act against this bill (and potential law!).
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At least when Slashdot was free we knew we only get what we paid for. Now that you are a fully commercial entity, you ought to remember "the customer is always right."
/. charge fees for user accounts? Nope. Are there extra fees for posting comments? Uh-uh.
How is Slashdot not free anymore? Is subscription mandatory? No. Does
Please explain yourself. The fact that Slashdot was bought-out by another company doesn't necessarily make it non-free all of the sudden.
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If you don't like it here, leave. Your dozens of pageviews per day only cost more money for Slashdot, and the fact that you don't subscribe doesn't help matters.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
I read this right after the September Eleventh attacks on the WTC.
Thankfully, Google remembered exactly where the original article was at.
http://www.aspheute.com/english/20010924.asp
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I found a site that explains why classic cryptography suffers when compared to the benefits of quantum cryptographic methods.
The site is located at http://www.qubit.org/intros/crypt.html, and is part of the Center for Quantum Computation (Oxford University).
Here's a nice basic overview of QC from the site mentioned above: "While classical cryptography employs various mathematical techniques to restrict eavesdroppers from learning the contents of encrypted messages, in quantum mechanics the information is protected by the laws of physics. In classical cryptography an absolute security of information cannot be guaranteed. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle and quantum entanglement can be exploited in a system of secure communication, often referred to as "quantum cryptography". Quantum cryptography provides means for two parties to exchange a enciphering key over a private channel with complete security of communication."
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No offense (or troll) intended, but I think these robots (the size of this -) are much cooler.
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How is this a troll? I think some moderators confused 'troll' with 'informative'.