If it's a language where I is pronounced J, then your online anonymity is already shot to hell... If not, then I have guessed wrong. But I think that your previous post contains all the information (and links) that anyone needs.
I actually deduced over the weekend that the entire page is actually getting rendered (for me, at least), but the width is like twice what it should be.
I discovered this because sometimes, this happens and leaves a scrollbar at the bottom, allowing me to find the remainder of the page, (but sometimes it doesn't). However, even if there is no scroll bar, you can still use find-as-you-type to find the links, and activate them...
I also noticed that it happens far more often when at home on dial-up... and almost never here at work on a broadband link.
I suspect that the ads/images are choking the link, and due to timeouts of something in the rendering process, the page gets rendered wider than the screen, and then the scrollbars get taken away... At least if I watch carefully, that's what happens...
At my uni, the student association has a beer-drinking olympics... In fact I think most australian uni's do...
I think the one missing factor in the original comment is competition; it is the competition which converts a skill (like driving) into a sport (like car racing). That's where sex fails to make sport status. But socializing (politically-correct term for picking up hot chicks), now that can get competitive... and it can involve sex...
You do realize that MatLab runs in Linux if you're willing to licence it, which it seems you are under windows...
Anyway, a quick freshmeat search showed me that Nulab, Yorick, Scilab, FrAid and Lush are all possible replacements, depending on the application. Moreover, many of those refer to Octave which might be suitable, depending on your needs.
You run a bussness, you plan estimates in YEARS ahead.
That depends... Many large businesses are run by people who are in there for a few years only... They want the biggest profit this financial year, then they collect your multi-million-dollar bonus, then they leave...
why aren't everyone switching now?
Like the article says: mindshare! People think "Windows" when they think "Computer"... "Explorer" when they mean "Internet"... Et cetera...
Let's think about who might consider switching, and how they think about it:
CEO: Put company in for multi-million-dollar project to migrate systems. Reduce profit. Reduce Bonus. BAD!
IT Department: We're currently running Windows. We therefore know Windows. We're MCSEs. We don't understand Linux. We'll be out of a job. BAD!
Mom&Pop: This computer is already confusing. You want me to change something? I don't understand it. BAD!
Gamer: It doesn't run CounterStrike!!! BAD!
Programmer: My company only develops for Windows. BAD!
So who's going to switch?
Remember superior never implied popular - just ask Sony BetaMax users.
we don't have stories about... switching to windows?
I don't know? maybe nobody does it... They switch to linux, love it and never leave...;-)
The key is more than that Blinkx doesn't use it for spying... The USP is that it uses the local information as a context for the search (and potentially the ads as well). Google cannot know what you're working on, so it guesses from the keywords. Spyware doesn't care, it mostly only feeds you ads. Blinkx (claims to) use the information to improve the quality of your search results.
There is no installation for the other certs... Once the master is trusted, then as long as there is a chain of trust down to the "anonymous website". The website provides the certificate to the browser, the browser checks the issuer, and as long as the issuer is trusted, the browser accepts the certificate. No display to screen, no installation, nothing...
Yep... you're right... no largeenterprise systems would be run on PHP...
Be careful what you imply... the PHP core IS thread-safe... the only unknown is the large number of external libraries which PHP uses... The issues are not seen in non-threaded implementations... Forked processes do not hit the thread-safety issues, so any library is safe there...
I'm not sure what you mean by "Also, you can thread sessions all reads and writes lock the session from any further reads or writes until the operation is completed." or how it relates to the issue at hand...
Everybody has private keys (required to log in to Notes server). Notes Server is public keyserver. Public keys signed by Organisation's Private Key.
One checkbox "encrypt". One checkbox "sign"
Infact, I think there is a checkbox in the configuration which says "encrypt all messages", and one saying "sign all messages". I recall that all messages internally at my previous employer were automatically signed, but only encrypted on demand.
It doesn't automagically solve the external-mail encryption problem, but it handles internal mail encryption just fine...
That said, I last used R4... R5 has come out, and all the interfaces have changed. The company shut down barely weeks before I was upgraded to R5...
Actually I don't know whether my XP install has it on, since I don't use it on the network (1% XP, 99% Linux, last XP boot back in April...) and while I vaguely remember turning WSH off via some checkbox some time back, I don't remember if it was this laptop, or my 98 box under the desk... So I don't know if disabling WSH cripples MSI... But I thought that I had, and without issues...
Doesn't MSI parse the scripts directly? I'm sure I installed office on a machine with Scripting Host disabled once... I must doublecheck this sometime...
Ideally, you would say what kind of connectivity is available in the area you are working on. For example
Is there cell-phone coverage throughout the area? Is it GSM or CDMA? (If it's GSM, you could acquire receive-only SIMs from a provider, and send updates from the bus via SMS).
Is there cabling in the area (telephone/electricity) which is easy to tap into? (Could you make a deal with the telco to provide a line to the bus stop?)
Are bus stops located near other facilities which could jointly use services (eg pubs/service stations which could share an internet link with the bus stop)?
Are there any locations from which a radio antenna could transmit to the entire route (or a significant portion thereof)? (Could you set up a transceiver on a hill, receivers in the bus stops, and a transmitter on the bus?)
Is the area geographically small enough? How many roads are involved? How far do the roads deviate from one another? (Could you run transmitters along one road which could be received from a large number of other roads?)
Just a few thoughts off the top of my head. HTH. YMMV. HAND.
fair enough... I didn't know that (though I had assumed that something like it applied)... I'm not in.us, and while I assume that something similar applies here in.au, I don't know the exact legal implications of the relevant laws. I was just extrapolating from the statement which I quoted... It's good to know that there is some legal basis to fall back on...
As regards the second point, I agree with you entirely. However, since "install and run software" is the token used to signify assent to the contract, it is somewhat impossible to "manage to do so without agreeing to that contract".
FWIW, as I understand it, the unsigned assent clause is the same one used by carparking companies and department stores; "by [parking your car here/shopping here] you agree to these terms and conditions". All a EULA says is "by continuing to use this product you agree to these terms and conditions". It is (i believe) accepted legal practice to enforce unsigned contracts with an appropriate assent clause.
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If it's a language where I is pronounced J, then your online anonymity is already shot to hell... If not, then I have guessed wrong. But I think that your previous post contains all the information (and links) that anyone needs.
Cheers. HAND.
I actually deduced over the weekend that the entire page is actually getting rendered (for me, at least), but the width is like twice what it should be.
I discovered this because sometimes, this happens and leaves a scrollbar at the bottom, allowing me to find the remainder of the page, (but sometimes it doesn't). However, even if there is no scroll bar, you can still use find-as-you-type to find the links, and activate them...
I also noticed that it happens far more often when at home on dial-up... and almost never here at work on a broadband link.
I suspect that the ads/images are choking the link, and due to timeouts of something in the rendering process, the page gets rendered wider than the screen, and then the scrollbars get taken away... At least if I watch carefully, that's what happens...
Actually, the International Biology Olympics are just over yesterday... And other sciences, like Informatics, Physics and Chemistry have them too...
While there are a lot of History olympiads there doesn't appear to be an international competition. And as for latin, there is a country which hosts a "National Greek and Latin Olympiad"
Infer from that what you will...
that's why these guys are called mathletes
Nice and simple... now answer the question, is maths a sport?
Actually, rather than the existance of defence, the criterion should be the existance of competition...
Tennis, basketball, swimming, cycling and track are not sports when they're not competitive - they are exercise.
(And doing maths yourself, i.e. homework, is also called exercise...)
At my uni, the student association has a beer-drinking olympics... In fact I think most australian uni's do...
I think the one missing factor in the original comment is competition; it is the competition which converts a skill (like driving) into a sport (like car racing). That's where sex fails to make sport status. But socializing (politically-correct term for picking up hot chicks), now that can get competitive... and it can involve sex...
My thoughts on this are in this thread.
And my opinion is similar to 3llia's.
Well, by your definition 3, math is a pastime which involves interaction, hence an active pastime, and hence a sport...
;-P )
(And in addition see 4b - math is often an object of mockery...
And in addition:
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Oh, my, Is my math degree showing?
You do realize that MatLab runs in Linux if you're willing to licence it, which it seems you are under windows...
Anyway, a quick freshmeat search showed me that Nulab, Yorick, Scilab, FrAid and Lush are all possible replacements, depending on the application. Moreover, many of those refer to Octave which might be suitable, depending on your needs.
Likewise National Instruments makes LabVIEW for Linux, and freshmeat says to look at Flow Designer and TACO as potential free replacements.
If the two are used for related purposes, then consider RobotFlow which came as a result under both searches...
Just in case you decide to retry the system at a later date...
You run a bussness, you plan estimates in YEARS ahead.
That depends... Many large businesses are run by people who are in there for a few years only... They want the biggest profit this financial year, then they collect your multi-million-dollar bonus, then they leave...
why aren't everyone switching now?
Like the article says: mindshare! People think "Windows" when they think "Computer"... "Explorer" when they mean "Internet"... Et cetera...
Let's think about who might consider switching, and how they think about it:
So who's going to switch?
Remember superior never implied popular - just ask Sony BetaMax users.
we don't have stories about
I don't know? maybe nobody does it... They switch to linux, love it and never leave...
The key is more than that Blinkx doesn't use it for spying... The USP is that it uses the local information as a context for the search (and potentially the ads as well). Google cannot know what you're working on, so it guesses from the keywords. Spyware doesn't care, it mostly only feeds you ads. Blinkx (claims to) use the information to improve the quality of your search results.
There is no installation for the other certs... Once the master is trusted, then as long as there is a chain of trust down to the "anonymous website". The website provides the certificate to the browser, the browser checks the issuer, and as long as the issuer is trusted, the browser accepts the certificate. No display to screen, no installation, nothing...
Yep... you're right... no large enterprise systems would be run on PHP...
Be careful what you imply... the PHP core IS thread-safe... the only unknown is the large number of external libraries which PHP uses... The issues are not seen in non-threaded implementations... Forked processes do not hit the thread-safety issues, so any library is safe there...
I'm not sure what you mean by "Also, you can thread sessions all reads and writes lock the session from any further reads or writes until the operation is completed." or how it relates to the issue at hand...
PHP+Apache2 is "working OK"...
Just not well enough to sign off an enterprise solution on...
Check out these links for more details...
PHP-Dev Mailing list discussion
Discussion on PHP buglist
as well as a more tongue-in-cheek reply...
Lotus Notes?
Everybody has private keys (required to log in to Notes server). Notes Server is public keyserver. Public keys signed by Organisation's Private Key.
One checkbox "encrypt".
One checkbox "sign"
Infact, I think there is a checkbox in the configuration which says "encrypt all messages", and one saying "sign all messages". I recall that all messages internally at my previous employer were automatically signed, but only encrypted on demand.
It doesn't automagically solve the external-mail encryption problem, but it handles internal mail encryption just fine...
That said, I last used R4... R5 has come out, and all the interfaces have changed. The company shut down barely weeks before I was upgraded to R5...
I don't know... I have WSH disabled here...
Actually I don't know whether my XP install has it on, since I don't use it on the network (1% XP, 99% Linux, last XP boot back in April...) and while I vaguely remember turning WSH off via some checkbox some time back, I don't remember if it was this laptop, or my 98 box under the desk... So I don't know if disabling WSH cripples MSI... But I thought that I had, and without issues...
Doesn't MSI parse the scripts directly? I'm sure I installed office on a machine with Scripting Host disabled once... I must doublecheck this sometime...
Oh well, you learn something new every day...
That's two people so far who seem to have *.vbs associated with wscript.exe ... Slashdotters, no less...
Here, see, I have a lovely picture for you...
One argument FOR the command line as a newbie interface is here on OSNews.
It just goes to show, it's not just us old hackers who prefer the CLI...
You can actually verb something... and you can architect a solution for any verbing problem, m'kay?
Both words with sufficient history to claim "Not Invented Here"
Wouldn't this be Jabber?
It's already there, open source, many servers, and intercommunication possible between multiple servers.
And some people have made proxies for jabber-commerical messenger systems communication.
And it works with many, many clients, console-based as well as graphical...
But be careful not to get a USB softmodem... They're just as bad a PCI softmodem, but largely without *ANY* drivers available...
... can be implemented...
But are they????
Just a few thoughts off the top of my head. HTH. YMMV. HAND.
fair enough... I didn't know that (though I had assumed that something like it applied)... I'm not in .us, and while I assume that something similar applies here in .au, I don't know the exact legal implications of the relevant laws. I was just extrapolating from the statement which I quoted... It's good to know that there is some legal basis to fall back on...
As regards the second point, I agree with you entirely. However, since "install and run software" is the token used to signify assent to the contract, it is somewhat impossible to "manage to do so without agreeing to that contract".
FWIW, as I understand it, the unsigned assent clause is the same one used by carparking companies and department stores; "by [parking your car here/shopping here] you agree to these terms and conditions". All a EULA says is "by continuing to use this product you agree to these terms and conditions". It is (i believe) accepted legal practice to enforce unsigned contracts with an appropriate assent clause.