I went to MIT in the early 80's, when interest in CS was exploding and the CS department was heavily oversubscribed. The introductory class taught LISP and Algol and was used to weed the applicants for a CS major down to something the department might have some hope of coping with. Additionally, if you switched majors, this was the only department that didn't allow you to switch back.
Towards the end of my stay there other departments started operating their own basic CS class so that one could learn the rudiments needed to function in other engineering disciplines without having to devote one's life to CS arcana. This helped to take the pressure off the CS school.
I can't help it. I eat continuously. It's the only way I can keep weight on.
And I have a cat. Shedding is a major threat to my keyboard. (It also drives mouse lasers crazy.)
So I have to periodically disassemble the keyboard and wash the plastic parts under hot soapy water.
The mouse area tends to get worse, because of the constant abrasion of my palm against the desk surface. So I keep a spray bottle of isopropyl alcohol and a washcloth to regularly clean the area, the bottom of the mouse, and the key tops.
I got my Droid for geek appeal. Otherwise I'd just carry a minimal phone for emergencies and a notebook for the functions I use my Droid for. (I hate phones.) Closing the platform will just put me in the market for a dumb phone and a notebook.
If Android closes, I lose my incentive to avoid Apple's iOS. Google and the manufacturers need to understand that openness is the only real distinction they have over their competition, and that closing the platform loses their differentiation.
Now the problem is to wait for one's customers to move to the latest compilers that support this. Having a big customer that uses Visual Studio 2005 can be a headache when you want to use a new feature in your tools.
there are so many ways to obfuscate active content while it goes through the pipes (i.e. before it gets parsed by the browser) that trying to block it through a proxy (even though it's been attempted by proxomitron and similar projects) is futile.
I don't know enough about this to be able to evaluate his statement.
I'm still waiting for NoScript, so I can use Chrome without being blasted with pop-unders and unwanted noisy video ads. Until then, I'll suffer the slowness of Firefox.
That's only a problem if you want to get things done that significant minorities object to. Democratic government should limit its action to those things where strong consensus is present. If there's no consensus, then stay the hell out of it.
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icebike is a victim of Muphry's Law.
Ron Paul can do better: He can get you a gallon of gas for a dime today!
According to the article, the code was only available for purchase before.
It means it's now available to script kiddies.
To check for colon cancer? There are now USB glucose meters that accept a test strip with a drop of blood, so why not one that accepts a stool sample?
They don't mention the type of warhead the monkey will have in his arms.
Some 30 year old women look like that. So we can define that "look" to be 30.
Eric Flint explains why Baen Books gives away free electronic versions of some of its books.
I went to MIT in the early 80's, when interest in CS was exploding and the CS department was heavily oversubscribed. The introductory class taught LISP and Algol and was used to weed the applicants for a CS major down to something the department might have some hope of coping with. Additionally, if you switched majors, this was the only department that didn't allow you to switch back.
Towards the end of my stay there other departments started operating their own basic CS class so that one could learn the rudiments needed to function in other engineering disciplines without having to devote one's life to CS arcana. This helped to take the pressure off the CS school.
There's now a fork called FireICE so DHS now has an additional extension to suppress.
The firm should supply bidets and instruct everyone in their use.
I can't help it. I eat continuously. It's the only way I can keep weight on.
And I have a cat. Shedding is a major threat to my keyboard. (It also drives mouse lasers crazy.)
So I have to periodically disassemble the keyboard and wash the plastic parts under hot soapy water.
The mouse area tends to get worse, because of the constant abrasion of my palm against the desk surface. So I keep a spray bottle of isopropyl alcohol and a washcloth to regularly clean the area, the bottom of the mouse, and the key tops.
What, you think the average keyboard is any more sanitary?
I got my Droid for geek appeal. Otherwise I'd just carry a minimal phone for emergencies and a notebook for the functions I use my Droid for. (I hate phones.) Closing the platform will just put me in the market for a dumb phone and a notebook.
So why'd you buy an Android phone, then?
If Android closes, I lose my incentive to avoid Apple's iOS. Google and the manufacturers need to understand that openness is the only real distinction they have over their competition, and that closing the platform loses their differentiation.
Now the problem is to wait for one's customers to move to the latest compilers that support this. Having a big customer that uses Visual Studio 2005 can be a headache when you want to use a new feature in your tools.
I don't know enough about this to be able to evaluate his statement.
And here's a thread in the NoScript forum explaining why it's not available yet.
I'm still waiting for NoScript, so I can use Chrome without being blasted with pop-unders and unwanted noisy video ads. Until then, I'll suffer the slowness of Firefox.
It's amazing that no one's copied Mulberry's Reply dialog.
So far there's no law against photography and a cop really ought to know that.
In three states it's illegal to photograph police. In many other states wiretapping laws are being used to prevent video and audio recordings.
Perhaps you're thinking of this 20/20 episode: The Age of Consent.
I now understand the source of the financial crisis.
That's only a problem if you want to get things done that significant minorities object to. Democratic government should limit its action to those things where strong consensus is present. If there's no consensus, then stay the hell out of it.