As noted elsewhere, you're wrong about the widgets, and you CAN cut and paste text (not images) from Flash unless they turn that off. But I just wanted to show you this link:
http://rr.com
Portals and other sites/apps benefit greatly from Flash due to the way the widgets and/or sections are able to pull data without causing the other widgets/sections (or the entire page) to refresh. In HTML, this would be possible via iFrames and/or DHTML, but your bookmarks issue is just as relevant in that case and the whole "cross browser/cross platform" benefit is lost.
90% of Flash is for your viewing pleasure and nothing else, but there are cases where Flash has real benefits. Crossbrowser, crossplatform data-driven thin client/smart client/Rich Internet Applications (or whatever you wanna call them) can not be done as easily, safely , or efficiently by any other method that I know of.
The most immersive game I ever played was the original NES Metroid. The most immersive I've ever watched someone play was Resident Evil. In both cases, I think the sound and gameplay/plot had everything to do with it and the graphics very little.
I've moved domains away before without a problem. I have never had any problem with GoDaddy and honestly don't see a problem with that thread.
I give them my business because they provide more service for less money than anyone else I have used. I really don't have time to search for "the most ethical registrar" and, though I have seen cheaper prices elsewhere, I have not seen anyone who offers the same level of service at the same price.
Why the hell shouldn't I give them my business?
1. What are the sales figures of games that were released on both xbox and PC? IF the PC/Win games sell more, then you may have hit on something. If not, then maybe Windows will be benefitting from the ease with which devs will port their games to the PC from the xbox.
2. I am guessing that the platform the released is a framework similar to the.NET framework. I see this as extrememly likely if not certain. All future MS products seem to be tied to a programming framework and this gaming platform seems like it would be a perfect example of why MS is going in that direction. Why do you think it is unlikely?
Nasty stories like what? If you're going to spread rumors, at least be a little more specific. I've had a handful of domains with them for a couple years and have never heard of anything close to "nasty".
You would think that buying a domain name for a century would score you a better price break than that. For the 100 year registration, NSI charges $9.99 a year while GoDaddy.com and other companies charge $7.99 a year for single-year registrations.
In addition to that, GoDaddy includes several services for free (domain forwarding, email forwarding) that NSI charges extra for.
at first glance, that seems to be a great idea, the best I've heard. However, I can't imagine it ever being the standard because of the vast difference in lawyer fees and the fact that any law like this effectively binds the hands of companies that use high-priced lawyers (and we can not assume that high hourly wage = bad).
If we used your rule, then when someone sued you, you would now have to consider not only how much chance they had of winning, but also how much you would risk on a lawyer. Imagine you own a company and your normal lawyer fee is $500 per hour. Joe Schmoe sues you for something that, although being silly to some, may have a longshot chance of winning. Joe pays $20/hour for his lawyer plus a percentage of winning. They are now gambling and the odds are against you. You did nothing wrong but you have a slight chance of losing and the amount of money you will have to pay to win is very high. But if you lose, you lose BIG.
So you will have to use a cheaper law firm? That will reduce your chances of winning while reducing the amount you will lose. So you can no longer simply buy the best lawyers you can afford because of the chance that the screwy unpredictable court system we use, you now have to calculate the probability that you could lose and decide how much you want to pay a lawyer based on that. I seems like a good idea if you're the little guy but not if you're the big guy. And you have to keep in mind that sometimes the big guy is right and the little guy is just out for money (as vise-versa is true, too).
So when you put yourself in the place of the big guy being sued as a gamble, you have everything to lose and they have nothing to lose and it will look very tempting to some.
They have 4 soundproof booths (about 4 times the size of a typical american phone booth) with payphones in them at a local gentleman's club (aka a high-dollar strip club with boutique, 4-star restaurant, salon). Each booth has an "alibi machine" in it with a knob for baseball game, traffic, and a few other alibis while you call your wife (or boss) and explain that you'll be late.
I have used the sounds a few times, but only in jest, of course.
How do I reproduce the problems I get when Firefox bogs down? hmm... With 3 tabs open, I was at 33MB used. Opened Fark.com, went to 36MB. Clicked a link to open it in another tab, went to 37MB. Apparently not stressing the browser enough, let's try fusker.com. \Opened a link from there, what do you know, that worked!
Firefox is now taking up 141MB of memory. Ouch. Let's see how bad we can get it. Open another tab of images, they start loading and the memory usage suddenly dropped to 23MB! ?!?!?! Opened another taa of images and it stay the same but now I can't see the words I'm typing in this text box, they're white on white... lovely... I guess I'll stop the experiment now. mem usage at 23,440 K at the moment, btw. and the words appear in this text box only when I scroll.
wrong again. Lucas did not originally shoot that scene with the intentions of having Han walk on Jabba's tail. Jabba did not have a tail when the scene was shot.
You're confusing the 2 vesions. The stuff you mention above is true in the real version but we are talking about the lame-ass version where Greedo shot first and Han is a nice guy in a bad situation.
I would love to use Thunderbird instead of Outlook but programs are barely in the same ballpark. If comeone can use Thunderbird to replace Outlook then they don't need Outlook to begin with.
Thunderbird instead of Outlook Express is possible for most people but it had a few too many bugs the last time I tried it.
I haven't downloaded and tested the new version but I'm planning on correcting this within the hour.
He was on bad enough terms to have sent Greedo (and possibly other underlings/bounty hunters) after him. ANY crime boss would have reacted violently after being stepped on by a (now, thanks to Lucas' horrid remix of the movie) "nice guy" like Han who dropped a load of contraband and owed him money.
The 2 most used MS Office apps for me are Outlook and Access. Are either of those in OpenOffice or StarOffice? Not the last time I checked. Word is in 3rd position on my list, so let's make it simple and say word is 1/3 of my MS Office usage. That means StarOffice and OpenOffice are lacking 2/3 of my needed functionality.
Anecdotal and simplified, but definitely meets the "MS Office can do that another office programme, such as StarOffice or OpenOffice can't do" criteria and explains why I (and many others) have not and have not made the switch.
VC firms invest so that they can make money. I don't know that much about OGG other than it is the worst name ever but I don't know of any way you would make money from it.
Is there some way that this format would make a few billion and the VC firms would get the return on investment they require?
I would suggest getting a $9.99/month ASP.Net hosting plan and installing.Text for them. It is a free (as in beer) blog engine with an okay photo-gallery system.
Pros: extrememly easy-to-use and easy to learn. It is also as free-as-in-speech as you can get for MS-based software so you can download the source and fix any bugs you find or download an already-changed version from someone if the problem you have is one they've already had. (I refuse to call any.net software "open source" because I don't think it can really be 100% open.)
Cons: thumbnails are not cropped square, they retain the original photos' aspect ratio. Requires MS SQL Server. Requires IIS, ASP.Net. The rich text editor is a plain text box in any browser other than IE.
NOTE: this is not what I use for my sirshannon.com engine, I use a weak-azz homebrew I plan on replacing when the next.Text release hits.
you're saying that moving an Access app with "1 or two huge tables" to Oracle is hard? Why? How? Moving from an Access app seems like it is usually pretty easy, the code is there, easily opened (it's not compiled), easy to read (VBA is even simpler than VB and Wizard-generated code may be ugly but it's the EXACT SAME ugly throughout the entire app, which is more than you can say for ugly human-written code), and if it's only 1 or 2 tables then the data import is a snap (and table/column names almost irrelevant).
Writing a new front end to tie to the new database is a lot more trouble, but that is my job quite often so I see it as work, not a burden.
This is the most beautiful insanity I have ever seen on stage. This year's show is the story of Moses (Jbot)and the escape from evil Egyptian rulers (the GTRBot and the drummer robot) and how the Jews (the audience) were led across the desert and given the Law by God (the big stuffed bear/gorilla?), with a special appearance by Jesus (the small white gorilla). A lot of the time, JBot was singing and playing along with the band, but sometimes he was in the audience singing while the bots played the song without him. Incredible and remarkable in that nothing ever broke down.
If you would like to see some pics from the show, send me an email and I'll give you the link.
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As noted elsewhere, you're wrong about the widgets, and you CAN cut and paste text (not images) from Flash unless they turn that off. But I just wanted to show you this link:
http://rr.com
Portals and other sites/apps benefit greatly from Flash due to the way the widgets and/or sections are able to pull data without causing the other widgets/sections (or the entire page) to refresh. In HTML, this would be possible via iFrames and/or DHTML, but your bookmarks issue is just as relevant in that case and the whole "cross browser/cross platform" benefit is lost.
90% of Flash is for your viewing pleasure and nothing else, but there are cases where Flash has real benefits. Crossbrowser, crossplatform data-driven thin client/smart client/Rich Internet Applications (or whatever you wanna call them) can not be done as easily, safely , or efficiently by any other method that I know of.
Also, you may want to check out http://www.laszlosystems.com/
a classic
The most immersive game I ever played was the original NES Metroid. The most immersive I've ever watched someone play was Resident Evil. In both cases, I think the sound and gameplay/plot had everything to do with it and the graphics very little.
I've moved domains away before without a problem. I have never had any problem with GoDaddy and honestly don't see a problem with that thread. I give them my business because they provide more service for less money than anyone else I have used. I really don't have time to search for "the most ethical registrar" and, though I have seen cheaper prices elsewhere, I have not seen anyone who offers the same level of service at the same price. Why the hell shouldn't I give them my business?
1. What are the sales figures of games that were released on both xbox and PC? IF the PC/Win games sell more, then you may have hit on something. If not, then maybe Windows will be benefitting from the ease with which devs will port their games to the PC from the xbox. 2. I am guessing that the platform the released is a framework similar to the .NET framework. I see this as extrememly likely if not certain. All future MS products seem to be tied to a programming framework and this gaming platform seems like it would be a perfect example of why MS is going in that direction. Why do you think it is unlikely?
Nasty stories like what? If you're going to spread rumors, at least be a little more specific. I've had a handful of domains with them for a couple years and have never heard of anything close to "nasty".
You would think that buying a domain name for a century would score you a better price break than that. For the 100 year registration, NSI charges $9.99 a year while GoDaddy.com and other companies charge $7.99 a year for single-year registrations.
In addition to that, GoDaddy includes several services for free (domain forwarding, email forwarding) that NSI charges extra for.
at first glance, that seems to be a great idea, the best I've heard. However, I can't imagine it ever being the standard because of the vast difference in lawyer fees and the fact that any law like this effectively binds the hands of companies that use high-priced lawyers (and we can not assume that high hourly wage = bad). If we used your rule, then when someone sued you, you would now have to consider not only how much chance they had of winning, but also how much you would risk on a lawyer. Imagine you own a company and your normal lawyer fee is $500 per hour. Joe Schmoe sues you for something that, although being silly to some, may have a longshot chance of winning. Joe pays $20/hour for his lawyer plus a percentage of winning. They are now gambling and the odds are against you. You did nothing wrong but you have a slight chance of losing and the amount of money you will have to pay to win is very high. But if you lose, you lose BIG. So you will have to use a cheaper law firm? That will reduce your chances of winning while reducing the amount you will lose. So you can no longer simply buy the best lawyers you can afford because of the chance that the screwy unpredictable court system we use, you now have to calculate the probability that you could lose and decide how much you want to pay a lawyer based on that. I seems like a good idea if you're the little guy but not if you're the big guy. And you have to keep in mind that sometimes the big guy is right and the little guy is just out for money (as vise-versa is true, too). So when you put yourself in the place of the big guy being sued as a gamble, you have everything to lose and they have nothing to lose and it will look very tempting to some.
It would also stop a lot of cases where the plantiff will be out-gunned. For instance, ANY lawsuit by a normal citizen vs. a corporation.
The Men's Club. Tyvola Road near I-77. Charlotte, NC. http://www.mensclub.com
They have 4 soundproof booths (about 4 times the size of a typical american phone booth) with payphones in them at a local gentleman's club (aka a high-dollar strip club with boutique, 4-star restaurant, salon). Each booth has an "alibi machine" in it with a knob for baseball game, traffic, and a few other alibis while you call your wife (or boss) and explain that you'll be late. I have used the sounds a few times, but only in jest, of course.
"This is a great idea as it would be a great social contribution on Sun's part and should be rewarded as such."
huh?
You think they'll get a grant from some social group? Or a plague?
Since when does a for-profit company get rewarded for "a great social contribution"?
How do I reproduce the problems I get when Firefox bogs down? hmm... With 3 tabs open, I was at 33MB used. Opened Fark.com, went to 36MB. Clicked a link to open it in another tab, went to 37MB. Apparently not stressing the browser enough, let's try fusker.com. \Opened a link from there, what do you know, that worked! Firefox is now taking up 141MB of memory. Ouch. Let's see how bad we can get it. Open another tab of images, they start loading and the memory usage suddenly dropped to 23MB! ?!?!?! Opened another taa of images and it stay the same but now I can't see the words I'm typing in this text box, they're white on white... lovely... I guess I'll stop the experiment now. mem usage at 23,440 K at the moment, btw. and the words appear in this text box only when I scroll.
wrong again. Lucas did not originally shoot that scene with the intentions of having Han walk on Jabba's tail. Jabba did not have a tail when the scene was shot.
You're confusing the 2 vesions. The stuff you mention above is true in the real version but we are talking about the lame-ass version where Greedo shot first and Han is a nice guy in a bad situation.
I would love to use Thunderbird instead of Outlook but programs are barely in the same ballpark. If comeone can use Thunderbird to replace Outlook then they don't need Outlook to begin with.
Thunderbird instead of Outlook Express is possible for most people but it had a few too many bugs the last time I tried it.
I haven't downloaded and tested the new version but I'm planning on correcting this within the hour.
Linux won't try and screw you over. Niether will your floppy drive.
But RedHat, Dell and other vendors just might.
He was on bad enough terms to have sent Greedo (and possibly other underlings/bounty hunters) after him. ANY crime boss would have reacted violently after being stepped on by a (now, thanks to Lucas' horrid remix of the movie) "nice guy" like Han who dropped a load of contraband and owed him money.
The 2 most used MS Office apps for me are Outlook and Access. Are either of those in OpenOffice or StarOffice? Not the last time I checked. Word is in 3rd position on my list, so let's make it simple and say word is 1/3 of my MS Office usage. That means StarOffice and OpenOffice are lacking 2/3 of my needed functionality.
Anecdotal and simplified, but definitely meets the "MS Office can do that another office programme, such as StarOffice or OpenOffice can't do" criteria and explains why I (and many others) have not and have not made the switch.
VC firms invest so that they can make money. I don't know that much about OGG other than it is the worst name ever but I don't know of any way you would make money from it. Is there some way that this format would make a few billion and the VC firms would get the return on investment they require?
at least all of those names have vowels...
I would suggest getting a $9.99/month ASP.Net hosting plan and installing .Text for them. It is a free (as in beer) blog engine with an okay photo-gallery system.
.net software "open source" because I don't think it can really be 100% open.)
.Text release hits.
Pros: extrememly easy-to-use and easy to learn. It is also as free-as-in-speech as you can get for MS-based software so you can download the source and fix any bugs you find or download an already-changed version from someone if the problem you have is one they've already had. (I refuse to call any
Cons: thumbnails are not cropped square, they retain the original photos' aspect ratio. Requires MS SQL Server. Requires IIS, ASP.Net. The rich text editor is a plain text box in any browser other than IE.
NOTE: this is not what I use for my sirshannon.com engine, I use a weak-azz homebrew I plan on replacing when the next
they jail us for crimes yet they still analyze crime data! hypocrisy!!! [/chickLittle:JerkKnee]
you're saying that moving an Access app with "1 or two huge tables" to Oracle is hard? Why? How? Moving from an Access app seems like it is usually pretty easy, the code is there, easily opened (it's not compiled), easy to read (VBA is even simpler than VB and Wizard-generated code may be ugly but it's the EXACT SAME ugly throughout the entire app, which is more than you can say for ugly human-written code), and if it's only 1 or 2 tables then the data import is a snap (and table/column names almost irrelevant).
Writing a new front end to tie to the new database is a lot more trouble, but that is my job quite often so I see it as work, not a burden.
This is the most beautiful insanity I have ever seen on stage. This year's show is the story of Moses (Jbot)and the escape from evil Egyptian rulers (the GTRBot and the drummer robot) and how the Jews (the audience) were led across the desert and given the Law by God (the big stuffed bear/gorilla?), with a special appearance by Jesus (the small white gorilla). A lot of the time, JBot was singing and playing along with the band, but sometimes he was in the audience singing while the bots played the song without him. Incredible and remarkable in that nothing ever broke down.
If you would like to see some pics from the show, send me an email and I'll give you the link.