If I downloaded everything they made, and studied it thoroughly, I might have a strong grasp of the subject matter but I still wouldn't have a degree from MIT or Stanford.
Are you available for consulting work? I need to develop some silent graphical web content that doesn't reference any other data or content. The filesize must be enormous and I need it to work with IE4 yesterday.
I suppose you're just trolling but +5 Funny even if you are.
VML is not SVG in the same way that 1998 is not 2006 and your grandmother is not Jessica Alba. More than that, MS never came close to fully implementing its own spec for VML in IE. The rendering in IE does not even support line widths or relative coordinates, and the spec doesn't even mention compression.
It looks like Microsoft is seriously trying to make the lives of us web developers easier.
MS deserves credit for this sensible implementation of XMLHTTPRequest, and indeed for innovating XMLHTTPRequest in the first place.
Now if MS is "seriously trying to make the lives of us web developers easier" [when] will they implement the rest of the core W3C web standards?
FF, Opera and Safari and their respective communities are already well advanced with implementations of SVG, DOM, CSS, PNG, JPEG2000 and XForms. These standards are bread and butter for "seriously trying to make the lives of us web developers easier".
However, surrounding one's self with excellence at work is only part of the equation, surrounding one's self with a nurturing and supportive family environment (good nutrition and well-balanced life experiences) at an early age further assists your development. Then there are the other relevant social, cultural, and other environmental factors that would go along with this.
Now if anyone could explain what it is about Australian whites that can invariably give me a headache with only one glass....??
Most exported "Australian whites" are wooded Chardonnays (aged in (French) oak). Try an unwooded Chardonnay, or a Sauvignon blanc instead. You'll notice the difference.
Since alcohol will dehydrate you, always drink a couple of glasses of water after enjoying wine.
> > By looking at your last 20 posts from this Ip.
> > You can only see the final score to a post.
> > Admins can see the total number of moderations,
> > which is what we use for these bans.
I'll clarify what he is doing in case it isn't clear from those posts. Rozeboom may ban you from posting if the last 20 posts from your IP address "have been modded down 28 times". He will do that even if your last 20 posts have also been upmodded more than they have been downmodded. Or even if your posts have not been downmodded at all but if someone else has been downmodded from the same IP, such as will happen if you are sharing an IP through a LAN!
Being banned from Slashdot may not be as consequential as being locked up in the Guantanamo facility, but IMO the justice and the lack of transparency shares the same spirit.
This is not the spirit that made Slashdot popular in the first place.
> > By looking at your last 20 posts from this Ip.
> > You can only see the final score to a post.
> > Admins can see the total number of moderations,
> > which is what we use for these bans.
Reminds me of the message I got last time I tried to post here:
Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, comment
posting has temporarily been disabled. If it's you, consider this a
chance to sit in the timeout corner . If it's someone else, this is a
chance to hunt them down. If you think this is unfair, please email
moderation@slashdot.org
The company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on its online service, Xbox Live, analysts say.
I'm not sure how they spent such a large budget, considering what they have built. Skype and Flickr for example were each built for a small fraction of that.
What else in addition to your current mobile browser platform do you believe has to be in place before web browsing on mobile devices can become commonplace?
How do you think each of what you listed is going to unfold?
Slashdot Mirror
Can We Trust Google With Our Secrets?
So far Google has been dealing with two different sets of data through its products:
1. Our (seemingly) anonymous search queeries, through Google search.
2. Our private documents, through Google desktop search.
What do you trust Google with?
So far, they have said no to the US government to keep your #1 private.
If you haven't opted in to #2, then so far you haven't even exposed yourself to the issue of trust with Google beyond 1.
People in China, of course, have a different form of trust relationship with Google for #1.
Those are 3 separate issues.
I need to have data cached locally - but if I'm going to have a local solution set up anyways I might as well go with that and avoid the hassle.
In less than 20 years the standard PC hard drive will hold 100 terabytes - as much as the whole internet today.
The drive will cost about $100 in today's money. A different type of client will be possible and routine by then.
Indeed, one of the facts of life is that everyone gets topped by somebody who is better, or by somebody who will take it to the next level.
Yeah.
Dude relax! There's plenty of bad women to go round.
Even the best women are bad once.
Get fit, dress nice, and stop thinking
Can't hear you, dude. I'm debugging.
To direct good women towards our form of goodness is a challenge far greater than all of science.
Good women prefer apes.
If I downloaded everything they made, and studied it thoroughly, I might have a strong grasp of the subject matter but I still wouldn't have a degree from MIT or Stanford.
Are you available for consulting work? I need to develop some silent graphical web content that doesn't reference any other data or content. The filesize must be enormous and I need it to work with IE4 yesterday.
I suppose you're just trolling but +5 Funny even if you are.
VML is not SVG in the same way that 1998 is not 2006 and your grandmother is not Jessica Alba. More than that, MS never came close to fully implementing its own spec for VML in IE. The rendering in IE does not even support line widths or relative coordinates, and the spec doesn't even mention compression.
It looks like Microsoft is seriously trying to make the lives of us web developers easier.
MS deserves credit for this sensible implementation of XMLHTTPRequest, and indeed for innovating XMLHTTPRequest in the first place.
Now if MS is "seriously trying to make the lives of us web developers easier" [when] will they implement the rest of the core W3C web standards?
FF, Opera and Safari and their respective communities are already well advanced with implementations of SVG, DOM, CSS, PNG, JPEG2000 and XForms. These standards are bread and butter for "seriously trying to make the lives of us web developers easier".
When will MS join the inevitable?
Google honed the concept of relevance in advertizing with unobtrusive text ads.
Secret sauce: relevance
Result: Profits and a market cap of $130B
Compare this with the fate of the company that paid for that first banner ad...
However, surrounding one's self with excellence at work is only part of the equation, surrounding one's self with a nurturing and supportive family environment (good nutrition and well-balanced life experiences) at an early age further assists your development. Then there are the other relevant social, cultural, and other environmental factors that would go along with this.
Like wild sex with a naked bitchin' ho.
Just for balance.
"The problem is solved."
-- Bill
Now if anyone could explain what it is about Australian whites that can invariably give me a headache with only one glass....??
Most exported "Australian whites" are wooded Chardonnays (aged in (French) oak). Try an unwooded Chardonnay, or a Sauvignon blanc instead. You'll notice the difference.
Since alcohol will dehydrate you, always drink a couple of glasses of water after enjoying wine.
> Two layers?!?
Consider the butt cheeks. In many cultures these are often covered by an inner layer of
1. underpants or
2. boxer shorts
and an outer layer of
1. trousers or jeans
2. skirt or dress
3. kaftan or burka
In addition, some people also routinely cover their butt cheeks and their upper thighs with an extra layer of
1. panty hose or2. tights or stockings
3. petticoat or slip
In colder climates, a fourth layer of cloth is also provided by
1. coat or
2. blanket
> *scratches head*
Have you considered washing your hands after you do that?The parts that touch the toilet seat are mostly shielded from bacteria by two layers of cloth.
Fingers, on the other hand, frequently stray to the places where bacteria flourish.
"All the way" is Slashdot's server's IP log being requisitioned by the government
Who needs the government to do this?
Slashdot "moderator" Robert Rozeboom already censors posts by IP.
> > By looking at your last 20 posts from this Ip.
> > You can only see the final score to a post.
> > Admins can see the total number of moderations,
> > which is what we use for these bans.
I'll clarify what he is doing in case it isn't clear from those posts. Rozeboom may ban you from posting if the last 20 posts from your IP address "have been modded down 28 times". He will do that even if your last 20 posts have also been upmodded more than they have been downmodded. Or even if your posts have not been downmodded at all but if someone else has been downmodded from the same IP, such as will happen if you are sharing an IP through a LAN!
Being banned from Slashdot may not be as consequential as being locked up in the Guantanamo facility, but IMO the justice and the lack of transparency shares the same spirit.
This is not the spirit that made Slashdot popular in the first place.
I stopped wearing glasses a few years back and tried some of the eye exercises
That sounds useful. Could you describe these exercises? I'm interested to try them.
TIA
Same!
Not sure what they mean by "If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down."
When I replied "It isn't me making bad posts! What is going on?" I got this back:
"28 times?" That got me wondering, so I enquired further:
> How do you figure that??
>
> http://slashdot.org/~wombatmobile
Robert Rozeboom replied:
And I thought I was the only one.
Me too, until I saw your sig. Did you try emailing moderation@slashdot.org to enquire about your bad?
Reminds me of the message I got last time I tried to post here:
Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, comment posting has temporarily been disabled. If it's you, consider this a chance to sit in the timeout corner . If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down. If you think this is unfair, please email moderation@slashdot.org
How do I avoid it?
Use a non-Windows o/s.
I just don't have the time to spend hours every day attaining levels and learning complex controls and commands.
Didn't you used to do that?
What has changed with your priorities that now you "don't have time"?
How much max would you be prepared to pay for that service per month for your household?
The company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on its online service, Xbox Live, analysts say.
I'm not sure how they spent such a large budget, considering what they have built. Skype and Flickr for example were each built for a small fraction of that.
What else in addition to your current mobile browser platform do you believe has to be in place before web browsing on mobile devices can become commonplace?
How do you think each of what you listed is going to unfold?