no way is php the 'defacto' in developing new websites. I'd like to know where you got this idea...
Surely ASP and ColdFusion destroy PHP in developing new websites. At least - the websites that matter.
It's easy to learn, and from everything I've ever seen, easy to write. I have yet to see a program come out of VB that actually looks (visually, not usably) like a good program. all the elements look like they're hacked together in about 2 minutes. ack.
we made a java version of gorillas in my summer honors class last summer. Worked out pretty swell... someone runs the game, sets up a server, and people can put in the IP and play multiplayer. It ended up that we threw exploding iMacs instaed of bananas, and since we only had 2 weeks to do the whole game there were no buildings... Someday mabey we'll finish it...
Why is everyone reading this and just stating the obvious: that we've known this for awhile. This article's more directed at management than us. This is the kind of article we should print out and give to upper management, especially in times when the economy's like it is. If you're lucky, the bosses will see 'lower costs' and at least give it a thought.
maybe it's not enough to matter, but, hey. it's worth a try.
Philips does not expect to see the first application of the newly developed electroluminescent material complex until 2006 or 2007. That device will be a small polymer-based, full-color LED display -- "a few-inch screen" in a small appliance, perhaps something like a shaver, according to Hofstraat.
At first when I read this, i couldn't help but think 'what the hell would you want a display on your razor for?', but then, realizing I was about to troll, i thought about the benefits...
blade-wear indicator
closeness of shave indicator
battery power indicator
It's just a matter of time before someone turns it into a webserver...
And now for the obligatory blazing saddles reference:
Reporters, Taggart and the Governor: Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!
Governor: I didn't get a 'harrumph' out of that guy!
Lamarr: Give the governor a 'harrumph!'
Reporter: Harrumph!
Governor: You watch your ass. .wav here
I live in the middle of nowhere, nebraska, and still can't get broadband. Sure, there's satellite, but I've heard more bad things than good.
Anyway, I think blimps would be a benefit literally everywhere.
I remember how I stopped getting everyone forwarding me crap messages, just reply to all and say this is stupid stop sending me this crap, and eventually everyone caught on that I was an insensitive jerk and stopped.
I think we all did this. Everytime someone new in my family gets a computer (usually an aunt or grandma who finds sappy forewards worth sending on), they ask me for my email address. I made up a new address just for them. dont_send_me_forewards@mydomain.com. A lot of the time, they don't even understand it, but it works out fine. I know that it's an account that I only use with my family, so i can delete anything with fwd: and still keep the few decent ones.
There's a lot of suggestions being posted about how we can deal with spam... but is anything actually being done? Let's start a site where we can pool all these ideas, have letters ready to be sent to our congressmen, and the tools to filter email.
If there's a place already doing all of these things, then let's all join it and actually do something. Every damn week there's an article on here about a spammer, and every single time there's hundreds of posts about what we can do about it. so let's do it!
I'm on christmas break... so i've got the time to get started on a site if anyone wants to give me some suggestions & whatnot. I'm ready to do it.
I can't beleive you just said that!!!!
not only did I just have 2nd grade flashbacks of Mrs. Pierce playing piano while we sang, but i'm afraid it brought back that crush I had on Lindsey Grant all over again. NOT ONLY that, but now I've got the song stuck in my head.
why god, oh why! (beats head into wall... get out! get out!!!)
I love this: ...By collecting flocks of pigeons in dense clusters, Google is able to process search queries at speeds superior to traditional search engines, which typically rely on birds of prey, brooding hens or slow-moving waterfowl to do their relevance rankings....
Except that there's not really a fossil fuel problem, other than the monopoly of OPEC and unwillingness to actually use the resources we have on the part of the dems.
If a shortage does happen, we already have the technology & ideas to find other ways to power our cars, homes, etc. It would be just plain stupid to go ahead and find this kindof a solution to a problem that doesn't exist at this time.
When silicon does top out, surely they'll find new materials to make them out of. Why would they find an alternative for silicon before they have even reached the limits? I wouldn't say it would waste money on research, because i think all research is valuable... but pushing it onto consumers at a time when there's not really the need isn't very smart. The same goes with your fossil fuels analogy.
I'm in the same boat (pun intended). I live at Johnson Lake in Nebraska. a couple months ago Charter dug laid some fiber all around our lake, some of which ended up less than 20 feet from my back door.
I call about 2 times a week asking if I can have cablemodem, they keep saying it's coming, and when I tell them that I saw them physically installing it, they blame it on political problems. Being in touch with my congressman, Tom Osborne, I know for a fact that he's one of the main reasons there's a 'push' to put broadband in rural areas.
So far, i haven't seen the progress, other than a bunch of dead line and empty promises.
Someone mentioned earlier that the best way to fight spammers would be to reply to all the ads with fake info. Why not take it one step farther and actually call them. Listen to whatever sales pitches they have, of course, calling their 800 number.
Calling their 800 number and listening to the pitch costs them money in at least 3 ways:
1. 800 number calls are billed to them
2. It will take up the time of sales people
3. If enough people do it, eventually real customers may not be able to get through.
If there's a snail address listed, send an inquiry to their services... Probably should use a P.O. box for this, so you don't clog up your personal mailbox. Anyway, this would hurt them even more. They've got printing fees, whatever fees for employees making & processing the information, and mailing fees to deal with.
The only problem with this, is that it targets people that use the spamming services... but then again, aren't they just as bad as the spammers?
I'm not sure how legal any of those ideas are... If enough people did it though, it might be somewhat effective
As something of a disclaimer.... dunno if it's necessary, but i wanna save my ass if at all possible:) umm... Don't do anything illegal... it makes you as bad as the spammers. there, i'm covered
I can remember the exact moment I began to hate O'Donnell....
It was right after the incident where this guy was allowed to buy a gun at K-Mart a couple years ago. Not long after that, he killed himself with it or killed someone else with it. I don't recall the exact details, i'm sure I could find them with the motivation....
Instead of going after one of her largest sponsors (k-mart), she had a NRA (National Rifle Assoc.) rep on her show for what was supposed to be a 'friendly interview'. She proceeded to try tearing this man apart, for something he had nothing to do with, no control over, and no real interest in.
Another reason I might not like her, is that she's about the biggest liberal tree-huggin' hippy freak I've ever seen.
I can't stand those people.
Anyway. enuff of my rant. she's a bad person, period.
It crossed my mind after reading all this and wondering just how hard it would be to make my own p2p client... that the RIAA and MPAA should make their own Kazaa type client and distribute it with new systems... Kindof goes along with This Article, in a way.
They already know that people are using the networks to spread their media... why not jump on the bandwagon as Napster kindof tried to do. They could make money on advertising at the least.
Of course... it *might* be annoying when they program an X10 popup every 45 seconds.
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no way is php the 'defacto' in developing new websites. I'd like to know where you got this idea...
Surely ASP and ColdFusion destroy PHP in developing new websites. At least - the websites that matter.
It's easy to learn, and from everything I've ever seen, easy to write. I have yet to see a program come out of VB that actually looks (visually, not usably) like a good program. all the elements look like they're hacked together in about 2 minutes. ack.
we made a java version of gorillas in my summer honors class last summer. Worked out pretty swell... someone runs the game, sets up a server, and people can put in the IP and play multiplayer. It ended up that we threw exploding iMacs instaed of bananas, and since we only had 2 weeks to do the whole game there were no buildings... Someday mabey we'll finish it...
Why is everyone reading this and just stating the obvious: that we've known this for awhile. This article's more directed at management than us. This is the kind of article we should print out and give to upper management, especially in times when the economy's like it is. If you're lucky, the bosses will see 'lower costs' and at least give it a thought. maybe it's not enough to matter, but, hey. it's worth a try.
At first when I read this, i couldn't help but think 'what the hell would you want a display on your razor for?', but then, realizing I was about to troll, i thought about the benefits...
blade-wear indicator
closeness of shave indicator
battery power indicator
It's just a matter of time before someone turns it into a webserver...
i'm sorry, but someone's gotta do it...
4. ???
5. Profit
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And now for the obligatory blazing saddles reference:
.wav here
Reporters, Taggart and the Governor: Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!
Governor: I didn't get a 'harrumph' out of that guy!
Lamarr: Give the governor a 'harrumph!'
Reporter: Harrumph!
Governor: You watch your ass.
I live in the middle of nowhere, nebraska, and still can't get broadband. Sure, there's satellite, but I've heard more bad things than good.
Anyway, I think blimps would be a benefit literally everywhere.
I remember how I stopped getting everyone forwarding me crap messages, just reply to all and say this is stupid stop sending me this crap, and eventually everyone caught on that I was an insensitive jerk and stopped.
I think we all did this. Everytime someone new in my family gets a computer (usually an aunt or grandma who finds sappy forewards worth sending on), they ask me for my email address. I made up a new address just for them. dont_send_me_forewards@mydomain.com.
A lot of the time, they don't even understand it, but it works out fine. I know that it's an account that I only use with my family, so i can delete anything with fwd: and still keep the few decent ones.
There's a lot of suggestions being posted about how we can deal with spam... but is anything actually being done? Let's start a site where we can pool all these ideas, have letters ready to be sent to our congressmen, and the tools to filter email.
If there's a place already doing all of these things, then let's all join it and actually do something. Every damn week there's an article on here about a spammer, and every single time there's hundreds of posts about what we can do about it. so let's do it!
I'm on christmas break... so i've got the time to get started on a site if anyone wants to give me some suggestions & whatnot. I'm ready to do it.
Bryan
I can't beleive you just said that!!!!
not only did I just have 2nd grade flashbacks of Mrs. Pierce playing piano while we sang, but i'm afraid it brought back that crush I had on Lindsey Grant all over again. NOT ONLY that, but now I've got the song stuck in my head.
why god, oh why! (beats head into wall... get out! get out!!!)
PigeonRank
...By collecting flocks of pigeons in dense clusters, Google is able to process search queries at speeds superior to traditional search engines, which typically rely on birds of prey, brooding hens or slow-moving waterfowl to do their relevance rankings....
I love this:
Except that there's not really a fossil fuel problem, other than the monopoly of OPEC and unwillingness to actually use the resources we have on the part of the dems.
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If a shortage does happen, we already have the technology & ideas to find other ways to power our cars, homes, etc. It would be just plain stupid to go ahead and find this kindof a solution to a problem that doesn't exist at this time.
When silicon does top out, surely they'll find new materials to make them out of. Why would they find an alternative for silicon before they have even reached the limits? I wouldn't say it would waste money on research, because i think all research is valuable... but pushing it onto consumers at a time when there's not really the need isn't very smart.
The same goes with your fossil fuels analogy.
Anyway... just my
I'm in the same boat (pun intended). I live at Johnson Lake in Nebraska. a couple months ago Charter dug laid some fiber all around our lake, some of which ended up less than 20 feet from my back door.
I call about 2 times a week asking if I can have cablemodem, they keep saying it's coming, and when I tell them that I saw them physically installing it, they blame it on political problems. Being in touch with my congressman, Tom Osborne, I know for a fact that he's one of the main reasons there's a 'push' to put broadband in rural areas.
So far, i haven't seen the progress, other than a bunch of dead line and empty promises.
I'm sorry, but with 36,346 people... I'm afraid 18 buffies is not enough.
...Good thing I got mine on backorder...
Calling their 800 number and listening to the pitch costs them money in at least 3 ways:
1. 800 number calls are billed to them
2. It will take up the time of sales people
3. If enough people do it, eventually real customers may not be able to get through.
:) umm... Don't do anything illegal... it makes you as bad as the spammers. there, i'm covered
If there's a snail address listed, send an inquiry to their services... Probably should use a P.O. box for this, so you don't clog up your personal mailbox. Anyway, this would hurt them even more. They've got printing fees, whatever fees for employees making & processing the information, and mailing fees to deal with.
The only problem with this, is that it targets people that use the spamming services... but then again, aren't they just as bad as the spammers?
I'm not sure how legal any of those ideas are... If enough people did it though, it might be somewhat effective
As something of a disclaimer.... dunno if it's necessary, but i wanna save my ass if at all possible
Bryan
I can remember the exact moment I began to hate O'Donnell....
It was right after the incident where this guy was allowed to buy a gun at K-Mart a couple years ago. Not long after that, he killed himself with it or killed someone else with it. I don't recall the exact details, i'm sure I could find them with the motivation....
Instead of going after one of her largest sponsors (k-mart), she had a NRA (National Rifle Assoc.) rep on her show for what was supposed to be a 'friendly interview'. She proceeded to try tearing this man apart, for something he had nothing to do with, no control over, and no real interest in.
Another reason I might not like her, is that she's about the biggest liberal tree-huggin' hippy freak I've ever seen.
I can't stand those people.
Anyway. enuff of my rant. she's a bad person, period.
It crossed my mind after reading all this and wondering just how hard it would be to make my own p2p client... that the RIAA and MPAA should make their own Kazaa type client and distribute it with new systems... Kindof goes along with This Article, in a way.
They already know that people are using the networks to spread their media... why not jump on the bandwagon as Napster kindof tried to do. They could make money on advertising at the least.
Of course... it *might* be annoying when they program an X10 popup every 45 seconds.
omg, I actually have an old dell latitude like the one the article said he was using.
:-P
Either I had the common sense to remove my laptop before it burned me.... or I'm just not as brave as to admit it
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I'm guessing he means This. another splurge here [torrez.net]
too bad SNL's about to dip back into the 80's dark ages again :(
Will Farrell! come back!!!