Youre probably better off using an ArrayList instead of a Vector, as Vectors have the overhead of being synchronized.
This means a lot of uneccesary locking and unlocking of objects, which of course will slow down your code a lot.:)
.. because if they continue to give patents on stuff like this like they've done the last few years, the system is bound to fail. Its just a simple matter of time.
(and now for the obligatory:) What next? A patent for interpreting presses on different keys into machine-understandable signals?
Hehe, its really funny seeing a post like this parents getting modded +5 interesting, and not +5 funny..
The first paragraph is obviously read by the moderators, whilst the second (which is twice the size) are just beeing skimmed, and not read with a critically mind. (Noticed this username and post-record?) Nice work:)
But yeah, the parent is right about that FUD isn't a serious threat to Linux, and it probably never has been.. An OS survives by being good, not by how its being received by other competitors in the market
Browsed over their website, but I must say I'm disappointed. How well can we trust this client to be secure (and flawless) until the public has audited their source code?
If I'm going to chat with my friends "securely", I'd want to know exactly _how secure_ it is... to know whether I really can trust the application or not..
Security by obscurity doesn't cut it for me, and usually, the slashdot-crowd doesn't seem to be too fond if it either..
I can see your point of the consumer actually having a choice, and I think you're right, but why can't we have one kind of printer-cartridge for the DeskJets and one kind for the OfficeJets?
There might be difficulties due to different sizes on the OfficeJets, but the DeskJets are mostly the same size, so it should'nt be too difficult for HP to design for this. (Firmware upgrade maybe;)
I think we all agree that making a standard for ink cartridges will be a positive thing. When Joe Sixpack enters a store, he can tell the sales clerk he wants a "black ink cartridge", and it wouldn't matter which one he bought, it would fit in his printer anyways.. But since this is what the customer wants, why doesn't the printer manufacturers give us excatly that?
The answer lies in the fact a rather large percentage of the revenue is generated by the sale of printer cartridges. Think along the lines of how Microsoft is underpricing their Xbox, Sony underpricing their Playstation2 etc, etc. Where do they make money? By selling games. This is the same way the printer-manufacturers gets much of their revenue through cartridge-sales.
What will be interesting to see though, is whether this is a trend that can change.. Many regular computer users I know are really fed up with having to cross check the printer model numbers every time they are buying new cartridges (which actually is pretty often when using these small cartridges that many modern desktop printers use). Eventually, the manufacturers have to budge for the demands of the consumers, right?
Unfortunately, HP has different connectors on the back of their cartridges across their product line, which makes it impossible to use cartridges which doesn't officially support your printer.
Yes, I know that there might be valid reasons for this (e.g different and better features regarding to ink-economy etc), but why isn't it possible to enable some kind of "legacy-mode" to enable us to use any DeskJet print cartridge across HP's product line?
YMMV, as this is figures that will vary between country and country. Also, there are different kinds of papers for different purposes (of course), which will (of course) have to be properly stored for different amounts of time.:)
Im not saying Im agreeing with the parent post, but if you do, please remember that certain papers must be filed by you for a period of up to 10 years.. so you might want to do what most people in this situation does: buy a small file-safe... othervise you might end up having troubles with the IRS, and we dont want that, do we?
Have you updated your computer/browser from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com lately? I always make sure I have, so it might be some small patch they released some time ago that borked it.. This is just speculations though, no hard evidence..
The %01 part should come _before_ the @... and no, it is not just as simple as this... the url must also be unescaped..
See Here [DevGuru] if you don't know what to 'unescape' means...
(Yes, this means that it will be difficult pulling this one off over i.e IRC, where special characters don't necessarily show up on other peoples terminals)
In "Tools"->"Options"->"Advanced" you will find a checkbox for "Block loading of remote images in mail messages":-) This option has been present for a long time (at least as long as I've known about Thunderbird):-)
..but rather an css-transformation that works the same way for internet explorer as it works for opera. I dont know for other browsers though ("view source" gives the plaintext, the same I get when I access the page with links);)
As the article clearly shows, Java is lagging behind in speed, as it as since it first was released from Sun (remember the pre-1.3 days? if you do, you know that Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.x is a lot quicker today than it was back then)..
But then again, Java was never meant for big number-chrunching-applications was it? The way I see Java things, Java is designed to work on an end-user-level, thus speed is not (always) that critical. (Although implementing the wrong kind of algorithms (read: brute force) is just wrong anyway..)
What lacks in the article are languages that are designed specifically for the tasks he wants done...
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Yes it will. It was included in developer seeds 369 and above. :)
Youre probably better off using an ArrayList instead of a Vector, as Vectors have the overhead of being synchronized. This means a lot of uneccesary locking and unlocking of objects, which of course will slow down your code a lot. :)
.. because if they continue to give patents on stuff like this like they've done the last few years, the system is bound to fail. Its just a simple matter of time.
(and now for the obligatory:) What next? A patent for interpreting presses on different keys into machine-understandable signals?
"I don't know the kind of weapons World War 3 will be fought with, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." -quote Albert Einstein-
I've got to hand it to him, he sure has some nice quotes :-)
Hehe, its really funny seeing a post like this parents getting modded +5 interesting, and not +5 funny..
The first paragraph is obviously read by the moderators, whilst the second (which is twice the size) are just beeing skimmed, and not read with a critically mind. (Noticed this username and post-record?) Nice work :)
But yeah, the parent is right about that FUD isn't a serious threat to Linux, and it probably never has been.. An OS survives by being good, not by how its being received by other competitors in the market
There will be no Fedora Core 2 Test 4. The next release will be Fedora Core 2. :-) You can see their release-schedule by clikcing here.
Never mind. Stupid little me found the link _on the front page_ at last.. PadLockSL.src.zip[viaarena.com]...
Browsed over their website, but I must say I'm disappointed. How well can we trust this client to be secure (and flawless) until the public has audited their source code?
If I'm going to chat with my friends "securely", I'd want to know exactly _how secure_ it is... to know whether I really can trust the application or not..
Security by obscurity doesn't cut it for me, and usually, the slashdot-crowd doesn't seem to be too fond if it either..
Verified it, and it doesn't look like a trojan. In order to decode it, you have to remove the spaces:
sed -i -e 's/ //g' test.decode
Then decode it with uudeview or uudecode.
I can see your point of the consumer actually having a choice, and I think you're right, but why can't we have one kind of printer-cartridge for the DeskJets and one kind for the OfficeJets?
There might be difficulties due to different sizes on the OfficeJets, but the DeskJets are mostly the same size, so it should'nt be too difficult for HP to design for this. (Firmware upgrade maybe ;)
I think we all agree that making a standard for ink cartridges will be a positive thing. When Joe Sixpack enters a store, he can tell the sales clerk he wants a "black ink cartridge", and it wouldn't matter which one he bought, it would fit in his printer anyways.. But since this is what the customer wants, why doesn't the printer manufacturers give us excatly that?
The answer lies in the fact a rather large percentage of the revenue is generated by the sale of printer cartridges. Think along the lines of how Microsoft is underpricing their Xbox, Sony underpricing their Playstation2 etc, etc. Where do they make money? By selling games. This is the same way the printer-manufacturers gets much of their revenue through cartridge-sales.
What will be interesting to see though, is whether this is a trend that can change.. Many regular computer users I know are really fed up with having to cross check the printer model numbers every time they are buying new cartridges (which actually is pretty often when using these small cartridges that many modern desktop printers use). Eventually, the manufacturers have to budge for the demands of the consumers, right?
Unfortunately, HP has different connectors on the back of their cartridges across their product line, which makes it impossible to use cartridges which doesn't officially support your printer.
Yes, I know that there might be valid reasons for this (e.g different and better features regarding to ink-economy etc), but why isn't it possible to enable some kind of "legacy-mode" to enable us to use any DeskJet print cartridge across HP's product line?
YMMV, as this is figures that will vary between country and country. Also, there are different kinds of papers for different purposes (of course), which will (of course) have to be properly stored for different amounts of time. :)
Im not saying Im agreeing with the parent post, but if you do, please remember that certain papers must be filed by you for a period of up to 10 years.. so you might want to do what most people in this situation does: buy a small file-safe... othervise you might end up having troubles with the IRS, and we dont want that, do we?
Have you updated your computer/browser from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com lately? I always make sure I have, so it might be some small patch they released some time ago that borked it.. This is just speculations though, no hard evidence..
What is your version-number? Mine is 6.0.2800.1106, and I can confirm that its working (infortunately)...
Have tried some examples? Such as this one? [zapthedingbat.com]
The %01 part should come _before_ the @... and no, it is not just as simple as this... the url must also be unescaped..
See Here [DevGuru] if you don't know what to 'unescape' means...
(Yes, this means that it will be difficult pulling this one off over i.e IRC, where special characters don't necessarily show up on other peoples terminals)
Click here [ZapTheDingBat.com] to see an example of how it is done...
Opera and Mozilla (at least firebird) handles it properly :-)
In "Tools"->"Options"->"Advanced" you will find a checkbox for "Block loading of remote images in mail messages" :-) This option has been present for a long time (at least as long as I've known about Thunderbird) :-)
There's also a version similar to Knoppix which uses Gnome instead of KDE as its window manager.
And guess what it's called?
You got it right: Gnoppix
..but rather an css-transformation that works the same way for internet explorer as it works for opera. I dont know for other browsers though ("view source" gives the plaintext, the same I get when I access the page with links) ;)
..you didn't see through the april fools joke about the nightvision-camera that could see through a layer of clothes? ;)
A simple car count will yield garbage data because it is the speed of the cars that passes a given point that really matters.
If 10 cars pass a certain point in 5 minutes, that EITHER means that the traffic is fine and smooth, OR slow as hell.
But if one could get the average speed of the cars passing the point, on the other hand...
Get the Special Edition. Thats what I did. It comes handily on a CD :-)
This is everything but an troll... but:
As the article clearly shows, Java is lagging behind in speed, as it as since it first was released from Sun (remember the pre-1.3 days? if you do, you know that Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.x is a lot quicker today than it was back then)..
But then again, Java was never meant for big number-chrunching-applications was it? The way I see Java things, Java is designed to work on an end-user-level, thus speed is not (always) that critical. (Although implementing the wrong kind of algorithms (read: brute force) is just wrong anyway..)
What lacks in the article are languages that are designed specifically for the tasks he wants done...
Just my .02$ worth :-) Happy new year everyone!