A few weeks ago I got called in by a client to talk to a 3rd party vendor of theirs regarding some problems they were having. Turns out the 3rd party vendor was Oracle. interestingly enough Oracle was providing a.Net solution running on Oracle DB to our mutual client. I was a bit shocked. Turns out Oracle does a lot of.Net development. So given Oracle and MS mutual business interests I have no doubt.Net working with Oracle DB is a priority.
The decision was based on certain members saying they would never adopt XHTML 2. SO corporate got there way and we ended up with the bastardization that is HTML5.
You know HTML5 has made some great decisions bringing back all those great semantically meaningless style tags because css is just too difficult. Next I am waiting for the sarcasm tag.
if a PC really stands for Personal Computing device.
Lets look at what that would include.
Traditional IBM Clones (running any OS)
All cellular phones (ever seen one without a calculator?)
All Tablets
Game consoles
All Media Centers
All Smart TV's
Hell all smart appliances including ovens, microwave ovens, A/C units, Light systems, Elevators, security systems, CCTV set ups, etc
Some newer model cars.
watches they all calculate
abacuses
configurable remote controls
pedometers
I could go on but whatever.
I could imagine if someone wanted to they could throw segues into the auto-mobile sector along with cars, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, motorized wheel chairs, etc...
Statistics can be manipulated easily by definition. A Raspberry Pi is a PC without a monitor those are selling like hot-cakes would they end up bumping someone out of the top ten next year?
I do have a much higher than average IQ (170+) which is overly inflated due to having a near eidetic memory which inflates my score quite a bit.
So lets look at what this does for me.
I am good at puzzles.
I am good at solving problems.
I can grasp concepts far quicker than your average person.
That's about it.
How does this hurt me.
I get lazy.
I get bored easily.
I am very apathetic to learning through traditional means.
Does that make me smart? Not really I know people with far lower IQ scores who I consider far more intelligent then myself.
I look at it like this a high IQ means you have a fast processor. That's it if you have nothing on your hard-drive(knowledge) and no programs(formulas) then what good does it do you.
I have to say not much.
So when it comes down to it IQ is just something morons brag about, Otherwise, its useless if you don't do anything with it.
You can also note that my grammar sucks and my spelling is atrocious. However, I can solve a Sudoku like no body's business.
You truly believe that a public company doesn't need to make and show profits at all times? What kind of altruistic world are you living in?
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LHC Success!
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Considering they have yet to perform the collision and have just ran each particle in opposite directions by themselves. The fact is the doomsayers could still be right.
Oh great that's all I need now they will make me a manager. Manager of Development team D but I have no one under me or they will put some freaking web-master under me and all the other developers.
I think it was a great ruling. Did Blizzard force you to purchase their product? Did Blizzard force you to confirm the Eula?
Your not forced to WOW if you want to by all means do but you have to agree to their terms to do so.
I mean if for some reason I got some software and in the terms it said I can use the software for free but the creator gets to have access to all of my bank account information. Who would be stupid enough to agree to it.
So if you want to use software read the freaking EULA Agree or disagree and get on with your life. quit saying things aren't fair you have a choice buy or don't buy use it wisely.
Hollywood always goes through a series of certain types of movies coming out in bunches. If one can produce a hit movie in one genre then everyone wants a piece of that fan base and they start producing films in the same genre. They did it with Westerns, Cop Dramas, Gang Films, Mob Films, etc... Now they seem to be doing comic book based films.
Being a huge fan of comic books myself I find this great. I don't particularly like the adaptations they seem to be doing, but that in no way means they shouldn't be making these films.
You might as well say your tired of Porn films I mean come on are you not tired of these films? There is only so many times I can see the pool-man, delivery driver, professor, and neighbour etc... get it on with some porn starlet. I mean seriously how are you supposed to believe Randy spears is a delivery driver?
Yet I digress Hollywood sees a market for somethign so they make it. Currently it happens to be comic book movies and successful children's book series. Who knows what it will be in 2-3 years. And if you do know, you could make a lot of money.
Do you truly believe that Joomla Drupal or Wordpress Templates are generally accessible? Seriously?
I build Accessible websites for a living and I am telling you flat out it is a lot more difficult to validate and have good accessible design. Almost all Templates you will find use tables even those that do not still the CMS's and modules generally put out bad or table formated output. Traveling down this path is a very bad way to go.
This can be a very daunting task. But you can do it.
Start by picking a DocType that works for you. then produce all the content you want in valid html format. identify different sections and enclose them in Div's assign classes to like content and assign ID's to sections that will not be repeated.
Once you have the content displaying in the way that makes sense in markup. You can begin to style it either pick an existing templeting system or create your via includes. Now this is where things get a bit more difficult you need to determine how you want the content to display.
From this point on you can begin to do design your website accordingly. Remember Javascript is not completely bad but any nice helpful things you do with javascript should have corresponding non javascript ways of doing things. Like adding buttons in noscript tags for onchange events. Also adding targets to window popups and be sure to add onkeypress="this.click()" to all links as well. You can modify css via javascript to make things display and not display but remember to set the defaults via javascript at the point of window.onload this way with no javascript the user will still see the content that you wish them to see just not in the fashion that might not be optimal.
Two other quick tips to remember: Do not specify a size of your website via pixel it should be done via em or percentages. Take into account that the user can and will change the default size of their font's you must account for this.
While I don't agree with calling people Sheep (it insults the poor sheep of the world). I am a Microsoft Supporter. I use Microsoft products extensively and I believe the same as you that it is their product they should be able to do with it whatever they want however they want. The public has the right to use whatever OS they want. Google could tomorrow create an OS based of a BSD or the Linux Kernel that is their right. So would Microsoft be able to dictate how and what they do with there Distro. No they wouldn't and they shouldn't be able to.
This just seems like another Whiner complaining because Microsoft makes a competing product and bundles it. How Stupid is that I am sure the computer manufacturers can and will change that functionality at will to do whatever they want however they want. I mean seriously Microsoft is Not Apple they do not Control the process from one end to the other and even specify software and hardware that you can make for their systems.
I mean look at Apple using iTunes to push Safari. What the hell is that? I mean seriously that is exactly what MS does you use one product they integrate with others and suggest other products by the same manufacturer. This is Normal business behavior and I think it should stay that way.
I have to agree although I write exclusively in C# now porting my VB6 projects to VB.Net was pretty easy a couple of my 40K+ line programs took me about 2 hours. Also since I no longer have to bundle objects it made my installer much smaller. I just require the user to have.Net installed.
There is one problem with you argument when you pay apple to run OSX you do not own a copy of it they grant you the right to use it according to their rules. you never own the software. It is carefully worded that way. You do not purchase a copy of OSX you pay for the right to use it. Kind of like an indefinite lease however they can revoke your license if you misuse it.
The software (including Boot ROM code), documentation and any fonts accompanying this License whether on disk, in read only memory, on any other media or in any other form (collectively the "Apple Software") are licensed, not sold, to you by Apple Computer, Inc. ("Apple") for use only under the terms of this License, and Apple reserves all rights not expressly granted to you. The rights granted herein are limited to Apple's and its licensors' intellectual property rights in the Apple Software and do not include any other patents or intellectual property rights. You own the media on which the Apple Software is recorded but Apple and/or Apple's licensor(s) retain ownership of the Apple Software itself. The terms of this License will govern any software upgrades provided by Apple that replace and/or supplement the original Apple Software product, unless such upgrade is accompanied by a separate license in which case the terms of that license will govern.
In other words you own the CD's/hard drive/DVD but you do not own what is on it. This is standard practice by most software companies. Essentially a Music CD could specify you can only use this on Approved hardware. Any non approved CD hardware you use it on would be a violation. Which is Why James T. Russel is now very well off
You can also see another example of this policy
"Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others"
found under the Site content section of the following page. https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer. py?answer=48182&sourceid=aso&subid=ww-ww-et-asui&m edium=link
posting copyrighted material or even information on how to find and or share copyrighted material is clearly an infringement of the legal right of the copyright holder.
Being that I have set up a program similar to Googles Adsense before I have to say Google is being completely irresponsible. When someone signs up for your program you has guidelines concerning content of the users page "Web page or any Web site that contains any pornographic, hate-related, violent, or illegal content" can be found at Section 5 of this page https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms?hl= en_US. Now when the user is approved the representative at Google who approved this site is responsible for a cursory check of the site to make sure the user is agree to these guidelines.
Google as an entity may not have been aware of this to begin with they may have lazy data entry people who get paid minimum wage that check things. This could cause things to slip trough the cracks. However being a responsible Advertiser means that you should make sure that these sites to not violate the policy by implementing a double or triple check policy or a screen and approve policy that only supervisors can approve. If this was in place then it could just have been a slip up by certain employees. Lots of things fall through the cracks especially a site as large as Google.
But regardless the people who help optimize should also be checking the content as well. The example websites are clearly for the distribution of pirated content.
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Who won?
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I think he is also forgetting about the absentee Ballots as well that were "Thrown Out" Regardless of who they went to I find that a bit distressing, that people serving our Country in other countries had their ballots trashed. Historically by the way these are almost mainly Republican votes. Florida is supposed to except absentee ballots postmarked by day of Election up to 10 days after the election. Yet the ballots received after the election date were not counted? I say why. Regardless of the entire process "Every Vote Should Count".
I wouldn't buy a computer from you either nor would I tell any of my less computer savvy relatives. I believe in Bundling software but I believe in it being bundled on a CD/DVD. Just do the base install of the operating system and hand the users a CD/DVD that will automatically install applications on Demand. I know writing a nice installer script and keeping your CD/DVD up to date is a big hassle. However that is what the user should get if I ask for Windows Xp on my system that is what I am expecting nothing else. You want to give me other software sure put it on a CD.
Just because you feel like "helping your users out" by installing Software you think would be helpful for them doesn't mean you are really doing anything useful. Bundling should always be "Options". I should never have to uninstall crap that "You" decided I need.
Regardless of you not getting a kickback or not means nothing to me. I don't care if you get kickbacks for everything you bundle, good for you. I for one have no problem with people making money. However I do have a problem with shit being forced on me.
When a user gets a computer they should get only the following things.
The Computer
OS and Drivers installed
Disk Media of OS OEM installed on their system
Hardware Driver/Software disks
Disk Media of Bundled Software available
And if you want.
Install any Optional Software you offer that they requested
It is not rocket science here and MS has ever right to complain. All that crap that gets loaded seriously leaves a bad taste in the users mouths
I use Debian and Windows.
I do have to say if I do Compile and install my own packages for Debian I am reminded time and time again by other Debian users that I should use the existing package or make sure I do things the "Debian Way" Is it a few more hoops to jump through for compiling my own software? Sure it is, Is it worth it? I believe it is, So I do it. If however I don't do it and I screw something up on my system it is "My Fault" I realize this but not everyone does. If I blamed Debian for a package I installed myself that causes my System to Freeze(yes I have done this before) and X crashes who's fault is it and who gets blamed. People Blame Microsoft now most Blue Screen's of Death are caused by Third Party Software is this Microsoft's fault? No the software writer is responsible. Sure MS could do better protecting their operating system from these crashes, but when it comes down to it, The responsibility is the Software Developers. Yet they do not take the blame. I think MS should require certain things for any software installed on the system. Developer Either Company or Actual person who made the software and a contact address. Then they could display it anytime the software does somethign horrible. That way they can put the blame to the true source and save face a bit.
Slashdot Mirror
A few weeks ago I got called in by a client to talk to a 3rd party vendor of theirs regarding some problems they were having. Turns out the 3rd party vendor was Oracle. interestingly enough Oracle was providing a .Net solution running on Oracle DB to our mutual client. I was a bit shocked. Turns out Oracle does a lot of .Net development. So given Oracle and MS mutual business interests I have no doubt .Net working with Oracle DB is a priority.
The decision was based on certain members saying they would never adopt XHTML 2. SO corporate got there way and we ended up with the bastardization that is HTML5. You know HTML5 has made some great decisions bringing back all those great semantically meaningless style tags because css is just too difficult. Next I am waiting for the sarcasm tag.
Statistics are wonderful.
if a PC really stands for Personal Computing device.
Lets look at what that would include.
Traditional IBM Clones (running any OS)
All cellular phones (ever seen one without a calculator?)
All Tablets
Game consoles
All Media Centers
All Smart TV's
Hell all smart appliances including ovens, microwave ovens, A/C units, Light systems, Elevators, security systems, CCTV set ups, etc
Some newer model cars.
watches they all calculate
abacuses
configurable remote controls
pedometers
I could go on but whatever.
I could imagine if someone wanted to they could throw segues into the auto-mobile sector along with cars, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, motorized wheel chairs, etc... Statistics can be manipulated easily by definition. A Raspberry Pi is a PC without a monitor those are selling like hot-cakes would they end up bumping someone out of the top ten next year?
From what I understand. It uses the same maps API that is used for WP8. So unless they change the API and break compatability it should stay updated.
Honestly I think IQ scores are ridiculous.
I do have a much higher than average IQ (170+) which is overly inflated due to having a near eidetic memory which inflates my score quite a bit.
So lets look at what this does for me.
I am good at puzzles.
I am good at solving problems.
I can grasp concepts far quicker than your average person.
That's about it.
How does this hurt me.
I get lazy.
I get bored easily.
I am very apathetic to learning through traditional means.
Does that make me smart? Not really I know people with far lower IQ scores who I consider far more intelligent then myself.
I look at it like this a high IQ means you have a fast processor. That's it if you have nothing on your hard-drive(knowledge) and no programs(formulas) then what good does it do you.
I have to say not much.
So when it comes down to it IQ is just something morons brag about, Otherwise, its useless if you don't do anything with it.
You can also note that my grammar sucks and my spelling is atrocious. However, I can solve a Sudoku like no body's business.
I have to agree there. Although usually not in the article summary some comments have always been, and always will be, bordering on childish.
You truly believe that a public company doesn't need to make and show profits at all times? What kind of altruistic world are you living in?
Considering they have yet to perform the collision and have just ran each particle in opposite directions by themselves. The fact is the doomsayers could still be right.
Engagement Present for your wife? aren't you supposed to give that to her before you are married?
Oh great that's all I need now they will make me a manager. Manager of Development team D but I have no one under me or they will put some freaking web-master under me and all the other developers.
I think it was a great ruling. Did Blizzard force you to purchase their product? Did Blizzard force you to confirm the Eula?
Your not forced to WOW if you want to by all means do but you have to agree to their terms to do so.
I mean if for some reason I got some software and in the terms it said I can use the software for free but the creator gets to have access to all of my bank account information. Who would be stupid enough to agree to it.
So if you want to use software read the freaking EULA Agree or disagree and get on with your life. quit saying things aren't fair you have a choice buy or don't buy use it wisely.
Hollywood always goes through a series of certain types of movies coming out in bunches. If one can produce a hit movie in one genre then everyone wants a piece of that fan base and they start producing films in the same genre. They did it with Westerns, Cop Dramas, Gang Films, Mob Films, etc... Now they seem to be doing comic book based films.
Being a huge fan of comic books myself I find this great. I don't particularly like the adaptations they seem to be doing, but that in no way means they shouldn't be making these films.
You might as well say your tired of Porn films I mean come on are you not tired of these films? There is only so many times I can see the pool-man, delivery driver, professor, and neighbour etc... get it on with some porn starlet. I mean seriously how are you supposed to believe Randy spears is a delivery driver?
Yet I digress Hollywood sees a market for somethign so they make it. Currently it happens to be comic book movies and successful children's book series. Who knows what it will be in 2-3 years. And if you do know, you could make a lot of money.
Why didn't one of these companies buy the patent to begin with? It is not like they can't afford it.
Do you truly believe that Joomla Drupal or Wordpress Templates are generally accessible? Seriously?
I build Accessible websites for a living and I am telling you flat out it is a lot more difficult to validate and have good accessible design. Almost all Templates you will find use tables even those that do not still the CMS's and modules generally put out bad or table formated output. Traveling down this path is a very bad way to go.
This can be a very daunting task. But you can do it.
Start by picking a DocType that works for you. then produce all the content you want in valid html format. identify different sections and enclose them in Div's assign classes to like content and assign ID's to sections that will not be repeated.
Once you have the content displaying in the way that makes sense in markup. You can begin to style it either pick an existing templeting system or create your via includes. Now this is where things get a bit more difficult you need to determine how you want the content to display.
From this point on you can begin to do design your website accordingly. Remember Javascript is not completely bad but any nice helpful things you do with javascript should have corresponding non javascript ways of doing things. Like adding buttons in noscript tags for onchange events. Also adding targets to window popups and be sure to add onkeypress="this.click()" to all links as well. You can modify css via javascript to make things display and not display but remember to set the defaults via javascript at the point of window.onload this way with no javascript the user will still see the content that you wish them to see just not in the fashion that might not be optimal.
Two other quick tips to remember: Do not specify a size of your website via pixel it should be done via em or percentages. Take into account that the user can and will change the default size of their font's you must account for this.
Speaking from experience?
That is a rather odd example.
Seriously realeasing a book before Joomla! 1.5 is even released that is pretty bad.
While I don't agree with calling people Sheep (it insults the poor sheep of the world). I am a Microsoft Supporter. I use Microsoft products extensively and I believe the same as you that it is their product they should be able to do with it whatever they want however they want. The public has the right to use whatever OS they want. Google could tomorrow create an OS based of a BSD or the Linux Kernel that is their right. So would Microsoft be able to dictate how and what they do with there Distro. No they wouldn't and they shouldn't be able to.
This just seems like another Whiner complaining because Microsoft makes a competing product and bundles it. How Stupid is that I am sure the computer manufacturers can and will change that functionality at will to do whatever they want however they want. I mean seriously Microsoft is Not Apple they do not Control the process from one end to the other and even specify software and hardware that you can make for their systems.
I mean look at Apple using iTunes to push Safari. What the hell is that? I mean seriously that is exactly what MS does you use one product they integrate with others and suggest other products by the same manufacturer. This is Normal business behavior and I think it should stay that way.
If your a student Using a Mac are you really that concerned about money?
I have to agree although I write exclusively in C# now porting my VB6 projects to VB.Net was pretty easy a couple of my 40K+ line programs took me about 2 hours. Also since I no longer have to bundle objects it made my installer much smaller. I just require the user to have .Net installed.
There is one problem with you argument when you pay apple to run OSX you do not own a copy of it they grant you the right to use it according to their rules. you never own the software. It is carefully worded that way. You do not purchase a copy of OSX you pay for the right to use it. Kind of like an indefinite lease however they can revoke your license if you misuse it.
The software (including Boot ROM code), documentation and any fonts accompanying this License whether on disk, in read only memory, on any other media or in any other form (collectively the "Apple Software") are licensed, not sold, to you by Apple Computer, Inc. ("Apple") for use only under the terms of this License, and Apple reserves all rights not expressly granted to you. The rights granted herein are limited to Apple's and its licensors' intellectual property rights in the Apple Software and do not include any other patents or intellectual property rights. You own the media on which the Apple Software is recorded but Apple and/or Apple's licensor(s) retain ownership of the Apple Software itself. The terms of this License will govern any software upgrades provided by Apple that replace and/or supplement the original Apple Software product, unless such upgrade is accompanied by a separate license in which case the terms of that license will govern.In other words you own the CD's/hard drive/DVD but you do not own what is on it. This is standard practice by most software companies. Essentially a Music CD could specify you can only use this on Approved hardware. Any non approved CD hardware you use it on would be a violation. Which is Why James T. Russel is now very well off
You can also see another example of this policy "Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others" found under the Site content section of the following page. https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer. py?answer=48182&sourceid=aso&subid=ww-ww-et-asui&m edium=link
posting copyrighted material or even information on how to find and or share copyrighted material is clearly an infringement of the legal right of the copyright holder.
Being that I have set up a program similar to Googles Adsense before I have to say Google is being completely irresponsible. When someone signs up for your program you has guidelines concerning content of the users page "Web page or any Web site that contains any pornographic, hate-related, violent, or illegal content" can be found at Section 5 of this page https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms?hl= en_US. Now when the user is approved the representative at Google who approved this site is responsible for a cursory check of the site to make sure the user is agree to these guidelines.
Google as an entity may not have been aware of this to begin with they may have lazy data entry people who get paid minimum wage that check things. This could cause things to slip trough the cracks. However being a responsible Advertiser means that you should make sure that these sites to not violate the policy by implementing a double or triple check policy or a screen and approve policy that only supervisors can approve. If this was in place then it could just have been a slip up by certain employees. Lots of things fall through the cracks especially a site as large as Google.
But regardless the people who help optimize should also be checking the content as well. The example websites are clearly for the distribution of pirated content.
I think he is also forgetting about the absentee Ballots as well that were "Thrown Out" Regardless of who they went to I find that a bit distressing, that people serving our Country in other countries had their ballots trashed. Historically by the way these are almost mainly Republican votes. Florida is supposed to except absentee ballots postmarked by day of Election up to 10 days after the election. Yet the ballots received after the election date were not counted? I say why. Regardless of the entire process "Every Vote Should Count".
Looking at the picture it says DVD and HDDVD so I dunno it may be both.
I wouldn't buy a computer from you either nor would I tell any of my less computer savvy relatives. I believe in Bundling software but I believe in it being bundled on a CD/DVD. Just do the base install of the operating system and hand the users a CD/DVD that will automatically install applications on Demand. I know writing a nice installer script and keeping your CD/DVD up to date is a big hassle. However that is what the user should get if I ask for Windows Xp on my system that is what I am expecting nothing else. You want to give me other software sure put it on a CD.
Just because you feel like "helping your users out" by installing Software you think would be helpful for them doesn't mean you are really doing anything useful. Bundling should always be "Options". I should never have to uninstall crap that "You" decided I need.
Regardless of you not getting a kickback or not means nothing to me. I don't care if you get kickbacks for everything you bundle, good for you. I for one have no problem with people making money. However I do have a problem with shit being forced on me.
When a user gets a computer they should get only the following things.
And if you want.
It is not rocket science here and MS has ever right to complain. All that crap that gets loaded seriously leaves a bad taste in the users mouths
I use Debian and Windows.
I do have to say if I do Compile and install my own packages for Debian I am reminded time and time again by other Debian users that I should use the existing package or make sure I do things the "Debian Way" Is it a few more hoops to jump through for compiling my own software? Sure it is, Is it worth it? I believe it is, So I do it. If however I don't do it and I screw something up on my system it is "My Fault" I realize this but not everyone does. If I blamed Debian for a package I installed myself that causes my System to Freeze(yes I have done this before) and X crashes who's fault is it and who gets blamed. People Blame Microsoft now most Blue Screen's of Death are caused by Third Party Software is this Microsoft's fault? No the software writer is responsible. Sure MS could do better protecting their operating system from these crashes, but when it comes down to it, The responsibility is the Software Developers. Yet they do not take the blame. I think MS should require certain things for any software installed on the system. Developer Either Company or Actual person who made the software and a contact address. Then they could display it anytime the software does somethign horrible. That way they can put the blame to the true source and save face a bit.