1) Flash... this would not be a big loss, css lets you do silly menu bars, and downloading silly flash animations wouldn't be that bad, maybe they could do something where you download a 'play list' and then the flash player grabs the file you wanted, so you can still do the silly loading bar.
2) PDF... not a big deal to have this run in another window.
3) Java Applets... this can be replaced with java web start.
Are there any other plug-ins that you use with any regularity?
looking on google, i found this, which would indicate the compiler does the right thing when you don't increment in a situation where pre/post matters.
You'ld probably get the same results with a c/c++ compiler, assuming vote is a primative type. Since java doesn't let you define operators for objects, then you wouldn't have to worry about it doing the inefficient thing on an object. But it's good practice, in case you program in c++ later.
Would we still be in Iraq? Considering Clinton's military activity, if Gore was anything like him we would be knee deep in conflict somewhere. The only difference would be a higher probability of UN support. BFD!
UN support is very important to some people, like me. If we want to improve our image, so people don't come and attack us, it's damn helpful to not go attacking people without reasonable global support.
People in the attacked region will probably still hate us, but they'll hate all the member countries that supported the attack as well.
++vote; is more efficient, since it doesn't have to keep a copy of the old value to return, or pass a fake parameter on the stack like vote++ does, to differentiate between the two ++'s.
java may or may not pass the fake paramater, and the compiler/runtime may optimize it to ++vote anyhow, but it's worth noting.
From the news articles, the patent is not on the content of the Emotion Engine, but on how the chip is fabricated. I don't recall Sony ever advertising anything about it's new age fabrication methods...
regarding groups, it would be even nicer if there was a way for students to create groups themselves, so they don't need to bother the sysadmin, or wait for the sysadmin.
since group projects are pretty big in undergrad these days, it'd be nice if the students could easily have group storage, without having to do it on their one machines (since school run servers tend to be more reliable, easier to connect to, and on a faster connection than student run ones)
You don't _need_ two ips to run dns... few registries require that anymore... it's of course a good idea, but not required. Even if a second ns is required, you could always do something stupid for the second ip, like an ip you know is not used.
I was going to post a little bit elsewhere, but since you mentioned milwaukee....
Milwaukee's lights are probably still on the same system as they were in the 70's. For several weeks, I was getting up at the same time to take somebody to work, as long as I got out of the house at the same time, the lights would change _EXACTLY_ the same way as the last time I drove her to work. I'm sure this is the same way they've changed since the 70's. While I suppose having the lights on a timer makes it cheaper, it inspires drivers who get stuck because the light on the major street changes to red exactly when they get there every day to either drive poorly to avoid the light.
For instance, I would drive on minor streets instead of major ones so I could get to lights in the direction that they'd be green, but I would drive the same speed as I would on the major street.
On some paths though, the light timing works out pretty well; and in the suburbs, they have inductive loop sensors.
Having Sensor driven traffic lights is one of the reasons I'm happy I'm back in california
Also, I'm not sure if it's lke this everywhere, but around here if something comes through such an intersection the light goes from green to red with no yellow warning at the exact same time the other direction gets the green.
Being a native of california, i can say that california law specifies the sequence of traffic lights in all situations, including special situations, such as emergency vehicles, and train crossings, and any combination therof very well defined, and I'm pretty sure there needs to be at least a brief yellow before a red in all cases.
Why do you assume the parent poster is at school? The features of Exchange/Outlook are aimed more at business rather than school/uni students.
Probably because the comment above the one i replied to said: yeah, my stupid school is switching to exchange.
Outlook 2003 also ups the ante over email clients like Pegasus with funky new features such as search folders, smart date grouping, *useful* new message notifications, and the new vertical 3 pane layout.
I don't know what a 'search folder' is, but pegasus can search for messages in folders, it groups messages by date if you tell it to (i don't know that it does it smartly, i think it just takes the date given to it, converts it to localtime, and then sorts), it can notify me of new messages by any combination of a small pop up window, animation in the system tray, and sounds. I don't know what constitutes a vertical 3 pane layout, but pegasus will do a 3 pane view with folders on the left, and then the right side has messages in the folder above a view of the selected message, if you're into that.
It doesn't do any scheduling/resource management/tasks/etc.
You know, there is also a reason why so many people use Exchange/Outlook. It's really quite good.
Well, if your school doesn't tell you what the features of Exchange/Outlook are V. random pop3/pegasus; the only good thing about Exchange is it takes way more servers to do the same mail as qmail; oh and it gets screwed up more often.
Not that I'm bitter because my school didn't help me understand why Exchnage/Outlook is good, it's not as if I would have run Outlook anyhow; I'd rather not send out stupid virus messages that other students will respond to in ways that'll be fun to them, but not to me.
Find out what they want to do with the computer, not the specs they (think they) want.
Then provide a computer that will do everything they want to do; or tell them you don't have the raw material to do it.
If they still insist they need a P4000, with 50 Gig of ram, explain to them how you figured the p2 over there w/ 128 meg of ram will do everything they need, and ask them to explain why they need a p4000.
any (compsci/eng) college worth it's accreditation should teach at least one class in assembly...
if nothing else, it gets you to understand what a compiler has to do with that awful mess of c code you wrote...
some people find some form of program flow documentation to be quite useful... a flow chart is one way of doing this... if you have a nice diagraming tool, it's not a huge deal to make them, and if you have the right level of abstraction, the flowchart isn't going to change all that much over the course of an assignment... unless you really screwed something up
on the other hand, i've heard that some managers like to identify people who would be difficult to replace and remove them on their terms...
if all of the systems you setup and maintain are well documented, you would be easy to replace... however if you're the one documenting them, that's a good reason to keep you around... sure you _could_ be replaced easily, but who knows if the person after you can be replaced as easily...
so in essence, removing your job security gets you job security... and no qualms if you want to jump ship
The parent is suggesting the original poster use the diesel vehicle for the whole trip, not just to the train. I think it's fair to assume the poster isn't going to go 6 miles to to train to go 1 mile on there and hop off for work....
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Not to mention, what the heck is an adaptator?
I don't think it's wise to plug a potato into an AP
There are three plugins i use on a regular basis:
1) Flash... this would not be a big loss, css lets you do silly menu bars, and downloading silly flash animations wouldn't be that bad, maybe they could do something where you download a 'play list' and then the flash player grabs the file you wanted, so you can still do the silly loading bar.
2) PDF... not a big deal to have this run in another window.
3) Java Applets... this can be replaced with java web start.
Are there any other plug-ins that you use with any regularity?
looking on google, i found this, which would indicate the compiler does the right thing when you don't increment in a situation where pre/post matters.
You'ld probably get the same results with a c/c++ compiler, assuming vote is a primative type. Since java doesn't let you define operators for objects, then you wouldn't have to worry about it doing the inefficient thing on an object. But it's good practice, in case you program in c++ later.
Would we still be in Iraq? Considering Clinton's military activity, if Gore was anything like him we would be knee deep in conflict somewhere. The only difference would be a higher probability of UN support. BFD!
UN support is very important to some people, like me. If we want to improve our image, so people don't come and attack us, it's damn helpful to not go attacking people without reasonable global support.
People in the attacked region will probably still hate us, but they'll hate all the member countries that supported the attack as well.
++vote; is more efficient, since it doesn't have to keep a copy of the old value to return, or pass a fake parameter on the stack like vote++ does, to differentiate between the two ++'s.
java may or may not pass the fake paramater, and the compiler/runtime may optimize it to ++vote anyhow, but it's worth noting.
well yeah, but your employer (who already knows your ss#) wouldn't be able to check up on your voting records w/out your permission, etc
From the news articles, the patent is not on the content of the Emotion Engine, but on how the chip is fabricated. I don't recall Sony ever advertising anything about it's new age fabrication methods...
Please correct me if i'm wrong
regarding groups, it would be even nicer if there was a way for students to create groups themselves, so they don't need to bother the sysadmin, or wait for the sysadmin.
since group projects are pretty big in undergrad these days, it'd be nice if the students could easily have group storage, without having to do it on their one machines (since school run servers tend to be more reliable, easier to connect to, and on a faster connection than student run ones)
You don't _need_ two ips to run dns... few registries require that anymore... it's of course a good idea, but not required. Even if a second ns is required, you could always do something stupid for the second ip, like an ip you know is not used.
I was going to post a little bit elsewhere, but since you mentioned milwaukee....
Milwaukee's lights are probably still on the same system as they were in the 70's. For several weeks, I was getting up at the same time to take somebody to work, as long as I got out of the house at the same time, the lights would change _EXACTLY_ the same way as the last time I drove her to work. I'm sure this is the same way they've changed since the 70's. While I suppose having the lights on a timer makes it cheaper, it inspires drivers who get stuck because the light on the major street changes to red exactly when they get there every day to either drive poorly to avoid the light.
For instance, I would drive on minor streets instead of major ones so I could get to lights in the direction that they'd be green, but I would drive the same speed as I would on the major street.
On some paths though, the light timing works out pretty well; and in the suburbs, they have inductive loop sensors.
Having Sensor driven traffic lights is one of the reasons I'm happy I'm back in california
There are plowable reflectors now, I imagine they're more expensive to put in than the other ones, but they do exist.
A lot of the systems can be triggered by strobing integrating into the overhead lights on the ambulance, fire truck, police car, etc.
I read about these at least 8 years ago, on phracking bbses.
Also, I'm not sure if it's lke this everywhere, but around here if something comes through such an intersection the light goes from green to red with no yellow warning at the exact same time the other direction gets the green.
Being a native of california, i can say that california law specifies the sequence of traffic lights in all situations, including special situations, such as emergency vehicles, and train crossings, and any combination therof very well defined, and I'm pretty sure there needs to be at least a brief yellow before a red in all cases.
Ahh, I understand now, and can see where those would be valuable features to some. Thanks.
Why do you assume the parent poster is at school? The features of Exchange/Outlook are aimed more at business rather than school/uni students.
Probably because the comment above the one i replied to said:
yeah, my stupid school is switching to exchange.
Outlook 2003 also ups the ante over email clients like Pegasus with funky new features such as search folders, smart date grouping, *useful* new message notifications, and the new vertical 3 pane layout.
I don't know what a 'search folder' is, but pegasus can search for messages in folders, it groups messages by date if you tell it to (i don't know that it does it smartly, i think it just takes the date given to it, converts it to localtime, and then sorts), it can notify me of new messages by any combination of a small pop up window, animation in the system tray, and sounds. I don't know what constitutes a vertical 3 pane layout, but pegasus will do a 3 pane view with folders on the left, and then the right side has messages in the folder above a view of the selected message, if you're into that.
It doesn't do any scheduling/resource management/tasks/etc.
You know, there is also a reason why so many people use Exchange/Outlook. It's really quite good.
Well, if your school doesn't tell you what the features of Exchange/Outlook are V. random pop3/pegasus; the only good thing about Exchange is it takes way more servers to do the same mail as qmail; oh and it gets screwed up more often.
Not that I'm bitter because my school didn't help me understand why Exchnage/Outlook is good, it's not as if I would have run Outlook anyhow; I'd rather not send out stupid virus messages that other students will respond to in ways that'll be fun to them, but not to me.
Find out what they want to do with the computer, not the specs they (think they) want.
Then provide a computer that will do everything they want to do; or tell them you don't have the raw material to do it.
If they still insist they need a P4000, with 50 Gig of ram, explain to them how you figured the p2 over there w/ 128 meg of ram will do everything they need, and ask them to explain why they need a p4000.
the gamecube loader based on PSO is several months old...
wheres the news?
Umm... your examples don't correspond to the .sig, since radii is actually the plural of radius (check this link if you don't believe me)
Hmm... how can you say for sure that the war will not create many more large scale terrorist attacks on the us?
It's not as if they can just set that up overnight...
They're probably waiting for the US to get lax in its security again anyhow
any (compsci/eng) college worth it's accreditation should teach at least one class in assembly...
if nothing else, it gets you to understand what a compiler has to do with that awful mess of c code you wrote...
some people find some form of program flow documentation to be quite useful... a flow chart is one way of doing this... if you have a nice diagraming tool, it's not a huge deal to make them, and if you have the right level of abstraction, the flowchart isn't going to change all that much over the course of an assignment... unless you really screwed something up
on the other hand, i've heard that some managers like to identify people who would be difficult to replace and remove them on their terms...
if all of the systems you setup and maintain are well documented, you would be easy to replace... however if you're the one documenting them, that's a good reason to keep you around... sure you _could_ be replaced easily, but who knows if the person after you can be replaced as easily...
so in essence, removing your job security gets you job security... and no qualms if you want to jump ship
The parent is suggesting the original poster use the diesel vehicle for the whole trip, not just to the train. I think it's fair to assume the poster isn't going to go 6 miles to to train to go 1 mile on there and hop off for work....
you know, most dhcp clients can configured not to touch /etc/resolv.conf (or whatever)
put spam in the email... so in my case make russorspam@msoe.edu or russor@spam.msoe.edu or something like that into a valid email...