This reminds me that, when I was teen, I made a VB program with a splash screen + progress bar and sleep the thread for a few seconds because I thought progress bar was cool!
Examples abound for it like when an Englishman offered BP400 for his wallet and then demurred when it was found by someone.
What you said is another story, which is also true.
What I said is that there is definitely another case made for newspaper advertisement, and the price tag on the store shelf - which says they are not "offer".
Not just space. Potentially we could backport this technology back to the ground, to rural area or desert or whatever hazard area where clean water is also a premium.
This is actually a very good example that how investment in space technology can payoff and directly affect our daily life.
What? From what I have learned - Hong Kong law, which is still based on English Contract Law...
Advertisement is not an "offer." (Made by a case in 18xx IIRC). The case was something like someone saw a product advertisement on newspapers, then go to the store but unfortunately the product went out of stock. The customer sue the store for not able to fulfill the contract, even if the customer can pay to accept it.
The case was held that advertisement does not consider as an offer. It's the customer who "offer" the money then the store "accept" the deal.
So I think what grandparent said is true, if Dell didn't accept the money (by processing the credit card I suppose), it should be considered "accepted" in current understandings. Whether or not the court will make a new case about "automatic processing" does not consider as an "acceptance" is another issue.
If Toyata has a user contributed forum or guestbook of some sort hosted somewhere, someone should just post random copyrighted material (both text and graphics to make it harder to filter) on their site and throw them the take down notice...
The architecture diagram is actually so simple...each rectangle there is representing at most ~30 transistors.
Take a random rectangle of the current whatever chips architecture diagram, even for the simple one likes microcontroller, each rectangle is more complicated than the whole 4004 diagram there.
The final project of 2*14 weeks (semester) IC design course could easily be as complex as the 4004.
I have to admit it's like rocket science 35~40 years ago though. I actually admire that they could actually come up with that...imagine that they could actually be using pencil and ruler to draw the schematic and layout.
At the end of the day it's the problem of plugins...I mean, besides the fact that the website is being infected, it's the flaws and vulnerabilities of the ActiveX/Browser plugins that allow this kind of activity to be profitable.
Just yet another reason, besides bandwidth, to get Flashblock.
And install as few as browsers plugins/ActiveX as possible.
It's like using the the online banking interface to management my wealth in the bank [GoogleApps], and using quicken/spreadsheet to management my wealth that I manage (like Stock, Cash...) [OpenOffice]
or a better example: Gmail versus [insert your favorite email client]. No matter how sophisticated the gmail is, there are always some non-replacable reason that I want to keep my email client. It might looks stupid 20 years later why I still keep that (if we are moving everything to the cloud) but at this moment, I love my Thunderbird and Outlook.
Not to mention that the maturity and in feature-wise, GoogleApps is far behind from the gmail than their offline alternatives...I don't think we could many any sensible comparison here.
I am not expecting an improvement on CPU-bound work. From what I can feel they are not revamping the kernel this time (no new memory management stuff, no new networking stack, and hopefully no new DRM)...
Fixing the front end definitely can get the user more productivity. I hate that the network folder configured for offline take years to load if I get a not-so-fast connectivity to the server, or the "(My) Computer" hangs for 30 seconds because my optical drive is spinning up, or the Right-Click context menu of a files/folder won't popup until all shell extension finish their work. They should also bring back the performance of browsing a remote (slow) network drive to the XP level.
These can be done in the UI code, without destabilizing the hardcore kernel, while welcome by all users.
They could also do something with the startup programs too...allow us to specify the loading sequence (so might be I want Messanger to load first before my antivirus taskicon) and launch them in background priority.
I thought the change of DST rule was to create IT jobs in adopting the old system, and troubleshooting the mess introduced by the old rules, etc....No?
Anyway, every time operation should be done in UTC in the core especially when it has to deal with cross timezone operations and globalization.
On the other hand, It's stupid to see Windows can only handle 2 active rules before Vista at any given time, on the other hand *nix and Vista can have define unlimited rules given a period of the time. I couldn't imagine how one would devise a local time using the DST rule of time in Windows XP, probably revert to reinvent-the-wheel?...luckily I don't have to deal with anything like that yet.
Well one thing that I didn't mention, to login into the banking system in a first place, before any of operations can be carried out, you need a digital certificate (and ordinary password and username).
It could either be a USB thumbdrive hardware form issued from the bank, or an imported PFX file.
Well...talking about Mothers maiden name: in one of the bank in China, their online banking software requires me to pick 5 questions to answer from 3 groups, at least one from each. The group are: Name of family member: brothers, sisters, parents, children, uncle/aunt or grand parents. Name of teachers: The class master, or language class teacher, or math teacher of elementary, middle, or high school. Date of birth of the family member.
Then next time when you do sensitive process (change password / change the questions), it randomly choose one question and ask you. Or when you call the custom center, it won't ask you password but instead ask you 3 of these questions.
Well, not sure if it's a good system or not. But at least give me a mind of safe.
Most China payment gateway (for processing online Credit/Debit cards transaction) do this. You need type the one time password from the text message sent to the registered phone.
Generally I hate this a lot unless they offer an alternative: Think when you are traveling, which I do a lot. Luckily, the payment gateway is only used to authorize China's website online transaction, but not every other online credit card transactions so I am not seriously affected (yet).
I didn't RTFA, are they comparing the desktop rendering performance? Tell me when Linux support DRM...
No I cheated, I actually read it...
Ubuntu 8.10 was noticeably faster when opening or switching between applications. Boot time with the PC running Vista was 56 seconds; with Ubuntu 8.10 it took 50 seconds.
Merely 6 seconds and you declare that win?...The result could have changed if a different driver is involved. If an unpolished disk driver is in use which requires sleep for a few seconds during boot, the result would easily be flipped around.
Though I thought Vista takes much longer to boot...may be only when I have installed many startup program.
Noticeably faster when switching application?...how did they test that? On both machine it just takes a snap!
Hey at least give us more number and statistic. Like try some disk and network transfer, or may be automate the Firefox to do something.
I generally don't agree Linux is better in the area of hardware configuration. Like Display resolution - last time I tried doing dual screen was running some vendor (ATI) specified configuration tools to modify the xorg.conf, or WiFi WPA2 a year ago is still a very painful process, or Bluetooth Internet Gateway I still need to manually type a few command lines to get the interface and connection setup.
On the side notes, if the hardware works, it's perfect, no headache driver installation. If it does not work on the first boot, it then usually takes a day on average to make it work. I know that's the vendor to blame...but still the fact that Linux kernel and it's internal driver interface is evolving too fast might also be a problem. If DKMS was mature some more years earlier then I could have countless of hours saved...
Windows still have a more completed scenario and UX design. For example, say Printer configuration, it took me a few hours to share a USB HP Printers out on Ubuntu Hardy, surfing through the CUPS docs and alike, and if IIRC, the steps are totally different from what I learned in like 2 years ago. On Windows, it used to be the same steps for over 10 years. Right click -> Properties -> Share is all it takes, also making SMB shares just takes similar steps. On Linux? Will take another good hours to work with Samba...
Linux is doing great...but is still not a prime time. Lack of standard (like Desktop, Kernel Interface) is a double-edges sword. On one hand it will evolve faster, on the other hand no people can keep up with its speed.
Looks like 20 years later the medic technology is improved...?
I have intentionally broken my jaw 3 years ago, or actually I was having my malocclusions conditions treated. 6 weeks of liquid food (if you still call that food...)
Besides the titanium screws that were blot on the jaw bone which were taken out in another operation later, there were a metal wrapping wires which wrap around the teeth. The hooks are glued to the teeth just like normal braces though, which is removable once done...
The metalwork used was just very similar to normal brace...nothing really special.
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This reminds me that, when I was teen, I made a VB program with a splash screen + progress bar and sleep the thread for a few seconds because I thought progress bar was cool!
Examples abound for it like when an Englishman offered BP400 for his wallet and then demurred when it was found by someone.
What you said is another story, which is also true.
What I said is that there is definitely another case made for newspaper advertisement, and the price tag on the store shelf - which says they are not "offer".
Not just space. Potentially we could backport this technology back to the ground, to rural area or desert or whatever hazard area where clean water is also a premium.
This is actually a very good example that how investment in space technology can payoff and directly affect our daily life.
What? From what I have learned - Hong Kong law, which is still based on English Contract Law...
Advertisement is not an "offer." (Made by a case in 18xx IIRC).
The case was something like someone saw a product advertisement on newspapers, then go to the store but unfortunately the product went out of stock. The customer sue the store for not able to fulfill the contract, even if the customer can pay to accept it.
The case was held that advertisement does not consider as an offer. It's the customer who "offer" the money then the store "accept" the deal.
So I think what grandparent said is true, if Dell didn't accept the money (by processing the credit card I suppose), it should be considered "accepted" in current understandings. Whether or not the court will make a new case about "automatic processing" does not consider as an "acceptance" is another issue.
If Toyata has a user contributed forum or guestbook of some sort hosted somewhere, someone should just post random copyrighted material (both text and graphics to make it harder to filter) on their site and throw them the take down notice...
The architecture diagram is actually so simple...each rectangle there is representing at most ~30 transistors.
Take a random rectangle of the current whatever chips architecture diagram, even for the simple one likes microcontroller, each rectangle is more complicated than the whole 4004 diagram there.
The final project of 2*14 weeks (semester) IC design course could easily be as complex as the 4004.
I have to admit it's like rocket science 35~40 years ago though. I actually admire that they could actually come up with that...imagine that they could actually be using pencil and ruler to draw the schematic and layout.
Hell! they should sue the singers and artists! without them making those songs, we have nothing to pirate!
Or they should shoot their own foot! If there is no recording label, there will be no song published by recording label to be pirated!
That depends on how you define success...
If you define it as being a CEO of Top XXX or earning millions per year, or being known by many thousands of people, ya that's probably the case.
Even launching a terrorist attack as a result that the attacker to be known by the public takes a whole lot of luck.
At the end of the day it's the problem of plugins...I mean, besides the fact that the website is being infected, it's the flaws and vulnerabilities of the ActiveX/Browser plugins that allow this kind of activity to be profitable.
Just yet another reason, besides bandwidth, to get Flashblock.
And install as few as browsers plugins/ActiveX as possible.
It's like using the the online banking interface to management my wealth in the bank [GoogleApps], and using quicken/spreadsheet to management my wealth that I manage (like Stock, Cash...) [OpenOffice]
or a better example: Gmail versus [insert your favorite email client]. No matter how sophisticated the gmail is, there are always some non-replacable reason that I want to keep my email client. It might looks stupid 20 years later why I still keep that (if we are moving everything to the cloud) but at this moment, I love my Thunderbird and Outlook.
Not to mention that the maturity and in feature-wise, GoogleApps is far behind from the gmail than their offline alternatives...I don't think we could many any sensible comparison here.
Exactly.
I am not expecting an improvement on CPU-bound work. From what I can feel they are not revamping the kernel this time (no new memory management stuff, no new networking stack, and hopefully no new DRM)...
Fixing the front end definitely can get the user more productivity. I hate that the network folder configured for offline take years to load if I get a not-so-fast connectivity to the server, or the "(My) Computer" hangs for 30 seconds because my optical drive is spinning up, or the Right-Click context menu of a files/folder won't popup until all shell extension finish their work. They should also bring back the performance of browsing a remote (slow) network drive to the XP level.
These can be done in the UI code, without destabilizing the hardcore kernel, while welcome by all users.
They could also do something with the startup programs too...allow us to specify the loading sequence (so might be I want Messanger to load first before my antivirus taskicon) and launch them in background priority.
I thought the change of DST rule was to create IT jobs in adopting the old system, and troubleshooting the mess introduced by the old rules, etc....No?
Anyway, every time operation should be done in UTC in the core especially when it has to deal with cross timezone operations and globalization.
On the other hand, It's stupid to see Windows can only handle 2 active rules before Vista at any given time, on the other hand *nix and Vista can have define unlimited rules given a period of the time. I couldn't imagine how one would devise a local time using the DST rule of time in Windows XP, probably revert to reinvent-the-wheel?...luckily I don't have to deal with anything like that yet.
Well one thing that I didn't mention, to login into the banking system in a first place, before any of operations can be carried out, you need a digital certificate (and ordinary password and username).
It could either be a USB thumbdrive hardware form issued from the bank, or an imported PFX file.
Well...talking about Mothers maiden name: in one of the bank in China, their online banking software requires me to pick 5 questions to answer from 3 groups, at least one from each. The group are:
Name of family member: brothers, sisters, parents, children, uncle/aunt or grand parents.
Name of teachers: The class master, or language class teacher, or math teacher of elementary, middle, or high school.
Date of birth of the family member.
Then next time when you do sensitive process (change password / change the questions), it randomly choose one question and ask you.
Or when you call the custom center, it won't ask you password but instead ask you 3 of these questions.
Well, not sure if it's a good system or not. But at least give me a mind of safe.
Most China payment gateway (for processing online Credit/Debit cards transaction) do this. You need type the one time password from the text message sent to the registered phone.
Generally I hate this a lot unless they offer an alternative: Think when you are traveling, which I do a lot. Luckily, the payment gateway is only used to authorize China's website online transaction, but not every other online credit card transactions so I am not seriously affected (yet).
Sounds like much harder to build right than a electronic voting machine...
They are selling a mobile phone + palm size projector
Review:
http://www.cheaa.com/Product/DH/HangQing/2008/11/37964152257.html
http://chinese.engadget.com/2008/08/26/epoq-egp-pp01-kirf-projector-phone-now-shipping/
just for 2000RMB (~285USD).
It claims to have 34-64 inches projected screen at 1-2 meter @ 640*480 resolution, does not mention the lumen though.
Better yet, looks like the speaker is much larger :P And after all it's a cell phone too.
They are selling a mobile phone + palm size projector
Review:
http://www.cheaa.com/Product/DH/HangQing/2008/11/37964152257.html
http://chinese.engadget.com/2008/08/26/epoq-egp-pp01-kirf-projector-phone-now-shipping/
just for 2000RMB (~285USD).
It claims to have 34-64 inches projected screen at 1-2 meter @ 640*480 resolution, does not mention the lumen though.
Better yet, looks like the speaker is much larger :P And after all it's a cell phone too.
If you tell them Windows can do exactly the same thing (TS App) quite some decade after X, they might start believing....
You wardail it.
Someone, someday will carry lost a USB thumbdrive carrying the sensitive information.
Perhaps we need a new RFC, similar to this one [RFC1149], for USB thumbdrive.
With 4GB of RAM...My box could hardly use Swap. Or put it in another way, when it does use the swap space, it's slow like hell!
The 'free' command tell me that most of my ram goes to caching, but I very seldom encounter the case that I need more than 4G.
When the time comes that I need more than 4G, I would just go out to buy more ram! Paging to the harddisk is far too slow...
It's might still be CPU intensive today. But not next year.
Moore law works on CPU, and I am confident that 1080p will still stand for at least one decade. (DVD quality already did, right?)
I didn't RTFA, are they comparing the desktop rendering performance? Tell me when Linux support DRM...
No I cheated, I actually read it...
Merely 6 seconds and you declare that win?...The result could have changed if a different driver is involved. If an unpolished disk driver is in use which requires sleep for a few seconds during boot, the result would easily be flipped around.
Though I thought Vista takes much longer to boot...may be only when I have installed many startup program.
Noticeably faster when switching application?...how did they test that? On both machine it just takes a snap!
Hey at least give us more number and statistic. Like try some disk and network transfer, or may be automate the Firefox to do something.
I generally don't agree Linux is better in the area of hardware configuration. Like Display resolution - last time I tried doing dual screen was running some vendor (ATI) specified configuration tools to modify the xorg.conf, or WiFi WPA2 a year ago is still a very painful process, or Bluetooth Internet Gateway I still need to manually type a few command lines to get the interface and connection setup.
On the side notes, if the hardware works, it's perfect, no headache driver installation. If it does not work on the first boot, it then usually takes a day on average to make it work. I know that's the vendor to blame...but still the fact that Linux kernel and it's internal driver interface is evolving too fast might also be a problem. If DKMS was mature some more years earlier then I could have countless of hours saved...
Windows still have a more completed scenario and UX design. For example, say Printer configuration, it took me a few hours to share a USB HP Printers out on Ubuntu Hardy, surfing through the CUPS docs and alike, and if IIRC, the steps are totally different from what I learned in like 2 years ago. On Windows, it used to be the same steps for over 10 years. Right click -> Properties -> Share is all it takes, also making SMB shares just takes similar steps. On Linux? Will take another good hours to work with Samba...
Linux is doing great...but is still not a prime time. Lack of standard (like Desktop, Kernel Interface) is a double-edges sword. On one hand it will evolve faster, on the other hand no people can keep up with its speed.
Looks like 20 years later the medic technology is improved...?
I have intentionally broken my jaw 3 years ago, or actually I was having my malocclusions conditions treated. 6 weeks of liquid food (if you still call that food...)
Besides the titanium screws that were blot on the jaw bone which were taken out in another operation later, there were a metal wrapping wires which wrap around the teeth. The hooks are glued to the teeth just like normal braces though, which is removable once done...
The metalwork used was just very similar to normal brace...nothing really special.