Does the default ActiceX policy used in corporate sites (those people who cannot install programs easily) allow users to install third party ActiveX plugins like Google Frame or not?
Why the heck do you need Chrome Frame for anyway? Just install Chrome. The supposed advantage is you don't need to launch a new browser but that does not seem like a major issue to me.
I think you underestimate their air force. It isn't what it used to be 20 years ago. They may not have the experience but they certainly have the equipment. 200 J-10 fighters (competitive vs the F-16). Plus a similar number of J-11 fighters (competitive vs the F-15). Stealth fighter prototypes (J-20 and J-31). Their native engine manufacturing technology is subpar but their electronics and weapon systems are not that bad.
Uh no. For example the Seawolf class of submarines allegedly can withstand 100 atm of atmospheric pressure although such details are usually classified so the exact limit is not known. I have little doubts the HY-100 steel used there can withstand that kind of temperature as well. Former Soviet submarines with titanium hulls could withstand even more pressure. Plus there are LWR designs other than PWR.
If your country can manufacture submarine hulls it can most likely manufacture a nuclear pressure vessel just as well. The requirements aren't that different.
You don't get it. Xerox allowed Apple to visit PARC. But they did not give them any copyright licenses or patent licenses or anything like that. Back then software couldn't be easily patented. Copyright was the usual way of enforcement. Why do you think Xerox sued Apple? The lawsuit only failed because the statute of limitations passed i.e. Xerox took too long to sue Apple after they released an infringing product.
Did I say anywhere that Xerox management didn't agree that Apple personnel could visit PARC? What I find interesting is how Apple fans paint this deal with Xerox. At the time Apple was founded it was hardly certain they would be successful in the 16-bit market and a lot of companies back then failed before even getting to an IPO. The 8-bit Apple II, their main product back then, sold reasonably well in the education market but the C-64 outsold it in the home market while the Atari 800 also took off the shelves very well. Commodore back, then besides selling the C-64, owned MOS Technology which manufactured the CPU for all these machines. Apple was another personal computer manufacturer. Back then there were no shortage of competing platforms.
Xerox paid cash for that pre-IPO Apple stock. It's not like Apple just gave them the shares just in exchange for the visit. That is simply disingenuous. Knowing about the history of other private companies attempting to launch a new 16-bit personal computer back then (e.g. Hi-Toro later known as Amiga Corporation) I highly suspect this kind of view of the situation back then. Releasing a new computer was capital intensive enough that many of these companies nearly failed because of cash flow problems.
I am unsure of what you are actually doing but I suspect it could probably be done using PHP and MySQL or MariaDB or whatever. Probably a bunch of forms, reports, and SQL database queries. But sure rewriting it would be a tremendous task.
Its a matter of taste really. If you like IDEs you could be programming using Eclipse in Linux. Personally I prefer a couple of shells and Vim since I am more productive that way. In Linux you also have really good static code analysis and memory leak tools (e.g. valgrind) which on Windows will cost you extra.
Well Windows 7 is a perfectly reasonable desktop operating system. But if you want to program server side Java apps you are probably better off running Linux since that is most likely your deployment platform. I haven't had problems with graphics drivers ever since I switched to Ubuntu. I used to use Fedora. Ubuntu comes packaged with the binary drivers out of the box.
I mostly use my Windows partition to play games. But I find myself rebooting into Windows less and less lately. Partly this is because I am switching to casual web based games. Haven't had the patience to play a full game for a couple of months now. The way application and system updates are handled in Windows is still inferior to the way it is done in a modern Linux distro. Especially those based on Debian and apt-get.
Personally I prefer to use Gnumeric on Linux than Excel in Windows. It seems a lot easier to use and doesn't require all those wizards Excel employs to be easy to use.
Xerox did go to trial to protect the Star user interface. In 1989, after Apple sued Microsoft for copyright infringement of its Macintosh user interface in Windows, Xerox filed a similar lawsuit against Apple; however, it was thrown out because a three year statute of limitations had passed. (Apple eventually lost its lawsuit in 1994, losing all claims to the user interface). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star
Seemingly there are a lot of people here too lazy to use Google.
Reiterating: Apple exchanged no money for information. Xerox paid for Apple stock. Some management people in Xerox gave access to PARC for a couple of Apple personnel as a goodwill gesture. Apple certainly weren't entitled to have it. Several PARC employees were against it back then as they saw Apple as a possible competitor. Eventually they were proven right.
It seems you believe in the intelligence of the masses. However the masses are not always right. As a quick trip to Wikipedia or contemporary Byte magazine stories would have shown you. But sure. Keep being ignorant. If you want to ignore me to protect your own ignorance that is certainly your prerrogative.
Oh and Xerox only sued Apple after Apple sued Microsoft for copyright infringement. The fact is Apple was suing Microsoft for copying technology they themselves copied from PARC. This is typical Apple, presenting themselves as innovators and creators when in fact they are ripping off someone else's technology.
Xerox didn't sell them anything. They were an early investor in Apple and allowed a couple of people from Apple to visit PARC. But sure keep deluding yourself.
I bet if you bought that bottle of water in a beach in Spain or Greece it wouldn't be cheap either. Comparing prices of a place located downtown which has to pay higher rent than someplace in the boonies is not exactly accurate.
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Does the default ActiceX policy used in corporate sites (those people who cannot install programs easily) allow users to install third party ActiveX plugins like Google Frame or not?
Why the heck do you need Chrome Frame for anyway? Just install Chrome. The supposed advantage is you don't need to launch a new browser but that does not seem like a major issue to me.
The datacenter is going to produce low grade heat. Not useful for much.
I think you underestimate their air force. It isn't what it used to be 20 years ago. They may not have the experience but they certainly have the equipment. 200 J-10 fighters (competitive vs the F-16). Plus a similar number of J-11 fighters (competitive vs the F-15). Stealth fighter prototypes (J-20 and J-31). Their native engine manufacturing technology is subpar but their electronics and weapon systems are not that bad.
Guess who evaluated if AES should be accepted as a cypher or not. The NSA.
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Uh no. For example the Seawolf class of submarines allegedly can withstand 100 atm of atmospheric pressure although such details are usually classified so the exact limit is not known. I have little doubts the HY-100 steel used there can withstand that kind of temperature as well. Former Soviet submarines with titanium hulls could withstand even more pressure. Plus there are LWR designs other than PWR.
Why the heck should I need to buy a NAS if all I want is a workstation?
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If your country can manufacture submarine hulls it can most likely manufacture a nuclear pressure vessel just as well. The requirements aren't that different.
You don't get it. Xerox allowed Apple to visit PARC. But they did not give them any copyright licenses or patent licenses or anything like that. Back then software couldn't be easily patented. Copyright was the usual way of enforcement. Why do you think Xerox sued Apple? The lawsuit only failed because the statute of limitations passed i.e. Xerox took too long to sue Apple after they released an infringing product.
Did I say anywhere that Xerox management didn't agree that Apple personnel could visit PARC? What I find interesting is how Apple fans paint this deal with Xerox. At the time Apple was founded it was hardly certain they would be successful in the 16-bit market and a lot of companies back then failed before even getting to an IPO. The 8-bit Apple II, their main product back then, sold reasonably well in the education market but the C-64 outsold it in the home market while the Atari 800 also took off the shelves very well. Commodore back, then besides selling the C-64, owned MOS Technology which manufactured the CPU for all these machines. Apple was another personal computer manufacturer. Back then there were no shortage of competing platforms.
Xerox paid cash for that pre-IPO Apple stock. It's not like Apple just gave them the shares just in exchange for the visit. That is simply disingenuous. Knowing about the history of other private companies attempting to launch a new 16-bit personal computer back then (e.g. Hi-Toro later known as Amiga Corporation) I highly suspect this kind of view of the situation back then. Releasing a new computer was capital intensive enough that many of these companies nearly failed because of cash flow problems.
I am unsure of what you are actually doing but I suspect it could probably be done using PHP and MySQL or MariaDB or whatever. Probably a bunch of forms, reports, and SQL database queries. But sure rewriting it would be a tremendous task.
Its a matter of taste really. If you like IDEs you could be programming using Eclipse in Linux. Personally I prefer a couple of shells and Vim since I am more productive that way. In Linux you also have really good static code analysis and memory leak tools (e.g. valgrind) which on Windows will cost you extra.
Well Windows 7 is a perfectly reasonable desktop operating system. But if you want to program server side Java apps you are probably better off running Linux since that is most likely your deployment platform. I haven't had problems with graphics drivers ever since I switched to Ubuntu. I used to use Fedora. Ubuntu comes packaged with the binary drivers out of the box.
I mostly use my Windows partition to play games. But I find myself rebooting into Windows less and less lately. Partly this is because I am switching to casual web based games. Haven't had the patience to play a full game for a couple of months now. The way application and system updates are handled in Windows is still inferior to the way it is done in a modern Linux distro. Especially those based on Debian and apt-get.
Personally I prefer to use Gnumeric on Linux than Excel in Windows. It seems a lot easier to use and doesn't require all those wizards Excel employs to be easy to use.
Xerox did go to trial to protect the Star user interface. In 1989, after Apple sued Microsoft for copyright infringement of its Macintosh user interface in Windows, Xerox filed a similar lawsuit against Apple; however, it was thrown out because a three year statute of limitations had passed. (Apple eventually lost its lawsuit in 1994, losing all claims to the user interface).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star
Seemingly there are a lot of people here too lazy to use Google.
Reiterating: Apple exchanged no money for information. Xerox paid for Apple stock. Some management people in Xerox gave access to PARC for a couple of Apple personnel as a goodwill gesture. Apple certainly weren't entitled to have it. Several PARC employees were against it back then as they saw Apple as a possible competitor. Eventually they were proven right.
It seems you believe in the intelligence of the masses. However the masses are not always right. As a quick trip to Wikipedia or contemporary Byte magazine stories would have shown you. But sure. Keep being ignorant. If you want to ignore me to protect your own ignorance that is certainly your prerrogative.
You are the ignorant trolls. You downmod people for telling the truth.
Since when has making profits meant having the moral high ground? Are you an Ayn Randite or what? Seriously.
Apple's rabid downmodders strike again! As usual they cannot handle the truth.
Nah. For avoiding taxes in California they merely have offices in Nevada and the Cayman islands.
Oh and Xerox only sued Apple after Apple sued Microsoft for copyright infringement. The fact is Apple was suing Microsoft for copying technology they themselves copied from PARC. This is typical Apple, presenting themselves as innovators and creators when in fact they are ripping off someone else's technology.
Xerox didn't sell them anything. They were an early investor in Apple and allowed a couple of people from Apple to visit PARC. But sure keep deluding yourself.
I bet if you bought that bottle of water in a beach in Spain or Greece it wouldn't be cheap either. Comparing prices of a place located downtown which has to pay higher rent than someplace in the boonies is not exactly accurate.