I was dumbstruck when I saw VLC was on his list. I will do anything to avoid using VLC, in spite of its good support for so many codecs, simply because it has such an annoying interface. Media Player Classic is far superior, and it mostly just tries to act like a 15 year old version of Windows Media Player.
What if "obstacle B" is a cardboard cutout of Mickey Mouse and "obstacle A" is a person? Maybe you actually could make a better decision sometimes.
Actually, the idea that computers always will make a better decision than a person is hilariously optimistic. Sure, they will make a faster decision, which most of the time will avoid both obstacles, but that's not always the same as better.
There's no doubt in my mind that self-driving cars will improve traffic immeasurably, because of quicker reaction times, but computer-based systems frequently do really stupid things that no human would do. Putting one in a car doesn't make them flawless.
Just let anyone download it. The ISOs are everywhere already, the key is the only security you have anyway, and you should rather people get it from the official source rather than a torrent.
I have MSDN so I can download it as many times as I want without specifying any key (even though I have limited keys I can install it with).
The first time someone's legitimate key doesn't let them download it, your plan has failed.
"HTTP/2... also introduces unsolicited push of representations from servers to clients."
Seriously? Do we need yet ANOTHER way for a server to push unwanted code and malware onto our client systems?
Yes, we do.
What you're missing here is that this is pushing content that the browser was going to request in a few hundred milliseconds anyway. Why was the browser going to request it? Because the web page included a link to it.
Well, that sounds to me like my ad-blocking software won't work as well, because stuff that it would have stopped my browser from downloading will be pushed to me whether I request it or not:(
It didn't work because drivers quickly realized they would be forced down to the lowest price that someone was willing to pay, and they can make more working for Uber.
I think they mean competitive at producing the highest quality devices. Trying to turn the maximum profit does not typically result in the highest end devices, but rather the most profitable ones, which are typically mid-range products with last year's components.
The bluetooth keyboard sliders are pieces of garbage. If samsung made one and wanted to charge $100 for it, I'd pay it. But read some of the reviews--those keyboards are crap.
My Droid 4 keyboard is the best miniature keyboard I've ever used.
I agree that Excel is superior, but Outlook is "better" at certain things. Namely, working with Exchange and its integrated contacts, calendar, and mail. Fix that problem and I could be talked into rewriting ever single Excel Macro my company uses!
When a citizen is attempting to effect the arrest, it is much easier for the person being arrested to simply claim they were being assaulted and fought back and there is no simple way to determine who is right.
But with a police officer, there is a simple way to determine who is right: the officer.
What you are describing is using a bunch of shell programs to achieve a simple task. Up to a certain level of complexity, these prewritten programs are the best way to accomplish such tasks. Thankfully, most programming languages both have many such predefined functions, as well as being able to call the system shell.
But yes, the shell is an environment where it is easy to get certain things done without the overhead of most languages. Heck, it is easier to write your script at the command line than to save it as a shell script (a type of programming language). Does that mean anything?
Use the right tool for the job. A hammer is simpler than a jackhammer. It can't easily accomplish what the other can, though. If you want to write a "program" that does the above sort, write it in sh, or bash. Oh wait, you already did!
While as a developer, I appreciated the diversity in rendering engines Opera brought to the table, as a user, I don't think I would care. If Opera was better than Chrome with Presto, it could be better with Blink--with the added benefit of lots of obscure sites actually working.
How many Opera users actually celebrated that Opera worked on less websites than Chrome as a good thing?
Now, if Presto was faster (which it could be, at times), then that's another argument. But diversity wasn't what made them fans, IMO.
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I was dumbstruck when I saw VLC was on his list. I will do anything to avoid using VLC, in spite of its good support for so many codecs, simply because it has such an annoying interface. Media Player Classic is far superior, and it mostly just tries to act like a 15 year old version of Windows Media Player.
What if "obstacle B" is a cardboard cutout of Mickey Mouse and "obstacle A" is a person? Maybe you actually could make a better decision sometimes.
Actually, the idea that computers always will make a better decision than a person is hilariously optimistic. Sure, they will make a faster decision, which most of the time will avoid both obstacles, but that's not always the same as better.
There's no doubt in my mind that self-driving cars will improve traffic immeasurably, because of quicker reaction times, but computer-based systems frequently do really stupid things that no human would do. Putting one in a car doesn't make them flawless.
You joke, but a shorter copyright would actually encourage U2 to keep making music forever!
So, in spite of long copyright terms, U2 kept making music. These long terms didn't even solve the one problem that could have benefited consumers.
Yeah, well maybe next time he won't make people wait 6 years for the next book. ;)
Touchdown was ok for Exchange.
I am using Mailwise, currently. It does threading and works with Exchange, my two requirements.
Lots of time between moves.
Just let anyone download it. The ISOs are everywhere already, the key is the only security you have anyway, and you should rather people get it from the official source rather than a torrent.
I have MSDN so I can download it as many times as I want without specifying any key (even though I have limited keys I can install it with).
The first time someone's legitimate key doesn't let them download it, your plan has failed.
"HTTP/2... also introduces unsolicited push of representations from servers to clients."
Seriously? Do we need yet ANOTHER way for a server to push unwanted code and malware onto our client systems?
Yes, we do.
What you're missing here is that this is pushing content that the browser was going to request in a few hundred milliseconds anyway. Why was the browser going to request it? Because the web page included a link to it.
Well, that sounds to me like my ad-blocking software won't work as well, because stuff that it would have stopped my browser from downloading will be pushed to me whether I request it or not :(
Maybe the drivers aren't interested in being the commodity that's pricing is in a race to the bottom, though.
It didn't work because drivers quickly realized they would be forced down to the lowest price that someone was willing to pay, and they can make more working for Uber.
We still use a Firefox 24 install for debugging GWT.
http://www.gwtproject.org/miss...
Are we going to put them in prison when they assault someone?
I think they mean competitive at producing the highest quality devices. Trying to turn the maximum profit does not typically result in the highest end devices, but rather the most profitable ones, which are typically mid-range products with last year's components.
I read this before. I think it pretty much sums up the situation. Sadly.
The bluetooth keyboard sliders are pieces of garbage. If samsung made one and wanted to charge $100 for it, I'd pay it. But read some of the reviews--those keyboards are crap.
My Droid 4 keyboard is the best miniature keyboard I've ever used.
Waiting for another qwerty slider to buy a new phone.
userChrome stuff will break, at least partly. The coloring of the tabs appears to be uncontrollable through CSS now without having your own SVG file.
Kind of a pain.
Not having to post this sort of thing in Google Plus.
I had the same idea. But I was actually serious.
I think they could called it "ClosedSSL."
"You are still using OPEN ssl? Are you crazy? Used this CLOSED ssl to keep hackers out."
I agree that Excel is superior, but Outlook is "better" at certain things. Namely, working with Exchange and its integrated contacts, calendar, and mail. Fix that problem and I could be talked into rewriting ever single Excel Macro my company uses!
Don't worry, the pirated version will have this option.
When a citizen is attempting to effect the arrest, it is much easier for the person being arrested to simply claim they were being assaulted and fought back and there is no simple way to determine who is right.
But with a police officer, there is a simple way to determine who is right: the officer.
What about AVC-LAN (what Toyota uses)?
Not that I would suggest it has the bandwidth of ethernet!
system("...")
What you are describing is using a bunch of shell programs to achieve a simple task. Up to a certain level of complexity, these prewritten programs are the best way to accomplish such tasks. Thankfully, most programming languages both have many such predefined functions, as well as being able to call the system shell.
But yes, the shell is an environment where it is easy to get certain things done without the overhead of most languages. Heck, it is easier to write your script at the command line than to save it as a shell script (a type of programming language). Does that mean anything?
Use the right tool for the job. A hammer is simpler than a jackhammer. It can't easily accomplish what the other can, though. If you want to write a "program" that does the above sort, write it in sh, or bash. Oh wait, you already did!
While as a developer, I appreciated the diversity in rendering engines Opera brought to the table, as a user, I don't think I would care. If Opera was better than Chrome with Presto, it could be better with Blink--with the added benefit of lots of obscure sites actually working.
How many Opera users actually celebrated that Opera worked on less websites than Chrome as a good thing?
Now, if Presto was faster (which it could be, at times), then that's another argument. But diversity wasn't what made them fans, IMO.