Why the hell would I want to surf to my word processor?
I can download one for free, if I wish, and it does not have advertising. It starts faster, and will probably do more. It does not require an internet connection to work. It does not broadcast any document I work on over the Internet.
Granted, some of these are speculation on how the new suite would work, but it's speculation based on similar existing apps.
The most useful thing I can think of would to be able to download a copy to a local machine, which equates to some damn easy deployment of software.
I'd have to see how it works in real-life to really judge, but I'm not sure how well it'd really work.
I know every time I hear myself with a delay while I talk (a friend's cell phone has time-delay feedback, bad speaker/mic config on teamspeak), I have a hard time talking. Hearing my own voice while I try to talk is ~confusing~, and results in me having to concentrate to say what I need to say.
I take them on the ~trip~, I don't take them to the actual ~wedding~. I can't remember the last time I attended a local wedding. Sorry if that was unclear.
I've seen the gameplay footage of the 360, and I thought it was suprisingly lackluster. Of all the mindless fanboyism I see when I walk into my local game store, I'm really not excited about this device. I think it's going to be a disappointment.
As for the PSP, I have to admit, I'm very happy with the purchase. It took me a few months to finally get one (Will I really use it? Is it worth the expense? etc.), but I absolutely love the bugger.
The fact that it has a built-in browser is delicious on those few occaions when I have to travel for weddings and such (no laptop). All I need is a keyboard for it.
Why is the above question flamebait? Just because someone doesn't see value in something that doesn't provide value to them?
It's a legitimate question (with legitimate answers, such as the small-child response). One that I've ased myself about things such as wireless mice (I know some people have good uses for 'em, but I like my mice cheap and w/o batteries), or wireless monitors (Yes, these do exist. No, I haven't figured out a mass-market rationale yet).
How is it that we believe that it is acceptable for our consititution to apply in other countries?
Yahoo is complying with local law enforcement, and is HELPING local law enforcement. In the eyes of their government, Yahoo is being a good citizen.
Yahoo, as a corporation, is not in a position to challenge the government about what is right and not right (especially considering what the Chinese government does in this case), but what is legal and illegal.
You know what? If I ran a services company, and the big-bad-gorilla govt. came down on me and asked me for records (or else), I'd comply too!
This table was put together realy quick as I had a friend driving out from CA to visit. It has a candle on it from one night when I had a date; however i forgot to buy a candle to light it. (NOTE: I do not reccomend fedex furniture if you are looking to impress a date.) Looks like the only action ill be seeing is with the penguin hanging from the chandalier.
Only 20% of our population is individual enough that it can't be autosorted into a bucket filled with other individuals that have no particular outstanding distinctiveness.
...Some of us have limited staff, deadlines, and a budget to deal with. Frankly, the additional R&D time it requires to stay on the bleeding edge can be problematic. Also, my clients are NOT bleeding edge... So if my code only works on bleeding-edge systems, I've got a problem.
Because the language someone uses is a clear indication of their skill at designing and implementing an application. Gosh, I've NEVER seen a poorly implemented C++/Python/LISP/Assembly program.
I can think of few things worse on a project than this kind of mindless elitism.
"Standards-compliant code works on all modern browsers"
False. There are many exceptions/issues/workarounds/alternate behaviors for different browsers (or even the same browser on different platforms). 95% of standards-compliant code will work fine... it's that bloody 5% that'll make your page fail.
There are no silver bullets for this problem. Only when browsers are better at complying with established standards will our scripting code become less fragile and easier to maintain.
This only works if you can trust the clients to do their jobs right. Unfortunately, because web pages are very mutable, and interpreters are so diverse, you often cannot trust user-agents to behave as you'd expect they would.
Because of this, you ~need~ server-side validation and end-user feedback. While JavaScript can provide a user-friendly mechanism to do this as well, the scripting should be seen as a compliment to server-side checks, not a replacement.
For small in-house applications, I generally recommend doing away with JavaScript validation, as it adds to the maintenance requirements for your code. For commercial applications, I urge people to use both types of validation.
JavaScript is also pretty fragile code... I do not recommend its use for things such as site navigation. I've seen sites where one poorly formed function breaks JS for the entire navigation system, leaving the user without a means to get around.
I've never really gotten an answer to this question:
What are the implications or potential problems from removing energy from Earth's weather systems? Is the energy we're removing negligible enough to be ignored? Could it potentially change weather patterns by blocking/slowing wind?
Do we have any information about changes in weather from other man-made things such as cities? I've heard beltways can cause enough heat to slow/redirect some weather. (I know that birds of prey use updrafts caused by hot highways to help them gain altitude using less energy)
Any reliable sources for this kind of information, or are all sides biased?
The floppy isn't dead yet. True, for daily data storage, the floppy is obsolete (and has been for quite some time). The truth is that the floppy is such a basic low-level form of data storage it'll still rear it's 1.44 mb head for a while.
Just last year I built my gaming machine. Athlon, sweet machine. I wanted to activate the RAID... But Windows (Gaming machine) didn't have the SATA RAID controller... So the only way to load the device driver was, you guessed it, floppy.
I know a lot of places use the floppy for flashing the BIOS. In some cases, they've also written Windows software to do the same thing, but that leaves users of other OSs out in the cold, which leaves floppy as my preferred flashing mechanism.
While on one hand it would be a shame to loose our heritage, I think it would be a greater shame to stop the language where it is just so that we can stay in touch with our heritage.
Languages change over time for a reason. Words are added to introduce new things, concepts, tools, and thoughts. Language is one part progression, one part evolution. To do that effectively, we can't stop ourselves in the present.
Actually, the good thing about this system is that there's no incentive for them to do that kind of crap.
The more GOOD music you have on your system, the more GOOD music is available for people to buy, the more people like the system, the more money they make.
Yes, because it makes sense to start an experimental project 1/2 way around the world where the economies make equipment more expensive, time zone issues make collaborating with home base more difficult, and staffing becomes an issue.
It'd be far too impractical to use facilities, staff, and equipment located around your headquarters.
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I got one better...
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You live on Earth, with Kevin Bacon!
It's almost like you're best friends.
~D
Why the hell would I want to surf to my word processor?
I can download one for free, if I wish, and it does not have advertising.
It starts faster, and will probably do more.
It does not require an internet connection to work.
It does not broadcast any document I work on over the Internet.
Granted, some of these are speculation on how the new suite would work, but it's speculation based on similar existing apps.
The most useful thing I can think of would to be able to download a copy to a local machine, which equates to some damn easy deployment of software.
~D
I'd have to see how it works in real-life to really judge, but I'm not sure how well it'd really work.
I know every time I hear myself with a delay while I talk (a friend's cell phone has time-delay feedback, bad speaker/mic config on teamspeak), I have a hard time talking. Hearing my own voice while I try to talk is ~confusing~, and results in me having to concentrate to say what I need to say.
~D
I take them on the ~trip~, I don't take them to the actual ~wedding~. I can't remember the last time I attended a local wedding. Sorry if that was unclear.
~D
Let this be a lesson to all you web-developer types out there:
Get rid of px, pt, in, mm in your stylesheets for font sizing. Use em instead. That resizes correctly in both IE and FF.
Yes, it is useful, and people do care.
~D
I've seen the gameplay footage of the 360, and I thought it was suprisingly lackluster. Of all the mindless fanboyism I see when I walk into my local game store, I'm really not excited about this device. I think it's going to be a disappointment.
As for the PSP, I have to admit, I'm very happy with the purchase. It took me a few months to finally get one (Will I really use it? Is it worth the expense? etc.), but I absolutely love the bugger.
The fact that it has a built-in browser is delicious on those few occaions when I have to travel for weddings and such (no laptop). All I need is a keyboard for it.
~D
Why is the above question flamebait? Just because someone doesn't see value in something that doesn't provide value to them?
It's a legitimate question (with legitimate answers, such as the small-child response). One that I've ased myself about things such as wireless mice (I know some people have good uses for 'em, but I like my mice cheap and w/o batteries), or wireless monitors (Yes, these do exist. No, I haven't figured out a mass-market rationale yet).
~D
How is it that we believe that it is acceptable for our consititution to apply in other countries?
Yahoo is complying with local law enforcement, and is HELPING local law enforcement. In the eyes of their government, Yahoo is being a good citizen.
Yahoo, as a corporation, is not in a position to challenge the government about what is right and not right (especially considering what the Chinese government does in this case), but what is legal and illegal.
You know what? If I ran a services company, and the big-bad-gorilla govt. came down on me and asked me for records (or else), I'd comply too!
~D
Don't forget all the cool viruses that you can transfer to your car too! Great idea!
~D
Here's an interesting note: The RSS feed has oxygen spelled oxigen.
Any ideas why?
Do the articles have to be manually entered to the RSS feed? The the editors actually (GASP!) edit something??
~D
Another way to think of that:
Only 20% of our population is individual enough that it can't be autosorted into a bucket filled with other individuals that have no particular outstanding distinctiveness.
Creepy, but it explains a lot.
~D
But UNIX is such a well understood and smart to handle the issues that an operating system has to handle that it ultimately will prevail.
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WTF??? I mean, really, come on now... WTF!
~D
...Some of us have limited staff, deadlines, and a budget to deal with. Frankly, the additional R&D time it requires to stay on the bleeding edge can be problematic. Also, my clients are NOT bleeding edge... So if my code only works on bleeding-edge systems, I've got a problem.
~D
6. Feeding generations of inept developers. check. [re: C#, anything .net, VB, ...]
Because the language someone uses is a clear indication of their skill at designing and implementing an application. Gosh, I've NEVER seen a poorly implemented C++/Python/LISP/Assembly program.
I can think of few things worse on a project than this kind of mindless elitism.
~D
Sorry... He sounded too much like my old boss who said that kind of thing and meant it.
~D
"Standards-compliant code works on all modern browsers"
False. There are many exceptions/issues/workarounds/alternate behaviors for different browsers (or even the same browser on different platforms). 95% of standards-compliant code will work fine... it's that bloody 5% that'll make your page fail.
There are no silver bullets for this problem. Only when browsers are better at complying with established standards will our scripting code become less fragile and easier to maintain.
~D
This only works if you can trust the clients to do their jobs right. Unfortunately, because web pages are very mutable, and interpreters are so diverse, you often cannot trust user-agents to behave as you'd expect they would.
Because of this, you ~need~ server-side validation and end-user feedback. While JavaScript can provide a user-friendly mechanism to do this as well, the scripting should be seen as a compliment to server-side checks, not a replacement.
For small in-house applications, I generally recommend doing away with JavaScript validation, as it adds to the maintenance requirements for your code. For commercial applications, I urge people to use both types of validation.
JavaScript is also pretty fragile code... I do not recommend its use for things such as site navigation. I've seen sites where one poorly formed function breaks JS for the entire navigation system, leaving the user without a means to get around.
~D
I've never really gotten an answer to this question:
What are the implications or potential problems from removing energy from Earth's weather systems? Is the energy we're removing negligible enough to be ignored? Could it potentially change weather patterns by blocking/slowing wind?
Do we have any information about changes in weather from other man-made things such as cities? I've heard beltways can cause enough heat to slow/redirect some weather. (I know that birds of prey use updrafts caused by hot highways to help them gain altitude using less energy)
Any reliable sources for this kind of information, or are all sides biased?
~D
The floppy isn't dead yet. True, for daily data storage, the floppy is obsolete (and has been for quite some time). The truth is that the floppy is such a basic low-level form of data storage it'll still rear it's 1.44 mb head for a while.
Just last year I built my gaming machine. Athlon, sweet machine. I wanted to activate the RAID... But Windows (Gaming machine) didn't have the SATA RAID controller... So the only way to load the device driver was, you guessed it, floppy.
I know a lot of places use the floppy for flashing the BIOS. In some cases, they've also written Windows software to do the same thing, but that leaves users of other OSs out in the cold, which leaves floppy as my preferred flashing mechanism.
~D
While on one hand it would be a shame to loose our heritage, I think it would be a greater shame to stop the language where it is just so that we can stay in touch with our heritage.
Languages change over time for a reason. Words are added to introduce new things, concepts, tools, and thoughts. Language is one part progression, one part evolution. To do that effectively, we can't stop ourselves in the present.
~D
Immoral? No. Frustrating? Yes.
~D
Actually, the good thing about this system is that there's no incentive for them to do that kind of crap.
The more GOOD music you have on your system, the more GOOD music is available for people to buy, the more people like the system, the more money they make.
~D
Yes, because it makes sense to start an experimental project 1/2 way around the world where the economies make equipment more expensive, time zone issues make collaborating with home base more difficult, and staffing becomes an issue.
It'd be far too impractical to use facilities, staff, and equipment located around your headquarters.
~D
Would this work better if we attached the frickin' lasers to animals (native and/or alien) and let them do the mapping?
Sharks perhaps?
~D