The majority of these online forms are multiple screens long, and because they're invariably HTTPS, they'll time out after a finite time which isn't always made known to the user
I wonder why I even bother visiting Slashdot any more, when the basic workings of the web are not understood by the submitter nor the editors.
To put the security difference into perspective, three random 6 character passwords that are stored using standard salted secure hashes can be cracked by a laptop in an hour.
Really? Okay, here are three NONrandom 6 character passwords that are stored using standard salted secure hashes:
I know plenty of people who really can't see much difference between NTSC and HD. This is one of the reasons why they still watch DVDs, and not Blu-Rays.
Node.js is an event-driven system utilizing callbacks on a single thread. (So after requesting data from the database Node can continue responding to other events until the database comes back with an answer - it doesn't sit there waiting.) Javascript is particularly suited to this environment due to anonymous functions and closures.
... the excellent A Grey Moon Over China by Thomas A. Day. A tale of the life of a futuristic soldier who escapes Earth in a colony ark to a far away system. There his group attempts to colonize while dealing with their own internal politics and a non-human threat. The mistakes and triumphs of a lifetime really add up, and the ending left me with a sense of sadness that I strongly remember now, a few years later.
Although that bullshit of wanting your phone number on checkout is annoying. As well as the email address - I hate lying - Obama is getting a shit load of Microcenter "specials".
I always tell them my email address is a secret. Works every time. They ask for personal information but don't require any.
You miss my point. I'm not complaining because I see my default background color. I'm pointing out that the CSS in question specifies font colors, faces, and other style elements while omitting body background-color. Yet the elements which are styled rely on a light gray or white body background.
If any background color were to suit the design, this would not be an issue. But that is not the case so this is an omission and mistake.
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You haven't defined a background-color for the body element, so it defaults to transparent. That means users will see whatever color they've told their web browser to default to as a background-color. No doubt you meant the site to have a white background, but you need to specify it. Browsing with an off-white color as my default, SlashBI looks pretty bad...
Python - Less boilerplate code than other languages, easy readable syntax that encourages clean code but more importantly allows a beginner to easily focus on control flow logic, functions, etc. Forget every other language mentioned - Python is where a beginning programmer should start. It's fun, will teach all the concepts, and can do anything.
Javascript - Runs inside any web browser and is the de facto language for web development. Exploding all over the place thanks to node.js and html5 canvas games/apps. Every web browser is a platform, making distribution of code to friends/family a snap.
Torchlight 1 scratched my Diablo itch in such a perfectly and satisfactory way that I now find myself looking forward to its sequel more than Diablo 3. And I'm not the only one. I doubt the makers of Torchlight will require me to have a constant internet connection just to play a single player, offline game.
I expected a neat and tidy order form on raspberrypi.org. Instead, I'm directed to search the homepage of two UK electronics retailers for the Raspberry Pi and follow the normal checkout process. At just a fraction of a second after launch, one retailer is completely down and the other is only showing a form collecting names and addresses of people interested in buying the RP - no actual checkout process. Soon it goes down, too.
Following Twitter, it seems one retailer won't start selling the RP until later this week, and the other won't even ship to many international or non-corporate buyers. The Raspberry Pi people are just as in the dark as the rest of us, and it's up to random folks calling the retailers in question to gather this info.
I really respect what the Raspberry Pi Foundation are doing, but they bungled this launch. Yes, their own site was prepared for the traffic, but when you partner with idiots and fail to guarantee those incompetents can hold to promises you made, it does reflect a bit on your own abilities.
The most accurate movie depiction of space combat is probably 2001: A Space Odyssey... sort of. There's just no combat, but it wouldn't feel any different.
Couldn't agree more. Meet Joe Black also got it right.
No doubt you ran into a game using the Flixel library for AS3. 99% of the time I see the Flixel logo pop up before a game I know my laptop fan is going to turn on and the game is going to run choppy. I don't know what that library does behind the scenes, but it's an amazing CPU hog....And yet in my own games when I implement the built-in AS3 BitmapData.copyPixels() routines to move around massive amounts of sprites, my CPU doesn't even break a sweat.
Count me among the thousands of diehard Diablo fans who won't be buying D3 because the player is forced to always be connected to the internet to play, even in single player "offline" mode. That's ridiculous. It's an affront to all logic and decency. But I fully expect Torchlight 2 to scratch the "click for loot" itch - the first Torchlight was a blast and the second one is going to be bigger, better, and even more of a blast.
Yes, a 14 year old girl could be sexually attractive. However the great-grandparent seemed to be saying a cute little boy was hot (sexually attractive). I don't think that's what Oliver meant, but it's what he seemed to say.
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The majority of these online forms are multiple screens long, and because they're invariably HTTPS, they'll time out after a finite time which isn't always made known to the user
I wonder why I even bother visiting Slashdot any more, when the basic workings of the web are not understood by the submitter nor the editors.
There is no language that seems to have more web relevance these days.
Yes, there is. It's Javascript.
You implied there's no way to convert Bitcoin to cash. That's laughably out of date.
Oh look, someone from the year 2010 who hasn't kept up with Bitcoin. How adorable.
To put the security difference into perspective, three random 6 character passwords that are stored using standard salted secure hashes can be cracked by a laptop in an hour.
Really? Okay, here are three NONrandom 6 character passwords that are stored using standard salted secure hashes:
a44a6d60ebc202a7d296d82a7eac5748b7a93474c996e533795d769b297e613c
5529ce75d4bf3bc7b488c8591906cc39bf5ac90feeeb9fbc278b0f98e03cafc6
9de700d2bc4fa3ed30a3459a9cffd7785c10f465c5b9cfb4a83d417e9347f0f9
Start your laptops, gentlemen. I'll even give you a hint. The first password is 123456. The second is abcdef.
I know plenty of people who really can't see much difference between NTSC and HD. This is one of the reasons why they still watch DVDs, and not Blu-Rays.
I, too, have parents.
Bring the Real Money Auction House to a million new potential customers.
Node.js is an event-driven system utilizing callbacks on a single thread. (So after requesting data from the database Node can continue responding to other events until the database comes back with an answer - it doesn't sit there waiting.) Javascript is particularly suited to this environment due to anonymous functions and closures.
First I used Avast, but after a while it began bugging me to to buy the paid version, and slowed down my PC with ill-timed, intensive scans.
I switched to AVG, but after a while it began bugging me to to buy the paid version, and slowed down my PC with ill-timed, intensive scans.
Now I use Microsoft Security Essentials, which is surprisingly good. So far.
Complement with a Spybot Search and Destroy scan every now and then and you're good to go.
... the excellent A Grey Moon Over China by Thomas A. Day. A tale of the life of a futuristic soldier who escapes Earth in a colony ark to a far away system. There his group attempts to colonize while dealing with their own internal politics and a non-human threat. The mistakes and triumphs of a lifetime really add up, and the ending left me with a sense of sadness that I strongly remember now, a few years later.
Wonderful book.
After the first fatality involving one of these cars there will be a crippling uproar and/or legal battles.
Summary links to page two of the article.
page one
Although that bullshit of wanting your phone number on checkout is annoying. As well as the email address - I hate lying - Obama is getting a shit load of Microcenter "specials".
I always tell them my email address is a secret. Works every time. They ask for personal information but don't require any.
I didn't override the page's body background-color. No background-color was specified for me to override in any case.
I set a default color. Since no color was specified in the design my default was used.
You miss my point. I'm not complaining because I see my default background color. I'm pointing out that the CSS in question specifies font colors, faces, and other style elements while omitting body background-color. Yet the elements which are styled rely on a light gray or white body background.
If any background color were to suit the design, this would not be an issue. But that is not the case so this is an omission and mistake.
You haven't defined a background-color for the body element, so it defaults to transparent. That means users will see whatever color they've told their web browser to default to as a background-color. No doubt you meant the site to have a white background, but you need to specify it. Browsing with an off-white color as my default, SlashBI looks pretty bad...
Rookie css mistake that is embarassingly common.
You lost.
Perhaps they could accidentally rename the program to something that isn't offensive...
Languages you inexplicably did not mention:
Python - Less boilerplate code than other languages, easy readable syntax that encourages clean code but more importantly allows a beginner to easily focus on control flow logic, functions, etc. Forget every other language mentioned - Python is where a beginning programmer should start. It's fun, will teach all the concepts, and can do anything.
Javascript - Runs inside any web browser and is the de facto language for web development. Exploding all over the place thanks to node.js and html5 canvas games/apps. Every web browser is a platform, making distribution of code to friends/family a snap.
Torchlight 1 scratched my Diablo itch in such a perfectly and satisfactory way that I now find myself looking forward to its sequel more than Diablo 3. And I'm not the only one. I doubt the makers of Torchlight will require me to have a constant internet connection just to play a single player, offline game.
Agreed.
I expected a neat and tidy order form on raspberrypi.org. Instead, I'm directed to search the homepage of two UK electronics retailers for the Raspberry Pi and follow the normal checkout process. At just a fraction of a second after launch, one retailer is completely down and the other is only showing a form collecting names and addresses of people interested in buying the RP - no actual checkout process. Soon it goes down, too.
Following Twitter, it seems one retailer won't start selling the RP until later this week, and the other won't even ship to many international or non-corporate buyers. The Raspberry Pi people are just as in the dark as the rest of us, and it's up to random folks calling the retailers in question to gather this info.
I really respect what the Raspberry Pi Foundation are doing, but they bungled this launch. Yes, their own site was prepared for the traffic, but when you partner with idiots and fail to guarantee those incompetents can hold to promises you made, it does reflect a bit on your own abilities.
The most accurate movie depiction of space combat is probably 2001: A Space Odyssey... sort of. There's just no combat, but it wouldn't feel any different.
Couldn't agree more. Meet Joe Black also got it right.
No doubt you ran into a game using the Flixel library for AS3. 99% of the time I see the Flixel logo pop up before a game I know my laptop fan is going to turn on and the game is going to run choppy. I don't know what that library does behind the scenes, but it's an amazing CPU hog. ...And yet in my own games when I implement the built-in AS3 BitmapData.copyPixels() routines to move around massive amounts of sprites, my CPU doesn't even break a sweat.
Count me among the thousands of diehard Diablo fans who won't be buying D3 because the player is forced to always be connected to the internet to play, even in single player "offline" mode. That's ridiculous. It's an affront to all logic and decency. But I fully expect Torchlight 2 to scratch the "click for loot" itch - the first Torchlight was a blast and the second one is going to be bigger, better, and even more of a blast.
Yes, a 14 year old girl could be sexually attractive. However the great-grandparent seemed to be saying a cute little boy was hot (sexually attractive). I don't think that's what Oliver meant, but it's what he seemed to say.