I don't think mispelling the occasional word makes you look quite as stupid as internet shorthand.
"u", "ur", "tnx", "b4" - These are the kinds of things that piss me off. Not everyone has perfect spelling and grammar, but speaking like this is awful.
Game developers need to take in to account emulation layers that they don't support in the first place? Windows is obsolete?
I think you should wake up from whatever dream you're having. I don't care how good looking she is.
I suppose you could call it 'loonix' or something similar, and yes, it would get you lynched. It's much the same as if you tried to make fun of Apple and OS X (OSuX anyone?). I'm not a big fan of Apple, but somehow despite my hatred for them, I manage to restrain myself and refer to the company, and it's operating system by their respective given names.
The difference is only in that it is socially acceptable to bash windows here, but not our *cough*cough* oh-so-problem-free linux. I guess that's why openoffice segfaults for some mysterious reason in my Ubuntu installation (it's only a month and a half old, and mostly running stock). It's a good thing I don't actually need an office suite at my job, or I'd be reinstalling the OS because tracing the problem would take more time than a complete reinstalltion.
Personally, I think it reeks of childish stupidity to run around using "windoze" and "M$" and similar tokens of ignorance. It makes it impossible for me to take the person seriously. I love linux for it's obvious attributes, but for all the horn-tooting, it's still not a complete replacement for windows, and yes, it can break. Just as crypticly, and just as badly.
Mind you, someone out there right now is going to read this and say "oh, but I run openoffice, on distro XYZ, and it works great!". Well, I run windows on my other partition (same installation, going on 3 years now) and it works great.
Anyhow, if you want to advocate Linux, it makes far more sense to advocate it through it's strengths, rather than to try to poke at something else's weaknesses. Sounding like a zealot does not get you followers, rather, it repels the followers you were trying to acquire.
I'd go with this one, it's a little more than a firewall in that it can enforce rules on the filesystem as well (ex: foo.exe is only allowed to write to c:\text). It's highly configurable, and well worth a look.
...It's a gateway to thousands more user problems. While my hat is off to the Transgaming team for their countless hours of time, effort and dedication to the winex project, and gaming on linux in general, it's far from a good solution. Certainly not one I would unleash on the clueless.
Most games don't play well, or play with really annoying issues. For example, many in-game videos do not play properly in Cedega, and if you can't skip them, you might be sitting there a long time waiting for them to finish. A good example of this is Black and White, where the opening video can't be skipped, and plays at about 3fps.
There was (may be fixed now, I don't know) another issue where you couldn't install games spanning multiple CDs without copying the contents of those CDs to the hard drive. So now you're involving the commandline, and/or file managers in order to install a game. Not quite as point-and-click easy as windows.
Many games which rely on Directplay for their multiplayer functionality do not work at all. Warcraft 3 is a good example of this. Works great single player (assuming you skip all the in-game videos) but fails horribly in multiplayer.
Lastly, most copy protections are not recognised under Cedega/Linux, forcing the user to go out and find a crack for their game.
The solution here is not to run Windows games, but to find more ways to convince major game developers that they should release ports to linux directly. All this Linspire/Transgaming thing is going to do is frustrate people who just want to play games. It will unquestionably leave more with a negative opinion of Linux in general.
Wow, way to go off on an amazing tangent. You're right about one thing though, Macs are not PCs. The comparison can very easily be made, though. To say that it can't is stupid. PCs can pretty much do anything a Mac can do, only in a cost effective and flexable manner. If you're trying to liken a Mac to an appliance, then you may as well just agree with my first statement: Macs are crippled PCs.
As a minor correction to your statement about what i want: I don't want Mac OS X. I frankly find it to be a horrible interface with usability issues that is only designed to 'wow' new buyers. Those features, for the most part, are not even practical. Further, Apple goes out of it's way to make sure that you have to use it's impractical design, because, in the glorious wisdom of Steve Jobs, you should have to do everything the Apple Way(tm).
Many of us enjoy fairly high quality PC hardware without paying the "Apple tax". Sure, you can buy bottom-of-the-barrel PCs, but at least you have the *choice*. Apple doesn't give you any such choice. Apple is all about massive advertising campaigns and glitzy outer shells.
Apple does not have some high standard for hardware. Hell, they don't even make most of their own hardware. Most of their chips are produced by third parties who also (coincidently) make chips and other hardware items for PCs.
The bottom line is Macs are not worth the higher pricepoint if you look at what goes in to them. Hell, even the mac mini is overpriced for what it is. You can get something in a PC format that runs a hell of a lot faster, and is a hell of a lot cheaper. I've seen low-end starter boxes that sport a 1.4Ghz Celeron with 256mb of ram go for as little as $200 CAD.
He said if a similar tool could be produced for newspapers, it would not be accepted by consumers.
"You'd go to your local corner shop and buy the daily paper, and you'd have these large holes where the ads were.
Honestly, if newspaper ads were ANYTHING like internet ads, you'd have pages jumping up in front of what you were reading, things would move around on the page to get your attention, the ads would make noise, they'd be lime green and red in colour, and some of them would even be full motion videos of people pitching products for up to 60 minutes at a time.
I don't understand how these people can liken internet ads to newspaper ads. It's not that many of us really mind advertising, but internet ads go out of their way to be as obtrusive and irritating as possible. Is it any wonder we're going out of our way to block them? Frankly, I'd prefer a large gaping hole, than to being bombarded me with senseless marketing campaigns.
This move is likely to cost them a lot of followers, because they are switching platforms yet again. It's not going to get windows users to come over, because those users are unlikely to buy all new computers and software just for OS X. And linux users? I think they'll just laugh at Apple's folley and continue to enjoy the best of FOSS.
The only way Apple could be a threat to anyone is if they allowed OS X to run on any x86 PC. Which, of course, they won't do.
So, choose your fate: Microsoft software lock-in, Apple hardware lock-in, or Linux freedom. I know Jobs isn't getting any of *my* hard earned money.
So, how is that janitorial position treating you these days?
I notice the URL included with your post - "patrick.sunscapeweb.com" points to a rather spammy-looking portal site. I guess we know how your lack of education is making you money:D
_Very_few_ people manage to pull off finding a high-end job with no post-secondary. Jobs is an idiot for suggesting that people should try to do what he did.
Using * in mysql makes no difference at all. mysql_escape_string() is a real function (hint, you're a moron), and using sprintf() is cleaner, and allows stricter formatting. How you do interpolation really is a matter of preference only, so trying to nitpick on that instance really just tells me that you're being stupid.
I don't know why anyone listens to Cringely at all. He doesn't appear to have any kind of credentials in anything. I mean, this is a man who's sole reason for you to be listening to him is "I have 20 years in the field, I know what I'm talking about.". 20 years doing what? Speculating wildly?
In fact, if you look at the about page on him, he even admits that he doesn't have any credentials. Kinda seems like he's little more than a mouthpiece to me.
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What, are you on crack? xmlHttpRequest REQUIRES having something on the server to talk to. This is genereally a server side language of some kind which in turn gives the client-side javascript what it needs in order to do something.
Server side scripting can't be replaced by javascript, and even if it could, it never would be, because javascript implimentations can vary so greatly from browser to browser.
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meh, you guys always do it wrong. Here is the *right* way:
<?php
/* Use this to normalize incoming data. Don't rely on server settings! Always test! */ function fixSlash($in) {
return get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($in) : $in; }
/* if you're expecting an int, best to cast it. same idea for floats. another method is to use ctype_number() to test to see if something is all digits. DO NOT use is_numeric() or is_int() as is_numeric tests for many different numeric representations and is_int() only works on real integers, not the strings that come back from a GET or POST */ $fromUser = (int)$_GET['someNumber'];
/* if you're expecting text, normalize it */ $fromUser = fixSlash($_GET['someEvilValue']);
/* now, use the escaping functions SPECIFIC to the database server used. In this case, we'll use MySQL */ $fromUser = mysql_escape_string($fromUser);
/* lastly, make the query. Standard SQL doesn't quote numbers; if this is a number, and not a string, remove the quotes */ $query = sprintf("SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar='%s'", $fromUser);
?>
Also notice how we use the superglobals for everything (superglobals are $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER, etc..) these will always work, regardless of the register_globals setting.
If you code in this manner, it doesn't matter what magic_quotes_gpc is set to, at all, ever. This method is primarily procedural, but if you have an OOP structure in place, it's a good idea to build a filter object. This object can then be called from setters to perform these tasks for you which can make it all very transparent once set up.
If you always code in a portable manner, you'll have fewer surprises later on.
The easiest way to remember a password, is to think of a phrase, and then turn it in to an acronym.
So, if your phrase is something like: 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog' your password is: 'tqbfjotld'. The beauty of this system is the characters at first glance are seemingly random, but easy to remember because they're associated with something.
... Was the section entitled "Putting it togeather[sic]". Somehow, I think I'd have a hard time following the directions of someone who couldn't properly spell the word 'together'.
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Yeah, because there is absolutely NO WAY to write sloppy/bad code in C, or Perl, or Java, or ...
You might want to rethink what you just said.
I don't think mispelling the occasional word makes you look quite as stupid as internet shorthand.
"u", "ur", "tnx", "b4" - These are the kinds of things that piss me off. Not everyone has perfect spelling and grammar, but speaking like this is awful.
I'll take the brick. Far more useful.
Game developers need to take in to account emulation layers that they don't support in the first place? Windows is obsolete? I think you should wake up from whatever dream you're having. I don't care how good looking she is.
So, you wish every slashdot writer took 7 months to reply? ;)
I suppose you could call it 'loonix' or something similar, and yes, it would get you lynched. It's much the same as if you tried to make fun of Apple and OS X (OSuX anyone?). I'm not a big fan of Apple, but somehow despite my hatred for them, I manage to restrain myself and refer to the company, and it's operating system by their respective given names.
The difference is only in that it is socially acceptable to bash windows here, but not our *cough*cough* oh-so-problem-free linux. I guess that's why openoffice segfaults for some mysterious reason in my Ubuntu installation (it's only a month and a half old, and mostly running stock). It's a good thing I don't actually need an office suite at my job, or I'd be reinstalling the OS because tracing the problem would take more time than a complete reinstalltion.
Personally, I think it reeks of childish stupidity to run around using "windoze" and "M$" and similar tokens of ignorance. It makes it impossible for me to take the person seriously. I love linux for it's obvious attributes, but for all the horn-tooting, it's still not a complete replacement for windows, and yes, it can break. Just as crypticly, and just as badly.
Mind you, someone out there right now is going to read this and say "oh, but I run openoffice, on distro XYZ, and it works great!". Well, I run windows on my other partition (same installation, going on 3 years now) and it works great.
Anyhow, if you want to advocate Linux, it makes far more sense to advocate it through it's strengths, rather than to try to poke at something else's weaknesses. Sounding like a zealot does not get you followers, rather, it repels the followers you were trying to acquire.
I'd go with this one, it's a little more than a firewall in that it can enforce rules on the filesystem as well (ex: foo.exe is only allowed to write to c:\text). It's highly configurable, and well worth a look.
I'm sorry, I've never heard of this "Windoze" operating system you speak of. Must be a new thing.
...It's a gateway to thousands more user problems. While my hat is off to the Transgaming team for their countless hours of time, effort and dedication to the winex project, and gaming on linux in general, it's far from a good solution. Certainly not one I would unleash on the clueless.
Most games don't play well, or play with really annoying issues. For example, many in-game videos do not play properly in Cedega, and if you can't skip them, you might be sitting there a long time waiting for them to finish. A good example of this is Black and White, where the opening video can't be skipped, and plays at about 3fps.
There was (may be fixed now, I don't know) another issue where you couldn't install games spanning multiple CDs without copying the contents of those CDs to the hard drive. So now you're involving the commandline, and/or file managers in order to install a game. Not quite as point-and-click easy as windows.
Many games which rely on Directplay for their multiplayer functionality do not work at all. Warcraft 3 is a good example of this. Works great single player (assuming you skip all the in-game videos) but fails horribly in multiplayer.
Lastly, most copy protections are not recognised under Cedega/Linux, forcing the user to go out and find a crack for their game.
The solution here is not to run Windows games, but to find more ways to convince major game developers that they should release ports to linux directly. All this Linspire/Transgaming thing is going to do is frustrate people who just want to play games. It will unquestionably leave more with a negative opinion of Linux in general.
Wow, way to go off on an amazing tangent. You're right about one thing though, Macs are not PCs. The comparison can very easily be made, though. To say that it can't is stupid. PCs can pretty much do anything a Mac can do, only in a cost effective and flexable manner. If you're trying to liken a Mac to an appliance, then you may as well just agree with my first statement: Macs are crippled PCs.
As a minor correction to your statement about what i want: I don't want Mac OS X. I frankly find it to be a horrible interface with usability issues that is only designed to 'wow' new buyers. Those features, for the most part, are not even practical. Further, Apple goes out of it's way to make sure that you have to use it's impractical design, because, in the glorious wisdom of Steve Jobs, you should have to do everything the Apple Way(tm).
Many of us enjoy fairly high quality PC hardware without paying the "Apple tax". Sure, you can buy bottom-of-the-barrel PCs, but at least you have the *choice*. Apple doesn't give you any such choice. Apple is all about massive advertising campaigns and glitzy outer shells. Apple does not have some high standard for hardware. Hell, they don't even make most of their own hardware. Most of their chips are produced by third parties who also (coincidently) make chips and other hardware items for PCs. The bottom line is Macs are not worth the higher pricepoint if you look at what goes in to them. Hell, even the mac mini is overpriced for what it is. You can get something in a PC format that runs a hell of a lot faster, and is a hell of a lot cheaper. I've seen low-end starter boxes that sport a 1.4Ghz Celeron with 256mb of ram go for as little as $200 CAD.
From the article:
He said if a similar tool could be produced for newspapers, it would not be accepted by consumers.
"You'd go to your local corner shop and buy the daily paper, and you'd have these large holes where the ads were.
Honestly, if newspaper ads were ANYTHING like internet ads, you'd have pages jumping up in front of what you were reading, things would move around on the page to get your attention, the ads would make noise, they'd be lime green and red in colour, and some of them would even be full motion videos of people pitching products for up to 60 minutes at a time.
I don't understand how these people can liken internet ads to newspaper ads. It's not that many of us really mind advertising, but internet ads go out of their way to be as obtrusive and irritating as possible. Is it any wonder we're going out of our way to block them? Frankly, I'd prefer a large gaping hole, than to being bombarded me with senseless marketing campaigns.
Better yet, don't throw money away on a mac. Throwing thousands of dollars at a crippled PC isn't worth it for one operating system.
...34% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
The only threat Apple poses is to itself.
This move is likely to cost them a lot of followers, because they are switching platforms yet again. It's not going to get windows users to come over, because those users are unlikely to buy all new computers and software just for OS X. And linux users? I think they'll just laugh at Apple's folley and continue to enjoy the best of FOSS.
The only way Apple could be a threat to anyone is if they allowed OS X to run on any x86 PC. Which, of course, they won't do.
So, choose your fate: Microsoft software lock-in, Apple hardware lock-in, or Linux freedom. I know Jobs isn't getting any of *my* hard earned money.
So, how is that janitorial position treating you these days?
:D
I notice the URL included with your post - "patrick.sunscapeweb.com" points to a rather spammy-looking portal site. I guess we know how your lack of education is making you money
_Very_few_ people manage to pull off finding a high-end job with no post-secondary. Jobs is an idiot for suggesting that people should try to do what he did.
Using * in mysql makes no difference at all. mysql_escape_string() is a real function (hint, you're a moron), and using sprintf() is cleaner, and allows stricter formatting. How you do interpolation really is a matter of preference only, so trying to nitpick on that instance really just tells me that you're being stupid.
I'd hate to see Linus get hurt :)
I don't know why anyone listens to Cringely at all. He doesn't appear to have any kind of credentials in anything. I mean, this is a man who's sole reason for you to be listening to him is "I have 20 years in the field, I know what I'm talking about.". 20 years doing what? Speculating wildly?
In fact, if you look at the about page on him, he even admits that he doesn't have any credentials. Kinda seems like he's little more than a mouthpiece to me.
What, are you on crack? xmlHttpRequest REQUIRES having something on the server to talk to. This is genereally a server side language of some kind which in turn gives the client-side javascript what it needs in order to do something.
Server side scripting can't be replaced by javascript, and even if it could, it never would be, because javascript implimentations can vary so greatly from browser to browser.
If you code in this manner, it doesn't matter what magic_quotes_gpc is set to, at all, ever. This method is primarily procedural, but if you have an OOP structure in place, it's a good idea to build a filter object. This object can then be called from setters to perform these tasks for you which can make it all very transparent once set up.
If you always code in a portable manner, you'll have fewer surprises later on.
The easiest way to remember a password, is to think of a phrase, and then turn it in to an acronym.
So, if your phrase is something like: 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog' your password is: 'tqbfjotld'. The beauty of this system is the characters at first glance are seemingly random, but easy to remember because they're associated with something.
... Was the section entitled "Putting it togeather[sic]". Somehow, I think I'd have a hard time following the directions of someone who couldn't properly spell the word 'together'.
LG's laptops are better than any powerbook; far superior display technology too.
We have one guy at work who owns a powerbook, and even he's starting to wonder what kind of mistake he's made.
No problem, Judy.