The use of electronic devices in class is acceptable as long as it is restricted to work in class But students abuse it: they take phone calls, text away, and browse the social Web sites. If a device ban is the only available solution to prevent abuse then so be it.
I am sick and tired of upgrading to new FF releases that disable the add-ons I use most often. How is it possible that an add-on remain compatible with IE over succesive Windows updates but not with FF?
The Apple success in the mobile market is the success of vanity. I know kids who don't have enough money for lunch but who own a brand new iPhone because "it's cool". The price of the handset, and the unlimited voice and data plans, for a teenager? Jeez!.... Android-based handsets are cheaper, and the hardware quality is different. Now, Microsoft decided to adopt the Apple business model. However, they don't seem to realise that they target a different audience. Frankly, for the same price I would buy Apple.
There is something wrong with the exit movie. Normally, the comet tail runs aways from the Sun but in this video it appers to run in the opposite direction.
"But IE6, IE7 and IE8 could be three different browsers. They only have the name in common and the amount of work arounds needed." -- Not from a user's standpoint.
I installed Adblock Plus specifically because I want no ads in my browser. If the developers stroke a deal with industry that's fine, it's their choice. I hope a fork will be made that will again disable all ads by default. Adblock++, anyone?:
("rolling his eyes and groaning that we have quite enough to choose from already")
Yes, we actually need better programmers rather than new languages. All those examples (Perl, PHP, ECMAscript, Python..) are scripting languages that were developed to make the life of lazy developers and sysadmins easier. Some people seem to have too much time on their hands.
I know! And I can't wait for full browser SVG support! I briefly developed applets in SVG several years ago and then I reluctantly switched to Flash due to lack of native SVG support in Web browsers.
An eReader? No, I actually own a HP TouchSmart Tablet PC. I read electronic versions of Philip K. Dick's novels (can't easily find printed versions), play Angry Birds (pinch-zoom is fun), browse the Web, Skype, and develop software in Visual Studio. I purchased my first electronic book about 10 years ago, it was Weinbaum's "A Martian Odyssey". The only device that I recharge about twice a month is my dual-SIM smartphone. Audiobook? You're kidding! I prefer to walk into an airport bookstore and buy Michael Crichton's "Pirate Latitudes" for $10. It's a pocket book format, roughly the size of a Kobo reader, it supports rich text, graphics, and 32-bit colors. Browsing is easy, just turn the page with a finger. The only requirement is some light (a lit candle will do).
Writing HTML5 code is programming as much as Postscript is programming: they are both descriptive languages. Try telling people who do CFD or weather modeling in Fortran 2008 that you do "HTML5 Programming"; I would love to see their reaction.
No online help writer will take the time required to explain extensively and in detail how to do something, be it programming or not. The reason is obvious: it takes time and effort to put everything together. Unless they can find a way to sell it to you online, it will be in a printed book. And even in electronic format most people will prefer to print it, if possible. You get a better resolution on a printed page than on a screen.
Mars is a desert where humans cannot live. Even if NASA found dinosaur bones in the dirt on Mars, or whatever other proof that there has been life on Mars millions of years ago, who will benefit from that other than a few scientists who will publish the discovery in Science? Mars is inhospitable for vertebrates, and even for plants. Maybe they hope to find oil there, but Earth has not run out of oil yet.
Europa, Enceladus, and Titan, on the other hand, might harbor different very life forms, perhaps even some that Man could communicate with.
Obviously Apple are taking further steps to commoditize the software on their platform in order to increase the price of their hardware. The App store was just the first step.
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It did, otherwise I wouldn't have posted my rant.
The use of electronic devices in class is acceptable as long as it is restricted to work in class But students abuse it: they take phone calls, text away, and browse the social Web sites. If a device ban is the only available solution to prevent abuse then so be it.
I am sick and tired of upgrading to new FF releases that disable the add-ons I use most often. How is it possible that an add-on remain compatible with IE over succesive Windows updates but not with FF?
How can Microsoft charge a company for using a Linux & Java - based OS made by a yet another company? It beats me.
And I would add: make movies that entertain, rather than shock.
The Apple success in the mobile market is the success of vanity. I know kids who don't have enough money for lunch but who own a brand new iPhone because "it's cool". The price of the handset, and the unlimited voice and data plans, for a teenager? Jeez!.... Android-based handsets are cheaper, and the hardware quality is different. Now, Microsoft decided to adopt the Apple business model. However, they don't seem to realise that they target a different audience. Frankly, for the same price I would buy Apple.
There is something wrong with the exit movie. Normally, the comet tail runs aways from the Sun but in this video it appers to run in the opposite direction.
"But IE6, IE7 and IE8 could be three different browsers. They only have the name in common and the amount of work arounds needed." -- Not from a user's standpoint.
I installed Adblock Plus specifically because I want no ads in my browser. If the developers stroke a deal with industry that's fine, it's their choice. I hope a fork will be made that will again disable all ads by default. Adblock++, anyone?:
Perhaps Intel should not put all their eggs (hard drives) in one basket (Asia)?
Please stop advertising for these companies. I hate the mere thought that a company could delete an ebook that I have purchased.
Yes, we actually need better programmers rather than new languages. All those examples (Perl, PHP, ECMAscript, Python..) are scripting languages that were developed to make the life of lazy developers and sysadmins easier. Some people seem to have too much time on their hands.
I know! And I can't wait for full browser SVG support! I briefly developed applets in SVG several years ago and then I reluctantly switched to Flash due to lack of native SVG support in Web browsers.
An eReader? No, I actually own a HP TouchSmart Tablet PC. I read electronic versions of Philip K. Dick's novels (can't easily find printed versions), play Angry Birds (pinch-zoom is fun), browse the Web, Skype, and develop software in Visual Studio. I purchased my first electronic book about 10 years ago, it was Weinbaum's "A Martian Odyssey". The only device that I recharge about twice a month is my dual-SIM smartphone. Audiobook? You're kidding! I prefer to walk into an airport bookstore and buy Michael Crichton's "Pirate Latitudes" for $10. It's a pocket book format, roughly the size of a Kobo reader, it supports rich text, graphics, and 32-bit colors. Browsing is easy, just turn the page with a finger. The only requirement is some light (a lit candle will do).
"It is even said" -- My kind of reliable reference....
BTW, how do you do interactive vector graphics in HTML5?
Good for you. Just make sure that wherever you take your electronic books there is a readily available power source.
Sex sells, who would have thought... ;)
Writing HTML5 code is programming as much as Postscript is programming: they are both descriptive languages. Try telling people who do CFD or weather modeling in Fortran 2008 that you do "HTML5 Programming"; I would love to see their reaction.
No online help writer will take the time required to explain extensively and in detail how to do something, be it programming or not. The reason is obvious: it takes time and effort to put everything together. Unless they can find a way to sell it to you online, it will be in a printed book. And even in electronic format most people will prefer to print it, if possible. You get a better resolution on a printed page than on a screen.
Except that preparing photos and other illustrations that go with your writing barely qualify for "computing".
What fiber? There is either a phone line or a TV cable that hooks up your house/apartment to the Net. Where is the "fiber"?
"Discoverer of Lisp" -- you mean, Lisp was already invented when he "discovered" it?
Mars is a desert where humans cannot live. Even if NASA found dinosaur bones in the dirt on Mars, or whatever other proof that there has been life on Mars millions of years ago, who will benefit from that other than a few scientists who will publish the discovery in Science? Mars is inhospitable for vertebrates, and even for plants. Maybe they hope to find oil there, but Earth has not run out of oil yet. Europa, Enceladus, and Titan, on the other hand, might harbor different very life forms, perhaps even some that Man could communicate with.
Obviously Apple are taking further steps to commoditize the software on their platform in order to increase the price of their hardware. The App store was just the first step.
But do those old webcams work on Windows 7? Cause my XP webcams don't.