This will be particularly important to developers who use ActiveX controls, pop-up windows and file download counters in their websites...
WOW! Can we organise a forum somewhere for these guys to discuss this? I'm sure a lot of slashdotters will be interested in having a "little chat" with the guys who make pop-up windows...
This webpage isn't intended for computer newbies - people new to computers altogther. This is for people who want to make the Windows (or MacOS)-to-Linux transition, and need help doing it. There's still an awful lot DOS/Windows people need to learn to progress to Linux, and I think it's knowledge worth having.
What, you mean the address written OUT NEXT TO HIS LOGIN NAME?!?!
So much for your nick, I s'pose;)
Can't speak for anyone else, but ...
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I use blogs mainly to keep in touch with friends. I think it's cool that a friend of mine can write something - anything - down on a webpage, from depressive speculations on the nature and meaning of life to a description of a date with a beautiful girl. Like any journal, it also allows you to look "back in time" at what you (or your friends) thought way-back-when...
That's a good question though: what do you other Slashdotters use your blogs for?
Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm feeding the Python trolls here... but can't resist...
> What a silly way to try and display > 'objectiveness'. > I get the strong feeling some Perl freaks were > involved in the evaluation tables design. So how come 'sh' won, then?
> Where's readability? > Could it be that readability contradicts with > 'programm shortness'?
while(horse.dead()) {
horse.beat(); }
is probably less readable than
beat() while(dead_horse());
So maybe, just maybe, it doesn't:).
> Ever tried to read through the shortest possible > Perl solution to a problem? Exchange shortness > for readability and Python will porbably 'win' > hands down.
Who's talking about the shortest possible Perl solution? This is a language which's official aim is to "make easy tasks easy and hard tasks possible". The idea is that if I need to run a regexp on a file, I can do:
while() {
if(/$regexp/) {
do_something();
} }
Without thinking at all... and if I now need to use OOP concepts in the midst of all this (e.g. construct a search tree, etc.) I can do that too, while starting with the same fundamental simple structure. Okay, so programmers from other languages will have problems understanding it, but an idiom like this is at the very heart of Perl. And idioms are important in every language - Perl's just happen to be smaller than anyone else's.
> And what silly dork drew the line between > 'scripting languages' and 'programm languages'?? >With 'Java not being a scripting language' and > Python, Perl and Ruby being one. Whatever that's > supposed to mean. Go write me a compiler, word processor, or database in Perl. Then write me a program to go through a file, find all strings with format " deg F" and replace it with " deg C", doing the calculation required. Then talk.
> Why this evaluitation may be objective on some > narrow areas, in a whole it's somewhat > pointless. I can add some other criteria that > will have TCL or bash win in no time. Tried to come up with a *really* extensible language to glue bits of things together? Tcl. Something any Unix will understand? Bash. There you go.
[disclaimer: Trying to be Just another Perl hacker]
For instance, look up a British case (another link), where the DNA from a blood sample found at the crime scene was compared against Britain's national database. A match was found, with odds of 1 in 37 million of being wrong. The man was convicted of the crime.
The problem? He had advanced Parkinson's disease and lived 320 km from the crime scene. He couldn't even dress himself, let alone drive a car.
The problem is one of comparision - since you can't compare the entire 3 trillion base pair genome, you have to make do by comparing a small part of it - which, while it may have a "1 in 37 million" chance of being wrong, might actually be wrong after all.
JBoss (pronounced Jay Boss) is an open source, Java based application server. Because it is Java based, JBoss can be used on any operating system that supports Java. It is open source, but a company (also named JBoss) creates it. The company has a tech consultation service, but the consultants spend half of their time programming.
JBoss implements the entire J2EE suite of services.
The Sims Online uses JBoss to run its multiplayer games.
There isn't an SCO icon. Since Caldera bought out the old SCO, then renamed itself SCO (to capitalise on the old name), Slashdot has just gone on using the Caldera icon as the SCO icon.
... you get all those pages that people link to in "to view this file, download the viewer _here_" type links. Search result number one is the download page for Adobe Reader:).
I've seen Windows XP recognize four processors (dual processors, both hyperthreaded, so 4 virtual processors). So it shouldn't have a problem with this.
Of course, if you're using MS, you *need* to upgrade to Longhorn. Why? We'll tell you later.
For Windows, Skype is a really good over-internet voice chat program. It uses P2P, and the quality you get is really good (atleast if your friend is on a LAN:P, haven't tried it outside the college LAN yet). Version 0.97 is showing some problems. Still, something like this would be really cool on Linux...
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WOW! Can we organise a forum somewhere for these guys to discuss this? I'm sure a lot of slashdotters will be interested in having a "little chat" with the guys who make pop-up windows ...
Congrats, mate ... 1214 posts as I post this :)
Then again, his e-mail address is now available to spammers everywhere ... I suppose it's about fair :).
Don't confuse the issue!
This webpage isn't intended for computer newbies - people new to computers altogther. This is for people who want to make the Windows (or MacOS)-to-Linux transition, and need help doing it. There's still an awful lot DOS/Windows people need to learn to progress to Linux, and I think it's knowledge worth having.
All I'll say is: more power to them!
What, you mean the address written OUT NEXT TO HIS LOGIN NAME?!?!
;)
So much for your nick, I s'pose
I use blogs mainly to keep in touch with friends. I think it's cool that a friend of mine can write something - anything - down on a webpage, from depressive speculations on the nature and meaning of life to a description of a date with a beautiful girl. Like any journal, it also allows you to look "back in time" at what you (or your friends) thought way-back-when ...
That's a good question though: what do you other Slashdotters use your blogs for?
Oh yes it does ... or haven't you heard about the p-p-p-powerbook?
Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm feeding the Python trolls here ... but can't resist ...
:).
... and if I now need to use OOP concepts in the midst of all this (e.g. construct a search tree, etc.) I can do that too, while starting with the same fundamental simple structure. Okay, so programmers from other languages will have problems understanding it, but an idiom like this is at the very heart of Perl. And idioms are important in every language - Perl's just happen to be smaller than anyone else's.
> What a silly way to try and display
> 'objectiveness'.
> I get the strong feeling some Perl freaks were
> involved in the evaluation tables design.
So how come 'sh' won, then?
> Where's readability?
> Could it be that readability contradicts with
> 'programm shortness'?
while(horse.dead()) {
horse.beat();
}
is probably less readable than
beat() while(dead_horse());
So maybe, just maybe, it doesn't
> Ever tried to read through the shortest possible
> Perl solution to a problem? Exchange shortness
> for readability and Python will porbably 'win'
> hands down.
Who's talking about the shortest possible Perl solution? This is a language which's official aim is to "make easy tasks easy and hard tasks possible". The idea is that if I need to run a regexp on a file, I can do:
while() {
if(/$regexp/) {
do_something();
}
}
Without thinking at all
> And what silly dork drew the line between
> 'scripting languages' and 'programm languages'??
>With 'Java not being a scripting language' and
> Python, Perl and Ruby being one. Whatever that's
> supposed to mean.
Go write me a compiler, word processor, or database in Perl. Then write me a program to go through a file, find all strings with format " deg F" and replace it with " deg C", doing the calculation required. Then talk.
> Why this evaluitation may be objective on some
> narrow areas, in a whole it's somewhat
> pointless. I can add some other criteria that
> will have TCL or bash win in no time.
Tried to come up with a *really* extensible language to glue bits of things together? Tcl. Something any Unix will understand? Bash. There you go.
[disclaimer: Trying to be Just another Perl hacker]
For instance, look up a British case (another link), where the DNA from a blood sample found at the crime scene was compared against Britain's national database. A match was found, with odds of 1 in 37 million of being wrong. The man was convicted of the crime.
The problem? He had advanced Parkinson's disease and lived 320 km from the crime scene. He couldn't even dress himself, let alone drive a car.
The problem is one of comparision - since you can't compare the entire 3 trillion base pair genome, you have to make do by comparing a small part of it - which, while it may have a "1 in 37 million" chance of being wrong, might actually be wrong after all.
This is not flamebait! Okay, the last statement could be rephrased, but I think it's a valid question.
When google fails ;)
JBoss
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
JBoss (pronounced Jay Boss) is an open source, Java based application server. Because it is Java based, JBoss can be used on any operating system that supports Java. It is open source, but a company (also named JBoss) creates it. The company has a tech consultation service, but the consultants spend half of their time programming.
JBoss implements the entire J2EE suite of services.
The Sims Online uses JBoss to run its multiplayer games.
Mod parent down, he must be a JBOSS employee!
...)
(anybody who mods this down is also a JBOSS employee )
(Wonder aloud about whether it's all of Santa's elves who keep moding pro-Linux posts up on slashdot
There isn't an SCO icon. Since Caldera bought out the old SCO, then renamed itself SCO (to capitalise on the old name), Slashdot has just gone on using the Caldera icon as the SCO icon.
She's a C programmer. 'nuff said :).
Yeah, reading it in that order can do that to you ;)
I guess this is SlashDot's way of saying, "Welcome back"?
"3"? Don't you mean "-1 Offtopic"?
There is already an answer in the FAQs. So, sorry, but can't be done.
... you get all those pages that people link to in "to view this file, download the viewer _here_" type links. Search result number one is the download page for Adobe Reader :).
See for yourself here.
Just remembered it was WinXP Pro, so not sure if the comment is still valid. :(
I've seen Windows XP recognize four processors (dual processors, both hyperthreaded, so 4 virtual processors). So it shouldn't have a problem with this.
Of course, if you're using MS, you *need* to upgrade to Longhorn. Why? We'll tell you later.
For Windows, Skype is a really good over-internet voice chat program. It uses P2P, and the quality you get is really good (atleast if your friend is on a LAN :P, haven't tried it outside the college LAN yet). Version 0.97 is showing some problems. Still, something like this would be really cool on Linux ...
Firangi is also a word (noun or adjective) for or indicating an outsider or foreigner.
:(
Unless my very poor Hindi has gotten even worse lately
Eeek ... no, you insensitive clod! There is no "set" of Silmarils any more ... two are lost forever, and the third is the light of the evenstart.
(Gasps at his own geekdom)
Kerala has had a democratically elected state government since 1957. First one in the world, actually :).