Mod parent up.
It's also a violation, IMHO, of the First, Fourth (right to privacy) and 14th Ammendmants to the Constitution, and the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3).
Furthermore, how would New Jersey inforce this? Would it apply only to sites hosted in Jersey? Companies and/or individuals based in New Jersey?
If this passes (which it won't) then there will be a huge public outcry. Maybe their intention is to help define the legal jurisdiction of the Internet, setting up more control for the Feds. That's not good.
Running (and therefore relying) on MS software and supporting users who use MS software are two different things. I'll make sure IE users can view my Website, but I'd never use Windows server!
Both Norton and McAfee are garbage. Both run like a pig, make your system run like a pig, invade the entire system and aren't terribly effective. Use ZoneAlarm Antivirus instead. It's $20 a year, lightweight and I've never had a problem with it in 3 years.
Before the word "accessible" goes the way of so many other techie words that are now so ambiguos that they are effictivly meaningless, I'd like to suggested that we find a different way to say that something won't have any alternate accessibility features. To me "inaccessible" means, "down" or "not functioning properly."
Maybe what we really need is for all the assholes who's job it is to do fucked up stuff like force innocent monkeys to stay awake to do all the work while the nice people get to hang out on the beach.
FYI, anyone who has actually tried the "shocker" knows that there's not enough space between the two holes for the knuckle of the ring finger. To get it to work effectively, you must use the index, middle and ring fingers. That is if you're going to limit yourself to the three-finger variation...
"...I scoffed at the notion that Linux is more secure, because people didn't really understand buffer overruns and port 80 and I/O issues 10 years ago."
Uhhh, first he should define "people," no?
Windows 2K has actually been a great OS for the last year or two, and this is coming from a Windows hater. It takes a while for any software to come into its own and this is one of the many major reasons that Microsoft sucks: As soon as a version of Windows is getting to be stable and compatible, they bend the PC companies over the desk and ram the new, nowhere-near-ready version up their greedy asses.
This is great news for anyone who writes apps that need to read and write MS Office documents, but doesn't want to bundle MS Office into the apps. The key word is "open". "XML" is also nice to see. Even if it's slower, considering that most desktop CPUs are running at at least 1 billion cycles per second, the speed is less of a concern. File size is more important, esp. when your app is client/server rather than excusively local, but still not a great concern. (I also wonder if the XML will make it possible to break up the documents and maybe even cache parts that don't change...) If you're going to try to monopolize an app that creates documents, you gotta make an easy way for people to integrate the end product into their apps. Plain and simple.
I'm no expert on European law (in fact I know nothing about it) but at least here in America, the courts don't impose fines and then let people get away with just paying them; they do it to get people to stop breaking the law. For example, if I get caught running a red light in NYC, the fine is about $300. The next time I get caught, it's $500, then $800 then I lose my license, then it's $800 plus some outrageous fee for driving with a suspended license. Eventually they'll lock me up and throw away the key. Don't count on the courts to just allow MS to pay the fines without complying with their orders.
No, HTML is the language of the Web; all browsers must support it by definition. JavaScript is optional. If you design a site that relies only on HTML, 100% of all browsers will be able to display it, at least in theory. If you design a site that relies on JavaScript, you have to settle for most. You wouldn't build a store with an entrance that most people could pass through would you?
The bottom line: (as said above) quality Web designers use JavaScript and other client-side apps to enhance their sites, but never for critical functionality.
Well... Funny thing, I was researching AJAX earlier today. It certainly looks cool, particualry if you read this article:
http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/ar chives/000385.php
that's linked in the Wikipedia article and look at the cool stuff that Google's been doing with it. But I'm not convinced that it's far enough along for companies that don't have a ton Phds on staff to jump into... Has anyone here implemeted AJAX?
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Mod parent up. It's also a violation, IMHO, of the First, Fourth (right to privacy) and 14th Ammendmants to the Constitution, and the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). Furthermore, how would New Jersey inforce this? Would it apply only to sites hosted in Jersey? Companies and/or individuals based in New Jersey? If this passes (which it won't) then there will be a huge public outcry. Maybe their intention is to help define the legal jurisdiction of the Internet, setting up more control for the Feds. That's not good.
Running (and therefore relying) on MS software and supporting users who use MS software are two different things. I'll make sure IE users can view my Website, but I'd never use Windows server!
Both Norton and McAfee are garbage. Both run like a pig, make your system run like a pig, invade the entire system and aren't terribly effective. Use ZoneAlarm Antivirus instead. It's $20 a year, lightweight and I've never had a problem with it in 3 years.
Subversion for source control. (The Eclipse development platform has plugins for PHP and Subversion.)
There are tons of good bug trackers out there. I like Mantis.
Btw, if you're going to put raw html in the title, you might as well use depricated tags.
Before the word "accessible" goes the way of so many other techie words that are now so ambiguos that they are effictivly meaningless, I'd like to suggested that we find a different way to say that something won't have any alternate accessibility features. To me "inaccessible" means, "down" or "not functioning properly."
The policy probaby had something to do with rapidly declining customer numbers at AOL
No, it has to do with advertising. They've behaved the same since day 1.
Maybe what we really need is for all the assholes who's job it is to do fucked up stuff like force innocent monkeys to stay awake to do all the work while the nice people get to hang out on the beach.
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FYI, anyone who has actually tried the "shocker" knows that there's not enough space between the two holes for the knuckle of the ring finger. To get it to work effectively, you must use the index, middle and ring fingers. That is if you're going to limit yourself to the three-finger variation...
"...I scoffed at the notion that Linux is more secure, because people didn't really understand buffer overruns and port 80 and I/O issues 10 years ago." Uhhh, first he should define "people," no?
Er, uh, I don't knoooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww w...
Its not like they are making profit if you upgrade your hardware
Maybe that's why "Dell recommends Microsoft Windows XP Professional."
Windows 2K has actually been a great OS for the last year or two, and this is coming from a Windows hater. It takes a while for any software to come into its own and this is one of the many major reasons that Microsoft sucks: As soon as a version of Windows is getting to be stable and compatible, they bend the PC companies over the desk and ram the new, nowhere-near-ready version up their greedy asses.
This is great news for anyone who writes apps that need to read and write MS Office documents, but doesn't want to bundle MS Office into the apps. The key word is "open". "XML" is also nice to see. Even if it's slower, considering that most desktop CPUs are running at at least 1 billion cycles per second, the speed is less of a concern. File size is more important, esp. when your app is client/server rather than excusively local, but still not a great concern. (I also wonder if the XML will make it possible to break up the documents and maybe even cache parts that don't change...) If you're going to try to monopolize an app that creates documents, you gotta make an easy way for people to integrate the end product into their apps. Plain and simple.
I'm no expert on European law (in fact I know nothing about it) but at least here in America, the courts don't impose fines and then let people get away with just paying them; they do it to get people to stop breaking the law. For example, if I get caught running a red light in NYC, the fine is about $300. The next time I get caught, it's $500, then $800 then I lose my license, then it's $800 plus some outrageous fee for driving with a suspended license. Eventually they'll lock me up and throw away the key. Don't count on the courts to just allow MS to pay the fines without complying with their orders.
No, HTML is the language of the Web; all browsers must support it by definition. JavaScript is optional. If you design a site that relies only on HTML, 100% of all browsers will be able to display it, at least in theory. If you design a site that relies on JavaScript, you have to settle for most. You wouldn't build a store with an entrance that most people could pass through would you? The bottom line: (as said above) quality Web designers use JavaScript and other client-side apps to enhance their sites, but never for critical functionality.
...would have learned from their mistakes.
Are you talking about PDFs or Vietnam?
Well... Funny thing, I was researching AJAX earlier today. It certainly looks cool, particualry if you read this article: http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/ar chives/000385.php
that's linked in the Wikipedia article and look at the cool stuff that Google's been doing with it. But I'm not convinced that it's far enough along for companies that don't have a ton Phds on staff to jump into... Has anyone here implemeted AJAX?
It's a little faster for the user (instant feedback on any mistakes), and it saves a tiny bit of server resources.
Depends on what's being uploaded. If it's large, then it could be a lot faster for the user and save a lot of server resources.
Woo hoo!
Scoll down and you'll see a horizontal scroller with more shots.
Who needs Dreamweaver? Try Quanta.
GnuCash also runs on Linux.