I don't know where Slashdot dwellers live, but where I live, I KNOW my Firefox is totally secure! My 14-year-old son (he's really smart in computers) told me so!!! By the way, he's even a Conqueror of Linux, which he said was hard to do. While I don't know all the technobabble, I think you misspelled "spoof" - and probably meant "poof."
Anyway, you should realize that for my security, Paypal asks for me to update my account information about once every week. I feel very safe now, especially now that I have Firefox! Much more than IE (whatever that is) - I've heard it's the program that's behind the big "E".
Sincerely,
Evelyn E. Clueless
I'm a Student Ambassador to Microsoft (basically promoting.NET on campus). I have a fellow SA to Microsoft who has recently accepted a job offer to work at Google. Interestingly enough, she's had three internships at Microsoft (C++, MFC, and COM) and one internship at Apple (iChat AV) - if you don't believe me, let me refer you to her resume. I'm sure Google could use her Windows knowledge in future endeavors...
I sense an all-out war developing between Microsoft and Google. Right now, I'd rather not work full-time for either, because I think one of the two could very well crash and burn after the dust settles. At this point, I'm rooting for both...or neither.
Now if Google and Apple joined forces, it could get quite interesting indeed. They both on some flavor of *NIX at their core, right?
From what I've heard, this vaccination includes a little extra preventative medicine for that dangerous recently-diagnosed strain called Firefox Fever. And there's a Linux Laxative just in case the poor kid has seen a little too much Gnome.
Many older kids (2+) have apparently seen a Windows Longhorn bootup screen flash briefly before their eyes, and, in a few rare cases, some kids distinctly remember what appears to be a man who was yelling "Developers, Developers", who has become a godfather-figure ever since.
Of course, they're just kids, so you can't trust everything they say...
I'm not sure what you think, but having an iPod that holds 10,000 songs to get you from Tokyo to San Francisco 6 times without repeating (or something like that) is way too many. Either you own 666 CDs (at 15 songs/CD) or you paid $10,000 at iTunes. Seriously, if you have that much music, paying $1000 for something more hi-quality than the 40 GB iPod would be totally appropriate I would think.
The only iPod that has really caught my interest has been the cheapest iShuffle, because I often end up simply using the shuffle feature of my MP3 player, and I don't often have over 20 songs necessary in the queue at a time.
I had a bit of respect for the people at EFF, but now that they support this dePlume character, I'm not so sure... I don't see why the claim this is a freedom of speech or 1st Ammendment thing - am I free to divulge patent information on the Internet (and suggest commercial applications) of some work with a Creative Commons license with non-Commercial stipulations? What gives...we're talking about trade secrets here...
As you may know, Novell has been sponsoring the Mono project to port.NET over to *NIX. Maybe if they port this app for use with, they can kill 2 birds with one stone.
Hey, I don't care if I feel a little bit like cattle if I can get a direct flight across the US for under $200 on a major airline or to London for under $300.
Sometimes the price could make the whole difference between flying or driving or taking the train. And I just hope I'm not sitting next to a passenger who takes 1.5 seats.
Daily Kos also said:
"On some of the other races we are/will be working, our role will be much bigger. But Dean already has a capable web and technology team. We are just being plugged in to that already successful group of people." (emphasis mine)
So, these guys were technical advisors to Dean. Fine, but they also were or still are working to promote other races in a much bigger way. Apparently, the Dean link is the only part they are able/allowed to tell. The rest is still hidden as far as I know.
So, we pollute and we fry the planet. Now by removing our pollution, we fry the planet.
I vote neither. Scientists go into this stuff with philosophical assumptions (let's find out HOW the Industrial age screwed up the environment, etc.) and this is what you get.
Another idea: Our pollution or lack of it really doesn't affect the global cycles of heat/cooling of the earth that have gone on for centuries.
Oh, btw, did you know that the same scientists discovered that a US nuke bomb test caused this 9.0 earthquake which also casued the tsunami in Asia? Well, just kidding, but this idea seriously is floating around in some places...
I beg to differ with those who say Microsoft treats developers like crap. For developers, there are so many more people than Balmer to listen to. If you want the PR, fine, go with Balmer. But if you explore your options just a little, you will see what I mean.
However, need I mention Channel 9, which is run by 5 Microsoft employees. They interview a lot of people within Microsoft and you really get a feel for the stuff they deal with. There is the *free* ISV Buddy Program, a Microsoft employee assigned personally to help answer questions/issues you have with many of their products.
And I could go on for quite awhile about.NET and the ways they link up with developers on that:
There is INETA, which has over 300,000 members worldwide and is promoted a lot by Microsoft.
There are the helpful Shows and Webcasts highlighting and explaining new Microsoft products, which are especially helpful for.NET developers here.
There is the Student Ambassador (to Microsoft) program where a student serves as the liason between Microsoft and students and provides software, information, and community for students. This is run by Microsoft, and I play a small part as one SA among ~146 on college campuses in the US alone.
There is the Imagine Cup contest, which is geared for students which provides a programming competition for anyone interested. The website for that is here...
There's more, but you get the point.
As far as previous stuff (MFC, COM, etc.) I have not been involved at that stage, and a specific business may have had a different experience.
There was a poll on the MSNBC website:
Do you agree that officially mandated textbook stickers labeling evolution as "a theory, not a fact" are unconstitutional?
*45% - Yes, it violates separation of church and state.
*11% - The stickers are a terrible idea, but they're not unconstitutional.
*42% - The board was right to put the stickers in, and the judge was wrong to take them out.
3% - None of the above.
For what it's worth, it seems like the reading audience is fairly divided. Or someone had fun with a script and their cookies...;)
Some people believe Newton's physics theories still explain the physics in the universe (rather than Einstein's). Some people believe everything they read in science textbooks rather than questioning things...
My favorite part of the article: And, in my detailed application in which I described my company, I had to change the word 'internet' to 'computer network' because the officials did not think (the) internet was a credible medium for business. They told me that."
I totally agree - you really cannot make money on the internet. Keep it on your local computer network and THEN the cash will start flowing in.
Apparently, it would be interesting to see them try to crack a piracy problem. "Yes, feel free to grab the monitor and any floppies. But don't touch that box in the corner. I use it to heat my room..."
In other news, American police officers are now going to solve high-tech crimes in India. No one should worry though, they will get Indian pay, and can now buy donuts at local Dunkin Donuts using rupees. Just doublecheck when you get your change at local stores to see if it's a penny or a rupee.
1) You have Firefox as your primary browser, which has modified having Internet Explorer as the default browser. Would you like to restore the settings back to the default? (Highly recommended)
2) You have iTunes as your default MP3 player, circumventing the functionality of Windows Media Player. Your Windows Media Player will not perform correctly without making it the default music player. Would you like to restore the settings back to default? (Highly recommended)
MSDN Student Flash, a student-focused blog that is part of the MSDN blogs, has come out with a blog entry about Firefox. Who in Microsoft let this one slip?
I'd guess that few people on Slashdot will give Microsoft credit for SP2 and the help it's been. The firewall has been very helpful for me to know when a program I'm installing is actually connecting to the Internet (for the first time). This is regardless of my browser, and many of the purported problems installing SP2 were nonissues for me.
Personally, I really wouldn't trust IE as far as ActiveX controls go, which is why I use Firefox. But, there are some developers who are still programming using ActiveX controls. Of course, tie-ins with Office, and other MS products was a given for many people and maybe a helpful short-term strategy for Microsoft, but poses many difficulties now.
Some people have no real idea about the effect of "breaking ActiveX" and just jump to that conclusion right away. You know, there is also the point that if you make a mess, you go and clean it up. If ActiveX was poorly written from a security perspective, then it should be fixed because programmers' careers and entire websites build upon the technology (good, bad, or otherwise).
Maybe only those Slashdot users who have left Microsoft know the full extent of this, but chances are they have NDAs keeping them from disclosing a lot of information.
FYI, Iowa (and some spots in Nebraska, Missouri, and other places) have free wifi access in various locations along major highways.
Check them out here. Requires free registration...
A few other things:
1) I currently use Firefox (not IE)...
2) I know how g++ works and have installed and used Linux
3) I say Java/.NET are pretty comparable in the web, but he SPECIFICALLY mentioned a "rich desktop client", and not a web app. C# definitely outruns Java in both development time and performance (especially in Windows but also in *nix as I mentioned before)
4) I do NOT want to work for Microsoft (or Linus and his gang) - I like to keep some objectivity.
5) For what it's worth, ASP.NET v1.1 leaves a bit to be desired but ASP.NET 2.0 looks quite promising (having looked into the beta). I can't compare with J2EE but I'd guess they are fairly similar or quite possibly more mature.
Upfront statement:
I'm a Student Ambassador to Microsoft, I've been promoting.NET on campus, and am currently not paid for this position. So, in a nutshell, I basically promote the technology because I really like it. However, I think Java's pretty cool too.
My thoughts are that yes, it will definitely work in.NET - I've seen even some grad students putting together a pretty awesome application in C#.NET for a programming competition that was aimed at the health care industry and had great acceptance with the hospital. The development time is quicker (especially in VS.NET), there are definitely security/cryptographic libraries implemented, and there is a huge open-source community built around.NET programming.
Also, the.NET framework has been ported in a large part to *nix with the Mono project and has been used quite successfully in Munich which has recently ported to Linux by a company called Volcker.
I've developed GUI applications in both Java and.NET and.NET was much faster and much cleaner as well. Plus, you can inherit from old C++ classes and leverage existing code/libraries in your new application.
How come all the funny posts are always by people who've never even seen the article? Maybe down the road, we won't even need links because Insightful/Interesting posts will just offer alternative viewpoints and Funny posts will only have subject-related humor?
Why should I RTFA if there is no interesting news here? When the train has left the station already, do we really have to look out the back window to see who (cough, AOL) was left behind?
Oh, in related news, did you know that ILoveSpam.com is offering free email as well? I'm going with AOL@ILoveSpam.com - with a side order of AOL 9.0 CDs in the mail.
Mozilla's wiki has gotten too much traffic:
Sorry! The wiki is experiencing some technical difficulties, and cannot contact the database server.
Too many connections
Outlook is more than simply mail + calendar. I definitely use it for synching (notes, contacts, tasks, calendar, mail) with a PPC and my brother for synching with the Palm. Furthermore, I have shared calendars on Sharepoint that would need to be transferred.
Also, with the new desktop search engines out there, the slower searching of email is not really an issue. I'm using Copernic and it has awesome integration with Outlook (Google's Desktop search has decent integration and MSN's Toolbar Suite has a good integration). So, you can see all the major desktop search tools work with Outlook and none with Thunderbird.
P.S. I've used Thunderbird - it's like an Outlook XP clone for the most part (with RSS feeds thrown in for whatever reason).
Slashdot Mirror
I'm a Student Ambassador to Microsoft (basically promoting .NET on campus). I have a fellow SA to Microsoft who has recently accepted a job offer to work at Google. Interestingly enough, she's had three internships at Microsoft (C++, MFC, and COM) and one internship at Apple (iChat AV) - if you don't believe me, let me refer you to her resume. I'm sure Google could use her Windows knowledge in future endeavors...
I sense an all-out war developing between Microsoft and Google. Right now, I'd rather not work full-time for either, because I think one of the two could very well crash and burn after the dust settles. At this point, I'm rooting for both...or neither.
Now if Google and Apple joined forces, it could get quite interesting indeed. They both on some flavor of *NIX at their core, right?
From what I've heard, this vaccination includes a little extra preventative medicine for that dangerous recently-diagnosed strain called Firefox Fever. And there's a Linux Laxative just in case the poor kid has seen a little too much Gnome.
Many older kids (2+) have apparently seen a Windows Longhorn bootup screen flash briefly before their eyes, and, in a few rare cases, some kids distinctly remember what appears to be a man who was yelling "Developers, Developers", who has become a godfather-figure ever since.
Of course, they're just kids, so you can't trust everything they say...
I'm not sure what you think, but having an iPod that holds 10,000 songs to get you from Tokyo to San Francisco 6 times without repeating (or something like that) is way too many. Either you own 666 CDs (at 15 songs/CD) or you paid $10,000 at iTunes. Seriously, if you have that much music, paying $1000 for something more hi-quality than the 40 GB iPod would be totally appropriate I would think.
The only iPod that has really caught my interest has been the cheapest iShuffle, because I often end up simply using the shuffle feature of my MP3 player, and I don't often have over 20 songs necessary in the queue at a time.
I had a bit of respect for the people at EFF, but now that they support this dePlume character, I'm not so sure... I don't see why the claim this is a freedom of speech or 1st Ammendment thing - am I free to divulge patent information on the Internet (and suggest commercial applications) of some work with a Creative Commons license with non-Commercial stipulations? What gives...we're talking about trade secrets here...
As you may know, Novell has been sponsoring the Mono project to port .NET over to *NIX. Maybe if they port this app for use with, they can kill 2 birds with one stone.
More info on the Mono project here:
Mono
Hey, I don't care if I feel a little bit like cattle if I can get a direct flight across the US for under $200 on a major airline or to London for under $300.
Sometimes the price could make the whole difference between flying or driving or taking the train. And I just hope I'm not sitting next to a passenger who takes 1.5 seats.
Daily Kos also said:
"On some of the other races we are/will be working, our role will be much bigger. But Dean already has a capable web and technology team. We are just being plugged in to that already successful group of people." (emphasis mine)
So, these guys were technical advisors to Dean. Fine, but they also were or still are working to promote other races in a much bigger way. Apparently, the Dean link is the only part they are able/allowed to tell. The rest is still hidden as far as I know.
So, we pollute and we fry the planet. Now by removing our pollution, we fry the planet.
I vote neither. Scientists go into this stuff with philosophical assumptions (let's find out HOW the Industrial age screwed up the environment, etc.) and this is what you get.
Another idea: Our pollution or lack of it really doesn't affect the global cycles of heat/cooling of the earth that have gone on for centuries.
Oh, btw, did you know that the same scientists discovered that a US nuke bomb test caused this 9.0 earthquake which also casued the tsunami in Asia? Well, just kidding, but this idea seriously is floating around in some places...
This just in:
Newer! Developers - The Musical (6,088,224 bytes)
3 minutes of non-stop "Developers" music video.
faster mirror
Hilariously funny!
However, need I mention Channel 9, which is run by 5 Microsoft employees. They interview a lot of people within Microsoft and you really get a feel for the stuff they deal with. There is the *free* ISV Buddy Program, a Microsoft employee assigned personally to help answer questions/issues you have with many of their products.
And I could go on for quite awhile about
There is INETA, which has over 300,000 members worldwide and is promoted a lot by Microsoft.
There are many, many community websites put out or suppported in some way by Microsoft, like GotDotNet, MSDNAA (for students), Free ASP.NET starter kits, etc.
There are the helpful Shows and Webcasts highlighting and explaining new Microsoft products, which are especially helpful for .NET developers here.
There is the Student Ambassador (to Microsoft) program where a student serves as the liason between Microsoft and students and provides software, information, and community for students. This is run by Microsoft, and I play a small part as one SA among ~146 on college campuses in the US alone.
There is the Imagine Cup contest, which is geared for students which provides a programming competition for anyone interested. The website for that is here...
There's more, but you get the point.
As far as previous stuff (MFC, COM, etc.) I have not been involved at that stage, and a specific business may have had a different experience.
There was a poll on the MSNBC website: ;)
Do you agree that officially mandated textbook stickers labeling evolution as "a theory, not a fact" are unconstitutional?
*45% - Yes, it violates separation of church and state.
*11% - The stickers are a terrible idea, but they're not unconstitutional.
*42% - The board was right to put the stickers in, and the judge was wrong to take them out.
3% - None of the above.
For what it's worth, it seems like the reading audience is fairly divided. Or someone had fun with a script and their cookies...
Some people believe Newton's physics theories still explain the physics in the universe (rather than Einstein's). Some people believe everything they read in science textbooks rather than questioning things...
My favorite part of the article:
And, in my detailed application in which I described my company, I had to change the word 'internet' to 'computer network' because the officials did not think (the) internet was a credible medium for business. They told me that."
I totally agree - you really cannot make money on the internet. Keep it on your local computer network and THEN the cash will start flowing in.
Apparently, it would be interesting to see them try to crack a piracy problem. "Yes, feel free to grab the monitor and any floppies. But don't touch that box in the corner. I use it to heat my room..."
In other news, American police officers are now going to solve high-tech crimes in India. No one should worry though, they will get Indian pay, and can now buy donuts at local Dunkin Donuts using rupees. Just doublecheck when you get your change at local stores to see if it's a penny or a rupee.
Threat Advisory: Elevated - Significant Risk of Terrorist Attacks
1) You have Firefox as your primary browser, which has modified having Internet Explorer as the default browser. Would you like to restore the settings back to the default? (Highly recommended)
2) You have iTunes as your default MP3 player, circumventing the functionality of Windows Media Player. Your Windows Media Player will not perform correctly without making it the default music player. Would you like to restore the settings back to default? (Highly recommended)
MSDN Student Flash, a student-focused blog that is part of the MSDN blogs, has come out with a blog entry about Firefox. Who in Microsoft let this one slip?
It's an awesome post, though...
I'd guess that few people on Slashdot will give Microsoft credit for SP2 and the help it's been. The firewall has been very helpful for me to know when a program I'm installing is actually connecting to the Internet (for the first time). This is regardless of my browser, and many of the purported problems installing SP2 were nonissues for me.
Personally, I really wouldn't trust IE as far as ActiveX controls go, which is why I use Firefox. But, there are some developers who are still programming using ActiveX controls. Of course, tie-ins with Office, and other MS products was a given for many people and maybe a helpful short-term strategy for Microsoft, but poses many difficulties now.
Some people have no real idea about the effect of "breaking ActiveX" and just jump to that conclusion right away. You know, there is also the point that if you make a mess, you go and clean it up. If ActiveX was poorly written from a security perspective, then it should be fixed because programmers' careers and entire websites build upon the technology (good, bad, or otherwise).
Maybe only those Slashdot users who have left Microsoft know the full extent of this, but chances are they have NDAs keeping them from disclosing a lot of information.
is located here. I don't run this blog either...I've just found it to be a helpful resource.
Also, there's some amazing footage there in these torrents: 1) tsuanmi hits Kenya
2) ABC Australia reports
3) Part 1/4 of CH9 Australia | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
FYI, Iowa (and some spots in Nebraska, Missouri, and other places) have free wifi access in various locations along major highways.
Check them out here. Requires free registration...
The most important definition is that of Wiki. If you screw that up, who will believe you?
A few other things:
1) I currently use Firefox (not IE)...
2) I know how g++ works and have installed and used Linux
3) I say Java/.NET are pretty comparable in the web, but he SPECIFICALLY mentioned a "rich desktop client", and not a web app. C# definitely outruns Java in both development time and performance (especially in Windows but also in *nix as I mentioned before)
4) I do NOT want to work for Microsoft (or Linus and his gang) - I like to keep some objectivity.
5) For what it's worth, ASP.NET v1.1 leaves a bit to be desired but ASP.NET 2.0 looks quite promising (having looked into the beta). I can't compare with J2EE but I'd guess they are fairly similar or quite possibly more mature.
Upfront statement: .NET on campus, and am currently not paid for this position. So, in a nutshell, I basically promote the technology because I really like it. However, I think Java's pretty cool too.
.NET - I've seen even some grad students putting together a pretty awesome application in C# .NET for a programming competition that was aimed at the health care industry and had great acceptance with the hospital. The development time is quicker (especially in VS.NET), there are definitely security/cryptographic libraries implemented, and there is a huge open-source community built around .NET programming.
.NET framework has been ported in a large part to *nix with the Mono project and has been used quite successfully in Munich which has recently ported to Linux by a company called Volcker.
.NET and .NET was much faster and much cleaner as well. Plus, you can inherit from old C++ classes and leverage existing code/libraries in your new application.
I'm a Student Ambassador to Microsoft, I've been promoting
My thoughts are that yes, it will definitely work in
Also, the
I've developed GUI applications in both Java and
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How come all the funny posts are always by people who've never even seen the article? Maybe down the road, we won't even need links because Insightful/Interesting posts will just offer alternative viewpoints and Funny posts will only have subject-related humor?
Why should I RTFA if there is no interesting news here? When the train has left the station already, do we really have to look out the back window to see who (cough, AOL) was left behind? Oh, in related news, did you know that ILoveSpam.com is offering free email as well? I'm going with AOL@ILoveSpam.com - with a side order of AOL 9.0 CDs in the mail.
Mozilla's wiki has gotten too much traffic:
Sorry! The wiki is experiencing some technical difficulties, and cannot contact the database server.
Too many connections
Outlook is more than simply mail + calendar. I definitely use it for synching (notes, contacts, tasks, calendar, mail) with a PPC and my brother for synching with the Palm. Furthermore, I have shared calendars on Sharepoint that would need to be transferred.
Also, with the new desktop search engines out there, the slower searching of email is not really an issue. I'm using Copernic and it has awesome integration with Outlook (Google's Desktop search has decent integration and MSN's Toolbar Suite has a good integration). So, you can see all the major desktop search tools work with Outlook and none with Thunderbird.
P.S. I've used Thunderbird - it's like an Outlook XP clone for the most part (with RSS feeds thrown in for whatever reason).