.. those shady domain-squatters are now finding their flawed business model of profiteering from other's work has been broken by the advent of new technology.
Should we expect another flood of lawsuits to browser users..........?
No, it's like arguing that there's no point in using the cheap and unobtrusive protection for your legs when you've got a bullet proof vest.
My argument is that client size firewalls should be implemented in *ADDITION* to firewalls between completely untrusted networks (i.e. the internet).
XP SP2 goes a long way, the built in firewall provides some level of protection. Though something like ZoneAlarm would be more effective - especially at blocking all the spyware users manage to fill their machines with..
The "IT department" job should be to enable you to do yours. After all, IT don't have a frikkin' clue how do run your business so they shouldn't be allowed to.
I quit my job with my former employer (major blue-chip Swedish automotive firm) when they followed a policy of locking all their machines down*. It's kinda hard to develop departmental solutions with just standard user rights.
Something else I've never understood is that the biggest cause of network failures I've experienced have been from clients INSIDE the corporate firewall. It's as if some idiot IT person believes that all clients on their network are magically immune from anything just because they've got a firewall on the internet and AV on the clients. It's not as if client firewalls are rocket science?
We've got to pay extra because we get a superiour product. The hardware and all major games go through a vigorous testing process in the US before they're optimised with the addition of big black borders and released in Europe.
Surely it'd be better to start with information which is understandable by humans before we put energies into making the nonesense machine readable?;-)
> The DOM Inspector is not part of the Web Developer extension - it is included with Firefox itself
That's what I said. The included DOM Inspector extension. As in included (with) the browser. I should have been a little bit clearer on the context though..
DOM Inspector's excellent for javascript debugging, as you can use the full screen easily and can switch windows fast (extremely useful for debugging the tangle of JS in some webapps).
> DOM Inspector was actually written by the same person who wrote Firebug: myself, 6 years ago.
I guess a thanks is in order! Both applications are excellent and extremely useful.
There's not much missing from them, either - the only function I can think of is an ability to search the DOM - both the objects and the data in them (for finding js variables).
I've had experiece with MySQL, Informix and MS SQL Server as both DBA and developer. Recently I've dabbled a little with the free version of Ingres.
Of those, SQL Server's the easiest to use. Followed by MySQL (with phpMyAdmin), Informix (with gui) and Ingres. SQL Server and MySQL are simple enough that even someone who's not too familiar with databases (they'd still need to understand the relational model, mind) can use them.
If you're using your database as a simple datastore, with all of the logic being in a connected application then go with MySQL. It's a days work to install and learn all most people'll need to know. Which is massively cheaper than licencing of the other databases.
Overall, SQL server the most cost effective option when you require functionality over normal SQL, but under that provided by say building a java application. All thanks to the functionality provided by Transact-SQL. It's not perfect though, I'm of the opinion that Microsoft should move closer to VB/VBA here (C# would be nice, but too difficult for some MS DBAs).
An example would be DB warehousing: you can easily script everything you'd need to do to clean/import data from disparate sources in TSQL, without the expense of building an application and abstraction layer etc etc.
Oh, and SQL Server also has fantastic documentation out of the box, with two excellent books available that tell you everything you'll ever need to know (and make you an excellent DBA): Inside SQL 2000 and SQL Server 2000 Programming.
Disclaimer: I own a Nokia N91, and don't work for Nokia.
The phone is generally nice - it's big, but has 4gb of space for the inbuilt mediaplayer. Which is also nice.
The problem with Symbian isn't the complexity - it's the complete lack of logical organisation.
You can do some cool things with it. For example, you can customise the functionality of the two face buttons. These allow you to instantly jump to a specific function from the 'desktop' (the main default screen which shows ya agenda items, time etc). Excellent usability idea.
However, to actually configure them, you have to navigate the telephone's settings menu. Then go into the 'Security' submenu. Yes, security. To change the settings of your main screen.
So, great phone, but please don't let the SAP developers design the OS.
Yes, the console itself is a black box. However, the network with hundreds of thousands of simultaneous clients that will be involved in the Live game certainly isn't a black box.
Some stores in Japan apparently used a lottery system with those customers whom were waiting in line. The "winners" were allowed to buy a PS3.
That would make it much less practical to pay some bums to sit in a queue for a week...
Personally, I'd modify the system so that everyone in the queue paid for their machine before the lottery was taken, the winners getting a PS3 and the loosers getting an Xbox 360 with Gods of War.
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..as they are virtually indestructable.
:(
Mine has been dropped, smashed, been through both washing machine and dryer. All with no noticable damage and no dataloss.
My HDD recorder, on the other hand, was destroyed by a small amount of coca cola
.. those shady domain-squatters are now finding their flawed business model of profiteering from other's work has been broken by the advent of new technology.
Should we expect another flood of lawsuits to browser users..........?
If you don't have to replace them regularly, then there's no money manufactoring them.
Like any other industry, the lightbulb industry'll do their best to squash any product that'll damage their industry in the long run. So LEDs are out.
..for the horrible CGI of the baby surfboarding.
No, it's like arguing that there's no point in using the cheap and unobtrusive protection for your legs when you've got a bullet proof vest.
My argument is that client size firewalls should be implemented in *ADDITION* to firewalls between completely untrusted networks (i.e. the internet).
XP SP2 goes a long way, the built in firewall provides some level of protection. Though something like ZoneAlarm would be more effective - especially at blocking all the spyware users manage to fill their machines with..
I agree with you 100%.
The "IT department" job should be to enable you to do yours. After all, IT don't have a frikkin' clue how do run your business so they shouldn't be allowed to.
I quit my job with my former employer (major blue-chip Swedish automotive firm) when they followed a policy of locking all their machines down*. It's kinda hard to develop departmental solutions with just standard user rights.
Something else I've never understood is that the biggest cause of network failures I've experienced have been from clients INSIDE the corporate firewall. It's as if some idiot IT person believes that all clients on their network are magically immune from anything just because they've got a firewall on the internet and AV on the clients. It's not as if client firewalls are rocket science?
I moved from the UK to Netherlands.
My medical (doctor/dentist) records are currently held by my old doctors in UK.
My new doctors in Netherlands have no access to my records.
My doctors in the UK will not provide me with a copy of my records.
So a system to make them available to my Dutch doctors in ANY form would be a welcome benefit.
Technically I get an superieur product %-)
We've got to pay extra because we get a superiour product. The hardware and all major games go through a vigorous testing process in the US before they're optimised with the addition of big black borders and released in Europe.
Doesn't suggesting that make you an evil communist terrorist or something?
He really liked admired Mario?
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Surely it'd be better to start with information which is understandable by humans before we put energies into making the nonesense machine readable? ;-)
but without the argies.
Funny you should say that. Just downloaded it after seeing mention a few comments down.
You've really nailed it - this version is absolutely fantastic. Brilliant.
> The DOM Inspector is not part of the Web Developer extension - it is included with Firefox itself
That's what I said. The included DOM Inspector extension. As in included (with) the browser. I should have been a little bit clearer on the context though..
DOM Inspector's excellent for javascript debugging, as you can use the full screen easily and can switch windows fast (extremely useful for debugging the tangle of JS in some webapps).
> DOM Inspector was actually written by the same person who wrote Firebug: myself, 6 years ago.
I guess a thanks is in order! Both applications are excellent and extremely useful.
There's not much missing from them, either - the only function I can think of is an ability to search the DOM - both the objects and the data in them (for finding js variables).
Firebug is an excellent and extremely useful extention, however alone it does not provide everything you need.
r l2html-27791https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/ > and the included DOM Inspector and you've got yourself an excellent debugging environment.
Combine Firebug with the Web Developer Toolbar ahref=https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/rel=u
Sounds just like England. Everything's in metric except drinking, driving and weight watchers.
Yes, there are a glut of jobs available for fine mechanics.
He's dyslexic, so found schooling especially hard. However, he's excellent with mechanical things, so studied to be a horologist.
There is such a demand for horologists at the moment it's crazy. Not just for watches, mind, but also for mechanical clocks.
Too many kids are soft courses at uni (art/media etc etc) that we're being left with a dearth of people who have useful skills..
I've had experiece with MySQL, Informix and MS SQL Server as both DBA and developer. Recently I've dabbled a little with the free version of Ingres.
Of those, SQL Server's the easiest to use. Followed by MySQL (with phpMyAdmin), Informix (with gui) and Ingres. SQL Server and MySQL are simple enough that even someone who's not too familiar with databases (they'd still need to understand the relational model, mind) can use them.
If you're using your database as a simple datastore, with all of the logic being in a connected application then go with MySQL. It's a days work to install and learn all most people'll need to know. Which is massively cheaper than licencing of the other databases.
Overall, SQL server the most cost effective option when you require functionality over normal SQL, but under that provided by say building a java application. All thanks to the functionality provided by Transact-SQL. It's not perfect though, I'm of the opinion that Microsoft should move closer to VB/VBA here (C# would be nice, but too difficult for some MS DBAs).
An example would be DB warehousing: you can easily script everything you'd need to do to clean/import data from disparate sources in TSQL, without the expense of building an application and abstraction layer etc etc.
Oh, and SQL Server also has fantastic documentation out of the box, with two excellent books available that tell you everything you'll ever need to know (and make you an excellent DBA): Inside SQL 2000 and SQL Server 2000 Programming.
Disclaimer: I own a Nokia N91, and don't work for Nokia.
The phone is generally nice - it's big, but has 4gb of space for the inbuilt mediaplayer. Which is also nice.
The problem with Symbian isn't the complexity - it's the complete lack of logical organisation.
You can do some cool things with it. For example, you can customise the functionality of the two face buttons. These allow you to instantly jump to a specific function from the 'desktop' (the main default screen which shows ya agenda items, time etc). Excellent usability idea.
However, to actually configure them, you have to navigate the telephone's settings menu. Then go into the 'Security' submenu. Yes, security. To change the settings of your main screen.
So, great phone, but please don't let the SAP developers design the OS.
Yes, the console itself is a black box. However, the network with hundreds of thousands of simultaneous clients that will be involved in the Live game certainly isn't a black box.
Thus the need for large scale beta testing.
Yup, you both have to be present, and put the full amount down whether you're getting the PS3 or not.
Otherwise the scalpers would just pay an army of chinese people to turn up......
Some stores in Japan apparently used a lottery system with those customers whom were waiting in line. The "winners" were allowed to buy a PS3.
That would make it much less practical to pay some bums to sit in a queue for a week...
Personally, I'd modify the system so that everyone in the queue paid for their machine before the lottery was taken, the winners getting a PS3 and the loosers getting an Xbox 360 with Gods of War.
Either way, everyone's happy.