After a simple search, I found plenty of ad blocking extensions for IE:
http://www.3bsoftware.com/products/adblocker.asp
http://www.adscleaner.com/
http://shareme.com/download/ads-filter.html
...
It seems to me that only 1 enterprising individual needs to make a free one for IE. (there might already be one. I didn't do a through search)
Until Microsoft figures out a way for people to create extensions easily, without having to know C++ and COM/ActiveX, they're not going to get people like me back.
IIRC, Compaq went through a great deal of effort to reverse enginneer the IBM BIOS. Not having to pay IBM for their BIOS really helped create cheap IBM PC Compatibles.
I would imagine that most programmers are trying to forget about taxes for most of the year. However, we are constantly writing documents, browsing the Internet, etc. There is not much incentive for most programmers to dedicate time to writing financial software, unfortunately.
Want to write a single byte? Then read 4MB, modify 1 byte, and write 4MB back to the disk.
That's why there is a system (Level 1, 2, and main memory) cache. Write-backs to the physical disk only occur when needed. That doesn't mean that 4MB would be a good sector size; it just means that write-backs are not the issue to consider here.
Mmm... that's a good question. I can assure you that, in XP, it happens. The only time I got spyware in my computer was when a a pop-up appeared while I was chatting with MS Messenger and browsing the Internet at the same time (and I was using XP). A window appeared asking me if I wanted to install whatever (I didn't have the chance to read it), and stealing the focus, just as I pressed Enter to send a message in Messenger.
Use Tweak UI (one of the Windows Xp Powertoys) to disable the focus stealing.
General->Focus->"Prevent Applications from Stealing Focus"
I browsed through the menus of both Internet Explorer and Firefox and found a setting, similar to the one in Opera, in Internet Explorer.
Go to Tools->Options->Advanced->Multimedia
I was unable to find any such options on Firefox, but maybe I missed it somehow. I looked for an extension on the Mozilla site as well, but I didn't have any luck.
Like Opera, however, the sound setting in Internet Explorer doesn't stop Flash Ads.
And don't even get me started about C++ support. They really punted there (in 2003, anyway--supposedly they tried making it far better in 2005, but reports from my C++ collegues indicates that they ended up breaking things like intellisense entirely).
My experience with C++ development on Visual Studio.NET 2005 has been great. It seems to me that they have fixed a lot of C++ things that were broken in the 2003 version.
The intellisense seems to work about twice as well as in the older versions. Intellisense even works well with 3rd-party libraries now.
I don't see how people buying the original Xboxes for Christmas would be a bad thing for Microsoft. If anything, I think that it would help them clear their inventory.
It's true that you can't uninstall MS Messenger, but you can disable/hide it. It took a little bit of Internet searching on my part, but it's not overly difficult.
It's been a while since I've disabled it. Otherwise, I would post the instructions....
There was a story here on Slashdot a while back that talked about using blood as a power source. I imagine that one would have to eat a lot of carbohydrates to keep their implant working however.
But how many real business do that sort of thing in production?
I don't know. How many?
I can say that the CS department at my university uses a bunch of hacked Fedora Core systems. They use a version 3/version 4 hybrid. One reason they are using the hybrid is so that certain projects will work for certain CS classes offered here.
I imagine that businesses might have unusual requirements like those that my university has. Maybe a study should be done in regards to this issue?
It's possible that they set aside those computers just so that parents couldn't complain that the computers weren't "child-safe", even if children never plan to use them.
It seems to me that libraries have gotten a lot of flak for not having restricted internet access, even though, as you said, most children won't even be using the computers at the library.
Until we develop cheap super-conductors, we will continue to lose power from the resistance inherent in the wires used to transport the electricity. Power companies try to raise the voltages across the wires as much as possible to reduce the power lost by resistance, but after a certain point, the air will ionize.
The farther the electricity has to travel by power line, the more energy we lose.
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It seems to me that only 1 enterprising individual needs to make a free one for IE. (there might already be one. I didn't do a through search)
Until Microsoft figures out a way for people to create extensions easily, without having to know C++ and COM/ActiveX, they're not going to get people like me back.Is C++ and COM/ActiveX so hard to use?
I have experience porting our companiy's graphics engine (the OpenGL part of it) to the Wii, and it's not trivial.
IIRC, Compaq went through a great deal of effort to reverse enginneer the IBM BIOS. Not having to pay IBM for their BIOS really helped create cheap IBM PC Compatibles.
That's why we say "November 24th" in the US. "The 24th of November" takes too long to say.
I would imagine that most programmers are trying to forget about taxes for most of the year. However, we are constantly writing documents, browsing the Internet, etc. There is not much incentive for most programmers to dedicate time to writing financial software, unfortunately.
I'm sure that once the product is out of beta, the suite will definitely run faster.
I don't know about changing the "Extremely Focus Grabby" behavior, but couldn't you just schedule the update to run at a time when you are not gaming?
Didn't the president of China visit Bill Gates before Pres. Bush?
That's why there is a system (Level 1, 2, and main memory) cache. Write-backs to the physical disk only occur when needed. That doesn't mean that 4MB would be a good sector size; it just means that write-backs are not the issue to consider here.
The annual SpeedHack competition has been around for six years already. The only difference is 3 days vs. only 1 day.
Use Tweak UI (one of the Windows Xp Powertoys) to disable the focus stealing.
General->Focus->"Prevent Applications from Stealing Focus"
Problem Solved.
I bet if we got all our pollution devices together in one place...
Go to Tools->Options->Advanced->Multimedia
I was unable to find any such options on Firefox, but maybe I missed it somehow. I looked for an extension on the Mozilla site as well, but I didn't have any luck.
Like Opera, however, the sound setting in Internet Explorer doesn't stop Flash Ads.
My experience with C++ development on Visual Studio .NET 2005 has been great. It seems to me that they have fixed a lot of C++ things that were broken in the 2003 version.
The intellisense seems to work about twice as well as in the older versions. Intellisense even works well with 3rd-party libraries now.
For example, the world affairs section had ALT tags saying "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter".
So, another tower of Babel? We all know how the last one turned out.
I get the exact same thing on IE 6. A not found error and the full URL.
I don't see how people buying the original Xboxes for Christmas would be a bad thing for Microsoft. If anything, I think that it would help them clear their inventory.
Surprisingly enough, IE blocks the popups on both sites as well (Internet Explorer does; I'm not talking about the Google Toolbar).
It's been a while since I've disabled it. Otherwise, I would post the instructions....
There was a story here on Slashdot a while back that talked about using blood as a power source. I imagine that one would have to eat a lot of carbohydrates to keep their implant working however.
I don't know. How many?
I can say that the CS department at my university uses a bunch of hacked Fedora Core systems. They use a version 3/version 4 hybrid. One reason they are using the hybrid is so that certain projects will work for certain CS classes offered here.
I imagine that businesses might have unusual requirements like those that my university has. Maybe a study should be done in regards to this issue?
It seems to me that libraries have gotten a lot of flak for not having restricted internet access, even though, as you said, most children won't even be using the computers at the library.
The farther the electricity has to travel by power line, the more energy we lose.
Mobutu Sese Seko - Former President of Zaire
Robert Mugabe - the head of government in Zimbabwe
King Mswati - the king of Swaziland
Idi Amin - Former President of Uganda
Omar al'Bashir - president of the Sudan
Sani Abacha - former military dictator of Nigeria
Gaddafi - the leader of Libya
These all look like real people to me.