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I've never heard of Alt-X before... it doesn't do anything on Safari. Is this some kind of weird shortcut I've never heard of before which seeks out and clicks the 'random' link of whatever page you're on?
No, its written into the HTML code. The author of the website can assign an Alt-letter combination to any link or form item using the ACCESSKEY attribute.
Why can't they go for a simple (almost) foolproof method, like we have in the UK: You take a pen and put a cross in the square of the candidate you wish to vote for. That way you can't blame the machinery, and if you want to blame the counters, all they have to do is count them again.
Unless children really want to learn something, they won't bother unless we can make it interesting or fun or drill it into them with discipline. Discipline doesn't always work and is frowned upon in some cases so games are a good way of making stuff fun and interesting and computer games are particularly intersting to children making then a good medium to help them learn.
Notes is also used to connect to and edit databases which are often used to store shared information, just like a wiki. Email, calender and other functions of notes which are not similar to a wiki could easily be replaced by another piece(s) of (non-integrated) software.
they will start doing smarter seaches and get less lazy
Sadly, before this happens, someone will probably invent a search engine that is as capable as a human sitting down and reading it all. Heck, we'll probably have a search engine that can read the internet and then actually give you a sensible answer based on the web pages it has seen. Given the nature of the internet, however, this wouldn't be very acurate.
London is one of the driest places in the UK, some places in north-west scotland get around 2000mm per year, the notable thing about rainfall in the UK is that is is (realaively) constant and regular throughout the year, all year, every year.
I would assume that the display can be adjusted for farsigted people, after all, you can't normally focus on something that close to your eye anyway so adjusting it for people with vision problems shouldn't be too dificult.
those people who use outlook with hotmail who don't want to pay loose this functionality & the "spammers" just pay if they really really want to send spam from hotmail.
I don't get it.
It certainly does seem to defeat the point of even having an overseas online ballot if most overseas ISPs can't get access to the page. Should be interesting to see how much the site is actually used.
Some USB devices do contain their own drivers. My Saitek SP550 USB Joystick has its own (windows:( ) driver which is installed from the device when you plug it in, even on Win98!
I was very suspicious when I couldn't find the driver installation disk and actually had to read the QuickStart guide.
I guess people with a degree get employed more because the evidance that they have passed a degree course means that they are able and prepared to work hard which is at least as improtant as being able to do the work.
Why don't companies/organisations learn from each other. Security through obscurity never works unless you're so small/worthless that no one can be bothered to try to crack you.
Any company/organisation that feels itself to have any value should invest in good security measures.
Especially newspapers, I was interested to note how the overall pass rate for GCSEs at local schools changed between the morning paper and the afternoon paper.
That would be great as it's a well known product that is used by lots of people and desperately needs improving. Since it is released freely anyway, MS arn't going to loose any money making it open-source either.
I agree, anyone who doesn't have a PS2 by now either won't want an all singing, all dancing, tv recording, game playing gadget or won't be able to afford one.
You could get some wierd highlights from that, e.g. when an announcement is made in the middle of the game (such as it being annouced that there will be five minutes of injury time when everyone *knows* that there shouold only be two)
This could take the hatred of popups, adware and spyware to a whole new level, especially if clothes have cameras.
"I know who you are, I know where you live, I know your family, I know your girlfriend and where she works and all because you were dumb enough to download dodgey free software without using ad-aware regularly."
AFAIK in the UK (and probably the us) you can make a backup copy for personal use but only if you own the thing you're copying and you can't distribute any copies. Also, if you sell the original you must destroy the copies of give them to the buyer.
Since Linux and Windows were both designed to do the same job (be an OS) they are bound to be similar.
This is especially true if people moved from one project to the other and brought ideas with them.
This is in fact very similar to what actually does happen! The client sends the information "I am walking forward" to the server and the server checks it. There is a "lag compensation" feature of the half life engine where the picture on the screen moves exactly when you press the key but if the server says "You can't possibly be there!" you end up back where you started, so you could tell the engine that you could move twice as fast but the server would keep jumping you back to where you should be! This is particularly obvious on a server where the conncetion is a bit intermittant (like UK2 servers). When the client loses the connection to the server, it allows you to keep moving for a second or so in the hope that it will be able to communicate with the server again. If in this time you walk part way down a corridor, when the connection problem clears, you are where you think you ought to be, further down the corridor. If, on the other hand, you walk around a corner, when the problem clears, you end up jumped back to where you were before walking round the corner because the server decides you just walked through a wall.
So cheats such as "super speed", "flying" and "walk through walls" are prevented but the cheats that are *very* common in CS are "wallhacks" (letting you see through the wall so you know if there is an enemy round the corner) and "aimbots" (tells the engine that the mouse moved so that you have perfect aim) Although these cheats may not seem too bad, they are a huge advantage in the Ultra-Competative world of CS.
I also do not cheat and agree that Valve be allowed to sue cheaters, they are causing Valve to lose money. It is worth doing as CS is not dead, it's still one of the most popular online games!
I really want to hear the later books acted out on radio, the voices were so good and the fx imaginative. Only Adams could have the genius and foresight to record the part before he died and when it wasn't planned to dramatise those later books.
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No, its written into the HTML code. The author of the website can assign an Alt-letter combination to any link or form item using the ACCESSKEY attribute.
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Why can't they go for a simple (almost) foolproof method, like we have in the UK: You take a pen and put a cross in the square of the candidate you wish to vote for. That way you can't blame the machinery, and if you want to blame the counters, all they have to do is count them again.
Unless children really want to learn something, they won't bother unless we can make it interesting or fun or drill it into them with discipline. Discipline doesn't always work and is frowned upon in some cases so games are a good way of making stuff fun and interesting and computer games are particularly intersting to children making then a good medium to help them learn.
Notes is also used to connect to and edit databases which are often used to store shared information, just like a wiki. Email, calender and other functions of notes which are not similar to a wiki could easily be replaced by another piece(s) of (non-integrated) software.
Sadly, before this happens, someone will probably invent a search engine that is as capable as a human sitting down and reading it all. Heck, we'll probably have a search engine that can read the internet and then actually give you a sensible answer based on the web pages it has seen. Given the nature of the internet, however, this wouldn't be very acurate.
London is one of the driest places in the UK, some places in north-west scotland get around 2000mm per year, the notable thing about rainfall in the UK is that is is (realaively) constant and regular throughout the year, all year, every year.
I would assume that the display can be adjusted for farsigted people, after all, you can't normally focus on something that close to your eye anyway so adjusting it for people with vision problems shouldn't be too dificult.
those people who use outlook with hotmail who don't want to pay loose this functionality & the "spammers" just pay if they really really want to send spam from hotmail. I don't get it.
It certainly does seem to defeat the point of even having an overseas online ballot if most overseas ISPs can't get access to the page. Should be interesting to see how much the site is actually used.
I was very suspicious when I couldn't find the driver installation disk and actually had to read the QuickStart guide.
I guess people with a degree get employed more because the evidance that they have passed a degree course means that they are able and prepared to work hard which is at least as improtant as being able to do the work.
Any company/organisation that feels itself to have any value should invest in good security measures.
Especially newspapers, I was interested to note how the overall pass rate for GCSEs at local schools changed between the morning paper and the afternoon paper.
Will it run as well or be as well supported or will it be an inferior product as some ports have been?
MS havn't exactly cared about exposing people to potential security explots in the past have they?
That would be great as it's a well known product that is used by lots of people and desperately needs improving. Since it is released freely anyway, MS arn't going to loose any money making it open-source either.
Odd that for a supposedly "amateur" competition.
The DS only allows 3D images on one screen at a time so you "could" have two views but only if one is a top down or side on 2D view.
I agree, anyone who doesn't have a PS2 by now either won't want an all singing, all dancing, tv recording, game playing gadget or won't be able to afford one.
You could get some wierd highlights from that, e.g. when an announcement is made in the middle of the game (such as it being annouced that there will be five minutes of injury time when everyone *knows* that there shouold only be two)
"I know who you are, I know where you live, I know your family, I know your girlfriend and where she works and all because you were dumb enough to download dodgey free software without using ad-aware regularly."
AFAIK in the UK (and probably the us) you can make a backup copy for personal use but only if you own the thing you're copying and you can't distribute any copies. Also, if you sell the original you must destroy the copies of give them to the buyer.
Since Linux and Windows were both designed to do the same job (be an OS) they are bound to be similar. This is especially true if people moved from one project to the other and brought ideas with them.
So cheats such as "super speed", "flying" and "walk through walls" are prevented but the cheats that are *very* common in CS are "wallhacks" (letting you see through the wall so you know if there is an enemy round the corner) and "aimbots" (tells the engine that the mouse moved so that you have perfect aim) Although these cheats may not seem too bad, they are a huge advantage in the Ultra-Competative world of CS.
I also do not cheat and agree that Valve be allowed to sue cheaters, they are causing Valve to lose money. It is worth doing as CS is not dead, it's still one of the most popular online games!
I really want to hear the later books acted out on radio, the voices were so good and the fx imaginative. Only Adams could have the genius and foresight to record the part before he died and when it wasn't planned to dramatise those later books.