I think it is better to say Webkit is completely safe for now. This is because in this IT world, we never know of vulnerabilities and exploits till they surface.
Second, Webkit in my opinion, is still "young". I'd be happier if Google had chosen Firefox's engine instead of Webkit. You might wonder why...it's because Apple tried to play "hard ball" with the KHTML developers whose product Apple based Webkit on. I just do not trust Apple.
While I appreciate the new features in Firefox's latest release, I am still disappointed in it because I cannot watch CNN live streams. Before you jump to conclusions, let me inform you that I have all the latest plugins installed; from Flash, Shockwave, Java and all the rest.
I even have CNN's own plugin for Firefox installed...but live streams will not play! Incidentally, the commercial before the the actual content (which is in Flash), plays fine. When it's over, what one sees is a black screen!
Whose fault it is, I do not know...all i know is that I cannot watch those live streams on CNN. What's going on?
...achieving speeds up to 380 km/h and cutting the travel time between the two cities from the current ten hours to under five...
I wonder whether officials at United States' AMTRAK are reading this. I saddens me that plans for high speed commuting on AMTRAK's rails was shelved a few years ago. REsult? Top speed on AMTRAK's rails is 180 KM/hr and only on some routes.
These officials (at AMTRAK) are more interested in their allowances and benefits instead of doing what is for the common good. In the meantime, AMTRAK's technology is still stuck in the seventies as the Asians led by the Chinese "overtake" us.
No wonder that we in these United States will cease to be of any consequence on world matters as internet traffic heads to Europe and more relevant innovation comes from Asia. I am really afraid for the generation that will come after ours.
VIA seems to be making good on the promise of its open source initiative announced last April.
The only problem on my part is that I find VIA products mediocre when it comes to gaming. I have also found that drivers for their products make my system (Mandriva) rather unstable.
Verdict: Avoid VIA technologies till enough open source code has gone into this new product. The community should act fast on this issue.
I submit to you that with your programming skills, you could gain valuable experience imparting knowledge and working in the developing world. One thing I'd like to advise you on, is to have a very open mind in case you decide to go to Africa. Africa is not what CNN, ABC, CBS and FOX show the American public. It's much more lively and socially better than USA in some cases.
I was in for a shock when on my very first visit to Africa, I met a country (Uganda) with pretty modest infrastructure compared to what I had in mind. I had to get used to the food though. I met Americans who decided years ago to call Africa home.
There are tonnes of dollars from the American government going to Africa through agencies like CARE, USAID, Americares, UNICEFUSA and many others.
Can someone point me to a comparison matrix for PHP, Perl, Tcl, Python, Ruby, and Javascript detailing advantages and disadvantages, pros and cons for each? I hope someone will do precisely that and I will be glad.
I am in fact disappointed that we as Americans appear never to ever get it right first time! Things like these should be just routine at this point. From hackable voting machines to tainted vegetables!
We invented the modern computer and all that goes with it...why do we still make these mistakes? Events like these make embolden proponents of out-sourcing.
Why would we want Google to make Gmail's interface more like Yahoo's?
Did you even read my post? If you did, you definitely did not get it. Where do I ask for more of Yahoo Mail's interface for GMail?
Here is what I mentioned...
I would like to see Google do the following: Respond to Yahoo Mail's new web mail's interface. I find Yahoo Mail's scrolling calender events found at the bottom while composing email really sweet. The whole [new] interface is quite impressive.
I just would like Google to respond to what Yahoo have done with their web mail. Just a response. As I write, Google folks have not done anything to counter Yahoo Mail's improvements.
When it comes to the calendar on GMail, one has to "search" for upcoming events. For Yahoo Mail, these events scroll at the bottom in an un-intrusive manner. That's sweet. GMail can have the same feature withoput necessarily copying Yahoo Mail.
...what is GMail non-beta going to do differently than GMail beta?...
Well, in terms of functionality, I guess there will not be much of a difference. In terms of changing people's mind sets, getting that "beta" label off will certainly help matters on my side.
I have been trying to move our school email system over to Google. This "beta" thing does not my efforts at all.
In fact it is a show stopper. Keep in mind, my bosses are not that tech savvy, so even when you inform them that GMail has nothing to do with what I am proposing, they still point to Google's beta web mail. It does not help at all.
While I understand that Google must increase shareholder value at all cost, I would like to see Google do the following:
Respond to Yahoo Mail's new web mail's interface. I find Yahoo Mail's scrolling calender events found at the bottom while composing email really sweet. The whole [new] interface is quite impressive.
Google should put more efforts into getting KDE 4.1 up to "standards". Right now, KDE 4.1 really needs lots of work. The Summer of Code efforts leave the situation still wanting.
Get GMail out of beta. Heck, it's been over 2 years!
Google should walk the walk...that is make ODF documents,.ogg streams searcheable from www.google.com.
I was of the hope that I would know how its flight ended. Sadly, the entire story does not mention this. Anyone in the know about how this magnificent plane's flight ended...or did it crash?
Or why didn't they just let it continue flying after all it had an endless supply of "juice."
One strategy for Microsoft in order to counter this trend is to modify its Windows OS license in a way that specifically prohibits this kind of set-up.
This way, a laptop will have to run a non Windows OS in order to be participant in DELL's "DELL Latitude On" or INTEL's "Intel Remote Wake."
I know this is not illegal.
I'd like to put a face on Pamela Jones
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I have always wondered who Pamela Jones is. This lady is very meticulous in what she does and I congratulate her. I have done an image search on Google and got some images.
But I am not sure the images I get in the search actually represent Pamela Jones. Googling my own name returns images other than mine!
Request: I am looking for a kind slashdotter to help me put a face on the name "Pamela Jones" of Groklaw.net.
I am afraid the 20,000 rpm drive might be dead on arrival! Isn't the world "going SSD," whose advantages include faster start-up times, low read latency times, "mechanical" reliability and absolute silence while working?
Laptops have SSDs, next will be desktops increasing chances that Western Digital's product will be dead on arrival.
By letting Russian hackers release the info. The problem for the authorities is to prove that those under the gag order had a hand in this.The Russians get the information using no traceable medium. That includes the internet, post, fax etc.
Proving that the students had a hand in this, would be hard if not impossible. After all, the system was open to usage to everyone as long as they paid up -- including the Russians we are talking about.
...I believe that the time has come for the BBC to start adopting open standards such as H.264 and AAC for our audio and video services on the web.' This article argues that actions speak louder than words, and this is where the BBC falls short....
Then after just one period...
'The fact that both AAC and H.264 are encumbered with patent licenses that make their distribution under free licenses problematic flies in the face of this definition.
Do you all see the apparent contradiction when iot comes to H.264 and AAC? Or Am I confused, I do not get it?
Intel has provided chipset makers with a draft specification for a USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Interface (XHCI), making good a promise it made a couple of months ago.
I thought we had a standards body that would release such a spec to developers. This development in my opinion, might have other chip makers release a "renegade USB 4.0" promising new features and the like.
Question is; is it up to manufacturers to think of ideas, name them and release these to the general public? What's up with IEEE Standards group, whose global standards include Biomedical and Healthcare, Nanotechnology, Information Technology and Information Assurance among others?
I mean second hand computers that actually work. But many times, the computers that are "dumped" in Africa do not work. They are what the folks in the west call junk!
You then find those especially from former Compaq, now HP, that require Compaq specific software in order to work optimally. When software cannot be found especially for the display, poor Africans settle for mediocre resolutions.
I know because I have used several of them at different occasions.
I can say that these computers, with the magic of solar energy, can transform lives. I know a family in a very remote area that uses one of these as a TV, getting free-to-air satellite feeds and earning an income from internet services on the side...all powered by solar energy and the computer.
My hope is that whatever comes out of that lab will be released under the GPL, though I know that chances of that happening are very slim to no existent.
If one man can do something, then there is at least one other one who can do it as well.
I offer this as a solution:
Implant the user's thumb print on the passport and have the computer software used at airports verify identity by referencing a central database. What can be better than this?
You know why? It is because data and images from Google Earth are not that up-to-date. In fact, several [new] roads in my county are not shown on Google Earth and Google Maps! So I am skeptical. Am I alone?
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Webkit is completely safe...
I think it is better to say Webkit is completely safe for now. This is because in this IT world, we never know of vulnerabilities and exploits till they surface.
Second, Webkit in my opinion, is still "young". I'd be happier if Google had chosen Firefox's engine instead of Webkit. You might wonder why...it's because Apple tried to play "hard ball" with the KHTML developers whose product Apple based Webkit on. I just do not trust Apple.
While I appreciate the new features in Firefox's latest release, I am still disappointed in it because I cannot watch CNN live streams.
Before you jump to conclusions, let me inform you that I have all the latest plugins installed; from Flash, Shockwave, Java and all the rest.
I even have CNN's own plugin for Firefox installed...but live streams will not play! Incidentally, the commercial before the the actual content (which is in Flash), plays fine. When it's over, what one sees is a black screen!
Whose fault it is, I do not know...all i know is that I cannot watch those live streams on CNN. What's going on?
...achieving speeds up to 380 km/h and cutting the travel time between the two cities from the current ten hours to under five...
I wonder whether officials at United States' AMTRAK are reading this. I saddens me that plans for high speed commuting on AMTRAK's rails was shelved a few years ago. REsult? Top speed on AMTRAK's rails is 180 KM/hr and only on some routes.
These officials (at AMTRAK) are more interested in their allowances and benefits instead of doing what is for the common good. In the meantime, AMTRAK's technology is still stuck in the seventies as the Asians led by the Chinese "overtake" us.
No wonder that we in these United States will cease to be of any consequence on world matters as internet traffic heads to Europe and more relevant innovation comes from Asia. I am really afraid for the generation that will come after ours.
VIA seems to be making good on the promise of its open source initiative announced last April.
The only problem on my part is that I find VIA products mediocre when it comes to gaming. I have also found that drivers for their products make my system (Mandriva) rather unstable.
Verdict: Avoid VIA technologies till enough open source code has gone into this new product. The community should act fast on this issue.
I submit to you that with your programming skills, you could gain valuable experience imparting knowledge and working in the developing world. One thing I'd like to advise you on, is to have a very open mind in case you decide to go to Africa. Africa is not what CNN, ABC, CBS and FOX show the American public. It's much more lively and socially better than USA in some cases.
I was in for a shock when on my very first visit to Africa, I met a country (Uganda) with pretty modest infrastructure compared to what I had in mind. I had to get used to the food though. I met Americans who decided years ago to call Africa home.
There are tonnes of dollars from the American government going to Africa through agencies like CARE, USAID, Americares, UNICEFUSA and many others.
So be open and brave man and consider Africa.
Can someone point me to a comparison matrix for PHP, Perl, Tcl, Python, Ruby, and Javascript detailing advantages and disadvantages, pros and cons for each? I hope someone will do precisely that and I will be glad.
Note: I only know PHP and Ruby.
With this decision, sites like Youtube win. I can now upload all those NBC, ABC, CBS clips on my PC. That's sweet.
I am in fact disappointed that we as Americans appear never to ever get it right first time! Things like these should be just routine at this point. From hackable voting machines to tainted vegetables!
We invented the modern computer and all that goes with it...why do we still make these mistakes? Events like these make embolden proponents of out-sourcing.
Very sad indeed.
Why would we want Google to make Gmail's interface more like Yahoo's?
Did you even read my post? If you did, you definitely did not get it. Where do I ask for more of Yahoo Mail's interface for GMail?
Here is what I mentioned...
I would like to see Google do the following: Respond to Yahoo Mail's new web mail's interface. I find Yahoo Mail's scrolling calender events found at the bottom while composing email really sweet. The whole [new] interface is quite impressive.
I just would like Google to respond to what Yahoo have done with their web mail. Just a response. As I write, Google folks have not done anything to counter Yahoo Mail's improvements.
When it comes to the calendar on GMail, one has to "search" for upcoming events. For Yahoo Mail, these events scroll at the bottom in an un-intrusive manner. That's sweet. GMail can have the same feature withoput necessarily copying Yahoo Mail.
...what is GMail non-beta going to do differently than GMail beta?...
Well, in terms of functionality, I guess there will not be much of a difference. In terms of changing people's mind sets, getting that "beta" label off will certainly help matters on my side.
I have been trying to move our school email system over to Google. This "beta" thing does not my efforts at all.
In fact it is a show stopper. Keep in mind, my bosses are not that tech savvy, so even when you inform them that GMail has nothing to do with what I am proposing, they still point to Google's beta web mail. It does not help at all.
I thought Microsoft's Silverlight platform would never catch on fast. I guess I was wrong. That site prompted me to download Silverlight.
I declined, naturally. But I know I will not be able to stop its march. What's wrong with Adobe's Flash system? Why didn't they use that instead?
While I understand that Google must increase shareholder value at all cost, I would like to see Google do the following:
Respond to Yahoo Mail's new web mail's interface. I find Yahoo Mail's scrolling calender events found at the bottom while composing email really sweet. The whole [new] interface is quite impressive.
Google should put more efforts into getting KDE 4.1 up to "standards". Right now, KDE 4.1 really needs lots of work. The Summer of Code efforts leave the situation still wanting.
Get GMail out of beta. Heck, it's been over 2 years!
Google should walk the walk...that is make ODF documents, .ogg streams searcheable from www.google.com.
What do you think?
I was of the hope that I would know how its flight ended. Sadly, the entire story does not mention this. Anyone in the know about how this magnificent plane's flight ended...or did it crash?
Or why didn't they just let it continue flying after all it had an endless supply of "juice."
One strategy for Microsoft in order to counter this trend is to modify its Windows OS license in a way that specifically prohibits this kind of set-up.
This way, a laptop will have to run a non Windows OS in order to be participant in DELL's "DELL Latitude On" or INTEL's "Intel Remote Wake."
I know this is not illegal.
I have always wondered who Pamela Jones is. This lady is very meticulous in what she does and I congratulate her. I have done an image search on Google and got some images.
But I am not sure the images I get in the search actually represent Pamela Jones. Googling my own name returns images other than mine!
Request: I am looking for a kind slashdotter to help me put a face on the name "Pamela Jones" of Groklaw.net.
Thanks.
I am afraid the 20,000 rpm drive might be dead on arrival! Isn't the world "going SSD," whose advantages include faster start-up times, low read latency times, "mechanical" reliability and absolute silence while working?
Laptops have SSDs, next will be desktops increasing chances that Western Digital's product will be dead on arrival.
...How? You may ask.
By letting Russian hackers release the info. The problem for the authorities is to prove that those under the gag order had a hand in this.The Russians get the information using no traceable medium. That includes the internet, post, fax etc.
Proving that the students had a hand in this, would be hard if not impossible. After all, the system was open to usage to everyone as long as they paid up -- including the Russians we are talking about.
...I believe that the time has come for the BBC to start adopting open standards such as H.264 and AAC for our audio and video services on the web.' This article argues that actions speak louder than words, and this is where the BBC falls short....
Then after just one period...
'The fact that both AAC and H.264 are encumbered with patent licenses that make their distribution under free licenses problematic flies in the face of this definition.
Do you all see the apparent contradiction when iot comes to H.264 and AAC? Or Am I confused, I do not get it?
Thank you for enlightening me.
Intel has provided chipset makers with a draft specification for a USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Interface (XHCI), making good a promise it made a couple of months ago.
I thought we had a standards body that would release such a spec to developers. This development in my opinion, might have other chip makers release a "renegade USB 4.0" promising new features and the like.
Question is; is it up to manufacturers to think of ideas, name them and release these to the general public? What's up with IEEE Standards group, whose global standards include Biomedical and Healthcare, Nanotechnology, Information Technology and Information Assurance among others?
I mean second hand computers that actually work. But many times, the computers that are "dumped" in Africa do not work. They are what the folks in the west call junk!
You then find those especially from former Compaq, now HP, that require Compaq specific software in order to work optimally. When software cannot be found especially for the display, poor Africans settle for mediocre resolutions.
I know because I have used several of them at different occasions.
I can say that these computers, with the magic of solar energy, can transform lives. I know a family in a very remote area that uses one of these as a TV, getting free-to-air satellite feeds and earning an income from internet services on the side...all powered by solar energy and the computer.
My hope is that whatever comes out of that lab will be released under the GPL, though I know that chances of that happening are very slim to no existent.
Here's how:
Simply match a document to thumb print if you are interested in having relations with my country, the USA.
Just a few years ago, the same USA demanded that ALL passports to be used while entering the USA had to be machine readable and it is the case now.
This to me, confirms one thing...
If one man can do something, then there is at least one other one who can do it as well.
I offer this as a solution:
Implant the user's thumb print on the passport and have the computer software used at airports verify identity by referencing a central database. What can be better than this?
You know why? It is because data and images from Google Earth are not that up-to-date. In fact, several [new] roads in my county are not shown on Google Earth and Google Maps! So I am skeptical. Am I alone?