I can't decide whether your post should be wrapped in <sarcasm> tags or not. Absolutely everything you have said goes against modern HTML/CSS/JS best practices. The table element should only be used for displaying... wait for it... tabular data!
Also, why would you think Flex was free when there are clearly marked "Buy Now" links all over the Adobe product page? Yes there is a free SDK available, but anybody with any sense at all would know that Adobe is a company that makes money. I just don't know why you switched your whole project over to Flex when you hadn't even spent more than 5 minutes researching it.
I'd like to know the name of the company you work for so that I can know to steer clear.
I don't remember the last time Flash crashed my browser. Poorly written JavaScript takes down Firefox far more frequently for me.
The only thing that really gives me grief is Adobe Reader, but that's easily fixable by using the PDF Download add-on for Firefox or using a different PDF reader, like Foxit.
And how do you know that? Yes they've announced the software updates, but they haven't denied nor confirmed that there will be a hardware upgrade this summer.
Personally I'm holding out for the next hardware upgrade. I have an iPod Touch and I love it, but the CPU is just too slow to make rendering rich web pages an enjoyable experience.
Knowing John Resig, I doubt this is vaporware. He's come up with some really amazing stuff and is constantly posting interesting JavaScript tidbits and information for developing real production code on his blog.
Well my Macbook still goes into standby with another display attached. The reason it goes into standby is because it vents heat out through the keyboard. If you install a hack like InsomniaX, you risk overheating your CPU.
There's also a Google Tech Talk video by Linus Torvalds available. It's a little over an hour in length but he gives a pretty good overview of Git's strengths against the more popular version control systems.
Yeah they made some major improvements in later patches. Although I never saw them drive into walls. It's obviously more fun to play against human players and I would suggest that over playing against the bots, but the AI is still some of the best I've seen.
I have to say that the AI in Far Cry 2 is definitely one of the worst of current generation video games. I couldn't play that game for more than a couple days before getting utterly bored and frustrated at the idiotic AI.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, on the other hand, has some of the best AI I've seen AND its a multiplayer game. The bots' ability to attack and defend objectives while using infantry and vehicle skills against the random actions of human players is incredible.
The DOM isn't part of the language. It's an API and a poorly implemented one for that matter. I'm talking purely about the language.
Your argument is bridged entirely on the inadequacies and shortcomings of various browser (primarily Internet Explorer) implementations of an API. You have no argument against the language itself other than your dislike of lambda calculus in object-oriented languages. Yes, the DOM sucks, but don't blame the language.
Besides, with things like Rhino around, the language has a chance to move beyond the browser and be appreciated for what it is instead of its messy roommate (the DOM).
People use the something-to-JS compilers because it lets them remain in their comfort zone. While things are changing, a lot of programmers have no respect for JavaScript as a language and that's mostly due to the crappy scripts that are floating around that web.
Most people don't know that JavaScript is an incredible language with features like lambdas and closures; features that are found in functional languages like Scheme and Lisp. It's also one of the most object-oriented languages I've ever worked with where objects can be defined inline with properties added and removed at runtime. It actually gets quite complex with its prototypal inheritance pattern which is a real mind bender for people who were trained to use classical inheritance.
I'm not saying that it's perfect but there's a great deal of depth in it that's made it one of the most interesting languages I've ever learnt.
I would expect the public wifi to be restricted to public areas like parks and malls. Residential areas probably wont have coverage.
Did you even read the summary let alone the article?
The second phase of the project will expand the network and wireless coverage to more than 430 square miles surrounding the city with an estimated annual cost savings of over $1 million for city residents, who can discontinue their existing internet service.
Except that Apple is not working on adding new features. OS X 10.6 (a.k.a. Snow Leopard) is going to be a performance upgrade. Features aren't the focus of the release.
No need to use the out-of-date cache. Use the User Agent Switcher extension for Firefox. Simply use Googlebot as your user agent and it'll get you into most of those useless registration sites.
700 refunds of (probably) less than $10 each? I realize they've just had money stolen from them, but they're asking for a $10 refund from a charity? Nice.
Are they saying that cutting out the production of film reels is going to lower costs for the movie theaters (they won't have to spend tens of thousands on reels)? Why do I suspect that no savings will be passed along to the ticket buying public?
Sure there will be some savings incurred without having to produce the reels but it's the licensing cost that's causing the high price. The thousands of dollars covers their right to show the film to thousands of people. I doubt much of it comes out of the reel's production costs. I do share your suspicious that any savings will be reflected in ticket prices.
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I can't decide whether your post should be wrapped in <sarcasm> tags or not. Absolutely everything you have said goes against modern HTML/CSS/JS best practices. The table element should only be used for displaying... wait for it... tabular data!
Also, why would you think Flex was free when there are clearly marked "Buy Now" links all over the Adobe product page? Yes there is a free SDK available, but anybody with any sense at all would know that Adobe is a company that makes money. I just don't know why you switched your whole project over to Flex when you hadn't even spent more than 5 minutes researching it.
I'd like to know the name of the company you work for so that I can know to steer clear.
I don't remember the last time Flash crashed my browser. Poorly written JavaScript takes down Firefox far more frequently for me.
The only thing that really gives me grief is Adobe Reader, but that's easily fixable by using the PDF Download add-on for Firefox or using a different PDF reader, like Foxit.
In what way?
And how do you know that? Yes they've announced the software updates, but they haven't denied nor confirmed that there will be a hardware upgrade this summer.
Personally I'm holding out for the next hardware upgrade. I have an iPod Touch and I love it, but the CPU is just too slow to make rendering rich web pages an enjoyable experience.
Knowing John Resig, I doubt this is vaporware. He's come up with some really amazing stuff and is constantly posting interesting JavaScript tidbits and information for developing real production code on his blog.
Well my Macbook still goes into standby with another display attached. The reason it goes into standby is because it vents heat out through the keyboard. If you install a hack like InsomniaX, you risk overheating your CPU.
Unfortunately you can't close a Macbook without it going into standby. Not without a hack anyway.
There's also a Google Tech Talk video by Linus Torvalds available. It's a little over an hour in length but he gives a pretty good overview of Git's strengths against the more popular version control systems.
Ah.. so this is how Skynet begins.
Yeah they made some major improvements in later patches. Although I never saw them drive into walls. It's obviously more fun to play against human players and I would suggest that over playing against the bots, but the AI is still some of the best I've seen.
I have to say that the AI in Far Cry 2 is definitely one of the worst of current generation video games. I couldn't play that game for more than a couple days before getting utterly bored and frustrated at the idiotic AI.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, on the other hand, has some of the best AI I've seen AND its a multiplayer game. The bots' ability to attack and defend objectives while using infantry and vehicle skills against the random actions of human players is incredible.
The DOM isn't part of the language. It's an API and a poorly implemented one for that matter. I'm talking purely about the language.
Your argument is bridged entirely on the inadequacies and shortcomings of various browser (primarily Internet Explorer) implementations of an API. You have no argument against the language itself other than your dislike of lambda calculus in object-oriented languages. Yes, the DOM sucks, but don't blame the language.
Besides, with things like Rhino around, the language has a chance to move beyond the browser and be appreciated for what it is instead of its messy roommate (the DOM).
The guys over at Splash Damage have a good sense of humour too. I found this in one of the scripts for Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars:
// DAVE THE LARGE BROKEN DOOR STATE CHANGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN HERE
// DAVE ISN'T A LARGE BROKEN DOOR, WHO WROTE THIS
It couldn't possibly be that you're the same anonymous coward that's calling for him to be modded down, is it? Your foul mouth is astonishing.
People use the something-to-JS compilers because it lets them remain in their comfort zone. While things are changing, a lot of programmers have no respect for JavaScript as a language and that's mostly due to the crappy scripts that are floating around that web.
Most people don't know that JavaScript is an incredible language with features like lambdas and closures; features that are found in functional languages like Scheme and Lisp. It's also one of the most object-oriented languages I've ever worked with where objects can be defined inline with properties added and removed at runtime. It actually gets quite complex with its prototypal inheritance pattern which is a real mind bender for people who were trained to use classical inheritance.
I'm not saying that it's perfect but there's a great deal of depth in it that's made it one of the most interesting languages I've ever learnt.
No kidding. This guy is obviously having a shitty day and decided to take it out on your lame (but funny) joke. If I had mod points I'd mod you up.
He means he can't run the test in IE, because IE doesn't run on his platform.
I would expect the public wifi to be restricted to public areas like parks and malls. Residential areas probably wont have coverage.
Did you even read the summary let alone the article?
The second phase of the project will expand the network and wireless coverage to more than 430 square miles surrounding the city with an estimated annual cost savings of over $1 million for city residents, who can discontinue their existing internet service.
Except that Apple is not working on adding new features. OS X 10.6 (a.k.a. Snow Leopard) is going to be a performance upgrade. Features aren't the focus of the release.
If you don't know the type of the variable you're using I'd say you have more of an architectural issue than anything else.
South Africa :)
No need to use the out-of-date cache. Use the User Agent Switcher extension for Firefox. Simply use Googlebot as your user agent and it'll get you into most of those useless registration sites.
700 refunds of (probably) less than $10 each? I realize they've just had money stolen from them, but they're asking for a $10 refund from a charity? Nice.
And only 20% make more than the median. Which splits it half and half.