I agree, Nintendo's hardware has a better track record than Sony hardware. But I remember the original NES and many hours of watching the little red light flash on and off forever, and the game resetting with every flash.
"What we're finding is that criminals who use encryption usually are higher profile and higher value targets for us because it means from an evidentiary standpoint they have more to hide."
So, I guess all the people who are concerned that protecting their privacy using PGP and such will make them targets can stop listening to cries that they are spewing "FUD".
It seems like Immersion definitely thought this out though. Ohhh... let's wait until they sell millions of these things before we sue them. Then we'll make millions on something we knew about long ago. Maybe there should be some kind of law against that.
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It is pathetic that even poor people in South Korea have lines for 20 bucks a month at 25 mbps.
It's pathetic how badly that statement was worded. It seems to attack the poor people in Korea rather than the rich people in America, where the problem lies.
For me and my friends, the last new version of Windows with its two service packs is the reason the malware peaked. Also, at this point I don't believe Windows XP crashes any more than Linux. I can say that because it's not crashing at all for me.
I think all of the clients that transfer files, except for some email clients, just save the files on the disc. So even antivirus software that doesnt explicitly check IM, P2P, and IRC clients could pick them up as soon as the files are created. So these new media probably won't be as big of a deal as people are making them out to be.
Well, if the DS is like the PSP then it's possible to play a multiplayer game with only one disc because the other units can download game data from the host unit. So I guess it's possible to create a host emulator that uploads a web browser rather than game code. And if there are any holes for buffer overruns or whatever, they'll get in as soon as anybody looks for somebody to go wireless with. But sony never makes bad products, right?
If Apple went bankrupt then they wouldn't be able to afford to sue anybody for breaking their copyright protection. And if their bankruptcy somehow made me unable to play the music I paid for, I think it would be reasonable to do that. By the way, I think Microsoft is more likely to go bankrupt than Apple. Apple is on the way up and Microsoft is on the way down.
Some of us have the coveted job of taking all the data on paper tax forms and typing it into the computers. I assure you, none of us in data entry have time to make a phone call, let alone play solitaire. I'm hoping for another dot com bubble so I can get a salary job playing air hockey.
I suggest showing them Squeak. It's pretty colorful for a programming environment. It also has an implementation of a racecar and a musical keyboard, a mouse face with eyes that follow the cursor and other things that would probably be fun for a short period of time. And while they're playing with all that, maybe you can explain that Software Engineers make this stuff as well as the games on the Xbox, Gameboy, and Playstation.
You missed the point. The goal here is to say bad things about Windows and its users. Stop trying to make sense. If we were trying to make sense then we would think maybe given the size of a mobile device screen, all applications are maximized by default. And maybe some people do use those PocketPC devices.
I was thinking of Google fitting their toolbar with the ability to place ads in documents. Even if they were not getting paid by the companies they're linking to, they're still using their toolbar to tie the Google site into other people's webpages. It reminds me much of Microsoft using its operating system's position to shove other products and ads down our throats. I think any good intention these guys had died when they became profitable. And it actually does seem like they're copying Microsoft's unsmart tags as much as possible.
I think it's interesting to note, in this case it's not Microsoft who is diverging from the standard. Rather, it's everybody except Microsoft. From reading the article, it seems they have a good reason (backwards compatibility) to diverge. Still, it's interesting.
I always stayed away from depending on javascript, although I used it a lot back when I typed out webpages with a simple text editor. But I don't think it would be a problem for these new forms to depend on it. Yes, people can disable javascript but people are more likely to have a browser with javascript enabled than they are to have a browser capable of handling the new forms. Maybe the preferences can be set up so disabling javascript also disables web forms 2.0.
I actually did have a problem with malfunctioning electronics in a shopping cart. At the Price Chopper grocery store out here, the carts have electronic braking systems that are designed to make the wheels stop rolling if the cart leaves the parking lot. Mine locked as soon as I got out of the store, well before we got to the car. I don't believe it was running Windows but you never know.
This could be a good thing for some people. If all the companies keep gobbling each other up and finally Sprint is the only remaining company, my free PCS to PCS calling will result in me being able to call anybody and never run out of anytime minutes again.
I was using CodeWarrior, Visual C++, and GCC and my main professor was a Linux guru who despises Windows. From what I can remember, Visual C++ was the most troublesome. I think it would be a good idea to set your compiler to only accept ansi C++ code because that's what GCC handles. If that doesn't work then try downloading DJGPP. It's like a DOS version of GCC. If you can get your code to compile on that, it will probably compile on GCC. And it's been a while since I used GCC but I'm pretty sure you have to type G++ instead of GCC to compile C++ code instead of C code, just in case you didn't know.
For book recommendations, I think your Deitel book is fine because ansi C++ is crossplatform as long as you're not including unistd.h or windows.h or whatever that other unix include file is.
I don't think portability is such a big problem for somebody who has time and resources. I think the biggest problem is people who make software for money are concerned that Linux users want everything to be available for free. And on top of that, a lot of them want it to be open source. So anybody who makes software for a living is going to feel like Linux is a hostile or unprofitable market to enter, unless they're making corporate software.
Maybe creating video games that require a touchscreen is a good way to introduce kids to PDA's. And there are games for the palm operating system, which could run on the DS I guess. Maybe adding palm OS would also make the DS more appealing to palm users without taking away the system's appeal to children. It would still play Pokemon red, silver, purple, and whatever other colours they have.
America may have bigotry, but we do not have bigotry like they have in other places. It's more dumbed-down.
I think America has every bit as much hatred, racism, and bigotry as other countries. They just make it look better. If you're of the right demographic, you're just as likely to get denied employment, shunned in school, or get your ass kicked by a cop as you would be in any other countries. The only difference is in America they come up with a nice excuse for why they did it (example: he was a drug addict so it's okay to beat him up, he's unteachable so we shouldn't try to teach him) and in other countries they don't hide the fact that it's racism, nationalism, etc.
Anyway, on my system with 1 GB ram and a 1.7GHz processor, Internet Explorer loads the fastest, followed by Opera and finally Firefox. In Fact, I could launch Firefox first and load both of the other browsers before Firefox is loaded. I suspect on your 128MB system, the reason IE loads slow even after preloading is it's immediately swapped out of memory after it loads if only 128MB are available.
Regardless of load times, I still use Firefox because it only has to be initially loaded one time. After loading, regardless of which one renders fastest, they all seem to render fast enough for my purposes. Bandwidth seems to be a much bigger issue than rendering times and script execution times. It's like saying the Ferrari is faster than the Honda. It doesn't matter if the speed limit is much lower than either car's maximum speed.
I don't think we should be so concerned about minor speed differences. The main concern should be which browser shows the webpages as they should be shown, and which browsers provide the best browsing experience. Most of the time, I use Firefox because it's reasonably safe, reasonably compatible, and I like the tabs. When I want to look at music videos on launch.yahoo.com, I use Internet Explorer because it didn't work with Firefox. And when I know I'll be downloading a lot of files, I use Opera because Firefox's download manager doesn't let me resume interrupted downloads.
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I'd settle for it lasting just a few years if there were a visible indicator of when it's time to make a new copy.
I agree, Nintendo's hardware has a better track record than Sony hardware. But I remember the original NES and many hours of watching the little red light flash on and off forever, and the game resetting with every flash.
So, I guess all the people who are concerned that protecting their privacy using PGP and such will make them targets can stop listening to cries that they are spewing "FUD".
It seems like Immersion definitely thought this out though. Ohhh... let's wait until they sell millions of these things before we sue them. Then we'll make millions on something we knew about long ago. Maybe there should be some kind of law against that.
For me and my friends, the last new version of Windows with its two service packs is the reason the malware peaked. Also, at this point I don't believe Windows XP crashes any more than Linux. I can say that because it's not crashing at all for me.
I think all of the clients that transfer files, except for some email clients, just save the files on the disc. So even antivirus software that doesnt explicitly check IM, P2P, and IRC clients could pick them up as soon as the files are created. So these new media probably won't be as big of a deal as people are making them out to be.
Well, if the DS is like the PSP then it's possible to play a multiplayer game with only one disc because the other units can download game data from the host unit. So I guess it's possible to create a host emulator that uploads a web browser rather than game code. And if there are any holes for buffer overruns or whatever, they'll get in as soon as anybody looks for somebody to go wireless with. But sony never makes bad products, right?
If Apple went bankrupt then they wouldn't be able to afford to sue anybody for breaking their copyright protection. And if their bankruptcy somehow made me unable to play the music I paid for, I think it would be reasonable to do that. By the way, I think Microsoft is more likely to go bankrupt than Apple. Apple is on the way up and Microsoft is on the way down.
Some of us have the coveted job of taking all the data on paper tax forms and typing it into the computers. I assure you, none of us in data entry have time to make a phone call, let alone play solitaire. I'm hoping for another dot com bubble so I can get a salary job playing air hockey.
I wonder if they reserve the right to keep any images or files sent through the messenger.
I suggest showing them Squeak. It's pretty colorful for a programming environment. It also has an implementation of a racecar and a musical keyboard, a mouse face with eyes that follow the cursor and other things that would probably be fun for a short period of time. And while they're playing with all that, maybe you can explain that Software Engineers make this stuff as well as the games on the Xbox, Gameboy, and Playstation.
You missed the point. The goal here is to say bad things about Windows and its users. Stop trying to make sense. If we were trying to make sense then we would think maybe given the size of a mobile device screen, all applications are maximized by default. And maybe some people do use those PocketPC devices.
Fuck censorship.
I was thinking of Google fitting their toolbar with the ability to place ads in documents. Even if they were not getting paid by the companies they're linking to, they're still using their toolbar to tie the Google site into other people's webpages. It reminds me much of Microsoft using its operating system's position to shove other products and ads down our throats. I think any good intention these guys had died when they became profitable. And it actually does seem like they're copying Microsoft's unsmart tags as much as possible.
I always stayed away from depending on javascript, although I used it a lot back when I typed out webpages with a simple text editor. But I don't think it would be a problem for these new forms to depend on it. Yes, people can disable javascript but people are more likely to have a browser with javascript enabled than they are to have a browser capable of handling the new forms. Maybe the preferences can be set up so disabling javascript also disables web forms 2.0.
What would Google have to do before we say "these guys are as bad as Microsoft"?
I actually did have a problem with malfunctioning electronics in a shopping cart. At the Price Chopper grocery store out here, the carts have electronic braking systems that are designed to make the wheels stop rolling if the cart leaves the parking lot. Mine locked as soon as I got out of the store, well before we got to the car. I don't believe it was running Windows but you never know.
This could be a good thing for some people. If all the companies keep gobbling each other up and finally Sprint is the only remaining company, my free PCS to PCS calling will result in me being able to call anybody and never run out of anytime minutes again.
I was using CodeWarrior, Visual C++, and GCC and my main professor was a Linux guru who despises Windows. From what I can remember, Visual C++ was the most troublesome. I think it would be a good idea to set your compiler to only accept ansi C++ code because that's what GCC handles. If that doesn't work then try downloading DJGPP. It's like a DOS version of GCC. If you can get your code to compile on that, it will probably compile on GCC. And it's been a while since I used GCC but I'm pretty sure you have to type G++ instead of GCC to compile C++ code instead of C code, just in case you didn't know.
For book recommendations, I think your Deitel book is fine because ansi C++ is crossplatform as long as you're not including unistd.h or windows.h or whatever that other unix include file is.
I hope that helps.
I don't think portability is such a big problem for somebody who has time and resources. I think the biggest problem is people who make software for money are concerned that Linux users want everything to be available for free. And on top of that, a lot of them want it to be open source. So anybody who makes software for a living is going to feel like Linux is a hostile or unprofitable market to enter, unless they're making corporate software.
Maybe creating video games that require a touchscreen is a good way to introduce kids to PDA's. And there are games for the palm operating system, which could run on the DS I guess. Maybe adding palm OS would also make the DS more appealing to palm users without taking away the system's appeal to children. It would still play Pokemon red, silver, purple, and whatever other colours they have.
I think America has every bit as much hatred, racism, and bigotry as other countries. They just make it look better. If you're of the right demographic, you're just as likely to get denied employment, shunned in school, or get your ass kicked by a cop as you would be in any other countries. The only difference is in America they come up with a nice excuse for why they did it (example: he was a drug addict so it's okay to beat him up, he's unteachable so we shouldn't try to teach him) and in other countries they don't hide the fact that it's racism, nationalism, etc.
First of all, I think you are a fanboy.
Anyway, on my system with 1 GB ram and a 1.7GHz processor, Internet Explorer loads the fastest, followed by Opera and finally Firefox. In Fact, I could launch Firefox first and load both of the other browsers before Firefox is loaded. I suspect on your 128MB system, the reason IE loads slow even after preloading is it's immediately swapped out of memory after it loads if only 128MB are available.
Regardless of load times, I still use Firefox because it only has to be initially loaded one time. After loading, regardless of which one renders fastest, they all seem to render fast enough for my purposes. Bandwidth seems to be a much bigger issue than rendering times and script execution times. It's like saying the Ferrari is faster than the Honda. It doesn't matter if the speed limit is much lower than either car's maximum speed.
I don't think we should be so concerned about minor speed differences. The main concern should be which browser shows the webpages as they should be shown, and which browsers provide the best browsing experience. Most of the time, I use Firefox because it's reasonably safe, reasonably compatible, and I like the tabs. When I want to look at music videos on launch.yahoo.com, I use Internet Explorer because it didn't work with Firefox. And when I know I'll be downloading a lot of files, I use Opera because Firefox's download manager doesn't let me resume interrupted downloads.