You are right, of course. The best strategy, IMHO, and the one which I most frequently advocate is to give the non-IE user some extra goodies. In much the same way that some sites will use Javascript to add a few bells and whistles, but still provide a usable service for non-Javascript browsers, you can code sites which are perfectly usable in IE, but have a couple of added bonuses which the non-IE users can take advantage of. Even if it's simply faster downloads because the same styling requires less markup, that's still a benefit to the end user.
If you get in a car accident and you're bleeding to death all over the interstate, then you are, by definition, not at school. The point being, if you don't have the phone in school then it cannot be confiscated and/or examined by a teacher.
It's time to take a look at SQL-Ledger in that case. I would list the features here, but it would probably take all day. Suffice to say that for a system which can handle invoicing, inventory, reporting, quotations, POS, customer and supplier tracking, multiple currencies, templated documents (in HTML and LaTeX), etc. it does everything my business requires and then some. There's even a number of working online demo's, so you can try it out with almost zero effort. IMNSHO it is a very high quality system and a beacon for business-ready OSS apps.
In this case, it is news because the building in question had only been open for a week and was widely reported as being a very good example of a modern building.
However, it's clear that the Apple engineers have done a lot better (managing seven days of hassle-free operation up to that point) than those at the Spinnaker Tower.
Have to agree. If I were reviewing an OS and it wouldn't install easily on my hardware, the first thing I would do is compare installing other operating systems on the same hardware. How does it compare against WinXP? Fedora Core? Ubuntu? FreeBSD? If they all (or mostly) install with no problem, then the problem clearly lies with Vista. Since there's no comparison like this, there's no useful information.
BTW, here's TFA without all the ads and multi-paging.
But can you tell me how the Labour party is able to push their agenda so freely? In the parliamentary system, aren't there a greater variety of parties that have at least some measure of say in what goes on?
I can see why you might think that. However, since the last election (2005) the Labour party has had an overall majority (ie. more than half of all the seats in the commons are held by Labour members) and therefore they can pretty much railroad anything they like through the commons. The only chance anyone has of stopping crap like this becoming law is either (a) try to convince some of the labour members to vote against the party or (b) hope the Lords throw it out.
Unfortunately, item (a) is pretty unlikely given the size of the current majority (67?) and item (b) can always be circumvented using the ironically unparliamentary Parliament Act. The only situation where the multi-party system comes into its own is in the event of a "hung parliament" where no one party has more than half of the seats. Alas, this situation is very rare these days.
All that we in the UK can do is to write to our MPs and point out that as valued members of the IT industry, we will have no option but to take our services overseas if such a boneheaded law is actually passed.
For example, a lot of people (I'd go so far as to say -most- people) think that assault rifles should be banned. Their primary purpose for existing is killing people, and serve no legitimate purpose for hunting and very little legitimate purpose for self defense. There are probably tools like that in the software world as well, though I can't think of any offhand.
I think that the Sony DRM Rootkit might well qualify.
Good call. There must be a whole heap of incompatibility between the human rights act and the RIP act. If the human rights act can allow a bunch of afghan hijackers to get off the hook, I would like to think that it gives me the right to keep my private key... well, er, private.
But seriously, when you have more than 300 different distros to choose from, how could POSSIBLY you choose and make a wise decision? Do you really think a Joe User can have the intelligence, wisdom and patience to do such a titanic task?
Yes, I do. Based upon the fact that they seem to manage it with cars, why not?
In the UK the terms are different. Over here the process to which you are referring (having a computer hear, understand and interpret words being spoken to it) is called "Speech Recognition". This process is very tough because the machine needs to be trained by the individual doing the speaking - there are differences in dialect, accent, timbre, pitch, all kinds of voice attributes which can throw the machine off course.
OTOH, "Voice Recognition" is used to describe the process of taking a voice sample and comparing it with previously analysed voice samples to provide a means of authentication. The very attributes listed above which make automated speech recognition so difficult make voice recognition possible.
To answer your question: speech recognition is still way too flaky to be used in something which requires such precision as systems management, but the casual end user can probably get away with it. Since you use the CLI a lot you should find that any sort of speech-based input is really going to slow you down.
The real problem with this plan (idealogical arguments aside) is that the vast majority of those who will bother to switch will naturally be the open source advocates. These are the ones who are most likely to be running an open-source web server on an open-source OS anyway, so the stats will hardly be shifted at all.
Microsoft relies on the fact that its communication protocols are technologically innovative
That really is fantastic (in both senses). Microsoft have seriously outdone themselves with that one. An upside-down toilet would be technologically innovative and about as much use as one of their communication protocols. At least it made me smile.
If your router is doing this (querying a tier-1 ntp server) and this is not listed in the product description, then it is clearly doing something other than it should and is therefore faulty. Return for a refund right away.
I for one am very glad the USA government has decreed that we don't have to obey any laws which we don't particularly like. Surely society can only benefit from such a move.
I will particularly enjoy the look on their faces when Google uses precisely this argument when refusing to disclose search term information to the USA authorities.
I notice that TFA does not state whether the film being a sequel is a positive or negative factor on its chances of success. Given that most of us could probably count the number of decent sequels which we have seen without running out of fingers, I hope they have got it the right way round.
35 deg F = 2 deg C = 275 K 140 deg F = 60 deg C = 333 K
So, if your source water is at 35, that's almost freezing, in which case heating on demand may not be quite as important as increasing the overall temperature of the cold water in your pipes. Just a thought.
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OTOH, I can well imagine loads of folks shipping an Ethernet NIC that, by lack of design, adds 75-125 ms of latency to each frame.
FTFS: Microsoft Worldwide Parter Conference
Is it clear now that this is a conference for how MS is going to part fools and their money?
You are right, of course. The best strategy, IMHO, and the one which I most frequently advocate is to give the non-IE user some extra goodies. In much the same way that some sites will use Javascript to add a few bells and whistles, but still provide a usable service for non-Javascript browsers, you can code sites which are perfectly usable in IE, but have a couple of added bonuses which the non-IE users can take advantage of. Even if it's simply faster downloads because the same styling requires less markup, that's still a benefit to the end user.
If you get in a car accident and you're bleeding to death all over the interstate, then you are, by definition, not at school. The point being, if you don't have the phone in school then it cannot be confiscated and/or examined by a teacher.
It's time to take a look at SQL-Ledger in that case. I would list the features here, but it would probably take all day. Suffice to say that for a system which can handle invoicing, inventory, reporting, quotations, POS, customer and supplier tracking, multiple currencies, templated documents (in HTML and LaTeX), etc. it does everything my business requires and then some. There's even a number of working online demo's, so you can try it out with almost zero effort. IMNSHO it is a very high quality system and a beacon for business-ready OSS apps.
Greetings, space beings! We come from planet earth and we bring you a fabulous new look.
Is this how we introduce ourselves to the interstellar community?
In this case, it is news because the building in question had only been open for a week and was widely reported as being a very good example of a modern building.
However, it's clear that the Apple engineers have done a lot better (managing seven days of hassle-free operation up to that point) than those at the Spinnaker Tower.
Have to agree. If I were reviewing an OS and it wouldn't install easily on my hardware, the first thing I would do is compare installing other operating systems on the same hardware. How does it compare against WinXP? Fedora Core? Ubuntu? FreeBSD? If they all (or mostly) install with no problem, then the problem clearly lies with Vista. Since there's no comparison like this, there's no useful information.
BTW, here's TFA without all the ads and multi-paging.
I can see why you might think that. However, since the last election (2005) the Labour party has had an overall majority (ie. more than half of all the seats in the commons are held by Labour members) and therefore they can pretty much railroad anything they like through the commons. The only chance anyone has of stopping crap like this becoming law is either (a) try to convince some of the labour members to vote against the party or (b) hope the Lords throw it out.
Unfortunately, item (a) is pretty unlikely given the size of the current majority (67?) and item (b) can always be circumvented using the ironically unparliamentary Parliament Act. The only situation where the multi-party system comes into its own is in the event of a "hung parliament" where no one party has more than half of the seats. Alas, this situation is very rare these days.
All that we in the UK can do is to write to our MPs and point out that as valued members of the IT industry, we will have no option but to take our services overseas if such a boneheaded law is actually passed.
I think that the Sony DRM Rootkit might well qualify.
Good call. There must be a whole heap of incompatibility between the human rights act and the RIP act. If the human rights act can allow a bunch of afghan hijackers to get off the hook, I would like to think that it gives me the right to keep my private key ... well, er, private.
Yes, I do. Based upon the fact that they seem to manage it with cars, why not?
HD-DVD = 5 syllables
Blu-ray = 2 syllables
No contest: Blu-ray wins.
In the UK the terms are different. Over here the process to which you are referring (having a computer hear, understand and interpret words being spoken to it) is called "Speech Recognition". This process is very tough because the machine needs to be trained by the individual doing the speaking - there are differences in dialect, accent, timbre, pitch, all kinds of voice attributes which can throw the machine off course.
OTOH, "Voice Recognition" is used to describe the process of taking a voice sample and comparing it with previously analysed voice samples to provide a means of authentication. The very attributes listed above which make automated speech recognition so difficult make voice recognition possible.
To answer your question: speech recognition is still way too flaky to be used in something which requires such precision as systems management, but the casual end user can probably get away with it. Since you use the CLI a lot you should find that any sort of speech-based input is really going to slow you down.
The real problem with this plan (idealogical arguments aside) is that the vast majority of those who will bother to switch will naturally be the open source advocates. These are the ones who are most likely to be running an open-source web server on an open-source OS anyway, so the stats will hardly be shifted at all.
Haven't you heard? Companies without a clue don't go out of business anymore - they just sue IBM instead.
That really is fantastic (in both senses). Microsoft have seriously outdone themselves with that one. An upside-down toilet would be technologically innovative and about as much use as one of their communication protocols. At least it made me smile.
If your router is doing this (querying a tier-1 ntp server) and this is not listed in the product description, then it is clearly doing something other than it should and is therefore faulty. Return for a refund right away.
Phew - that's all right then, because we all know that Microsoft would never do anything illegal.
1. The Kraftwerk back catalogue ...
2. A hell of a lot of drugs
3. er,
4. That's it.
I for one am very glad the USA government has decreed that we don't have to obey any laws which we don't particularly like. Surely society can only benefit from such a move.
I will particularly enjoy the look on their faces when Google uses precisely this argument when refusing to disclose search term information to the USA authorities.
I notice that TFA does not state whether the film being a sequel is a positive or negative factor on its chances of success. Given that most of us could probably count the number of decent sequels which we have seen without running out of fingers, I hope they have got it the right way round.
You might be better off sticking to Jolt for the cola plus caffeine equation.
... or perhaps Coke are punting for a decaf version (choke!).
Could be handy for his dual-boot PC. When Bill is the user it switches to XP, anyone else gets Linux/BSD.
I jest.
Slightly.
35 deg F = 2 deg C = 275 K
140 deg F = 60 deg C = 333 K
So, if your source water is at 35, that's almost freezing, in which case heating on demand may not be quite as important as increasing the overall temperature of the cold water in your pipes. Just a thought.