To hell with using proprietary code, it would just be nice if we didn't have to write two stylesheets - one for IE and one for everything else. Developing compatible CSS for IE is maddening!
I maintain large web application whos front end is completely CSS driven. I have one set of style sheets I don't have any of the 'usual' IE hacks found on the internet. Just straight clean css and xhtml compliant pages.
Funny that you mention opera, but it seems to me to have some pretty weird CSS quirks even on standard compliant pages.
Before we even go down this road let's not forget that just 3 years ago your only choice for a browser on the mac was IE 5 or Netscape 6 (:::shudder:::).
Let's not be rediculous now. Put aside 'groupthink' for a moment and realize that as a whole IE 6 does adhere much better to web standards than previous versions. The box model has been changed from the mess it was in IE5.
As far as proprietary code and 'hooks'. Don't use them. Netscape has proprietary javascript hooks that IE doesn't support. The beauty of this is that its OPTIONAL.
Please name me one proprietary piece of code that IE forces you to use in your web pages?
They have been predicting the demise of programmers since the invention of COBOL in the 60s. It was supposed to turn ordinary business users into programmers thanks to its easy, English-like syntax. We're still waiting. Now this writer is talking about running out of programmers capable of maintaining code that was presumably easy to write and maintain?
"Lastly the superiou development method will win in the end."
Last I checked, windows was still winning.
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You are right! You don't need a marketing plan to build anything. However, you do need a marketing plan if you want people to use it.
Think dot-bomb...
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To an average joe, IE is free and works enough also, just ask my family.
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While this is great for open source advocates... there still resides a contingent of resistant people that see open source as nothing more that 'a fad' or 'over-hyped'. A cd is great for trying to package all of these apps together but what open source really needs is a marketing plan.
If i'm an average joe, my first question is 'why should i use open-source?" not where do i get it from?
It could be bad to be able to control your computer by thinking. Just imagine if you were sitting at your thought controlled computer when a "friend" comes up and asks, "hey, what's the command to delete everything recursively without confirmation?"
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Communication and Control at the society for neuroscience annual meeting. There are already paralyzed people using this type of technology (electrode and even EEG(!)) on an experimental basis.
This is a dangerous trend. Given the majority of these ad/spyware companies don't care what their products do to the "users" computer, they can leave security holes unnoticed and allow exploits without the user even knowing there is a flaw in their computer. Windows updates can only do so much, and with companies releasing software that intends to help the user, but instead can hurt them. All the while the user is unaware. This makes me sick. Let's support the companies that work off of donations and have open source programs. This is the only way to prevent this from spreading to all of the favorite anit-ad/spyware programs.
I use Adaware SE and SpyBot which I run manually once a week, each. I have Webroot's Spy Sweepter which stays in memory and provides a good level of "live" detection. Between the three programs it has been a long time since I've had a adware/spyware program on my desktop. However, it has only been through the use of all three that I have gotten to this point. I haven't found a program that will accomplish this by itself, either free or for fee. PC Magazine ran a comparison of spyware removal programs recently and came to about the same conclusion. They did rate AdAware SE as the best program, though.
Sony v. Universal, more commonly known as the Betamax decision. The key points of the Betamax decision are:
1. [The] noncommercial home use recording of material broadcast over the public airwaves [is] fair use of copyrighted works and [does] not constitute copyright infringement
2. [The law] does not support [...] theory that supplying the "means" to accomplish an infringing activity and encouraging that activity through advertisement are sufficient to establish liability for copyright infringement
3. The sale of copying equipment, like the sale of other articles of commerce, does not constitute contributory infringement if the product is widely used for legitimate, unobjectionable purposes, or, indeed, is merely capable of substantial noninfringing uses.
4. [U]nauthorized home time-shifting of [television] programs is legitimate fair use
The last point is the key one here: EVEN IF the copyright holder does not authorize you to make a copy for your personal use, you are STILL legally entitled to do so.
Copyright is NOT an absolute monopoly on the duplication of a published work -- no matter how they whine, the copyright cartels cannot deny you your LEGAL fair use rights.
The mainstream media doesn't do reporting anymore. The blogosphere allows for a lot of crap, but through that crap comes a lot of valuable research. How many Iraqis are allowed to give their opinions on the nightly newscasts? Yet I can chose any number of Iraqi blogs and get a point of view that I would never see on the evening newscast - and because of it I've learned things about Iraqi culture and the situation there that the media would never have time to delve into.
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I maintain large web application whos front end is completely CSS driven. I have one set of style sheets I don't have any of the 'usual' IE hacks found on the internet. Just straight clean css and xhtml compliant pages.
Funny that you mention opera, but it seems to me to have some pretty weird CSS quirks even on standard compliant pages.
or maybe it will be easier to track down the malware since it will be indexed along with everything else?
Before we even go down this road let's not forget that just 3 years ago your only choice for a browser on the mac was IE 5 or Netscape 6 (:::shudder:::).
Let's not be rediculous now. Put aside 'groupthink' for a moment and realize that as a whole IE 6 does adhere much better to web standards than previous versions. The box model has been changed from the mess it was in IE5.
As far as proprietary code and 'hooks'. Don't use them. Netscape has proprietary javascript hooks that IE doesn't support. The beauty of this is that its OPTIONAL.
Please name me one proprietary piece of code that IE forces you to use in your web pages?
You think being a COBOL programmer is tuff? Try being a FrontPage dependent HTML developer left over from the dot-com days...
People still using COBOL can migrate to COBOL.net. Fujitsu implemented a this abmonination.
They have been predicting the demise of programmers since the invention of COBOL in the 60s. It was supposed to turn ordinary business users into programmers thanks to its easy, English-like syntax. We're still waiting. Now this writer is talking about running out of programmers capable of maintaining code that was presumably easy to write and maintain?
Here are some good techniques for picking a strong password. It helped me out. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040 920120520528/
"and the word "free" sounds very appealing."
So does the word 'pirated'.
"Lastly the superiou development method will win in the end."
Last I checked, windows was still winning.
You are right! You don't need a marketing plan to build anything. However, you do need a marketing plan if you want people to use it. Think dot-bomb...
To an average joe, IE is free and works enough also, just ask my family.
While this is great for open source advocates... there still resides a contingent of resistant people that see open source as nothing more that 'a fad' or 'over-hyped'. A cd is great for trying to package all of these apps together but what open source really needs is a marketing plan.
If i'm an average joe, my first question is 'why should i use open-source?" not where do i get it from?
If they really want to stop the competition they'd get in and then close the door behind them, by which I mean deleting/disabling IE.
Two programs fighting for dominance on my computer? Brings me back to my AOL on Windows days.
It could be bad to be able to control your computer by thinking. Just imagine if you were sitting at your thought controlled computer when a "friend" comes up and asks, "hey, what's the command to delete everything recursively without confirmation?"
And you think... "\rm -r *"
DOH!
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Communication and Control at the society for neuroscience annual meeting. There are already paralyzed people using this type of technology (electrode and even EEG(!)) on an experimental basis.
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Even with nice girls you can end up walking away with something extra... Nice girls still get pregnant...
Alway suse a 'rubber'.
This is a dangerous trend. Given the majority of these ad/spyware companies don't care what their products do to the "users" computer, they can leave security holes unnoticed and allow exploits without the user even knowing there is a flaw in their computer. Windows updates can only do so much, and with companies releasing software that intends to help the user, but instead can hurt them. All the while the user is unaware. This makes me sick. Let's support the companies that work off of donations and have open source programs. This is the only way to prevent this from spreading to all of the favorite anit-ad/spyware programs.
I use Adaware SE and SpyBot which I run manually once a week, each. I have Webroot's Spy Sweepter which stays in memory and provides a good level of "live" detection. Between the three programs it has been a long time since I've had a adware/spyware program on my desktop. However, it has only been through the use of all three that I have gotten to this point. I haven't found a program that will accomplish this by itself, either free or for fee. PC Magazine ran a comparison of spyware removal programs recently and came to about the same conclusion. They did rate AdAware SE as the best program, though.
Sony v. Universal, more commonly known as the Betamax decision. The key points of the Betamax decision are:
1. [The] noncommercial home use recording of material broadcast over the public airwaves [is] fair use of copyrighted works and [does] not constitute copyright infringement
2. [The law] does not support [...] theory that supplying the "means" to accomplish an infringing activity and encouraging that activity through advertisement are sufficient to establish liability for copyright infringement
3. The sale of copying equipment, like the sale of other articles of commerce, does not constitute contributory infringement if the product is widely used for legitimate, unobjectionable purposes, or, indeed, is merely capable of substantial noninfringing uses.
4. [U]nauthorized home time-shifting of [television] programs is legitimate fair use
The last point is the key one here: EVEN IF the copyright holder does not authorize you to make a copy for your personal use, you are STILL legally entitled to do so.
Copyright is NOT an absolute monopoly on the duplication of a published work -- no matter how they whine, the copyright cartels cannot deny you your LEGAL fair use rights.
If it's out there on the internet, isn't it free to take...
What seems to be the problem here?
Water is wet... doesn't take a scientist to figure that out.
The mainstream media doesn't do reporting anymore. The blogosphere allows for a lot of crap, but through that crap comes a lot of valuable research. How many Iraqis are allowed to give their opinions on the nightly newscasts? Yet I can chose any number of Iraqi blogs and get a point of view that I would never see on the evening newscast - and because of it I've learned things about Iraqi culture and the situation there that the media would never have time to delve into.