"The explosion of portable electronic devices, can really weigh you down..... This CNN story discusses some of the retrieval services that help you keep what belongs to you. That would be quite an effective method. You just follow the news helicopters to the site. The device may not survive, but at least it will give the bad guy a good lessson.
The blog seems to be even less informative than the press release.
A vendor offers their commercial products for an open source platform! Outrageous!
What do you expect IBM to bundle with their open client? An Outlook Express?
I am not sure about the blogger, but I actually used (and still do time to time) the Open Client.
It's not a perfect product, but it is definitely a big step towards an adoption of Linux as an OS platform in a corporate environment.
Unfortunately in a corporate world it takes a bit more than a latest Ubuntu release to switch to a different platform.
Open Client does include a "native" Lotus Notes client, so if this is an environment of choice at your company, it might be a huge reason to look at the alternative to a Windows desktop.
With certain exceptions, Open Client does provide a working environment, in which I can do most of my job functions (and I am a developer). Yes, it's not as slick as Feisty Fawn, but good luck trying to make your corporate e-mail, IM and VPN work on your own!
Actually, the article shows only a basic understanding of statistics.
Correlation is indeed a measure of a relationship between a cause and effect, but it's only a part of the picture.
Yes, a correlation of 0.04 is far from obvious dependency, but that's not the point.
MythBusters numbers may mean that someone is 20% more likely to yawn if seeded.
Now, what's important is to evaluate the margin of error for this statement given the sample size.
What the article is definitely wrong about is that the sample size does not change anything.
The sample size basically reduces the probability of error.
The higher the sample size, the more likely that the statement "someone is 20% more likely to yawn if seeded" is true.
However, at their sample size, it is not unlikely that the error marging is comparable with that 20% difference, which would invalidate the experiment.
The detailed calculations for sufficient sample size are left as an excercise for the reader.
I have been using TaxAct for 3 or 4 years now. They have a free downloadable version (as well as web based one). This year they had free e-file as well (before they charged $10 or $12 for e-filing).
If your finances are rather simple - it should be covered (I did a Schedule C without a problem). I assume if your situation is more complicated - you'd better hire a CPA.
As for the web based tax preparation - I've never used it. I prefer to keep that kind of data behind my firewall and backed up on my CDRs...
While the risk is relatively low, I am not sure if you really want to test if you WiFi card went wild and started emitting high power signal over the radar range, while you are on THAT plane.
That's what I have been doing with my wife's PC. The only thing left is PaintShopPro, which is a bit difficult to replace with GIMP from the ease of use perspective. The rest of it can be switched to linux tomorrow.
According to the Russian news sources, Microsoft withdrew the charges early in the process.
Who actually installed pirated copies - nobody knows, the vendor denies it, but I would suspect that most likely the PCs were sold with the OS installed or it was installed by the vendor (unofficially, of course) shortly after delivery.
So, with all due respect to Mr. Gorbachev, he is talking to a wrong guy.
From the article:
Kamkar, using a programming technique known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML(AJAX) that permitted browsers to execute malicious code, was able to circumvent MySpace's strong JavaScript filters. Now we know where all those buffer overflows are coming from. Good that somebody has finally exposed that obscure AJAX thing.
Ten years ago we had frames and we still have them now. Yes, and we are still trying to get rid of them. People abuse frames (and iframes) to the point that most of the sites (that are not "web applications") that use frames are examples of horribly designed UI/page structue.
You cannot (consistently) bookmark a framed site, you cannot correctly print it, just to mention a few. Remember, I am not talking about "web applications", just simple sites with a navigation on the left and content on the right.
What you are asking for is a "nice to have" for applications (I would not mind having it that way, by the way, dojo toolkit provides something like that relatively inexpensively), the problem is that it encourages building those "frameset" pages.
AJAX is not for your regular "content centric" pages, although it may enhance them. And yes, I agree, you can do "AJAX" with just frames/iframes (that's how everybody was doing it before XMLHTTPRequest). That was not the point. It was DOM support that did not let AJAX to take off, and frames would not help you here.
I do not find his explaination of AJAX failure convincing.
I also created an AJAX-like app in 2000 (well, ok, not in 97), but the main problem was not the network bandwidth, browser performance or app compexity.
The main problem was the browser support.Yes, I had it working in both IE and Netscape. But at that time IE 4.0 was still quite popular, and good luck making any AJAX (or even pseudo-AJAX) working there.
Ten years ago the web/HTML/HTTP concept was still based on request/response/full reoundtrip for each page, as it was originally concieved. DOM was not a standard (or at least was a standard on paper only), and using a browser as a thin client was not much better than developing a thick client - either you stick to a particular version of a particular vendor (a corporate application), or you go Java applet/activeX route which is essentially a thick client.
Both browser performance and network bandwidth are an excuse for bad design and poor coding. If done right, AJAX apps can use even less bandwidth, then a traditional full page refresh.
Bottom line - once the mainsteam browsers started to provide a decent and more or less uniform DOM support and other features like XMLHTTPRequest (although the latter was not really critical, but rather a convinient shortcut) - AJAX became feasible on the large scale.
I had an e-mail in.su domain probably years before you happened to discover the web.
Most of the.su names were not "bought" - they are/were universities or research institutes that just asked to put their names into the hosts file on the.su domain server - that was the time when you could put the whole internet host list on a floppy.
Now most of them do have.ru alias but there are still a lot of links and e-mail addresses pointing to.su names.
an Arizona state lawyer has suggested that sub-human robots should have rights too The guy is pretty smart to start cornering a lucrative market early.
Who else would care for poor toasters?
The publisher is free to do whatever they want with their publications. If they want to remove some content or pull it out altogether - they have a right to do it.
What is wrong with it is the UK (or any other country) government trying to impose their own laws onto a company in another country just because UK citizens can access that information.
If I buy a NYT newspaper in NY and bring it to London, do I have to cut out the pieces that are not legal in UK?
At the same time UK did not see any problem with BBC radio broadcasting programs over the Soviet Union while even listening to those broadcasts was pretty much illegal in Soviet Union.
What kind of review is it? I want to see some solid performance stats, thermal resistance, MTBF, noise level, at least tell me if I can update the firmware!
Is he reviewing a high-tech product or a fashion accessory? Oh, wait...
You can learn Unix/Linux as a hobby. The hot stuff (e.g. Ajax) will be like COBOL when you will graduate.
Use your first 2-3 years, while you still have some time, to train your brain. Get a tough course in math. Something like group theory. Seriously. If you can get through it, you can learn PHP or Ajax or whatever will be hot in 4-5 years.
I am not saying that you should neglect the regular IT curriculum, but you need to learn how to learn new things. Math is pretty good for it.
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A vendor offers their commercial products for an open source platform! Outrageous!
What do you expect IBM to bundle with their open client? An Outlook Express?
I am not sure about the blogger, but I actually used (and still do time to time) the Open Client. It's not a perfect product, but it is definitely a big step towards an adoption of Linux as an OS platform in a corporate environment. Unfortunately in a corporate world it takes a bit more than a latest Ubuntu release to switch to a different platform.
Open Client does include a "native" Lotus Notes client, so if this is an environment of choice at your company, it might be a huge reason to look at the alternative to a Windows desktop.
With certain exceptions, Open Client does provide a working environment, in which I can do most of my job functions (and I am a developer). Yes, it's not as slick as Feisty Fawn, but good luck trying to make your corporate e-mail, IM and VPN work on your own!
I think the word you are looking for is "entertainment". Unless you forgot the quotes.
MythBusters numbers may mean that someone is 20% more likely to yawn if seeded. Now, what's important is to evaluate the margin of error for this statement given the sample size.
What the article is definitely wrong about is that the sample size does not change anything. The sample size basically reduces the probability of error. The higher the sample size, the more likely that the statement "someone is 20% more likely to yawn if seeded" is true. However, at their sample size, it is not unlikely that the error marging is comparable with that 20% difference, which would invalidate the experiment.
The detailed calculations for sufficient sample size are left as an excercise for the reader.
As for the web based tax preparation - I've never used it. I prefer to keep that kind of data behind my firewall and backed up on my CDRs...
... the cameras were added to the loudspeakers.
While the risk is relatively low, I am not sure if you really want to test if you WiFi card went wild and started emitting high power signal over the radar range, while you are on THAT plane.
Will it help if I turn the speakerphone on?
... it's a nut holding the rings in place. You can even see the bolt.
That's what I have been doing with my wife's PC. The only thing left is PaintShopPro, which is a bit difficult to replace with GIMP from the ease of use perspective. The rest of it can be switched to linux tomorrow.
http://ravil.astersoft.net/Prose/RussianProgrammer s.htm
So, with all due respect to Mr. Gorbachev, he is talking to a wrong guy.
You cannot (consistently) bookmark a framed site, you cannot correctly print it, just to mention a few. Remember, I am not talking about "web applications", just simple sites with a navigation on the left and content on the right.
What you are asking for is a "nice to have" for applications (I would not mind having it that way, by the way, dojo toolkit provides something like that relatively inexpensively), the problem is that it encourages building those "frameset" pages.
AJAX is not for your regular "content centric" pages, although it may enhance them. And yes, I agree, you can do "AJAX" with just frames/iframes (that's how everybody was doing it before XMLHTTPRequest). That was not the point. It was DOM support that did not let AJAX to take off, and frames would not help you here.
The main problem was the browser support.Yes, I had it working in both IE and Netscape. But at that time IE 4.0 was still quite popular, and good luck making any AJAX (or even pseudo-AJAX) working there.
Ten years ago the web/HTML/HTTP concept was still based on request/response/full reoundtrip for each page, as it was originally concieved. DOM was not a standard (or at least was a standard on paper only), and using a browser as a thin client was not much better than developing a thick client - either you stick to a particular version of a particular vendor (a corporate application), or you go Java applet/activeX route which is essentially a thick client.
Both browser performance and network bandwidth are an excuse for bad design and poor coding. If done right, AJAX apps can use even less bandwidth, then a traditional full page refresh.
Bottom line - once the mainsteam browsers started to provide a decent and more or less uniform DOM support and other features like XMLHTTPRequest (although the latter was not really critical, but rather a convinient shortcut) - AJAX became feasible on the large scale.
Most of the .su names were not "bought" - they are/were universities or research institutes that just asked to put their names into the hosts file on the .su domain server - that was the time when you could put the whole internet host list on a floppy.
Now most of them do have .ru alias but there are still a lot of links and e-mail addresses pointing to .su names.
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Does BitTorrent work over SMTP?
What is wrong with it is the UK (or any other country) government trying to impose their own laws onto a company in another country just because UK citizens can access that information. If I buy a NYT newspaper in NY and bring it to London, do I have to cut out the pieces that are not legal in UK?
At the same time UK did not see any problem with BBC radio broadcasting programs over the Soviet Union while even listening to those broadcasts was pretty much illegal in Soviet Union.
Is he reviewing a high-tech product or a fashion accessory? Oh, wait...
Let's just say that women tend to be more accurate and concentrate better on this kind of jobs.
Oh, wait, that means that women can do some jobs better than men? Preposterous!
Use your first 2-3 years, while you still have some time, to train your brain. Get a tough course in math. Something like group theory. Seriously. If you can get through it, you can learn PHP or Ajax or whatever will be hot in 4-5 years.
I am not saying that you should neglect the regular IT curriculum, but you need to learn how to learn new things. Math is pretty good for it.
Right! Exactly! Oh, you are talking about bots? Sorry, I just remembered my last conversation with customer support.
I thought the competition have been going on here at slashdot for a while now...