It would be possible to get third-party support for formats that are not officially supported, such as RealMedia or Microsoft DRM-protected audio files
I would guess that there is purpose built hardware to do the mp3 and aac decoding on an iPod, and that software decoding of other formats would be very slow, perhaps useless.
I can't stand mathematica. It only ever gives useful output to problems a human could do by hand in an hour or so, and the exercise is good for you. Anytime a human couldn't do the algebra, calculus etc in a reasonably short period of time it just produces pages and pages of unintelligable rubbish. And to top things off it's occassionally wrong.
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"Where is the thought provoking stories... " how is that correct? It's "Where are the thought provoking stories... "
Imagine that, labels that don't churn out the same old derivative mass marketed crap are actually doing quite well. I suspect if the RIAA looked at their figures for labels other than Sony, Universal, EMI etc they'd probably find they're doing quite well too.
My supervisor told me this, but I haven't been able to verify it myself. Apparantly at NASA you are not allowed to write code for critical applications outside the hours of 9 to 5.
It would be a great thing to tell a project manager in any case.
Some of those banking sites are just retarded. Some moron added some javascript so that you see a "This page only works with Internet Explorer 5.5 or better" page if you try to access it with anything else.
What really annoys me is that every single one I've accessed with Firefox after installing the user-agaent switcher works fine. I can understand people who don't know any better designing a site that only works with IE, but rejecting other browsers that work fine is unforgivable. I mean how long would it take to check?
From the usual shitfights I've gone through trying to get a domain transferred even though I own it.
Network solutions has an outdated email address listed for the admin and technical contact, and in order for you to change it the require faxed copies of a passport, credit card, finger prints, a 500ml sample of your blood and any children or pets you might have as hostages.
2 years and several attempts later and, although they occassionally manage to transfer the domain OK, the email address is still fricken wrong. These new ICANN rules could make my life much easier next time we change ISPs.
How does one do the same thing with respect to buffer overflows and C or C++, AND still have things look and work like C or C++?.
In the case of C++ you'd use the standard library containers, which you should be using anyway so I don't understand why people go on about buffer overflows in C++.
In the case of C you could, for example, use strlen().
Now that little Johnny has control of the senate I'd expect centrelink's funding is likely to take a little bit of a dive. After all, democracy isn't for poor people.
I think it's more than prior art. Sun has spent the better part of a decade developing Java. Kodak is now going to claim half of Sun's operating profit for the past five years or so, about 1 billion dollars, because they acquired some patents from a company (Wang) that, looking at the patents, spent the better part of a month on them.
While the software itself does not wear out, the usefulness does. eg. Anybody still using TurboPascal V1 for MSDOS?
PJ's point is that you still could. The reason nobody does anymore is that MS, Borland etc now offer better products. She says that these companies innovate so people won't want to keep using TurboPascal V1, even though they could.
The tech and software sector innovate because it's in their nature. They don't need patents as a stimulus.
because to me Linux still feels like a big bloated lump of an OS
Linux is a kernel. The big bloated lump of an OS is the extraneous crap that Mandrake thinks you'll be dazzled by.
My debian based desktop feels fast, responsive and looks very pretty. Configuring it was a cinch compared to what I imagine being project leader for something like syllable is.
To confine a cat to the inside is to deny a cat its' true nature.
I used to agree with you. My old cat was definately an outdoor cat, he used to cry at the door if I ever tried to keep him inside out of concern for the local possum population.
After he died I got these two who are indoors all week except for maybe a few hours on the weekend. They are perfectly happy.
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It would be possible to get third-party support for formats that are not officially supported, such as RealMedia or Microsoft DRM-protected audio files
I would guess that there is purpose built hardware to do the mp3 and aac decoding on an iPod, and that software decoding of other formats would be very slow, perhaps useless.
But I don't actually know.
I really wish more programmers, engineers, and managers understood this.
;)
And I wish first time users weren't so flipping clueless
Except it's full of soft porn, and sections where you can send in photos of your chick reclining on your car.
It probably also has a regular poll section.
I can't stand mathematica. It only ever gives useful output to problems a human could do by hand in an hour or so, and the exercise is good for you. Anytime a human couldn't do the algebra, calculus etc in a reasonably short period of time it just produces pages and pages of unintelligable rubbish. And to top things off it's occassionally wrong.
"Where is the thought provoking stories ... " how is that correct? It's "Where are the thought provoking stories ... "
Imagine that, labels that don't churn out the same old derivative mass marketed crap are actually doing quite well. I suspect if the RIAA looked at their figures for labels other than Sony, Universal, EMI etc they'd probably find they're doing quite well too.
My supervisor told me this, but I haven't been able to verify it myself. Apparantly at NASA you are not allowed to write code for critical applications outside the hours of 9 to 5.
It would be a great thing to tell a project manager in any case.
If open source was that great, you wouldn't need to install individual extentions for each site that doesn't render correctly
I suppose you mean extensions. May I suggest an open source spellchecker? Perhaps aspell?
Once you can build a 40,000 millimeter bridge across a stream on campus
Must be nice to have 40,000 mm streams. We'd call that a river here.
Some of those banking sites are just retarded. Some moron added some javascript so that you see a "This page only works with Internet Explorer 5.5 or better" page if you try to access it with anything else.
What really annoys me is that every single one I've accessed with Firefox after installing the user-agaent switcher works fine. I can understand people who don't know any better designing a site that only works with IE, but rejecting other browsers that work fine is unforgivable. I mean how long would it take to check?
From the usual shitfights I've gone through trying to get a domain transferred even though I own it.
Network solutions has an outdated email address listed for the admin and technical contact, and in order for you to change it the require faxed copies of a passport, credit card, finger prints, a 500ml sample of your blood and any children or pets you might have as hostages.
2 years and several attempts later and, although they occassionally manage to transfer the domain OK, the email address is still fricken wrong. These new ICANN rules could make my life much easier next time we change ISPs.
How does one do the same thing with respect to buffer overflows and C or C++, AND still have things look and work like C or C++?.
In the case of C++ you'd use the standard library containers, which you should be using anyway so I don't understand why people go on about buffer overflows in C++.
In the case of C you could, for example, use strlen().
I think C++ has a real place in the kernel
Just look at what it's done for the Windows kernels.
Now that little Johnny has control of the senate I'd expect centrelink's funding is likely to take a little bit of a dive. After all, democracy isn't for poor people.
solaris has some cool ass fault tolerance (hotswap CPUS). Linux can't do that
Hot swap CPU support for 2.4.1
It's a damn shame, but prosco.com seems to be blocked by my proxy server. Apparantly it's on the porn blacklist.
Now there's an obviously impartial site. Sheesh
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I'm very happy with mine. I tell people that i carry my Scanning Tunneling Microscope in it. Only the liberal voters believe me.
I think it's more than prior art. Sun has spent the better part of a decade developing Java. Kodak is now going to claim half of Sun's operating profit for the past five years or so, about 1 billion dollars, because they acquired some patents from a company (Wang) that, looking at the patents, spent the better part of a month on them.
While the software itself does not wear out, the usefulness does. eg. Anybody still using TurboPascal V1 for MSDOS?
PJ's point is that you still could. The reason nobody does anymore is that MS, Borland etc now offer better products. She says that these companies innovate so people won't want to keep using TurboPascal V1, even though they could.
The tech and software sector innovate because it's in their nature. They don't need patents as a stimulus.
because to me Linux still feels like a big bloated lump of an OS
Linux is a kernel. The big bloated lump of an OS is the extraneous crap that Mandrake thinks you'll be dazzled by.
My debian based desktop feels fast, responsive and looks very pretty. Configuring it was a cinch compared to what I imagine being project leader for something like syllable is.
They are burmese, and their names are Sulfa and Taki.
:P
I am a bit concerned that I feel pride when anyone calls my cats gorgeous
To confine a cat to the inside is to deny a cat its' true nature.
I used to agree with you. My old cat was definately an outdoor cat, he used to cry at the door if I ever tried to keep him inside out of concern for the local possum population.
After he died I got these two who are indoors all week except for maybe a few hours on the weekend. They are perfectly happy.
Good point.
At least we might have a few thousand less whales beaching themselves each year now.