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  1. Re:Ajax Q&A... the real one on AJAX Buzzword Reinvigorates Javascript · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why it's being called Ajax either; Ajax is an *approach* (like "environmentally friendly"), not a *thing*.

    Anyway, you don't need to save the request object in a global variable. Assign a closure to onreadystatechange:

    . // request is an XmlHTTPRequest object

    request.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (request.readyState == 4 && request.status ==200) { // do something to request
    }
    };

  2. Re:30" Display? on QuickTime 7 Released, HD Movie Trailers Available · · Score: 1

    Are you sure you're getting 24fps? I get about 12 on a similar machine.

  3. Re:Yes on 'Evil Twin' Threat to Wireless Security · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't think SSL uses RSA for encryption exactly: it uses RSA "encryption" to securely send a key from the server to the client; a symmetric key cipher (like Blowfish or AES) is then used to send the actual data back and forth. (Symmetric key ciphers are much faster than asymmetric ciphers.) i.e. public key cryptography is only used in the "negotiation" stage.

  4. Re:iLike it... on Apple VP discusses iMac G5 Hardware Design · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "... and a wide-screen 17" TFT as opposed to a regular 4:3 17" TFT"

    A 4:3 screen has more surface area than a 16:10 screen of the same diagonal size. (Because it's closer to a square.) 4:3 is about 140 square inches; 16:10 is about 130.

  5. Re:european price markup - why? on iPod Generation 4 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Europe has some legal requirements that increase costs. For example, in the UK at least, you can return anything you buy within 10 days of buying it, for full refund, even if you simply decide you don't like it anymore. As far as I know you can't do this in the US.

    See UK T&C ("If you have received the ordered Product(s) and have simply changed your mind about purchasing them you may return the Product(s) or entitlement to Service to us for a refund..."), US T&C.

    (This applies to everything, not just Apple products.)

  6. interaction with "secure" delete on Mac OS X 10.3 Defrags Automatically · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder how that interacts with the "secure" delete. Does it seeks out previous copies of the file and securely delete them too? That would be quite a feat.

    (Also, has anyone confirmed that the code snippet is actually executed?)

  7. Re:But he didn't refute the most damning claim! on Apple Hardware VP Defends Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    Fascinating! Do you have a source for this? (The department store 99c thing, I mean.)

  8. It's the same as the 2002-08-02 update for 10.1.5 on Apple Releases Security Update for Jaguar · · Score: 1

    "This security update is for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and applies the fixes contained in Security Update 2002-08-02 which was for Mac OS X 10.1.5." (Apple)

  9. Re:your cellphone *already* lowjacks you on Just How Much Privacy Do We Have? · · Score: 1

    Funny, when I called 000 from my mobile I had to give the state, then the city, then I got transferred to someone else who asked what service I wanted...

  10. Re:The lonely inventor sometimes has an edge on The Myth of the Lone Inventor · · Score: 1

    You have an engine. You don't have a missile, an airplane, hangers, TV advertisements, tech-support staff. You're trying to sell your engine to someone else, aren't you? Television, the medium, requires lots of different components. Farnsworth had invented some of the necessary pieces, but he hadn't invented all of them. Your situations aren't equivalent.

    (But in general I think it's hard to even invent small things. Not to be rude, but since you're using your own experience constitutes part of your argument: how successful has your engine been? I've never heard of it.)

  11. Darth Vader likeness? on Knuth: All Questions Answered · · Score: 1

    Say, don't you think Knuth looks like Darth Vader?

  12. A generation's defining moment ... on Hotmail Cracked Badly · · Score: 1

    "Where were you when you heard that Hotmail had been cracked?"

    Michael

  13. A generation's defining moment ... on Hotmail Cracked Badly · · Score: 1

    "Where were you when you heard that Hotmail was cracked?"

    Michael

  14. Don't know about the "deep fear" bit ... on Tom's Hardware benchmarks K6-3 and PIII · · Score: 1

    Tom says (in the conclusion):

    "AMD will definitely have a serious problem to place K6-3. Its Winstone performance would make it eligible to be promoted as a high-end processor, but this won't really work out as long as it performs worse than Celeron in most 3D-games."

    and

    "... get a Celeron if you care about 3D-games or other floating point intensive software."

    Michael