Honestly, who cares, besides grammar Nazis? It's easier to say than x-m-l-h-t-t-p-r-e-q-u-e-s-t or even x-h-r. Does it really matter if some company came up with the name? It's not like they "own" AJAX - it's up to the people whether they choose to accept it, and looks like the people have chosen.
Besides, AJAX is not simply JS. In fact, the key component of it doesn't need JS - in IE, VBScript can do "AJAX", and later once Mozilla integrates Python support, soon Python can do "AJAX". Now, this does make the acronym bad (async JavaScript and XML), but it was already bad in the first place - not that it really matters anyway.
Because it's simply not possible right now unless they make it as a plugin/extension. Writing an OpenOffice.org clone in JavaScript IS A BAD IDEA. I cannot emphasize that enough.
Believe it or not, there are mangas that don't have "nose-bubbles and sigh-puffs and tear-drops". It's like saying Dilbert's not a comic because it doesn't have a character in tights.
Nah, comics don't just mean "superhero comics". What are the Sunday comics then? Garfield? Calvin & Hobbes? With the exception of Spaceman Spiff (or whoever he's called - I forgot), those comics have nothing to do with superheroes.
In any case, I find it ironic that we're panicking over the misusage of a Japanese word, when Japs have been seriously bastardizing our language for decades. Only fair:) Or you can consider it some form of flattery.
Another way to look at it is how Japs got the term "anime" from the English word "animation", and now we're just doing the reverse with "manga".
To be serious, they don't do that on beta builds. Though if you really want the most secure version, just download the latest nightly (unless that particular version introduces another security issue).
Right now after a good dose of heavy browsing without restarting the browser for several hours, Fx is taking up 200mb (including virtual mem) even after I close all the tabs.
However, I use session saving and undo close tab extensions, which probably use a non-trivial amount of memory. Even so, I don't think that accounts for 200mb...
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I truly doubt they'll use JavaScript. To replicate even a handful of OpenOffice's features will require impractical loading times and even the text editing may be sluggish. Take spell checking for example. Every time the user presses space, the newly delimited word needs to be checked against a database. That's not even mentioning implementing the "spell suggestion" feature.
If they do manage to pull it off with JS, I'll be very impressed.
There's a difference between trying to control vocab for every wiki, and doing so for a small subset. Wikis has a category system. Unlike typical categorization, an article can be under multiple categories, so it's not restrictive. Unfortunately, categories aren't very well integrated. Categories should set the "scope" of articles that are in the category. "Overlapping scope" issues aren't a serious problem; article editors can just be warned.
Absolutely. The handle idea is just brilliant. I can't believe nobody's ever thought of that before. Not only is it a handle and hand crank, it allows the laptop to fold into a handheld. Only downside is the bulk. But otherwise, this is a really great idea.
Attitudes you call "defeatist" may lose the battle against the insurgency in Iraq right now, but with attitudes like your we'll keep getting ourselves in situations like these over and over again.
At the risk of sounding redundant, although I'm pretty sure that most think the war has no basis, pulling out will just result in another Vietnam. Sure the war was a mistake. It sucks. The whole thing's stupid. But to bail out immediately is childish thinking.
There are 2 separate issues, and people need to stop confusing the two: whether the war was right, and whether the war should be finished. The grandparent's attitude has nothing to do with "getting ourselves in situations like these over and over again." You can both want to finish the war AND blame the govt for the starting it.
Well, in English's defense, it's more of a culture clash than language clash.
Also, and more importantly, the mouth movement timing directly affects what English phrase can be said, which often leads to either ridiculously cheesy or otherwise bad dialog.
In a way, Firefox has similar issues to what you describe for Java programs. It takes longer to load (compared to Opera) because besides loading the rendering engine, it must also load a XUL processor and XPCOM, which bootstrap the XUL files that define Firefox's GUI. It also uses JavaScript within those XUL files, but I don't see any apparent slowdown in the GUI.
I wonder how fast Firefox would load if the XUL processor was preloaded. Like XULRunner with the Firefox XULs.
Unfortunately, I almost never use ctrl-L and ctrl-K since they're too far away and my right hand is busy on the mouse. I (and probably most other people) only use the left ctrl key, and the right ctrl key is something I only acknowledge in games. I'm not going to move my whole left-hand just to press right ctrl and K.
Then why are "far" hotkeys like ctrl-O okay on word processors? Because your right hand is already on the keyboard. That's not the case when surfing the web - your right hand is on the mouse.
I don't know about that. I think you're underestimating how many people are gamers. Are you forgetting the casual gamer crowd?
While it may be true that they're more into sports, it's not like they don't care about games. Many people have played sports games and GTA, and it isn't uncommon to get together to play on the xbox or PS2. Games are losing their "geek" reputation fast.
That's not to mention that it doesn't take much exposure to games to get them sucked in. Games are like drugs, except they're legal.
The worry about future readability of the data they are producing today. What if M$ went away in the next 30 years?
I seriously doubt this a concern. For one, competing office suites will likely have import functions for outdated-yet-once-popular formats. And as a last resort, if MS does goes under, their apps can be reverse-engineered.
I'm definitely looking forward to Spore. It's one of the most, if not THE most, innovative upcoming games. Plus, it's apparently got the budget and marketting power to pull it off.
It has nothing to do with anti-depressants. There's just too much shit in the world that we can't care for all the shit.
Not that the shit has been on the rise - it's always been there. It's just that we're becoming ever busier in our daily lives that we can't afford to pay attention to it all.
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Besides, AJAX is not simply JS. In fact, the key component of it doesn't need JS - in IE, VBScript can do "AJAX", and later once Mozilla integrates Python support, soon Python can do "AJAX". Now, this does make the acronym bad (async JavaScript and XML), but it was already bad in the first place - not that it really matters anyway.
Problem solved!!
Because it's simply not possible right now unless they make it as a plugin/extension. Writing an OpenOffice.org clone in JavaScript IS A BAD IDEA. I cannot emphasize that enough.
I wanna be an astronaut now.
Believe it or not, there are mangas that don't have "nose-bubbles and sigh-puffs and tear-drops". It's like saying Dilbert's not a comic because it doesn't have a character in tights.
In any case, I find it ironic that we're panicking over the misusage of a Japanese word, when Japs have been seriously bastardizing our language for decades. Only fair :) Or you can consider it some form of flattery.
Another way to look at it is how Japs got the term "anime" from the English word "animation", and now we're just doing the reverse with "manga".
To be serious, they don't do that on beta builds. Though if you really want the most secure version, just download the latest nightly (unless that particular version introduces another security issue).
However, I use session saving and undo close tab extensions, which probably use a non-trivial amount of memory. Even so, I don't think that accounts for 200mb...
If they do manage to pull it off with JS, I'll be very impressed.
There's a difference between trying to control vocab for every wiki, and doing so for a small subset. Wikis has a category system. Unlike typical categorization, an article can be under multiple categories, so it's not restrictive. Unfortunately, categories aren't very well integrated. Categories should set the "scope" of articles that are in the category. "Overlapping scope" issues aren't a serious problem; article editors can just be warned.
Absolutely. The handle idea is just brilliant. I can't believe nobody's ever thought of that before. Not only is it a handle and hand crank, it allows the laptop to fold into a handheld. Only downside is the bulk. But otherwise, this is a really great idea.
There are 2 separate issues, and people need to stop confusing the two: whether the war was right, and whether the war should be finished. The grandparent's attitude has nothing to do with "getting ourselves in situations like these over and over again." You can both want to finish the war AND blame the govt for the starting it.
Also, and more importantly, the mouth movement timing directly affects what English phrase can be said, which often leads to either ridiculously cheesy or otherwise bad dialog.
I wonder how fast Firefox would load if the XUL processor was preloaded. Like XULRunner with the Firefox XULs.
Get a nightly version.
Then why are "far" hotkeys like ctrl-O okay on word processors? Because your right hand is already on the keyboard. That's not the case when surfing the web - your right hand is on the mouse.
Apparently some braindead morons just modded you informative.
While it may be true that they're more into sports, it's not like they don't care about games. Many people have played sports games and GTA, and it isn't uncommon to get together to play on the xbox or PS2. Games are losing their "geek" reputation fast.
That's not to mention that it doesn't take much exposure to games to get them sucked in. Games are like drugs, except they're legal.
No, it would depends on how heavy the pellets are and how much hydrogen they store.
I thought it was Eric Schmidt (or whatever that guy's name is), not Larry Page...
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Not that the shit has been on the rise - it's always been there. It's just that we're becoming ever busier in our daily lives that we can't afford to pay attention to it all.
What's a better starting point for a new indie game developer? Creating a simple game from scratch? Or creating a mod for a game?