> My point is that this percentage is so small that it's not worth spending this much time to catch the few homebuilt PC's out there. Certainly, 1 out of 5 PC's it not homebuilt.
Again, different countries, different games. It's imaginable small shops in another country would build PCs and sell them with pirated copies of Windows.
I've always hoped for a competitor of Google, which gives my little website more money per click than Google. But from TFA, Quigo seems to be geared toward catering to big media and big websites (e.g. ESPN.com). No interest by me.
I think TV itself is harmful with contents full of agitating, manipulating, and seductive messages. These days watching TV means watching ads. Why must I watch ads when I've already paid $50 / month for cable? I find TV programs outside of the US are much better and reasonably priced. I quit watching TV altogether about a year ago, and have been quite happy with the decision.
I wish it was indeed so easy, but I don't think so, at least for software developers. Sure, doing e-mail and Internet browsing can be taken care of by OS X or Linux, but not the actual work. Let's say you are a small software company. You need to guarantee your software works on your customer's PC. What do your customers use? Most of the time, it's Windows. You need to have Windows to develop and test your software on.
"From what I've seen (of the movie) and what my husband has expressed to me, if (the movie) is going to take the approach of 'bad America, bad America,' I don't think it should be shown at all," Gayle Hardison said. "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown."
I wonder if they saw the whole movie. At the end of the movie, Gore stresses that the US has made strong contribution against global warming, and can do more. He really ends it with a positive note.
I simply disagree when somebody gets 500 (or whatever) times more money than another person in his or her organization. If the CEO has any respect to the low-end worker, he or she would limit the disparity to something much smaller. I don't know if income inequality is good or bad for society, but at the personal level I just don't respect people who let this happen.
I disagree. You chose an easy target - socialism - and argued that capitalism is better than that. Oh yeah we agree on that. But TFA doesn't preach that extreme (socialism) at all. It says that too much income inequality is bad, and mentions Sweden as a good target. Sweden isn't a socialist country.
Just FYI, I bought a really cheap (73c) CFL made by Lights of America at WalMart a couple of days ago, and it broke after one day. That was even faster than regular light bulbs.
I envy their jobs... They just mumble some meaningless observation on computers, make it controversial, even stupid. Then their articles get posted on Slashdot and Voila! Web traffic. Profit. Jobs don't get easier than that.
I read the word "code monkey" all over Slashdot. What does that mean anyway? I code and I get paid. Call me a code monkey if you want, but I like doing it. Why the negativity toward being a programmer?
Well, you already are a programmer. Why don't you concentrate on doing the job well? If the tasks are too trivial for you, ask for more. Your manager may notice your effort and enthusiasm, and may give you a more technically challenging task next time. If the manager doesn't give you anything good, just look for another job. Either way, you will have gained precious experience.
Don't underestimate the value of being a professional programmer. The technology you work on may not be flashy, but somebody needs you to deliver high quality software on time. Responsibility is often the best education.
One professor told me when I was in college: when in doubt, choose a job that allows you to grow more. This advice has served me well over the years. As you grow, money will follow.
On the one hand, the Perl job allows you to have more responsibility. And responsibility makes people grow.
On the other hand, I saw some people in small companies being too busy moving from a project to another, not having time to horn their own skills. So small doesn't always mean growth. This is a call you need to make.
I personally changed my job 3 times in my career, going smaller in each step. I found myself happier every time I switched to a smaller company.
It's not a document, but nothing convinces people more than having their passwords cracked. Run John the Ripper http://www.openwall.com/john/ or something like that on their accounts. They'll understand it's a real risk.
TFA says dsmos_page_transform() decrypts the page. Fine, but where does this get the decryption key? It's essential to store the key in a secure place, but this article doesn't mention it...
IMHO this really sucks. Security by obscurity never works and MS is smart enough to know that. Maybe not this VP guy, but I'm sure the engineers over there do. That means this isn't really a moved aimed at security. It's aimed at slowing down competitors such as McAfee, Symantec, and my favorite AVG Anti Virus. Now they aren't allowed to either know about the kernel, or touch the kernel. How are they gonna compete??
This will slowly kill the security products by the companies above, and we will all need to use MS anti virus software, which, I'm sure, they'll force you to subscribe for $100 / year or something.
You are absolutel right. This isn't really about security, though. It's just another attempt by Microsoft to keep superior competitors such as McAfee and Symantec from, well, competing with them. Now Microsoft is the only security vendor that can fix security holes in the kernel. I'm sure the patching process makes you go through the phone-home process called Microsoft genuine advantage or whatever. It's all about making money.
I'll stick to XP 32 bit as long as possible.
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Since you seem much more knowledgeable about Bluetooth than I, maybe you can tell me what I should do. Here's the list of the problems I faced last year:
- I have a Nokia 6620 phone and a Belkin Bluetooth USB adapter. They don't talk to each other well. Connection gets lost often (every 5 minutes or so), and once it's lost, I need to reboot the PC to find the phone again. Are there adapters out there that are more suitable to Nokia phones?
- What API should I be using to talk to the phone? I first looked into Windows Bluetooth API, but I guess this one needs Windows Bluetooth stack, which doesn't work with my Belkin adapter. Next I looked into WIDCOMM API, but this one costs several thousand dollars, I think. Finally, I looked into RFCOMM used in Bemused, but I couldn't find a way for the PC to discover the phone. The phone must connect to the PC, I think. At this point I gave up.
Of course you are right that Bluetooth technology itself isn't the one to be blamed, but as a programmer, I don't really care where the blame goes. I just want something that works. If you know how I can solve these problems (another device... another API... anything), do let me know.
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A new technology is fine and nice, but can this fix the Bluetooth mess (different vendors' devices don't talk to each other, no standard API, etc.)? I have an application I want to write that requires wireless communication between a PC and a handset, but the ineffectiveness of Bluetooth devices keeps holding me back.
If UWB fixes the problems, I'll use it. If not, wake me up when it does.
"Internet Explorer Not Dead Yet"... Thanks for letting me know. Of course it's not dead. IE ships with all Windows, so it will be installed on 90% (or whatever percentage Windows has) of the desktops. There are some web pages that don't work well with other browsers (e.g. the ones at microsoft.com:) ), so a regular user wouldn't uninstall IE even if he or she uses FireFox for most purposes. Whether you like it or not (and I don't), IE is here to stay.
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Street Fighter II, which defined the Fighting Game genre, should be in the list.
To me the more important question is: how universal is J2ME? Can it be run on most of the OSes?
If J2ME is widely accepted and works well on every OS, I wouldn't mind having many OSes.
This article concentrates on the interface and sharing, but I want to know answers to these questions before thinking about using them.
Are the data encrypted on the server? If so, how?
What prevents a server operator from stealing my data on the server?
How long are the data kept on the server?
How are they backed up?
What kind of guarantee do they give regarding to these?
> My point is that this percentage is so small that it's not worth spending this much time to catch the few homebuilt PC's out there. Certainly, 1 out of 5 PC's it not homebuilt.
Again, different countries, different games. It's imaginable small shops in another country would build PCs and sell them with pirated copies of Windows.
- WGA doesn't target just US. Piracy can be more common in other countries.
- You may have only one PC, but you may have 1,000 virtual machines on it.
- You can build a PC instead of buying a prebuilt one.
I've always hoped for a competitor of Google, which gives my little website more money per click than Google. But from TFA, Quigo seems to be geared toward catering to big media and big websites (e.g. ESPN.com). No interest by me.
This is earthshuttering stuff.
Lycos still existed?
I think TV itself is harmful with contents full of agitating, manipulating, and seductive messages. These days watching TV means watching ads. Why must I watch ads when I've already paid $50 / month for cable? I find TV programs outside of the US are much better and reasonably priced. I quit watching TV altogether about a year ago, and have been quite happy with the decision.
I wish it was indeed so easy, but I don't think so, at least for software developers. Sure, doing e-mail and Internet browsing can be taken care of by OS X or Linux, but not the actual work. Let's say you are a small software company. You need to guarantee your software works on your customer's PC. What do your customers use? Most of the time, it's Windows. You need to have Windows to develop and test your software on.
"From what I've seen (of the movie) and what my husband has expressed to me, if (the movie) is going to take the approach of 'bad America, bad America,' I don't think it should be shown at all," Gayle Hardison said. "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown."
I wonder if they saw the whole movie. At the end of the movie, Gore stresses that the US has made strong contribution against global warming, and can do more. He really ends it with a positive note.
I simply disagree when somebody gets 500 (or whatever) times more money than another person in his or her organization. If the CEO has any respect to the low-end worker, he or she would limit the disparity to something much smaller. I don't know if income inequality is good or bad for society, but at the personal level I just don't respect people who let this happen.
I disagree. You chose an easy target - socialism - and argued that capitalism is better than that. Oh yeah we agree on that. But TFA doesn't preach that extreme (socialism) at all. It says that too much income inequality is bad, and mentions Sweden as a good target. Sweden isn't a socialist country.
Just FYI, I bought a really cheap (73c) CFL made by Lights of America at WalMart a couple of days ago, and it broke after one day. That was even faster than regular light bulbs.
I envy their jobs ... They just mumble some meaningless observation on computers, make it controversial, even stupid. Then their articles get posted on Slashdot and Voila! Web traffic. Profit. Jobs don't get easier than that.
I read the word "code monkey" all over Slashdot. What does that mean anyway? I code and I get paid. Call me a code monkey if you want, but I like doing it. Why the negativity toward being a programmer?
Don't underestimate the value of being a professional programmer. The technology you work on may not be flashy, but somebody needs you to deliver high quality software on time. Responsibility is often the best education.
On the one hand, the Perl job allows you to have more responsibility. And responsibility makes people grow.
On the other hand, I saw some people in small companies being too busy moving from a project to another, not having time to horn their own skills. So small doesn't always mean growth. This is a call you need to make.
I personally changed my job 3 times in my career, going smaller in each step. I found myself happier every time I switched to a smaller company.
It's not a document, but nothing convinces people more than having their passwords cracked. Run John the Ripper http://www.openwall.com/john/ or something like that on their accounts. They'll understand it's a real risk.
TFA says dsmos_page_transform() decrypts the page. Fine, but where does this get the decryption key? It's essential to store the key in a secure place, but this article doesn't mention it ...
This will slowly kill the security products by the companies above, and we will all need to use MS anti virus software, which, I'm sure, they'll force you to subscribe for $100 / year or something.
I'll stick to XP 32 bit as long as possible.
Since you seem much more knowledgeable about Bluetooth than I, maybe you can tell me what I should do. Here's the list of the problems I faced last year:
- I have a Nokia 6620 phone and a Belkin Bluetooth USB adapter. They don't talk to each other well. Connection gets lost often (every 5 minutes or so), and once it's lost, I need to reboot the PC to find the phone again. Are there adapters out there that are more suitable to Nokia phones?
- What API should I be using to talk to the phone? I first looked into Windows Bluetooth API, but I guess this one needs Windows Bluetooth stack, which doesn't work with my Belkin adapter. Next I looked into WIDCOMM API, but this one costs several thousand dollars, I think. Finally, I looked into RFCOMM used in Bemused, but I couldn't find a way for the PC to discover the phone. The phone must connect to the PC, I think. At this point I gave up.
Of course you are right that Bluetooth technology itself isn't the one to be blamed, but as a programmer, I don't really care where the blame goes. I just want something that works. If you know how I can solve these problems (another device ... another API ... anything), do let me know.
A new technology is fine and nice, but can this fix the Bluetooth mess (different vendors' devices don't talk to each other, no standard API, etc.)? I have an application I want to write that requires wireless communication between a PC and a handset, but the ineffectiveness of Bluetooth devices keeps holding me back. If UWB fixes the problems, I'll use it. If not, wake me up when it does.
"Internet Explorer Not Dead Yet" ... Thanks for letting me know. Of course it's not dead. IE ships with all Windows, so it will be installed on 90% (or whatever percentage Windows has) of the desktops. There are some web pages that don't work well with other browsers (e.g. the ones at microsoft.com :) ), so a regular user wouldn't uninstall IE even if he or she uses FireFox for most purposes. Whether you like it or not (and I don't), IE is here to stay.