But in terms of compatibility with the vast majority of websites, Firefox is far ahead of every other competitor.
You're a whole new brand of naive if you think that FF is more compatible out there than IE. While IE may not be compatible with the hardcore standards, it is more compatible with websites, since those websites know the market share, and specifically cater to IE.
But where is the C# / VB.Net representation? I'm not saying its the industry standard, but it is pretty wisely used out there. Also, its a little easier to get into, if you're on the novice level, but will also allow you to build some pretty robust applications.
Acutally, I bought my copy of XP Pro from Office Max in the golden days. I got a free scanner, a free Mic, a free printer, a free joystick, and free antivirus. I sold them all on Ebay, and made $15 for "buying" Windows XP Pro upgrade.
Anyone else think that streaming TV is just not ready yet? I'd say we need another couple of years at least...
Honestly, I think _quality_ streaming TV is just a pipe dream. As we introduce new TV standards, such as HD, we increase the size and standard of "Normal". With Normal going higher and higher, is it feasible to think that the web will catch up? Will Normal even plateau? I'm not sure, but I venture to say "No"
Really, I don't think it will be the end of a monopoly. Why would it? MS has every bit of steam possible in their engine. As a "Seasoned" (5 years or so).NET developer, we cater to Windows. Therefore, we use windows. Furthermore, we use Office. Our clients use Windows (I guess we don't help things by not offering MAC IE/Safari or Firefox/Opera support, but thats another thread, honestly).
Another neat note is that MS's XNA framework and GAme Studio Express is just out in beta and quite a few people are liking what they see. Unfortunately, it'll take another beta release to get the Content Pipeline out the door, which means painful conversion of Mesh files, but thats ok for now, as people get to learn the IDE.
I've always been told that making money has nothing to do with having a decent base product. While that might not be the selling point, the fact that you have good accessories, or at least desirable accessories usually can push the fence-sitters onto your side.
*NIX will never die. Windows will never die. I don't think it matters how much each side tries, since the appeal (to the GP) of "Widely Used" vs "Better" have always offset.
Sure there's a story. Are you an active part of the story? That is up for debate.
The whole storyline of WoW is actually part of WC3, and to a limited extent WC/WC2. It sets the stage for the game, it justifies relationships in the game, and it helps set about the Geography of the game. Thats all you need to define a "Story". Hell, without story, you're pretty much playing a FPS, aren't you?
See, thats not the case. How do I know this? The application we have has 143 patents pending on it at the moment. We'd know if some other company was doing what we do. They don't take their business elsewhere. They either do business with us, or they don't do business. Now, that sounds incredibly fat-headed. I apologize, but thats honestly the case. We are in a position to pick and choose our clients, like they can pick to use us or not.
I personally don't think pain is going to bring about change. I work in the web business and develop.NET applications. The actual functionality isn't an issue across browsers, but yeah the apps I make break in FF, Opera and Safari.
That said we can't afford to not cater to IE users. They make up over 95% of clients. I haven't yet heard a complaint or seen some feedback come through our form stating "omg I gotta use IE!!!"
When I first heard this, it was inside Google Labs. (Where, as an employee, you get to develop stuff you think is "neat" on one day a week. Google Labs has borne all sorts of things neat, such as AJAX, Google Maps, Google Suggest and the likes. However, those things are strictly an opt-in type program. I see no reason why this also won't be an opt-in program as well.
So, chicken little, it appears the sky is indeed not falling.
Can it go over a waterfall or down some steep rapids? Gliding is great, as long as you have something to glide on, which isn't the case in some of the more turbulent rapids.
If they are so far away, like over 15B ly away, how do we see them? Red shift is still light. Light can't go faster than the speed of light. Even if it is red shifted, it still travels at the same rate, right?
So my question is, how can we claim to see the edges of the universe? If the universe is only 15B years old, that means that from the furthest points of space, light would only have had a chance travel those 15B years.
With a broad and hypothetical assumption that the milky way and solar system is in the absolute "center" of the Universe, light from all edges of the universe could not reach us for ((180B / 2) - 15B) or 75B years.
Am I just being retarded here? Is this already known? If so, how?
Blog Spam can be somewhat averted by the sites themselves. I forget the name of the technology, its the one that makes you type in the characters in the scrabled view. That is getting tougher and tougher to crack (though it can still be done).
IM spam is a little easier to tackle. Many programs have "Allow IMs from those on my list only" which has effectively cut down my IM spam to zero. If someone wants to message me, they already have my email. They can just email me to get added to my whitelist, and all is well.
How many people buy the latest and greatest as soon as it comes out? When it comes to computers, personally I go by the 85% rule. I take the fastest speed out there, and then look at an item that performs up to 85% as good as the max. That way, I get something new, and I don't break my wallet out there. I'd guess that the heightened sales of the PS2 are directly related to the price drop associated with the release of "Bigger and Better" consoles.
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What about web services. Aren't they pretty cross-platform and language independent?
Isn't that where we want to be eventually?
While I know the parent is fake, and made up, I just caught this one line:
They have fought the War on Drugs with skill, so why not the War on Piracy?
And I have to ask... how well has that War on Drugs turned out?
I would have sent a cake back to the IE team. Except I would have included the recipe on exactly how the cake was made along with it.
But in terms of compatibility with the vast majority of websites, Firefox is far ahead of every other competitor.
You're a whole new brand of naive if you think that FF is more compatible out there than IE. While IE may not be compatible with the hardcore standards, it is more compatible with websites, since those websites know the market share, and specifically cater to IE.
But where is the C# / VB.Net representation? I'm not saying its the industry standard, but it is pretty wisely used out there. Also, its a little easier to get into, if you're on the novice level, but will also allow you to build some pretty robust applications.
Just askin'
I'll take "Topics That Would Have Made Sense the First Time I Read Them, had the Author Used More Punctuation" for 1000, Alex.
Acutally, I bought my copy of XP Pro from Office Max in the golden days. I got a free scanner, a free Mic, a free printer, a free joystick, and free antivirus. I sold them all on Ebay, and made $15 for "buying" Windows XP Pro upgrade.
Maybe that was an isolated case?
"Speak Easy 2: Haxxing"
You to can make ur games much more funner then before! Plug in yer haxx and away yous go! Cal Now!
Anyone else think that streaming TV is just not ready yet? I'd say we need another couple of years at least...
Honestly, I think _quality_ streaming TV is just a pipe dream. As we introduce new TV standards, such as HD, we increase the size and standard of "Normal". With Normal going higher and higher, is it feasible to think that the web will catch up? Will Normal even plateau? I'm not sure, but I venture to say "No"
There's quite a few states out there with age of consent still at 18 years old. Many of the freshmen I went to college with were 17 still.
How is this different than MySpace now? other than the fact that now sexual predators know that a majority of the memebers are coeds?
Really, I don't think it will be the end of a monopoly. Why would it? MS has every bit of steam possible in their engine. As a "Seasoned" (5 years or so) .NET developer, we cater to Windows. Therefore, we use windows. Furthermore, we use Office. Our clients use Windows (I guess we don't help things by not offering MAC IE/Safari or Firefox/Opera support, but thats another thread, honestly).
Another neat note is that MS's XNA framework and GAme Studio Express is just out in beta and quite a few people are liking what they see. Unfortunately, it'll take another beta release to get the Content Pipeline out the door, which means painful conversion of Mesh files, but thats ok for now, as people get to learn the IDE.
I've always been told that making money has nothing to do with having a decent base product. While that might not be the selling point, the fact that you have good accessories, or at least desirable accessories usually can push the fence-sitters onto your side.
*NIX will never die. Windows will never die. I don't think it matters how much each side tries, since the appeal (to the GP) of "Widely Used" vs "Better" have always offset.
Sure there's a story. Are you an active part of the story? That is up for debate.
The whole storyline of WoW is actually part of WC3, and to a limited extent WC/WC2. It sets the stage for the game, it justifies relationships in the game, and it helps set about the Geography of the game. Thats all you need to define a "Story". Hell, without story, you're pretty much playing a FPS, aren't you?
Give it about 20 years, everyone in the world will have a SSN ;-)
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Toronto Hydro gets around fears of the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse by requiring use of one's cell-phone number as the user ID.
Oh to hack that database... It would probably be better just to submit your SSN in plaintext.
See, thats not the case. How do I know this? The application we have has 143 patents pending on it at the moment. We'd know if some other company was doing what we do. They don't take their business elsewhere. They either do business with us, or they don't do business. Now, that sounds incredibly fat-headed. I apologize, but thats honestly the case. We are in a position to pick and choose our clients, like they can pick to use us or not.
I personally don't think pain is going to bring about change. I work in the web business and develop .NET applications. The actual functionality isn't an issue across browsers, but yeah the apps I make break in FF, Opera and Safari.
That said we can't afford to not cater to IE users. They make up over 95% of clients. I haven't yet heard a complaint or seen some feedback come through our form stating "omg I gotta use IE!!!"
When I first heard this, it was inside Google Labs. (Where, as an employee, you get to develop stuff you think is "neat" on one day a week. Google Labs has borne all sorts of things neat, such as AJAX, Google Maps, Google Suggest and the likes. However, those things are strictly an opt-in type program. I see no reason why this also won't be an opt-in program as well.
So, chicken little, it appears the sky is indeed not falling.
Ah, thanks for the clarity. I don't do kayaking, so I'm pretty much a noob. In fact, I just try to stay out of the water :P
Can it go over a waterfall or down some steep rapids? Gliding is great, as long as you have something to glide on, which isn't the case in some of the more turbulent rapids.
If they are so far away, like over 15B ly away, how do we see them? Red shift is still light. Light can't go faster than the speed of light. Even if it is red shifted, it still travels at the same rate, right?
So my question is, how can we claim to see the edges of the universe? If the universe is only 15B years old, that means that from the furthest points of space, light would only have had a chance travel those 15B years.
With a broad and hypothetical assumption that the milky way and solar system is in the absolute "center" of the Universe, light from all edges of the universe could not reach us for ((180B / 2) - 15B) or 75B years.
Am I just being retarded here? Is this already known? If so, how?
In .NEt, you can access the HttpContext.Session object by putting HttpSessionStateRequirement.ReadWrite in your AjaxMethod() declaration.
Blog Spam can be somewhat averted by the sites themselves. I forget the name of the technology, its the one that makes you type in the characters in the scrabled view. That is getting tougher and tougher to crack (though it can still be done).
IM spam is a little easier to tackle. Many programs have "Allow IMs from those on my list only" which has effectively cut down my IM spam to zero. If someone wants to message me, they already have my email. They can just email me to get added to my whitelist, and all is well.
How many people buy the latest and greatest as soon as it comes out? When it comes to computers, personally I go by the 85% rule. I take the fastest speed out there, and then look at an item that performs up to 85% as good as the max. That way, I get something new, and I don't break my wallet out there. I'd guess that the heightened sales of the PS2 are directly related to the price drop associated with the release of "Bigger and Better" consoles.