The problem is your employers asinine update policy, not Firefox. Expecting to run the same version of any software with no security updates for a year is ridiculous.
I wonder this myself. Looking at the comments on this site it's amazing how bad "power users" are at adapting to change compared to more typical users. Not just this site either, I know a few people that still insist on running XP with windows update turned off because they think it's going to eat all their RAM or something.
I wouldn't doubt it. It's not something they show in the videos very often. It's not exactly new and there are so many other changes that the start menu search seems to get forgotten. That and it's nowhere near as discoverable as the search box is on windows 7.
How do you know that you aren't the one that's wrong? Things which seem obvious often are vastly more complicated. Reply and find out instead of trying to censor.
Overrated is for a post that found it's way to +5 but really only deserves maybe a +2 or +3. Here is the slashdot mod faq. You should read it before the next time you mod.
If someone is wrong then you should reply explaining why instead of moderating. The moderating system on slashdot isn't there to tell people what's right or wrong; it's to filter useful comments from trolls. -1, Wrong is intentionally missing.
Just read the article (a terrible idea, I know) and it never said that people will be required to use the breathalyzer before driving. It said they will be required to have one in their cars so they can test themselves if they feel the need to.
The point is so that people have the tools to test themselves before driving home instead of guessing how drunk they are. No crazy conspiracy theory needed.
Let me be a bit more descriptive. The code that I was referring to is a switch statement that branches on a hacky enum in order to cast a pointer down an inheritance hierarchy and perform the same calculation on a series of different types. The difference between the branches is literally what pointer type the base pointer gets casted to.
class A
{
public:
enum Type
{
TYPE_A, TYPE_B, TYPE_C
} mType;
void Foo ();
};
class B : public A
{
void Foo ();
};
class C : public A
{
void Foo ();
};
A * pA = GetA ();
switch (pA->mType)
{
case A::TYPE_A:
pA->Foo ();
break;
case A::TYPE_B:
((B*)pA)->Foo ();
break;
case A::TYPE_C:
((C*)pA)->Foo ();
break;
}
Maybe I'm projecting my frustration and this type of horrible hack is nowhere near as common as I think it is.
C with classes is a derogatory term used to describe programmers and code which wraps C-style code and various bad practices with classes. You end up with things like custom string and array classes, using memcpy instead of std::copy, printf instead of std::cout, FILE* instead of std::fstream, copy paste instead of inheritance and void* everywhere.
Sometimes I get the feeling that my company is the only one left using VC++ 6. Our attempts at migrating get 10% completed and then abandoned when the next ultra critical super important demo/contract shows up.
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So clearly the solution is to stay exposed to known exploits for weeks or months at a time. Let me know how that works out for you.
Get off my lawn!
Yawn.
A Q6600 is 5 years old. You do remember what industry this is right?
The problem is your employers asinine update policy, not Firefox. Expecting to run the same version of any software with no security updates for a year is ridiculous.
I don't believe that you have been using windows for as long as you claim and you don't know the ctrl+b shortcut. Troll harder next time.
I wonder this myself. Looking at the comments on this site it's amazing how bad "power users" are at adapting to change compared to more typical users. Not just this site either, I know a few people that still insist on running XP with windows update turned off because they think it's going to eat all their RAM or something.
I wouldn't doubt it. It's not something they show in the videos very often. It's not exactly new and there are so many other changes that the start menu search seems to get forgotten. That and it's nowhere near as discoverable as the search box is on windows 7.
Hit the windows key, type the first few letters and hit enter. Exactly the same as you would do before.
How do you know that you aren't the one that's wrong? Things which seem obvious often are vastly more complicated. Reply and find out instead of trying to censor.
Overrated is for a post that found it's way to +5 but really only deserves maybe a +2 or +3. Here is the slashdot mod faq. You should read it before the next time you mod.
If someone is wrong then you should reply explaining why instead of moderating. The moderating system on slashdot isn't there to tell people what's right or wrong; it's to filter useful comments from trolls. -1, Wrong is intentionally missing.
FLAC is not inherently CD quality.
Ethanol has been removed from mouthwash for years
July 1985
If you're not sure, gather additional information so you can make an informed decision. Wow that was hard.
Just read the article (a terrible idea, I know) and it never said that people will be required to use the breathalyzer before driving. It said they will be required to have one in their cars so they can test themselves if they feel the need to.
Please stop perpetuating myths. Ethanol has been removed from mouthwash for years and it never had an effect on breathalyzer tests anyways. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathalyzer#Breath_analyzer_myths
The point is so that people have the tools to test themselves before driving home instead of guessing how drunk they are. No crazy conspiracy theory needed.
If $2 is a financial burden to you, you probably shouldn't be driving the car. RTFA...
Huh? Which ass did you pull that number out of?
Enjoy your 1 hour battery life.
I don't have a tablet, nor will I until I can get one that's not tied to a phone contract.
Today's your lucky day! Pretty well every tablet can be bought without a contract. The ones that can are the exception, not the rule.
Let me be a bit more descriptive. The code that I was referring to is a switch statement that branches on a hacky enum in order to cast a pointer down an inheritance hierarchy and perform the same calculation on a series of different types. The difference between the branches is literally what pointer type the base pointer gets casted to.
class A
{
public:
enum Type
{
TYPE_A, TYPE_B, TYPE_C
} mType;
void Foo ();
};
class B : public A
{
void Foo ();
};
class C : public A
{
void Foo ();
};
A * pA = GetA ();
switch (pA->mType)
{
case A::TYPE_A:
pA->Foo ();
break;
case A::TYPE_B:
((B*)pA)->Foo ();
break;
case A::TYPE_C:
((C*)pA)->Foo ();
break;
}
Maybe I'm projecting my frustration and this type of horrible hack is nowhere near as common as I think it is.
C with classes is a derogatory term used to describe programmers and code which wraps C-style code and various bad practices with classes. You end up with things like custom string and array classes, using memcpy instead of std::copy, printf instead of std::cout, FILE* instead of std::fstream, copy paste instead of inheritance and void* everywhere.
Sometimes I get the feeling that my company is the only one left using VC++ 6. Our attempts at migrating get 10% completed and then abandoned when the next ultra critical super important demo/contract shows up.
This is a C++ thread. We don't have the fancy refactoring tools that C# has.
which is in the new standard
No it's not. Vendors have always been allowed to tack on GC. None of the big ones do.