The types of rolled ink fingerprints captured for security clearance purposes, and used in IAFIS, are very different from how a fingerprint reader at a door would work. Door lock fingerprint readers are generally pretty good about being insensitive to such issues. Most use some type of capacity array to read your print beyond your first layer of skin, so that things like scrapes, dust, etc are not factors.
This kind of flexibility, though, is the reason that most current fingerprint readers can be spoofed with Play-Doh[tm].
Have you ever been to a city like, say New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, or Seattle?
I've been to a city like, say Tampa, Miami, Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta, and I've never encountered these. Maybe they only have them where it's cold...
There actually are Web sites that mock this mess by showing the simplest CSS code and the differing results from the three main browsers and the Safari and Linux browsers."
This sentence sums up his understanding of the material involved.
Why the hell does a command-line tool require.NET 2.0, especially if it's just parsing a text file? Other than the obvious insanities, of course.
Because.NET is a framework that includes command line capabilities as well as GUI? You *could* write a perl script to do it, but then it would require perl...
...live with the fact that you possibly won't be able to use some of the software packages that there is no OSS counterpart (or the OSS counterpart sucks), that you may have hardware that may or may not have Linux driver support.
From TFA: [I have removed the rest of this post of my own volition, without any external pressure whatsoever. What started as an opinion on the challenges of managing large software projects has turned out to be a rallying point for detractors, which isn't interesting or productive. - Ed.]
Next, the idea of a native client supporting more than one network goes completely against the business model that they developed the program to follow:
1) Make free IM product
2) Make it easy to use
3) Put ad support in
4) Charge for ad space
5) Profit!
If they allowed their client to connect to other networks, they destroy their switching costs. Can you imagine what would happen if a complimentary copy of Jasc Paint Shop Pro came with your Adobe Photoshop? Sure, most people would stick with Photoshop, but some people might switch, which would steal Adobe's business. To conclude, interoperability is not in the best interests of the companies who operate the networks, unless they merge.
This only makes sense if you've developed a protocol yourself and/or have a vested interest in locking people into your protocol or your servers. Apple's iChat supports multiple protocols; I don't think they're too concerned whether or not people switch to Gaim or Kopete.
I quickly found out that even employers are not interested with open source work you have done on your CV.
This is pretty contrary to my experience.
All of my prospective employers have been intrigued (during interviews) with my work on opensource projects, and that experience definitely weighted things to my advantage.
I've started three small open-source projects. On all three of them, I've received patches, code, miscellaneous contributions(e.g..spec files), and suggestions from random people; actually more than I expected. However, I approached my projects with the attitude that, I'm going to create this software; if anybody else can make use of it, or wants to contribute code, then great. If I had been expecting a significant amount of help from others in order to create something functional, it wouldn't have happened.
You can lead a coder to code, but you can't make him improve it.
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The types of rolled ink fingerprints captured for security clearance purposes, and used in IAFIS, are very different from how a fingerprint reader at a door would work. Door lock fingerprint readers are generally pretty good about being insensitive to such issues. Most use some type of capacity array to read your print beyond your first layer of skin, so that things like scrapes, dust, etc are not factors.
This kind of flexibility, though, is the reason that most current fingerprint readers can be spoofed with Play-Doh[tm].
That's a great idea - glass ATM booths for prostitutes! Simultaneous prostitution and pornography!
Have you ever been to a city like, say New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, or Seattle?
I've been to a city like, say Tampa, Miami, Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta, and I've never encountered these. Maybe they only have them where it's cold...
They probably thought Americans were too stupid to level their characters in a balanced fashion.
Anti-phishing worked fine for me when I tried it. I didn't do anything exceptional.
There actually are Web sites that mock this mess by showing the simplest CSS code and the differing results from the three main browsers and the Safari and Linux browsers."
This sentence sums up his understanding of the material involved.
Don't forget about Dave Herman, who was Michael Bolton in Office Space, and also voices Wernstrom, Mayor Poopenmayer, and Leela's dad.
Gee, does this account for cost of living too?
Why the hell does a command-line tool require .NET 2.0, especially if it's just parsing a text file? Other than the obvious insanities, of course.
Because .NET is a framework that includes command line capabilities as well as GUI? You *could* write a perl script to do it, but then it would require perl...
This is all nonsense! The Alpes are in Bourbonia!
Follow the gourd!
That was 1998. Welcome to 2006.
The link to billywest.com redirects me to http://www.billywest.com/upgrade_flash/upgrade_fla sh.html, which then gives 404. Although apparently I need to upgrade my flash.
Incidentally, IIS?! For shame!
They say everybody loves that guy...
8:00.
NBC.
No, on your television.
No, 8:00, on NBC.
...and thus you demonstrate the parent's point.
Is there anything that actually shows Mysql is supporting SCO? Or is SCO just using their product the same way it's using Apache and perl and PHP?
Kind of ironic that they call themselves a 'SCAMP' stack...
So, I suggest that Vista will be the single biggest event in Linux desktop adoption.
People said that about XP before it was launched. Of course, GNU/Linux adoption did go up after XP's release, so maybe they were on to something...
Hey, not even the great Stallman is part of the OSDL.
Of course he's not. He would be if it was the FSDL...
From TFA: [I have removed the rest of this post of my own volition, without any external pressure whatsoever. What started as an opinion on the challenges of managing large software projects has turned out to be a rallying point for detractors, which isn't interesting or productive. - Ed.]
This only makes sense if you've developed a protocol yourself and/or have a vested interest in locking people into your protocol or your servers. Apple's iChat supports multiple protocols; I don't think they're too concerned whether or not people switch to Gaim or Kopete.
This is pretty contrary to my experience.
All of my prospective employers have been intrigued (during interviews) with my work on opensource projects, and that experience definitely weighted things to my advantage.
I've started three small open-source projects. On all three of them, I've received patches, code, miscellaneous contributions(e.g. .spec files), and suggestions from random people; actually more than I expected. However, I approached my projects with the attitude that, I'm going to create this software; if anybody else can make use of it, or wants to contribute code, then great. If I had been expecting a significant amount of help from others in order to create something functional, it wouldn't have happened.
You can lead a coder to code, but you can't make him improve it.
Lubbock has them, too. I don't have a link on hand, but I can go out and take a picture of some later...
Don't feel bad. In the US, the jail term for nearly *everything* is longer than for rape.
Bottom line, do you trust this Presidency to stay within the law ...
No.
Look, I'm not even American, but I do think I understand the historical context.
The fact that you're not American is why you understand the historical context.