Yep, I use Multiple IE so I have IE 6 handy to work out bugs. I was also using it to try and support IE5.5 but a vertical alignment bug pissed me off too much and now I just test for 6 and up with IE.
I have to waste so much time adapting my code to work with IE6 when it works perfectly fine in FF 1.5 thru 3, Chrome, Opera, Safari and even IE7. We talk about needing a stimulus; you have any idea how many man-hours are wasted because of IE6 quirks?
I agree but I doubt they will follow through with it. It is more likely they will rely on some kind of marker you can put in sites designed to be standards compliant. Honestly that would be fine by me as long as they at least force users to upgrade out of IE6.
Part of the problem is that a lack of standards compliance promotes bad coding. IE has a habit of trying to figure out and pass bad code and as a result there are a lot of people out there that fail to even try to validate their work.
On the flip-side some of workarounds to make IE render the same as other browsers are so bad they require hacks that make the code no longer standards compliant.
I cringe to think how many hours of development time has been wasted because of IE6 alone. I have yet to have any major problems with my coding with IE7 but a fully standards compliant browser would go a long way.
This should also be coupled with the adoption of Instant Run-off Voting whereas instead of just picking one candidate you rank the available candidates. If your first choice does not get the votes to win they move down the list.
Many people vote based on who can beat the person they don't want in office. A system like this you are more free to express who you do want in office and it also opens up the game for third parties and independents since people can take the risk when the race is close between the big two.
This is why I have never liked people like Ron Paul etc because they continue to run failed campaigns wasting millions in contributions. If they were so much smarter than the other canidates they would instead focus their efforts on election reform such as this and be trying to get this policy in place so they have a chance.
It sounds more like you are forgetting that good journalist check their sources and are often required to have more than one source to reduce such errors. Wikipedia by its nature is neither wrong or right and must always be taken with a grain of salt.
It was fear, not the lack of box cutters that was the problem. 100 people, even a mix of unarmed women and children, could take down only four people armed with box cutters if they were so inclined. Some might die in the process but a good number would live.
This is why if terrorist ever tried the same thing again it would likely not succeed now. Before 9/11 most similar cases were hijackings, not mass forced suicide.
I am in now way trying to say any of the 9/11 victims were cowards. However there have been cases of housewives who draw enough adrenalin to lift a car off their child. With a mindset set more on group survival rather than personal injury I can not see how 4 people with box cutters would have a chance against that many people.
I have played the original game on PC several times through with hardly any bugs at all which all were resolved after properly updating my sound and video drivers. *shrug*
Even though I do a lot of tinkering and optimizing with my copy of Windows XP I experience relatively very few problems with modern games. On consoles, where the hardware is all the same one can and should expect things to be pretty bug free. On PC, with millions of component and driver combinations things get much more tricky. However with good debugging they should be able to address the problem in time.
Take a look at JungleDisk too. I have been using it without issues for a few and no issues yet. It uses Amazon S3 space so you only pay for what you use.
If you have your own off site box you also have software options like Cobian Backup or Syncback.
On the reviews on NewEgg it notes and you can filter them to see only reviews from those who actually bought the item from NewEgg. While not perfect I bet it would cut out a lot of the fluff.
Maybe they should also include info on how to get OpenOffice, Star Office or access to Google Documents. Also along with Windows Media Player they should include VLC, iTunes, Divx..... hey how about dual boot with Linux, BSD, OSX?
Really? Yes I believe Microsoft has a clear advantage bundling IE with Windows but bloating the install up with tons of various other software is not the way to go.
I have never used the discs provided by ISPs to get online. Usually they are just bloatware and if you call them up they can go through line by line what you need to set in your modem/router to get things going.
It is sad that so many people think Microsoft is the only thing out there. Everyone who I have shown Firefox to has never been back to IE except for the few rare pages that require it.
A little education goes a long way and hopefully this the year where Linux and other similar projects are a little more successful with their marketing.
Before you get into the nitty-gritty of the code I think many programmers need to better consider the end user and the user interface in their designs. Nothing is more stressful than interface options that are non-responsive.
Limiting mouse clicks and mouse travel also increases user speed and limits the chances of repetitive task injuries.
Almost a quarter of every dollar we spend on health care is used by administrative expenses. In Taiwan where they have digitalized medical records their overhead is only 2%. There is plenty of examples around the world to why electronic records are better economically. Also there is the benefit of less mistakes since cross referencing medications and such can be done electronically for drug interactions etc.
Frontline had an excellent episode were they looked at the health care systems of several other modern democratic countries. A must watch for anybody who cares about the health care debate.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
I do too. They pointed out from great 9 LED $5 flashlights on Amazon that work amazingly well. Getting real world experience on good items is important because most businesses, including Amazon, have "reviews" that are authored by the makers of the product or their competitors.
A blog I frequently read had a recommendation of this automatic natural gas fired system.
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/003428.php
As for regular generators Honda is one of the most reliable in the business. I see more and more fire stations using their power equipment. My Mom's house lost power for two weeks during the Maine ice storm of 98. It was a pricey choice but in those situations you can not skimp on something that needs to be nearly 100% reliable.
As a web designer it really pisses me off to see Microsoft continuing to write their own standards and not follow the conventions set forth so that web pages could look the same across browsers. Passing the acid test should be mandatory and doing so would likely save millions if not billions in lost productivity time between broken websites and the extra hours of work web designers have to put in to work around IE's bugs.
Anti-Virus software sadly is sometimes a huge performance hit, especially to the hard drive and especially coming from Norton of McAfee.
Anybody have any suggestions on a Nod32 equivalent for Mac? We need something with good real time protection, highly efficient and not bloatware.
As somebody who uses a lot of open source applications in some critical work I would hope that the people behind it feel good enough about what they are doing to put their name on it.
If you are unwilling to put your name on it then I think it is better for the project that you leave it those who can take pride in their work.
Forget about StarOffice, axe Norton Security Scan. I am wondering why they are having anything to do with Norton who makes the most bloated, resource wasting, performance sucking, software on the planet. There are better solutions out there that don't kill the usability of your computer.
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Yep, I use Multiple IE so I have IE 6 handy to work out bugs. I was also using it to try and support IE5.5 but a vertical alignment bug pissed me off too much and now I just test for 6 and up with IE.
I have to waste so much time adapting my code to work with IE6 when it works perfectly fine in FF 1.5 thru 3, Chrome, Opera, Safari and even IE7. We talk about needing a stimulus; you have any idea how many man-hours are wasted because of IE6 quirks?
I agree but I doubt they will follow through with it. It is more likely they will rely on some kind of marker you can put in sites designed to be standards compliant. Honestly that would be fine by me as long as they at least force users to upgrade out of IE6.
Part of the problem is that a lack of standards compliance promotes bad coding. IE has a habit of trying to figure out and pass bad code and as a result there are a lot of people out there that fail to even try to validate their work.
On the flip-side some of workarounds to make IE render the same as other browsers are so bad they require hacks that make the code no longer standards compliant.
I cringe to think how many hours of development time has been wasted because of IE6 alone. I have yet to have any major problems with my coding with IE7 but a fully standards compliant browser would go a long way.
This should also be coupled with the adoption of Instant Run-off Voting whereas instead of just picking one candidate you rank the available candidates. If your first choice does not get the votes to win they move down the list.
Many people vote based on who can beat the person they don't want in office. A system like this you are more free to express who you do want in office and it also opens up the game for third parties and independents since people can take the risk when the race is close between the big two.
This is why I have never liked people like Ron Paul etc because they continue to run failed campaigns wasting millions in contributions. If they were so much smarter than the other canidates they would instead focus their efforts on election reform such as this and be trying to get this policy in place so they have a chance.
It sounds more like you are forgetting that good journalist check their sources and are often required to have more than one source to reduce such errors. Wikipedia by its nature is neither wrong or right and must always be taken with a grain of salt.
Sounds more like a failure of investigative journalism, not Wikipedia.
Great, Linux was doing so well until it caused the 2nd rise of the USSR.
It was fear, not the lack of box cutters that was the problem. 100 people, even a mix of unarmed women and children, could take down only four people armed with box cutters if they were so inclined. Some might die in the process but a good number would live.
This is why if terrorist ever tried the same thing again it would likely not succeed now. Before 9/11 most similar cases were hijackings, not mass forced suicide.
I am in now way trying to say any of the 9/11 victims were cowards. However there have been cases of housewives who draw enough adrenalin to lift a car off their child. With a mindset set more on group survival rather than personal injury I can not see how 4 people with box cutters would have a chance against that many people.
I have played the original game on PC several times through with hardly any bugs at all which all were resolved after properly updating my sound and video drivers. *shrug* Even though I do a lot of tinkering and optimizing with my copy of Windows XP I experience relatively very few problems with modern games. On consoles, where the hardware is all the same one can and should expect things to be pretty bug free. On PC, with millions of component and driver combinations things get much more tricky. However with good debugging they should be able to address the problem in time.
Take a look at JungleDisk too. I have been using it without issues for a few and no issues yet. It uses Amazon S3 space so you only pay for what you use. If you have your own off site box you also have software options like Cobian Backup or Syncback.
On the reviews on NewEgg it notes and you can filter them to see only reviews from those who actually bought the item from NewEgg. While not perfect I bet it would cut out a lot of the fluff.
Maybe they should also include info on how to get OpenOffice, Star Office or access to Google Documents. Also along with Windows Media Player they should include VLC, iTunes, Divx ..... hey how about dual boot with Linux, BSD, OSX?
Really? Yes I believe Microsoft has a clear advantage bundling IE with Windows but bloating the install up with tons of various other software is not the way to go.
I have never used the discs provided by ISPs to get online. Usually they are just bloatware and if you call them up they can go through line by line what you need to set in your modem/router to get things going. It is sad that so many people think Microsoft is the only thing out there. Everyone who I have shown Firefox to has never been back to IE except for the few rare pages that require it. A little education goes a long way and hopefully this the year where Linux and other similar projects are a little more successful with their marketing.
Before you get into the nitty-gritty of the code I think many programmers need to better consider the end user and the user interface in their designs. Nothing is more stressful than interface options that are non-responsive. Limiting mouse clicks and mouse travel also increases user speed and limits the chances of repetitive task injuries.
Almost a quarter of every dollar we spend on health care is used by administrative expenses. In Taiwan where they have digitalized medical records their overhead is only 2%. There is plenty of examples around the world to why electronic records are better economically. Also there is the benefit of less mistakes since cross referencing medications and such can be done electronically for drug interactions etc. Frontline had an excellent episode were they looked at the health care systems of several other modern democratic countries. A must watch for anybody who cares about the health care debate. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
I do too. They pointed out from great 9 LED $5 flashlights on Amazon that work amazingly well. Getting real world experience on good items is important because most businesses, including Amazon, have "reviews" that are authored by the makers of the product or their competitors.
A blog I frequently read had a recommendation of this automatic natural gas fired system. http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/003428.php As for regular generators Honda is one of the most reliable in the business. I see more and more fire stations using their power equipment. My Mom's house lost power for two weeks during the Maine ice storm of 98. It was a pricey choice but in those situations you can not skimp on something that needs to be nearly 100% reliable.
As a web designer it really pisses me off to see Microsoft continuing to write their own standards and not follow the conventions set forth so that web pages could look the same across browsers. Passing the acid test should be mandatory and doing so would likely save millions if not billions in lost productivity time between broken websites and the extra hours of work web designers have to put in to work around IE's bugs.
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Anti-Virus software sadly is sometimes a huge performance hit, especially to the hard drive and especially coming from Norton of McAfee. Anybody have any suggestions on a Nod32 equivalent for Mac? We need something with good real time protection, highly efficient and not bloatware.
Why not use something like iLok which is essentially a USB key that stores your licenses required to run certain software?
As somebody who uses a lot of open source applications in some critical work I would hope that the people behind it feel good enough about what they are doing to put their name on it. If you are unwilling to put your name on it then I think it is better for the project that you leave it those who can take pride in their work.
There is a national version of a "conscience clause" in the works and it allows anybody involved with medical care, from ambulance drivers to doctors, to deny service based on their own personal beliefs. The 2008 bill expands this provision to include "care" as an activity that an organization may refuse to provide based on a moral or religious objection. This will allow organizations who receive U.S. funds to deny services to those whose behavior, identity, religion, or other attributes may be deemed objectionable. Scary stuff
Forget about StarOffice, axe Norton Security Scan. I am wondering why they are having anything to do with Norton who makes the most bloated, resource wasting, performance sucking, software on the planet. There are better solutions out there that don't kill the usability of your computer.