Even on the web-apps I write, I always convert to GMT (or UTC, whichever terminology you care to use) rather than shafting about with time-changes, time-zone issues, and all that cack.
Mind you, I also rarely (if ever) use the timestamps as an identifier either, for similar reasons.
I suspect that if a server/db is using timestamps (including microtime, or whatever) as a unique identifier, then that's a whole new world of hurt.
Maybe it's updated recently, but I've always been able to get quicktime to only run when I want, rather than on start-up.
[installs QT to check]
Yep, right click on the icon in the system tray, "Quicktime Preferences", then go to "Advanced Options" and down at the bottom "load quick time in the system tray" with a tick next to it. Also, in "Streaming" you can turn off "Instant On", which I think also keeps QT in memory, although I'm not certain on that one.
I don't bother to check my statements - because they're old data.
I check out my online banking at least once a week - and usually more often - so I'll be aware of any odd transactions (and I include 'the £/$10 here or there' in that statement) pretty much as soon as they've happened.
If you've got access to online banking, I don't get why you wouldn't use it for that kind of thing, and keeping a fairly regular check on your account(s) that way.
It still blows me away to think that the little 512Mb miniSD card on my phone is half a million ZX81s (or TRS-80s, for the US) And that's in quarter of a century.
Great - but don't forget there's other countries in the world apart from America.
I'm in the UK, and wouldn't recognised 99.9% of American Idol contestants even if they came up and smacked me in the face. In the same way, you wouldn't recognise 99.9% of UK Pop Idol contestants. (Then again, neither would I. Go figure)
Nice idea, but it needs to be something global, and that wouldn't piss people off if they had no idea what cultural reference was being used.
What's the issue with there being too much HTML in the screenshot? It's just an example.
I think that you've been partaking too much of the crack-pipe, dear boy.
Seriously, though, it's your choice - it's a program I find useful, and others may. It's their choice too. Like I said it's free/nagware, so they can try it and like it or ditch it.
Yeah, I have - only thing is, you then still have to copy it all back into [whatever program/editor] in order to upload it back to the site when you've made changes.
I use the WebDeveloper toolbar in Firefox all the time, and the edit css piece of it is great, but it does have limitations.
Rather than UltraEdit32, I always swear by TextPad. It's just about the first thing I install on any computer I'm working on - hell, I even paid for a license!
OK, most of the time it's just minor-annoyance nagware, but I figured, I use it so much, might as well pay them for some kind of use.
The only other thing I absolutely swear by for HTML/CSS is BradSoft's "TopStyle Editor" for CSS. Yeah sure, I can use a text editor for the same thing, but TopStyle makes my life easier.
And in the meantime, if you've got a) a terrorist and b) some explosives, what's the betting that they won't be heading any-fucking-where close to an airport?
Instead, why not use a train, or a bus, where there's no security at all?
Or just wander down the street before setting it off in a store, or on the street itself?
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've mainly been able to buy what are ( in my own opinion ) non-sucky games for the PSP. Lumines is fine, and can occupy plenty of time if I'm travelling or whatever. Wipeout Pure is sensational - I love it. OK, so it's not original, but it's still a damn good game, and works fantastically on the PSP. Also, the ability to expand the game by going online and getting more tracks/music/ships is a great idea, and one I'm amazed more games haven't taken advantage of.
I also play the Colin McRae 2005 rally game a lot - again, ideal for travelling - although I admit that it took a larger learning curve than usual to get to grips with some of the (ahem) "features".
As for others, both LocoRoco and Mercury are simple but addictive.
I'd agree that the HTC/iMate K-JAM is one of the best bits of kit around - I've had mine for about six months now, and already find it hard to imagine going back to a "normal" phone.
The slide-out keyboard is a fantastic idea - I hardly ever use the stylus/on-screen keyboard method at all. In fact, the only visible "downside" to it is that if you're using the keyboard to write messages etc., it's a highly visible clue to muggers etc. that you're carrying an expensive bit of kit. Then again, to me that just encourages me to be more careful - but it's the only downside I've yet found with it.
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Well, considering that the CEO of the company behind 'Girls Gone Wild' etc. has now been jailed for contempt of court, perhaps someone else will fill the gap with something like
/. editors on crack ' or ' /. editors on their own site ' ?
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Depressingly, both adi.eu and mondi.eu have been taken too.
Ah well, that's pretty much all the ones I was ever interested in...
.scr would be wanted by all the writers of screensavers too...
.fku ?
Maybe
How about .legit ?
*grin*
But he's also written some seriously bad stuff as well.
Congo.
Jurassic Park
and worst of all
NeXt. Truly, truly horrible piece of writing.
Then again, Prey was kind of interesting.
"The Third Pandemic" by Pierre Ouellette ( Amazon link ) actually covered this, with a blend of psittacosis and chlamydia.
From a biologist's viewpoint it's probably still bollocks, but IMOSHO it's a good read that seems fairly well-based.
Exactly what I was going to say.
Even on the web-apps I write, I always convert to GMT (or UTC, whichever terminology you care to use) rather than shafting about with time-changes, time-zone issues, and all that cack.
Mind you, I also rarely (if ever) use the timestamps as an identifier either, for similar reasons.
I suspect that if a server/db is using timestamps (including microtime, or whatever) as a unique identifier, then that's a whole new world of hurt.
Maybe it's updated recently, but I've always been able to get quicktime to only run when I want, rather than on start-up.
[installs QT to check]
Yep, right click on the icon in the system tray, "Quicktime Preferences", then go to "Advanced Options" and down at the bottom "load quick time in the system tray" with a tick next to it. Also, in "Streaming" you can turn off "Instant On", which I think also keeps QT in memory, although I'm not certain on that one.
I don't bother to check my statements - because they're old data.
I check out my online banking at least once a week - and usually more often - so I'll be aware of any odd transactions (and I include 'the £/$10 here or there' in that statement) pretty much as soon as they've happened.
If you've got access to online banking, I don't get why you wouldn't use it for that kind of thing, and keeping a fairly regular check on your account(s) that way.
Fair Point. For some reason it was just the first one to come to mind. (viz Hype, Graphics, and filling as much space as poss)
Three letters : PSP
Hell, my first computer had a whole 1K of memory.
It still blows me away to think that the little 512Mb miniSD card on my phone is half a million ZX81s (or TRS-80s, for the US) And that's in quarter of a century.
Oh dear God, I'm getting old....
Isn't that known as "the Daikatana effect"?
Great - but don't forget there's other countries in the world apart from America.
I'm in the UK, and wouldn't recognised 99.9% of American Idol contestants even if they came up and smacked me in the face. In the same way, you wouldn't recognise 99.9% of UK Pop Idol contestants. (Then again, neither would I. Go figure)
Nice idea, but it needs to be something global, and that wouldn't piss people off if they had no idea what cultural reference was being used.
Maybe film stars, or similar?
What's the issue with there being too much HTML in the screenshot? It's just an example.
I think that you've been partaking too much of the crack-pipe, dear boy.
Seriously, though, it's your choice - it's a program I find useful, and others may. It's their choice too. Like I said it's free/nagware, so they can try it and like it or ditch it.
Just my two pence/cents.
Yeah, I have - only thing is, you then still have to copy it all back into [whatever program/editor] in order to upload it back to the site when you've made changes.
I use the WebDeveloper toolbar in Firefox all the time, and the edit css piece of it is great, but it does have limitations.
Rather than UltraEdit32, I always swear by TextPad. It's just about the first thing I install on any computer I'm working on - hell, I even paid for a license!
OK, most of the time it's just minor-annoyance nagware, but I figured, I use it so much, might as well pay them for some kind of use.
The only other thing I absolutely swear by for HTML/CSS is BradSoft's "TopStyle Editor" for CSS. Yeah sure, I can use a text editor for the same thing, but TopStyle makes my life easier.
Personally, if I'm wanting that kind of thing, I use Portable Firefox on a USB stick.
Seems to work fine in the general areas I work in.
It's grammar, and apostrophes.
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And in the meantime, if you've got a) a terrorist and b) some explosives, what's the betting that they won't be heading any-fucking-where close to an airport?
Instead, why not use a train, or a bus, where there's no security at all?
Or just wander down the street before setting it off in a store, or on the street itself?
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've mainly been able to buy what are ( in my own opinion ) non-sucky games for the PSP. Lumines is fine, and can occupy plenty of time if I'm travelling or whatever. Wipeout Pure is sensational - I love it. OK, so it's not original, but it's still a damn good game, and works fantastically on the PSP. Also, the ability to expand the game by going online and getting more tracks/music/ships is a great idea, and one I'm amazed more games haven't taken advantage of.
I also play the Colin McRae 2005 rally game a lot - again, ideal for travelling - although I admit that it took a larger learning curve than usual to get to grips with some of the (ahem) "features".
As for others, both LocoRoco and Mercury are simple but addictive.
Wouldn't that be "OurTube" rather than "YouTube" though?
Surely that's what Trillian did ? One log-on, and contact with yahoo or msn (or AOL, or others that I never used)
I'd agree that the HTC/iMate K-JAM is one of the best bits of kit around - I've had mine for about six months now, and already find it hard to imagine going back to a "normal" phone.
The slide-out keyboard is a fantastic idea - I hardly ever use the stylus/on-screen keyboard method at all. In fact, the only visible "downside" to it is that if you're using the keyboard to write messages etc., it's a highly visible clue to muggers etc. that you're carrying an expensive bit of kit. Then again, to me that just encourages me to be more careful - but it's the only downside I've yet found with it.
Agreed. I've used AVG free edition a lot, even persuaded my parents to use it.
In fact, I've even ended up paying for a licensed version at work, rather than the Norton that the company uses...