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Please, the word shill gets thrown around here all the time. It's the standard response for anything you don't agree with. I wonder if those persons do it in real life too. Would be fun to watch while they call anyone with positive opinions a shill.
Seems like they're following their own guidelines, though...
Decide for me but let me have the final say
Take your best guess and act rather than asking first. Too many choices and decisions make people unhappy. Just in case you get it wrong, allow for 'undo'.
God do I hate it how often Google tries to fix my searches with their "did you mean to search this?" bs and just doesn't give me what I want to search.
Because Slashdot is an news aggregator with news taken elsewhere and summarized. Usually the submitters also base their summary on some specific article, and even though no one actually reads the linked articles, it makes it look like the submitter is sourcing their information from good reputable news sites like InfoWorld.
It's good to see Google admit that large amount of Android apps aren't really standardly designed and suffer from huge fragmentation issues, both with hardware and design. It's just weird to see Google CEO saying there isn't such issue while at the same time the company is launching design guide to help fix some of the issues.
I think this is also part of a longer plan for Android's issues. I think Google is finally starting to see that the supposed freedom they gave to manufacturers and telcos backfired and resulted in fragmented hardware and non-standard design within apps and phones. I believe they will soon announce some similar guidelines and policy changes to try to get Android more together. Especially now that WP7 market share is starting to climb as a result of Nokia's new phones.
It's good they're getting rid of all GPL code, especially considering how GPLv3 restricts cooperation. GPL is practically destroying and giving bad name to all open source because of their draconian stance on ANY proprietary code. Companies are already afraid to use any open source code because they associate it with GPL.
I agree, Google is master of using feel-good words. They do it with everything, right from using "beta" in product names so that when people point out bugs, they can just say it's a beta! On top of that they when they ask users to install Chrome, instead of Yes and No they use soft words like "Let's try it out!" and "Maybe at some other time". They're a marketing company, they know how to play that game.
The difference, as he explains it, is that differentiation means manufacturers have a choice, they're going to compete on their view of innovation, and try to convince consumers that their innovation is better than somebody elses whereas fragmentation is quite the opposite.
How is that different, and how is fragmentation quite the opposite? It's not. Fragmentation on Android is real problem. Of course Eric Schmidt is going to say it's not a problem, or that it doesn't even exist. Companies always deny problems. It's not a bug, it's a feature!
What does it matter? You don't need to pay anything before you see the patents. You just sign the NDA so you don't go around publicly talking about the specifics. After signing it you get to know all the patents and details and can examine if you're actually violating them, and if you pay or fight in court.
Almost all of DDG's results come from Bing. They do tweak them a bit, and add information from other sources like Wikipedia when it's relevant. But the search results are 95% Bing.
So, Microsoft is getting paid for every Android device sold in the US...
And people think the patent system isn't broken.
How does that mean the patent system is broken? Microsoft is just collecting royalties on technology they invented and developed. That is the entire reason patent system is established - so that other companies can use technology invented by other companies who would otherwise keep the details secret.
the bribes came in when "somebody" bribed the patent office to allow the actually invalid patents to be issued
[Citation needed]
Microsoft has a huge R&D division, larger than any other company in the industry has. Their patents are invalid, they're good patents given after lots of research. Microsoft spends billions a year to do it, so it's only fair that other companies pay up if they want to profit from the results of Microsoft's R&D.
PHP is fine, but if you want to learn about a better, enterprise-ready languages I would suggest using ASP.NET. It integrates perfectly with.NET apps and libraries and comes with a comprehensive library (as it uses.NET). The great thing about ASP.NET is that you can use C# to develop for it. ASP.NET also comes with various functions to make state management easier - an important feature that is completely missing in other languages. It also has built-in cache management.
ASP.NET originally lacked templating engine, but Microsoft introduced it in 2.0 version. You can have master templates that have placeholders for the dynamic content, as well as all the HTML and JavaScript that is shared between all pages.
It is basically more than your off-the-shelf PHP/Python/Ruby. ASP.NET provides much larger library to use, has templating engine, error handling, controls and events (and hence is more familiar to Windows developers), caching, object-oriented design and session control which can even be saved in SQL Server. It's not just a language, it's the complete package.
One of the great things about ASP.NET is also that you can use your favorite language to develop for it, as long as it supports.NET. This means you can use VB.NET, C#, J#, Delphi.NET etc. And because you compile the code to bytecode, it runs significantly faster. On top of that Visual Studio is a great free (and commercial) development environment.
Oh, and if you want to run ASP.NET under Linux servers, it's easy too. Apache has mod_mono module or you can use it via FastCGI.
Session ID needs to be in the URL because otherwise every page request would be POST, and that will break lots of functionality. Usually session id goes to cookie, and regardless, they're almost always bound to IP and other information. You can't just copy that session id and log in. It has no effect on security in standard environments (and if you do custom stuff like reverse proxying you need to handle many things anyway), and sessions provide good functionality.
The default is GET because it's better in most cases, like in your example with Google query. This lets people link to pages, bookmark them, let search engines index them and lets user go back and forward in history. POST breaks all that and should only be used when there's actual need for them, like when filling actual forms. In most cases they're used perfectly good.
Because they haven't sold enough WP7 to anyone to waste their time trying.
Why can you use that line when Windows is involved, but not with Linux? Every time someone says that Linux is secure because it doesn't have enough market share there is countless amount of people saying that it isn't so. Selective much?
It is when they're pushing them in the usual search results. It's somewhat cheating, and certainly not honest. That's why Google is probably giving them that prominence by moving them to better places, but outside the search results. That's what EU has been giving them trouble for, anyway.
Windows Phone 7 is actually the only current phone with no exploits. Both Android and iPhone have exploits (even tho users usually label them as rooting their phones, but essentially it's the same).
It's relevant because the lawsuits are already about Google promoting their own services over competitor ones in search results. This move might be because they needed to move the promotion off the search results and give them space in more prominent "Google's stuff" place, or they didn't care about the investigations and just went full force promoting their own services. Regardless, it is relevant.
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How isn't screen size part of UI?
Please, the word shill gets thrown around here all the time. It's the standard response for anything you don't agree with. I wonder if those persons do it in real life too. Would be fun to watch while they call anyone with positive opinions a shill.
Decide for me but let me have the final say Take your best guess and act rather than asking first. Too many choices and decisions make people unhappy. Just in case you get it wrong, allow for 'undo'.
God do I hate it how often Google tries to fix my searches with their "did you mean to search this?" bs and just doesn't give me what I want to search.
Because Slashdot is an news aggregator with news taken elsewhere and summarized. Usually the submitters also base their summary on some specific article, and even though no one actually reads the linked articles, it makes it look like the submitter is sourcing their information from good reputable news sites like InfoWorld.
It's good to see Google admit that large amount of Android apps aren't really standardly designed and suffer from huge fragmentation issues, both with hardware and design. It's just weird to see Google CEO saying there isn't such issue while at the same time the company is launching design guide to help fix some of the issues.
I think this is also part of a longer plan for Android's issues. I think Google is finally starting to see that the supposed freedom they gave to manufacturers and telcos backfired and resulted in fragmented hardware and non-standard design within apps and phones. I believe they will soon announce some similar guidelines and policy changes to try to get Android more together. Especially now that WP7 market share is starting to climb as a result of Nokia's new phones.
It's good they're getting rid of all GPL code, especially considering how GPLv3 restricts cooperation. GPL is practically destroying and giving bad name to all open source because of their draconian stance on ANY proprietary code. Companies are already afraid to use any open source code because they associate it with GPL.
I agree, Google is master of using feel-good words. They do it with everything, right from using "beta" in product names so that when people point out bugs, they can just say it's a beta! On top of that they when they ask users to install Chrome, instead of Yes and No they use soft words like "Let's try it out!" and "Maybe at some other time". They're a marketing company, they know how to play that game.
The difference, as he explains it, is that differentiation means manufacturers have a choice, they're going to compete on their view of innovation, and try to convince consumers that their innovation is better than somebody elses whereas fragmentation is quite the opposite.
How is that different, and how is fragmentation quite the opposite? It's not. Fragmentation on Android is real problem. Of course Eric Schmidt is going to say it's not a problem, or that it doesn't even exist. Companies always deny problems. It's not a bug, it's a feature!
What does it matter? You don't need to pay anything before you see the patents. You just sign the NDA so you don't go around publicly talking about the specifics. After signing it you get to know all the patents and details and can examine if you're actually violating them, and if you pay or fight in court.
Almost all of DDG's results come from Bing. They do tweak them a bit, and add information from other sources like Wikipedia when it's relevant. But the search results are 95% Bing.
No they don't. You didn't choose exact match. Besides, Google and Yahoo are companies name. Bing is just Microsoft's search engine.
They do, but you need to sign NDA. It's common business practice - Google requires it too.
So, Microsoft is getting paid for every Android device sold in the US ...
And people think the patent system isn't broken.
How does that mean the patent system is broken? Microsoft is just collecting royalties on technology they invented and developed. That is the entire reason patent system is established - so that other companies can use technology invented by other companies who would otherwise keep the details secret.
the bribes came in when "somebody" bribed the patent office to allow the actually invalid patents to be issued
[Citation needed] Microsoft has a huge R&D division, larger than any other company in the industry has. Their patents are invalid, they're good patents given after lots of research. Microsoft spends billions a year to do it, so it's only fair that other companies pay up if they want to profit from the results of Microsoft's R&D.
Who says I'm not a subscriber? Because I am.
So I provide a valid opinion and reasons why it's good to do web development with and it gets modded to -1? WTF Slashdot?
PHP is fine, but if you want to learn about a better, enterprise-ready languages I would suggest using ASP.NET. It integrates perfectly with .NET apps and libraries and comes with a comprehensive library (as it uses .NET). The great thing about ASP.NET is that you can use C# to develop for it. ASP.NET also comes with various functions to make state management easier - an important feature that is completely missing in other languages. It also has built-in cache management.
.NET. This means you can use VB.NET, C#, J#, Delphi.NET etc. And because you compile the code to bytecode, it runs significantly faster. On top of that Visual Studio is a great free (and commercial) development environment.
ASP.NET originally lacked templating engine, but Microsoft introduced it in 2.0 version. You can have master templates that have placeholders for the dynamic content, as well as all the HTML and JavaScript that is shared between all pages.
It is basically more than your off-the-shelf PHP/Python/Ruby. ASP.NET provides much larger library to use, has templating engine, error handling, controls and events (and hence is more familiar to Windows developers), caching, object-oriented design and session control which can even be saved in SQL Server. It's not just a language, it's the complete package.
One of the great things about ASP.NET is also that you can use your favorite language to develop for it, as long as it supports
Oh, and if you want to run ASP.NET under Linux servers, it's easy too. Apache has mod_mono module or you can use it via FastCGI.
Session ID needs to be in the URL because otherwise every page request would be POST, and that will break lots of functionality. Usually session id goes to cookie, and regardless, they're almost always bound to IP and other information. You can't just copy that session id and log in. It has no effect on security in standard environments (and if you do custom stuff like reverse proxying you need to handle many things anyway), and sessions provide good functionality.
The default is GET because it's better in most cases, like in your example with Google query. This lets people link to pages, bookmark them, let search engines index them and lets user go back and forward in history. POST breaks all that and should only be used when there's actual need for them, like when filling actual forms. In most cases they're used perfectly good.
Should we do the same for pirates?
How fitting name!
Because they haven't sold enough WP7 to anyone to waste their time trying.
Why can you use that line when Windows is involved, but not with Linux? Every time someone says that Linux is secure because it doesn't have enough market share there is countless amount of people saying that it isn't so. Selective much?
Microsoft doesn't want Android to fail. They are profiting half a billion every year from it, without doing anything.
It is when they're pushing them in the usual search results. It's somewhat cheating, and certainly not honest. That's why Google is probably giving them that prominence by moving them to better places, but outside the search results. That's what EU has been giving them trouble for, anyway.
Windows Phone 7 is actually the only current phone with no exploits. Both Android and iPhone have exploits (even tho users usually label them as rooting their phones, but essentially it's the same).
It's relevant because the lawsuits are already about Google promoting their own services over competitor ones in search results. This move might be because they needed to move the promotion off the search results and give them space in more prominent "Google's stuff" place, or they didn't care about the investigations and just went full force promoting their own services. Regardless, it is relevant.