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by jan_g 16y ago
Just checked her site and it's really good. Thanks for the tip. I have found one interesting tip regarding braces, brackets and parantheses. While I use all three of them all the time, she says that brackets and braces are seldom used. More
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by jan_g 16y ago
So, if one smaller part of shareholders couldn't force a sale to Yahoo, then why larger part of shareholders couldn't force a sale to Google? As I understand, management was all for Google.
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by jan_g 16y ago
What I don't understand is this: who has the power to decide such things? In this story it seems like there are two entities who can block each other. Why didn't someone decide for Yahoo, if their offer was so much better? It's in the inter
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by jan_g 16y ago
Same here. Everything is managed via Synaptic update manager and Chrome gets updated only after I hit the button 'Install updates'.
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by jan_g 16y ago
>>Apple has a strong incentive to make sure that people using OSX have a great experience. To make sure that OSX can browse the web well they need to make sure that Safari is viewed as a mainstream browser, and that it's easy for de
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by jan_g 16y ago
Ok, question for you. Why do other browsers have a reason to make versions for different platforms ? Even Apple releases Safari for Windows and Apple is notorious for their closed ecosystem of hardware+software.
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by jan_g 16y ago
1) I would like to point out that clear separation of functionality in implementation doesn't imply being slow or bug-ridden. And there are levels of abstraction you can take. No need to go Java swing path and abstract gui components, but y
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by jan_g 16y ago
I understand there's additional effort needed. What I don't understand is, why you and some others keep repeating that it's such big problem to solve. It really isn't, based on my experience. There's nothing massive about it. If nothing els
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by jan_g 16y ago
Hm, no. Internet explorer is used to view content of the publicly available documents. File explorer is nothing of the sort. I would rather parallel IE to various document viewers (.doc viewer, for example) which Microsoft provides free of
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by jan_g 16y ago
No, I didn't know that, because it's completely counter-intuitive approach to creating software. You have to abstract most of the stuff and then port just OS-specific stuff. It's beyond me why a company of the great software development tra
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by jan_g 16y ago
While I agree with grandparent's take on webkit meme, I don't agree with your take on multi-platform meme. IE-on-other-platforms meme will never die, because this is an important issue for many people. For major releases, like IE9, they cou
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by jan_g 16y ago
Yes, you are correct. But the newest version, Office 2010, is much better and also supports VBA. My coworker that uses the beta version is positively surprised at the quality of the product. EDIT: It's actually named 'Microsoft Office for M
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by jan_g 16y ago
I think that tying IE to operating system is a bad decision. If they can make whole MS Office package available on OSX, then why is browser that special ? Of course I know many of the reasons why _not_ port IE to other oper. systems, but it
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by jan_g 16y ago
I understand the genius part. I don't understand the tradegy. Where's the tradegy in that story ?
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by jan_g 16y ago
Still restart prompts after installation ? Come on, it's just a browser. Anyway, I think it's good that they released a modern, standards compliant browser. However, I won't be switching anytime soon, since they don't provide versions for o
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by jan_g 16y ago
>After all, the price is right. Just costs your privacy. It is worth pointing out that payable cloud services may also cost you your privacy. It has happened before, various data leaks, stolen passwords, etc.
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That is generally true for all developed countries.
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by jan_g 16y ago
>My point on this query is that you can use the left-hand search bar to restrict the results to a certain time range (e.g. only results from the last week, month, or year). I am amazed at how many users still don't know about this featu
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by jan_g 16y ago
Really interesting. Here in Slovenia (Europe), iphone is not even officially available for purchase (people that want it, mostly go to Italy to buy it). On the other hand, Android is everywhere. Htc desire, Samsung Galaxy S, SE experia x10,
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by jan_g 16y ago
>Morrill explains that the study shows that children born just after the kindergarten cutoff date were 25 percent less likely to be diagnosed as having ADHD than children born just before the cutoff date. Anyone care to explain what is
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by jan_g 16y ago
Good magazine, I'd love to have it in paper, but too expensive. 10$ per issue only shipping cost.
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by jan_g 16y ago
This case is interesting to me, because I've always been under impression that in USA you can hire and fire whomever you want. Which is not the case here in Europe, where workers are protected like endangered species if they're on permanent
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by jan_g 16y ago
I'm not referring to "free as in beer", but for freedom of choice. I want to be able to install & use apps (for which I paid) without carrier or platform vendor meddling. I don't want to root the phone, don't want to unlock the sim, don
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by jan_g 16y ago
>I hope they will follow Apple's model of having tighter control over their app stores rather than the mess that the Android marketplace is. It is really interesting that you hope for tight control, while I am waiting for a platform wit
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by jan_g 16y ago
Infinite redirects happen to me sometimes when I switch (log-out, log-in) accounts -> my wife and I use the same computer at home. When that happens, I have to clear cookies and browser cache and then it starts working ok.
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by jan_g 16y ago
I am also not medically trained, but I was present during my wife's two childbirths. I am strongly opposed to described method and would not advice anyone, let alone my wife, to undergo such treatment. Why ? Because delivering a child is a
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Making webcam work in flash on ubuntu(lab.marand.com)
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by jan_g 17y ago
Similarly for me, flash varied (from 20 to 50fps) with pauses, in chrome on linux. Canvas & html both around 40fps, svg slighlty lower. Based on my experience, I would rule out flash, but since majority of users are on win or osx I seco
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by jan_g 17y ago
Funny that you should mention a potato. I remember my late grandfather saying, that speaking english is like speaking german with hot potato in one's mouth. Btw. I'm neither english nor german, but slovene (living right next to Italian bo
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by jan_g 17y ago
>People often ask where it’s legal to park an RV. And the answer is, generally, “Wherever you can park your car, I can park my RV; as long as it fits, doesn’t obstruct signage or right of way, and doesn’t spill into another space where

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