windsurfer

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   by windsurfer 18y ago

   I don't really understand AIR. Isn't it just an animation engine that's had a programming language bootstrapped to it, and then flung onto the desktop? Seems a little too hacked together for me.
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   by windsurfer 18y ago

   Where can you rent computers from?
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   by windsurfer 18y ago

   ASP.NET isn't so open source. Also, at it's current state, it looks like any novice web dev could code up a similar app in a few weeks.
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   by windsurfer 18y ago

   It's saying that a security hole was fixed in IE, and those that have not applied the patch are being attacked. That's hardly news. On top of that, it's practically common knowledge that IE has a lot of security holes. That makes this story
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   by windsurfer 18y ago

   I think that Ian Howards point that the local "computer support person" resented a solution because it was too easy to use is the wrong conclusion. I've found that frequently, people reset linux simply because it's unfamiliar. In remote afr
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   by windsurfer 18y ago

   About your last point: You can get around it by typing return (a);
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   by windsurfer 18y ago

   But that would largely eliminate most of DropBoxes usefulness. A large part of what makes DropBox attractive is it's integration with the operating system.