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Interesting, probably the biggest computer user, China (I don't know for sure) is stil lat almost 60% XP.
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You would think that, once we master space exploration and how to replicate the perfect cup of Earl Grey, everyone in the future according to Star Trek would understand the necessity for unique, strong passwords. Unfortunately, you would be wrong. And no, as we’ll see later, biometrics don’t seem to help. I've giv'n her all she's got captain, an' I still need an uppercase letter and symbol.
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I CAME to AdobeMAX in Los Angeles to give a talk to a room full of designers. Before arriving, I thought of Adobe as a historically important 20th century company that was slowly leaking relevance—a company web designers in the era of responsive design have begun to think of with a combination of fondness and embarrassment, like a beloved but somewhat shameful old uncle. I came to LA with those perceptions, but I leave with the impression of an exciting 21st century company in emergence. Rather than grasping onto Flash, Adobe is retooling for continued relevance on the web.
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After a decade of looking for the "year of the Linux desktop", many Linux columnists have given up. Some say it isn't coming, while others claim that Linux has simply failed on the desktop. If we responded to everyone who has ever criticised the Linux desktop, we wouldn't get any work done. But Miguel de Icaza isn't just anybody. He's well respected in the open source community as the founding developer of one of the two main Linux desktop environments, the Gnome desktop. To our utter amazement, even he now thinks the Linux desktop is dead! Growing a neckbeard is a commitment not everyone is willing to make.
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Bearing in mind this is the same idiot that caused the whole GNOME launcher mess up, it's no wonder he thinks it's "dead", he caused the damage!
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Linux is basically an dinasaur. At this point I am not sure Windows is much better.
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Just have some faith - 2013 is the year of the Linux desktop.
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Hey everyone, Erik here posting for Intel. We’d like to invite you all to participate in the second phase of the Perceptual Computing Challenge.
In addition to wanting to see more use of gesture, voice, and facial recognition in today’s software, Intel is also looking for that one big idea that will change the way people interact with their PCs. And they are putting their money where their mouth is: With a grand-prize of $100,000 USD and thousands of dollars more in prizing available in 4 different categories, this is not one to miss.
Think you’ve got what it takes to inspire others and ignite the computing market with an innovative new concept? You’ve got six weeks to submit ideas for games, productivity tools, user interfaces, generally innovative uses of the Perceptual Computing SDK. If your idea is outstanding it will be selected by the panel of judges to progress into round two, where you’ll receive an interactive gesture camera in order to turn the idea into reality.
Here are more details about the rules and prizes, as well as a link to see who won in the first phase of the competition:
Competition home page and prize list: https:
Showcase of winners from phase one: http:
Good luck!
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Isn't this done & over with?
Didn't we have from here people compete? At the very least I think Pete was an entrant
“Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed” “One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated”
Sir Thomas More (1478 – 1535)
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No, this is a new one. Registration and ideas to be submitted by 17th June 2013
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As Dave said, this is new -- think of it as "phase 2"
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That was the Ultimate Coder Challenge.
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Shiny i7 goodness in a small form factor - just add RAM (up to 16GB) and an SSD!
Clickety[^]
/ravi
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hooooo!! nice shiny!!
Nihil obstat
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Nice! I'm looking for something about the size of a Mac Mini, hence am holding out for the Brix.
/ravi
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If you are looking for something a little more expandable, this would be better. Since it is a media and storage computer, need a dvd, and 2 disk drives. With the case for holding a slim optical and 3.5", that gives 2 3.5 drives. The attachment is not great since only provides for attachment from the bottom, not the sides. The design will handle 2 2.5" and a 5.25" or a 3.5" and 5.25"
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Looks nice!
"I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak
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"Designers are such fickle b*tches (I say this, as a designer). We want control of the entire user experience. We want to ensure repeat use, and high engagement - and to do so, we want to design every little piece of whatever it is we're working on. After all, we are largely responsible for the performance of the result. However, most of us don't want to own the work it takes to execute this full scale implementation. We want to complain about people butchering our designs when bringing them to life, and claim non-responsibility. This is the problem."
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I think you might want to post this in 'The Lounge'. This particular forum 'The Insider News' is for posting news and new announcements.
Please read the description under this forum's name on the top.
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Obviously the description is a "design fail".
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My opinions on comments in software code have evolved with my experience. When I was a teenager first learning to program for real, I rarely used comments unless the code was for an assignment, in which case it was a forced exercise every bit as much as teachers’ requests to “show your work” added verbosity to my math and science problems’ solutions. Of course, the programs themselves were quite simple, and the languages used (BASIC, Pascal) didn’t really support OOP (not that I knew what that was). And it was important, then, to be able to express the intent of the code in English, if only so the instructor knew what was being attempted. It wasn’t uncommon to receive partial credit for comments describing the approach one would take, not having had enough time to actually write the code itself. Make source code easier to read and understand. For you. For the next coder, too.
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The high level stucture of Cello projects is inspired by Haskell, while the syntax and semantics are inspired by Python and Obj-C. Cello isn't about Object Orientation in C, but I hope that with Cello I've turned C into something of a dynamic and powerful functional language which it may have once been. Although the syntax is pleasant, Cello isn't a library for beginners. It is for C power users, as manual memory management doesn't play nicely with many higher-order concepts. Most of all Cello is just a fun experiment to see what C would look like when Hacked to its limits. I checked: it's not functional C. Yet.
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My first breakout session at the SELA Developer Practice covered the most common attacks against web applications and how to defend against these attacks. When planning this talk, I knew 60 minutes are hardly enough to cover all common vulnerabilities -- especially if I wanted to show any demos -- so I decided to focus on the three most prevalent vulnerability types, according to the OWASP Top 10: Injection (command injection and SQL injection), Broken authentication or session management and Cross-site scripting (and CSRF as a bonus). 6 tips for keeping your web site secure.
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Firefox 20.0 -- and a couple earlier versions I think -- has a nifty little feature of its "Inspector" tool that allows you to view HTML elements as 3D objects. This lets you to graphically see the DOM structure and how elements lay against one another. As soon as the feature appeared I knew what I wanted to do with it, I wanted to use it for something it wasn't intended for: 3D Modeling. When all you have is a browser, everything looks like a building block.
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