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Submission + - Why doesn't javascript has a sleep/wait function?

Submitted by

sandeepbansal

on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @11:17AM

sandeepbansal writes: "While executing a webpage in firefox which was a pretty printed version of a JSON feed produced with BeautifyJSON the browser became unresponsive for a long time due to the load of the javascript it was executing. When i decided to modify the script so that it is executed in small steps to increase browser responsiveness i couldn't come up with an elegant way as javascript has no inbuilt sleep/wait function. A similar thing even happens at slashdot. Try going to any story with more then 250 comments and then reducing the expanded comments to 0 and then increasing them to the maximum allowable limit. A user will not be seeing all the +250 comments at the same time and thus executing the script at small intervals would have been much more effective. I really cant understand why doesn't javascript has an inbuilt sleep/wait functionality? Granted javascript provides the setTimout function which can be used to rewrite the function to do the work properly but, is this the correct way? Having a native sleep/wait function would have been much nicer."

Submission + - Phrack has reborn : #64 is out

Submitted by

The Circle of Lost Hackers

on Monday May 28, 2007 @12:27PM

The Circle of Lost Hackers writes: "The hacking electronic magazine Phrack is back online. A new issue has been released this week-end, which ends up more than a year and a half without publication. This issue features a mix of scene articles and many highly technical papers dealing with almost all topics of computer hacking: Hardware, Code analysis & Reverse engineering, previously unpublished Kernel & Heap exploits techniques, applied network intrusion on Windows and UNIX, Cryptanalysis, OsX kernel tricks, are waiting for you. A new volume of a very high quality that reminds some old-school issues as it also includes its amount of Underground and body/mind experiences reports. A must read."

Submission + - Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007 India final: Review

Submitted by

Sandeep Bansal

on Sunday May 27, 2007 @03:29PM

Sandeep Bansal writes: "From the article

It all started with me getting a call from microsoft inviting me to come and watch the event which was to take place at Air force auditorium, Delhi. Frankly speaking i was not at all interested in going to watch the event as i knew that the projects would be build on .NET only and i don't like .NET at all. But then, the lady on the phone said the golden words. She said, "You are going to get a Free DVD of windows Vista for personal use, free lunch and tickets to watch the movie Spiderman 3". I was already planning to go and watch the movie the next day which incidentally was the release date (5 may 2007) of the movie and getting printed DVDs of windows Vista was also to my liking. So, i agreed to go to watch the event along with a few of my friends. I was in for a big surprise.
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Submission + - 10 reasons to use pidgin as an instant messenger

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sandeepbansal

on Sunday May 27, 2007 @11:18AM

sandeepbansal writes: "Pidgin is an instant messenger used widely all over the world. Here i outline 10 reasons of using pidgin over all other messengers available.

Pidgin is multi-protocol and multi-platform

Large userbase

Multiple login support

Free support

Scripting and plugin support

Encryption support

Anonymity support

Like many messengers pidgin has some bugs but i think that it has too many merits which outshine any bug which exists. Just give it a try and i am sure you will love it.
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Submission + - Ubuntu Magazine Released

Submitted by jpaul on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @11:21AM

jpaul writes: The Ubuntu community has yet another thing to rejoice about, and it is their very own magazine. The Full Circle Magazine is completely free and takes a look at various aspects of Ubuntu as well as its immediately family: Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Issue #0 is currently available and offers a look at Ubuntu's history including the new features that were introduced into Feisty Fawn. Issue #1 is being worked on and stands proud at 44-pages, so keep your eye out for more and don't forget to contribute to the magazine if you have time!

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