It is okay to teach someone old ways of doing tasks. Such ways might not be optimal, but may function if the new method doesn't work right now.
It's not okay to teach someone obsolete ways of doing tasks. Such ways have been superseded for a reason, and there's no reason to keep them around anywhere other than a museum.
Obsolete technology is obvious. You can let them know they exist, but it's never worth the effort to teach them.
The real answer is to not allow patents for things that are "obvious" to people knowledgeable in the relevant field.
Obvious is a vague term that could be applied retroactivly (in case everyone suddenly learns how to do something from said patent.)
It might be better to require an invention instead. For example, A method and system for providing online records doesn't appear to be much of an invention (both abstract and claim 1 seem to describe any database), and more like attempting to comply with a new standard or industry requirement. Even if there is something novel in that patent, it appears to be buried among the description on something handled by existing technology.
Does VLC play MOD, S3M, XM, IT, or other tracked formats?
If you want to rate VLC on which obscure music tracks it can support, you should include
VLC plays the tracker formats, but not Midi. This may have changed since 2.0.8 with some FAQ claiming that nobody listens to tracker formats anymore.
Still, using a video player to listen to music is using a sledgehammer to swat a fly.
reminder that Java has become an Internet security menace."
The big three browsers can trivially block Java, through something as simple as "click to play", or "always launch plugins from this site". Any browser that auto-executes stuff by default is broken.
On the other hand, I've had a malware distribution attempt via Javascript. It's certainly designed to attack Chrome, since it wipes the previous page content and URL, replacing it with its own.
Oh, and a trivial Javascript exploit that browsers took 10+ years to fix.
while(true) {alert("haha");}
.and the liberals want to push their own narratives and have done so, largely because the schools are government funded to begin with.
I think such censorship is probably because of parents that think their special snowflakes shouldn't be exposed to such hateful material.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - banned because of the n-word, and changing it to slave made the book fine for reading. I find it very hard to believe a liberal agenda would be to deny well-known past history, especially when they replace it with something worse (i.e. "nigger" means the person could legally leave, while "slave" does not.)
The Catcher in the Rye - single use of the f-word.
Bridge to Terabithia - banned because of disrespect to adults. I've seen greater disrespect from shows where kids are highly effective at knocking out international criminal organizations as those imply that adults are useless (and practically waving a big flag in front of the radar).
Tetris is a solved problem if you're going for survival (assuming you don't get an extremely unlucky piece selection). Since AI has access to the current piece, the next piece, and can do a probability check on the next piece, it can basically last forever.
I myself never made it past level 10, and I've never seen anyone make it past level 20.
Tetris: The Grand Master: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo - fast forward to 3:00 to see first majoor speedup, 4:45 for final speedup, and 5:01 for invisible pieces.
That, and 999999 was done on a real NES within 3 minutes 11 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR0BKCHJ48s
Maximizing a window is a holdover from the 4:3 aspect ratio era, where maximizing windows could still have content comfortably read. If one uses a 16:9 widescreen, they'd normally avoid that issue having the browser fill one-half of the screen (Windows 7 does this by Alt-Left), making a nice, readable page.
Plus half-filling the screen lets you put something else on the other half, like something to take notes.
It stated things like "postage stamp-sized video," jumpyness, bad audio... all those problems that were inherent in the early versions of Quicktime and MPEG.
I'll play devil's advocate, and say they still exist.
All three problems are trivially solved, but still exist.
As for Bitcoin, any problems can be handled by an update to the reference protocol (one of which was required when some miner produced a block too large for some clients.)
People going on a shooting spree are as much a victim of society as the people they kill
Except for the fact that some of those shooters are simple psychopaths.
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold - pretended to show promise after they attended the anger management classes, even writing a letter of apology to the van owner. At the same time, they wrote in their journal about their god-given right to break into a van in the middle of nowhere. Other bits of motive exist, with them generally claiming things persistent with narcissism.
Granted, most of the problems could be avoided by people paying attention. Obviously, the person providing the firearms should have known that something was wrong with purchasing a semi-auto pistol and a shotgun for two minors who had a questionable history.
My dream browser would NOT:
There are early versions of Mosaic if that's what you want.
The problem with modern browsers isn't because they do all that stuff, but because they do that stuff without you knowing about it or even controlling it. Anything relying on plugins can be set to Click-to-play (or via exception), popups can be blocked through similar tactics, and cookies/local store use can be identified through a simple icon or status bar message.
Apparently, the guy selling it is "The Steward in The Keep". There is no "keep" on the map. There is no Steward in all the people I met.
The "keep" is actualy the house the Jarl lives in, including the smaller holds which place the Jarl in a longhouse. However, the steward is sometimes hard to find, being all-over the keep and in places you can't think of (thus you have to find a map, cross off places you can think of, and visit the ones that aren't crossed off.)
But the first impression about gameplay will eventually fade in time, as it's replaced by a new experience when you start a new character:
All in all, your first experience will change to something that's more typical to an average game.
I recall a group of people attempting to exploit the dumb laws, and they encountered a problem: Some of the listed laws were either incorrect, outdated, or ended up causing a hazard when they tried breaking them. In any case, they didn't receive their handgun and bullets when they left prison.
Also, those laws are uncited, requiring you to search for something that might not even exist.
Here's an example:
It is illegal to turn right on a red light at any time. (Repealed 2003 â" However, the law remains in effect in the city of Montreal)
This law is a safety regulation, and it can easily be interpreted as a law where you can't travel into a red light signal (e.g. absolute stop).
Also, they should mention it's a Quebec law rather than being for all of Canada.
As much as everyone may like Myst, it's not technically special. The only thing going for it would be the use of multimedia/FMV. Even if FMV appeared in other games, it doesn't mean those games are any good.
Gameplay-wise, Myst takes an Alpine Encounter approach to the puzzles - you can bypass most of the game if you already know what to do.
The puzzles themselves are mostly control-room puzzles - click on something, and something happens some distance away. The back and forth travelling, although a good way to examine the landscape, isn't good for those who want to get along with the plot.
For those who value a Christian education, there is, and can be, no public option.
With the exception of a public Catholic school board.
It might not be popular, but it's present.
Being on the hiring end of the interviews I can say it's VERY hard to find candidates that are even in the ballpark of our required skill sets.
I've been seeing this a lot - the first major job search I did was part of co-op, and employers were demanding ~5 years of crystal reports which is well beyond those who are in college and learning stuff for the first time.
There is only a shortage of purple squirrels. If you look for actual talent, or actually spend time to train a newcomer (90 days for basic tasks, and gradually increase responsibility afterward), then you have plenty of applicants available where you don't even need to call in an H1B.
"If you want to know what happens to you when you die, go look at some dead stuff." -- Dave Enyeart
