Comment: Re:Well in that case (Score 1) 276
Well said.
Google Frame Benchmarks 9x Faster than IE8 152
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CmdrTaco
from the they-framed-me dept.
from the they-framed-me dept.
ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Early tests with Google's Chrome Frame found IE8 runs 9.6 times faster than usual. The testers ran the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark suite." The other question is what is the performance hit of using the Frame plug-in instead of running the browser natively.
Comment: Re:Story link to DailyFinance.com article (Score 1) 433
Not that I really care, but FYI Beck himself has said on his show that he is not a "journalist".
Comment: BOSS? (Score 2, Interesting) 65
How does this affect Yahoo's Search API, BOSS?
Comment: Rebranded in Canada (Score 1) 629
Radioshack in Canada is now The Source from Circuit City.
Comment: Out of line with principles? (Score 4, Insightful) 437
If this is out of line with Amazon's principles, then why does the technology to remotely delete books exist?
Microsoft Puts C# and the CLI Under "Community Promise" 465
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timothy
from the if-it's-a-trap-please-clarify dept.
from the if-it's-a-trap-please-clarify dept.
FishWithAHammer writes "Peter Galli of Microsoft posted a blog entry on Port25 today, regarding the explicit placement of C# and the Common Language Infrastructure (the ECMA standard that underpins .NET) under their Community Promise: 'It is important to note that, under the Community Promise, anyone can freely implement these specifications with their technology, code, and solutions. You do not need to sign a license agreement, or otherwise communicate to Microsoft how you will implement the specifications. ... Under the Community Promise, Microsoft provides assurance that it will not assert its Necessary Claims against anyone who makes, uses, sells, offers for sale, imports, or distributes any Covered Implementation under any type of development or distribution model, including open-source licensing models such as the LGPL or GPL.'"
Adds reader anshulajain: "Understandably, Miguel De Icaza is jumping with joy."
Comment: Recursive Performance (Score 1) 191
Is there a significant performance difference between WITH RECURSIVE and a recursive function?
Comment: Any Government (Score 1) 206
I guarantee you the Liberals and NDP will back this up. No political party has a monopoly on the never ending quest for power.
Comment: Canada's Voter Turn Out Problem (Score 4, Insightful) 324
Allowing people to vote online isn't going to solve the turnout problem as long as we have a federal election every couple of years. Canada has had something like four federal elections in the last five years, which is pretty ridiculous. The voters are tired of it, and they're demonstrating that by not bothering to vote. I'm not saying this is the best way to demonstrate disgust, but the ability to vote online isn't going to fix the real problem.