> Immediately noticeable is the cringe-inducing vertically aligned window controls. Admittedly, it does save a few pixels of vertical space, since Apple got rid of the title bar entirely. But the Human Interface Guidelines are there for a reason—to provide users with a consistent paradigm for interacting with applications. The common wisdom is that you shouldn't break the HIG unless there is a compelling reason. In our opinion, a few pixels of vertical space isn't a compelling enough reason.
I have a laptop with an ethernet port. I have a Western Digital MyBook with an ethernet port (it contains its own little internal computer).
I need to hook up my laptop directly to the MyBook and be able to access it via windows networking. How can I tell my laptop to connect to the MyBook? I'm ...
@JoePhillips Um, you could possibly do that with ping or arp... I'm a linux guy, not a windows guy, so I'm not familiar with the commands you'd use on WinXP
@JoePhillips: From the manual: Recovery Button Pressing the recovery button while powering up the device resets the admin user name and password to default without erasing shared folders or volumes. The recovery button also resets network configuration to DHCP (obtain an IP address automatically).
You could then run a DHCP server on your laptop and use a crossover cable or connect via a switch and then the WD Drive will get an IP
@JoePhillips What you can do is assign your laptop a static IP of 192.168.0.1 or something with a netmask of 255.255.0.0, and ping (broadcast) 192.168.255.255
after connecting the WD drive to the laptop via a crossover cable or switch
if the WD drive has a static 192.168.x.x address, it will reply to broadcast pings
The Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors are based on new 32-nanometer process technology with an advanced Core microarchitecture that features an integrated memory controller and Level 3 cache, giving the MacBook Pro faster, more direct access to memory. In addition, these processors feature:
Turbo Boost - a dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload, giving you extra processing power when you need it. HyperThreading - a technology that allows two threads to run simultaneously on each core. So a dual-core MacBook Pro has f…
@JoePhillips I bought a Dell with an Intel core i5, and was duped by the "4-core power!" slogan
it's a dual core w/ hyperthreading
and I bought it for this VMware server, intending to use 4 cores for 4 simultaneous VMs running :-(
very bad reflection on me as my company's lead IT guy! :'(
OK, well since the past few days I've been basically chained to my workstation and today's my day off, I'm going to go and explore that big wide-open space that is known as... "The Outdoors"!
I'll probably wander back in here for a drink and some XMPP testing later. Have a great day everyone!
Since I'll probably be shopping for a printer, before I shove off does anyone have any good printer recommendations? It's for a small 4 person office which prints very rarely (maybe 10-20 pages per week)
(I'll also be shopping for a UPS, but that one I'm pretty sure I know what I'm getting)
> To help the best answers rise to the top, "vote up" really good answers and "vote down" answers that aren't very useful.
now where have I heard that before?
> In order to maintain a high quality of answers for questions asked, your ability to comment on other people's answers depends on how close you are to the question asker or answerer, the rating of your previous answers, and whether you originally posed the question.
now that's actually an interesting idea of integrating the whole social graph crap into the system
It seems alot of you people like Oracle bashing, but have you really used Oracle. Most likely not. I have for over 8 years, and oracle forms can be a pain, the application express makes it easier, and you have to understand how to create PL/SQL functions to do updating, and triggers to call the...
The 'answer' was "OMFG. Oracle fucking rocks, like, you have to actually know something to use it. It used to be cheap but now it's web 2.0, yo. Not like that freemium garbage that is dot net, and all its for pay plugins. Everything Oracle is free, until it isn't and then you have to pay. But not everybody can use it! Not like dot net. Everybody does dot. Especially those pesky cardboard-box-residents software-pirating filthy Indian scum. They took all our jobs! You foolish corporations!"
> There is no innovation due to outsourcing. BRING the jobs back home, and people will create stuff that no other company has, and won't have due to copy rights, and you will have a advantage over your customer again.
My attempt to self-censor myself ended up highlighting the whole room.
Apparently, most combinations of three or more non-letters after the @simbol will work, including the original @#$£ or less imaginative @###, @$$$, @£££. @@@@ also works.
It'd be nice to think they're using the exact list of characters excluded from names on SO, but... That might be a bit optimistic. DRY often suffers in OO languages.
Presented for your enjoyment-slash-amusement.
Email received by team@stackoverflow.com from Name
Jesus Christ Almighty, what a f***ing mess of a website. I'm trying to post a question. Just the one, you know, f***ing question. So I sign up for an ID and I'm sent an email that doesn't real...
Are there any (good) free DHCP servers for Windows XP?
It seems alot of you people like Oracle bashing, but have you really used Oracle. Most likely not. I have for over 8 years, and oracle forms can be a pain, the application express makes it easier, and you have to understand how to create PL/SQL functions to do updating, and triggers to call the...
There is no room for celebrity gossip on Stack Overflow. Where it is allowed? Here?
My attempt to self-censor myself ended up highlighting the whole room.
Apparently, most combinations of three or more non-letters after the @simbol will work, including the original @#$£ or less imaginative @###, @$$$, @£££. @@@@ also works.
Presented for your enjoyment-slash-amusement.
Email received by team@stackoverflow.com from Name
Jesus Christ Almighty, what a f***ing mess of a website. I'm trying to post a question. Just the one, you know, f***ing question. So I sign up for an ID and I'm sent an email that doesn't real...
