BurningbirdCopy found on Wayback Machine. The original cross-browser objects encapsulated browser-specific DHTML implementation behind a set of exposed interfaces, making it easier to change the implementation if needed, and easier to create and maintain my DHTML pages. When a new browser version (or browser) releases, I can make changes to handle the new implementation details […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. It seems everywhere you look within the high tech industry, all you see is doom and gloom — closed companies, laid off employees, crashing Internet stock. I feel as if I should stand on top of a tall mountain, shouting out, “Is anyone still left in the technology industry!?!” At […]
Originally published at O’Reilly The joke goes: “How do you pronounce ‘C#’?”, and the punch line is: “The language formerly known as Java.” Extending this, you can say that .NET is “…the infrastructure formerly known as COM/DCOM.” The .NET infrastructure is significantly different from COM/COM+. However, information about .NET has been out long enough so […]
Title: Smoke: An Infrastructure supporting Distributed Peer Services Length: 60 minutes Focus of Talk: Technical/Tutorial Subject Matter: Infrastructure/Distributed Computation Abstract The sale of large scale control systems — such as those used with mass transit systems or to control multi-national pipelines — often requires a marketing and engineering effort that demands the input of several different people, many of […]
Originally published at O’Reilly Australia’s been in the news before about Net censorship legislation, but the South Australian Parliament may have gone a little extreme even for this Net-conservative country. A bill introduced in November would make it illegal for content providers to post material that is considered “objectionable viewing material” for children. What’s objectionable […]