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Kent Sharkey wrote: have demonstrated it’s possible to beam a wireless Internet signal across the 238,900 miles separating Earth from the moon.
It may be possible, but with a round trip of 2.5 seconds, it's going to take a LOOONG time to load your favorite pages!
Marc
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Just like dialup...they always said 56K but I never got past 19K, myself 
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It might make Call of Duty a bit harder as well...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Marc Clifton wrote: It may be possible, but with a round trip of 2.5 seconds, it's going to take a LOOONG time to load your favorite pages!
Actually, no. Propogation delay mostly affects response time (which requires frequent round trip handshakes) but a page load is mostly throughput ... which means that a page load would be roughly 2.5 seconds plus whatever it takes for a page load in the next office [assuming similar bandwidth and that the page load requires a simple request].
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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In the cloud, to the moon, and you'll be scratching Uranus soon.
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Chronic stress is the response to emotional pressure suffered for a prolonged period over which an individual perceives he or she has no control. I expect the world's Surgeons General to step up immediately, and I'm starting a charity to fight this horrid condition
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Chronic stress is the response to emotional pressure suffered for a prolonged period over which an individual perceives he or she has no control.
You mean like anytime I read about the most recent inane action of some government (any government)? You mean like when I think about how much of my taxes go to waste?
Yeah. I do coding so I don't have to think about those things.
Marc
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Exactly; when coding I'm in my happy place and nothing can bother me. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Quote: an individual perceives he or she has no control.
You have control, so long as you have CTRL+C.
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Wants to 'get users current,' but of the top four browser makers, has the largest percentage on old editions. Imagine a world where all HTML works everywhere. ah. Oh, and I want a cookie, a pony, and world peace.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Imagine a world where all HTML works everywhere.
Um. Why would I want HTML to work everywhere. It's a horrid markup language.
Marc
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I meant "in every browser". Let me update that.
TTFN - Kent
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And now that I think of it: are there any good markup languages? SGML is just too... too. RTF is a scary closet full of leftovers from various decades.
WPF? Something else?
TTFN - Kent
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There is an almost easy solution to that. Firefox (and others) can install any version of their browser on any version of any Microsoft operating system. Microsoft artificially limits what browser goes with what operating system. You can't install IE 11 on Windows 2000, but you can install Firefox 29 on it.
There is valid argument for updating both browser version and operating system version, but tying the two together is entirely a Microsoft choice.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Web-based myBulletins organizes security updates; gets a 'C' grade from one professional. Wasn't this what Windows Update was for?
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At //build 2014, we talked about our commitment to building a deeper partnership with Web developers. We started by launching the beta of status.modern.ie which included a first peek at features in development for the next version of Internet Explorer. The positive reception has been great to see, along with the feedback on what could improve. Watch the sausage being made
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The dev site is pretty neat. The "priorities" are a bunch of marketing hooey.
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Christopher Shields wrote: The "priorities" are a bunch of marketing hooey
We are talking IE here. Microsoft have had a long, long time to ensure their browser is consistent with other browsers when it comes to development but they continue to release browsers that require special treatment.
The world is moving on with or without them.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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In his first public interview since becoming CEO in February, Satya Nadella said he's not interested in dwelling on Microsoft's mistakes with smartphones and tablets. "The future will soon be a thing of the past."
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Is Microsoft planning to turn Windows into a subscription service akin to Office 365? Some leakers say yes. My sources say no. Here's why. Nothing to see here folks, move along
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The search giant wants to make 100 initial vehicles and start a pilot program. "How do I get this car out of second gear?"
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I hope uSoft doesn't come up with there own, it would give BSOD a new meaning.
Here today gone to Maui...
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The little Nash Rambler?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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A fan of fine music, are you?
TTFN - Kent
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Reading your news items fires neurons in my brain I thought long calcified.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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