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Comment: Hmm - is this really like TCP (Score 3, Interesting) 133

by dirkx (#41136787) Attached to: Stanford Researchers Discover the 'Anternet'
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Comment: Re:Venue choice? (Score 2) 156

by dirkx (#34966382) Attached to: Google Submits VP8 Draft To the IETF
And there is also the expectation of "But the IETF document still plays a subordinate role to that source code.'' in the original article. However one interesting expectation or requirement of IETF standards is that one expects at least one, ideally two, independent implementations based on the written spec. This would alleviate the concerns that the VP8 case is too leading - as one has now an example of an independently derived code base - which has taken the written spec as its lead - and secondly it would also give the community a very fair idea as to any residual IPR issues, by Google or by others. Thanks, Dw.

+ - HTML 5 emerges as a platform

Submitted by itjoblog
itjoblog writes "My first real encounter with what we loosely call "HTML 5" was nearly three years ago, at a 2007 Future of Web Applications conference in London. Mozilla's John Resig showed features including the Canvas element, SVG, video and audio. I reported on it here, noting that it might be too late to disrupt the momemtum behind Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight...

I would not have guessed that in 2010 Microsoft itself would demonstrate a version of Internet Explorer with support for these features. I'm referring to the version 9 fourth platform preview, which you can try out here. In case you missed it, the new IE scores 95% on the Acid 3 CSS stress test (and the other 5% is unimportant), performs creditably on the SunSpider JavaScript performance test, being more then ten times faster than IE8, and implements significant parts of HTML 5 including Canvas, SVG, Video and Audio..."

An Inside Look At Warhammer Online's Server Setup 71

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Comment: sharp/in-line support (Score 1) 178

by dirkx (#23066068) Attached to: Can You Access Your Own Cash Register Data?
Most modern (even the low end) registers allow for saving the transactions to a memory card, or can be polled (or can act as a 'stupid termina' when wired up -- but that requires a lot more software). The low end units typically store the output as ascii; very akin to the format you find on the paper tape; i.e. as would be written to the printer (at the end of the day, or as a carbon copy). Some, e.g. Sharp, have a more readily parsed format, basically CSV, which is easier to handle - or can even do html!. Keywords to search for (with the latter vendor) are SDW; or in general 'in-line' support. At the very extreme end - consider a POS application (or perhaps even http://www.checkoutapp.com/) with just a cash-drawer, a printer and no till at all. These are generally 'unlocked' easily and a lot of have a simple printerport connection to which you can send an 'esc' 'O' command -- akin to the old EPSON FX-80 era world. Dw.

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