Re: [NF] why learn how a new M$ product could be better

2012-03-04 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > How is the iPad/iPhone any better than anything else for blind people. > Serious question. > It's really more the iPhone than the iPad... I don't know if it's better than an android device, as I'm not blind myself and haven't evaluated devices accordingly. I notice, though, that most of our bl

Re: [NF] why learn how a new M$ product could be better

2012-03-04 Thread Allen
I think many are like sheep and believe the rubbish apple say. I have an iPad, I got it to try programming for it but Apple make that hard to do so my take on iPad is next to useless. An expensive toy I keep beside the bed to check emails. I use my smaller Android phone because to me, swype is

[NF] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Internet

2012-03-04 Thread Jeff Johnson
I navigate to www.woot.com every day. Today it would not load. Any other site loads. I tried Firefox and Chrome on my Ubuntu machine and it timed out because nothing was received from the server. I can get to woot on the Mac and XP, but not Ubuntu. Interesting. -- Jeff --- J

Re: [NF] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Internet

2012-03-04 Thread Jeff Johnson
I finally got to the page. Weird. Jeff --- Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com On 03/04/2012 06:39 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > I navigate to www.woot.com every day. Today it would not load. Any > other site loads. I tried Firefox and Chrome on my Ubuntu ma

Re: [NF] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Internet

2012-03-04 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > I navigate to www.woot.com every day.  Today it would not load.  Any > other site loads.  I tried Firefox and Chrome on my Ubuntu machine and > it timed out because nothing was received from the server.  I can get to > woot on the Mac and XP,

Re: [NF] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Internet

2012-03-04 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 03/04/2012 10:31 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > >> I navigate to www.woot.com every day. Today it would not load. Any >> other site loads. I tried Firefox and Chrome on my Ubuntu machine and >> it timed out because nothing was received from the s

Re: [NF] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Internet

2012-03-04 Thread Michael Madigan
I've been using the Google DNS servers, i don't know if it's better or worse, just supposed to be faster.   From: Jeff Johnson To: profox@leafe.com Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [NF] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Internet On 03/

Re: [NF] why learn how a new M$ product could be better

2012-03-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 3/3/2012 6:13 AM, AndyD wrote: > Not as expensive as my previous (and final) employers, they chose to > replace everything with a "One solution fits all" solution: > SAP And how'd that work out for them? -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect htt

Re: [NF] why learn how a new M$ product could be better

2012-03-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 3/3/2012 10:13 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Thierry Nivelet > wrote: >> Sorry if I sound a bit commercial, but I think FoxInCloud is a good >> candidate to fill the gap Jean mentions. >> >> The point Jean raises is fully valid: when building a web app to replac