This is site for Geeks who do development in Indian Local Languages and it comes from Microsoft itself.
The site is very well categorized and I found the trivia section particularly intersted.
Microsoft is on a localization drive and they plan to release a Hindi version of XP early next year.
The Hindi Indic IME gives a very convenient way of entering text in Hindi using the English QWERT keyboard in any Office XP application, wordpad and notepad on Windows 2000/ Windows XP platform.
How do I prevent visitors stealing my images?
A popular trick to prevent image theft is to "brand", or "watermark" them by putting your URL or logo into the image. Anyone who takes your images and posts them somewhere else will at the same time be advertising for your site.
There are a plethora of Javascript tricks that "prevent" the user from right-clicking on images and selecting Save As.., and so far none of them have worked, or worked in only one browser. These scripts can be defeated because they cannot cover all the entry points to the image. The browser belongs to the user, they can do whatever they please. Even, if by some miracle, a method was found to block the user from saving the image through the browser, there is still the unstoppable resource of the cache.
The rule of thumb is that if an image can be viewed on the users computer, there's nothing you can do technically to stop them copying your images, legally you may have a few options.
The second rule of thumb is that if your images are that important to you, don't put them on the net.
There are a plethora of Javascript tricks that "prevent" the user from right-clicking on images and selecting Save As.., and so far none of them have worked, or worked in only one browser. These scripts can be defeated because they cannot cover all the entry points to the image. The browser belongs to the user, they can do whatever they please. Even, if by some miracle, a method was found to block the user from saving the image through the browser, there is still the unstoppable resource of the cache.
The rule of thumb is that if an image can be viewed on the users computer, there's nothing you can do technically to stop them copying your images, legally you may have a few options.
The second rule of thumb is that if your images are that important to you, don't put them on the net.
Macromedia readies Captivate for demos and simulations
Macromedia is announcing Captivate, formerly known as RoboDemo, for recording onscreen activity and building software demonstrations and interactive simulations.
New features in Captivate include tighter linkage to Flash and the company’s Breeze Web conference platform as well as the ability to visually adjust the timing of objects, such as a text caption or image. Also featured is a recording mode for instantly recording demos, including mouse movements, or for recording simulations.
The product’s name was changed because the company believed RoboDemo created a perception that the product was just for screen recording, but the product also is for interactive content and simulations, said Silke Fleischer, product manager for Captivate at Macromedia.
New features in Captivate include tighter linkage to Flash and the company’s Breeze Web conference platform as well as the ability to visually adjust the timing of objects, such as a text caption or image. Also featured is a recording mode for instantly recording demos, including mouse movements, or for recording simulations.
The product’s name was changed because the company believed RoboDemo created a perception that the product was just for screen recording, but the product also is for interactive content and simulations, said Silke Fleischer, product manager for Captivate at Macromedia.
How to Hide Your HTML Source!
Here are a number of very effective methods of keeping unscrupulous surfers from stealing your HTML source:
IT CAN'T BE DONE
The only truly effective method in the list above is #10.
- Use the
- Use the DONTSTEAL attribute in the tag.
- Ftp to your server, select all files and directories, hit "Delete".
- Put every existing copy of every file on floppies, place them in a shoebox and bury them in the backyard. There is another version of this method which involves placing the floppies in a plastic bag and hiding them in a different sort of hole. Both are equally effective.
- Password protect your entire site and make sure no one has the password, not even you.
- Employ a small but fanatically loyal and well-armed band of mercenaries to guard your site.
- Start>Run>format C:\
- Attack dogs, preferably rabid.
- Use any version of Microsoft Frontpage to create your site. (This won't prevent people from viewing your source, but no one will want to steal it.)
- Don't put your pages on the web.
IT CAN'T BE DONE
The only truly effective method in the list above is #10.
Optical Illusions
In anticipation of a slow news day i would like to direct the Slashdot hordes to Akiyoshi Kitaoka's Optical Illusions page. The page also has explanations on why/how they occur (in PDF format).
Caution: This page contains some works of "anomalous motion illusion", which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had better leave this page immediately.
Some of the pictures on this website can cause dizziness or might possibly epileptic seizures. The latter happens when the brain can't handle the conflicting information from your two eyes. If you start feeling unwell when using this website, immediately cover one eye with your hand and then leave the page. Do not close your eyes because that can make the attack worse.
J-Walk points to a blog about Optical Illusions. It has links to some great illusion sites:
53 Optical Illusions | Perceptual Science Group | Motion Perception | Project Lite | The Museum of Unworkable Devices | Planet Perplex
Caution: This page contains some works of "anomalous motion illusion", which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had better leave this page immediately.
Some of the pictures on this website can cause dizziness or might possibly epileptic seizures. The latter happens when the brain can't handle the conflicting information from your two eyes. If you start feeling unwell when using this website, immediately cover one eye with your hand and then leave the page. Do not close your eyes because that can make the attack worse.
J-Walk points to a blog about Optical Illusions. It has links to some great illusion sites:
53 Optical Illusions | Perceptual Science Group | Motion Perception | Project Lite | The Museum of Unworkable Devices | Planet Perplex
Top 100 Sites You Can't Live Without
PC Magazines' annual editor's choices have been announced for 2004 - 100 Top Websites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without.
New this year, PC Magazine also analyzed other aspects of the chosen sites, such as Popularity (determined by Google backlinks), Loading Speed, and OS and Server Software. (Side note: more of the top 100 sites ran on non-windows platforms than on windows, and over half ran on Linux.)
They also created a downloadable favorites installer containing all the links in all the categories. Download the file, follow the setup instructions, and you're all set.
New this year, PC Magazine also analyzed other aspects of the chosen sites, such as Popularity (determined by Google backlinks), Loading Speed, and OS and Server Software. (Side note: more of the top 100 sites ran on non-windows platforms than on windows, and over half ran on Linux.)
They also created a downloadable favorites installer containing all the links in all the categories. Download the file, follow the setup instructions, and you're all set.
Remove duplicates from a Excel worksheet
You can mark the duplicates, filter the list to display the marked
entries, and delete the visible rows.
1. Mark the duplicates. See Tagging Duplicate Entries at CPearson's Duplicate And Unique Items In Lists
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/duplicat.htm
2. Apply a filter, using Filter>AutoFilter
3. Select the visible rows
4. Choose Edit>Delete
entries, and delete the visible rows.
1. Mark the duplicates. See Tagging Duplicate Entries at CPearson's Duplicate And Unique Items In Lists
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/duplicat.htm
2. Apply a filter, using Filter>AutoFilter
3. Select the visible rows
4. Choose Edit>Delete
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