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Java Modal Window
A modal window is one that does not allow focus to be shifted away from it. A nonmodal window is one that allows focus to be switched to another window. Source: Working Around the Java Modal Window Problem. http://otn.oracle.com/ohguide/help/__inl.inline.true/__inl.topic.ohjpg_modal_html/__inl.html (as of 5/26/08, gives a 404 error).
Clan Dragon
Just a little insight into my past… in case I someday forget. Many years ago, soon after the release of StarCraft, I downloaded the StarCraft demo. I would estimate this to be in roughly 1997, give or take two years. I don’t know exactly how I met them, but I stumbled upon a Pokemon clan…Continue Reading…
Fight Noise With Noise
I’ve read about active noise cancellation before, but here’s a good practical application: to quiet computer fans. The constant drone of a computer cooling fan can be annoying. But a professor at Brigham Young University has taken an unusual step to mute this noise: more noise, produced in just the right quantities from tiny loudspeakers…Continue Reading…
Cisco Systems launches 92 tbps CRS-1 router
Cisco Systems has launched a new router including system capacity ofo up to 92 terabits per second and the first OC-768 packet interface. It will cost about half a million dollars.
1 Terabyte (1,000 GB) of Gmail Storage
It looks like the space limit in my Gmail email account is now 1,000 GB (one million megabytes): I’m not the only one. My guess is that this increase is in response to Yahoo’s announcement that their free email users will get 100mb space. As if it wasn’t enough already? ;) Who knows if it’ll…Continue Reading…