Is there a way in javascript to obtain the names of all fonts (or font-families) that the browser can show? (I want to give the user a dropdown with a list of all available fonts, and allow the user to choose a font.) I'd prefer not to have to hardcode this list ahead of time or send it down from t...

...at a comparison to C and Java, which I won't do -- but for some reason I really enjoy discussing this very topic once in a while, so -- here's my shot at an answer. On points (3) and (4): Points (3) and (4) on your list seem the most interesting and still relevant now. To understand them, it is usef...

...d with a depth-first search of the graph. The depth-first search will find all non-cyclical paths between two nodes. This algorithm should be very fast and scale to large graphs (The graph data structure is sparse so it only uses as much memory as it needs to). I noticed that the graph you specifie...

... I don't see how. The PID doesn't make it onto the wire (generally speaking), plus Wireshark allows you to look at what's on the wire - potentially all machines which are communicating over the wire. Process IDs aren't unique across different machines, anyway. ...

...a server URL I can be accessing remote objects of arbitrary complexity, locally in under five minutes. Services that return application/xml and application/json are so annoying for client developers. What are we supposed to do with that blob of data? Fortunately, lots of sites that provide REST se...

... How WSGI, CGI, and the frameworks are all connected? Apache listens on port 80. It gets an HTTP request. It parses the request to find a way to respond. Apache has a LOT of choices for responding. One way to respond is to use CGI to run a script. Another w...

...t a C program correct and secure. That care means that you need to have really good people writing your programs. That means you pay more. Also, C doesn't have the benefit of drawing from an enormous single standard library of functionality as .NET (and the other major web-centric platforms) ha...

... Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't allow you to alter existing tables. – mahdaeng Dec 12 '11 at 20:54 1 ...

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what Xcode is actually doing when it says: "Processing Symbol Files" after plugging in your device? ...

...out Artifactory but here are my reasons for using Nexus: Dead simple install (and since 1.2, dead simple upgrade, too) Very good web UI Easy to maintain, almost no administrative overhead Provides you with RSS feeds of recently installed, broken artifacts and errors It can group several repositori...