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Javascript and browsers

Building websites with a lot of client script like javascript may be a nightmare sometimes!
there is a big possibility that the client disabled the javascript by mistake or does not know whats javascript is!
so am wondering when browsers like firefox IE or Opera will make javascript support as an mandatory thing, and the end-user will never ever be able to disable it?
or what could replace javascript??

Jordanian IT Girls

After working with maktoob.com I found that more than 90% of girls working in this lovely sector
are not really girls?!?
why its hard to find a girl like the marketing and sales girl working as a developer?
why they are not friendly at all?
does the computer change something in their minds and the way they think??
I really doubt it.
mostly all of my friends who are working in the same sector do agree.
is there any reason for this??

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  • Filed under: Feelings
  • Ubuntu - Enable mod_rewrite in Apache server

    At first I should define, what is mod_rewrite?
    mod_rewrite is a part of Apache server that can rewrite requested urls on the fly.

    To enable mod_rewrite in Ubuntu, you just need to write this command in terminal

    sudo a2enmod rewrite

    ffmpeg

    This post will help you to install ffmpeg and compile it with some important codecs.

    First, get your dependencies:

    sudo apt-get build-dep ffmpeg
    sudo apt-get install liblame-dev libfaad2-dev \
    libfaac-dev libxvidcore4-dev liba52-0.7.4 \
    liba52-0.7.4-dev libx264-dev checkinstall \
    build-essential subversion

    Next, grab the ffmpeg source:

    svn checkout -r 8998 svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg

    If you’re feeling adventurous, you can try the very latest code by omitting the -r 8998 part of that line. Revision 8998 is the latest at the time of writing, and worked for me.

    Now you can configure and build ffmpeg. This takes a little while:

    cd ffmpeg
    ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-libvorbis \
    --enable-libogg --enable-liba52 --enable-libdts \
    --enable-dc1394 --enable-libgsm --disable-debug \
    --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac \
    --enable-xvid --enable-pthreads --enable-x264
    make

    Finally, install it. checkinstall gives you the option to edit some parameters: I set the name to ffmpeg and the version to 3:0.svn20070511

    sudo checkinstall

    Bloggers In Jordan

    I just noticed lately, that most of people in Jordan who are interested in blogs and bloggers are either
    gays or lesbians or someday will be.
    is there any message out of that? which we cant understand?
    or… What do you think??
    this is my personal opinion am not fighting any one.

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  • Super Mario Bloopers

    I am in love with Mario since I was a kid, and still :D
    I found this video and its so cool!!

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  • Filed under: Fun, Video Games
  • Barack Obama gives Hillary Clinton the finger!

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  • Filed under: Fun
  • Randy Pausch reprising his “Last Lecture”

    I was really impressed with this lecture specially how he end it!
    Imagine urself dying soon would you come out with such a talk??
    please watch it!

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  • Filed under: People
  • Amman’s Weather

    I really wish if all the year long was like todays weather!!!
    simply amazing!!! not hot not cold, a fresh breeze from heaven!
    you can stand in the sun and shadow with a good feeling.
    weather like today makes you alive!!
    makes you love life, wish it will remain like this forever!

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  • Screw Konami

    After wasting almost a day in downloading Metal gear solid online premium beta, and after upgrading to the new version, I just cant simply get a Konami ID and a game ID from their ugly website https://id.konami.net/
    And why cause there is a huge traffic!!!
    I cant believe a company like Konami cant have powerful servers and smart people to solve this issue!!!
    or they were not expecting this huge traffic??
    I dunno why they didnt simply stuck with the PSN(playsation network) ID??

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  • Filed under: Video Games