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Topic: Active X

Vital Stats

The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Most admires:

Steve Jobs

Favorite website(s):

Slashdot

Favorite possession(s):

Windows computer, Linux box

Currently has on their coffee table:

Mac Today

Dream job(s):

Webmaster

Favorite book(s):

"Beginning Visual Basic 6" by Peter Wright
"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams
"Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating an HTML Web Page" by Scott J McFedries

Interest(s):

Computers

Favorite computer game(s):

PacMan, Hacking, Minesweeper

Favorite movie(s):

The Matrix

Favorite online activity(s):

Building websites, Chatting on ICQ, Finding warez

Favorite quote(s):

"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare
"Black holes are where God divided by zero." - Steven Wright
"A rolling stone gathers no moss"

Expert Talk

The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.

Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

* Active X controls offer control by approved third party programs.

Nick Lazzaro,
Adult Webmaster

There is no flashy Active X or Java, no video clips or sound tricks or interactive chat rooms.

Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

This is accomplished by installing the Java runtime environment as an Active X control in Internet Explorer and as a Netscape plugin in Netscape.
Active X is the name of Microsoft technology that meets some of the capabilities from OLE objects and DLL libraries.
The SimpleTools package is A collection of Programming tools in the form of Active X controls and COM Automation Objects.

Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

Thus Java applications, Active X controls, out of process OLE servers, and child processes will be detected and traced automatically.
These components contain Active-X controls such as the Driver and Vehicle data maintenance controls and the Chart entry control.
Your browser settings prohibit the downloading or running of Active X controls on your local machine.

Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

3" TFT active matrix color LCD, internal resolution 1024 x 768 SVGA with up to 64K colors.
With a 1024 x 768 TFT active-matrix display, it is sure to please anyone with mobile computing needs.
Specs: Display: 320 x 480 pixels, 65,000 colors backlit TFT active matrix display.

Thomas Owens,
Police Officer

Active-X is not hampered with the prohibitions which Java suffers.

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