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Internet Explorer 7 To Be XP Only
WindozeSux writes "The new Microsoft browser, Internet Explorer 7 will only be available for users of Windows XP. However, due to the fact the that a large amount of Windows users do not own Windows XP, IE7 is expected to boost the amount of Firefox users. From the article: 'Improvements in Firefox, along with IE 7 restrictions, could lead to a dramatic increase in the open-source browser's market share, according to Dotzler.'"
No IE7 For 2k, Now In Extended Service... posted by ZONK! More proof he doesn't read things he approves.
This is getting scary.
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We must fight against the Mozilla organization, for it distributes a "gateway OSS", which leads users down the path towards more powerful OSS, such as perl and emacs, which can be downright dangerous, leading to all sorts of permanent afflictions such as repetitive stress syndrome (featured in the well-known film, "Ctrlfinger"), as well as a gluttonous addiction to loosely typed programming languages. Over time, they tend to turn into "hackers," exploiting and even distributing OSS from their basements. This is just the first stage.
In Stage II, they join nefarious communities, with alien names such as "comp.theory," even wasting weeks and weeks to learn foreign languages just to communicate in locations such as "ruby-dev". They also begin typing in tongues. Just the other day, at our clinic, I walked across one addict with a window open, or I think it was a window -- the screen was all weird with footprints and insignia all over it, and in it he was writing material which looked like text yet did not read like text. It looked like he was trying to express something with a violent combination of chomps and chops and splices!
At Stage III, they begin idol-worship -- of demons and penguins, displaying their idols in public with stickers on their laptops. They begin to find pleasure in strange, alien activities, like changing their keyboard layouts around so that nobody else can use them, and buying calculators that read in input in some backwards order, with no equals key, and then they become fanatics who insist that everybody should learn this backwards method! If you ever see somebody lend out a calculator and then smirk when a borrower innocently walks away, you know they have reached Stage III.
At Stage IV, they wonder how to emulate their freshly bought calculator on their computer, in one of the tongues that they have learned. Those who have spent weeks of using the powerful and addictive OSS called perl begin to write "rpn.pl" in progressively smaller scripts, using that violent abortion of chops and slices. First, they make one that works in twelve lines, which is unhealthily short already. Then they naturally levitate towards three lines, two lines, one and a half lines, exhibiting some obsession towards achieving their goal in less than 80 characters. Some succeed, but only after several nervous breakdowns and complete distachment from spouse and family. Some begin their ramblings with references to primates, as seen in one quotation I've seen,
perl -ape 'eval(("\$s[-2]$_=pop\@s",q[push@s,$_])[!/^[-+*\/
If they succeed, this usually means that Stage V has been reached. It is believed that they begin to realize that they are seriously damaged, because they rather suddenly start mumbling about the "brainfuck" they're enduring. This realization dies away quickly, as they type out long meaningless random strings.
Occasionally, they manage to come out from their mental ruts, but only for short periods of time. These spells give our researchers a rare glimpse at what happens to their minds, as they make repeated references to things that don't exist, except perhaps in their hallucinations. They still have connections to their dreamworld. For example, I mentioned to one patient about how my niece got an A++ on a recent examination in school. And the patient replied, "She got a B? Well, better luck next time." He must have misheard, or so I thought, so I answered, "No, she got an A++," enunciating the A + + slowly. And the patient smiled knowingly, responding: "Exactly. I hope she gets an A next time." I gave up on that conversation.
There are further stages of this terrible affliction, but they would be too graphic to list here. My point is, this "Firefox" isn't just a harmless OSS that causes minor but and temporary impairment; it is the first step of a path towards destruction, and we must fight its spread with all our resources.
"a large amount of Windows users do not own Windows XP"
I'd say that a large amount of the Windows XP users also do not own Windows XP...
Guess it sucks for you LOSERS who only use Linux. My copy of XP, with IE 7, is sure to make me a hit with all the ladies! Look at all the advantages of IE 7 over Firefox. 1) Better security 2) Tabbed Browsing 3) More compatibility ... wait...
DOH!
But it's still better, because I SAY SO! mIcR0$of+ ru135!
All my liberal friends think I'm a conservative, all my conservative friends think I'm a liberal.
No kidding. Why leave Netscape Navigator 3 Gold when it works just fine?
Also, has anyone else caught the virus that prevents all of the websites they look at from working properly? I seem to have it and can't figure out how to fix it...
... a large amount of Windows users do not own Windows XP ...
No wonder Bill Gates is complaining about software piracy. All Windows user should own a legal copy of Windows XP.
Ah, you said "not running XP".
I will not post to slashdot while drunk. I will not post to slashdot while drunk. I will not...
It's official. Most of you are morons.
Why not post to /. while drunk? It's how I get all my '+5, Funny' moderations!
Edward@Tomato - /home/Edward/ man woman
man: no entry for woman in the manual.
"Qua!?"
Actually.... Windows XP has been Pwn3d several times.....
I didn't want to spoil it, but now that you ask... Safari. What a shocking plot twist, isn't it?
Don't you know?
Mods don't read before they submit their moderations. Heavens know I never do... O_o
See?! Tequila makes me funny!
Edward@Tomato - /home/Edward/ man woman
man: no entry for woman in the manual.
"Qua!?"
I think the man deserves +5 Funny for this very insightful post.
That wasn't very insightful.
sig?
They don't read the content of the posts they moderate because the search system sucks?
Did you read the parent posts at all?
(This adds a very ironic twist to the entire debate, a sort of meta-"lack-of-reading"...
On the bright side, it lightens up my workday, which is veeeery dreary atm...