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There's a reason my personal firefox config log is labeled "the hoops I jump through.txt". Every release they give me more of what I don't want, and break the add-ons that give me what I do want. It's getting pretty tedious stripping these things down just to build them back up again.
In that mockup, it depicts this stupid word for which I cannot pronounce the "t". WTF, Firefox?
I think that the Mozilla team just want you to keep saying "Chrome, Chrome, Chrome".
It looks to me that Mozilla's mission is to promote Google. When Google didn't have a browser, Firefox integrated Google search right into the browser. Now that Google has a browser, Mozilla seems hell bent on getting all of it's users to switch to that browser.
The submission is fair enough in its own way, but I can't say I'm overly impressed that it appears to be a direct advertisement for the submitter's product.
How about instead, we create a law that legally prevents the formation of any political party of any kind. Lets make people actually have to learn about who they are voting for instead of just looking for the D or the R on the ballot. At the rate things are going, we will probably choose the better candidate on accident than we ever will intentionally!
As for colonies, I'm right there with you. LEO station -> Moon colonies -> Martian colonies. We should already be working on the last of those three, but instead we can barely seem to manage the first one.
That is another side benefit of this new landing system. You are not going to airbag humans onto Mars, and an entire ship housing three or so astronauts (like the lunar landers) will need a landing system like this. Remember, the moon has half the gravity and none of the atmosphere of Mars. The retrorockets used on the lunar landers won't work on Mars. We need to develop heavy-landing capabilities there. By comparison, heavy-launching there will be easy.
I always considered it douchey of kde to name it "systemsettings" anyway. Should have been "kde-system-settings" or something. It sure as hell doesn't handle non-kde stuff properly.
You have obviously never tried to dispute a charge with your bank. I have. There is almost no one to talk to, no one to appeal to. With Paypal, after a long telephone wait I can speak to a human with a southern American accent and explain my position. One hour later my funds are back in the account while the dispute is settled.
I've fought with banks, I've fought with merchants, I've fought with Ebay, and I've fought with Paypal. I prefer to deal with Paypal.
Yes, I also hate Paypal for what they did to wikileaks, by the way.
Oh yeah, and ebooks should never be provided as PDFs. PDF is not a valid ebook format, and is an insult to the reader.
What is wrong with PDF? It is actually my preferred format. It supports annotation, bookmarks, highlighting, and is an open standard. PDF 1.5+ files can be reflowed to fit small screens. What's not to like?
I stole my car because it was the only way to get the type of car I wanted. The local car dealerships don't stock non-mainstream cars, so when a traveler passing through my town was driving the car I wanted, I stole it. If the car companies wanted to prevent car theft, they would have built a car dealership in my town.
That's cute. I happened to have actually stolen the car I drive, so it fits. Of course, my wife is a kidnapped slave and I massacred the people living here before me to steal their land.
Exactly how many pirates really care about "forgiveness"? While greater than 0,/me thinks they are overestimating the crushing guilt caused by pirating music from Sony and others.
I'd pay, but not for forgiveness. I download music illegally because that is the only way to get music where I live. The stores don't stock non-mainstream stuff, so if I want Pantera I need to go online for it. Amazon now sells MP3 files that will run on my Linux computer and I buy them, but before Amazon I had to download illegally. I have in fact purchased albums that I once downloaded illegally, now that I can. But I'm doing it slowly, one a month or so. I still have quite a bit to catch up.
If the *AA's wanted to prevent illegal downloading, they would have provided a legal option years ago.
Hey, I've been writing websites in VI since 1998, as a hobby not a profession, so I agree with you. But I disagree that a text editor is what the OP needs.
I actually like the suggestions of CMSs. Drupal might be a good choice.
Notepad is not only a useless HTML editor, it's a useless text editor. Use a real one and you'll see the virtue of this argument.
EMACS or vi on a decent Unix/linux workstation is your IDE. I challenge any web developer to keep up with me in site design and updating. You might be able to stay with me on a trivial site with a couple of pages/templates, but I guarantee you that as soon as you start working on anything non-trivial (like the 100,000+ static documents I currently administer), a real text editor and the basic set of *nix utilities will leave any IDE looking weak and impoverished.
Nice EMACS plug, but it's not what the OP wants. The OP is maintaining "a trivial site with a couple of pages/templates".
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There's a reason my personal firefox config log is labeled "the hoops I jump through.txt". Every release they give me more of what I don't want, and break the add-ons that give me what I do want. It's getting pretty tedious stripping these things down just to build them back up again.
Please post that file. Please!
In that mockup, it depicts this stupid word for which I cannot pronounce the "t". WTF, Firefox?
I think that the Mozilla team just want you to keep saying "Chrome, Chrome, Chrome".
It looks to me that Mozilla's mission is to promote Google. When Google didn't have a browser, Firefox integrated Google search right into the browser. Now that Google has a browser, Mozilla seems hell bent on getting all of it's users to switch to that browser.
I'm so glad there is Opera.
The submission is fair enough in its own way, but I can't say I'm overly impressed that it appears to be a direct advertisement for the submitter's product.
That, and Opera has had this feature for years.
F1ST P0ST!
Or did everyone else get infected?
Not everyone else is in jail pressing F5.
i dont have to worry about internet connectivity when on business trips to the dark side...
There is no dark side of the moon. As a matter of fact, it's all dark.
How about instead, we create a law that legally prevents the formation of any political party of any kind. Lets make people actually have to learn about who they are voting for instead of just looking for the D or the R on the ballot. At the rate things are going, we will probably choose the better candidate on accident than we ever will intentionally!
My kingdom for modpoints.
Funny how your arguments work for the "Pluto is a planet" crowd as well!
As for colonies, I'm right there with you. LEO station -> Moon colonies -> Martian colonies. We should already be working on the last of those three, but instead we can barely seem to manage the first one.
That is another side benefit of this new landing system. You are not going to airbag humans onto Mars, and an entire ship housing three or so astronauts (like the lunar landers) will need a landing system like this. Remember, the moon has half the gravity and none of the atmosphere of Mars. The retrorockets used on the lunar landers won't work on Mars. We need to develop heavy-landing capabilities there. By comparison, heavy-launching there will be easy.
For purposes of transaction disputes, they are two separate bodies.
I always considered it douchey of kde to name it "systemsettings" anyway. Should have been "kde-system-settings" or something. It sure as hell doesn't handle non-kde stuff properly.
You should mention that here:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199326
RTFA. The real issue is that duplicating the name is causing system conflicts for those with both installed.
Nor is this the first time something like this has happened between KDE and Gnome:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632044
There's that word again; "lighter". Why are things so much lighter in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
You'll know in 1986,
I can't believe that nobody got the BttF quote!
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No, really, this is ridiculous
No, really, it's worse than ridiculous. KDE shouldn't be calling their's "System Setting" either:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199326
deemed illegal.
In other words, whatever the RIAA deems illegal should be cut off from funds. Now take a wild guess what's the target.
Right, the golden rule. The RIAA has the gold.
You have obviously never tried to dispute a charge with your bank. I have. There is almost no one to talk to, no one to appeal to. With Paypal, after a long telephone wait I can speak to a human with a southern American accent and explain my position. One hour later my funds are back in the account while the dispute is settled.
I've fought with banks, I've fought with merchants, I've fought with Ebay, and I've fought with Paypal. I prefer to deal with Paypal.
Yes, I also hate Paypal for what they did to wikileaks, by the way.
Do you tell that to the app devs? So that they might understand why they are losing sales?
...The only two companies in the US worth watching today. Probably the two that will save the nation.
Oh yeah, and ebooks should never be provided as PDFs. PDF is not a valid ebook format, and is an insult to the reader.
What is wrong with PDF? It is actually my preferred format. It supports annotation, bookmarks, highlighting, and is an open standard. PDF 1.5+ files can be reflowed to fit small screens. What's not to like?
I don't there will be any overlaps.
I think that you a verb.
Where do you live that you can get Internet access but can't get CDs delivered? In most of the world, the roads are built before the network cables...
Be'er Sheva, Israel. I can get a CD delivered, for twice the price of the CD and then pay again for the customs. Or not.
I stole my car because it was the only way to get the type of car I wanted. The local car dealerships don't stock non-mainstream cars, so when a traveler passing through my town was driving the car I wanted, I stole it. If the car companies wanted to prevent car theft, they would have built a car dealership in my town.
That's cute. I happened to have actually stolen the car I drive, so it fits. Of course, my wife is a kidnapped slave and I massacred the people living here before me to steal their land.
I've found and returned at least two phones in the past few years. I've never stolen one (but I've had at least three attempts at stealing mine).
Exactly how many pirates really care about "forgiveness"? While greater than 0, /me thinks they are overestimating the crushing guilt caused by pirating music from Sony and others.
I'd pay, but not for forgiveness. I download music illegally because that is the only way to get music where I live. The stores don't stock non-mainstream stuff, so if I want Pantera I need to go online for it. Amazon now sells MP3 files that will run on my Linux computer and I buy them, but before Amazon I had to download illegally. I have in fact purchased albums that I once downloaded illegally, now that I can. But I'm doing it slowly, one a month or so. I still have quite a bit to catch up.
If the *AA's wanted to prevent illegal downloading, they would have provided a legal option years ago.
Hey, I've been writing websites in VI since 1998, as a hobby not a profession, so I agree with you. But I disagree that a text editor is what the OP needs.
I actually like the suggestions of CMSs. Drupal might be a good choice.
Notepad is not only a useless HTML editor, it's a useless text editor. Use a real one and you'll see the virtue of this argument.
EMACS or vi on a decent Unix/linux workstation is your IDE. I challenge any web developer to keep up with me in site design and updating. You might be able to stay with me on a trivial site with a couple of pages/templates, but I guarantee you that as soon as you start working on anything non-trivial (like the 100,000+ static documents I currently administer), a real text editor and the basic set of *nix utilities will leave any IDE looking weak and impoverished.
Nice EMACS plug, but it's not what the OP wants. The OP is maintaining "a trivial site with a couple of pages/templates".