Maybe Congress ought to pass a bill that requires all government employees to pay taxes, else not be eligible for the job. Also, I don't feel like paying 90% on any bonuses I might receive. Do you?
I guess that "bonus tax" is currently limited to just those who earn 500,000 or higher, but then so too was the income tax when it was originally conceived. And then it creeped downward.
It is limited to those who get Government bailout money. Did you get Government Bailout money?
Remember, the browsing internet is like running around a main Road at 2am, it looks safe, it seems safe, but you still look both ways before crossing. And to be sure, the one time you cross without looking there WILL be a truck coming.
Using IE is like driving your house down that main Road at 2pm. Sure, you can attach bright lights and get a police escort, but if something goes wrong it can destroy everything.
I want my browser to be unrelated to my desktop, to not have access to the innermost workings of my system. IE has a history of touching things it shouldn't, of allowing access to places it needn't, and of being the open door to the worst things online.
Ok, get this... We set up a laser turret, connect it to a web cam in a highly mosquito infested area, and let web users control it! Support the web interface with Ads, and BOOM!
Less Mosquito's, money to pay for the power/Internet, and lots of smiley faces etched into the wall behind it! You can even set up a mic, and count every tiny scream as a point, letting people try to a get high score!
I would like Google to make a "Choose your own Ads" Preference page for ads.
Give me a page filled with categories of advertisements, and create a prioritized list of what I like, as well as which ones to completely remove. Things at the top would be highly probable, things lower down would get a low chance of being shown.
Anyone who would get rid of all ads would probably use something like Ad-Block anyway, and it would let me actually get an ad for my favorite websites that I would *Want* to see (Like new tech stuff or whatnot).
Also, if Google sees that everyone Likes one category more than another, then they can let the advertisers know and we would end up with more interesting, useful ads rather than the "If I scream at you, you will buy this" crap we have now.
True there is no such thing as free energy, but if we can find a way of using some useless/unwanted element and turn it into a useful one, that would be enough, even if it was not efficient.
We had a guy come by our College class, and talk about how he was part of a project that had designed a very *VERY* powerful laser to blast space debris from earth.
In the process, they figured out that if they pulsed that laser onto some mirrors pointing to the base of a rocket, they could propel the rocket without carrying fuel or engines on board.
Most importantly, this mode of transportation works in a vacuum as well as in atmosphere...
Anyway, yeah we have the tech to build giant lasers to clear space junk. Just don't fly over it while it is working.
With all the shortcomings in Microsoft's ability to open Microsoft Office's documents, I wish you luck.
Its like no one remembers xp.doc's verses 95.doc's, and don't get me started with.docx..
There is no guarantee that MS will be compatable with itself, much less that any of its programs will use the same interface, so why bother teaching Word 95 by wrote to someone who will never see it again?
Unless you believe that every school will get Window's 7 computers with the newests MS Office, then we should get away from teaching programs and start teaching the ideas behind them.
"Just because Microsoft comes out with a spanking new OS that your old computer can't handle doesn't mean that they are telling or asking you to upgrade."
Do you not know how MS works? Of *COURSE* they try to force you to upgrade!
They make new formats of files with the same name as old formats that are incompatable with older versions of their program, making it hard to share data between customers and buisnesses (We don't have any Vista computers,
They drop old support as fast as they can, so that when the next big virus comes along you get wiped (And don't tell me that there *wont* be a next big virus).
So yeah, you don't *have* to upgrade... but if you don't, windows software will start making formats you can't read, 3rd party programs will upgrade for the new OS and start becoming incompatable with the old one, holes and security bugs will remain unfixed, etc...
Not only does it work well, but it remembers your Wifi settings and doesn't pester you, so that when you walk close enough to one setting you set up before it will auto connect...
When I go from home to work, It swaps networks automatically.
I turned on the "Offline Gmail" feature in the lab...
Did it for the extra speed increase of having all my mail/attachments pre-downloaded, but this also means that I still had access to everything in my account prior to the outage.
So instead of loosing my email, I just had a delay in getting *new* emails.
It had nothing but my screen name, and everything else was faked.
One day I logged on, and I realized that it didn't matter. If anyone wanted to know who I was, they could see my family (Who keeps posting videos/pics of me and tagging it), and anything anyone wanted to know was probably given by them at some point or another.
Nothing freaked me out more than looking in my photos page (Which I never used) and seeing my picture anyway.
Besides, a 4.5 year old PC? No way that can use Vista.
Might as well ditch her for a 1 year old PC,at least.
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Actually yes, a whole lot of people who call themselves techies are stupid. They also think they are far more intelligent then they are. On top of that, many who call themselves techies believe they are so far above blue collar 'mouth breathers' that with very little work they can completely confuse them. I mean, hell, you just did something similar here. You assumed that the article writer must be an idiot because, well, you said so. Go ahead and rethink your logic and consider that perhaps something happened, maybe even several times, that prompted the writer to write what he did.
Most people are idiots, that they call themselves a techie doesn't change that.
Virus walks in: "Hi! I am antivirus software! Don't stop me from running this innocent code! (Virus runs rampant)
Antivirus walks in: "Hi! I am antivirus software!"
Windows pops up:"You didn't pay my license, no clients for you!"
So yeah, either they let anything claim to be antivirus or they get to control who users are allowed to use as antivirus without penalty. Either way the User loses.
Out of the three consoles, Sony is the only one who lets you use a browser with flash, use standardized cords and hard drives, use generic keyboards / mice/ tablets/ printers/ cameras/ etc, and play almost any format video off the disk.
They even allow you to install another OS on their system. Compared to this, it is MS and Nintendo who are "Forcing their ill-conceived DRM laden formats" on the masses.
Unless you are talking strictly about Blu-Ray instead of Hardware. Don't know why that one would bother anyone, since DVD's and CD's also have DRM but no one seems worried about that.
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Maybe Congress ought to pass a bill that requires all government employees to pay taxes, else not be eligible for the job. Also, I don't feel like paying 90% on any bonuses I might receive. Do you?
I guess that "bonus tax" is currently limited to just those who earn 500,000 or higher, but then so too was the income tax when it was originally conceived. And then it creeped downward.
It is limited to those who get Government bailout money. Did you get Government Bailout money?
Don't forget, Firefox also uses Javascript for browser functionality (Menus and stuff).
So the faster the Javascript, the more responsive the browser is overall.
Remember, the browsing internet is like running around a main Road at 2am, it looks safe, it seems safe, but you still look both ways before crossing. And to be sure, the one time you cross without looking there WILL be a truck coming.
Using IE is like driving your house down that main Road at 2pm. Sure, you can attach bright lights and get a police escort, but if something goes wrong it can destroy everything.
I want my browser to be unrelated to my desktop, to not have access to the innermost workings of my system. IE has a history of touching things it shouldn't, of allowing access to places it needn't, and of being the open door to the worst things online.
The author has obviously never played chess with me.
You sunk my battleship! Now how am I supposed to connect four?!?
.... WAIT!
BRILLIANT!
Ok, get this... We set up a laser turret, connect it to a web cam in a highly mosquito infested area, and let web users control it! Support the web interface with Ads, and BOOM!
Less Mosquito's, money to pay for the power/Internet, and lots of smiley faces etched into the wall behind it! You can even set up a mic, and count every tiny scream as a point, letting people try to a get high score!
Not letting random users install fifty billion "hit the balloon" games without permission seems like a big plus in the business world.
"I've never personally ... had my money embezzled by a Republican"
[Citation Needed]
I would like Google to make a "Choose your own Ads" Preference page for ads.
Give me a page filled with categories of advertisements, and create a prioritized list of what I like, as well as which ones to completely remove. Things at the top would be highly probable, things lower down would get a low chance of being shown.
Anyone who would get rid of all ads would probably use something like Ad-Block anyway, and it would let me actually get an ad for my favorite websites that I would *Want* to see (Like new tech stuff or whatnot).
Also, if Google sees that everyone Likes one category more than another, then they can let the advertisers know and we would end up with more interesting, useful ads rather than the "If I scream at you, you will buy this" crap we have now.
If Obama follows the Constitution, that would be the biggest change seen in many years.
True there is no such thing as free energy, but if we can find a way of using some useless/unwanted element and turn it into a useful one, that would be enough, even if it was not efficient.
We had a guy come by our College class, and talk about how he was part of a project that had designed a very *VERY* powerful laser to blast space debris from earth.
In the process, they figured out that if they pulsed that laser onto some mirrors pointing to the base of a rocket, they could propel the rocket without carrying fuel or engines on board.
Most importantly, this mode of transportation works in a vacuum as well as in atmosphere...
Anyway, yeah we have the tech to build giant lasers to clear space junk. Just don't fly over it while it is working.
With all the shortcomings in Microsoft's ability to open Microsoft Office's documents, I wish you luck.
.doc's verses 95 .doc's, and don't get me started with .docx..
Its like no one remembers xp
There is no guarantee that MS will be compatable with itself, much less that any of its programs will use the same interface, so why bother teaching Word 95 by wrote to someone who will never see it again?
Unless you believe that every school will get Window's 7 computers with the newests MS Office, then we should get away from teaching programs and start teaching the ideas behind them.
"Just because Microsoft comes out with a spanking new OS that your old computer can't handle doesn't mean that they are telling or asking you to upgrade."
Do you not know how MS works? Of *COURSE* they try to force you to upgrade!
They make new formats of files with the same name as old formats that are incompatable with older versions of their program, making it hard to share data between customers and buisnesses (We don't have any Vista computers,
They drop old support as fast as they can, so that when the next big virus comes along you get wiped (And don't tell me that there *wont* be a next big virus).
So yeah, you don't *have* to upgrade... but if you don't, windows software will start making formats you can't read, 3rd party programs will upgrade for the new OS and start becoming incompatable with the old one, holes and security bugs will remain unfixed, etc...
Like the others, I too support this version.
Not only does it work well, but it remembers your Wifi settings and doesn't pester you, so that when you walk close enough to one setting you set up before it will auto connect...
When I go from home to work, It swaps networks automatically.
I turned on the "Offline Gmail" feature in the lab...
Did it for the extra speed increase of having all my mail/attachments pre-downloaded, but this also means that I still had access to everything in my account prior to the outage.
So instead of loosing my email, I just had a delay in getting *new* emails.
"Which browsers make the cut and which don't??"
Oh, that is easy.
They will include FireBird 1.0, rename it to "Mozilla's alternative http using tech program" and give it a red x icon.
Then they will stick a blue E beside it named "Internet Browser".
The vision at Microsoft has always been to try and reduce complexity.
Surely you jest.
I am quite serious, and stop calling me Shirley.
Here's a novel approach to government: we've got X dollars, how can we spend it to maximize the quality of life of our citizens?
The problem with this: We have 0 dollars.
I have a facebook account.
It had nothing but my screen name, and everything else was faked.
One day I logged on, and I realized that it didn't matter. If anyone wanted to know who I was, they could see my family (Who keeps posting videos/pics of me and tagging it), and anything anyone wanted to know was probably given by them at some point or another.
Nothing freaked me out more than looking in my photos page (Which I never used) and seeing my picture anyway.
Of course, now they have dragon skin armor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYaSRIbPWkM
Can stop a grenade safely, and multiple hits.
Assuming that the army will let us use it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTrTrsJu3pk
Besides, a 4.5 year old PC? No way that can use Vista.
Might as well ditch her for a 1 year old PC,at least.
Actually yes, a whole lot of people who call themselves techies are stupid. They also think they are far more intelligent then they are. On top of that, many who call themselves techies believe they are so far above blue collar 'mouth breathers' that with very little work they can completely confuse them. I mean, hell, you just did something similar here. You assumed that the article writer must be an idiot because, well, you said so. Go ahead and rethink your logic and consider that perhaps something happened, maybe even several times, that prompted the writer to write what he did. Most people are idiots, that they call themselves a techie doesn't change that.
I love your signature.
Of course! If you digg deep enough, the water will drain out through the hole!
I see two possibilities:
Virus walks in: "Hi! I am antivirus software! Don't stop me from running this innocent code!
(Virus runs rampant)
Antivirus walks in: "Hi! I am antivirus software!"
Windows pops up:"You didn't pay my license, no clients for you!"
So yeah, either they let anything claim to be antivirus or they get to control who users are allowed to use as antivirus without penalty. Either way the User loses.
Out of the three consoles, Sony is the only one who lets you use a browser with flash, use standardized cords and hard drives, use generic keyboards / mice/ tablets/ printers/ cameras/ etc, and play almost any format video off the disk.
They even allow you to install another OS on their system. Compared to this, it is MS and Nintendo who are "Forcing their ill-conceived DRM laden formats" on the masses.
Unless you are talking strictly about Blu-Ray instead of Hardware. Don't know why that one would bother anyone, since DVD's and CD's also have DRM but no one seems worried about that.