Now that people have had the time to read the article and find that it claims California copyright violations, yes, the DMCA might very well be involved.
...and I hope they are (as I download my copy over my slow-ass 56k connection)...
1. Forms. Entering text in a TEXTAREA has been continually troublesome, release after release. Sometimes you'll hit the space bar, but the cursor won't move until you type a letter. Sometimes you get this insipid "jumping text", as the scrollbar on the righthand side continually decides to draw and redraw each time there is a keystroke. From a user's perspective, this is a terrible oversight
2. Printing has, at least on linux, been a sorry state of affairs, for a long time, up through 0.9.8. I have deep worries that 1.0 is going to get released without fully functioning print capability, and that just seems asanine.
OTHER THAN THAT --
I've been extremely happy with Moz, and have been using it in a near exclusive manner (FSCK YOU, CapitalOne.com) for many releases now.
Although it may be a bit premature, here's a hearty congrats to the Mozilla team. Looking forward to 1.0
The Minister is further proposing that skilled workers and business immigrants who applied before December 17, 2001 who have not received a selection decision prior to January 1, 2003, will be subject to the proposed selection criteria and a proposed transition pass mark of 70 points (reduced from 75).
It's retroactive, only for those who have already applied, before the current law went into effect. It's true, they say they are going to change things again, in June, but there are no real specifics yet.
Good luck getting a job offer, right now. Jobs, especially tech jobs, are tight right now, and they have to offer those jobs to qualified canadian residents first, before you get the green light. Nevermind the sponsorship issues.
Yes; But have you looked at the point system itself? I have, and I've been considering canadian immigration for some time now, until the new laws were passed. Unless you have a job offer already (which often won't happen unless you can get in already...) and/or have family there, you won't qualify
The current system requires you score at least 80 points on the assessment. I currently score 71, with maximum points for age and for work experience in my job field. Having a bachelor's degree, I get 20/25 possible points, and speaking fluently in one of Canada's official languages (English), but not the other, I get 16/20.
Now, without a job offer, or family there, the only way I could reach 80 would be if I had a Masters Degree and spoke fluent French as a second language. And even then, 80 points is just a "maybe".
Basically, the current system is very heavily weighted towards having existing connections in Canada already.
...the fact that trying to actually get in to Canada "sucks".
If all the high tech jobs move up that way, most Slashdot readers are gonna be working behind the counters at 7-11, unless Canada loosens its new immigration restrictions a bit.
...before I read anything else, I expected to read about some mechowarrior / android / wireless WAN/ d.net cruncher / cybernetic exoskeleton, being created out of unused computer materials. That would've been the ultimate hack.
from the article: Popular online search engine maker Google Inc. is introducing a new program that allows Web sites to be displayed more prominently by paying more money - an advertising-driven system derided by critics as an invitation to deceptive business practices.
Remember, the deceptive business practise could be on either side -- Google or the advertiser.
About a week ago, I was looking for a good deal on a pair of quality Vasque Sundowners. In searching for that, two coloured ads appeared above my search results, each offering the "best selection" in Vasque footwear.
The only thing is, one of them had no Vasque anything in stock.
Strangely enough, I just did the same search to try and prove my point, but only the REI ad appears anymore; The two-bit footwear company no longer has an ad up there. Now, this might well mean that their ad rotation is over, but I found it interesting nonetheless.
On that note, how hard would it be to make a search engine smart (ethical?) enough to search a website to assure that the keywords people bought have something to do with the products on their site? Or is that just counterproductive to a coherent business model?
It will be truly unfortunate if this page becomes/.ted without benefit from/. users.
Please tell me I'm misinterpreting this. To me, it reads like, "It'll really be bad, if their site gets slashdotted, and then you slashdot users don't give anything back."
Honestly, if that doesn't sound like sniveling for one's entitlements, I dunno what does.
"Here, I'll unwittingly subject Seti@Home to 50x its normal traffic. And because all those people chose to visit the link that I posted, as/. readers are apt to do, they should donate their bandwidth resources to this project."
I think countries that dub all media, such as Spain, have a big problem with coping with a population with little knowledge of the "international" language.
Problems with the 'international language'? I've a hard time believing that -- ever seen a Penélope Cruz movie?;-)
The 15-year-old boy spent seven hours a day playing computer games and particularly enjoyed those using the vibration mode on the control device.
The BBC editors seemed to have left this tidbit out:
'The boy, known only to the media as 'Cowpoke Neal', is said to be the younger sibling of a well-known online personality. It is unknown whether or not the family member suffers from the same condition.'
Anyone from DC ought remember, and any BS historian ought know about Focke's List, a monthly publication that tracked the DC/VA/MD BBSes. It was quite an exhaustive database.
I can't find any hard links to it anymore -- hence the google reference -- though I'm sure some ancient editions can be found on some dusty FTP server somewhere. This Washington Post article is an interesting time capsule, however, as it references the decline of BBSes, via Focke's, as early as 1997.
So what about those around you?
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From the website:
"Step on Segway HT, and your instinct will be to steady yourself, as you would on anything with two wheels."
So if your first instinct is to try and balance the thing, what's the first instinct of people around you, who have seen more than their fair share of people flying down the road on bikes, skateboards, and scooters, only to wipe out?
It seems to me that people would be scared to be on the sidewalk alongside one of these things, even if this fear is unfounded. Regardless, I have a feeling that, because of that fear, you'll see a few restrictions on this thing pretty fast, should it get popular.
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I'd be interested in knowing how you managed this -- even by changing my browser information in prefs.js, it still doesn't let me in.
I'm about this close [==] to doing that myself.
"frozen"... "blender"...
:P.
Thanks a lot! It's not even noon, and now I've got a craving for a good margarita
Now that people have had the time to read the article and find that it claims California copyright violations, yes, the DMCA might very well be involved.
Spank you very much, crack smoking moderators.
It'll truly be interesting to see how the DMCA trump card gets played out in this game, goliath vs. goliath.
...and I hope they are (as I download my copy over my slow-ass 56k connection)...
1. Forms. Entering text in a TEXTAREA has been continually troublesome, release after release. Sometimes you'll hit the space bar, but the cursor won't move until you type a letter. Sometimes you get this insipid "jumping text", as the scrollbar on the righthand side continually decides to draw and redraw each time there is a keystroke. From a user's perspective, this is a terrible oversight
2. Printing has, at least on linux, been a sorry state of affairs, for a long time, up through 0.9.8. I have deep worries that 1.0 is going to get released without fully functioning print capability, and that just seems asanine.
OTHER THAN THAT --
I've been extremely happy with Moz, and have been using it in a near exclusive manner (FSCK YOU, CapitalOne.com) for many releases now.
Although it may be a bit premature, here's a hearty congrats to the Mozilla team. Looking forward to 1.0
Nested, or Layered?
I've never had any problems designing nested tables in gecko, none at all. And strangely enough, they work across all browsers.
From a statement made Tuesday:
The Minister is further proposing that skilled workers and business immigrants who applied before December 17, 2001 who have not received a selection decision prior to January 1, 2003, will be subject to the proposed selection criteria and a proposed transition pass mark of 70 points (reduced from 75).
It's retroactive, only for those who have already applied, before the current law went into effect. It's true, they say they are going to change things again, in June, but there are no real specifics yet.
Oops, forgot the part regarding the job offer.
Good luck getting a job offer, right now. Jobs, especially tech jobs, are tight right now, and they have to offer those jobs to qualified canadian residents first, before you get the green light. Nevermind the sponsorship issues.
Read my other comment. I have a college degree and speak english, and still don't have enough points to qualify.
Yes, maybe a few months ago it would have been a cakewalk to get into Canada, but not anymore.
Yes; But have you looked at the point system itself? I have, and I've been considering canadian immigration for some time now, until the new laws were passed. Unless you have a job offer already (which often won't happen unless you can get in already...) and/or have family there, you won't qualify
The current system requires you score at least 80 points on the assessment. I currently score 71, with maximum points for age and for work experience in my job field. Having a bachelor's degree, I get 20/25 possible points, and speaking fluently in one of Canada's official languages (English), but not the other, I get 16/20.
Now, without a job offer, or family there, the only way I could reach 80 would be if I had a Masters Degree and spoke fluent French as a second language. And even then, 80 points is just a "maybe".
Basically, the current system is very heavily weighted towards having existing connections in Canada already.
More information.
I stand by my claim.
...the fact that trying to actually get in to Canada "sucks".
If all the high tech jobs move up that way, most Slashdot readers are gonna be working behind the counters at 7-11, unless Canada loosens its new immigration restrictions a bit.
Headed up by Dewey, Cheatham and Howe, respectively, of course.
...before I read anything else, I expected to read about some mechowarrior / android / wireless WAN/ d.net cruncher / cybernetic exoskeleton, being created out of unused computer materials. That would've been the ultimate hack.
...this is the funniest headline to ever appear on Slashdot. I'm dyin'.
from the article:
Popular online search engine maker Google Inc. is introducing a new program that allows Web sites to be displayed more prominently by paying more money - an advertising-driven system derided by critics as an invitation to deceptive business practices.
Remember, the deceptive business practise could be on either side -- Google or the advertiser.
About a week ago, I was looking for a good deal on a pair of quality Vasque Sundowners. In searching for that, two coloured ads appeared above my search results, each offering the "best selection" in Vasque footwear.
The only thing is, one of them had no Vasque anything in stock.
Strangely enough, I just did the same search to try and prove my point, but only the REI ad appears anymore; The two-bit footwear company no longer has an ad up there. Now, this might well mean that their ad rotation is over, but I found it interesting nonetheless.
On that note, how hard would it be to make a search engine smart (ethical?) enough to search a website to assure that the keywords people bought have something to do with the products on their site? Or is that just counterproductive to a coherent business model?
It will be truly unfortunate if this page becomes /.ted without benefit from /. users.
/. readers are apt to do, they should donate their bandwidth resources to this project."
Please tell me I'm misinterpreting this. To me, it reads like, "It'll really be bad, if their site gets slashdotted, and then you slashdot users don't give anything back."
Honestly, if that doesn't sound like sniveling for one's entitlements, I dunno what does.
"Here, I'll unwittingly subject Seti@Home to 50x its normal traffic. And because all those people chose to visit the link that I posted, as
What a feckin' guilt trip.
I think countries that dub all media, such as Spain, have a big problem with coping with a population with little knowledge of the "international" language.
;-)
Problems with the 'international language'? I've a hard time believing that -- ever seen a Penélope Cruz movie?
The 15-year-old boy spent seven hours a day playing computer games and particularly enjoyed those using the vibration mode on the control device.
The BBC editors seemed to have left this tidbit out:
'The boy, known only to the media as 'Cowpoke Neal', is said to be the younger sibling of a well-known online personality. It is unknown whether or not the family member suffers from the same condition.'
What? And spoil my uptime? ;)
Not particularly.
The editor shoulda caught that one, and either fixed it, or marked it [sic].
...the Pentium 4 verses Athlon XP war...
'Pentium 4 verses'? Are they anything like Spam Poetry?
It's 'versus', Mr. Editor Sir.
Heh -- I take that back... the google link points to this URL, which just might contain an old copy...
Anyone from DC ought remember, and any BS historian ought know about Focke's List, a monthly publication that tracked the DC/VA/MD BBSes. It was quite an exhaustive database.
I can't find any hard links to it anymore -- hence the google reference -- though I'm sure some ancient editions can be found on some dusty FTP server somewhere. This Washington Post article is an interesting time capsule, however, as it references the decline of BBSes, via Focke's, as early as 1997.
From the website:
"Step on Segway HT, and your instinct will be to steady yourself, as you would on anything with two wheels."
So if your first instinct is to try and balance the thing, what's the first instinct of people around you, who have seen more than their fair share of people flying down the road on bikes, skateboards, and scooters, only to wipe out?
It seems to me that people would be scared to be on the sidewalk alongside one of these things, even if this fear is unfounded. Regardless, I have a feeling that, because of that fear, you'll see a few restrictions on this thing pretty fast, should it get popular.