So you'd rather use a clone of Microsoft Word then a new and by your own admittance, most likely better interface? Well at least open source can supply you with your clones.
The problem isn't the low quality of Safari, but the fact they've done very little since its release to encourage Windows users to switch to it. I can't imagine any other reason for it to exist other then for SDK purposes given Apple has done very little to catch the Windows browser marketshare.
I found Opera unable to render Slashdot as cleanly as Firefox and also had problems with displaying other sites I use (although a refresh fixed the formatting problems, no I can't provide a link as its an ISP website) that Firefox also has no problem with. The other site is most likely built for IE, although I do find it interesting Opera's problem dissapears after a manual refresh with Firefox having no problem at all.
It depends if you want to inspect people or are simply trying to steal credit card numbers. The submitter of this story made it sound like the police were concerned more about the latter. I don't know if this is racism or a simple fact of life in India, so I simply responded to the submitter's claims.
35 American developers is a big investment in terms of money. 35 Chinese developers, is a signficantly smaller investment in terms of money. In skill, ideally, the investment would be the same though. Obviously the OP was talking about the financial investment, not the skills IBM is investing into OOo.
For example the IRA is fighting British control Ireland is several months voyage away from England? No? Then shut the fuck up. The only time a modern government could replicate the distance and situation of the American colonies is if we suddenly lost much of our technology (or the capability to use it) or if the people were on another planet and were self-sustaining.
Another trick is to type in the field as well as out of the field. So you type 12167423457831642741211141853900 and they'll know you've typed too many numbers, but won't have any idea which of those numbers is your credit card number.
And the award to the quickest troll in the world goes to...... -- -nick [nickcatalano.com] Wow, I've never seen such an honest troll before. My hat off to you sir.
The law states that they cannot own the copyright to the tv listings so therefore they cannot stop me from redistributing it anymore then someone could force me into slavery through their terms of service. Sucks to be them, but they should think of new ways to make money off non-copyrightable content.
Its anti-consumer abuse to make a law forcing companies to produce products with a broadcast flag. The fact that the government got involved doesn't make it any less abusive.
I used Opera for several months a year or two ago and ultimately I found it to be slower then Firefox. I can't truly explain how this doesn't match up with what experiences and tests other people have had, but for me its quite true. So no, its not necessarily propaganda, but simply personal anecdotal evidence which you'll find is stronger for people then impartial evidence (after all, if Firefox is consistently slower for me, why would I want to use something else I perceive as slower?)
What tells you that? Science? Let me tell you something boy about when I grew up. We didn't have no science, we had to make do on superstitions and I'll tell you there was a lot less emo people back then too! They were simpler times, they were better times, and we knew that if we wanted to brain a couple of Mexicans with a cat, we could if we swung real hard on the third day of every second month if there was a full moon!
The problem of short attention spans begins with parents letting the TV babysit their child.
Limited and structured television is fine. This is bullshit and fairly common these days for parents to force way too strict rules onto their kids. I watched tv all the time growing up, I'm now a healthy adult who watches it about as much as any other adult would. Whenever I'm busy with other stuff the tv is also the first thing to be sacrificed.
it's very common for ADDers to hyperfocus on things that they are interested in while being completly unable to focus on uninteresting things I believe this is incorrect, sort of (my own brother had ADHD so I know what I'm talking about to a degree). What is common is for children to be unable to focus however when they become adults this changes to hyperfocusing. I'd say there's a good chance you hyperfocus because that's the way your ADHD manifests itself at you're current age.
I wish that more families would do a cost analysis on whether or not a second job is actually profitable (day care, gas, extra car, etc). I wish more families would do a cost analysis on whether or not they can afford to have one parent not work. Having good stuff is no substitute for having a parent around.
There's a sure fire way to see if your kid has ADHD (although you shouldn't do this to get the initial diagnosis, but simply to ensure the diagnosis is correct). Put the kid on Ritalin (or some other tablet that's meant to help control ADD/ADHD) and if they settle down and become normalish kids, then they've got ADD/ADHD. If however they become even more excited and even harder to handle, they're either normal kids or you're a terrible parent. But they DON'T have ADD/ADHD so get them off those tablets immediately!
The reason for this is the tablets are little more then speed. How speed works in ADD/ADHD kids is the complete opposite on how it works on every other kid. So its pretty easy to know if your kid has been misdiagnosed.
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So you'd rather use a clone of Microsoft Word then a new and by your own admittance, most likely better interface? Well at least open source can supply you with your clones.
The problem isn't the low quality of Safari, but the fact they've done very little since its release to encourage Windows users to switch to it. I can't imagine any other reason for it to exist other then for SDK purposes given Apple has done very little to catch the Windows browser marketshare.
I found Opera unable to render Slashdot as cleanly as Firefox and also had problems with displaying other sites I use (although a refresh fixed the formatting problems, no I can't provide a link as its an ISP website) that Firefox also has no problem with. The other site is most likely built for IE, although I do find it interesting Opera's problem dissapears after a manual refresh with Firefox having no problem at all.
It depends if you want to inspect people or are simply trying to steal credit card numbers. The submitter of this story made it sound like the police were concerned more about the latter. I don't know if this is racism or a simple fact of life in India, so I simply responded to the submitter's claims.
35 American developers is a big investment in terms of money. 35 Chinese developers, is a signficantly smaller investment in terms of money. In skill, ideally, the investment would be the same though. Obviously the OP was talking about the financial investment, not the skills IBM is investing into OOo.
Correct. However if only 3% of people who enter in credit cards do this, then is it worth the effort?
No, but then again many Americans would be just as stupid as circumcision is hardly limited to the jewish people.
Another trick is to type in the field as well as out of the field. So you type 12167423457831642741211141853900 and they'll know you've typed too many numbers, but won't have any idea which of those numbers is your credit card number.
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-nick [nickcatalano.com] Wow, I've never seen such an honest troll before. My hat off to you sir.
The law states that they cannot own the copyright to the tv listings so therefore they cannot stop me from redistributing it anymore then someone could force me into slavery through their terms of service. Sucks to be them, but they should think of new ways to make money off non-copyrightable content.
Its anti-consumer abuse to make a law forcing companies to produce products with a broadcast flag. The fact that the government got involved doesn't make it any less abusive.
As with all contracts there are certain stipulations. People and companies of the free market are welcome to not accept money from the government.
The free market has spoken and it says it wants government funds. Oh I'm sorry, you don't want it to be THAT free, do you?
Having said that I'll give Opera one more chance in the interest of fairness.
I used Opera for several months a year or two ago and ultimately I found it to be slower then Firefox. I can't truly explain how this doesn't match up with what experiences and tests other people have had, but for me its quite true. So no, its not necessarily propaganda, but simply personal anecdotal evidence which you'll find is stronger for people then impartial evidence (after all, if Firefox is consistently slower for me, why would I want to use something else I perceive as slower?)
The simplest answer for everything is its magic. The simplest answer isn't always the correct answer.
What tells you that? Science? Let me tell you something boy about when I grew up. We didn't have no science, we had to make do on superstitions and I'll tell you there was a lot less emo people back then too! They were simpler times, they were better times, and we knew that if we wanted to brain a couple of Mexicans with a cat, we could if we swung real hard on the third day of every second month if there was a full moon!
Actually many of us switched to MSN because ICQ was bloated while MSN was lean.
Limited and structured television is fine. This is bullshit and fairly common these days for parents to force way too strict rules onto their kids. I watched tv all the time growing up, I'm now a healthy adult who watches it about as much as any other adult would. Whenever I'm busy with other stuff the tv is also the first thing to be sacrificed.
There's a sure fire way to see if your kid has ADHD (although you shouldn't do this to get the initial diagnosis, but simply to ensure the diagnosis is correct). Put the kid on Ritalin (or some other tablet that's meant to help control ADD/ADHD) and if they settle down and become normalish kids, then they've got ADD/ADHD. If however they become even more excited and even harder to handle, they're either normal kids or you're a terrible parent. But they DON'T have ADD/ADHD so get them off those tablets immediately!
The reason for this is the tablets are little more then speed. How speed works in ADD/ADHD kids is the complete opposite on how it works on every other kid. So its pretty easy to know if your kid has been misdiagnosed.