But remember, if you get tired of them you can always make them go *POP*... You can even make them all go *POP* at the same time. No need to sleep or fooling around with your monitor.
Well, amiga isn't that dated... It has most of the features of the other "modern" OS:es such as BeOS, Linux, BSD and windows.
Yes, I know there are some things you can't do (easily) with it, but on the other hand, there are stuff that you can do in AOS that are still impossible or hard to do in other OS:es.
The big problem isn't the OS, it is the lack of fast/inexpensive HW and some essential SW.
I sometimes get the feeling some ppl bashing the Amiga has never used one, or wasn't around at all when they were popular.;-)
If a company wishes to provide a level of permission to the user equal to or greater than what copyright provides, then a click-through or shrink wrap license is fine. But if they desire to remove any rights that you already possess, then they need to get your explicit consent.
I think that here in Sweden, at least, they can't remove any of your rights, even if you do agree on a contract. A company can't negotiate away your lawful rights as a consumer.
If I remember correctly, the consumer laws in Sweden (EU?) are more to the customers advantage than their counterparts in the US.
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... and what if I let someone else install it? =)
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If a friend of mine install a program on my computer and he/she click the [I Accept] button, in what way am I then bound to follow the EULA?
Wouldn't I be in my full right to reverse engineer, modify it or whatever suits me? I haven't signed any EULA or agreed to anything.
1) Like scotpurl said in an earlier comment. Have a good working search engine.
2) As important as content is that it is updated on a regular basis. Old inaccurate info on a gov. site will make it much less credible.
3) Get a good graphics designer. No one likes browsing an ugly, badly designed site.
4) Take paper, pencil and a couple of coworkers and brainstorm a layout of the site hierachy. How many subgroups are needed, what should they contain. What belongs in the site and not.
5) Relevant links to other departments with whom your department has connections.
6) No browser specific code. Preferably no Java or Javascript either. Use Opera as test browser. It follows most standards. If it works in Opera, it will probably work very well in IE/NS too.
7) If you have to use frames, make sure there is a way to get to the main page from every frame, if you enter the site the "wrong" way. *classic*
8) If the Law allows it, a contact list, with key persons in the organization. Photos are great.
9) A well written introductory page to your agency. Who are you? What are your purpose? When should I contact you? Who should I contact?
Small, fast. It loads in no time at all on my P200.
Icq: I don't know if it's very useful to anyone, but it's kind of cool, having ICQ integrated in the browser. A very simple ICQ client, that is.
Everything in one window.
Customization. The most customizable browser out there?
Zoom!?
Now implemented "back" & "forward" buttons with history. They don't seem to work properly here though (history)... Someone else having the same problem?
True fullscreen mode. Not like IE's crappy excuse for fullscreen.
So far very stable.
Dislikes
Bookmarks. I still like Netscape's way of handling them better.
No personal toolbar.
There are still some issues with pages containing Java & Java-script. Some of them (few though) behaves strangely.
I installed ICQ 2000b and deleted half of its DLLs based on the descriptions included in them.
How did you read/find the inscriptions included? I opened it (ALAgent.dll) with a hex-editor and only found "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" and lots of code?
Because ppl making emulators most often don't make any (serious) money in the process. These DVD-guys intend to.
On the other hand, ppl owning a site about emulators that is sponsored by ads, shouldn't be shouting about "ethical" or "unethical", I can give you that.
And we'll hopefully keep on evolving. Very possibly, in 100,000 years or so, we'll all be tetrachromats (and not have appendixes anymore;). It's natural selection really. If the (mutated) genetic trait of tetrachromats is proven to be superior, it will propagate throughout the human species, resulting in people with better vision.
Is there any natural selection at all in western civilization nowadays? Since most people live until they are at least 70 years old, isn't the natural selection completely shut down?
There isn't that many things that give you any better chance of survival/spreading your genes.
Maybe good looks and social competence. Then people will become more good looking and very nice. The future looks bright.:)
According to commentators, whoever finds the Higgs first will probably win a Nobel Prize.
That sounds really weird to me? Will you qualify for a Nobel prize, just beacause you are proving someone else's theory to be practically correct?
Give the prize to the guy who in the first place came up with the idea about these Higgs thingies...
Another thing... I've also heard that contrary to popular belief, you won't get a Nobel prize for one amazing discovery alone, unless it is really brilliant. You kind of have to earn them through "long and faithful service". When you after many years as an outstanding scientist present a fine theory, you may get a noble prize.
Both KDE and GNOME have been around for years and have established user and software bases, as well as plenty of corporate sponsorship. They're the de facto standards for Linux, and Xfce is going to face a uphill battle winning users over.
The same could on the other hand be said about Windows vs. Linux. So... No use bothering with my Linux boxes anymore then, huh?;)
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But remember, if you get tired of them you can always make them go *POP*... You can even make them all go *POP* at the same time. No need to sleep or fooling around with your monitor.
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Mods??? Sure, that last comment was slightly OT, but isn't the whole thread in that case?
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Yeah... And Lemmings!
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Well, amiga isn't that dated... It has most of the features of the other "modern" OS:es such as BeOS, Linux, BSD and windows.
;-)
Yes, I know there are some things you can't do (easily) with it, but on the other hand, there are stuff that you can do in AOS that are still impossible or hard to do in other OS:es.
The big problem isn't the OS, it is the lack of fast/inexpensive HW and some essential SW.
I sometimes get the feeling some ppl bashing the Amiga has never used one, or wasn't around at all when they were popular.
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When I am ruler of the world, everyone will have to end every sentence with "moron", except when talking to me.
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No, of course they would still have to send along a copy of the EULA in the box.
If they want to make changes in the agreement on the web, it can obviously only be changes that favours the customer.
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If a company wishes to provide a level of permission to the user equal to or greater than what copyright provides, then a click-through or shrink wrap license is fine. But if they desire to remove any rights that you already possess, then they need to get your explicit consent.
I think that here in Sweden, at least, they can't remove any of your rights, even if you do agree on a contract. A company can't negotiate away your lawful rights as a consumer.
If I remember correctly, the consumer laws in Sweden (EU?) are more to the customers advantage than their counterparts in the US.
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If a friend of mine install a program on my computer and he/she click the [I Accept] button, in what way am I then bound to follow the EULA?
Wouldn't I be in my full right to reverse engineer, modify it or whatever suits me? I haven't signed any EULA or agreed to anything.
But I guess the copyright still holds though.
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Numbered, but in no specific order...
;-)
1) Like scotpurl said in an earlier comment. Have a good working search engine.
2) As important as content is that it is updated on a regular basis. Old inaccurate info on a gov. site will make it much less credible.
3) Get a good graphics designer. No one likes browsing an ugly, badly designed site.
4) Take paper, pencil and a couple of coworkers and brainstorm a layout of the site hierachy. How many subgroups are needed, what should they contain. What belongs in the site and not.
5) Relevant links to other departments with whom your department has connections.
6) No browser specific code. Preferably no Java or Javascript either. Use Opera as test browser. It follows most standards. If it works in Opera, it will probably work very well in IE/NS too.
7) If you have to use frames, make sure there is a way to get to the main page from every frame, if you enter the site the "wrong" way. *classic*
8) If the Law allows it, a contact list, with key persons in the organization. Photos are great.
9) A well written introductory page to your agency. Who are you? What are your purpose? When should I contact you? Who should I contact?
10) No pr0n!
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They should really hire some guy that know how to make transparent GIF:s... ;-)
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I thought that was the principle of all guns.
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I installed ICQ 2000b and deleted half of its DLLs based on the descriptions included in them.
How did you read/find the inscriptions included? I opened it (ALAgent.dll) with a hex-editor and only found "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" and lots of code?
Just wondering...
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Yeah, there were some trailers on the CNN page, but they were poor quality.
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Because ppl making emulators most often don't make any (serious) money in the process. These DVD-guys intend to.
On the other hand, ppl owning a site about emulators that is sponsored by ads, shouldn't be shouting about "ethical" or "unethical", I can give you that.
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And we'll hopefully keep on evolving. Very possibly, in 100,000 years or so, we'll all be tetrachromats (and not have appendixes anymore ;). It's natural selection really. If the (mutated) genetic trait of tetrachromats is proven to be superior, it will propagate throughout the human species, resulting in people with better vision.
:)
Is there any natural selection at all in western civilization nowadays? Since most people live until they are at least 70 years old, isn't the natural selection completely shut down?
There isn't that many things that give you any better chance of survival/spreading your genes.
Maybe good looks and social competence. Then people will become more good looking and very nice. The future looks bright.
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Well, temples does not use the same PI as circles. You know, the bible is never wrong. ;)
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Eh... well...
:)
They didn't actually decide... But just thinking about it...
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US of A lost all rights to the moon when they decided to nuke it. :)
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According to commentators, whoever finds the Higgs first will probably win a Nobel Prize.
That sounds really weird to me? Will you qualify for a Nobel prize, just beacause you are proving someone else's theory to be practically correct?
Give the prize to the guy who in the first place came up with the idea about these Higgs thingies...
Another thing... I've also heard that contrary to popular belief, you won't get a Nobel prize for one amazing discovery alone, unless it is really brilliant. You kind of have to earn them through "long and faithful service". When you after many years as an outstanding scientist present a fine theory, you may get a noble prize.
I might have heard wrong though.
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Hmmm... Really? Looked around for the OpenGL ones, but couldn't seem to find them?
:)
Any hint?
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You obviously don't grok the meaning of grok.
Let me recommend Heinlein's "stranger in a strange land".
Have a nice day.
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I was just about to ask the same question when I read kilonad's post.
Where is the previous post with the answer?
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The problem is all the moderators who hasn't read the moderation guidelines...
./ should make you take a moderation quiz before you get your points?
Maybe
But then we still have the problem with those anarchists who read the guidlines, but won't follow them... Hmmm... We need moderation moderators!
;-)
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Both KDE and GNOME have been around for years and have established user and software bases, as well as plenty of corporate sponsorship. They're the de facto standards for Linux, and Xfce is going to face a uphill battle winning users over.
;)
The same could on the other hand be said about Windows vs. Linux. So... No use bothering with my Linux boxes anymore then, huh?
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