If Futurama is getting low ratings, it's for two reasons:
1. Fox plays it at 7 PM. I'd always figured it would slip into the 8 PM spot when the Simpsons ended and quickly jump in ratings.
2. Futurama viewers are not "average enough" to become Nielson viewing households. College students and Slashdot readers aren't "average" citizens. The "average" people are the ones that keep shows like "The View" and "WWF RAW" on the air.;)
I don't mean this in a rude way, but if you're really concerned about how bad Mozilla is, get yourself a bugzilla account and try helping out a little! Just using Mozilla and posting your comments or problems to the appropriate bug page can help out a lot, and who knows, you might even find the answer to your question!
I'm a sysadmin (yes, Windows:P ) and I've actually started rolling out Mozilla with new workstations instead of our standard Netscape 4.7x (I will never encourage our users to use I.E. for political and security reasons). I'm finding that Netscape 4.x is becoming a hassle to many users as they're often finding sites that it can no longer handle. Rather than drift into I.E., I'm trying to give them a solid alternative.
I've been impressed by the reception so far... only one user has rejected it wholesale, but the first question after I loaded on Netscape for him was, "Now how do I turn off pop-up ads in this one?". That seems to be the most-loved feature so far, as many websites now have pop-up ads (I wouldn't know, as I turned them off at 0.9.4!).
IMHO Netscape has made a very bad name for itself by releasing 6.x too early from buggy Mozilla builds, and loading them up with advertising and AOL stuff to boot. I've found that telling clients that Mozilla is a new browser based on Netscape is a good way to go.
I've actually found that the few problems users have had have been minor, and the mozilla bug tracking site almost always has workarounds for those show-stopper bugs...
Anyhow, just something to think about; this is a nice foothold that open source software can make in your office workplace. It's kind of the Apache of desktop software I suppose...
...they dug up Arnold's corpse for that Commando-remake thingy, why not whip out (sorry) Harrison for the quick cash in these dark economic times? I defy you to show me a/. reader who's not going to see this movie!
Maybe it's just because I'm drunk, but I think the USPS are a bunch of filthy whores already anway... The damn change-of-address cards come with 25 advertisements, and the first thing they do with your new address is send it out to all the local spammers anyway... The USPS will do anything to keep from laying off excess employees, which is a bit noble if you think of it that way... Now stay away from my wife! No, I'm just kidding, you're my best friend... really, I mean that... just kidding about that... G'night people!
I've got to say I'm not as upset about this as I was at the prospect of National Registration... if they were trying to soften the blow to Civil Libertarians, they did a good job, I'm a card-carrying member of the ACLU.;)
I don't fear the government having a decent, reliable database of a limited amount of citizen info (Want to buck the system? Try not paying your taxes or not collecting a paycheck!), I'm far more worried about private companies getting access to personal data and exploiting or spreading it to make a buck.
Enough of my ramblings... I'm just happy the Fed isn't going to pay Larry off for his overpriced (but generally high-quality) database system.
Dell Computer: $1099
Microsoft Windows XP: $219
Compaq IPaq with Windows CE: $499
Subscription to.NET services: $19.95/mo
Microsoft Passport: Free*
Having your MasterCard(TM) info on the net for anyone to see:
Priceless.
(*note: This is a parody of the successful "Priceless" MasterCard(TM) advertising venture. As a parody it is protected under the 1st amendment established by MasterCard(TM) v. Nader):p
This isn't a dig on Linux, but it would be nice if this worked in Win32 environments as well... as an organization gradually weaning ourselves off of Microsoft products, we could really use a cross-platform mail/calender client to replace Outlook on Windows. Ah well, maybe we'll be able to jump whole hog to Linux fairly soon anyway....
Though it seems a bit underhanded on the face of it, I believe systems like this are a good way for business to get done in a free software environment. Napster only worked so well because the program stayed running after you closed the main window. It was somewhat annoying to the 20% of people who noticed it, but it meant that most of the users were sharing files, oblivious to the situation. Its a sort of software-user meritocracy... if you know how to turn off the garbage, you can, if you can't figure the stuff out, you support the community with your ignorance.:)
If you can convince the Exchange admin to turn on IMAP support on your Exchange server, you can run any email client you want (I run Mozilla, even though my clients are "standardized" on OL98). The only thing I need Outlook for is my calendar, which I look at about once a day, leaving Outlook safely closed the rest of the time. True, I don't have a 10,000 entry addressbook, but I seem to get by without it... (note: Exchange also supports POP if you're into outdated protocols;)
I saw the film several months ago and realized how truly awful it is. I think the high point of hilarity is the one 70 mm shot they took of Ford on the rope bridge at the end... it sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the 35 mm scenes that surround it. Not to disparage the other two movies (which were quite good), but Temple of Doom could be repackaged by the MST3K folks for the next box set and some people might actually be able to enjoy it!
Anybody else remember that distinctive chunk-chunk-chunk sound the old mac floppy drives made? Maybe they'll include it as a system sound in OSX for the "nostalgia" theme.;)
I like the current definition of spam, which says that unsolicited advertisements which don't include URLs or instructions on how to "opt out" qualify as illegal spam. Here's a quick note I sent to a software vendor recently after getting their "offer":
This message was unsolicited and contains no "remove" instructions at the bottom, qualifying it as "spam" email. Spam email is now illegal. Please see to it that you never send spam email to the email address "(my@email.address)" again, as it will be reported.
Ok it was a little harsh, but I was trying to break my caffeine addiction, and as such I was a bit cranky.:P
At my University it seems to be completely true. I know several graduate students who struggle to make deadlines set by their corporate sponsors (not their advisors!) and have trouble getting funded without essentially being paid for results by corporations. Add to that the fact that most of this research is "delayed" in being released to the public until the company can apply for patents, and it makes you wonder how "public" our public universities really are...
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If Futurama is getting low ratings, it's for two reasons:
;)
1. Fox plays it at 7 PM. I'd always figured it would slip into the 8 PM spot when the Simpsons ended and quickly jump in ratings.
2. Futurama viewers are not "average enough" to become Nielson viewing households. College students and Slashdot readers aren't "average" citizens. The "average" people are the ones that keep shows like "The View" and "WWF RAW" on the air.
...and I thought playing EQ was a waste of time! ;)
I don't mean this in a rude way, but if you're really concerned about how bad Mozilla is, get yourself a bugzilla account and try helping out a little! Just using Mozilla and posting your comments or problems to the appropriate bug page can help out a lot, and who knows, you might even find the answer to your question!
:)
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
It's no use for us to stand around leaning on our shovels cursing that the hole isn't being dug fast enough.
I'm a sysadmin (yes, Windows :P ) and I've actually started rolling out Mozilla with new workstations instead of our standard Netscape 4.7x (I will never encourage our users to use I.E. for political and security reasons). I'm finding that Netscape 4.x is becoming a hassle to many users as they're often finding sites that it can no longer handle. Rather than drift into I.E., I'm trying to give them a solid alternative.
I've been impressed by the reception so far... only one user has rejected it wholesale, but the first question after I loaded on Netscape for him was, "Now how do I turn off pop-up ads in this one?". That seems to be the most-loved feature so far, as many websites now have pop-up ads (I wouldn't know, as I turned them off at 0.9.4!).
IMHO Netscape has made a very bad name for itself by releasing 6.x too early from buggy Mozilla builds, and loading them up with advertising and AOL stuff to boot. I've found that telling clients that Mozilla is a new browser based on Netscape is a good way to go.
I've actually found that the few problems users have had have been minor, and the mozilla bug tracking site almost always has workarounds for those show-stopper bugs...
Anyhow, just something to think about; this is a nice foothold that open source software can make in your office workplace. It's kind of the Apache of desktop software I suppose...
...and if you can't trust Canoe.ca, who can you trust!?
...they dug up Arnold's corpse for that Commando-remake thingy, why not whip out (sorry) Harrison for the quick cash in these dark economic times? I defy you to show me a /. reader who's not going to see this movie!
Maybe it's just because I'm drunk, but I think the USPS are a bunch of filthy whores already anway... The damn change-of-address cards come with 25 advertisements, and the first thing they do with your new address is send it out to all the local spammers anyway... The USPS will do anything to keep from laying off excess employees, which is a bit noble if you think of it that way... Now stay away from my wife! No, I'm just kidding, you're my best friend... really, I mean that... just kidding about that... G'night people!
I've got to say I'm not as upset about this as I was at the prospect of National Registration... if they were trying to soften the blow to Civil Libertarians, they did a good job, I'm a card-carrying member of the ACLU. ;)
I don't fear the government having a decent, reliable database of a limited amount of citizen info (Want to buck the system? Try not paying your taxes or not collecting a paycheck!), I'm far more worried about private companies getting access to personal data and exploiting or spreading it to make a buck.
Enough of my ramblings... I'm just happy the Fed isn't going to pay Larry off for his overpriced (but generally high-quality) database system.
Dell Computer: $1099 .NET services: $19.95/mo
:p
Microsoft Windows XP: $219
Compaq IPaq with Windows CE: $499
Subscription to
Microsoft Passport: Free*
Having your MasterCard(TM) info on the net for anyone to see:
Priceless.
(*note: This is a parody of the successful "Priceless" MasterCard(TM) advertising venture. As a parody it is protected under the 1st amendment established by MasterCard(TM) v. Nader)
First sketch-book style quake, and now Monty Python legos? /. page from last May! ;)
I had to reload to make sure I wasn't reading a
Always (fr)agile, ready to (c)rumble...
Enterprise software from Microsoft.
No.
Until it has grammar checking capabilities like word has, and WordPerfect, it will not replace Word on my computer.
Chris (krafter@zilla.net)
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Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 7.1
This isn't a dig on Linux, but it would be nice if this worked in Win32 environments as well... as an organization gradually weaning ourselves off of Microsoft products, we could really use a cross-platform mail/calender client to replace Outlook on Windows. Ah well, maybe we'll be able to jump whole hog to Linux fairly soon anyway....
meh... not so hot.... how about:
from the new-world-order dept.
from the corporate-puppet-governments dept.
from the consumer-rights-what-consumer-rights dept.
from the act-now-learn-later dept.
Though it seems a bit underhanded on the face of it, I believe systems like this are a good way for business to get done in a free software environment. Napster only worked so well because the program stayed running after you closed the main window. It was somewhat annoying to the 20% of people who noticed it, but it meant that most of the users were sharing files, oblivious to the situation. Its a sort of software-user meritocracy... if you know how to turn off the garbage, you can, if you can't figure the stuff out, you support the community with your ignorance. :)
Thanks Tim, but we'll have to wait for meta-moderation to clear that up... ah well, luckily I've got karma to burn :)
If you can convince the Exchange admin to turn on IMAP support on your Exchange server, you can run any email client you want (I run Mozilla, even though my clients are "standardized" on OL98). The only thing I need Outlook for is my calendar, which I look at about once a day, leaving Outlook safely closed the rest of the time. True, I don't have a 10,000 entry addressbook, but I seem to get by without it... (note: Exchange also supports POP if you're into outdated protocols ;)
I saw the film several months ago and realized how truly awful it is. I think the high point of hilarity is the one 70 mm shot they took of Ford on the rope bridge at the end... it sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the 35 mm scenes that surround it. Not to disparage the other two movies (which were quite good), but Temple of Doom could be repackaged by the MST3K folks for the next box set and some people might actually be able to enjoy it!
Oh great, another Indiana Jones movie, that's just terrific. Oh wait, that is good news! I suppose I've been reading too much /. lately. :)
Anybody else remember that distinctive chunk-chunk-chunk sound the old mac floppy drives made? Maybe they'll include it as a system sound in OSX for the "nostalgia" theme. ;)
This message was unsolicited and contains no "remove" instructions at the bottom, qualifying it as "spam" email. Spam email is now illegal. Please see to it that you never send spam email to the email address "(my@email.address)" again, as it will be reported.
Ok it was a little harsh, but I was trying to break my caffeine addiction, and as such I was a bit cranky. :P
At my University it seems to be completely true. I know several graduate students who struggle to make deadlines set by their corporate sponsors (not their advisors!) and have trouble getting funded without essentially being paid for results by corporations. Add to that the fact that most of this research is "delayed" in being released to the public until the company can apply for patents, and it makes you wonder how "public" our public universities really are...
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}
1. Paying a $50 bill every month, service or no service.
2. Enduring month-long outages at a time.
3. Having the support number auto-hang-up on me after 40 minutes of hold time. (I'm serious!)
4. Calling 10-12 times and never getting a support representative to take personal responsibility for my case.
5. Calling the service line and telling them that it's their damn routing table and that they should do a rip and rebuild again (They love that!)