Okay... Worked for me too. It appears that the page itself isn't the issue, it's the sequence of links followed. Try this instead:
1) Go to www.telstra.com.au
2) Click on Home Users (under "Home & Family".)
3) Click on "Manage Your Calls".
4) Crash...
This Telstra web page crashes Firefox 1.0 (final) every time; I never encountered a crash with 1.0PR and earlier, though I may not have visited this page with those versions.
What did Netscape do to get around the resource problem? They open sourced (is that a verb?) Netscape which begat Mozilla, and with Firefox they look like they have a winner. Palm should follow suit - if they are dying, they don't have much to lose and potentially so much to gain.
The Microsoft Intellimouse and Intellitype(?) drivers do the same thing. While I suspect they're just phoning home to check for updates, I don't trust them - blocking the connection in my firewall software did the trick, and the drivers didn't whine. (You won't get warned about these drivers if you use the Microsoft firewall in XP - surprise. They may have changes this in SP2, but I doubt it.)
Things that could save Solaris in my book are replacing their toolset with the GNU tools (make, tar etc.), keeping their libraries up to date, getting a decent package manager.
Portage would be nice, since it's trying to install open source software that gives me the most grief (i.e. Solaris-provided library minefields and dependency hell...)
Last Christmas I asked for some distentanglement puzzles - the kind where you have to remove the ring without bending, breaking or cutting the rest of the puzzle etc. There are a bunch of different puzzles of varying difficulty, so there's something for everyone.
A few years ago, I got some "Stack-a-Roos" - a box of eight wooden kangaroos roughly two inches tall and two inches wide; a friend has a different set with five or size different sized and shaped kangaroos, and I've seen one with different animals. The object is simple enough - stack them in any way you like! The shape of the blocks is quite cunning so that they hook together (sometimes precariously), so you get can make some pretty crazy stacks. I'm sure there's something equivalent where you live.
I have a similar upgrade path; my rule of thumb is to upgrade when garden variety new computers are four times my current computer (in CPU speed, memory etc.)
My upgrade path was:
TRS-80 Model 1 (16k)
XT clone (128k?)
286 hand-me-down (1MB)
486DX2 (4MB, initially)
Pentium II 233MHz (64MB, initially)
Athlon XP 1800+ (512MB)
Athlon64 3500+ (1GB)
I still actively use the Athlons; the Pentium II has been given to a friend (who was previously struggling with a 486.) The 286 and 486 will probably end up in landfill...
Agreed. I have a Nokia 5110 and have no need to upgrade anytime soon - unless it drops dead, of course. Then I'll probably look for a dirt cheap 5110/6110 that has been discarded by the shiny-thing addicts...
I reckon that Annakin got the voice box before he joined the Sith - anyone who has had to deal with Lucas products will understand why he turned to the dark side...
That would explain women's fashion:
F: "I can't wear that - emerald was last year's colour. This year it's teal."
M: "Huh? They're both green..."
[whack!]
Since this is Slashdot (where readers click the links to test the web servers' load capacity), the marketing ploy will fail due to a lack of interest in portable drum machines...
Once in the middle of a blizzard I rolled down my window at a stop light and expressed my awe to a rider I'd seen every single day for months -- this man was out in -20C weather with fresh snow falling, and he was completely unphased by it.
That's because the ambient temperature around the cyclist is raised by people rolling down the windows of their heated cars to gawk at him. If riding in winter ever becomes routine enough that drivers don't notice, he's screwed...
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Heh - I'd rather be a happy camper than a grumpy melee fighter.
It's probably a platform/environment issue.
Who cares, the latest Humvee looks to be a more capable and greener machine than its predecessors.
The desert version is tanner than its predecessors.
Okay... Worked for me too. It appears that the page itself isn't the issue, it's the sequence of links followed. Try this instead:
1) Go to www.telstra.com.au
2) Click on Home Users (under "Home & Family".)
3) Click on "Manage Your Calls".
4) Crash...
This Telstra web page crashes Firefox 1.0 (final) every time; I never encountered a crash with 1.0PR and earlier, though I may not have visited this page with those versions.
The amount of /. mindshare that could be spent on writing better FOSS software, alone, is staggering.
/. mainshare being wasted on posting inane comments instead of writing better FOSS software is also staggering. Oh ... never mind.
The amount of
Was 127.0.0.1 on the list? If so, it probably was you (and you, and you...)
Does anyone else get the feeling we're on a slippery slope here in terms of tech business ethics etc?
Business ethics sounds like a good idea to me; how long until they get some?
What did Netscape do to get around the resource problem? They open sourced (is that a verb?) Netscape which begat Mozilla, and with Firefox they look like they have a winner. Palm should follow suit - if they are dying, they don't have much to lose and potentially so much to gain.
The Microsoft Intellimouse and Intellitype(?) drivers do the same thing. While I suspect they're just phoning home to check for updates, I don't trust them - blocking the connection in my firewall software did the trick, and the drivers didn't whine. (You won't get warned about these drivers if you use the Microsoft firewall in XP - surprise. They may have changes this in SP2, but I doubt it.)
Things that could save Solaris in my book are replacing their toolset with the GNU tools (make, tar etc.), keeping their libraries up to date, getting a decent package manager. Portage would be nice, since it's trying to install open source software that gives me the most grief (i.e. Solaris-provided library minefields and dependency hell...)
Last Christmas I asked for some distentanglement puzzles - the kind where you have to remove the ring without bending, breaking or cutting the rest of the puzzle etc. There are a bunch of different puzzles of varying difficulty, so there's something for everyone.
A few years ago, I got some "Stack-a-Roos" - a box of eight wooden kangaroos roughly two inches tall and two inches wide; a friend has a different set with five or size different sized and shaped kangaroos, and I've seen one with different animals. The object is simple enough - stack them in any way you like! The shape of the blocks is quite cunning so that they hook together (sometimes precariously), so you get can make some pretty crazy stacks. I'm sure there's something equivalent where you live.
My upgrade path was:
- TRS-80 Model 1 (16k)
- XT clone (128k?)
- 286 hand-me-down (1MB)
- 486DX2 (4MB, initially)
- Pentium II 233MHz (64MB, initially)
- Athlon XP 1800+ (512MB)
- Athlon64 3500+ (1GB)
I still actively use the Athlons; the Pentium II has been given to a friend (who was previously struggling with a 486.) The 286 and 486 will probably end up in landfill...Agreed. I have a Nokia 5110 and have no need to upgrade anytime soon - unless it drops dead, of course. Then I'll probably look for a dirt cheap 5110/6110 that has been discarded by the shiny-thing addicts...
Of course - it was made by Lucas. (rimshot)
I reckon that Annakin got the voice box before he joined the Sith - anyone who has had to deal with Lucas products will understand why he turned to the dark side...
Fill me in here in case I missed something, but how are the movie theaters stealing money from anyone?
...
Overpriced popcorn, drinks, choc-tops
That would explain women's fashion:
F: "I can't wear that - emerald was last year's colour. This year it's teal."
M: "Huh? They're both green..."
[whack!]
Of course they're dwarves - there were seven of them.
There's not a lot to compare. We're talking apples and oranges.
;-)
No, we're talking Apples and Crays... Didn't you read the post before replying?
Simply boiled fava beans taste better than soy prepared the same way.
Particularly with liver and a nice chianti.
Since this is Slashdot (where readers click the links to test the web servers' load capacity), the marketing ploy will fail due to a lack of interest in portable drum machines...
I don't see how it could be a flame war - no one has a big enough mouth to swallow an emacsagra tablet.
Better a levy than a lawsuit? "Here's a nickel kid; go buy yourself a packet of razor blades to play with."
You've obviously never been to Ottawa.
;-)
I have, but only for a couple of days. Nice place - only a few snow drifts to step over.
Once in the middle of a blizzard I rolled down my window at a stop light and expressed my awe to a rider I'd seen every single day for months -- this man was out in -20C weather with fresh snow falling, and he was completely unphased by it.
That's because the ambient temperature around the cyclist is raised by people rolling down the windows of their heated cars to gawk at him. If riding in winter ever becomes routine enough that drivers don't notice, he's screwed...