Seamonkey at least so far seems to be keeping to the well-proven old-school browser interface. The main problems I have with it are 1: why can't I get rid of that stupid Print button by the address bar? and 2: why do I need an HTML page editor in a browser, and why do I need it bound to a freaking command key? (Ctrl/Command-E), which are a lot less problematic than "where did my interface go?"
But even in the 80s Microsoft wrote bloated inefficient code.
The TRS-80 Level II Basic was well written, even if it was an 8080 program with relative jump instructions (only the I/O drivers used IX, IY and the bit instructions). Back in the day I found 35 wasted bytes out of the 12K. There was clearly a lot of BillG code in there.
At the opposite extreme, the Colecovision's 8K ROM can easily have 1K optimized out of it.
Two words: Butterfly Ballot. My theory has long been that Democrat organizers bussed a bunch of elderly to the polls and told them "If you don't vote for the second guy, you'll lose your Social Security!" Normally, the first name on the ballot is the Republican and the second name is the Democrat. Well, guess who was the first guy on the right side of the butterfly, and thus the second hole? Pat Buchanan.
That isn't all bad, though. I've had three of the older "Aluminum" style Powerbooks/MBPs and all three of them had problems with the drive coming out of alignment with the slot in the case, presumably due to deformation of the case from handling. Not only do I rarely use the drive to read or burn stuff, now I've got to worry if the drive itself is working right, too. And I still have to carry it around either way.
Indeed. I can do a decent job of reading the control flow of a Z-80 program by looking at a hex dump after hand-assembling so much of it. And I will never forget that the CLS routine was at 01C9.
No flashy graphics bringing your machine to its knees
No flashy graphics, sure, but try playing it on a laptop on battery power. Even plugged in it'll get your fan running, and that's just at the main start screen.
Most engineers know next to nothing about marketing and sales
...and they don't need to. If even 5% of them did, that would probably be enough. But the MBA types are in charge and won't let those 5% into their country-club society.
Compact Disc: Industry association led by Philips. (Though a guy at Sony did insist on the 72 minute requirement.)
DVD? Another industry association.
Blu-Ray: I see no reason to have it, as DVD is more than "good enough" for me. Also, it only won after Sony effectively bought out the competition.
Ah yes, Blu-Ray. I forgot about it because it doesn't exist to me.
It's not accepted by ME because 1) I don't need that high resolution (older eyes for one thing), 2) I don't need Sony's flavor of DRM, and 3) I don't want to be subjected to more unskippable ads. When downloading, I go for the 480p version. I like that I can rip a DVD whenever I want to for format-shifting. I like that I can use "unofficial" DVD player software and skip ads.
And it only won because Sony basically bought out the competition.
Sony has tried again and again to get its proprietary media formats accepted by the public, but with the exception of the 3 1/2" floppy (when Apple and HP chose it over the other two competing formats), none ever stuck. And even that was a failure as a digital camera media format. The next closest was Beta, which lost against VHS, with only a niche afterlife in the different BetaCam format.
UMD is all but dead (once the PSP goes end-of-life it will truly be dead), Memory Stick (the Duo version, at least) is still holding on due to Sony's own Not Invented Here mentality about the industry standard, MiniDisc never was more than a niche in the US. Anything else they came up with is so obscure that I can't even remember it right now.
Farewell and good riddance to another orphan Sony media.
Don't worry, it's not worth the paper it's written on anyhow. Just another feelgood waste of tax money thanks to CONgress. If you're under 50 you can count on Socialist Security getting "restructured" long before you have a chance to collect on it, thanks to the Baby Boomer generation being paid from it instead of taxed into it.
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Seamonkey at least so far seems to be keeping to the well-proven old-school browser interface. The main problems I have with it are 1: why can't I get rid of that stupid Print button by the address bar? and 2: why do I need an HTML page editor in a browser, and why do I need it bound to a freaking command key? (Ctrl/Command-E), which are a lot less problematic than "where did my interface go?"
But, as the BBC reports, pseudonyms have their place in online communities
And in real life, too.
Wait a few more years and HDTV won't seem so impressive to you anymore, either.
The $500 Wooden Knob
Does it come with a wooden knob that dampens the micro vibrations that affect the sound?
No no no no no... you're not thinking big enough. In order to ensure getting the /. nerd crowd on board we need...
ksplice... The Motion Picture
But even in the 80s Microsoft wrote bloated inefficient code.
The TRS-80 Level II Basic was well written, even if it was an 8080 program with relative jump instructions (only the I/O drivers used IX, IY and the bit instructions). Back in the day I found 35 wasted bytes out of the 12K. There was clearly a lot of BillG code in there.
At the opposite extreme, the Colecovision's 8K ROM can easily have 1K optimized out of it.
Buchanan's results were clearly skewed
Two words: Butterfly Ballot. My theory has long been that Democrat organizers bussed a bunch of elderly to the polls and told them "If you don't vote for the second guy, you'll lose your Social Security!" Normally, the first name on the ballot is the Republican and the second name is the Democrat. Well, guess who was the first guy on the right side of the butterfly, and thus the second hole? Pat Buchanan.
Yes, this is... Yet Another Roguelike.
Except that unlike a typical Roguelike RPG, Dwarf Fortress is a Roguelike RTS.
That isn't all bad, though. I've had three of the older "Aluminum" style Powerbooks/MBPs and all three of them had problems with the drive coming out of alignment with the slot in the case, presumably due to deformation of the case from handling. Not only do I rarely use the drive to read or burn stuff, now I've got to worry if the drive itself is working right, too. And I still have to carry it around either way.
Did Netcraft confirm it?
Indeed. I can do a decent job of reading the control flow of a Z-80 program by looking at a hex dump after hand-assembling so much of it. And I will never forget that the CLS routine was at 01C9.
Ahem.
I think they should start using S.I. prefixes on reward points. They could call them "atto-boys".
No flashy graphics bringing your machine to its knees
No flashy graphics, sure, but try playing it on a laptop on battery power. Even plugged in it'll get your fan running, and that's just at the main start screen.
Most engineers know next to nothing about marketing and sales
...and they don't need to. If even 5% of them did, that would probably be enough. But the MBA types are in charge and won't let those 5% into their country-club society.
...and apparently re-elected him (or what is in many ways a near-clone) again in 2008 as well.
Compact Disc: Industry association led by Philips. (Though a guy at Sony did insist on the 72 minute requirement.)
DVD? Another industry association.
Blu-Ray: I see no reason to have it, as DVD is more than "good enough" for me. Also, it only won after Sony effectively bought out the competition.
Ah yes, Blu-Ray. I forgot about it because it doesn't exist to me.
It's not accepted by ME because 1) I don't need that high resolution (older eyes for one thing), 2) I don't need Sony's flavor of DRM, and 3) I don't want to be subjected to more unskippable ads. When downloading, I go for the 480p version. I like that I can rip a DVD whenever I want to for format-shifting. I like that I can use "unofficial" DVD player software and skip ads.
And it only won because Sony basically bought out the competition.
Sony has tried again and again to get its proprietary media formats accepted by the public, but with the exception of the 3 1/2" floppy (when Apple and HP chose it over the other two competing formats), none ever stuck. And even that was a failure as a digital camera media format. The next closest was Beta, which lost against VHS, with only a niche afterlife in the different BetaCam format.
UMD is all but dead (once the PSP goes end-of-life it will truly be dead), Memory Stick (the Duo version, at least) is still holding on due to Sony's own Not Invented Here mentality about the industry standard, MiniDisc never was more than a niche in the US. Anything else they came up with is so obscure that I can't even remember it right now.
Farewell and good riddance to another orphan Sony media.
Don't worry, it's not worth the paper it's written on anyhow. Just another feelgood waste of tax money thanks to CONgress. If you're under 50 you can count on Socialist Security getting "restructured" long before you have a chance to collect on it, thanks to the Baby Boomer generation being paid from it instead of taxed into it.
Get the ISPs to provide IPv6 to their customers.
Why not U2?
Japan has already beaten them to the "punch".
At least this stuff's got electrolytes!
Someone had to be paid to switch from Bloatus?
I've had to use that crap at two places I've worked, once in the late '90s and another time for a few months back in the mid 2Ks.