Or you could use the <quote> tag, which is what you get when you hit the Quote Parent button. It also doesn't show in a collapsed message. (Why they never did that to blockquote too, I don't know.)
As for italics, they do show in preview (and the tags even show up when I hit the Quote Parent button!), which makes this even more of a WTF.
...except for the annoying little fact that this particular case is not about the GPL. It is all about the non-GPL data file assets (and trademark) being used. The original authors have no problem with the GPL code to the main executable being used.
That's a nice idea, but it doesn't look like something that will actually get implemented as any form of default, mostly because not enough people will care. Section 4 also mentions some problems that it could cause. So I still expect to see ads targeted by MAC (or "Mac"!) address. But even then, OS X users will still see "YOUR COMPUTER HAS A VIRUS" ads with a fake Windows 7 look. (and Windows 9 will probably be the current version then)
Actually, it might last a tad longer than that, since it was returned to ARIN, the North America registry. It's Asia that's been gobbling up most of the addresses lately. Notice in the summary how APNIC requested two blocks?
As others have said, because it won't last much more than a month per/8.
The real blame is on cell phone networks, especially in Asia (notice that APNIC requested two blocks?) that assign an IPv4 for every freaking phone out there, when a private network would work just as well. This gobbles up addresses like nothing else.
Of course 48 of that 64 is going to be your MAC address by default (or maybe all 64 bits for an EUI-64), leading to "Anyone can see your computer's intarnets address!" web ads, and web ads that will be able to target users of Apple equipment because Apple uses its own MAC addresses on its network ports.
The worst part is that when a non-root reply is minimized, you can neither see its score (to differentiate the 5s from the -1, Trolls), nor that there are dozens of replies under it. I compliained about this in the original "hey look at our cool new webby thing" thread. The only thing that ever got fixed was putting underlines back on web links, but that was so bad that I was hardly the only one complaining, and it would have been only a CSS change anyhow.
One of the replies in TFA speculates that it might be a timing bug with the differential drivers. If the output transistors in both directions are enabled at the same time, too much current would flow through the transistors, slowly burning them out. It doesn't have to happen all the time, or for very long each time, just often enough to burn out the output transistors over time.
Another problem: people still haven't learned to use the tag, using
instead. This would be fine, except that whatever removes quotes from collapsed replies only looks for the quote tag. If someone uses a blockquote, the quoted text is what shows up. (There's no point in worrying about the minority who quote in some other way, since almost all quoting is done these two ways.)
Also, article titles on the front page sometimes randomly have "http://slashdot.org/" as their link, instead of a link to the actual article. However, the "Read the ### comments" link seems to always be correct.
The web links color problem is apparently on the front page as well. The front page is precisely where I most want to identify the web links, and now they have almost no contrast with the rest of TFS! They don't even have the [web.site.com] to give you a clue where to look. Good work! I just <3 scrubbing my mouse over blocks of text for web links!
Number one good thing is that the reply box is no longer in the eye-killing monospaced font.
The "Re:" detection on collapsed replies is a good idea.
Idle no longer has broken CSS/Javascript that causes page loads when you try to un-collapse a reply, but I think that was simply a result of bad version control leaving a broken version in one sub-domain.
Generally it's good, but there are a few problems:
I want to see the moderation score on collapsed replies, so that I can know which ones are worth reading, and which ones were modded (-1, Troll). This is done for root comments, but not for replies. But at least now I can see more of the reply, thanks to the "Re:" detection. The name might be good too, so that I can see who is who in the replies to follow a thread.
I also want to see how many sub-replies are in a collapsed reply! !11!!!ONE!!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!11!! Seriously, once you've collapsed a 100-reply thread, all you see is a single gray bar with not even a hint of how much it hides. Bad bad bad design.
MINIMUM PAGE WIDTH. This is a new web design meme which I really don't like much because when I zoom in with a Mozilla browser, the page becomes wider than the window. On the other hand, there is some white space to spare on the edges (thanks to the category links), and on the main page under the old layout, the article text column ended up too narrow because of the fixed-width fields next to it. Anyhow, I'm sure this must be fun on a mobile browser. Remember, not everyone runs Windows with a big screen, and their web browser window in maximized mode.
It's also harder to read the collapsed replies while they are collapsed because of the (66%?) gray of the text on the light blue background. Please don't make them quite so faint. This is still not as bad as not knowing how many replies are hidden behind that bar.
Why were underlines hidden for web links? That plus the faint blue color makes it MUCH harder to identifylinks when scanning over text. And it appears that "previously seen" links are the exact same color as plain text! Quick, tell me how many words are in the first link in this paragraph!
The goal should be readability and identifiability, and while the layout changes in general help this, the gray-on-blue collapsed text impairs readability. And the hidden reply count and score and faint web links impair identifiability.
On the positive side, at least the "body text 85% size 85% gray" web design meme that has been so popular with other website re-designs wasn't done. Body text is still 100% size 100% black for maximum readability. That boring stuff at the bottom of the page is in gray, which is cool, because I don't come here to read that. It might be nice if the Preview/Options/etc. buttons had blacker text, though.
Oh yeah, and Unicode support still isn't fixed?
More: it would be nice if someone could move the "no karma bonus" checkbox out of the Options box. That is more of a per-message option, and it's a pain to change it for just one message. But I can live with it like it is. Also, (using Firefox) I clicked on the Options button, closed the box, then the browser window scroll position changed to the top of the page.
When I click on the "Preview" button, the new buttons are: Submit, Continue Editing, and Preview. Wait, Preview? Yo, dawg? Clicking on it does nothing, presumably because I'm already in preview mode.
The moon isn't "high ground". It's got its own gravity well. The moon is the not-so-low ground on the other side of the high ground. If anything, the high ground is Earth orbit.
Great. All we need now are He3 (not H3, ahem) fusion reactors... which are harder to make work than the simple deuterium/tritium reactors that we still don't have working. Want to see the figures? How about figuring in the years before we actually make our first break-even He3 reactor?
Why do people go so nuts over a material we won't be able to use for at least a few decades as a reason to go to the moon RIGHT NOW?
It is also located along Buckminster Fuller's "Dymaxion Equator", a great circle which passes over minimal land area, primarily North America and Africa. This means minimal land area over which an "oops" can fall onto inhabited areas when a launch fails to reach orbit.
And as a bonus, it prevents resale of used games, too!
I'm sure Game Stop would just love the idea one-time-use registration codes coming with all new PS3 games. They'd be so happy to only have to sell new PS3 games at low margins. Just look at how many less EA and Madden sports titles they'd no longer have to keep putting back up on the shelf!
That's not to mention what about people with PS3s who don't have a network connection? I'm sure they'll also love this.
With the MacBook Pro Core i5 released last year, though, Apple seemed to be getting out of the screwdriver business. Apple switched from the patented 5-point Torx screw to the more common Tri-Wing screw.
Can anyone confirm for me that Apple ever used a 5-point Torx screw in a MacBook Pro? Sure, they used an odd size (T-6, and a T-8 in the early days of the Powerbook), but it was still a proper 6-point Torx, and screwdriver bits for that size aren't too hard to find. Also, this is a phone, so it's not like you need to open it to swap out a hard drive or something. People are jailbreaking them just fine without opening the case.
And the bit about the new screw being "patented", with people posting here that yes it was patented... in the '70s (and thus long since expired)... that just adds to the potential FUD level.
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Looks like Sweeny Todd has found someone to make him a new barber chair!
Or you could use the <quote> tag, which is what you get when you hit the Quote Parent button. It also doesn't show in a collapsed message. (Why they never did that to blockquote too, I don't know.)
As for italics, they do show in preview (and the tags even show up when I hit the Quote Parent button!), which makes this even more of a WTF.
Not as long as there's still water to absorb the heat. It's called water cooling.
...except for the annoying little fact that this particular case is not about the GPL. It is all about the non-GPL data file assets (and trademark) being used. The original authors have no problem with the GPL code to the main executable being used.
That's a nice idea, but it doesn't look like something that will actually get implemented as any form of default, mostly because not enough people will care. Section 4 also mentions some problems that it could cause. So I still expect to see ads targeted by MAC (or "Mac"!) address. But even then, OS X users will still see "YOUR COMPUTER HAS A VIRUS" ads with a fake Windows 7 look. (and Windows 9 will probably be the current version then)
Woosh! The sarcasm passed right over your head. You even missed what was really being hinted at, the CD rootkit fiasco.
Actually, it might last a tad longer than that, since it was returned to ARIN, the North America registry. It's Asia that's been gobbling up most of the addresses lately. Notice in the summary how APNIC requested two blocks?
As others have said, because it won't last much more than a month per /8.
The real blame is on cell phone networks, especially in Asia (notice that APNIC requested two blocks?) that assign an IPv4 for every freaking phone out there, when a private network would work just as well. This gobbles up addresses like nothing else.
Of course 48 of that 64 is going to be your MAC address by default (or maybe all 64 bits for an EUI-64), leading to "Anyone can see your computer's intarnets address!" web ads, and web ads that will be able to target users of Apple equipment because Apple uses its own MAC addresses on its network ports.
The worst part is that when a non-root reply is minimized, you can neither see its score (to differentiate the 5s from the -1, Trolls), nor that there are dozens of replies under it. I compliained about this in the original "hey look at our cool new webby thing" thread. The only thing that ever got fixed was putting underlines back on web links, but that was so bad that I was hardly the only one complaining, and it would have been only a CSS change anyhow.
...the benefit for your competitor: priceless
One of the replies in TFA speculates that it might be a timing bug with the differential drivers. If the output transistors in both directions are enabled at the same time, too much current would flow through the transistors, slowly burning them out. It doesn't have to happen all the time, or for very long each time, just often enough to burn out the output transistors over time.
And as long as someone has brought up your sig... what about the Atari 5200? It's the original HUEG console!
Also, article titles on the front page sometimes randomly have "http://slashdot.org/" as their link, instead of a link to the actual article. However, the "Read the ### comments" link seems to always be correct.
but the link color is apparently the same as the text color
That's a "feature" of The New Slashdot.
I'm also disappointed... that Slashdot doesn't support Unicode characters. When that gets fixed, then you may have a point.
The web links color problem is apparently on the front page as well. The front page is precisely where I most want to identify the web links, and now they have almost no contrast with the rest of TFS! They don't even have the [web.site.com] to give you a clue where to look. Good work! I just <3 scrubbing my mouse over blocks of text for web links!
Number one good thing is that the reply box is no longer in the eye-killing monospaced font.
The "Re:" detection on collapsed replies is a good idea.
Idle no longer has broken CSS/Javascript that causes page loads when you try to un-collapse a reply, but I think that was simply a result of bad version control leaving a broken version in one sub-domain.
Generally it's good, but there are a few problems:
I want to see the moderation score on collapsed replies, so that I can know which ones are worth reading, and which ones were modded (-1, Troll). This is done for root comments, but not for replies. But at least now I can see more of the reply, thanks to the "Re:" detection. The name might be good too, so that I can see who is who in the replies to follow a thread.
I also want to see how many sub-replies are in a collapsed reply! !11!!!ONE!!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!11!! Seriously, once you've collapsed a 100-reply thread, all you see is a single gray bar with not even a hint of how much it hides. Bad bad bad design.
MINIMUM PAGE WIDTH. This is a new web design meme which I really don't like much because when I zoom in with a Mozilla browser, the page becomes wider than the window. On the other hand, there is some white space to spare on the edges (thanks to the category links), and on the main page under the old layout, the article text column ended up too narrow because of the fixed-width fields next to it. Anyhow, I'm sure this must be fun on a mobile browser. Remember, not everyone runs Windows with a big screen, and their web browser window in maximized mode.
It's also harder to read the collapsed replies while they are collapsed because of the (66%?) gray of the text on the light blue background. Please don't make them quite so faint. This is still not as bad as not knowing how many replies are hidden behind that bar.
Why were underlines hidden for web links? That plus the faint blue color makes it MUCH harder to identify links when scanning over text. And it appears that "previously seen" links are the exact same color as plain text! Quick, tell me how many words are in the first link in this paragraph!
The goal should be readability and identifiability, and while the layout changes in general help this, the gray-on-blue collapsed text impairs readability. And the hidden reply count and score and faint web links impair identifiability.
On the positive side, at least the "body text 85% size 85% gray" web design meme that has been so popular with other website re-designs wasn't done. Body text is still 100% size 100% black for maximum readability. That boring stuff at the bottom of the page is in gray, which is cool, because I don't come here to read that. It might be nice if the Preview/Options/etc. buttons had blacker text, though.
Oh yeah, and Unicode support still isn't fixed?
More: it would be nice if someone could move the "no karma bonus" checkbox out of the Options box. That is more of a per-message option, and it's a pain to change it for just one message. But I can live with it like it is. Also, (using Firefox) I clicked on the Options button, closed the box, then the browser window scroll position changed to the top of the page.
When I click on the "Preview" button, the new buttons are: Submit, Continue Editing, and Preview. Wait, Preview? Yo, dawg? Clicking on it does nothing, presumably because I'm already in preview mode.
The moon isn't "high ground". It's got its own gravity well. The moon is the not-so-low ground on the other side of the high ground. If anything, the high ground is Earth orbit.
Great. All we need now are He3 (not H3, ahem) fusion reactors... which are harder to make work than the simple deuterium/tritium reactors that we still don't have working. Want to see the figures? How about figuring in the years before we actually make our first break-even He3 reactor?
Why do people go so nuts over a material we won't be able to use for at least a few decades as a reason to go to the moon RIGHT NOW?
It is also located along Buckminster Fuller's "Dymaxion Equator", a great circle which passes over minimal land area, primarily North America and Africa. This means minimal land area over which an "oops" can fall onto inhabited areas when a launch fails to reach orbit.
Anything to make people actually keep the instructions with the games. I'm tired of all the naked games at used game shops.
And as a bonus, it prevents resale of used games, too!
I'm sure Game Stop would just love the idea one-time-use registration codes coming with all new PS3 games. They'd be so happy to only have to sell new PS3 games at low margins. Just look at how many less EA and Madden sports titles they'd no longer have to keep putting back up on the shelf!
That's not to mention what about people with PS3s who don't have a network connection? I'm sure they'll also love this.
With the MacBook Pro Core i5 released last year, though, Apple seemed to be getting out of the screwdriver business. Apple switched from the patented 5-point Torx screw to the more common Tri-Wing screw.
Can anyone confirm for me that Apple ever used a 5-point Torx screw in a MacBook Pro? Sure, they used an odd size (T-6, and a T-8 in the early days of the Powerbook), but it was still a proper 6-point Torx, and screwdriver bits for that size aren't too hard to find. Also, this is a phone, so it's not like you need to open it to swap out a hard drive or something. People are jailbreaking them just fine without opening the case.
And the bit about the new screw being "patented", with people posting here that yes it was patented... in the '70s (and thus long since expired)... that just adds to the potential FUD level.