Well, to be perfectly honest, they DID change and rewrite a large part of the IM library at some point (libpurple). So even though not a lot has been going on for the user, the developers have been working hard to get everything to work right in the newer library first. At least, that's my guess... It seems a lot of recent releases before this one were all targeted toward bug/crash fixing.
Well, to be honest, AIM is the better communication protocol, where connecting is faster, less connection errors appear and one has more control over the formatting of his text (text effects etc.) without needing any extensions. I do understand perfectly why they wouldn't want to switch, also because this can be related to preference (and as you said, region).
No matter how I look at this bit, it's simply not objective. "The best browser" is not only whether it's standards compliant, but also if its feature set matches the user's needs. This alone explains why some people love the very minimalistic Google Chrome when others hate it.
True, but the believability of someone thinking VB is a good language for use on the web, especially for dynamic pages like JavaScript would provide access to, becomes kind of a stretch if you ask me. That, and the fact that he posted as an anonymous coward should account for at least something.
Did you read the summary? "while native audio/video support has been dropped" which can also be read as: "your 'open standards' have been hijacked".
Not quite true. These standards had only been dropped because there were crazy discussions going on whether to pick h.264 or Ogg Theora, and in the end W3C said "screw it, figure it out yourself". That means neither the proprietary h.264 nor the open Ogg Theora has won this "battle".
Native code will always be much faster than scripted. I can imagine a few corner cases where this might not be true, but those exist in a vacuum and wouldn't ever happen.
Haven't you read the news? In some cases, JavaScript beats C in speed nowadays. It's been benchmarked and tested in several practical situations.
The slashdot summary says that. In the actual slides he claim that the PS3 code is about 20 times slower than the people who wrote it said, and that a single graphics card can achieve the same as 20 PS3s.
12 PCs with 24 graphics cards reach about the same amount of MD5 collisions as 215 PS3's do. I think that comes fairly close, yes.
Rayman. It was awesome in its 2D glory, but the games have become really weird over the years in order to look "cool". Actually, going back to their roots and improving them could be a better idea.
How about not having 10000 replies loaded at the same time?
BTW, with a browser that doesn't suck and incorporates a MODERN JavaScript implementation, it's about as fast as any other page. And this on an Eee PC.
Really? I see a lot more than that... I see a few quick and easy ways to do the same thing, intuitive design like quickly opening recent files, applications and browser tabs through the Clutter engine for example should greatly speed up productivity. Considering it's open-source and extendable, the sky should be the limit too.
I agree, something like SliTaz works a lot better, and you can install any educational applications to it and repackage the whole thing. Still, a specialized project works a lot better for this sort of thing.
You know what, this actually IS a good choice! And when properly used, content filtering software might actually make use of this domain to effectively filter any kind of explicit content.
Now I just wonder... Which one will be used more? Bing, or the explicit section?
A lot of games require movement and then some special buttons, so surely there'd be some kind of solution for that? I imagine weapon switching could work like changing your arms into a different position like you're carrying a different weapon...
People WILL whine when they can find a reason to, and I think it's perfectly understandable. Firefox is unnecessarily slow on my 630Mhz PC after a while of usage, too, after all.
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Well, to be perfectly honest, they DID change and rewrite a large part of the IM library at some point (libpurple). So even though not a lot has been going on for the user, the developers have been working hard to get everything to work right in the newer library first. At least, that's my guess... It seems a lot of recent releases before this one were all targeted toward bug/crash fixing.
Well, to be honest, AIM is the better communication protocol, where connecting is faster, less connection errors appear and one has more control over the formatting of his text (text effects etc.) without needing any extensions. I do understand perfectly why they wouldn't want to switch, also because this can be related to preference (and as you said, region).
But what guilt, exactly? I didn't realize using (most) products made by companies induced guilt...
ReactOS. Sorta.
Now it becomes clear why they raised the price of the XBox 360 in the UK!
the best alternative browser
No matter how I look at this bit, it's simply not objective. "The best browser" is not only whether it's standards compliant, but also if its feature set matches the user's needs. This alone explains why some people love the very minimalistic Google Chrome when others hate it.
True, but the believability of someone thinking VB is a good language for use on the web, especially for dynamic pages like JavaScript would provide access to, becomes kind of a stretch if you ask me. That, and the fact that he posted as an anonymous coward should account for at least something.
Back then, duh, but DOM has been around for a long time now.
Did you read the summary? "while native audio/video support has been dropped" which can also be read as: "your 'open standards' have been hijacked".
Not quite true. These standards had only been dropped because there were crazy discussions going on whether to pick h.264 or Ogg Theora, and in the end W3C said "screw it, figure it out yourself". That means neither the proprietary h.264 nor the open Ogg Theora has won this "battle".
Native code will always be much faster than scripted. I can imagine a few corner cases where this might not be true, but those exist in a vacuum and wouldn't ever happen.
Haven't you read the news? In some cases, JavaScript beats C in speed nowadays. It's been benchmarked and tested in several practical situations.
Joke's too obvious.
btrfs != reiserfs.
That is all.
The slashdot summary says that. In the actual slides he claim that the PS3 code is about 20 times slower than the people who wrote it said, and that a single graphics card can achieve the same as 20 PS3s.
12 PCs with 24 graphics cards reach about the same amount of MD5 collisions as 215 PS3's do. I think that comes fairly close, yes.
Huh. I live in the Netherlands and haven't noticed a thing. Must be because I'm using GMail, not an actual Dutch address.
Rayman. It was awesome in its 2D glory, but the games have become really weird over the years in order to look "cool". Actually, going back to their roots and improving them could be a better idea.
How about not having 10000 replies loaded at the same time?
BTW, with a browser that doesn't suck and incorporates a MODERN JavaScript implementation, it's about as fast as any other page. And this on an Eee PC.
Really? I see a lot more than that... I see a few quick and easy ways to do the same thing, intuitive design like quickly opening recent files, applications and browser tabs through the Clutter engine for example should greatly speed up productivity. Considering it's open-source and extendable, the sky should be the limit too.
I agree, something like SliTaz works a lot better, and you can install any educational applications to it and repackage the whole thing. Still, a specialized project works a lot better for this sort of thing.
You know what, this actually IS a good choice! And when properly used, content filtering software might actually make use of this domain to effectively filter any kind of explicit content.
Now I just wonder... Which one will be used more? Bing, or the explicit section?
Vim automatic spell checking is my crutch
Crotch? Eww.
I have once encountered a 25 minute long 720p HD vid encoded in h.264 that was only 170MB big. I guess that's pretty good?
A lot of games require movement and then some special buttons, so surely there'd be some kind of solution for that? I imagine weapon switching could work like changing your arms into a different position like you're carrying a different weapon...
No, I am sorry ME was complete downgrade to Win 98!
Why are you sorry? Were you responsible for that whole mess?
You just linked to Encyclopedia Dramatica, a site that cannot be trusted whatsoever when it comes to "proof".
People WILL whine when they can find a reason to, and I think it's perfectly understandable. Firefox is unnecessarily slow on my 630Mhz PC after a while of usage, too, after all.