I still love the old 2D scrolling games, and wish new ones were still made (for regular consoles - not just the handhelds). I'd love a new 2D scrolling Zelda, SMB or Castlevania. I'm sure many others would too. Just because you CAN do 3D doesn't mean you have to.
That's fine, but the number of employees at these companies and the number of visitors to the websites are not even close. Microsoft has about 61,000 employees but millions of visitors to it's website. And Facebook isn't even open to the general public - only certain schools and companies. Sorry, I don't buy it.
From the article and facebook.com: "Facebook's website has grown to over 7.5 million people and, according to comScore, ranks as the seventh-most trafficked site in the United States."
That seems a bit far-fetched if you ask me. Without having any sort of real data, I'd have to bet that all of these sites get more US traffic:
microsoft.com
google.com
yahoo.com
ebay.com
slashdot.org
hotmail.com
espn.com
myspace.com
apple.com
geocities.com
amazon.com
Something tells me they left out some qualifying words, like: "seventh-most trafficked social-networking site in the United States."
If they keep that name for production, I have a feeling these guys may have an issue with it. But I guess the way justice works in the US, whoever has more money is right, so Apple shouldn't be worried.
I stay clear of Sony. And when I preached that to my friends, they laughed, but now realize I was right. No exaggeration, between my friends and family, all of the Sony products I have encountered are broken. And they have the WORST warranty coverage.
Approximately 4 months after I bought my PS2, I notced my games were getting scratched up by the console to the point they were unplayable. I went to bring it in for warranty and noticed that you only get a 90-day warranty. Seriously, shouldn't you expect a $300 piece of equipment to last a little longer than 90 days? So, after a little photoshop magic, I brought it in for warranty repair. I got it back about 5 weeks later, with replacemnet discs for my ruined games. After about a week, same problem again. I brought it in for warranty again, and they fixed it again. It worked for about 6 more months before breaking again. This time the controller port was messed up. Since I'd have to fix it on my own or pay to get it fixed, it is now a useless pile of junk sitting next to my tv.
Two of my friends also had defective PS2's. Their units would generate disc read errors. I performed some photoshop magic for them as well and they got warranty service as well. Neither console works anymore.
None were modded.
Between friends and family, I've also run across a CD car head unit, DVD player and CD changer that all broke (either out of the box or in less than 1 year).
I'm not sure how drivers are in the UK, but here in the US, and specifically the NY area, practically NO ONE obeys the rule of "keep right, pass left". What that causes is major traffic jams on already congested highways. I DO tailgate, however, I only tailgate drivers in the left lane that should move right and get out of the way. In fact, there are even drivers who purposely pull into the left lane to slow others down because they feel they should police speed limits themselves - which is extremely dangerous. There is no way to end road rage (including tailgating), but if the cops enforced the keep right, pass left law, road rage could be reduced enormously and traffic could flow a lot better.
While newer realistic looking games are cool, I wish someone would make a new 2D game. There's something nice about a "simple" to play and control 2D game. The Zelda games for NES and SNES were my favs.
I'm glad when companies inconvenience their paying customers like this. Because, afterall, I'm sure the mandatory registration will prevent piracy. I just searched and see an activation patch already on IRC.
The article said it can be programmed to recognize multiple users. So, I am assuming all members of the police force would be made users of all guns owned by the department.
And by the way... in NJ, the first state with an idiotic smart gun law, federal, state and local law enforcement officers and members of the armed forces and the National Guard serving in New Jersey are exempt from the law.
Funny, the technology isn't reliable enough for them to use, but it is for me. Nice!
In my experience with Sony consumer products, I gotta say they make some real shitty-quality stuff. In the last 5 years or so I've encountered 5 products purchased by myself, friends or family and none of them worked correctly....
I bought a 5-disc CD changer, which at the time, was the top-of-the-line model below their "ES" line. Within 1 year, it started making a humming noise (mechanical - not through the speakers), which during the day I can ignore by turning up the music, but sucks to hear at night when I listen to the music at low volume.
My brother bought a DVD player that does not play CD-Rs like it is supposed to. Tried many different brands of media, burners and methods of burning. Nada.
My friend bought an in-dash CD player that didn't work out-of-the-box. Only the tuner worked.
I bought a PS2 for $300 when they first came out. Between 3-4 months later, it started scratching my games to the point where they would no longer work. I checked around on the net and many people experienced this same problem. The warranty was only 90 days, so I had to Photoshop my receipt to get it fixed for free. I get it back about 8 weeks later, and the same problem happens right away. I get it fixed again, then about 6 months later the controller port malfunctions so that if I use the feedback (vibration), it hits the start button every time it sends the virbate command to the controller (and it's not the controller that's malfunctioning). I gave up and don't even use it anymore.
My friend's PS2 also malfunctioned and would freeze up during movies.
Now I'm sure that some of their products must work, but to see 5 purchases in the last 5 years and ALL of them not work correctly is a little too much for me. I'll certainly never buy any of their shit again. And I remember buying Sony products in the 80's that lasted for 10+ years. What happened to their quality-control?
Luckily, there is actually a law on the books in jersey prohibiting photo-based speed enforcement.
Even if there weren't, how could you issue a speeding ticket based on a license plate? The driver gets points in their license, and you can't give points to the registered owner of the car if they weren't the one driving.
But don't you feel all warm inside when you see your tax money well spent on protecting rich people's money?
Instead of investigating how companies like Ticketmaster rape millions of American wallets each day, lets focus on copyright infringement so that the 10-20 top execs in the movie and music biz don't see their personal income drop from $30M/yr to $28M/yr.
Lets raid schools.
I'm not saying copyright infringement is right, but there are so many other fucked up things in this country that affect more than 20 people. It makes me fuckin sick.
And I don't want to hear about the starving artists and movie stars. MTV Cribs won't have a shortage of people to profile anytime soon. If there was a magic bullet to completely stop all forms of piracy tomorrow, do you honestly believe prices would come down? No fuckin way! Instead, those execs would pocket it all and blame the high prices for CDs on something else.
When will the masses be protected from the few wealthy elite? Never.
BTW, what ever happened to the Ticketmaster congressional investigations?
From my experience, cops usually take radar in the same spots 95% of the time. When I am speeding and approach one of the known speed-enforced areas (usually a good place for a cop to hide, like behind an overpass), I slow down until I see there are no smokeys there. Then I hit the gas and speed back up again.
If I lived where this detector was, I would speed for the entire length of the road and simply slow down for the tiny range of this speed sensor.
Even if they operate under the premise that it will not be done today doesn't mean they won't change their minds in the future.
What happens in 10 years when all toll highways are EZ-Pass and people can't switch back to cash? Then they are free to change their minds and use EZ-Pass for whatever they want, including speeding fines.
In NJ, the Garden State Parkway was supposed to have tolls only until the road paid itself off. That happened almost 20 years ago. And amazingly, they went back on their word and today tolls are higher than ever.
On a side rant...
NJ just spent over $500 million to install EZ-Pass. That's right, $500 million. That's like buying a $1 million diamond encrusted cash register to use at a 99-cent store. How many years of tolls need to be collected before the cash register itself is paid off? I wonder how much Christie Whitman (the gov at the time) made off of that deal?
Do the math, and it doesn't add up. $500 million divided by 250 lanes of EZ-Pass (my wild guess but probably close) comes to $2 million per lane. I know there are servers at each toll plaza and some main servers somewhere, but seriously, how much could it possibly cost for this stuff? Not an average of $2 million per lane! Hell, it couldn't even average out to $1 million per lane.
Look at how long it takes to introduce a new medium into the marketplace. DVD-Audio and SACD have been around for a few years now, and they still have not gotten into the mainstream yet.
Hardware manufacturers won't produce cheap hardware because the volume of products sold are too low and there are not that many titles available; and the media companies won't put out too many titles because there are not enough players in the hands of the public. Just like HDTV, all new mediums suffer from the chicken and the egg syndrome.
Granted, everyday there are more and more titles available on both DVD-A and SACD formats and prices are dropping, but it takes at least 5 years for that cycle to happen. So, for this new disc-less media to take over CDs in 5 years would mean that not only would they need to start shipping the first units today, but the industry would have to abondon DVD-Audio and SACD which hasn't even blossomed yet.
And I've had lots of conversations with people who speculate that everything will be "MP3" in a few years and there will be no more CDs. I personally am not about to give up high-quality audio for compressed MP3 or WMA formats. Anyone with a sound system over $100 can hear the difference between an MP3 and a full-range recording on a disc.
It's not that Macs are immune to attack, it's just that there are far less people writing exploits to attack Mac systems. Most people write exploits for Windows since Microsoft is so hated, and there are so many more Windows machines available to compromise. And exploits are written for Unix since it's been around for so long, and there are many tempting targets for people to hit on the net.
Now, I guess with OSX, some of those Unix hackers will be able to do some damage to Mac users, but Macs running OS9 don't have many attackers.
I'm not saying there are no attackers skilled at exploiting an OS9 box, but the ratio of these people to Win/Unix/Linux hackers has got to be miniscule.
So, while I agree that a 100% secure machine is not possible, I do think you are far less likely to be compromised on a pre-OSX Mac.
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The music is great but unfortunately every song clips (badly). It sounds like shit.
Bottom line is... if you want your music LOUDER, spend money on more amps and speakers. Clipping sucks.
I've been working an a top-secret project with the top motor oil companies for about two years now.
Using a combination of an RF tag and a specially constructed oil drain plug, in a few years, motor oil will have an absolute expiration date of 3500 miles.
How it works: Motor oil sold in the future will require the purchase of a special oil plug with an embedded chip and electronic valve. New cars from the factory starting in 2006 will come equipped with this special plug already installed.
Anyway, when you purchase new motor oil, you will be required to stick a special RF tag that will come with the bottle somewhere inside your engine compartment (within 8 feet of the oil drain plug).
The plug recognizes the new RF tag ID number and records the current milage and date. As soon as the car hits 3500 miles or 2 years without changing the oil (and getting a new RF tag), the drain plug valve opens and drains the oil all over the ground and emits a loud beeping noise.
Then you can choose to drive you car for another mile or two until the engine seizes up, or as the oil companies are hoping, you'll pull over and cease to use the car until you can change the oil.
We have already patented this, and the way the plug detects the milage is secret. We expect the rollout to begin around the end of 2007.
This bill sets a dangerous precedent where laws are being passed for technology that doesn't even exist yet. Proponents of the bill say that this will saves the lives of children who are killed in gun accidents involving their parent's guns. Well, what if I don't have any children in my house? And what if I keep my guns in a safe? Why should I be punished for the acts of a miniscule number of irresponsible parents? In the years 1998, and 1999, (the two most recent years that data is available for) there were ZERO childern killed accidentally by their parents handguns.
I am not against gun safety, but this law will not help anyone. This technology has so far proven to be very ineffective. If there is a 1 in a million chance that my gun will not fire when I need it to - that's 1 time too many. And, what if I am not home when an intruder enters my home? My wife will be left with an unusable gun since the gun can only be fired by my hand. This law will not prevent criminals from using guns as they don't buy their guns legally in the first place.
It's funny how police officers will be exempt from this law. Why? Do they not have childern in their homes? Or is it that the technology is so flawed that it is not reliable enough for law-enforcement to use? So, why should it be reliable enough for me to protect myself and my family in my own home?
And what about gun stores? Gun store owners will be devestated by the fact that they will only be allowed to sell one or two models of handguns in the first couple of years that this law is in effect.
This is the same state that recently passed a law limiting G forces on roller coasters even though the medical community doesnot agree that G force is a cause of brain injuries.
My advice to anyone thinking about moving to the state of New Jersey... DON'T DO IT! Besides being overcrowded, this state has more laws on the books than you can think of, more toll roads than most states, more pollution, and the highest auto insurance rates in the nation.
I encourage all residents of the state of NJ to contact Governor McGreevey and voice your opinions.
I've been using Opera 5 on Mac OS9 for about a month now and I'd say it is by far the slowest browser of the three. Pages load about 3 times faster on IE, and 2 times faster on NS. Sometimes it takes 30+ seconds just to shut the program down. And while a page is loading, no chance of letting it load in the background - it ties up the whole computer and you're stuck.
I'll be upgrading to OSX shortly, and maybe it'll be better for that.
I've tried as hard as possible to resist IE, but unfortunately it really seems to be the best browser.
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I still love the old 2D scrolling games, and wish new ones were still made (for regular consoles - not just the handhelds). I'd love a new 2D scrolling Zelda, SMB or Castlevania. I'm sure many others would too. Just because you CAN do 3D doesn't mean you have to.
That's fine, but the number of employees at these companies and the number of visitors to the websites are not even close. Microsoft has about 61,000 employees but millions of visitors to it's website. And Facebook isn't even open to the general public - only certain schools and companies. Sorry, I don't buy it.
From the article and facebook.com: "Facebook's website has grown to over 7.5 million people and, according to comScore, ranks as the seventh-most trafficked site in the United States."
That seems a bit far-fetched if you ask me. Without having any sort of real data, I'd have to bet that all of these sites get more US traffic:
Something tells me they left out some qualifying words, like: "seventh-most trafficked social-networking site in the United States."
If they keep that name for production, I have a feeling these guys may have an issue with it. But I guess the way justice works in the US, whoever has more money is right, so Apple shouldn't be worried.
I stay clear of Sony. And when I preached that to my friends, they laughed, but now realize I was right. No exaggeration, between my friends and family, all of the Sony products I have encountered are broken. And they have the WORST warranty coverage.
Approximately 4 months after I bought my PS2, I notced my games were getting scratched up by the console to the point they were unplayable. I went to bring it in for warranty and noticed that you only get a 90-day warranty. Seriously, shouldn't you expect a $300 piece of equipment to last a little longer than 90 days? So, after a little photoshop magic, I brought it in for warranty repair. I got it back about 5 weeks later, with replacemnet discs for my ruined games. After about a week, same problem again. I brought it in for warranty again, and they fixed it again. It worked for about 6 more months before breaking again. This time the controller port was messed up. Since I'd have to fix it on my own or pay to get it fixed, it is now a useless pile of junk sitting next to my tv.
Two of my friends also had defective PS2's. Their units would generate disc read errors. I performed some photoshop magic for them as well and they got warranty service as well. Neither console works anymore.
None were modded.
Between friends and family, I've also run across a CD car head unit, DVD player and CD changer that all broke (either out of the box or in less than 1 year).
I'm not sure how drivers are in the UK, but here in the US, and specifically the NY area, practically NO ONE obeys the rule of "keep right, pass left". What that causes is major traffic jams on already congested highways. I DO tailgate, however, I only tailgate drivers in the left lane that should move right and get out of the way. In fact, there are even drivers who purposely pull into the left lane to slow others down because they feel they should police speed limits themselves - which is extremely dangerous. There is no way to end road rage (including tailgating), but if the cops enforced the keep right, pass left law, road rage could be reduced enormously and traffic could flow a lot better.
While newer realistic looking games are cool, I wish someone would make a new 2D game. There's something nice about a "simple" to play and control 2D game. The Zelda games for NES and SNES were my favs.
I'm glad when companies inconvenience their paying customers like this. Because, afterall, I'm sure the mandatory registration will prevent piracy. I just searched and see an activation patch already on IRC.
The article said it can be programmed to recognize multiple users. So, I am assuming all members of the police force would be made users of all guns owned by the department.
And by the way... in NJ, the first state with an idiotic smart gun law, federal, state and local law enforcement officers and members of the armed forces and the National Guard serving in New Jersey are exempt from the law.
Funny, the technology isn't reliable enough for them to use, but it is for me. Nice!
Here's a good article on why this NJ law is ridiculous
- I bought a 5-disc CD changer, which at the time, was the top-of-the-line model below their "ES" line. Within 1 year, it started making a humming noise (mechanical - not through the speakers), which during the day I can ignore by turning up the music, but sucks to hear at night when I listen to the music at low volume.
- My brother bought a DVD player that does not play CD-Rs like it is supposed to. Tried many different brands of media, burners and methods of burning. Nada.
- My friend bought an in-dash CD player that didn't work out-of-the-box. Only the tuner worked.
- I bought a PS2 for $300 when they first came out. Between 3-4 months later, it started scratching my games to the point where they would no longer work. I checked around on the net and many people experienced this same problem. The warranty was only 90 days, so I had to Photoshop my receipt to get it fixed for free. I get it back about 8 weeks later, and the same problem happens right away. I get it fixed again, then about 6 months later the controller port malfunctions so that if I use the feedback (vibration), it hits the start button every time it sends the virbate command to the controller (and it's not the controller that's malfunctioning). I gave up and don't even use it anymore.
- My friend's PS2 also malfunctioned and would freeze up during movies.
Now I'm sure that some of their products must work, but to see 5 purchases in the last 5 years and ALL of them not work correctly is a little too much for me. I'll certainly never buy any of their shit again. And I remember buying Sony products in the 80's that lasted for 10+ years. What happened to their quality-control?- Massage Girls in Bikinis
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- Dual 2.5GHz G5s for all
- Sweet aromas all day
- Foot spas under all desks
- Killer game room
- And the soothing sounds of the dead all day long
Oh, you have a budget?Luckily, there is actually a law on the books in jersey prohibiting photo-based speed enforcement.
Even if there weren't, how could you issue a speeding ticket based on a license plate? The driver gets points in their license, and you can't give points to the registered owner of the car if they weren't the one driving.
But don't you feel all warm inside when you see your tax money well spent on protecting rich people's money?
Instead of investigating how companies like Ticketmaster rape millions of American wallets each day, lets focus on copyright infringement so that the 10-20 top execs in the movie and music biz don't see their personal income drop from $30M/yr to $28M/yr.
Lets raid schools.
I'm not saying copyright infringement is right, but there are so many other fucked up things in this country that affect more than 20 people. It makes me fuckin sick.
And I don't want to hear about the starving artists and movie stars. MTV Cribs won't have a shortage of people to profile anytime soon. If there was a magic bullet to completely stop all forms of piracy tomorrow, do you honestly believe prices would come down? No fuckin way! Instead, those execs would pocket it all and blame the high prices for CDs on something else.
When will the masses be protected from the few wealthy elite? Never.
BTW, what ever happened to the Ticketmaster congressional investigations?
From my experience, cops usually take radar in the same spots 95% of the time. When I am speeding and approach one of the known speed-enforced areas (usually a good place for a cop to hide, like behind an overpass), I slow down until I see there are no smokeys there. Then I hit the gas and speed back up again.
If I lived where this detector was, I would speed for the entire length of the road and simply slow down for the tiny range of this speed sensor.
...to make up the time they spent sitting at the red light.
Amen
Humane - not human.
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And there are lots of other programmers out there. Here are a few:
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Even if they operate under the premise that it will not be done today doesn't mean they won't change their minds in the future.
What happens in 10 years when all toll highways are EZ-Pass and people can't switch back to cash? Then they are free to change their minds and use EZ-Pass for whatever they want, including speeding fines.
In NJ, the Garden State Parkway was supposed to have tolls only until the road paid itself off. That happened almost 20 years ago. And amazingly, they went back on their word and today tolls are higher than ever.
On a side rant...
NJ just spent over $500 million to install EZ-Pass. That's right, $500 million. That's like buying a $1 million diamond encrusted cash register to use at a 99-cent store. How many years of tolls need to be collected before the cash register itself is paid off? I wonder how much Christie Whitman (the gov at the time) made off of that deal?
Do the math, and it doesn't add up. $500 million divided by 250 lanes of EZ-Pass (my wild guess but probably close) comes to $2 million per lane. I know there are servers at each toll plaza and some main servers somewhere, but seriously, how much could it possibly cost for this stuff? Not an average of $2 million per lane! Hell, it couldn't even average out to $1 million per lane.
Someone got rich somewhere, and it wasn't me!
Look at how long it takes to introduce a new medium into the marketplace. DVD-Audio and SACD have been around for a few years now, and they still have not gotten into the mainstream yet.
Hardware manufacturers won't produce cheap hardware because the volume of products sold are too low and there are not that many titles available; and the media companies won't put out too many titles because there are not enough players in the hands of the public. Just like HDTV, all new mediums suffer from the chicken and the egg syndrome.
Granted, everyday there are more and more titles available on both DVD-A and SACD formats and prices are dropping, but it takes at least 5 years for that cycle to happen. So, for this new disc-less media to take over CDs in 5 years would mean that not only would they need to start shipping the first units today, but the industry would have to abondon DVD-Audio and SACD which hasn't even blossomed yet.
And I've had lots of conversations with people who speculate that everything will be "MP3" in a few years and there will be no more CDs. I personally am not about to give up high-quality audio for compressed MP3 or WMA formats. Anyone with a sound system over $100 can hear the difference between an MP3 and a full-range recording on a disc.
If their technology is so far advanced (it must be to travel light-years to come here), why do they need the lights to fly at night? Hmmm.
It's not that Macs are immune to attack, it's just that there are far less people writing exploits to attack Mac systems. Most people write exploits for Windows since Microsoft is so hated, and there are so many more Windows machines available to compromise. And exploits are written for Unix since it's been around for so long, and there are many tempting targets for people to hit on the net.
Now, I guess with OSX, some of those Unix hackers will be able to do some damage to Mac users, but Macs running OS9 don't have many attackers.
I'm not saying there are no attackers skilled at exploiting an OS9 box, but the ratio of these people to Win/Unix/Linux hackers has got to be miniscule.
So, while I agree that a 100% secure machine is not possible, I do think you are far less likely to be compromised on a pre-OSX Mac.
The music is great but unfortunately every song clips (badly). It sounds like shit.
Bottom line is... if you want your music LOUDER, spend money on more amps and speakers. Clipping sucks.
Using a combination of an RF tag and a specially constructed oil drain plug, in a few years, motor oil will have an absolute expiration date of 3500 miles.
How it works: Motor oil sold in the future will require the purchase of a special oil plug with an embedded chip and electronic valve. New cars from the factory starting in 2006 will come equipped with this special plug already installed.
Anyway, when you purchase new motor oil, you will be required to stick a special RF tag that will come with the bottle somewhere inside your engine compartment (within 8 feet of the oil drain plug).
The plug recognizes the new RF tag ID number and records the current milage and date. As soon as the car hits 3500 miles or 2 years without changing the oil (and getting a new RF tag), the drain plug valve opens and drains the oil all over the ground and emits a loud beeping noise.
Then you can choose to drive you car for another mile or two until the engine seizes up, or as the oil companies are hoping, you'll pull over and cease to use the car until you can change the oil.
We have already patented this, and the way the plug detects the milage is secret. We expect the rollout to begin around the end of 2007.
This bill sets a dangerous precedent where laws are being passed for technology that doesn't even exist yet. Proponents of the bill say that this will saves the lives of children who are killed in gun accidents involving their parent's guns. Well, what if I don't have any children in my house? And what if I keep my guns in a safe? Why should I be punished for the acts of a miniscule number of irresponsible parents? In the years 1998, and 1999, (the two most recent years that data is available for) there were ZERO childern killed accidentally by their parents handguns.
I am not against gun safety, but this law will not help anyone. This technology has so far proven to be very ineffective. If there is a 1 in a million chance that my gun will not fire when I need it to - that's 1 time too many. And, what if I am not home when an intruder enters my home? My wife will be left with an unusable gun since the gun can only be fired by my hand. This law will not prevent criminals from using guns as they don't buy their guns legally in the first place.
It's funny how police officers will be exempt from this law. Why? Do they not have childern in their homes? Or is it that the technology is so flawed that it is not reliable enough for law-enforcement to use? So, why should it be reliable enough for me to protect myself and my family in my own home?
And what about gun stores? Gun store owners will be devestated by the fact that they will only be allowed to sell one or two models of handguns in the first couple of years that this law is in effect.
This is the same state that recently passed a law limiting G forces on roller coasters even though the medical community does not agree that G force is a cause of brain injuries.
My advice to anyone thinking about moving to the state of New Jersey... DON'T DO IT! Besides being overcrowded, this state has more laws on the books than you can think of, more toll roads than most states, more pollution, and the highest auto insurance rates in the nation.
I encourage all residents of the state of NJ to contact Governor McGreevey and voice your opinions.
Governor Jim McGreevey
125 W State St PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 292-6000
Fax: (609) 292-3454
http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html
I've been using Opera 5 on Mac OS9 for about a month now and I'd say it is by far the slowest browser of the three. Pages load about 3 times faster on IE, and 2 times faster on NS. Sometimes it takes 30+ seconds just to shut the program down. And while a page is loading, no chance of letting it load in the background - it ties up the whole computer and you're stuck.
I'll be upgrading to OSX shortly, and maybe it'll be better for that.
I've tried as hard as possible to resist IE, but unfortunately it really seems to be the best browser.