I'm being a bit sarcastic here, but I've heard from too many people that punching out code all day at work makes them very hesitant to even touch a computer at home. For those who are currently computer programmers/engineers, would you say you really enjoy your job, or does it get extremely old and tedious after awhile?
Yes, it sucks. I'm currently trying to figure out how to change careers.
That article is basically content free since they're not telling us what the freqs are, or why they would be particularly susceptible to destructive interference. I call BS. Not to mention, the US gov has enough money and equipment to jam pretty much *any* signal they choose to...
Hahaah...I had that record when I was like 3 years old. You rule.
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All "mother" needs is a sufficient good frontend. Those infact exist for X.
I've never seen one on linux[1] that I'd want to use everyday. Sure KDE and GNOME et. al. are interesting toys, but their numerous kludges, bugs, inconsistencies, slowdowns, crashes, and poor GUI design annoy the hell out of me.
C-X C-S [1] SGI's desktop wasn't bad, for a UNIX/X desktop. Bit on the ugly, CDE-ish side, but at least everything seemed to work "right".
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ESR just came off as a total prick,
Gee, that's surprising...
He almost seemed indifferent and a little aggreviated with Linux. I don't know, he definitely wasn't passionate about it which kind of disappointed me.
This is a man who has to deal with ESR, GNU/RMS and countless other whiny, socially inept dorks on pretty much a daily basis, because of linux... I think that would burn anyone out on project pretty damn quick.
Linus just kind of was goofing around on the stage with his little daughter, totally oblivious to anything RMS was saying.
'Least it sounds like Linus has his priorities straight.
OK, sport, so what's wrong with wanting your roll-top desk to close?
If you want your roll-top desk to close, maybe you should just get a damn desk that's designed for a computer, and not try to stuff a CRT in a roll-top.
If the computer is too ugly, put it in the basement, for god's sake! Don't send some $6.50 an hour kid back and forth to his store to swap components. He's getting paid for setting up your computer, not to be your fashion lackey.
But, of course, the first thing you do is insult and try to make fun of somebody who has a different idea.
Hey, if something that trivial causes so much hassle to me, I believe I have a right to bitch, whether you agree or not.
Country codes are like those M.U.S.C.L.E things... I mean, it's nice to have the whole set, and some people collect them obsessively, but it's not like they join together to form a giant flesh-colored robot or anything.
Although I would like to have a Cook Islands TLD just because it's so damn versatile: bigblack.co.ck...enormous.co.ck...ball sand.co.ck.. . suckthe.co.ck...playwithmy.co.ck...
They'll get my.net when they pry it from my cold, dead DNS record.
C-X C-S I also have a.com, and a.org. Once I get an.edu, a.gov and a.mil, I'll have collected the whole set! Then they will all combine to form Voltron, and I'll rule the world!!
You say "There was no incentive to switch" I say Bundled...people are sheep
Why would I switch to something that sucks compared to what I already have? It's like trading in the Acura you already have for a Yugo. So what if the better product is what you already have?
Or are you just another bitter Netscape zealot looking for an excuse to berate MS because they wrote an (at the time[1]) better browser?
C-X C-S [1] "At the time", because browser lines are blurring rapidly. I can make a page W3C compliant, with CSS2, layers and most of the fun stuff, and still have it render basically the same in recent IE, Mozilla or Opera. [Netscape 4.x can't render it for shit tho, even when the W3C validator gives it a perfect score.]
1)Bundled....people are sheep. 2)Bundled.....a lot of people dont have the band or the patience to do a lot of downloading (AOL users on dialup) 3)Bundled...on a corporate win2k desktop where the user just logins in and cant really install much in the way of software...see 1) s/pc support personal/people
I don't really think so.
Up until recently (i.e. Moz and Opera maturing in to decent browsers) IE was the best game in town, it was just an added bonus that it came bundled. Netscape 4.x has been a joke since IE's renderer got good (around 4.5, I'd say), and Netscape 6.0 release bugs scared a lot of people off. Most people have never even heard of Opera.
However, if the new browsers keep improving, and IE holes keep appearing with this kind of severity, I can see people downloading other browsers, just like they used to. But really, until late last year, IE, in all it's mediocrity, was still the best for most people's browsing. It's reasonably stable, reasonably fast and renders pages reasonably well. There was no incentive to switch to something either obselete (old Netscape), slow (new Netscape), buggy (Mozilla), or pretty much unknown (Opera).
With the poorest standards compliance of all browsers,
IE can't have the poorest compliance, because Netscape had it first.
I for one will be very happy the day the last straggler using NS4 finally switches over to something that doesn't suck. The thought of not having to work around NS4's limitations and bugs everytime I design a page makes my heart all a'flutter.
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You seem to be on good terms with Jesus, so next time you talk to Him, please ask for a spellchecker.
I'm being a bit sarcastic here, but I've heard from too many people that punching out code all day at work makes them very hesitant to even touch a computer at home. For those who are currently computer programmers/engineers, would you say you really enjoy your job, or does it get extremely old and tedious after awhile?
Yes, it sucks. I'm currently trying to figure out how to change careers.
This must be the SUPER SECRET defcon that happens in the winter...
You'd think with blackhat seattle happening, uhh, this week, DT would be busy...
That article is basically content free since they're
not telling us what the freqs are, or why they
would be particularly susceptible to destructive
interference. I call BS.
Not to mention, the US gov has enough money and
equipment to jam pretty much *any* signal they choose to...
Hahaah...I had that record when I was like 3 years old.
You rule.
All "mother" needs is a sufficient good frontend. Those infact exist for X.
I've never seen one on linux[1] that I'd want to use everyday.
Sure KDE and GNOME et. al. are interesting toys, but their numerous kludges, bugs, inconsistencies, slowdowns, crashes, and poor GUI design annoy the hell out of me.
C-X C-S
[1] SGI's desktop wasn't bad, for a UNIX/X desktop.
Bit on the ugly, CDE-ish side, but at least everything seemed to work "right".
...a linux user.
C-X C-S
ESR just came off as a total prick,
Gee, that's surprising...
He almost seemed indifferent and a little aggreviated with Linux. I don't know, he definitely wasn't passionate about it which kind of disappointed me.
This is a man who has to deal with ESR, GNU/RMS and countless other whiny, socially inept dorks on pretty much a daily basis, because of linux...
I think that would burn anyone out on project pretty damn quick.
Linus just kind of was goofing around on the stage with his little daughter, totally oblivious to anything RMS was saying.
'Least it sounds like Linus has his priorities straight.
C-X C-S
OK, sport, so what's wrong with wanting your roll-top desk to close?
If you want your roll-top desk to close,
maybe you should just get a damn desk that's designed for a computer, and not try to stuff a CRT in a roll-top.
If the computer is too ugly, put it in the basement, for god's sake! Don't send some $6.50 an hour kid back and forth to his store to swap components.
He's getting paid for setting up your computer, not to be your fashion lackey.
But, of course, the first thing you do is insult and try to make fun of somebody who has a different idea.
Hey, if something that trivial causes so much hassle to me, I believe I have a right to bitch,
whether you agree or not.
C-X C-S
But the Timecube is definately for real.
C-X C-S
Country codes are like those M.U.S.C.L.E things...
l sand.co.ck.. . suckthe.co.ck...playwithmy.co.ck...
I mean, it's nice to have the whole set, and some people collect them obsessively, but it's not like they join together to form a giant flesh-colored robot or anything.
Although I would like to have a Cook Islands TLD just because it's so damn versatile:
bigblack.co.ck...enormous.co.ck...bal
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squi.ck...di.ck...
Gaping anus ascii
Lovely.
Now, can you extend that by adding page lengthening/widening functionality?
C-X C-S
They'll get my .net when they pry it from my cold, dead DNS record.
.com, and a .org. Once I get an .edu, a .gov and a .mil,
C-X C-S
I also have a
I'll have collected the whole set!
Then they will all combine to form Voltron, and I'll rule the world!!
You say
"There was no incentive to switch"
I say
Bundled...people are sheep
Why would I switch to something that sucks compared to what I already have?
It's like trading in the Acura you already have for a Yugo.
So what if the better product is what you already have?
Or are you just another bitter Netscape zealot looking for an excuse to berate MS because they wrote an (at the time[1]) better browser?
C-X C-S
[1] "At the time", because browser lines are blurring rapidly. I can make a page W3C compliant, with CSS2, layers and most of the fun stuff, and still have it render basically the same in recent IE, Mozilla or Opera.
[Netscape 4.x can't render it for shit tho, even when the W3C validator gives it a perfect score.]
1)Bundled....people are sheep.
2)Bundled.....a lot of people dont have the band or the patience to do a lot of downloading (AOL users on dialup)
3)Bundled...on a corporate win2k desktop where the user just logins in and cant really install much in the way of software...see 1) s/pc support personal/people
I don't really think so.
Up until recently (i.e. Moz and Opera maturing in to decent browsers) IE was the best game in town, it was just an added bonus that it came bundled.
Netscape 4.x has been a joke since IE's renderer got good (around 4.5, I'd say), and Netscape 6.0 release bugs scared a lot of people off.
Most people have never even heard of Opera.
However, if the new browsers keep improving, and IE holes keep appearing with this kind of severity, I can see people downloading other browsers, just like they used to.
But really, until late last year, IE, in all it's mediocrity, was still the best for most people's browsing.
It's reasonably stable, reasonably fast and renders pages reasonably well.
There was no incentive to switch to something either obselete (old Netscape), slow (new Netscape), buggy (Mozilla), or pretty much unknown (Opera).
There might be now.
C-X C-S
We are small and busy and don't necessarily have 100% to give to keeping up with patches and MS Critical Updates
Hey, what's your IP?
C-X C-S
It already has documentation. It's called source code.
C-X C-S
(No, I'm not being serious. But sadly, I've seen that posted as a serious reply to similar questions.)
With the poorest standards compliance of all browsers,
IE can't have the poorest compliance, because Netscape had it first.
I for one will be very happy the day the last straggler using NS4 finally switches over to something that doesn't suck.
The thought of not having to work around NS4's limitations and bugs everytime I design a page makes my heart all a'flutter.
C-X C-S
You put your money in a snail and it delivers it?
That certainly gives new meaning to the term "snail mail".
C-X C-S
I am even more offended than you.
C-X C-S
Worse yet, that bull and bear in those Ameritrade spots.
I'd rather watch hours of computer-animated bovinity than those terribly annoying pseudo-european i'm-hipper-than-you Motorola cell phone commercials.
C-X C-S
"Fuckyoumoto!"
It's like when a dead guy is dumped in the river... he'll float to the surface eventually.
With the help of my trusty wood chipper, that's rarely a problem for me.
C-X C-S
Does anyone else think it would have been infinitely cooler
if he had used dental floss to hold the heatsink on instead of plain ol' string?
C-X C-S
How about Gnutella?
Umm...Because it sucks?
C-X C-S
While that was a very nice intro to audio compression, I fail to see your point in reference to my original comment about lack of hardware support.
C-X C-S