1) Oh good; excuses. That will fix anything. Also, I think you meant "adoption of CSS." Finally, you point out that Slashdot was coded years ago -- do you think that slashcode has been under code freeze for all those years? No. But has the HTML been fixed? Also no.
2) Last time I checked, "open source" did not necessarily imply "the developers give a shit about third-party patches." There are open source projects out there who appreciate it, but slashcode ain't one of 'em. It's got Not Invented Here syndrome in a bad way. In fact, someone at A List Apart retooled Slashdot to be standards compliant (part one, part two) -- then showed how it would be PDA compatible, and save OSDN bandwith costs. Did the slashcode group care? Hell no.
3) Complaining about Slashdot standards support is te ONLY way we have to goad slashdot into supporting standards -- just like it's the only way we have of convincing MS to support the same standards. Clearly, the devs aren't motivated by much -- hell, the code was handed to them already! -- but maybe they'll get sick enough of their users bitching that they'll implement one of the eleventy trillion fixes that has already been created for them.
Every scene calls their own scene "the scene." When I think of "the scene" I think of the demo scene, as in http://www.scene.org/. What scene is it? The piracy scene?
Mumma wrote it. Why did he make a press release? By the way, eMediaWire is owned by PR Web, and is a site where anyone can issue a press release. For instance this is the latest from my hosting network. Just for instance. My instinct is to blow off anything on PR Web as crap.
The Honda one looked way better, and this one needed better music.
But seriously, if you like this sort of thing, get together with a local school and ask about coaching an Odyssey of the Mind team. This program is great fun for everyone involved, and God knows that kids today need some recreation that doesn't involve headshots.
I can't figure out why either company matters, what the hell this has to do with GNU, Linux, GNU/Linux, the F/OSS community, iPods, Eugenia from OS News, or Microsoft. It's not a MySQL story. Nobody's hammering the Mozilla Foundation. Firefox isn't even mentioned. And there's no question at the end like "what does this mean for Google's world domination plans?"
I'm sorry, man, I just don't know what to make of this article.
She's a hideous person. Her web page is at http://www.eugenia.co.uk/ -- watch out; she looks like the north end of a south-bound mule. She can't spell "llama," either.
Everyone always throws up K-Meleon as the Firefox alternative -- that's fine, under Windows. When you ask for a linux alternative, they blather about Galeon or Epiphany, or sometimes even Dillo, which is nowhere near useable.
Galeon and Epiphany require both Gnome and Mozilla to be installed on the system. That is a fuckload of dependency to browse the web. It also means Galeon and Epiphany aren't really standalone browsers; they're like MyIE or whatever IE wrapper is popular this week.
The only extension I ever use with Firefox is adblock*, and I'm learning to program in more languages specifically so I can strip Firefox down and get it back to where it was in the early days -- small, fast, and lightweight.
* -- yeah, yeah, I know adblock runs against the whole revenue stream of the web, and it keeps me from supporting websites, blah blah blah. If I want to support a website I'll donate to it.
I liked this story better when it was covered the first and second times.
Although, I can understand why this error gets made, because the search function built-in to slashcode is nearly worthless. Try googling site:slashdot.org "tactile digital assistant" and you'll find previous coverage... from last year.
Gnome-terminal is going to make someone ridiculously wealthy. Seriously, there's so much room for optimization that a good coder will be able to retire off that one program.
Tablespork, you must have been the only one
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Who still expected a G5 Powerbook any time this year.
TOO MUCH HEAT, PEOPLE. I don't care how strong the Apple engineers' kung-fu is, there's just no way to cram the G5 into that small a form factor without melting the keyboard. Give it some time, and it'll happen. But not soon.
How much money does Microsoft really make off of Internet Explorer? If the Mozilla Foundation snatches the browser market away, does Bill Gates give a damn? The home user still gets to use IE for Windows Update (and Office Update), unless she expressly use Automatic Updates. Now, if Slackware were getting 20% of the OS market, Bill Gates would need rear-view mirrors. But the browser thing is last decade's battle.
Unless we can use it as a foothold, and move on to combat the Windows monopoly.
They are robots. They'll require soldiers to operate them. In fact, I hesitate to call them robots. They're more like glorified waldoes. I suppose if the mass of hydraulics that assembles cars can be called a robot, so can these.
But they are not soldiers. There's a lot more to being a soldier than combat.
I believe the word you're looking for is "heliocentric," and we fought the Catholic church long and hard to get that way. >:(
I'm sick of you people oppressing us. Students of Copernicus unite!
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Right, installing shit is great on Windows. The suicide hotlines start overloading when you try to remove software.
Not everyone wants to tie themselves to a huge complex packaging system. Some of us are perfectly happy with checkinstall. Thanks anyway.
and not font smoothing. Because that looks like a bag of ass.
1) Oh good; excuses. That will fix anything. Also, I think you meant "adoption of CSS." Finally, you point out that Slashdot was coded years ago -- do you think that slashcode has been under code freeze for all those years? No. But has the HTML been fixed? Also no.
2) Last time I checked, "open source" did not necessarily imply "the developers give a shit about third-party patches." There are open source projects out there who appreciate it, but slashcode ain't one of 'em. It's got Not Invented Here syndrome in a bad way. In fact, someone at A List Apart retooled Slashdot to be standards compliant (part one, part two) -- then showed how it would be PDA compatible, and save OSDN bandwith costs. Did the slashcode group care? Hell no.
3) Complaining about Slashdot standards support is te ONLY way we have to goad slashdot into supporting standards -- just like it's the only way we have of convincing MS to support the same standards. Clearly, the devs aren't motivated by much -- hell, the code was handed to them already! -- but maybe they'll get sick enough of their users bitching that they'll implement one of the eleventy trillion fixes that has already been created for them.
Every scene calls their own scene "the scene." When I think of "the scene" I think of the demo scene, as in http://www.scene.org/. What scene is it? The piracy scene?
Mumma wrote it. Why did he make a press release? By the way, eMediaWire is owned by PR Web, and is a site where anyone can issue a press release. For instance this is the latest from my hosting network. Just for instance. My instinct is to blow off anything on PR Web as crap.
and store the files by correspondant. It's not fancy, but it's foolproof.
...if after all that noise from SCO the first court case to test the GPL involves some little dorky scammer trying to sell code he didn't write.
The Honda one looked way better, and this one needed better music. But seriously, if you like this sort of thing, get together with a local school and ask about coaching an Odyssey of the Mind team. This program is great fun for everyone involved, and God knows that kids today need some recreation that doesn't involve headshots.
for the best folding@home score you will ever know?
I can't figure out why either company matters, what the hell this has to do with GNU, Linux, GNU/Linux, the F/OSS community, iPods, Eugenia from OS News, or Microsoft. It's not a MySQL story. Nobody's hammering the Mozilla Foundation. Firefox isn't even mentioned. And there's no question at the end like "what does this mean for Google's world domination plans?"
I'm sorry, man, I just don't know what to make of this article.
She's a hideous person. Her web page is at http://www.eugenia.co.uk/ -- watch out; she looks like the north end of a south-bound mule. She can't spell "llama," either.
She's full of "helful suggestions" that nobody likes. She's just short on code.
Everyone always throws up K-Meleon as the Firefox alternative -- that's fine, under Windows. When you ask for a linux alternative, they blather about Galeon or Epiphany, or sometimes even Dillo, which is nowhere near useable.
Galeon and Epiphany require both Gnome and Mozilla to be installed on the system. That is a fuckload of dependency to browse the web. It also means Galeon and Epiphany aren't really standalone browsers; they're like MyIE or whatever IE wrapper is popular this week.
The only extension I ever use with Firefox is adblock*, and I'm learning to program in more languages specifically so I can strip Firefox down and get it back to where it was in the early days -- small, fast, and lightweight.
* -- yeah, yeah, I know adblock runs against the whole revenue stream of the web, and it keeps me from supporting websites, blah blah blah. If I want to support a website I'll donate to it.
I liked this story better when it was covered the first and second times.
Although, I can understand why this error gets made, because the search function built-in to slashcode is nearly worthless. Try googling site:slashdot.org "tactile digital assistant" and you'll find previous coverage... from last year.
For fuck's sake, asshole, this is not a freedom of speech issue. Someone violated an NDA and ThinkSecret paid them to do it.
Caveat: ThinkSecret is not a blog.
Gnome-terminal is going to make someone ridiculously wealthy. Seriously, there's so much room for optimization that a good coder will be able to retire off that one program.
Who still expected a G5 Powerbook any time this year. TOO MUCH HEAT, PEOPLE. I don't care how strong the Apple engineers' kung-fu is, there's just no way to cram the G5 into that small a form factor without melting the keyboard. Give it some time, and it'll happen. But not soon.
How the hell do they get the fonts to look that good?
I read the article. Some of it was amusing.
But the idiot in charge of writing that moronic javascript slideshow needs to be shot. Or fired. Or both.
How much money does Microsoft really make off of Internet Explorer? If the Mozilla Foundation snatches the browser market away, does Bill Gates give a damn? The home user still gets to use IE for Windows Update (and Office Update), unless she expressly use Automatic Updates. Now, if Slackware were getting 20% of the OS market, Bill Gates would need rear-view mirrors. But the browser thing is last decade's battle.
Unless we can use it as a foothold, and move on to combat the Windows monopoly.
I sense a deep feeling of forboding...
They are robots. They'll require soldiers to operate them. In fact, I hesitate to call them robots. They're more like glorified waldoes. I suppose if the mass of hydraulics that assembles cars can be called a robot, so can these.
But they are not soldiers. There's a lot more to being a soldier than combat.
I believe the word you're looking for is "heliocentric," and we fought the Catholic church long and hard to get that way. >:( I'm sick of you people oppressing us. Students of Copernicus unite!