They could take a screenshot of the page and then cut out the part that contains the java applet and display it to the user. This is more of a hassle than just saving and displaying an image, but can definitely be scripted. Also, I don't think yahoo wants to require users to have java enabled and use an applet to get an email account, that would annoy a lot of people.
That's not the line of maximal probability, but there's certainly nothing intrinsically unreasonable about it.
I agree that it is not completely unreasonable. I don't have any real disagreements with anything you say. My problem is with the writeups warning against actions that will "almost certainly cause the success of the virus writer's mission of discrediting these movements". So, the writeup states the "writer's mission" as if it is a known fact. This is ridiculous and is what bothered me.
Google's interface is a pretty good newbie gateway to it.
It's pretty good, but slow. Your posts don't usually appear to other people for several hours after you post them and vice versa. If you just want to ask a question and get an answer, this may be fine, but for a back-and-forth discussion, it can be frustrating. By the time you see something and respond to it and then wait for others to see your response, the discussion may have already ended.
it would falsely implicate the FOSS communities and almost certainly cause the success of the virus writer's mission of discrediting these movements
Give me a break. I agree that it is unfair for your whole "movement" to look bad based on the actions of one misguided individual. But this position that this virus is a conspiracy to make linux look bad is ridiculous. You really find it easier to believe that this is a plot to bring down linux than that some high school kid who doesn't like sco did something stupid, as high school kids tend to do? I think some people are trying to hard to make their lives and "movement" seem more exciting by adding some drama and intrigue.
It means that people can't negate the impact of breaking the law just by being rich
No, now you could negate it by being poor. There would be no point pulling over or arresting poor people since it would earn so much less money for the state, and the incentive would be for cops to entirely go after rich people and let poor areas go to hell. This doesn't sound enlightened to me.
This iPod mini is not in competition with the iPod
Yes it is. Anyone who chooses to buy the mini one is perfectly capable if they choose of instead buying the large one. It may not be apple's intent to compete with the ipod here, but given that the two do similar things in a similar price range, they are competing with each other, even if there are some differences between them.
No. The whole reason to have a small limited release before releasing something everywhere in January is so that you make yourself eligible for the oscars that year while you're still fresh in people's minds.
This is what's wrong with the academy awards. All of the focus on people's past work rather than just judging the movies that came out this year. Who cares how bad Planet of the Apes was? It didn't come out this year. Big Fish was a good movie and deserved at least some nominations, regardless of what movies he's made in the past.
gem/shovelware ratio is way too small to justify the expense of the system.
I don't care what this ratio is. I only buy the gems, and I ignore the "shovelware", so it's existence doesn't harm me. What's important is how many gems there are. How much shovelware there is is only relevant if you buy games by choosing at random from those on the shelf in the store.
I think that although ps2 does have far more crap games than gc, the two have roughly the same number of gems.
I think one reason to defend the violence in gta is that video games should be held to the same standards as movies and other media. Movies containing scenes of violence equivalent to those in gta are common and there is no uproar when one comes out. Therefore, not allowing these scenes in gta discriminates against video games as a medium. Although there are movies depcited rape and even pedophilia, such scenes are typically controversial and are much less acceptable socially than scenes of violence, so we understand the fact that they will also be considered unacceptable in video games.
As far as I'm concerned, we should keep the "why is our society more accepting of graphic violence than graphic sex" issue separate from the "why are movies allowed to show things that video games aren't" issue. Defending violence in gta is fighting for the former, while defending graphic rape would be fighting on both fronts (much harder).
Is it some kind of mystical intuition you are using or just blind zealotry.
Agreed. I always wonder whether these people who think they know better than everyone else what is going to happen with stocks actually put their money where their mouths are. Is this guy putting his available cash towards shorting ms stock? Why not if he's so sure that he knows better than the market what's going to happen?
Hmph. If I ever catch anyone using a single-character variable name...! Grrrr. Don't do it. There's absolutely never ever any possible excuse for it (unless you are deliberately obfuscating your code).
While this is certainly true in general, I think "never ever" is an exagerration. Using i as a counter for small loops is such a common idiom that I think following it makes it faster/ easier for others to read your code.
No you don't. The coding standards say that initial letters are capitalized for all words except the first. If you know that rule, there is nothing to remember for each function name. Unless of course, you're not following the coding standard, but I imagine that you are since your gripe is with that standard.
Why is this informative? We all know what slashback is. The point is that if you post a story following up on an old story, and then post that exact same followup as a slashback (to the original story), it's a dupe. Ooh, but apparently we can be Informative by defining basic terms so I'll pick up some karma:
A dupe, by definition, is a story that repeats exactly the same information given in an older story.
So this (the fans) is a feature some microwaves have and some don't? Also, why would you toast a bagel in a microwave? Wouldn't it just get all soggy/ chewy rather than toasted?
But these are exactly the types of factors legal departments always overlook
I'm not sure you should blame them. These are also the types of factors courts may overlook, and the legal department can't take that risk. I think the problem here is that the legal department isn't being unduly paranoid. The change needs to come from our laws (or how laws are enforced) first.
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They could take a screenshot of the page and then cut out the part that contains the java applet and display it to the user. This is more of a hassle than just saving and displaying an image, but can definitely be scripted. Also, I don't think yahoo wants to require users to have java enabled and use an applet to get an email account, that would annoy a lot of people.
I agree that it is not completely unreasonable. I don't have any real disagreements with anything you say. My problem is with the writeups warning against actions that will "almost certainly cause the success of the virus writer's mission of discrediting these movements". So, the writeup states the "writer's mission" as if it is a known fact. This is ridiculous and is what bothered me.
Um, cmd also has tab completion and aliases. But I'm going to go check this thing out anyway, since I like zsh.
It's pretty good, but slow. Your posts don't usually appear to other people for several hours after you post them and vice versa. If you just want to ask a question and get an answer, this may be fine, but for a back-and-forth discussion, it can be frustrating. By the time you see something and respond to it and then wait for others to see your response, the discussion may have already ended.
Give me a break. I agree that it is unfair for your whole "movement" to look bad based on the actions of one misguided individual. But this position that this virus is a conspiracy to make linux look bad is ridiculous. You really find it easier to believe that this is a plot to bring down linux than that some high school kid who doesn't like sco did something stupid, as high school kids tend to do? I think some people are trying to hard to make their lives and "movement" seem more exciting by adding some drama and intrigue.
Because its manufacturer also makes an operating system and bundles the two together. But that's okay, right?
No, now you could negate it by being poor. There would be no point pulling over or arresting poor people since it would earn so much less money for the state, and the incentive would be for cops to entirely go after rich people and let poor areas go to hell. This doesn't sound enlightened to me.
Yes it is. Anyone who chooses to buy the mini one is perfectly capable if they choose of instead buying the large one. It may not be apple's intent to compete with the ipod here, but given that the two do similar things in a similar price range, they are competing with each other, even if there are some differences between them.
No. The whole reason to have a small limited release before releasing something everywhere in January is so that you make yourself eligible for the oscars that year while you're still fresh in people's minds.
This is what's wrong with the academy awards. All of the focus on people's past work rather than just judging the movies that came out this year. Who cares how bad Planet of the Apes was? It didn't come out this year. Big Fish was a good movie and deserved at least some nominations, regardless of what movies he's made in the past.
I don't care what this ratio is. I only buy the gems, and I ignore the "shovelware", so it's existence doesn't harm me. What's important is how many gems there are. How much shovelware there is is only relevant if you buy games by choosing at random from those on the shelf in the store.
I think that although ps2 does have far more crap games than gc, the two have roughly the same number of gems.
I think one reason to defend the violence in gta is that video games should be held to the same standards as movies and other media. Movies containing scenes of violence equivalent to those in gta are common and there is no uproar when one comes out. Therefore, not allowing these scenes in gta discriminates against video games as a medium. Although there are movies depcited rape and even pedophilia, such scenes are typically controversial and are much less acceptable socially than scenes of violence, so we understand the fact that they will also be considered unacceptable in video games.
As far as I'm concerned, we should keep the "why is our society more accepting of graphic violence than graphic sex" issue separate from the "why are movies allowed to show things that video games aren't" issue. Defending violence in gta is fighting for the former, while defending graphic rape would be fighting on both fronts (much harder).
He may have gotten the girlfriend after the wife was killed. I don't see a reason to assume that all of the things listed happened simultaneously.
Yeah, at first I always felt bad when I did that too. Unless it was a cop.
Or a TV show.
There's not a hacker out there who wouldn't DREAM of having root to a root server.
How is "former governor" a current job? Given that he is no longer governor, wouldn't it make more sense to list governor as a prior job?
Agreed. I always wonder whether these people who think they know better than everyone else what is going to happen with stocks actually put their money where their mouths are. Is this guy putting his available cash towards shorting ms stock? Why not if he's so sure that he knows better than the market what's going to happen?
While this is certainly true in general, I think "never ever" is an exagerration. Using i as a counter for small loops is such a common idiom that I think following it makes it faster/ easier for others to read your code.
No you don't. The coding standards say that initial letters are capitalized for all words except the first. If you know that rule, there is nothing to remember for each function name. Unless of course, you're not following the coding standard, but I imagine that you are since your gripe is with that standard.
Yes, if you have the job of maintaining code that uses different cases.
Why is this informative? We all know what slashback is. The point is that if you post a story following up on an old story, and then post that exact same followup as a slashback (to the original story), it's a dupe. Ooh, but apparently we can be Informative by defining basic terms so I'll pick up some karma:
A dupe, by definition, is a story that repeats exactly the same information given in an older story.
So this (the fans) is a feature some microwaves have and some don't? Also, why would you toast a bagel in a microwave? Wouldn't it just get all soggy/ chewy rather than toasted?
I'm not sure you should blame them. These are also the types of factors courts may overlook, and the legal department can't take that risk. I think the problem here is that the legal department isn't being unduly paranoid. The change needs to come from our laws (or how laws are enforced) first.
I suggest working for the government.