In addition to AdBlock (and Flash click-to-view, which someone mentioned further down the page), take a look at the adblocking CSS on texturizer.net. It really does an amazing job of killing just ads (including all the ads on Slashdot-- I'm not going to click them anyway, so I don't want to see them.)
There are good reasons to upgrade to 2.6, but no one is forcing you to (yet). I'm still sitting on 2.4 for now, but have used 2.6 a few times and GUI performance is indeed a lot smoother.
Speaking as a Debian Unstable user...
Y'know how apt tends to make X-Windows jerky and unresponsive? It doesn't happen with 2.6.3. Now if I can only figure out why the OSS modules are being autoloaded for my built-in VIA 82something-or-ther rather than the ALSA ones, I'll be all set.
Now, maybe Linux doesn't want to be as "dumbed down" as OS X--fine. But until Linux is able to be run for day to day operation without the use of the CLI at all it will not gain mass marketshare acceptance.
That's almost the point of KDE and Gnome -- because they're desktop environments, and not operating systems, they don't technically need Linux at all (see this page for operating systems on which KDE runs; I couldn't find a similar document for Gnome). Now, I'm not a Gnome user, and I've only ever run KDE on Linux, but this is one of those "Windows runs on top of DOS" arguments -- There are some things that just haven't been abstracted away from the underlying OS yet.
For starters, does anyone have a translation of what the French site says?
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You're exactly right. I really like the fact that my Zaurus runs Linux (I've actually had a use for zethereal!), but it sucks that I pretty much have to use the keyboard for input. I can't read my own printing most of the time, and my Newton can. I'm just flabbergasted.
any RPG beyond Cadash would never work in an aracde
As someone who's only ever beaten Cadash on my (ex-)TurboExpress (man I miss that machine), does anyone know if the last boss *really* says "He who is the strongest survives, or don't you know the teachings of Carl Sagan?"
The closest I've gotten to proving that wrong is This google search that reminds me it was translated by Working Designs, so I have no problem saying that was their work.
Read Charter's Acceptable use policy. Your Charter Pipeline connection is a glorified TV. In particular:
Customer may set up one (1) web page per primary e-mail account for personal use using the Service, but Customer may not establish a web page using a server located at Customer's home. Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, Customer's home computer as a web server, FTP server, file server or game server or to run any other server applications. Customer will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to operate any type of business or commercial enterprise. Customer will not advertise that the Service is available for use by third parties or unauthorized users.
If you want to run any type of server at all, you are bound by their AUP to upgrade to at least their SOHO package.
Oh, and their support page requires installing an ActiveX or XPI (depending on the browser you use) or else it kicks you to a page that says "All Support.com controls must be installed in order for us to provide you with accurate solutions. By choosing not to install these controls you are limited in your support and repair solutions." Heh, they mean you can't use the site at all unless you install their component, which I just won't do. Hmm, I haven't tried Opera or Lynx yet...
You do know that there's a lot more to the Net than the Web, right? And that having a website returned instead of the spec-ordered "No such domain" when you're using a different Net scheme (like email, or chat, or good ol' gopher) is fundamentally Wrong
It's not returning a web page, though. Your DNS resolver asks for, and receives, the numerical address to which the domain name is bound. Now, the fact that it's your browser using the resolver means that your browser goes out and retrieves
a web page under false pretenses (because Verisign lied and said the domain name you typed exists when it doesn't); it's not like DNS said "Here's a web page in response to your query".
I'm not saying I disagree with your sentiment, just that it's wrong for a whole bunch of other reasons. Imagine an "intelligent" (for want of a better word) Yellow Pages that happens to display phone numbers for phone-sex services (who are paying YP for the redirection) whenever you look up the wrong company. Or the local crank that gives people directions to the nearest crack house when they ask him how to get to the mall.
Oooh, now I need a custom Jesus Fish for my car. I suppose this one would be a Slashdot Shark Devouring A Web Server, but that might be hard to convey...
They say it scans documents a user looks at to get references to geographic locations
No it doesn't. It says it extracts references to people and place names and deduces from there. So (making this up as I go along) if Osama blogs "I went to the store today and bought a mess of bacon" This software could theoretically dig through a list of all the stores in the Middle East that sell bacon and look for Osama's CC#. Of course, the article doesn't say that, but that's what I'm understanding.
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In addition to AdBlock (and Flash click-to-view, which someone mentioned further down the page), take a look at the adblocking CSS on texturizer.net. It really does an amazing job of killing just ads (including all the ads on Slashdot-- I'm not going to click them anyway, so I don't want to see them.)
I don't know, but Douglas Adams had a forewarning...
I apologize to anyone reading this with link indicators turned on. It just looks like a mess to me, too.
Speaking as a Debian Unstable user...
Y'know how apt tends to make X-Windows jerky and unresponsive? It doesn't happen with 2.6.3. Now if I can only figure out why the OSS modules are being autoloaded for my built-in VIA 82something-or-ther rather than the ALSA ones, I'll be all set.
And the hell with the price, cuz money ain't a thing.
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It just goes on from there.
Columbia Journalism Review's Who Owns What is an interesting read.
Shouldn't they have made up something like the Children's Online Protection Act - Critically Auditing Both Adults aNd Arugula?
You're exactly right. I really like the fact that my Zaurus runs Linux (I've actually had a use for zethereal!), but it sucks that I pretty much have to use the keyboard for input. I can't read my own printing most of the time, and my Newton can. I'm just flabbergasted.
Hey, what do you call a dummy with no arms and no legs strapped to a space station floating in space ?
Phantom!
Oh, that was so not funny I hurt. Excuse me.
But it was dead before I started.
Please Excuse the Big Long Link.
That said, the bf2.4 floppy install set installs a 2.4 kernel by default.
The badger's your friend!
Make friends with the badger!
As someone who's only ever beaten Cadash on my (ex-)TurboExpress (man I miss that machine), does anyone know if the last boss *really* says "He who is the strongest survives, or don't you know the teachings of Carl Sagan?"
The closest I've gotten to proving that wrong is This google search that reminds me it was translated by Working Designs, so I have no problem saying that was their work.
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Because your moms is human too. How do you think you got here?
It's not returning a web page, though. Your DNS resolver asks for, and receives, the numerical address to which the domain name is bound. Now, the fact that it's your browser using the resolver means that your browser goes out and retrieves a web page under false pretenses (because Verisign lied and said the domain name you typed exists when it doesn't); it's not like DNS said "Here's a web page in response to your query".
I'm not saying I disagree with your sentiment, just that it's wrong for a whole bunch of other reasons. Imagine an "intelligent" (for want of a better word) Yellow Pages that happens to display phone numbers for phone-sex services (who are paying YP for the redirection) whenever you look up the wrong company. Or the local crank that gives people directions to the nearest crack house when they ask him how to get to the mall.
Okay, TLDs are gone. Who gets "whitehouse" -- whitehouse.gov or whitehouse.com? Yeah, any reasonable person would say "that's an easy one" (answer is left as an exercise for the reader, but how about tldp? The Linux Documentation Project or Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients?
Oooh, now I need a custom Jesus Fish for my car. I suppose this one would be a Slashdot Shark Devouring A Web Server, but that might be hard to convey...
No it doesn't. It says it extracts references to people and place names and deduces from there. So (making this up as I go along) if Osama blogs "I went to the store today and bought a mess of bacon" This software could theoretically dig through a list of all the stores in the Middle East that sell bacon and look for Osama's CC#. Of course, the article doesn't say that, but that's what I'm understanding.