the soldiers are on edge and in a defensive posture, exposed out in the open
Not in this case, in this case they're flying around in a pair of Apaches. I can have empathy for a soldier who's been awake for too long manning a high-traffic checkpoint and shoots at a car when it doesn't stop in time. I don't like that situation, but I can imagine that guy is pretty stressed out and isn't thinking very rationally. I don't imagine the same level of stress when you're flying around in an armored gunship with a 30mm cannon and up to 16 Hellfire missiles. In that case, you're the baddest thing on the block, and you shouldn't be spinning your cannon up against a crowd of people without being damn sure they have weapons pointed at you. If you can't verify that, you call in someone who can. We have all of these surveillance drones for a reason.
I can appreciate the addons, I just prefer to install one piece of software on my various machines, where everything updates at once. I'm sure there's something that I could customize to match Opera's gestures, but I just don't really like needing to do that on all of my computers if I want to use that feature, I'd rather just install only Opera and be done with it. The only addon I do install everywhere is Firebug. I would probably install more if Firefox was my default browser.
I don't want to have to shut down my entire workspace when I want to play a game, I normally have enough resources that I can launch a game, play it for a while, quit out, and I've still got my work open. Granted, there's going to be a lot of swapping, but at least I don't have to start all of the applications and open all the documents again.
Now you're talking. My knee-jerk reaction when people bring up Firefox as the alternative to IE is to mention that some people do place Firefox and IE about on equal ground in terms of "enjoy using". On my list of top 5 browsers, Firefox pulls in third or fourth, depending on my opinion of Safari that day.
Yeah I know, I was trying to use it to play Crysis, not use half my memory idling a browser.
I don't tend to think of graphic engines using graphic cards as using a whole lot of system ram.
Neither do I, I have no clue how to even measure VRAM usage. I do know how to measure system memory usage though, and Firefox was definitely in a battle with Crysis over it.
ALso good chane you have a run away plug in in firefox
Maybe so, but in reality it doesn't really matter if the problem is Firefox or a plugin, it's still a problem with using Firefox that I don't get from other browsers.
No, actually I didn't look closer, because it doesn't really matter specifically which part of the application or which plugin is causing the problems, does it? The end result is the same. If Flash was such a problem then I would expect the same memory usage in every browser using Flash. In fact, considering the fact that other browsers use the exact same plugin which Firefox does for Flash, but don't exhibit the same problems, doesn't that sort of rule out Flash alone as the culprit? Wouldn't it be more likely that the problem is a combination between Firefox and something else? The common denominator is Firefox, not Flash.
OK so I guess this protects you from Google seeing your typos.
Everything you type in the address bar is sent to a search engine, it doesn't wait for you to enter a typo first. Each keystroke sends a request to do a search for what you've entered so far, which means that as you type a URL in whatever your search engine is gets that information.
Hint: Your ISP (or whoever's endpoint your VPN tunnel comes out on) sees all this stuff anyway.
Is your ISP a data-collecting advertising company, or are they an ISP?
Hint 2: You aren't important enough for anyone to care.
Speak for yourself, that doesn't apply to everyone (and is that really an excuse?)
I'm not real sure if taking up 900+MB of RAM and 1+GB of VM can really be considered "trivial". I was playing Crysis once and alt-tabbed out of it to figure out why everything was so choppy, and Firefox was using more resources than Crysis.
It most definitely is. I don't need to understand Blu-ray encoding in order to watch a movie, I don't need to understand how WEP works (or doesn't) in order to connect to an access point, and I don't need to understand how GSM or SMS works in order to send a text message. I don't need to understand how the Playstation network operates in order to play online, I don't need to understand how HVAC works in order to cool my house, and I don't need to understand how an electrical coil heats up in order to toast bread. Users don't care about those things. Expecting a user to educate themselves about Javascript IS asking quite a bit (XML? really?).
And that's asking people to know the laws of driving, how to read the street signs, to know what happens when roads get wet or are covered in snow, to know about dirt versus gravel versus asphalt versus cement, and how to react appropriately under each circumstance. And it's asking them to know how to use the e-brake or the tramsmission.
Are you under the expectation that all drivers on the road know all of those things? Not to pick on women, but stories from mechanics about women reporting problems with their cars are about as amusing as the clueless tech support calls we enjoy so much. The fact is that people do NOT know those things about driving, but you expect someone to educate themselves on XML before they go to MSN?
idiots who want to use what they don't understand deserve to get 0wned.
Totally. All those drooling idiots driving cars without knowing how to rebuild an engine and transmission are just asking for it.
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Reasonable people understand that PJ works for IBM. Reasonable people understand that there is no "PJ", that IBM spun up a screen name and went to town.
Reasonable people understand that evidence is necessary to back up their spurious claims.
What does that site offer that Wikipedia lacks? On a wiki about software patents I would expect to find a list of the patents companies hold, for example. That appears to be encyclopedic information, which is exactly what Wikipedia is. I've seen a couple links to it posted here, by you or someone else, so I'm just curious what it brings to the discussion that isn't already there.
Seriously, in an HOV lane this would be easy and a reason to buy one. You could eat breakfast, talk on your cell phone (or text), do your makeup etc. in comfort.
And, with your top speed of 40kph, completely piss off everyone else on the highway.
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the soldiers are on edge and in a defensive posture, exposed out in the open
Not in this case, in this case they're flying around in a pair of Apaches. I can have empathy for a soldier who's been awake for too long manning a high-traffic checkpoint and shoots at a car when it doesn't stop in time. I don't like that situation, but I can imagine that guy is pretty stressed out and isn't thinking very rationally. I don't imagine the same level of stress when you're flying around in an armored gunship with a 30mm cannon and up to 16 Hellfire missiles. In that case, you're the baddest thing on the block, and you shouldn't be spinning your cannon up against a crowd of people without being damn sure they have weapons pointed at you. If you can't verify that, you call in someone who can. We have all of these surveillance drones for a reason.
I'm pretty sure I'm from the same planet you are, and my overlord is Opera Software, not Bill Gates.
I can appreciate the addons, I just prefer to install one piece of software on my various machines, where everything updates at once. I'm sure there's something that I could customize to match Opera's gestures, but I just don't really like needing to do that on all of my computers if I want to use that feature, I'd rather just install only Opera and be done with it. The only addon I do install everywhere is Firebug. I would probably install more if Firefox was my default browser.
I don't want to have to shut down my entire workspace when I want to play a game, I normally have enough resources that I can launch a game, play it for a while, quit out, and I've still got my work open. Granted, there's going to be a lot of swapping, but at least I don't have to start all of the applications and open all the documents again.
I have Flash installed on all browsers.
Now you're talking. My knee-jerk reaction when people bring up Firefox as the alternative to IE is to mention that some people do place Firefox and IE about on equal ground in terms of "enjoy using". On my list of top 5 browsers, Firefox pulls in third or fourth, depending on my opinion of Safari that day.
Firebug is definitely handy, but you can have my Opera mouse gestures when you pry them from my cold, dead right hand.
Ram exists to be used.
Yeah I know, I was trying to use it to play Crysis, not use half my memory idling a browser.
I don't tend to think of graphic engines using graphic cards as using a whole lot of system ram.
Neither do I, I have no clue how to even measure VRAM usage. I do know how to measure system memory usage though, and Firefox was definitely in a battle with Crysis over it.
ALso good chane you have a run away plug in in firefox
Maybe so, but in reality it doesn't really matter if the problem is Firefox or a plugin, it's still a problem with using Firefox that I don't get from other browsers.
I have no idea what you mean by that, I'm not quite grasping your comment. The OS isn't "making a statement", it's reporting a fact.
No, actually I didn't look closer, because it doesn't really matter specifically which part of the application or which plugin is causing the problems, does it? The end result is the same. If Flash was such a problem then I would expect the same memory usage in every browser using Flash. In fact, considering the fact that other browsers use the exact same plugin which Firefox does for Flash, but don't exhibit the same problems, doesn't that sort of rule out Flash alone as the culprit? Wouldn't it be more likely that the problem is a combination between Firefox and something else? The common denominator is Firefox, not Flash.
OK so I guess this protects you from Google seeing your typos.
Everything you type in the address bar is sent to a search engine, it doesn't wait for you to enter a typo first. Each keystroke sends a request to do a search for what you've entered so far, which means that as you type a URL in whatever your search engine is gets that information.
Hint: Your ISP (or whoever's endpoint your VPN tunnel comes out on) sees all this stuff anyway.
Is your ISP a data-collecting advertising company, or are they an ISP?
Hint 2: You aren't important enough for anyone to care.
Speak for yourself, that doesn't apply to everyone (and is that really an excuse?)
I'm not real sure if taking up 900+MB of RAM and 1+GB of VM can really be considered "trivial". I was playing Crysis once and alt-tabbed out of it to figure out why everything was so choppy, and Firefox was using more resources than Crysis.
Even if Chrome -was- violating your privacy, why switch to IE? Especially when there is Firefox.
This may come as a huge shock, but not everyone likes nor enjoys using Firefox.
That fact made me uninstall Foxit for now at least.
You shouldn't have to wait long.
http://forums.foxitsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=18029
this issue has been confirmed, and a maintenance version will be released within this week.
What about people that don't know they need to lock their doors when they leave the car, or change the oil on a regular basis?
If they're like a normal person, they learn from their mistakes and they don't do the same thing again.
And that's certainly not too much to ask.
It most definitely is. I don't need to understand Blu-ray encoding in order to watch a movie, I don't need to understand how WEP works (or doesn't) in order to connect to an access point, and I don't need to understand how GSM or SMS works in order to send a text message. I don't need to understand how the Playstation network operates in order to play online, I don't need to understand how HVAC works in order to cool my house, and I don't need to understand how an electrical coil heats up in order to toast bread. Users don't care about those things. Expecting a user to educate themselves about Javascript IS asking quite a bit (XML? really?).
And that's asking people to know the laws of driving, how to read the street signs, to know what happens when roads get wet or are covered in snow, to know about dirt versus gravel versus asphalt versus cement, and how to react appropriately under each circumstance. And it's asking them to know how to use the e-brake or the tramsmission.
Are you under the expectation that all drivers on the road know all of those things? Not to pick on women, but stories from mechanics about women reporting problems with their cars are about as amusing as the clueless tech support calls we enjoy so much. The fact is that people do NOT know those things about driving, but you expect someone to educate themselves on XML before they go to MSN?
No real sweat for IE8 on Win7...
How do you figure? IE8 on Windows 7 still has this classified as a critical update. It's moderate for IE8 on Server 2003 and Server 2008.
idiots who want to use what they don't understand deserve to get 0wned.
Totally. All those drooling idiots driving cars without knowing how to rebuild an engine and transmission are just asking for it.
Reasonable people understand that PJ works for IBM. Reasonable people understand that there is no "PJ", that IBM spun up a screen name and went to town.
Reasonable people understand that evidence is necessary to back up their spurious claims.
Actually the "NASA" types were doing that sort of thing many decades ago, pre maned space flight
Indeed, but things really got kicked into high gear once we sent the lions up.
What does that site offer that Wikipedia lacks? On a wiki about software patents I would expect to find a list of the patents companies hold, for example. That appears to be encyclopedic information, which is exactly what Wikipedia is. I've seen a couple links to it posted here, by you or someone else, so I'm just curious what it brings to the discussion that isn't already there.
Quite the opposite, actually:
Security Officers have been trained to not touch the service monkey during the screening process.
If you haven't heard of Intellectual Ventures, you will do.
Is that some sort of threat?
Maybe so. But still, 25mph (40kph) on any highway, regardless of which lane you're in, is asking for trouble.
Seriously, in an HOV lane this would be easy and a reason to buy one. You could eat breakfast, talk on your cell phone (or text), do your makeup etc. in comfort.
And, with your top speed of 40kph, completely piss off everyone else on the highway.