I agree. Everytime any technology is mentioned on/. which refers to personal information, a thousand whiny ass geeks start bawling about 1984, how the government is the great evil, blah blah blah blah blah.
Please! Get a grip! You're not that interesting! The government 1) isn't an evil monolith - you vote for people you want to represent you... 2) has way more important things to worry about than your Star Trek DVD collection.
I actually purchased Opera also, and only use other browsers when absolutely necessary.
My favorite features include:
Refuse pop-up windows
Fun buttons/skins
Fast page loading
Hotlist stays shut when I tell it to (unlike Netscape 6's ugly sidebar thing)
Nice built-in email client
Nice keyboard shortcuts
Seeminly less proprietary than IE/NS
Identify as various browsers
Many, many customization options
They aren't Microsoft
They aren't AOL
Yes, it's not perfect, and yes, other browsers have nice features too. But, I'd rather pay to acknowledge their good work than sit around bitching about the problems with something I got for free.
The reflection of your monitor, on your eyeballs can be captured too. So, you need to wear a black velvet hood, which covers your head, monitor, modem, etc. so that the evil powers don't collect your top secret crap.
Here's why. Even assuming that today's Linux Desktops are good, user friendly, etc, and assuming that there are tons of apps to replace those which currently run under Windows, and, assuming that Linux is cheap, and Windows costs $200 and comes with a case of the runs.... Linux still won't compete for the typical user desktop because Windows has what, about a ten year head start? The existing base of MILLIONS of Windows machines is why a new desktop for the PC won't work. The end users want something that will work perfectly fine (or at least good enough) with the screensaver they bought at Walmart five years ago... they want something that will let them easily (and wrecklessly) open silly attachments that their AOL buddies email them. It's all about what's there. It really has nothing to do with what's better. My opinion is that Linux may compete as a Power User Desktop, but never as a typical user desktop.
Actually, no, I'm an atheist, and I own guns. Really, why is it so hard to realize that your rights ARE being violated when you're the target of terrorists? Why is this so bloody hard to understand? Yes, you've done nothing, but there are many people in the world who want to kill you just the same, for no good(in our opinion) reason. This is a violation of your rights. Will you be happy to run around saying "I'm free! I'm free!", and being shot by some wacko who wasn't filtered out, in the interest of protecting your rights? Really, you can't have your cake and eat it too.
Do I give a rat's ass if the Feds "find out" the great terrible secret that I am married, and live with my wife and child? No.
Is there any good reason why this is a bad thing? No.
Believe it or not, there is no evil motive behind our government. The government really doesn't give a rat's ass about paranoid geeks. Those who argue that it's an invasion of privacy are very naive, and paranoid. You're really not as interesting as you might think. Unless perhaps you are a criminal, in which case, hey, those are the chances you take.
The likelyhood that you will erroneously be labeled a criminal, dragged off to the torture chamber, and severely abused, is very, very small, virtually non-existant. Even that miniscule chance is a very small price to pay for not being blown up by a terrorist.
And for anyone who wants to stand behind that silly quote by Ben Franklin, keep in mind, you can make up anything. The fact that he made up that statement doesn't really mean a hell of a lot. Really, he was a 1700's guy who invented a stove, bifocals, etc. Just because he spouts something, doesn't make it necessarily true. Especially given the 200+ years difference in our times and culture since he did the spouting.
So essentially, if you've got reason to be paranoid about this, you're probably up to no good, and should realize the risks associated with criminal activity. If not, you should be fine, and in all likelihood, a lot safer.
Any whiny-ass Anonymous Cowards who want to blather about free speech, stop and think; if this free speech is so great, why are you hiding behind the moniker Anonymous Coward?
I didn't watch Homoerotic Festival, er, I mean the Super Bowl last year... but, I did see clips from the half time show, in which
Britney Spears wore football player clothing
What is remarkable about this? It doubles the excitement for the Fan of All Things Homoerotic (ie., football enthousiast) in this way:
1. Fan is subconsciously turned on by Britney-As-A-Ball-Player(man).
2. Fan's turn-on is legitimatized by the masquerade of this Homoerotic element in the form of the socially accepted object-of-desire, Britney. Fan can thereby consciously acknowledge the desire.
Personally, I'd rather see her in a dress, but hey, I'm not into Homoeroticism!:)
Really. The SuperBowl is just the culmination of the season of homoeroticism (aka Football - American, not that sissy soccer crap in 3rd world countries).
I thought that football=homoeroticism was a complete myth, until I saw the NFL's promo commercials, with guys practically giving eachother hand-jobs. I forget now the tag line at the end of the commercials... something like "NFL - the way it should be". Or some such silliness. I won't be watching Homoeroticism Festival myself, being a heterosexual. If I were tied down and forced to watch it, I would welcome any images of Britney Spears, in much the same way a starving man would relish the image of a steak. She is a hottie!
They should have a Homoeroticism Festival Minus The Homoerotic Crap show... i.e, the good commercials where guys aren't blowing eachother, and any good music acts done during half-time. It would probably be a short show though.
Actually, it doesn't matter what distribution you use, as there really aren't the same apps available anyway. Still, with as much nice things that KDE has, you'd think they'd build in easy, automatic support for tt fonts, include a nice, easy, working print system. Joe Jackass enduser doesn't care if KDE is just a windows manager; for all he knows, since it's what he sees, it IS the operating system.
If the popular desktop environments really want to compete with MS, they have to understand that Joe Jackass Enduser is going to require the same niceties, and is going to assume that what he/she sees IS the OS.
Until... they try to open a Word Document that their mom sent them, or try to set up printing, or try to read the crappy fonts.
I like KDE, it's great, but really, no matter how great it gets, it's got to have the nice conveniences that end-users have grown accustomed to before it'll make any headway against the evil empire.
I bought a different Wrox book, and found so many typos that I emailed Wrox offering to tell them all the errors I found, in exchange for a free book. I never heard back from them. Other than the typos, the book was fine. In fact, the typos caused me to stop and pay closer attention, so perhaps it's actually a good training tool?
Really though, I suspect Wrox doesn't have a proof-reader. Or, their proof-reader is drunk all the time.
Ebay is great for obscure things, but regular retail stuff, no, very rarely to I see good deals.
However, I do see lots of people bidding more than retail prices. They need an option to email the bidders saying "Hey Jackass, you can buy this for less at this url:" And, maybe if you turn someone on to good deal, you get a commission. That would be cool.
I used pricewatch to find my digital camera online for $190 less than BestBuy's retail price. This was a few months ago, BestBuy still has the jacked up price. I also found a good deal on my printer. For big items like these, it's insane to buy retail before checking pricewatch. They're good for smaller-ticket items too, to get an idea of what prices things are going for. You can then decide whether it's worth the hassle of waiting for it to be shipped or just driving down to Radio Shack or Best Buy. This is especially true here in Montana, where geek supplies aren't terribly readily available.
Go to support.microsoft.com. Pick a product, type in something meaningful, search. No results.
Close Netscape, open IE, do exactly the same thing. Results. (I just tried again, using Access 97 as the product, "filter query" as the search string).
I have done nothing to the settings of Netscape that would cause this. This happens on my Win2K machine at work, and my Win98 machine at home. I haven't tried it in Linux, because when I'm using Linux I have little need for any MS info...
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Tootiek
Rhoda
Mork
Fonzie
Joanie
Chachi
Koja
Magnum
Willis
There's a lot of them, and fairly easy to remember.
I agree. Everytime any technology is mentioned on /. which refers to personal information, a thousand whiny ass geeks start bawling about 1984, how the government is the great evil, blah blah blah blah blah.
Please! Get a grip! You're not that interesting! The government 1) isn't an evil monolith - you vote for people you want to represent you... 2) has way more important things to worry about than your Star Trek DVD collection.
Actually, I used to not like the GUI either, but it's a lot better now (v 6.01), esp. after downloading some soothing, simple buttons (skin).
My favorite features include:
Yes, it's not perfect, and yes, other browsers have nice features too. But, I'd rather pay to acknowledge their good work than sit around bitching about the problems with something I got for free.
The reflection of your monitor, on your eyeballs can be captured too. So, you need to wear a black velvet hood, which covers your head, monitor, modem, etc. so that the evil powers don't collect your top secret crap.
Here's why. Even assuming that today's Linux Desktops are good, user friendly, etc, and assuming that there are tons of apps to replace those which currently run under Windows, and, assuming that Linux is cheap, and Windows costs $200 and comes with a case of the runs.... Linux still won't compete for the typical user desktop because Windows has what, about a ten year head start? The existing base of MILLIONS of Windows machines is why a new desktop for the PC won't work. The end users want something that will work perfectly fine (or at least good enough) with the screensaver they bought at Walmart five years ago... they want something that will let them easily (and wrecklessly) open silly attachments that their AOL buddies email them. It's all about what's there. It really has nothing to do with what's better. My opinion is that Linux may compete as a Power User Desktop, but never as a typical user desktop.
Reflections of either the sun or moon would be my guess.
Sure, it'll work in snow, rain, etc., but unless there's a weather proof enclosure, it would suck to be riding it.
Not to mention; how much would this suck in the rain or snow? How much would this suck if you had to carry anything that wouldn't fit in a backpack?
Actually, no, I'm an atheist, and I own guns. Really, why is it so hard to realize that your rights ARE being violated when you're the target of terrorists? Why is this so bloody hard to understand? Yes, you've done nothing, but there are many people in the world who want to kill you just the same, for no good(in our opinion) reason. This is a violation of your rights. Will you be happy to run around saying "I'm free! I'm free!", and being shot by some wacko who wasn't filtered out, in the interest of protecting your rights? Really, you can't have your cake and eat it too.
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If this helps capture terrorists, great.
Do I give a rat's ass if the Feds "find out" the great terrible secret that I am married, and live with my wife and child? No.
Is there any good reason why this is a bad thing? No.
Believe it or not, there is no evil motive behind our government. The government really doesn't give a rat's ass about paranoid geeks. Those who argue that it's an invasion of privacy are very naive, and paranoid. You're really not as interesting as you might think. Unless perhaps you are a criminal, in which case, hey, those are the chances you take.
The likelyhood that you will erroneously be labeled a criminal, dragged off to the torture chamber, and severely abused, is very, very small, virtually non-existant. Even that miniscule chance is a very small price to pay for not being blown up by a terrorist.
And for anyone who wants to stand behind that silly quote by Ben Franklin, keep in mind, you can make up anything. The fact that he made up that statement doesn't really mean a hell of a lot. Really, he was a 1700's guy who invented a stove, bifocals, etc. Just because he spouts something, doesn't make it necessarily true. Especially given the 200+ years difference in our times and culture since he did the spouting.
So essentially, if you've got reason to be paranoid about this, you're probably up to no good, and should realize the risks associated with criminal activity. If not, you should be fine, and in all likelihood, a lot safer.
Any whiny-ass Anonymous Cowards who want to blather about free speech, stop and think; if this free speech is so great, why are you hiding behind the moniker Anonymous Coward?
I didn't watch Homoerotic Festival, er, I mean the Super Bowl last year... but, I did see clips from the half time show, in which
Britney Spears wore football player clothing
What is remarkable about this? It doubles the excitement for the Fan of All Things Homoerotic (ie., football enthousiast) in this way:
1. Fan is subconsciously turned on by Britney-As-A-Ball-Player(man).
2. Fan's turn-on is legitimatized by the masquerade of this Homoerotic element in the form of the socially accepted object-of-desire, Britney. Fan can thereby consciously acknowledge the desire.
Personally, I'd rather see her in a dress, but hey, I'm not into Homoeroticism!
There's no minimum wage for monkeys.
Really. The SuperBowl is just the culmination of the season of homoeroticism (aka Football - American, not that sissy soccer crap in 3rd world countries).
I thought that football=homoeroticism was a complete myth, until I saw the NFL's promo commercials, with guys practically giving eachother hand-jobs. I forget now the tag line at the end of the commercials... something like "NFL - the way it should be". Or some such silliness.
I won't be watching Homoeroticism Festival myself, being a heterosexual. If I were tied down and forced to watch it, I would welcome any images of Britney Spears, in much the same way a starving man would relish the image of a steak. She is a hottie!
They should have a Homoeroticism Festival Minus The Homoerotic Crap show... i.e, the good commercials where guys aren't blowing eachother, and any good music acts done during half-time. It would probably be a short show though.
"Yesterday, Olaf Christ announced that he has the world's first TCP/IP-enabled Lego brick that can be used as a web server.
To Jesus?
Actually, it doesn't matter what distribution you use, as there really aren't the same apps available anyway. Still, with as much nice things that KDE has, you'd think they'd build in easy, automatic support for tt fonts, include a nice, easy, working print system. Joe Jackass enduser doesn't care if KDE is just a windows manager; for all he knows, since it's what he sees, it IS the operating system.
If the popular desktop environments really want to compete with MS, they have to understand that Joe Jackass Enduser is going to require the same niceties, and is going to assume that what he/she sees IS the OS.
Until... they try to open a Word Document that their mom sent them, or try to set up printing, or try to read the crappy fonts.
I like KDE, it's great, but really, no matter how great it gets, it's got to have the nice conveniences that end-users have grown accustomed to before it'll make any headway against the evil empire.
That would be a LOT of work... without any compensation? No thanks.
Oh, I did get a reply, saying something like it'll be forwarded to someone concerned, blah blah blah, but I never heard back after that. Oh well.
I bought a different Wrox book, and found so many typos that I emailed Wrox offering to tell them all the errors I found, in exchange for a free book. I never heard back from them. Other than the typos, the book was fine. In fact, the typos caused me to stop and pay closer attention, so perhaps it's actually a good training tool?
Really though, I suspect Wrox doesn't have a proof-reader. Or, their proof-reader is drunk all the time.
Ebay is great for obscure things, but regular retail stuff, no, very rarely to I see good deals.
However, I do see lots of people bidding more than retail prices.
They need an option to email the bidders saying "Hey Jackass, you can buy this for less at this url:" And, maybe if you turn someone on to good deal, you get a commission. That would be cool.
I used pricewatch to find my digital camera online for $190 less than BestBuy's retail price. This was a few months ago, BestBuy still has the jacked up price. I also found a good deal on my printer. For big items like these, it's insane to buy retail before checking pricewatch. They're good for smaller-ticket items too, to get an idea of what prices things are going for. You can then decide whether it's worth the hassle of waiting for it to be shipped or just driving down to Radio Shack or Best Buy. This is especially true here in Montana, where geek supplies aren't terribly readily available.
Nope.
Try this for yourself:
Fire up Netscape. I've done this with 6.2.
Go to support.microsoft.com. Pick a product, type in something meaningful, search. No results.
Close Netscape, open IE, do exactly the same thing. Results. (I just tried again, using Access 97 as the product, "filter query" as the search string).
I have done nothing to the settings of Netscape that would cause this. This happens on my Win2K machine at work, and my Win98 machine at home. I haven't tried it in Linux, because when I'm using Linux I have little need for any MS info...
MS. What a bunch of wankers!
how to use Linux! Or Windows for that matter.