That's not the worst of it, have a look at their horrible browser/os detection code. It's 2005, people, it's long since time to start detecting by capability, not browser name..
Hear, hear. I've been building my own machines for years, not just for the ability to select the exact parts, but also for the challenge and experience. I don't consider cost to be a motivating factor at all, in fact most of my self-built units end up costing more than the comparable Dell or whatever, simply because I insist on quality components (and sometimes buy parts retail, having little patience for shipping)
That said, the Mac Mini is quite attractive. I've been considering building a Mini-ITX machine for server duty, but this seems to have everything I need, in the right formfactor, with low noise and heat production. My only conundrum is whether to keep OS X or put Debian on it.;)
Let's not mince words, anything that has the potential for creating lawsuits will have the backing of lawyers. And businesses like nothing more than wrapping up a market. But that doesn't address the point that software patents stifle creativitity and competition, and are a bad idea in general.
Our current system of copyright is more than adequate to protect software implementations. There is no need for "process patents" (which is what software patents are, generally) which do not describe an invention in detail but simply describe a general idea or concept (see Amazon's "one-click" patent, etc).
I know there are some die-hard Mac IE users, and you apparently rank among them. However, you must recognize that the browser is now old. It's CSS support, while decent for the time, has long since been superceded by Safari and Gecko. I'm a web developer, and Mac IE 5 has been the biggest pain in my ass since Netscape 4.x.
Wow, not in my experience. I guess compared to IE 2.0 it was pretty good, but it was absolute crap compared to Netscape 3.2. Too bad Netscape went to hell in version 4.x..
ActiveX doesn't run on any of my home computers. If a web site doesn't work without ActiveX, I go somewhere else and never return. Commerce websites cannot take such a callous attitude toward web standards, or risk losing a significant percentage of visitors. (Does ActiveX run on Mac? Probably just under the ancient Mac IE 5..)
Yes, I suppose it is. However, most people apply a negative connotation to that word which is not altogether accurate.
Dictionary.com definition of propoganda:
1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.
So are Moore's movies propoganda? Yes. Anti-drug and tobacco commercials on the television? Yes. Rush Limbaugh? Yes.
Heh, I was putting copy from Word into some web dev work this week, and MS "smart" quotes were driving me batty. I use Vim as my primary editor, and those fucking non-ASCII chars won't copy under Linux, or worse, under Windoze and PuTTY they copy as a '.' which results in extra work searching for them. Hmm, maybe I'll write a journal about it.
Let's not even go there.. evolution is a scientific theory, which carries a lot more weight than the common man's definition of "theory." Presenting it as just some unproven concept is absurd. Unfortunately, the neocons have clearly demonstrated their ability to market to the proles. The direction the US is going scares me..
This is what tort law is good for, ladies and gentlemen. With tort law, there doesn't have to be a specific law "on the books". If you've been damaged by a party (and I think a lack of disclosure may qualify), then you are entitled to sue the other party for amends.
Mainly because this is a proactive announcement -- Microsoft does not release security flaw details to the public until they have a patch ready, and/or the issue is actually being exploited. And, since no one else has access to their source, so they might (and probably do) discover flaws like this in their kernel all the time, but no one outside of Redmond would ever know.
The percentage of installed desktops is only a single factor. After someone "rights" a spyware application for an OS I run (currently Fedora and Gentoo), they would next have to get it integrated into the distribution repository. That's a tall order of business, and not likely that either of them would simply "let them do it," either..
Seriously, I have not experienced a single instance of spyware in four years of Linux usage. I understand that Macintosh users also do not suffer from this issue. It makes me wonder why one would go to such trouble to remove ridiculous trojan programs when it's so much easier to just use a system which does not suffer from the problem?
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That's not the worst of it, have a look at their horrible browser/os detection code. It's 2005, people, it's long since time to start detecting by capability, not browser name..
Hear, hear. I've been building my own machines for years, not just for the ability to select the exact parts, but also for the challenge and experience. I don't consider cost to be a motivating factor at all, in fact most of my self-built units end up costing more than the comparable Dell or whatever, simply because I insist on quality components (and sometimes buy parts retail, having little patience for shipping)
That said, the Mac Mini is quite attractive. I've been considering building a Mini-ITX machine for server duty, but this seems to have everything I need, in the right formfactor, with low noise and heat production. My only conundrum is whether to keep OS X or put Debian on it. ;)
Let's not mince words, anything that has the potential for creating lawsuits will have the backing of lawyers. And businesses like nothing more than wrapping up a market. But that doesn't address the point that software patents stifle creativitity and competition, and are a bad idea in general.
Our current system of copyright is more than adequate to protect software implementations. There is no need for "process patents" (which is what software patents are, generally) which do not describe an invention in detail but simply describe a general idea or concept (see Amazon's "one-click" patent, etc).
What is this "TV" you speak of?
I know there are some die-hard Mac IE users, and you apparently rank among them. However, you must recognize that the browser is now old. It's CSS support, while decent for the time, has long since been superceded by Safari and Gecko. I'm a web developer, and Mac IE 5 has been the biggest pain in my ass since Netscape 4.x.
3.0 - Coolbar, better bookmark handling, actually quite a stable browser
Wow, not in my experience. I guess compared to IE 2.0 it was pretty good, but it was absolute crap compared to Netscape 3.2. Too bad Netscape went to hell in version 4.x..
ActiveX doesn't run on any of my home computers. If a web site doesn't work without ActiveX, I go somewhere else and never return. Commerce websites cannot take such a callous attitude toward web standards, or risk losing a significant percentage of visitors. (Does ActiveX run on Mac? Probably just under the ancient Mac IE 5..)
Dictionary.com definition of propoganda:
1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.
So are Moore's movies propoganda? Yes. Anti-drug and tobacco commercials on the television? Yes. Rush Limbaugh? Yes.
(FWIW, I have never seen a Michael Moore film.)
You might want to update your sig, they decided to reverse the ban. :)
Heh, I was putting copy from Word into some web dev work this week, and MS "smart" quotes were driving me batty. I use Vim as my primary editor, and those fucking non-ASCII chars won't copy under Linux, or worse, under Windoze and PuTTY they copy as a '.' which results in extra work searching for them. Hmm, maybe I'll write a journal about it.
In Korea, only old people read RSS with an email client.
Sorry, couldn't resist..
Let's not even go there.. evolution is a scientific theory, which carries a lot more weight than the common man's definition of "theory." Presenting it as just some unproven concept is absurd. Unfortunately, the neocons have clearly demonstrated their ability to market to the proles. The direction the US is going scares me..
Yes, he sounds very Chandler-esque.
Channeling Stewie..
That's funny, the software industry was doing just fine without patents for 20+ years. Why do we need them now?
This is what tort law is good for, ladies and gentlemen. With tort law, there doesn't have to be a specific law "on the books". If you've been damaged by a party (and I think a lack of disclosure may qualify), then you are entitled to sue the other party for amends.
So much for software patents "spurring inovation", eh? But those of us in the trenches already know that such things only benefit megacorps.
While more OSS programs are always welcome, we're doing just fine with XMMS.
I don't know.. man creates God, man creates nanotech, nanotech destroys man, aliens laugh at silly carbon-based lifeforms.
Mainly because this is a proactive announcement -- Microsoft does not release security flaw details to the public until they have a patch ready, and/or the issue is actually being exploited. And, since no one else has access to their source, so they might (and probably do) discover flaws like this in their kernel all the time, but no one outside of Redmond would ever know.
My SyncMaster 710N (LCD panel) from Samsung came with some half-baked instructions for configuring X11. Hey, at least they tried..
(FWIW, I plugged it in, pressed "autosync", and it worked perfectly from day one. No xorg.conf hacking necessary.)
I played through OOTW on the Sega Genesis, it was a fantastic game. Still fun today, though the graphics are no longer "mind-blowing". :)
This caused a great deal of fear and confusion among the German people
Indeed
The percentage of installed desktops is only a single factor. After someone "rights" a spyware application for an OS I run (currently Fedora and Gentoo), they would next have to get it integrated into the distribution repository. That's a tall order of business, and not likely that either of them would simply "let them do it," either..
Seriously, I have not experienced a single instance of spyware in four years of Linux usage. I understand that Macintosh users also do not suffer from this issue. It makes me wonder why one would go to such trouble to remove ridiculous trojan programs when it's so much easier to just use a system which does not suffer from the problem?