How Firefox thinks they're going to succeed by becoming a crappier version of Chrome is beyond me.
Oh that's pretty easy to explain - the plan is to piss off all the non-fanbois to the extent that the only users left are the dev team. That way, they get 100% ratings in all the UX surveys (since everyone else has moved to another browser)
First, because the add-on developer should maintain the add-on and update its max-version
Developers of add ons are under NO obligation to update that software. None whatsoever. There are all sorts of reasons the people stop updating free software. Saying that they "should" update is incredibly short sighted - aside from anything else, it may be physically impossible for them to do so.
Do not blame Mozilla because you are too lazy or don't care enough to unzip the addon, open the config file, and change the max version number
Yes, I can see how having to unzip a dozen add-ons and edit their configuration files is a huge UX improvement. Oh, wait...
Or perhaps FireFox doesn't want to increase its share of the non "l337" community (here's a newsflash: the vast majority of net users wouldn't have a clue where to start with unzipping and editing those files - if this is a concerted effort to alienate them, then well done - I can't see how it can possibly fail to do so)
but do we honestly need evidence to accept something so fundamental?
You just played the "AGW is a fundamentally true and as such needs no proof card." we call that religion (or perhaps you do believe in the,magic sky pixie who made the Universe - after all, "do we honestly need evidence to accept something so fundamental?"
Ironically, I'm pretty sure that wasn't your intent...
.There's nothing in it for them if they argue the cop on the customer's behalf,
Except, maybe, goodwill - which is a pretty hard commodity to come by, but it's very easy to lose. Despite the old adage, there most certainly is such a thing as bad publicity (ask RSA).
if the officer was inquiring about a corporate customer that has several Pro100 accounts for their users, THEN dropbox is in a position where they could potentially lose a valuable account to a competitor
And that kind of customer is the kind that may start thinking hard about leaving if DropBox complied to any request without due process.
On the one hand, it would be arrogant in the extreme to assume we are the only intelligent life in the galaxy. On the other hand, somebody had to be first...
My preference would be to get rid of the whole concept of time zones altogether, and have everyone use UTC all day, every day. It would make a lot of things an awful lot easier.
If you want your mornings to be lighter, start the day when it gets light, not when a clock tells you to.
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How Firefox thinks they're going to succeed by becoming a crappier version of Chrome is beyond me.
Oh that's pretty easy to explain - the plan is to piss off all the non-fanbois to the extent that the only users left are the dev team. That way, they get 100% ratings in all the UX surveys (since everyone else has moved to another browser)
First, because the add-on developer should maintain the add-on and update its max-version
Developers of add ons are under NO obligation to update that software. None whatsoever. There are all sorts of reasons the people stop updating free software. Saying that they "should" update is incredibly short sighted - aside from anything else, it may be physically impossible for them to do so.
Do not blame Mozilla because you are too lazy or don't care enough to unzip the addon, open the config file, and change the max version number
Yes, I can see how having to unzip a dozen add-ons and edit their configuration files is a huge UX improvement. Oh, wait ...
Or perhaps FireFox doesn't want to increase its share of the non "l337" community (here's a newsflash: the vast majority of net users wouldn't have a clue where to start with unzipping and editing those files - if this is a concerted effort to alienate them, then well done - I can't see how it can possibly fail to do so)
IANAL, but AIUI, since DARPA is part a US Gov't, then that would place it in the public domain
...and the rather obvious corollary that the WWW would be without Americans.
Damn you TBL - why didn't you patent it!
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Ask John Lennon.
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Waterboy?
Three Ph.D.s? Wow. It's going to take me six years just to get one.
They're like money - everyone says the first million is the hardest.
(Which is why I'm going to do the second one first...)
Where's "+1 Genius Citation" when you need it...
No, I am Spartacus
(from your sig, it would appear you are, in fact, Rimmer ;)
but do we honestly need evidence to accept something so fundamental?
You just played the "AGW is a fundamentally true and as such needs no proof card." we call that religion (or perhaps you do believe in the,magic sky pixie who made the Universe - after all, "do we honestly need evidence to accept something so fundamental?"
Ironically, I'm pretty sure that wasn't your intent...
If only she hadn't been so stingy with his allowance...
Yeah, the with a really good cable the ones are bigger - and the zeros are absolute...
"Lied" is a bit strong - I don't recall them ever saying they couldn't decrypt the files.
.There's nothing in it for them if they argue the cop on the customer's behalf,
Except, maybe, goodwill - which is a pretty hard commodity to come by, but it's very easy to lose. Despite the old adage, there most certainly is such a thing as bad publicity (ask RSA).
if the officer was inquiring about a corporate customer that has several Pro100 accounts for their users, THEN dropbox is in a position where they could potentially lose a valuable account to a competitor
And that kind of customer is the kind that may start thinking hard about leaving if DropBox complied to any request without due process.
That's fine and dandy, until you get a left-wing government that passes legislation which forces you to reveal encryption keys
Only if you're new here
Because he's attempting to 'pass' the police IQ test?
..and you win "+1 Statement of the bleedin' obvious" ;)
I very much doubt it. To reach Lisp's level of perfection, one must start with unbounded elegance - and then add copious simplicity.
Why can't I traverse a high-granularity timeline of every change made to every file I deal with?
Because you choose not to use a versioning file system?
On the one hand, it would be arrogant in the extreme to assume we are the only intelligent life in the galaxy.
On the other hand, somebody had to be first...
+1
My preference would be to get rid of the whole concept of time zones altogether, and have everyone use UTC all day, every day. It would make a lot of things an awful lot easier.
If you want your mornings to be lighter, start the day when it gets light, not when a clock tells you to.
You owe me a new keyboard...
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