I never said they did. My point was that Mozilla are more than happy to take credit for the functionality provided by extensions,
They do? Huh. Weird, because when I look at the Firefox website, I don't see them taking credit for anything provided as part of an extension. Perhaps you could indicate parts of the website where they make such claims?
What does big government have to do with restrictions on the activities of corporations, or the holding of companies liable for actions which are illegal?
Or do you just like to inject your libertarian rantings wherever possible?
On the bright side, I think I just discovered the political equivalent of the "I don't watch TV" guy.
Bullshit. They're just blindly nationalistic and paranoid about the rest of the world messing with their shit. It's silly and it's stupid, but that's the way it is.
Well, being as I don't need more speed or better video, the only functional difference with the new one would be DVD burning capability (which I could add to my existing one) and more maximum ram (which I don't need at the moment).
So then what were these "options [you] wanted" that would've pushed the cost of a new laptop "over $1000"? Because, from the sounds of it, a $500 Dell would've done the job just fine, and would've probably been equipped with a faster processor, more RAM, and a DVD writer.
Wow... a single example from a third party library. And then you used explicit namespaces instead of importing them, to make it look more complex than it really is. Sheer brilliance. You've sure convinced me!
That you don't know anything about software development, that is.
Bah, there's no way the devs didn't know this was going on... they had to test their own stuff some time, so unless the assets got changed right at ship time, I suspect they were fully aware.
Why is it okay to suggest intervention in darfar or zimbabwe but not somewhere else
Do I *really* need to explain to you why sending a force into Darfur, Burma, or Zimbabwe is a *drastically* different ballgame as compared to invading and occupying a sovereign nation against the will of it's very own people? Or do you really believe that "winning" in Darfur would involve attacking and demoralizing it's civilian population?
You also don't need to manipulate the education system.
But you just said "it won't be taught" because the government apparently wants sheeple. So which is it? Are they gaming the system, or not? Are they doing it deliberately, or not?
In either case, you have no evidence to support you claims. Just some wild theories about the government trying to control the populace through media and education system.
That way you also get prime material for an army.
And thus you dive even further into madhattery... I mean, now they're doing it to increase military enrollment, too?
Honestly, you really need to look up the definition of "skeptic" some time.
Worse, Scalia's dissension specifically mentions the potential "danger" to Americans this could create... as if it's the job of the SCOTUS to worry about or consider such matters when deciding on points of law. If that doesn't imply real, actual judicial activism (using the court to push forward policies that have no bearing on legal theory), I don't know what does.
It's unfortunate that there is a blanket disapproval of it, when it's actually one of the cleanest ways to get out of nested loop/switch/conditional statements. It's also an excellent way to maintain common exit paths out of a function in order to cleanly tear down resources and/or insert debugging information.
In the absence of a good try-catch-finally construct, anyway, which is what 99% of "proper" goto use ends up emulating.
The problem is, US citizens have the right to enter the country... so where does the nation's right of refusal end and the citizen's right of entry begin?
A majority government has no real checks or balances in Canada.
Well, except for that whole "Supreme Court of Canada" thingy.
But other than that, you are correct... of course, it'd help if the Senate wasn't a neutered body that basically exists to reward those close to the PM with cushy jobs and a fat pension.
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I never said they did. My point was that Mozilla are more than happy to take credit for the functionality provided by extensions,
They do? Huh. Weird, because when I look at the Firefox website, I don't see them taking credit for anything provided as part of an extension. Perhaps you could indicate parts of the website where they make such claims?
So you're saying our only two possible options are returning to the 1800s, or tolerating unethical business practices?
Let me introduce you to a new term: false dichotomy.
What does big government have to do with restrictions on the activities of corporations, or the holding of companies liable for actions which are illegal?
Or do you just like to inject your libertarian rantings wherever possible?
On the bright side, I think I just discovered the political equivalent of the "I don't watch TV" guy.
authorized by the President during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on January 17, 2007 and
Good Christ, are you serious? If that isn't clear evidence that something shady was going on during that period, I don't know what is...
No, that's a really *really* good idea, actually. And I'd advise you to tell the people you know about the stunt he/she pulled.
Bullshit. They're just blindly nationalistic and paranoid about the rest of the world messing with their shit. It's silly and it's stupid, but that's the way it is.
Well, being as I don't need more speed or better video, the only functional difference with the new one would be DVD burning capability (which I could add to my existing one) and more maximum ram (which I don't need at the moment).
So then what were these "options [you] wanted" that would've pushed the cost of a new laptop "over $1000"? Because, from the sounds of it, a $500 Dell would've done the job just fine, and would've probably been equipped with a faster processor, more RAM, and a DVD writer.
And when I realized that I would spend over $1,000 to get a new thinkpad with the options I wanted, I realized that my repair was a great investment.
Except, of course, you still don't have the options you wanted.
That's not to say it wasn't a good investment for you, but to compare it to a new laptop and claim it's a bargain is a little silly.
Do we know that the administration was listening in on calls between two people in the US?
It doesn't matter. They broke the law by bypassing FISA, and the telecoms broke the law for enabling them.
Or are you saying the American people should allow the administration for breaking the law simply because, you know, they meant well?
Wow... a single example from a third party library. And then you used explicit namespaces instead of importing them, to make it look more complex than it really is. Sheer brilliance. You've sure convinced me!
That you don't know anything about software development, that is.
Because 90% of the functionality you'd use an extension for on FF is already built into Opera.
Huh, when did you get a list of all the functionality the GP requires from his browser?
Bah, there's no way the devs didn't know this was going on... they had to test their own stuff some time, so unless the assets got changed right at ship time, I suspect they were fully aware.
but gives the insurgents a free pass for the way they conduct their operations
I would *love* to see you cite a comment that "gives the insurgents a free pass".
Or perhaps your simplistic thinking doesn't allow you to comprehend that one can be disgusted by both the Iraqi insurgents *and* the US military?
Why is it okay to suggest intervention in darfar or zimbabwe but not somewhere else
Do I *really* need to explain to you why sending a force into Darfur, Burma, or Zimbabwe is a *drastically* different ballgame as compared to invading and occupying a sovereign nation against the will of it's very own people? Or do you really believe that "winning" in Darfur would involve attacking and demoralizing it's civilian population?
I find it truly bizarre that your insightful comment was modded as flamebait... apparently some wannabe hacker was offended.
You also don't need to manipulate the education system.
But you just said "it won't be taught" because the government apparently wants sheeple. So which is it? Are they gaming the system, or not? Are they doing it deliberately, or not?
In either case, you have no evidence to support you claims. Just some wild theories about the government trying to control the populace through media and education system.
That way you also get prime material for an army.
And thus you dive even further into madhattery... I mean, now they're doing it to increase military enrollment, too?
Honestly, you really need to look up the definition of "skeptic" some time.
Ah, exception handling. GOTO in fancy new clothes. Consider rewriting your code before you think about adding in that first GOTO.
So I should consider rewriting my code before I think about adding my first try-catch block?
I think you need to rethink your position a little. It is, at best, overly dogmatic, at worst, ignorant obstinance.
Give me one good reason to believe there's a vast conspiracy to deliberately keep the people ignorant by manipulating the education system.
Worse, Scalia's dissension specifically mentions the potential "danger" to Americans this could create... as if it's the job of the SCOTUS to worry about or consider such matters when deciding on points of law. If that doesn't imply real, actual judicial activism (using the court to push forward policies that have no bearing on legal theory), I don't know what does.
Well, there's skepticism, and there's being an asshole. Being a polite skeptic is an art in and of itself (and for the record, I suck at it)...
It's unfortunate that there is a blanket disapproval of it, when it's actually one of the cleanest ways to get out of nested loop/switch/conditional statements. It's also an excellent way to maintain common exit paths out of a function in order to cleanly tear down resources and/or insert debugging information.
In the absence of a good try-catch-finally construct, anyway, which is what 99% of "proper" goto use ends up emulating.
The very simple reason is that people who think are harder to govern than people who don't.
And ironically, this tin-foil-hat-style thinking is precisely the hallmark of someone who doesn't actually think skeptically...
The problem is, US citizens have the right to enter the country... so where does the nation's right of refusal end and the citizen's right of entry begin?
A majority government has no real checks or balances in Canada.
Well, except for that whole "Supreme Court of Canada" thingy.
But other than that, you are correct... of course, it'd help if the Senate wasn't a neutered body that basically exists to reward those close to the PM with cushy jobs and a fat pension.
At least the traitors^w Bloc
Oh for god sake... quit being an asshole. Seriously.