On the other hand, if they just posted raw content people would claim they're not journalists and, therefore, should not have protections under the first amendment.
I think that what's considered relevant is anything that can easily lead to piracy for the average user.
And, as you've heard in this comments, it's easier to associate torrents with piracy as the only relevant use that they have (I'm not saying it is, I'm saying it's a common claim).
The other means you suggested are viewed mainly as: IRC -> Chat. FTP -> Storage of webpage related content.
I'm used to exercising caution with other browsers as well. But, as parent says, Lazarus is one of the greatest addons I've tried.
You can password protect your databases and customize storage in several ways. There's a chrome extension as well, that works slightly different (relating input to each form)
Fox News would point out the guinea pigs obvious connections to Al Qaeda mentioning the word Islam and terrorists together at least a dozen times for good measure.
We'll have to wait for the initial weirdness to pass but it seems promising.
I'm going to have to test it on my phone too, to see how it feels.
1) Lack of left menu toggle... Is it intended? 2) Lack of shadows makes it a bit too flat. 3) I'm liking the slider. I'm not quite sure if it's new. I just never saw it before.
I wouldn't call it desperate. They're just, very strongly, launching a huge propaganda campaign that has a way of reaching me everywhere I go.
1 Goldman Sachs buy FB shares or something 2 Suddenly I hear people say FB has beaten google in who-cares-to-explain-what-ranking 3 Today I hear that The Social Network is going to win some kind of Movie Prize.
There news/rumors, if they spread, are probably going to get FB's value closer to what they pretend it is.
Harder than consoles? sure. Too hard? No, not at all.
You're talking about a game pre 1995 game that had a specific requirements. If you try to install it in a OS that doesn't support it, the outcome is more than likely. The alternatives to get it running might qualify as hard depending on the user but I think it's unfair to generalize based on old games. Games target specific systems of their time. Those games are usually really easy to install on the required systems.
It's easy to hate ambitious people who fantastically succeed on their business.
While, many times, this hate might have more to do with scruples than envy, it will always be hard to separate them if people insist on belittling the amount of work needed to implement and commercialize a product/service.
The problem still is that you will STILL appear on facebook. Your friends and family will end up posting your pictures no matter how many times you remind them not to.
Those same people will play farmville, take quizzes and use any other useless application, giving out their and, by proximity, your information.
Even if I have no facebook account. Faceboook can still connect the dots and know sufficiently about me to merchandise, inspect, etc.
I was just discussing this the other day with a friend. Captchas are usually hard to read for most people who are not used to them. Some of them are really messy (I remember Rapidshare's cats).
And the alternative (some people have bad eyesights) is, many times, a long set of horrible sounds and spoken words that I usually fail to get right.
"garble, garble, random noise, FOUR, garble, garble, SEE (or whas it SEA?), garble, garble, RED."
Added to that, not everyone might understand those pronunciations.
Finally, as Parent said, do they really prevent anything?
Right. Because that was Firefox has been all along. Visuals and some interface decisions. The incredible amount of useful Add-ons have nothing to do with it's popularity.
All in all, Firefox is probably the most customizable browser around, which might benefit users who know what they want.
Finally, nothing prevents people from using several browsers for different things.
Some of you guys seem to be implying that North Koreans believe that leaflets may have real poison (not propaganda poison) and fear death in consequence? Am I reading this right?
Gloves or some other mechanism to take a curious look without exposing your skin would be out of the question?
I think fear is of repression might play a much more important role than alleged poison.
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On the other hand, if they just posted raw content people would claim they're not journalists and, therefore, should not have protections under the first amendment.
Wait, didn't they claim that anyway?
Who knew...
I think that what's considered relevant is anything that can easily lead to piracy for the average user.
And, as you've heard in this comments, it's easier to associate torrents with piracy as the only relevant use that they have (I'm not saying it is, I'm saying it's a common claim).
The other means you suggested are viewed mainly as:
IRC -> Chat. FTP -> Storage of webpage related content.
Would it be any different if a large group of people manually clicked refresh or something similar?
The intent would definetly be there.
I'm used to exercising caution with other browsers as well. But, as parent says, Lazarus is one of the greatest addons I've tried.
You can password protect your databases and customize storage in several ways. There's a chrome extension as well, that works slightly different (relating input to each form)
http://lazarus.interclue.com/
Fox News would point out the guinea pigs obvious connections to Al Qaeda mentioning the word Islam and terrorists together at least a dozen times for good measure.
Some latin american countries seem to be going the same way, unfortunately.
Chavez is the extreme example with the possibility of unlimited elections.
Interesting...
We'll have to wait for the initial weirdness to pass but it seems promising.
I'm going to have to test it on my phone too, to see how it feels.
1) Lack of left menu toggle... Is it intended?
2) Lack of shadows makes it a bit too flat.
3) I'm liking the slider. I'm not quite sure if it's new. I just never saw it before.
I wouldn't call it desperate. They're just, very strongly, launching a huge propaganda campaign that has a way of reaching me everywhere I go.
1 Goldman Sachs buy FB shares or something
2 Suddenly I hear people say FB has beaten google in who-cares-to-explain-what-ranking
3 Today I hear that The Social Network is going to win some kind of Movie Prize.
There news/rumors, if they spread, are probably going to get FB's value closer to what they pretend it is.
like.... light slow... :P
the smell...
What if someone smoked around him? Where did he sit? etc, etc.
Harder than consoles? sure.
Too hard? No, not at all.
You're talking about a game pre 1995 game that had a specific requirements. If you try to install it in a OS that doesn't support it, the outcome is more than likely. The alternatives to get it running might qualify as hard depending on the user but I think it's unfair to generalize based on old games. Games target specific systems of their time. Those games are usually really easy to install on the required systems.
Unless it makes it harder for you to solve the problem at hand.
Having a varied set of tools to solve a problem will allow you to choose the most adequate for the job.
Needless to say, you need to know how to use what you have. It's not use having a gazillion of tools if you have no clue what to with them.
I think it probably comes down to this (or similar):
What's your consumer target? Can you reach it? Is the change economically worth it in terms of your target?
Every news story in /. seems to conclude something wasn't really that good. Or at least, their users do.
It's easy to hate ambitious people who fantastically succeed on their business.
While, many times, this hate might have more to do with scruples than envy, it will always be hard to separate them if people insist on belittling the amount of work needed to implement and commercialize a product/service.
But this game already stinks enough as it is... :P
Some Robots already were connected to multivac. The difference probably relies on the fact that Multivac was run by the government.
If we could actually apply Asimov's 3 rules to computers and robots we'd probably be on the right track. :P
Sigh, I honestly don't understand how they can blame games. It's outrageous.
Everyone knows Marilyn Manson is responsible.
The problem still is that you will STILL appear on facebook. Your friends and family will end up posting your pictures no matter how many times you remind them not to.
Those same people will play farmville, take quizzes and use any other useless application, giving out their and, by proximity, your information.
Even if I have no facebook account. Faceboook can still connect the dots and know sufficiently about me to merchandise, inspect, etc.
Am I being overly paranoid? Maybe.
The problem is when you face it in your everyday life.
Conversation goes as follows:
Believer: What's your sign?
me: X
Believer: (no matter what sign I pick) Ohhhh! that makes total sense!
I'm genuinely surprised, this is exactly opposite of what I'd expect to happen.
I'd think that the AC would say he has pirated software and would tell him why he was wrong. Not the other way around.
I was just discussing this the other day with a friend. Captchas are usually hard to read for most people who are not used to them. Some of them are really messy (I remember Rapidshare's cats).
And the alternative (some people have bad eyesights) is, many times, a long set of horrible sounds and spoken words that I usually fail to get right.
"garble, garble, random noise, FOUR, garble, garble, SEE (or whas it SEA?), garble, garble, RED."
Added to that, not everyone might understand those pronunciations.
Finally, as Parent said, do they really prevent anything?
Right. Because that was Firefox has been all along. Visuals and some interface decisions. The incredible amount of useful Add-ons have nothing to do with it's popularity.
All in all, Firefox is probably the most customizable browser around, which might benefit users who know what they want.
Finally, nothing prevents people from using several browsers for different things.
Some of you guys seem to be implying that North Koreans believe that leaflets may have real poison (not propaganda poison) and fear death in consequence? Am I reading this right?
Gloves or some other mechanism to take a curious look without exposing your skin would be out of the question?
I think fear is of repression might play a much more important role than alleged poison.
Now compare it to economically weaker countries...