I have tried v 3.0 (3.1 is out now) and its amazing, boot up and a minute or two later you have a full, good looking gui and all the tools you can think of including things like open office (who needs lindows with its poo assortment of progs). A few minutes after that I was browsing the web using mozilla, playing my mp3s from a shared samba drive on my dedicated linux box and checking my email.
Tried it on a 256MB comp too and it ran fine there too, impressive considering it has no virtual ram and has to store tmp files on a ramdisk.
now all I need is a 35MB linux cd to fit these 35MB business card sized cd's I bought, all the rescue disc type distros seem designed for 50MB ones.
64 kbps tests are pointless because no-ones uses those rates, and at higher rates the differences become negligable.
Not quite true, I used 64kbps wma files for about a week and listening using really shitty earbuds and walking alongside noisy truck filled roads on the way to work I couldnt tell the difference:-) Now I have some decent portable earbuds though (etymotics) you wont catch me using 64k wma (or I suspect any bitrate of wma!).
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Its unfortunate because html would be viewable to 100% of people. Did I need to explain that? Theres nothing on that site that makes it NEED to be in flash.
This sounds like the kind of question a spamming company might ask.
E.g one of the ones listed on my Shitlist.
So what is this "media" company and why are people angry enough to send abusive emails?
I use one of those, on the plus side its so old and worn out that its a bit clackety to type on which I like. I now however only use the right side of the spacebar when i'm using normal keyboards.
I actually found the design offensive, by having half of the space bar a delete key they are insinuating that you will make one error per word (i.e you need the delete key as often as the space). The bastards!
Best keyboard I ever used came with IBM terminals, it had 24 function keys and was programmable. It clicked really nicely and was tough.
Time to kick media player to the curb, and use winamp, quicktime, realone, or anything else. Just take steps not to install the spyware if you use real. Do a custom install, not the quick install, and uncheck the things you don't need.
I'd love to, now what is a good replacement to windows media player? (I use 6.4). There are a truck load of them but they all just seem to be front ends to Microsofts rendering engine.
Yeah my phone will dial 999 quite happily even when locked and the keypad is locked. Might be handy in an emergency but annoying when I take it out of my pocket and see its managed to dial 99 just by random jiggling in my pocket.
Its amazing the web they weave.
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One thing i've noticed is the spammers are actually quite careful with their own contact details.
I've started a little bit of detective work but nowhere even close to these guys, wow. I've started listing the dirty bastard spammers on my site so they may find their spamming colleagues emailing them shortly:-)
No it wasnt inconceivable, not by a long shot. The plot of the first episode of "The Lone Gunmen" was about just that, even the correct building! In fact it was more believable than what is alleged to have really happened.
The problem with this over other forms of input (including types like t9) is that you have to focus on the screen all the time to see where your chosen letter appears. It would be like using a keyboard that has keys that shift locations all the time.
How about the current situation, see how far your rights stretch when your "patriotic" neighbour informs on you and you are detained as an "enemy combatant" and passed over to "military interrogation". Fun fun fun.
You might find Iran has better internet connectivity than where you live! Last I heard there was 5Mbps wireless and you could buy prepay internet cards (aswell as normal ISPS).
Which are these sites that only IE works, or that are so disfunctional they arent usable without it? Generally speaking any site that is "designed for IE" is not worth visiting, still i'd be interested in knowing - we can all go visit them.
Its a great browser from what i've seen in RC3. I'm trying to get used to it (i'm so used to opera now). I like the middle click opens in background new tab and the image permission options.
They say what is convenient, it furthers their aims to now say its the internet. Just like one week the "main sponsor of terrorism" is Iraq and the next week its suddenly Iran.
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I have tried v 3.0 (3.1 is out now) and its amazing, boot up and a minute or two later you have a full, good looking gui and all the tools you can think of including things like open office (who needs lindows with its poo assortment of progs). A few minutes after that I was browsing the web using mozilla, playing my mp3s from a shared samba drive on my dedicated linux box and checking my email.
Tried it on a 256MB comp too and it ran fine there too, impressive considering it has no virtual ram and has to store tmp files on a ramdisk.
now all I need is a 35MB linux cd to fit these 35MB business card sized cd's I bought, all the rescue disc type distros seem designed for 50MB ones.
You didnt get any bites on "rediculous" though, or at least none that I see.
Oh my god, Creative Labs produce software with some of the worst interfaces i've ever seen!
Its unfortunate because html would be viewable to 100% of people. Did I need to explain that? Theres nothing on that site that makes it NEED to be in flash.
....when you are being detained as part of the "war on terror" without trial and denied legal counsel.
But yeah there are bad encryption laws in other places like here in the UK. Its worrying.
It looks like crap, actually it looks like some obscure pda that someone has stuck a palm logo on.
This sounds like the kind of question a spamming company might ask.
E.g one of the ones listed on my Shitlist.
So what is this "media" company and why are people angry enough to send abusive emails?
I use one of those, on the plus side its so old and worn out that its a bit clackety to type on which I like. I now however only use the right side of the spacebar when i'm using normal keyboards.
I actually found the design offensive, by having half of the space bar a delete key they are insinuating that you will make one error per word (i.e you need the delete key as often as the space). The bastards!
Best keyboard I ever used came with IBM terminals, it had 24 function keys and was programmable. It clicked really nicely and was tough.
Thanks anonymous coward, BSplay is good - has more features than WMP!
I'd love to, now what is a good replacement to windows media player? (I use 6.4).
There are a truck load of them but they all just seem to be front ends to Microsofts rendering engine.
Yeah my phone will dial 999 quite happily even when locked and the keypad is locked.
Might be handy in an emergency but annoying when I take it out of my pocket and see its managed to dial 99 just by random jiggling in my pocket.
One thing i've noticed is the spammers are actually quite careful with their own contact details.
:-)
I've started a little bit of detective work but nowhere even close to these guys, wow. I've started listing the dirty bastard spammers
on my site so they may find their spamming colleagues emailing them shortly
You mean they have attacked palestinian linked sites, and vice versa. Sad really.
No it wasnt inconceivable, not by a long shot. The plot of the first episode of "The Lone Gunmen" was about just that, even the correct building!
In fact it was more believable than what is alleged to have really happened.
The problem with this over other forms of input (including types like t9) is that you have to focus on the screen all the time to see where your chosen letter appears. It would be like using a keyboard that has keys that shift locations all the time.
Internet access from the bios would cover 95% of my computer use (at home anyway). I wouldnt need to load an OS!
Echelon Is already watching your comms.
How about the current situation, see how far your rights stretch when your "patriotic" neighbour informs on you and you are detained as an "enemy combatant" and passed over to "military interrogation".
Fun fun fun.
You might find Iran has better internet connectivity than where you live! Last I heard there was 5Mbps wireless and you could buy prepay internet cards (aswell as normal ISPS).
I use Opera all the time so I guess I wouldnt notice whats missing/working wrong :-)
Which are these sites that only IE works, or that are so disfunctional they arent usable without it?
Generally speaking any site that is "designed for IE" is not worth visiting, still i'd be interested in knowing - we can all go visit them.
They'll run into it soon enough when some script kiddie wants to fuck over their box. Its only one click away.
Sorry for the language.
Its a great browser from what i've seen in RC3. I'm trying to get used to it (i'm so used to opera now). I like the middle click opens in background new tab and the image permission options.
They say what is convenient, it furthers their aims to now say its the internet. Just like one week the "main sponsor of terrorism" is Iraq and the next week its suddenly Iran.
Yup, looks like lib-dems are the way to go.
The uk seems to be taking on the worst ideas from all over the world at the moment.