i can't seem to get the mozilliane site up from the link. imagine that.
anyway. when can we get binaries of the 1.0 version? it's really my favorite browser, and hopefully some OEM's start to install it or a derivitive by default! most people dropped NS off their scope long ago.
i though nelson used set top boxes to monitor what's being watched? with digital cable, can't the cable company monitor what's being watched? can't the isp's report on internet activity? how about doubleclick?
i thought the net was about disemination (sp) of information, not really entertainment. the entertaining aspects can be accomplished elsewhere (online games, downloading music, etc).
i REALLY hope my online session times start to decrease, productivity needs to increase:)
Don't be silly. How could they. I only have about 5-6 personal domains, all registered ay different dates. I have no clue in hell when they expire. Hell, I'm not even sure HOW MANY domains I have, much less what they are. Now think of all the web consultants and how many domains they must have registered and are contacts for.
the company i worked for maintained a database of all the domain names registered, where they were registered from, how much the cost was, when it expired, which business unit owns the name (pays the cost of if), etc, etc. the tech. contact was the billing contact, and they would get the bill, verify with the business that the domain was still needed, and then submit the bill to accts payable to cut a check. I'd imagine a decent web consultant could just keep this kind of stuff in a spreadsheet.
i can see in a small business maybe someone else maybe opening the mail, but then they would probably be in contact with the actual system admin about it. in a meduim to large size business, mail that is addressed to "John Doe, DNS Administrator" goes to John Doe's mail box. Someone at the Director/VP level might have their mail gone through by the administrative assistant, but not the DNS Administrator whos job it is to register the names and maintain the servers that serve those domains.
don't most domain name holders know who they registered with, when their time expires, and who their options are for renewal? isn't it normally a tekkie who handles the domain name administration for a company? if they really wanted to be sneaky, they'd send it to the administrative assistant to the VP of operations. this isn't any more sneaky than the 5-50$ check that AT$T sends in the mail where they switch your long dial phone service if you cash it.
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exactly. it's all about whoring yourself out to the academy. the best whores normally come out on top. it's how it works in business, how it works in gov't why would we expect the movie industry to work any better? don't we loathe the MPAA here on the site?
it doesn't sound like anything here on/. (those visually impaired will have to pardon me). really, get over it and get into this century where we don't type every word out we speak. MOBO is a common shortcut for typing out MOtherBOard. IANAL, but IIRC, my MOBO, SDRAM, NIC, and CD-RW are all manuf by diff comp.
s0m3 3nj0y typ1ng l0ng dr4wn out wordz, others R m3r3ly l33t script kiddez carefully planning the next outlook viruz. (MS, thanks for creating the most popular email client/server around with the most easily exploitable flaw. it certainly keeps those email admins in business:) ).
I think you need to learn a little about optimization and speed issues.
i would never discount that.
The game will spend most of it's time in the speed critical section - that's why it's speed critical - but that section will not make up much of the code for the application.
so, the code that executes when i'm moving my arrow key/joystick whatever to move the little guy arcross the hilly 3D terain trying to capture the coins or whatever while basically running all over the place... that's not speed critical code? maybe just the rendering of all that crap? is that speed critical?
You did realise that Java can take on the native look and feel and become completely indistinguishable to native apps right?:)
could you point me to one that I could evaluate? like i said, i haven't seen one yet.
first, what are non speed critical sections of a game? the splash screens, setup menu? the actual playing area, which I'm hoping is a majority of the game is speed dependant. they tend to heavily use the processors available, and any they can get their hands on (video, CPU, audio, etc).
next, on the java speed issue. you claim it to be fact that java is fast enough for a very significant percentage of games produced. the actual fact is that a very insignificantamount of games are actually produced by java. i'd say the game producers are most likely choosing the right tool for the right job here. after all, we all know that java development is much faster than C/C++ or assembly development, eh? A java game would be much more attractive to a game manufacturer, but which ones are doing it? I think a few may have behind closed doors, and the results were not plesant. When I see a java game produced which works as well or better than a C/C++ alternative, I'll believe that Java is fast enough for gaming. Nearly all java GUI applications (games are gui's no?) I have seen are useable but no where near their counterparts in terms of ease of use, and general responsiveness.
As we all keep saying, just 'cos you can kill someone with a baseball bat doesn't mean it should be banned.
i think this action is banned (as long as it's not in self defense). its just not specifically banned, and doesn't need to be. when specific actions such as this (and cell phone use while driving, and viewing kiddie porn over the internet (see recent PA law)) are outlawed it's more of a feel good move on the part of congress. of course they may have no idea what they're doing because they're heavily lobied by people who may or may not understand the full consequenses of such legislation. these laws serve no real purpose other than to say publically "yes, we know what you are doing out there, and we're really, REALLY not going to stand for it."
are you trying to say that a media doesn't get off the ground (mainstream) until piracy is available? i think CD's were well mainstream before consumer copying was reasonably priced.
interesting points but i fail to see how DECSS allows for a pure copy (bit for bit digital copy). To my knowledge, DECSS is about unencrypting the original copy which in effect should change the actual bits. DECSS is about circumventing access restrictions, NOT copy restrictions. i can't even see how the MPAA is able to claim that CSS is for copy restrictions.
until it's in the released documentation, i'm thinking there _could_ be problems (not there there still might not be after that). i don't think that reading in a cvs entry(s) "gcc3 compat fixes" really says that it's been tested and works with that compiler.
if they say on the mailing list that it's gcc3 compat, why don't the put it in the docs somewhere? as a comparison, some people have gotten the ati radeon 8500 cards to work using the gatos drivers, but... the driver authors aren't labeling it as supported. there's been changes in the code to accomadate the card, but it's not ready for mainstream.
just curious where you had heard that it's compatible with gcc 3.x? from what i read on kde's site here is that you'll want to avoid gcc 3.x and stay with 2.95 for a while.
the fact that they're pretty much on schedule shows good project management.
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i can't seem to get the mozilliane site up from the link. imagine that.
anyway. when can we get binaries of the 1.0 version? it's really my favorite browser, and hopefully some OEM's start to install it or a derivitive by default! most people dropped NS off their scope long ago.
i though nelson used set top boxes to monitor what's being watched? with digital cable, can't the cable company monitor what's being watched? can't the isp's report on internet activity? how about doubleclick?
i'm pretty sure they're referring to surfing time, not connected time. you're surfing the web actively 24 hrs daily?
that, or there's just a lack of modivation to get up of their asses and do something better.
i thought the net was about disemination (sp) of information, not really entertainment. the entertaining aspects can be accomplished elsewhere (online games, downloading music, etc).
:)
i REALLY hope my online session times start to decrease, productivity needs to increase
i'd never suggest anyone give up their "favorite" os. duel :) booting is definately what i had in mind, just to try the office package.
i don't understand, you're willing to fork out 75+ dollars to give it a try but won't put linux on the x86 machine?
Don't be silly. How could they. I only have about 5-6 personal domains, all registered ay different dates. I have no clue in hell when they expire. Hell, I'm not even sure HOW MANY domains I have, much less what they are. Now think of all the web consultants and how many domains they must have registered and are contacts for.
the company i worked for maintained a database of all the domain names registered, where they were registered from, how much the cost was, when it expired, which business unit owns the name (pays the cost of if), etc, etc. the tech. contact was the billing contact, and they would get the bill, verify with the business that the domain was still needed, and then submit the bill to accts payable to cut a check. I'd imagine a decent web consultant could just keep this kind of stuff in a spreadsheet.
i can see in a small business maybe someone else maybe opening the mail, but then they would probably be in contact with the actual system admin about it. in a meduim to large size business, mail that is addressed to "John Doe, DNS Administrator" goes to John Doe's mail box. Someone at the Director/VP level might have their mail gone through by the administrative assistant, but not the DNS Administrator whos job it is to register the names and maintain the servers that serve those domains.
don't most domain name holders know who they registered with, when their time expires, and who their options are for renewal? isn't it normally a tekkie who handles the domain name administration for a company? if they really wanted to be sneaky, they'd send it to the administrative assistant to the VP of operations. this isn't any more sneaky than the 5-50$ check that AT$T sends in the mail where they switch your long dial phone service if you cash it.
exactly. it's all about whoring yourself out to the academy. the best whores normally come out on top. it's how it works in business, how it works in gov't why would we expect the movie industry to work any better? don't we loathe the MPAA here on the site?
it doesn't sound like anything here on /. (those visually impaired will have to pardon me). really, get over it and get into this century where we don't type every word out we speak. MOBO is a common shortcut for typing out MOtherBOard. IANAL, but IIRC, my MOBO, SDRAM, NIC, and CD-RW are all manuf by diff comp.
:) ).
s0m3 3nj0y typ1ng l0ng dr4wn out wordz, others R m3r3ly l33t script kiddez carefully planning the next outlook viruz. (MS, thanks for creating the most popular email client/server around with the most easily exploitable flaw. it certainly keeps those email admins in business
guess we all should have a good old copy of lynx laying around in case of emergencies such as this.
i tried on mozilla and i'm still having to scroll right on to read the article. BAD HTML
it really is hard to read when you have to scroll right on every line. these lines don't wrap.
like maybe the HTML used for the article. it renders horribly on ie 5.5.
I think you need to learn a little about optimization and speed issues.
:)
i would never discount that.
The game will spend most of it's time in the speed critical section - that's why it's speed critical - but that section will not make up much of the code for the application.
so, the code that executes when i'm moving my arrow key/joystick whatever to move the little guy arcross the hilly 3D terain trying to capture the coins or whatever while basically running all over the place... that's not speed critical code? maybe just the rendering of all that crap? is that speed critical?
You did realise that Java can take on the native look and feel and become completely indistinguishable to native apps right?
could you point me to one that I could evaluate? like i said, i haven't seen one yet.
first, what are non speed critical sections of a game? the splash screens, setup menu? the actual playing area, which I'm hoping is a majority of the game is speed dependant. they tend to heavily use the processors available, and any they can get their hands on (video, CPU, audio, etc).
next, on the java speed issue. you claim it to be fact that java is fast enough for a very significant percentage of games produced. the actual fact is that a very insignificantamount of games are actually produced by java. i'd say the game producers are most likely choosing the right tool for the right job here. after all, we all know that java development is much faster than C/C++ or assembly development, eh? A java game would be much more attractive to a game manufacturer, but which ones are doing it? I think a few may have behind closed doors, and the results were not plesant. When I see a java game produced which works as well or better than a C/C++ alternative, I'll believe that Java is fast enough for gaming. Nearly all java GUI applications (games are gui's no?) I have seen are useable but no where near their counterparts in terms of ease of use, and general responsiveness.
As we all keep saying, just 'cos you can kill someone with a baseball bat doesn't mean it should be banned.
i think this action is banned (as long as it's not in self defense). its just not specifically banned, and doesn't need to be. when specific actions such as this (and cell phone use while driving, and viewing kiddie porn over the internet (see recent PA law)) are outlawed it's more of a feel good move on the part of congress. of course they may have no idea what they're doing because they're heavily lobied by people who may or may not understand the full consequenses of such legislation. these laws serve no real purpose other than to say publically "yes, we know what you are doing out there, and we're really, REALLY not going to stand for it."
are you trying to say that a media doesn't get off the ground (mainstream) until piracy is available? i think CD's were well mainstream before consumer copying was reasonably priced.
interesting points but i fail to see how DECSS allows for a pure copy (bit for bit digital copy). To my knowledge, DECSS is about unencrypting the original copy which in effect should change the actual bits. DECSS is about circumventing access restrictions, NOT copy restrictions. i can't even see how the MPAA is able to claim that CSS is for copy restrictions.
why not? HBO and other premium cable channels seem to have done fine with it.
until it's in the released documentation, i'm thinking there _could_ be problems (not there there still might not be after that). i don't think that reading in a cvs entry(s) "gcc3 compat fixes" really says that it's been tested and works with that compiler.
if they say on the mailing list that it's gcc3 compat, why don't the put it in the docs somewhere? as a comparison, some people have gotten the ati radeon 8500 cards to work using the gatos drivers, but... the driver authors aren't labeling it as supported. there's been changes in the code to accomadate the card, but it's not ready for mainstream.
you're obviously not using this software. care to not sign up for the passport? good luck.
just curious where you had heard that it's compatible with gcc 3.x? from what i read on kde's site here is that you'll want to avoid gcc 3.x and stay with 2.95 for a while.
the fact that they're pretty much on schedule shows good project management.