Personally, I sleep well at night knowing that 99% of the software I am using has its code open, where anyone (including me) can know exactly what's going on. That's why Mozilla wins it in my book, I don't care if IE comes up 5 seconds faster, Mozilla is and will be the better browser.
Well, whatever gets you through the night I suppose, but ethics do not a better browser make. I use Linux and BSD too, but I don't particularly care whether or not I can sift through the source - I never have anyway. There are some free software users who are adult enough to admit when a Microsoft product is head, shoulders and torso above the OSS equivalent. This, much as you wish it wasn't so, is clearly such a case. If you use Windows in any aspect of your life (unlikely, based upon your pouty attitude), you are missing out on a genuinely good browser because of your childish unwillingness to use the best tool for the job.
I understand the loathing of Microsoft's business practices, licensing and marketing, but it takes an immature soul to not give the devil his due when his product is simply better. So, I hope you enjoy sifting through your Mozilla source (because you can) while I'm actually browsing the web.
Yeah, but there are also some nerds (like me) who go far outside my way to make fun of you for considering computer games to be anything other than computer games. They are no more a sport than coding HTML. The fact that they are all shockingly redundant is another topic altogether.
Don't even get me started on the laughable obsessions many have with games. It's freaking embarassing to be collected into the same social class as some of you lunatics.
You, uh, forgot to close your tag. The simple lack of a "/" prior to the second "ren" will now cause the remainder of the page to also fall under the text modifier, unless, of course, there is an orphaned somewhere else... doubtful at best.
Surely you can see how this is bad news. Please fix. Tx.
That is the dumbest comparison I've ever, ever heard. Black slaves had the snot beat out of them in any situation where they didn't obey the massah. You, on the other hand, earn a presumably comfortable living and are forced to follow simply rules of the office, none of which result in bloody welts across your back. Nice comparison.
If you don't feel comfortable with the potential that your boss can read your e-mail or track web usage, then don't use either for stupid or questionable activities! Jesus, what is this, rocket science? He owns the computer you're on, as well as the bandwidth you are using, and as such, has every right in the world to object when either are used improperly (in his opinion).
Man, I hope your comment was a troll, because the idea that anyone can be so completely clueless sends shivers down my spine.
We get $50 per week of pager duty, and 40% of the billed time that is actually collected if we go onsite during that week. At $110 an hour, it gives us a damn good reason to get out of bed to deal with some crap, but the fact that the billable time must be collected tends to avoid abuse. It's pretty sweet, really.
Geez, the best we had was a system where we would yell as loudly as possible directly at the machine, hoping that the vibrations in the air would force it to do something. We would take turns (shifts, they called it) yelling, because at the end of a hard day's work, I wasn't even able to whisper. Sometimes, after we had completed the calculation, we would shout the result at the computer, causing one of the side panels to buzz slightly which told us we were correct.
Ahh, the days of high-technology. You guys had it easy.
Way #21: In accordance to longstanding rumors, every American finally does own a gun. One night, after a particularly riveting Superbowl that lives up to all the hype (Rams 74, Raiders 3), each US resident excercises his God-given right to act stupid by shooting into the air multiple times and reduces the US population to zero in mere seconds as a hail of returning bullets mows down each man, woman and child in a bloodbath unmatched throughout history.
The remainder of the earth's population, unable to stop laughing long enough to inhale sufficient oxygen, dies within hours.
Then yousir, will be among the first to get pummelled without mercy by kids on the street while I stand across the boulevard laughing like a crazy person as the street-toughs insert those remarkably unaesthetic goggles into your rectum, then proceed to kick you about your ribs until no recognizable pieces of the goofy costume remain.
Perhaps someone will hack a synthesized voice chanting "summon help" into these wearable monstrosities for just such an occasion, not to mention the titanic comedy value involved in hearing the voice gradually slow down and fail during the unavoidable beating from your peers. A small, red flag that pops out of a pouch on your back with a white "S.O.S" emblazened on it would just complete the ensemble, not to mention give the kids a perfect target to aim their kicks at.
I don't wish you personally any specific harm, but come on; as much as you find these useful, to actually wear one would provoke endless scorn and ridicule, the likes of which hasn't been seen since people really did wear Star Trek costumes in public. Now, I've never been one to concern myself with fashion or maintaining the status quo in terms of socially acceptable appearance, but there are limits to what a person can get away with.
These wearable computers, not unlike the heralded Slashdot Cruiser or a less heralded fat girlfriend, may be functional and handy... until your friends see you with it. Many geeks have enough trouble finding romantic companionship without having to worry about accidentally smooshing the keyboard during an intimate moment. Why would one, regardless of convenience (I doubt the convenience of these wearable machines to begin with) go out of one's way to become more of a pariah than one already is?
...and the fact the both KDE2 and GNOME 1.4 will be providing as good as, if not better, GUI environment for PCs and Macs...
Yeah, okay no. I'm glad you posted this, however, as I was becoming alarmed at the lack of Microsoft desperation sentiment being expressed. What a relief!
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I'm very sorry.
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Well, whatever gets you through the night I suppose, but ethics do not a better browser make. I use Linux and BSD too, but I don't particularly care whether or not I can sift through the source - I never have anyway. There are some free software users who are adult enough to admit when a Microsoft product is head, shoulders and torso above the OSS equivalent. This, much as you wish it wasn't so, is clearly such a case. If you use Windows in any aspect of your life (unlikely, based upon your pouty attitude), you are missing out on a genuinely good browser because of your childish unwillingness to use the best tool for the job.
I understand the loathing of Microsoft's business practices, licensing and marketing, but it takes an immature soul to not give the devil his due when his product is simply better. So, I hope you enjoy sifting through your Mozilla source (because you can) while I'm actually browsing the web.
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Don't even get me started on the laughable obsessions many have with games. It's freaking embarassing to be collected into the same social class as some of you lunatics.
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Surely you can see how this is bad news. Please fix. Tx.
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If you don't feel comfortable with the potential that your boss can read your e-mail or track web usage, then don't use either for stupid or questionable activities! Jesus, what is this, rocket science? He owns the computer you're on, as well as the bandwidth you are using, and as such, has every right in the world to object when either are used improperly (in his opinion).
Man, I hope your comment was a troll, because the idea that anyone can be so completely clueless sends shivers down my spine.
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Where the hell is PETA when you really need them?
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Ahh, the days of high-technology. You guys had it easy.
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I'm sure what you meant to say was:
I deliberately hit the UPS off switch during four FreeBSD 3.3 kernel SMP compiles fairly late in the process...
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The remainder of the earth's population, unable to stop laughing long enough to inhale sufficient oxygen, dies within hours.
This is the word of the DoS. Amen.
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I once saw documentary in which there was a discussion on the topic of fantasizing about dreaming of a girlfriend.
It was too heated for me, and that's the closest I've ever been to exploring my sec-shu-a-litee, thankyouverymuch.
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You must be a stud or something.
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Then yousir, will be among the first to get pummelled without mercy by kids on the street while I stand across the boulevard laughing like a crazy person as the street-toughs insert those remarkably unaesthetic goggles into your rectum, then proceed to kick you about your ribs until no recognizable pieces of the goofy costume remain.
Perhaps someone will hack a synthesized voice chanting "summon help" into these wearable monstrosities for just such an occasion, not to mention the titanic comedy value involved in hearing the voice gradually slow down and fail during the unavoidable beating from your peers. A small, red flag that pops out of a pouch on your back with a white "S.O.S" emblazened on it would just complete the ensemble, not to mention give the kids a perfect target to aim their kicks at.
I don't wish you personally any specific harm, but come on; as much as you find these useful, to actually wear one would provoke endless scorn and ridicule, the likes of which hasn't been seen since people really did wear Star Trek costumes in public. Now, I've never been one to concern myself with fashion or maintaining the status quo in terms of socially acceptable appearance, but there are limits to what a person can get away with.
These wearable computers, not unlike the heralded Slashdot Cruiser or a less heralded fat girlfriend, may be functional and handy... until your friends see you with it. Many geeks have enough trouble finding romantic companionship without having to worry about accidentally smooshing the keyboard during an intimate moment. Why would one, regardless of convenience (I doubt the convenience of these wearable machines to begin with) go out of one's way to become more of a pariah than one already is?
It makes no sense, I tells ya.
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Yeah, okay no. I'm glad you posted this, however, as I was becoming alarmed at the lack of Microsoft desperation sentiment being expressed. What a relief!
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No.
Heh, no.
Nice doing business with you.
What's the problem? Get to it. Oh, right... the Microsoft thing. Nevermind.
The hypocrisy at this place is staggering sometimes.