the excuse in our school was that people playing cards must be gambling. Hmmm, what's it called when everyone is assumed to be guilty?
We'd fight this by throwing down all of our posessions on the table when a teacher came around. When they got in earshot, we'd say: "I'll meet your watch, and raise you my calculator!" They'd usually get annoyed:)
Most people are misinterpretting my question. I meant that the programming behind the panel is icky, while the outside is nice. There are some UI issues, but my main concern was the implimentation, not the look and feel. I love panels too, but currently I have to do kludgy things to get them to work right. see this page: screenshot for what I managed to get the panel to do after a _lot_ of fiddling.
Ah, I misspoke: programmers _seem_ to hate making applets for the panel. AFAIK the interface is crufty. From an end-user's perspective I like the panel a lot, except that it takes a while to get to those configuration options. I should be able to right click on the hide buttons to tell them to disappear.
Everyone hates the way the panel works. To change its size, you have to go into a menu, when you should be able to grap an edge and move it. It's hard to put spacers in the panel.
It has been suggested that the panel be rewritten to be based on XML in order to facilitate layout and customizablilty. when will such work begin? Is backwards compatibility with applets an issue?
It's quite obvious you haven't tried any of the nightly builds or the milestone releases. If you had, you'd know that mozilla is fully compliant with CSS1 and html. CSS2 compliancy is partial, but it's better than microsoft's incorrect implimentation.
As for "slow performance," optimization is at the bottom of the list, behind getting things feature-complete and getting to zarro boogs. Besides, mozilla _is_ fast. But you haven't tried it, remember?
As for "inevitable crashes," I dare you to state that IE never crashes. I also dare you to say that _beta_ software never crashes. Besides, mozilla doesn't crash that much. But you haven't tried it.
As for bugs, there is a massive public database that anyone can access to report bugs. Several of the bugs I have reported have been fixed, and several more are being worked on. Again, this is old hat to mozilla regulars... but you haven't tried it.
Hype is one thing, but in this case there are avenues to decide for yourself exactly what the product is like.
I can't get truetype fonts to work. My XF86Config has the 'Load "freetype"' line, and the fonts/TrueType directory is loaded, but none of the fonts show up in the Gimp or anything else. On top of that, mkfontdir doesn't see any of the fonts. I have a ttfmkfdir from somewhere, but I still don't see any fonts. What should I try?
There is a superficially easy way to stop Napster from eating all of a University's bandwidth. Basically, someone at the University (or maybe a script) should send emails to anyone hosting copyrighted material on Napster and tell them to delete it or face temporary termination of their connection. A student can't complain, because they _are_ breaking the law. This way, not everyone is punished for what only some people do.
Granted, this would be a large task and would only cover the serving half, not the client half. Does anyone know where the bulk of the bandwidth is eaten up? I would guess that serving content uses more bits.
The problem with this argument is the popular misinterpretation of the second amendment. It grants the right to a "well orgranized militia," which has _always_ been interpretted in courts as referring to the national guard, and _not_ just anybody. It's not that the courts like to ignore an amendment, it's just that most people like to focus on the phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear arms..." and ignore the "well-regulated militia" part.
There is only one place to find the funnies, and that is in a newspaper. so why oh why do they print them so small and so crammed together? Take Bill Waterson's (creator of Calvin & hobbes) advice, and let the authors draw as big as they want. To see a good example, buy a copy of the Boston Sunday Globe. Many of the comics are blown up to fill an entire half-page.
So go into bugzilla and suggest it. At this point the focus is on so-called "dogfood" bugs -- bugs that block normal usage. If you use the bookmark menu, there is an "edit" menu with cut and paste, so that should do the job for now.
Uh, have you used a nightly build lately? Mozilla is _fast_, at least as fast as Netscape 4.7 in linux. The UI is clean, and no longer are there lots of flashing rectangles as it draws the page.
Of course there are issues, but that is what bugzilla.mozilla.org is for. I've reported several bugs that have gotten fixed. People should stop complaining about mozilla and start doing what they can to help it. Not a prorgammer? Report bugs!
I don't know what "last version out the door" you were referring to. The current version of Mozilla is complete as far as browsing goes. Complete mail, nearly complete news (there are issues with password-authenticated news), and a functional IRC client (more of a demo). It doesn't do java, AFAIK, and I don't know how plugins work, but otherwise it isn't missing a thing. Go check out <ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly> and download something with today's date.
I did catch the one with Reeves. That was really freaky. Normally when they paste people's heads on bodies it never looks quite right, but that one was literally flawless. I suppose if you recorded it and studied it for a bit you would be able to find errors, but I thought he was actually walking for a second.
We'll have to revise the old lyric: "Believe none of what you hear and less of what you see!"
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the excuse in our school was that people playing cards must be gambling. Hmmm, what's it called when everyone is assumed to be guilty?
:)
We'd fight this by throwing down all of our posessions on the table when a teacher came around. When they got in earshot, we'd say: "I'll meet your watch, and raise you my calculator!" They'd usually get annoyed
Q: how was he able to type "boom" if his head exploded?
A: maybe he was dictating.
uh, where's that undo button?
Most people are misinterpretting my question. I meant that the programming behind the panel is icky, while the outside is nice. There are some UI issues, but my main concern was the implimentation, not the look and feel. I love panels too, but currently I have to do kludgy things to get them to work right. see this page: screenshot for what I managed to get the panel to do after a _lot_ of fiddling.
> Ala windows, eh?
but it works well. Not everything windows does is by definition bad.
> Have you actually gone into the menu to see how > easy this is?
What option are you talking about? With a corner-aligned panel the applets all squish together.
Ah, I misspoke: programmers _seem_ to hate making applets for the panel. AFAIK the interface is crufty. From an end-user's perspective I like the panel a lot, except that it takes a while to get to those configuration options. I should be able to right click on the hide buttons to tell them to disappear.
Everyone hates the way the panel works. To change its size, you have to go into a menu, when you should be able to grap an edge and move it. It's hard to put spacers in the panel.
It has been suggested that the panel be rewritten to be based on XML in order to facilitate layout and customizablilty. when will such work begin? Is backwards compatibility with applets an issue?
text, not text editor. as in textbook :)
Wrong wrong wrong. Here are the ingredients in Coke (see this page)
:)
Citrate Caffein, 1 oz. Ext. Vanilla, 1 oz. Flavoring, 2.5 oz.
F.E. Coco, 4 oz.
Citric Acid, 3 oz.
Lime Juice, 1 Qt.
Sugar, 30 lbs.
Water, 2.5 Gal.
Caramel sufficient
Mix Caffeine Acid and Lime Juice in 1 Qt Boiling water add vanilla and flavoring when cool.
FlavoringOil Orange, 80
Oil Lemon, 120
Oil Nutmeg, 40
Oil Cinnamon, 40
Oil Coriander, 40
Oil Neroli, 40
Alcohol, 1 Qt.
let stand 24 hours.
The thing is, getting de-cocanized coca leaves (Fluid Extract of Coco) requires a special license from the gubment. Guess who owns the only license?
(note that this is an older recipe, but it's a starting point
It's funny that they mention watching the godfather series, considering it is one of the major missing series of movies not on DVD.
he's the type of guy who would be willing to include the profanity even though he's not supposed to. He'd be able to get away with it, too!
It's quite obvious you haven't tried any of the nightly builds or the milestone releases. If you had, you'd know that mozilla is fully compliant with CSS1 and html. CSS2 compliancy is partial, but it's better than microsoft's incorrect implimentation.
As for "slow performance," optimization is at the bottom of the list, behind getting things feature-complete and getting to zarro boogs. Besides, mozilla _is_ fast. But you haven't tried it, remember?
As for "inevitable crashes," I dare you to state that IE never crashes. I also dare you to say that _beta_ software never crashes. Besides, mozilla doesn't crash that much. But you haven't tried it.
As for bugs, there is a massive public database that anyone can access to report bugs. Several of the bugs I have reported have been fixed, and several more are being worked on. Again, this is old hat to mozilla regulars... but you haven't tried it.
Hype is one thing, but in this case there are avenues to decide for yourself exactly what the product is like.
Just search for "corel office linux" and you can preorder the puppy. Get in line today!
www.cdw.com
stupid brackets disappeared
Standard responses to follow:
a) It hasn't happened yet
b) If it does... will it matter?
c) Windows already has 9+ versions
Did I miss anything? We should have a FAQ for this!
I can't get truetype fonts to work. My XF86Config has the 'Load "freetype"' line, and the fonts/TrueType directory is loaded, but none of the fonts show up in the Gimp or anything else. On top of that, mkfontdir doesn't see any of the fonts. I have a ttfmkfdir from somewhere, but I still don't see any fonts. What should I try?
There is a superficially easy way to stop Napster from eating all of a University's bandwidth. Basically, someone at the University (or maybe a script) should send emails to anyone hosting copyrighted material on Napster and tell them to delete it or face temporary termination of their connection. A student can't complain, because they _are_ breaking the law. This way, not everyone is punished for what only some people do.
Granted, this would be a large task and would only cover the serving half, not the client half. Does anyone know where the bulk of the bandwidth is eaten up? I would guess that serving content uses more bits.
The problem with this argument is the popular misinterpretation of the second amendment. It grants the right to a "well orgranized militia," which has _always_ been interpretted in courts as referring to the national guard, and _not_ just anybody. It's not that the courts like to ignore an amendment, it's just that most people like to focus on the phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear arms..." and ignore the "well-regulated militia" part.
There is only one place to find the funnies, and that is in a newspaper. so why oh why do they print them so small and so crammed together? Take Bill Waterson's (creator of Calvin & hobbes) advice, and let the authors draw as big as they want. To see a good example, buy a copy of the Boston Sunday Globe. Many of the comics are blown up to fill an entire half-page.
It is 13 billion lightyears away, not 13 million.
This is either a pivotal, ahead-of-their-time moment in history, or the saddest thing I've heard about since the quake tattoo.
And are they going to have sex via IRC tonight??
So go into bugzilla and suggest it. At this point the focus is on so-called "dogfood" bugs -- bugs that block normal usage. If you use the bookmark menu, there is an "edit" menu with cut and paste, so that should do the job for now.
Uh, have you used a nightly build lately? Mozilla is _fast_, at least as fast as Netscape 4.7 in linux. The UI is clean, and no longer are there lots of flashing rectangles as it draws the page.
Of course there are issues, but that is what bugzilla.mozilla.org is for. I've reported several bugs that have gotten fixed. People should stop complaining about mozilla and start doing what they can to help it. Not a prorgammer?
Report bugs!
I don't know what "last version out the door" you were referring to. The current version of Mozilla is complete as far as browsing goes. Complete mail, nearly complete news (there are issues with password-authenticated news), and a functional IRC client (more of a demo). It doesn't do java, AFAIK, and I don't know how plugins work, but otherwise it isn't missing a thing. Go check out <ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly> and download something with today's date.
The server is gone. Anyone have a mirror of any of the ads?
I did catch the one with Reeves. That was really freaky. Normally when they paste people's heads on bodies it never looks quite right, but that one was literally flawless. I suppose if you recorded it and studied it for a bit you would be able to find errors, but I thought he was actually walking for a second.
We'll have to revise the old lyric: "Believe none of what you hear and less of what you see!"
"the leopard one" doesn't cut it for those of us that missed that particular ad. Could someone _describe_ the ads everyone is talking about?