Actually, I like it because I like all of the personalization. Less time wasted. Show me things I'm interested in, and don't show me irrelevant shit. I'm all for any kind of personalization that I can get online. Like the parent post, I don't do anything illegal, so I say, collect away!
Linux on a laptop is very much a specialty item. Anytime you buy ANY specialty item in ANY market, it costs more. Production, marketing, etc. There aren't people knocking down any doors to get Linux on a laptop. Without the mass production, you've got to pay more. That's how it is in AN market.
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I'm very much in favor of Net sales tax. So, I will be contacting my congressmen, asking them to support mandatory sales taxes online.
FDisk doesn't exist on NTFS. Hopefully, most of the modern world has switched to NTFS by now. I *think* that NTFS is also the default for Win XP, but don't quote me on this.
Everything that send out your info to the net isn't "spyware". That's a ridiculous term. If it's useful, then it's certainly not "spyware". Would you call SETI@Home spyware? How about email?
It's probably because Winamp 3 is a bloated, nasty mess. I've tried Winamp 3 many times, and I always remove it to go back to Winamp 2. Most software reviewers tend to agree. Winamp 2 is pretty close to the perfect MP3 player.
Recommendations are nice, but what I want is a tie in to Fast Track. I want a list of DATs that I can plug in to Kazaalite and download based on what I play.
Spammers won't do this. Why? The number of people using something like Spamassasin are so small, it's not worth their time. Besides, those customers aren't going to buy, anyway.
Nope. As soon as it hits the market, it can be reverse engineered, and another company can copy it. Without legal protection, there's no real incentive to spend R&D working on *anything* since a competitor can just reverse engineer. And, because that competitor didn't have to spend money on R&D, they'll be able to kill the original company on price. Thus, there's zero incentive for R&D if you know that you can be legally copied as soon as you hit the marketplace.
A special video card is required to play? That's ridiculous. They're already limiting their userbase to active gamers that follow the daily video card upgrade circus. I was really interested in giving this a whirl until I read this.
No, which computer I use doesn't matter. How I use it is another story. See, most "geeks" are "geeks" because they love with their heart and soul every damn gizmo they get. Call me nuts, but it doesn't take much skill or effort to go down to the store and buy a mass produced something. I prefer to get a tool, and do cool things with it (see below website).
And no, I don't care if I use a Mac or not, just so long as it's a good price, and I can get work done on it. If I bought a Mac 1. I'd have to spend 2-3 times as much and 2. most of my software wouldn't function.
Yes, I know this. A server can send whatever it wants. Lots of web servers vary content per user, per browser, etc. This is the first instance I've seen on a browser INTENTIONALLY showing the wrong thing.
OK, nobody understanding how juvenile this is, I understand. After all, this is Slashdot. But this sets a bad precedent. This is the first time (that I'm aware of) that a browser manufacturer intentionally made a browser that does NOT show what the server is sending to me. There was screaming outrage when it was rumored that IE was going to do this with special links back to MS's own products. This is obviously supposed to be funny, but it's still bad. How can you trust a browser that intentionally doesn't show you what you asked for? You have no idea if you're getting what you're supposed to be getting when you go to *any* page. This is exceeding unprofessional, and violate everything that a browser is supposed to do.
I have an expensive Mac. It strikes me as slow, sometimes. I get annoyed when software comes out for the PC first. But I'm not giving it up for anything.
You, sir, are a marketing person's wet dream. A customer so loyal that they'll take their admittedly expensive, inferior product and love it.
I have a *great* set of screwdrivers. Have I told you about 'em? They're SO exciting! I tell everybody I can. I even have a bumper sticker on my car with a couple of screwdrivers to show my loyalty to the multi-billion dollar international conglomerate that makes them. The phillips heads are all blue anodized steel with fusicia handles, and the standard heads are all green anodized steel with turquoise handles. They're so much fun! I really feel special, because I bought the pretty colored screwdrivers. I really feel like my screwdrivers define me as a person. There's nothing more that I want to do than talk with others about their screwdrivers and their screw driving experiences. I am unique. I was walking through Home Depot and I said, "Why get the grey and blue ones... I want the *pretty* ones! I'll be different. Me and the 2.5 million other people who buy these screwdrivers, well, we're just better and smarter than those who settle for the regular screwdrivers. We're all very special individuals. All 2.5 million of us. Sure, they cost twice as much, but have you seen them? They're blue and green!"
Get a life. It's just a fucking tool. Speaking of tool, do you have any idea how much of a corporate tool you are?
HTTP does not have firewall issues, does not need authentication, does not (by default) allow directory listings, and is the same speed as FTP. It's a good deal for general file distrubution.
You've got your layers all messed up. First off, HTTP has nothing to do with firewalls. Firewalls work with port numbers... HTTP as well as FTP can work on any port... they're just standardized. Also, you may be talking about passive FTP transfers which use multiple ports. Again, nothing to do with the protocol. Turn off passive if you're having firewall problems, or switch ports.
HTTP doesn't need authentication. Neither does FTP. They can both work anonymously. They both require an anoymous user with very limited rights on the server.
Directoy listings has nothing to do with HTTP. It has everything to do with the web server.
[shaking head]... I'm so glad there is somebody willing to be on the cutting edge of tech products. They make regular, reliable products so much cheaper for the rest of us.
Wi-Fi, the most popular form of wireless Internet access, is practically ubiquitous in coffee shops, airports, offices and homes in the United States.
When did this happen? And why hasn't anybody notified any local Net providers? I'm still on dialup, and I'm just a few miles from the center of town. I know I'm not the last dialup holdout. Ubiquitous in San Francisco maybe, but not in the US. This author is off her rocker.
I've had consistenly bad experiences with AMD & W2K. Several clusterfucks, in fact. I have no idea why, but I know I can't get good uptime with AMD in a W2K box for some reason.
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Actually, I like it because I like all of the personalization. Less time wasted. Show me things I'm interested in, and don't show me irrelevant shit. I'm all for any kind of personalization that I can get online. Like the parent post, I don't do anything illegal, so I say, collect away!
Linux on a laptop is very much a specialty item. Anytime you buy ANY specialty item in ANY market, it costs more. Production, marketing, etc. There aren't people knocking down any doors to get Linux on a laptop. Without the mass production, you've got to pay more. That's how it is in AN market.
I'm very much in favor of Net sales tax. So, I will be contacting my congressmen, asking them to support mandatory sales taxes online.
FDisk doesn't exist on NTFS. Hopefully, most of the modern world has switched to NTFS by now. I *think* that NTFS is also the default for Win XP, but don't quote me on this.
Yeah, Kazaalite comes with a few utilities that do this. http://www.kazaalite.com
Everything that send out your info to the net isn't "spyware". That's a ridiculous term. If it's useful, then it's certainly not "spyware". Would you call SETI@Home spyware? How about email?
It's probably because Winamp 3 is a bloated, nasty mess. I've tried Winamp 3 many times, and I always remove it to go back to Winamp 2. Most software reviewers tend to agree. Winamp 2 is pretty close to the perfect MP3 player.
Recommendations are nice, but what I want is a tie in to Fast Track. I want a list of DATs that I can plug in to Kazaalite and download based on what I play.
Spammers won't do this. Why? The number of people using something like Spamassasin are so small, it's not worth their time. Besides, those customers aren't going to buy, anyway.
Uh, not Linux. It's better. We all know that.
Yes, which is why this flaw supposedly exists in XP. It does not exist in W2K.
Nope. As soon as it hits the market, it can be reverse engineered, and another company can copy it. Without legal protection, there's no real incentive to spend R&D working on *anything* since a competitor can just reverse engineer. And, because that competitor didn't have to spend money on R&D, they'll be able to kill the original company on price. Thus, there's zero incentive for R&D if you know that you can be legally copied as soon as you hit the marketplace.
Required:
Pentium II, 400 mhz
192Mb Ram
3D Accelerator
Recommended:
Pentium II 700+
256Mb Ram
GeForce video card
A special video card is required to play? That's ridiculous. They're already limiting their userbase to active gamers that follow the daily video card upgrade circus. I was really interested in giving this a whirl until I read this.
Let me guess... a DOS based OS, huh?
No, which computer I use doesn't matter. How I use it is another story. See, most "geeks" are "geeks" because they love with their heart and soul every damn gizmo they get. Call me nuts, but it doesn't take much skill or effort to go down to the store and buy a mass produced something. I prefer to get a tool, and do cool things with it (see below website).
And no, I don't care if I use a Mac or not, just so long as it's a good price, and I can get work done on it. If I bought a Mac 1. I'd have to spend 2-3 times as much and 2. most of my software wouldn't function.
Yes, I know this. A server can send whatever it wants. Lots of web servers vary content per user, per browser, etc. This is the first instance I've seen on a browser INTENTIONALLY showing the wrong thing.
OK, nobody understanding how juvenile this is, I understand. After all, this is Slashdot. But this sets a bad precedent. This is the first time (that I'm aware of) that a browser manufacturer intentionally made a browser that does NOT show what the server is sending to me. There was screaming outrage when it was rumored that IE was going to do this with special links back to MS's own products. This is obviously supposed to be funny, but it's still bad. How can you trust a browser that intentionally doesn't show you what you asked for? You have no idea if you're getting what you're supposed to be getting when you go to *any* page. This is exceeding unprofessional, and violate everything that a browser is supposed to do.
I have an expensive Mac. It strikes me as slow, sometimes. I get annoyed when software comes out for the PC first. But I'm not giving it up for anything.
You, sir, are a marketing person's wet dream. A customer so loyal that they'll take their admittedly expensive, inferior product and love it.
I have a *great* set of screwdrivers. Have I told you about 'em? They're SO exciting! I tell everybody I can. I even have a bumper sticker on my car with a couple of screwdrivers to show my loyalty to the multi-billion dollar international conglomerate that makes them. The phillips heads are all blue anodized steel with fusicia handles, and the standard heads are all green anodized steel with turquoise handles. They're so much fun! I really feel special, because I bought the pretty colored screwdrivers. I really feel like my screwdrivers define me as a person. There's nothing more that I want to do than talk with others about their screwdrivers and their screw driving experiences. I am unique. I was walking through Home Depot and I said, "Why get the grey and blue ones... I want the *pretty* ones! I'll be different. Me and the 2.5 million other people who buy these screwdrivers, well, we're just better and smarter than those who settle for the regular screwdrivers. We're all very special individuals. All 2.5 million of us. Sure, they cost twice as much, but have you seen them? They're blue and green!"
Get a life. It's just a fucking tool. Speaking of tool, do you have any idea how much of a corporate tool you are?
HTTP does not have firewall issues, does not need authentication, does not (by default) allow directory listings, and is the same speed as FTP. It's a good deal for general file distrubution.
You've got your layers all messed up. First off, HTTP has nothing to do with firewalls. Firewalls work with port numbers... HTTP as well as FTP can work on any port... they're just standardized. Also, you may be talking about passive FTP transfers which use multiple ports. Again, nothing to do with the protocol. Turn off passive if you're having firewall problems, or switch ports.
HTTP doesn't need authentication. Neither does FTP. They can both work anonymously. They both require an anoymous user with very limited rights on the server.
Directoy listings has nothing to do with HTTP. It has everything to do with the web server.
[shaking head]... I'm so glad there is somebody willing to be on the cutting edge of tech products. They make regular, reliable products so much cheaper for the rest of us.
Wi-Fi, the most popular form of wireless Internet access, is practically ubiquitous in coffee shops, airports, offices and homes in the United States.
When did this happen? And why hasn't anybody notified any local Net providers? I'm still on dialup, and I'm just a few miles from the center of town. I know I'm not the last dialup holdout. Ubiquitous in San Francisco maybe, but not in the US. This author is off her rocker.
Screw regular pachinko. I want Pachinko Sexy Reaction on my PS2!! I wonder if they'll make a Super-Lucky-Ultra-Mega-Ghost-Samurai Pachinko?
I've had consistenly bad experiences with AMD & W2K. Several clusterfucks, in fact. I have no idea why, but I know I can't get good uptime with AMD in a W2K box for some reason.
Anyone know how can they say that a CPU chip will help wireless technology?
The same way they say that a faster Pentium will help you surf the "Internet" faster.