The weirdest part of this phenomenon is that speech is processed in different parts of the brain depending on the context. So people with this problem can often sing but they can't talk. In my case I could do my normal professional speaking to large crowds but I could barely whisper and grunt off stage. And most people with this condition report they have the most trouble talking on the telephone or when there is background noise. I can speak normally alone, but not around others. That makes it sound like a social anxiety problem, but it's really just a different context, because I could easily sing to those same people.
After reading that, I must say this ranks among the weirdest conditions I've heard of! It only goes to show how incredibly complex the brain is...
I have been using Firefox 2.0 for a day now. I can't really see how this warrants a 2.0 release. It seems like there should be more added features and innovation that we have come to expect from the Mozilla team to jump to 2.0.
First, Firefox 2.0 is supposed to be a "0.5" upgrade from 1.5; that is, approximately as much of a change as 1.5 was compared to 1.0.
Now, Firefox 2.0 offers these noticeable features, among others: - Updated UI - Anti-phishing - Tab close undo - Session restore - Form spell checker - Microsummaries - JavaScript 1.7 - Loads and loads of bug and stability fixes, including improved memory usage
I'm really not sure why this couldn't be a 2.0 release? What else should it be? 1.6 would be way to minor for its features anyway. Heck, this is the scale e.g. IE 5 -> 6 was on IMHO, if not more, and then that was an incremental step of 1, not 0.5 as Firefox 2.0 is.
Gee what a great feature... I've only been using that in the Safari browser for os-X for what... Five Years now?
So... Are you truly happy or not that Firefox get it? I never understood the reasoning that once things are added it's reason for sarcasm, and if it isn't, it's reason for anger.
Probably not, but if it's against censorship, I guess it has to be "leftist propaganda". At least if you watch and learn from the Bush administration...
Of course not, but among modern societies, degrees of freedom goes beyond being able to post on Internet forums. It's also a rather poor measuring tool too, as I can guarantee you a Chinese user can find a way to post here as well.
I agree... I already have that virtual office with stacks of documents neatly organized and the tools to work with them at my fingertips. The tools are icons on my desktop, the documents files in folders. Why the hell does it need to emulate the real world, if the real world is more awkward to manipulate using a 2D device with some buttons?
:focus (IE 5.2 for Mac actually still does a better job)
outline (IE 5.2 for Mac has full support)
Tables: border-spacing
Tables: border-collapse
Tables: caption-side
Tables: empty-cells
Only listing shortcomings where support is present in all or nearly all of Firefox, Opera, Safari; the majority of its competition.
But it's still a huge improvement over IE 6 standards-wise, and I think Microsoft did a pretty good job taking their ancient IE 6 code and doing something decent out of it. IE 7 adds support for all CSS selectors, and even handles the + selector better than Firefox, applying styles correctly in dynamic updates.
Maybe with IE 8 they will be even more competitive with the browsers of today, standards-wise.
I agree that all those tags you mention are useless; searching for stories tagged "yes" won't exactly yield results narrowed down enough to be useful. But some tags of this more "abstract" kind could be useful, like the "thinkofthechildren" one. That's an example of something rarely directly talked about in the article or an "official" subject of one, but still the gist of it. A bit like the gist of this article is "wretched hive of scum and villainy" at least for the Slashdot crowd who're a bit introduced to the system (others may use the other tags, so they don't lose out on it). I have to say that isn't the most brilliant tag to pick due to its length though, but that's another matter.
If I register with e.g GigaNews or whoever, they have at the very least my contact / credit card details, and even if they may not leave private information to just about anyone, I wouldn't be too confident in antipiracy organizations not being capable of using their user registries to proceed with their investigation.
My point is -- at least with BT, I wouldn't be registering myself on some company. With Usenet, you often have both that way for them to attack you, as well as the traditional ISP way.
Besides, MS has given away a lot of software in the past (for example, their compiler is free, and also the Express editions of their IDE's, the powertoys, WTL was even made open source, and so on), so even beyond the matter you bring up, it's a pretty poor title.
Maybe a OS X / Linux interpreter for this game will also be released after a while. It's not like a cross platform SCUMM interpreter to run LucasArts game existed from the start anywyay.
I agree Grim Fandango was awesome, but I think it was wrapped up with "Manny" Calavera and "Meche" Colomar on the Number Nine.:-) Actually, as great as the game was, equally great was the ending. I'm not sure I'd like to see a sequel of that game.
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After reading that, I must say this ranks among the weirdest conditions I've heard of!
It only goes to show how incredibly complex the brain is...
First, Firefox 2.0 is supposed to be a "0.5" upgrade from 1.5; that is, approximately as much of a change as 1.5 was compared to 1.0.
Now, Firefox 2.0 offers these noticeable features, among others:
- Updated UI
- Anti-phishing
- Tab close undo
- Session restore
- Form spell checker
- Microsummaries
- JavaScript 1.7
- Loads and loads of bug and stability fixes, including improved memory usage
I'm really not sure why this couldn't be a 2.0 release? What else should it be? 1.6 would be way to minor for its features anyway. Heck, this is the scale e.g. IE 5 -> 6 was on IMHO, if not more, and then that was an incremental step of 1, not 0.5 as Firefox 2.0 is.
Yes, here too. It's possible there's some sort of extension conflict in his case perhaps? Assuming it truly is 2.0 final of course.
Yes, if the respective authors of the extensions update them for 2.0.
If not, you can try out the Nightly Tester Tools extension.
You can either force Firefox 2 to check for extension updates via the Extension dialog, or let it do it automatically on application startup.
No, it doesn't, and IE 7 also blocks ActiveX by default now (you can only opt-in on a per-control basis) as a security measure.
Gee what a great feature...
I've only been using that in the Safari browser for os-X for what... Five Years now?
So... Are you truly happy or not that Firefox get it?
I never understood the reasoning that once things are added it's reason for sarcasm, and if it isn't, it's reason for anger.
Probably not, but if it's against censorship, I guess it has to be "leftist propaganda".
At least if you watch and learn from the Bush administration...
Of course not, but among modern societies, degrees of freedom goes beyond being able to post on Internet forums. It's also a rather poor measuring tool too, as I can guarantee you a Chinese user can find a way to post here as well.
I agree... I already have that virtual office with stacks of documents neatly organized and the tools to work with them at my fingertips. The tools are icons on my desktop, the documents files in folders. Why the hell does it need to emulate the real world, if the real world is more awkward to manipulate using a 2D device with some buttons?
Well, why do? The regular links are both direct, as opposed to BT, and clearly functional.
Yes, thanks to new Vista kernel features, they were able to make IE 7 run in a "sandbox" with lower rights than a limited user account.
Only listing shortcomings where support is present in all or nearly all of Firefox, Opera, Safari; the majority of its competition.
But it's still a huge improvement over IE 6 standards-wise, and I think Microsoft did a pretty good job taking their ancient IE 6 code and doing something decent out of it. IE 7 adds support for all CSS selectors, and even handles the + selector better than Firefox, applying styles correctly in dynamic updates.
Maybe with IE 8 they will be even more competitive with the browsers of today, standards-wise.
I agree that all those tags you mention are useless; searching for stories tagged "yes" won't exactly yield results narrowed down enough to be useful. But some tags of this more "abstract" kind could be useful, like the "thinkofthechildren" one. That's an example of something rarely directly talked about in the article or an "official" subject of one, but still the gist of it. A bit like the gist of this article is "wretched hive of scum and villainy" at least for the Slashdot crowd who're a bit introduced to the system (others may use the other tags, so they don't lose out on it). I have to say that isn't the most brilliant tag to pick due to its length though, but that's another matter.
Or they'll be half-autistic introvert geeks that have absolutely no problem recalling 10 digit alphanumeric passwords at all!
I mean... A... friend of mine is like that! Yeah!
We got his questions and answers, and now we're supposed to discuss whether his answers are good and if he asked all the right questions? :-)
I find it funny that Vienna switched to OS X before Microsoft got Windows code name "Vienna" out the door, but then again, I'm a geek.
Yeah, like you can with music from iTunes as well.
I don't really see the point with that comment; recording+reencoding is applicable to most current DRM schemes anyway.
Actually, I have to wonder about that.
If I register with e.g GigaNews or whoever, they have at the very least my contact / credit card details, and even if they may not leave private information to just about anyone, I wouldn't be too confident in antipiracy organizations not being capable of using their user registries to proceed with their investigation.
My point is -- at least with BT, I wouldn't be registering myself on some company. With Usenet, you often have both that way for them to attack you, as well as the traditional ISP way.
I love the PNG alpha transparency and RSS support!!1
Hmm...
The "My" stuff is being removed in Vista, and "Microsoft" is being replaced with "Windows", nothing else.
Besides, MS has given away a lot of software in the past (for example, their compiler is free, and also the Express editions of their IDE's, the powertoys, WTL was even made open source, and so on), so even beyond the matter you bring up, it's a pretty poor title.
Hmm, can you sue schools for overprotection? ;-)
Maybe a OS X / Linux interpreter for this game will also be released after a while. It's not like a cross platform SCUMM interpreter to run LucasArts game existed from the start anywyay.
I agree Grim Fandango was awesome, but I think it was wrapped up with "Manny" Calavera and "Meche" Colomar on the Number Nine. :-)
Actually, as great as the game was, equally great was the ending. I'm not sure I'd like to see a sequel of that game.
Gametap
;-)
Or given their business model, is it perhaps "Gametrap"?