Of course, we do all realize that eventhough IE4 and NN4 are 90+ percent compatible, companies and designers still choose to DETECT THE BROWSER AND CREATE DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
TD Waterhouse, admittedly an online stockbroker, won't let you use any browser other than IE or NN because:
For your security to access the TD Waterhouse website you require either Internet Explorer or Netscape 4.0 (or above).
Once you pass their browser detection test you're forced to use javascript in order to navigate around the site. They're obviously very concerned about security. Heh!
Linux distributions have one basic problem: Too many notes! Until they have less notes, it won't be ready for the mainstream.
You know, I used to think that about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and then one day I decided to play it. And guess what? All those notes really were needed.
Yes, well, given that those of us in Oz haven't seen the ad and that you dumped Skylab on us, the AC's comment is perfectly reasonable IMO. Particularly, when the last I heard, the Russians were planning to dump Mir in our vicinity.
...is the motto of the Olympic movement. It is a perfectly apt one. What could be more human than reaching further, higher or faster? What could me more human than accepting a bribe or stabbing a friend in the back? We should embrace the Olympic movement. It's not about the athletes or what they can do. It's about celebrating what we are. From the mightiest hero to the lowliest troll. Celebrate humanity.
The real world case- A neighborhood deteriorates to the point where nobody would be foolish enough to spend money maintaining the buildings. Therefore the rents plummet even farther. Within a few years it's a ghetto.
Except in the neighbourhood ghetto the buildings aren't owned by the people that reside in them. We 'own' linux and can readily maintain, upgrade and change it to our hearts content. If anything proprietory software becomes an impediment to that level of freedom.
No. There was a cover-up. There was a report on this on Nightline (I believe - I'm in Australia and so I'm uncertain which program it was in the US - Australians saw the report on Four Corners), that showed video footage from the bridge of the incident.
A few years ago a US Navy ship shot down an arab passenger plane, mostly because the software of the Aeiges (sp?)radar system misidentified the target.
This was not caused by faulty software but by a gung-ho captain and an inept crew. The captain ordered the crew to override the automagical systems of AEGIS and as a result the airliner was mis-identified as hostile (despite emitting a civilian IFF squawk).
The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5...is probably THE best fan site out there, with plenty of links, back-plot, production info, yadda-yadda... Well worth the click.
Just to back up this comment, JMS (the show's creator) has said that he often used the site to check his facts in an attempt to stay consistent throughout the five years.
skribe 62.0% pure 38.0% corrupt 36.3636363636364% insane.
Check your facts, arsehole. Go to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (http://www.abs.gov.au) and you'll discover that gun related crimes are down 8% since the ban.
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Guns ARE scary if you are ignorant about them.
Guns are scary to the clued in. If they're not scary to you, then you're not thinking hard enough about gun safety.
3,000,000,000 Earth uninhabitable because of increase in solar luminosity
It's more likely to be only 700 million years (better get all your affairs in order quickly =). Here's a link explaining why.
Of course, we do all realize that eventhough IE4 and NN4 are 90+ percent compatible, companies and designers still choose to DETECT THE BROWSER AND CREATE DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
TD Waterhouse, admittedly an online stockbroker, won't let you use any browser other than IE or NN because:
For your security to access the TD Waterhouse website you require either Internet Explorer or Netscape 4.0 (or above).
Once you pass their browser detection test you're forced to use javascript in order to navigate around the site. They're obviously very concerned about security. Heh!
Hey, if Australia doesn't want that consignment of PS2's, we'll take 'em...
There does seem to be a plethora of PS2s here. I thought they were supposed to be quite rare. Perhaps the $A800+ price tag is quelling demand.
Linux distributions have one basic problem: Too many notes! Until they have less notes, it won't be ready for the mainstream.
You know, I used to think that about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and then one day I decided to play it. And guess what? All those notes really were needed.
I just meant we're not likely to detect a signal from any of them.
Particularly if we don't look.
Yes, well, given that those of us in Oz haven't seen the ad and that you dumped Skylab on us, the AC's comment is perfectly reasonable IMO. Particularly, when the last I heard, the Russians were planning to dump Mir in our vicinity.
...is the motto of the Olympic movement. It is a perfectly apt one. What could be more human than reaching further, higher or faster? What could me more human than accepting a bribe or stabbing a friend in the back? We should embrace the Olympic movement. It's not about the athletes or what they can do. It's about celebrating what we are. From the mightiest hero to the lowliest troll. Celebrate humanity.
skribe
The real world case- A neighborhood deteriorates to the point where nobody would be foolish enough to spend money maintaining the buildings. Therefore the rents plummet even farther. Within a few years it's a ghetto.
Except in the neighbourhood ghetto the buildings aren't owned by the people that reside in them. We 'own' linux and can readily maintain, upgrade and change it to our hearts content. If anything proprietory software becomes an impediment to that level of freedom.
skribe
Instead of talking about this, let's get our act together and move.
Right! This calls for immediate discussion.
skribe
After scanning the proposal it looks like it will be .air not .aero. Maybe slashdot should apply for hot.air =).
Perth? What the hell are you doing in Perth? That's the wrong side of the country?
;).
It may be the wrong side, but it is most assuredly the nicer side. Perhaps your packets wanted a relaxing vacation
skribe
Perth: Boring one day. Boring the next.
Other countries have democratic republics as well, they just do it more efficiently.
Those of us in democratic monarchies do alright too =).
skribe
Being a Republican in Australia often means you're a Democrat!
>Was the captain ever disciplined?
No. There was a cover-up. There was a report on this on Nightline (I believe - I'm in Australia and so I'm uncertain which program it was in the US - Australians saw the report on Four Corners), that showed video footage from the bridge of the incident.
There are a number of web sites with further details. This one is preachy but isn't too bad:
http://www.geocities.com/Ca pit olHill/5260/vince.html
A few years ago a US Navy ship shot down an arab passenger plane, mostly because the software of the Aeiges (sp?)radar system misidentified the target.
This was not caused by faulty software but by a gung-ho captain and an inept crew. The captain ordered the crew to override the automagical systems of AEGIS and as a result the airliner was mis-identified as hostile (despite emitting a civilian IFF squawk).
>we're going to see a lot more space ham activity.
PIGS IN SPACE!!!
Its funny how American media has deluded the public into thinking the US was the deciding factor in WWII.
Like how they found Enigma? Or how they escaped from Colditz? =)
Sure ways to kill any con.
Do you know who Deep Throat was?
Linda Lovelace.
He brought down the Nixon government.
He? I know she was kinda furry but I don't remember seeing any dangling tackle between her legs. Then again, it has been a while since I saw it.
He changed the face of US politics.
Deep Throat changed more than US politics.
How do you want them? Dead or Alive?
Just to back up this comment, JMS (the show's creator) has said that he often used the site to check his facts in an attempt to stay consistent throughout the five years.
skribe
62.0% pure
38.0% corrupt
36.3636363636364% insane.
>Sure, right - believe the lies your government tells you.
As oppposed to a git that won't cite sources?
Learn to read, sludgeguts. Violent crimes involving firearms are down.
Check your facts, arsehole. Go to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (http://www.abs.gov.au) and you'll discover that gun related crimes are down 8% since the ban.
You wouldn't be a fellow aussie would ya? =)
skribe