Here's an idea: distribute torrent files for the binaries on text-only newsgroups. People without access to binary groups could still get the torrents and use BT to get the actual files. The torrent files would need to be encoded as plain text but as the torrent files themselves are small that'd be a minor obstacle. No SuperNova or equivalent needed. Or have I not taken something into consideration?
I bet residents of high-crime areas would disagree with you. Crime is one of the things that make everyday life difficult and stressful for the urban poor. Yes, the poor need better education and jobs. They also need better access to transportation, better distribution of municipal services, and a neighborhood where people are safe.
I know the parent is making a joke (and a funny one) but this is actually a great idea. Do a minimal Linux install, show them how to run Linx, then they're on their own. By the time they've figured out how to get an IM client going they'll either have lost interest in IM or have learned something.
Firefox: Pro: Open source, free as in beer and speech, highly extensible, configurable, secure, best standards compliance. Con: Clunky user interface, not polished, slow loading, fast rendering, does not work on very few sites.
Opera: Pro: About the best user interface of any software I've ever used. Somewhat extensible, highly configurable, secure, decent standards compliance, very fast loading and rendering. Con: Not open, not free (or ad-supported), does not work on a few sites.
IE: Pro: It's already there, extremely fast loading, works on almost all sites. Con: Not open, not free, not very configurable or extensible, insecure, poor standards compliance, crude user iterface, slow rendering.
I use all three. IE only for testing. I prefer Opera and like it so much I've paid for it. The attention to detail in the user-interface is astounding. Firefox is very good but it's very much a work in progress.
If you like to just click on that link to go to the referenced site, just follow these steps: 1. You'll need to be running Mozilla or Firefox. If you aren't go to this site: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ A nd download and install Firefox. (you'll need to copy and paste from here into your browser's address bar. Also, don't forget to remove any spaces that slashcode may have inserted. Don't forget to bookmark this page in your current browser first so you can get back here. You'll also need to remember to import your current browser's bookmarks into Firefox.) 2. Go to this site: http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/textlink s (you'll need to copy and paste from here into your browser's address bar. Also, don't forget to remove any spaces that slashcode may have inserted.) 3. Install the extension you may need to exit and restart Firefox. Also, if you've downloaded Firefox RC 1.0 and the extension isn't compatible you can try disabling all your extensions first and then installing the extension in question. If that doesn't work you may need to uninstall Firefox, reinstall Firefox, then install the exension in question.) 4. Go back to this page and scroll to the text url above ^. 5. Select the link and click: Et Voila! You will be taken directly to the site in question. (Unfortunately this won't work if slashcode has inserted spaces in the url that you'd like to click on, in which case: Tant Pis!)
You're right! The economy is still reeling from the collapse of the toilet seat industry when the Air Force stopped buying those $600 seats back in the '80s.
When the Web Standards Project can comply with some reasonable standards on _their own site_ I'll start listening to them. Using JavaScript rollovers to hide link URLs in the status bar and CSS to prevent me from distinguishing visited links is complete, total, utter crap. They want me to upgrade for that shit? They can go to hell.
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Here's an idea: distribute torrent files for the binaries on text-only newsgroups. People without access to binary groups could still get the torrents and use BT to get the actual files. The torrent files would need to be encoded as plain text but as the torrent files themselves are small that'd be a minor obstacle. No SuperNova or equivalent needed. Or have I not taken something into consideration?
Just post a torrent of the tracker sites. Duh.
I bet residents of high-crime areas would disagree with you. Crime is one of the things that make everyday life difficult and stressful for the urban poor. Yes, the poor need better education and jobs. They also need better access to transportation, better distribution of municipal services, and a neighborhood where people are safe.
I know the parent is making a joke (and a funny one) but this is actually a great idea. Do a minimal Linux install, show them how to run Linx, then they're on their own. By the time they've figured out how to get an IM client going they'll either have lost interest in IM or have learned something.
Firefox:
Pro: Open source, free as in beer and speech, highly extensible, configurable, secure, best standards compliance.
Con: Clunky user interface, not polished, slow loading, fast rendering, does not work on very few sites.
Opera:
Pro: About the best user interface of any software I've ever used. Somewhat extensible, highly configurable, secure, decent standards compliance, very fast loading and rendering.
Con: Not open, not free (or ad-supported), does not work on a few sites.
IE:
Pro: It's already there, extremely fast loading, works on almost all sites.
Con: Not open, not free, not very configurable or extensible, insecure, poor standards compliance, crude user iterface, slow rendering.
I use all three. IE only for testing. I prefer Opera and like it so much I've paid for it. The attention to detail in the user-interface is astounding. Firefox is very good but it's very much a work in progress.
If you like to just click on that link to go to the referenced site, just follow these steps:
A nd download and install Firefox.k s
1. You'll need to be running Mozilla or Firefox. If you aren't go to this site:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
(you'll need to copy and paste from here into your browser's address bar. Also, don't forget to remove any spaces that slashcode may have inserted. Don't forget to bookmark this page in your current browser first so you can get back here. You'll also need to remember to import your current browser's bookmarks into Firefox.)
2. Go to this site: http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/textlin
(you'll need to copy and paste from here into your browser's address bar. Also, don't forget to remove any spaces that slashcode may have inserted.)
3. Install the extension
you may need to exit and restart Firefox. Also, if you've downloaded Firefox RC 1.0 and the extension isn't compatible you can try disabling all your extensions first and then installing the extension in question. If that doesn't work you may need to uninstall Firefox, reinstall Firefox, then install the exension in question.)
4. Go back to this page and scroll to the text url above ^.
5. Select the link and click: Et Voila! You will be taken directly to the site in question.
(Unfortunately this won't work if slashcode has inserted spaces in the url that you'd like to click on, in which case: Tant Pis!)
Hasn't Knoppix made the Debian installer a moot point for Bob 'Average' User, at least for the desktop?
a local church hired the firm to build a special pew so that a deaf person could hear the service
This is the most intriguing thing about this. Would a deaf person be able to "hear" using the "head-as-speaker" technique?
asymptotic?
I use the 3 Stooges at home. I have four machines so the laptop is Shemp. CurlyJoe and JoeBesser are still available if I ever add any nodes.
'Adventskalender' is also German, Danish, and Norwegian. The first 11 pages returned by Google are in German.
Avoid Adobe. Use GhostScript. Or have the criminals convert it to HTML for you here.
To: SteveCase29375@aol.com
re: AOL usage #s!!!!!!!!!1
kewl!!!!!1 LOL!!!!!!!11
gtg k?
So I says: "Ociffer, if a law can be broken, it's not a law, it's an invalid theory. {Burp}".
I don't think Microsoft has to pay for their own software.
You're right! The economy is still reeling from the collapse of the toilet seat industry when the Air Force stopped buying those $600 seats back in the '80s.
Yugo's finally coming out with a new model: the ScrewYourself.
So what your saying is that I'll be able to listen to music in my car that's transmitted by radio waves? Excellent!
The newer CDMA chipsets use RISC processors, so memory is less of an issue than the older X86 chipset.
Hunh?
No, the DMCA disallows decrypting encrypted works which would make spell-checking illegal.
He's protectifying our Constimatutional freedoms.
I'd visit the link but Junkbuster won't let me!
Cows are hardly natural.
If you know C++, then C's easy. It's just C++ without all the good parts.
C++ == C + objects + dreck;
Objective C == C + objects;
When the Web Standards Project can comply with some reasonable standards on _their own site_ I'll start listening to them. Using JavaScript rollovers to hide link URLs in the status bar and CSS to prevent me from distinguishing visited links is complete, total, utter crap. They want me to upgrade for that shit? They can go to hell.