I just tried it = www.DoNotHijackMe.com in IE8 and Google loaded.
It's caused by a setting Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Search Options and "Just Display the results in the main window" is selected. If "Do not submit unknown addresses to your auto-search provider" is selected, if it can't find an address it submits it to your default search provider.
Being provided by the cable company is not the biggest problem. It's their salvation. If it comes with your digital cable box, it's already there. You don't pay the fee for the channel guide, the cable company does. (yes, I know we will pay for it, but it will be less and included in our cable bill.) The only downside to this I see is that you can be sure there will be no commercial skip. They know who their customer is and it is not us; it's the channels, and their customer is the advertisers.
No that's not the article is saying. It's not that they are subjecting themselves to too much competition, but that the people with the money want it. If the big media companies start selling computer appliances you can bet that there will be copy protection in the box. Because them that pays, gets.
There isn't much freedom to choose with your wallet if the only choices are copy protection from Company A, or copy protection from Company B.
--Jeff
I think the problem most people have with censorware, beyond free speech issues, is the seemingly arbitrary selection process.
If there were an open censorware package that let you, as the administrator, see what it wanted to block and be able to add and remove non objectionable sites.
Now, I don't like censorware, but it is needed.
The event alerters are a way to communicate information to database clients. For example:
I have an alerter on the insert or update trigger of a particular table. Any application that listens to that alerter will get a notification when an insert or update of that table happens. This can be very useful. You don't need to keep polling the database when there are no changes.
Actually priests of the bazaar is true. If Alan or Linus doesn't like a patch, it is not going in. They are preserving the orthodoxy of the kernel. The fact that there are multiple GUI systems just proves his point. There is no unified user interface on Linux.
The one thing that most of the posts I've read fail to understand is that Linux programmers are not the target market. Windows programmers like myself are the target market. There are a lot of us and we like GUI IDEs. They're not better, just what we are used to. This will open up Linux to Windows programmers. (There goes the neighborhood) If Linux programmers try it and like it (and they probably will), so much the better.
the reason it was titled "A Call to Arms" was the Babylon 5 theme throughout the article. Every paragraph header was a B5 episode title. I don't think it was a real call to arms.
--jeff
"We've got a blind date with Destiny...and it looks like she's ordered the lobster." -The Shoveler, "Mystery Men"
On their site the yave the Wave card. It has their 800 number. One thing they want to do is turn it into a discount card. Rat on you enemies and save big money on cds.
There are times I am not particularly proud to be an American.
--jeff
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" -Salvor Hardin
This is exactly like framing another site in yours. I'd be upset if someone wrapped my site (unlikely, since it sucks, but that's not important) and passed it off as their own.
I'm firmly of the "if you can't read it and it's valid perl, that's your sad loss" mentality.
This has to be the most asinine thing I've heard today. You are obviosly someone lucky enough to write code once and never look at it again and never have to maintain anyone elses code.
This is exactly the kind of thing he's talking about in the article. Most users are NOT like us. They do not want to learn new ways of doing things. They will not learn new ways unless forced to do so. Getting them to Linux REQUIRES these kinds of apps (AOL, Word) and not just look alikes, but work alikes. --jeff
It's not a really stupid idea if done to include the name of the person:
john.doe.123main.9digitzip@usps.gov
This then opens up mail forwarding when you move. You could keep receiving mail even if you move and change isps and not worry about lost mail. (hopefully)
Now, anytime I change isps, I have to notify everyone, unsubscribe from lists and resubscribe with the new address. Wouldn't it be easier to just notify one place and have it forwarded to you new address. change notifications could be sent back and automatically processed by other sites to use the new address.
Well, actually we do want desktop OSes for devices larger than a Palm or WinCE product.
This can actually reduce software costs. If I want a program to run on Palm or WinCE that already runs on Windows or whatever, I have to either recompile or rewrite if I even have the code. If I can have a machine that is portable, long running and nearly as fast as my desktop and can run my existing software, this covers my needs better than a Palm does. (I have a Palm and like it, but I'd rather have a device midway between that and my desktop or laptop)
If the price point for these webpads drops to the $300-$400 range, does this mean the end of the PalmOS and WinCE?
Palm covers a nice niche (I know, I have one), but if I could get a webpad that is smaller than a laptop but larger than a palm and runs my software, Windows or Linux, why would I need a PDA? Now, I think Palm will continue on in lower cost PDAs but I think this is the death knell for WinCE. WinCE is the OS in search of a niche.
I think the biggest thing is the ability to use the same software as my desktop. In fact, you could use this as an entry level desktop that can go with you.
Imagine a ruggedized version with a solar recharger and wireless communications given to villages in third world countries. It could be used to teach children and keep the villages in contact.
String manipulation. It is just much easier to do with perl or any other scripting language than C. Since a web page is text, this just makes it easy to manipulate and build dynamic web pages. Also, development is much faster using a scripting language. Look at slashdot. Would it be as far along as it is if it was written in C?
If this is for digital signatures, what happens when I replace a machine? When I am at another machine? Wouldn't a better way be a smart card and thumbprint reader in one that hands this off to the software? That prevents theft of the card (at least without taking the thumb). So, again, why?
--jeff
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. --Robert Oppenheimer
I think they did it because of the chilling effect this will have on others who link to mp3s. If you can get sued by merely linking to those files, then you probably won't link to them and this will slow the spread of illegal mp3s at least a little.
Slashdot Mirror
I just tried it = www.DoNotHijackMe.com in IE8 and Google loaded.
It's caused by a setting Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Search Options and "Just Display the results in the main window" is selected. If "Do not submit unknown addresses to your auto-search provider" is selected, if it can't find an address it submits it to your default search provider.
No mystery.
What's weird is that I first had this as a cassette, so I first knew it in order. I didn't get the CD til later.
Some albums are made to be listened to in a random order. They Might Be Giants Apollo 18 is designed to be listened to on shuffle.
Being provided by the cable company is not the biggest problem. It's their salvation. If it comes with your digital cable box, it's already there. You don't pay the fee for the channel guide, the cable company does. (yes, I know we will pay for it, but it will be less and included in our cable bill.) The only downside to this I see is that you can be sure there will be no commercial skip. They know who their customer is and it is not us; it's the channels, and their customer is the advertisers.
Related articles:
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=36471
http://www.broadbandweek.com/news/010122/ 010122_through_pvr.htm
That's very similar to Peter David's
"Skippy the Jedi droid" story.
No that's not the article is saying. It's not that they are subjecting themselves to too much competition, but that the people with the money want it. If the big media companies start selling computer appliances you can bet that there will be copy protection in the box. Because them that pays, gets. There isn't much freedom to choose with your wallet if the only choices are copy protection from Company A, or copy protection from Company B. --Jeff
You must live in Florida.
Florida, it grows on you, literally. (No I'm not kidding)
I think the problem most people have with censorware, beyond free speech issues, is the seemingly arbitrary selection process.
If there were an open censorware package that let you, as the administrator, see what it wanted to block and be able to add and remove non objectionable sites.
Now, I don't like censorware, but it is needed.
The event alerters are a way to communicate information to database clients. For example:
I have an alerter on the insert or update trigger of a particular table. Any application that listens to that alerter will get a notification when an insert or update of that table happens.
This can be very useful. You don't need to keep polling the database when there are no changes.
Actually priests of the bazaar is true. If Alan or Linus doesn't like a patch, it is not going in. They are preserving the orthodoxy of the kernel.
The fact that there are multiple GUI systems just proves his point. There is no unified user interface on Linux.
The one thing that most of the posts I've read fail to understand is that Linux programmers are not the target market. Windows programmers like myself are the target market.
There are a lot of us and we like GUI IDEs. They're not better, just what we are used to. This will open up Linux to Windows programmers. (There goes the neighborhood)
If Linux programmers try it and like it (and they probably will), so much the better.
the reason it was titled "A Call to Arms" was the Babylon 5 theme throughout the article. Every paragraph header was a B5 episode title. I don't think it was a real call to arms.
--jeff
"We've got a blind date with Destiny...and it looks like she's ordered the lobster."
-The Shoveler, "Mystery Men"
On their site the yave the Wave card. It has their 800 number. One thing they want to do is turn it into a discount card. Rat on you enemies and save big money on cds.
There are times I am not particularly proud to be an American.
--jeff
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right"
-Salvor Hardin
This is exactly like framing another site in yours. I'd be upset if someone wrapped my site (unlikely, since it sucks, but that's not important) and passed it off as their own.
--jeff
it's people like you what cause discontent.
I'm firmly of the "if you can't read it and it's valid perl, that's your sad loss" mentality.
This has to be the most asinine thing I've heard today. You are obviosly someone lucky enough to write code once and never look at it again and never have to maintain anyone elses code.
<sarcasm> I envy you. </sarcasm>
My favorite line:
Ignite the Anal Wind
If I ever write a book, I want that to be the title.
--jeff
This is exactly the kind of thing he's talking about in the article. Most users are NOT like us. They do not want to learn new ways of doing things. They will not learn new ways unless forced to do so. Getting them to Linux REQUIRES these kinds of apps (AOL, Word) and not just look alikes, but work alikes.
--jeff
It's not a really stupid idea if done to include the name of the person:
john.doe.123main.9digitzip@usps.gov
This then opens up mail forwarding when you move. You could keep receiving mail even if you move and change isps and not worry about lost mail. (hopefully)
Now, anytime I change isps, I have to notify everyone, unsubscribe from lists and resubscribe with the new address. Wouldn't it be easier to just notify one place and have it forwarded to you new address. change notifications could be sent back and automatically processed by other sites to use the new address.
--jeff
Well, actually we do want desktop OSes for devices larger than a Palm or WinCE product.
This can actually reduce software costs. If I want a program to run on Palm or WinCE that already runs on Windows or whatever, I have to either recompile or rewrite if I even have the code. If I can have a machine that is portable, long running and nearly as fast as my desktop and can run my existing software, this covers my needs better than a Palm does. (I have a Palm and like it, but I'd rather have a device midway between that and my desktop or laptop)
--jeff
If the price point for these webpads drops to the $300-$400 range, does this mean the end of the PalmOS and WinCE?
Palm covers a nice niche (I know, I have one), but if I could get a webpad that is smaller than a laptop but larger than a palm and runs my software, Windows or Linux, why would I need a PDA? Now, I think Palm will continue on in lower cost PDAs but I think this is the death knell for WinCE. WinCE is the OS in search of a niche.
I think the biggest thing is the ability to use the same software as my desktop. In fact, you could use this as an entry level desktop that can go with you.
Imagine a ruggedized version with a solar recharger and wireless communications given to villages in third world countries. It could be used to teach children and keep the villages in contact.
Cool.
--jeff
String manipulation. It is just much easier to do with perl or any other scripting language than C. Since a web page is text, this just makes it easy to manipulate and build dynamic web pages. Also, development is much faster using a scripting language. Look at slashdot. Would it be as far along as it is if it was written in C?
Salon also has a piece on this and the Cringely article http://ww w.salonmagazine.com/tech/log/1999/10/08/geek_journ alism/index.html. They're pretty favorable (hint: they read both articles, unlike Cringely)
--jeff
$5 says Jon Katz will have an article on Community Editing/Writing within 2 weeks.
--jeff
If this is for digital signatures, what happens when I replace a machine? When I am at another machine?
Wouldn't a better way be a smart card and thumbprint reader in one that hands this off to the software? That prevents theft of the card (at least without taking the thumb).
So, again, why?
--jeff
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears it is true.
--Robert Oppenheimer
I think they did it because of the chilling effect this will have on others who link to mp3s. If you can get sued by merely linking to those files, then you probably won't link to them and this will slow the spread of illegal mp3s at least a little.