Okay, the question first. Why does IE still not render png graphics with transparent backgrounds correctly? Are my png files malformed or is this a problem with IE?
Now the comments.
I mostly used Safari on OS X and Firebird in XP. I like tabbed browsing and browsers that aren't resource hogs so these are obvious choices. I do occasionally have to drop into IE on the XP machine because of rendering problems with a (very) few sites. Between Camino and Safari I can view all the sites I need on my Mac. I think that the main reason people don't switch to alternative browsers is because IE is what most people use at work and school and it is difficult for them to transition between home and work. I know that many times I forget how to do something in IE or Word or some other thing we have at work because I use the alternative at home. For me it is not hard to figure out how to do something, but for other people it is very difficult to remember all these things and constantly switch back and forth.
Ummm, I just thought about the parent some more.. Where exactly does BJH's post fit in? Maybe he should add another catagory about offtopic posts, or/. rants.
When I say Free, I don't mean that this stuff isn't going to cost money because I realize that it will. Actually, the Free Software Foundation is a not for profit organization that helps support the development of Free software. There are many ways to donate and many people are already doing it. I have my employer automatically deduct a donation from my paycheck (and my employer pays the administrative fees). Some employers even match the donations of their employees. Check into it.
I think that the GNU project has brought software freedom to the masses and we have only seen the tip of the iceberg so far. For computers to truly be a great asset to society, the software must be free and unhindered by any one entity or small group of entities. Indeed, the software must be owned by no one and should be used freely by society so that information can be exchanged without the influence of some corporate monopoly or oppressive government. GNU isn't just about free software, it is about the free exchange of ideas.
While the element Fluorine is highly toxic, I seriously doubt that Fluoride is is toxic or millions of people would be dying of fluoride poisoning. This is like saying table salt is poisonous because it contains Chlorine. While Chlorine on its own is a deadly gas, sodium chloride (table salt) is not poisonous and is in fact necessary for human survival.
I was very disappointed to see that SCO had released a so called "open" letter to the public containing MY IP!!! Several words and phrases in the letter were used word for word in a History paper I wrote 5 years ago. Although I later released this paper to the public, I did not give up my rights to the IP and I will therefore be suing SCO, anyone who publishes the article or links to it, anyone who reads it, and the RIAA. Thank you for your time.
I do something like this on my Mac with applications. I just drop all my Apps in the Applications folder and then I created my own Applications folder in my home directory. I created aliases for all my apps and put them in catagories in my own personal Applications folder. It toold a while to set up, but now it runs great and is easy to maintain. When I download a new app I just create an alias and put it in my personal app folder and send to original to the main app folder. To update I just drop the updated app icon into the original app folder, no need to create a new alias. This technique is especially helpful with Apple's Software Update because sometimes it will not recognize an App unless it is in the Applications folder and not some sub-folder.
I'd say there is a fair amount of bribery going on on my former campus. I took a beginning CS course on C++ and the instructor only released assignments as Word documents. I asked him if he could use a more portable format (such as PDF, HTML, or RTF) for those of us who didn't have Word. He said that several students had requested this in the past, but that it would be too time consuming for him to go back and reformat the assignments. Under my breath I said BS! I talked to several students that had been in the department for a while and they all said that things were going strictly towards M$ and away from Unix/Linux/Mac. It seems that all they are concerned with now is whether or not you can copy and paste code in Visual Studio.Net
I'd still recommend SuSE to newbies regardless of this obvious corporate BS. In my opinion, SuSE is still a good distro. It has worked well for me. My only problem with SuSE is that they do not offer free ISO downloads (although they do have a Live evaluation CD and FTP installation). If they'd offer a free installable CD ISO I think more people would be willing to try their distro.
This could be very bad because the US government is notoriously stupid, so they might agree to go ahead and pay the fees which would lend a great deal of credibility to SCO's claims.
However, it might turn out great because the government is also notoriously greedy and they might come out against SCO in full force if SCO attempts to extort a large sum of money from them.
Irrigation threatening US water supply
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The Central US will be running out of water in the next 50 to 100 years because of irrigation. Right now, farmers from Texas to the Dakotas get their water from deep aquifers. The problem is that these aquifers were filled by meltwater from the last ice age and are no longer being replenished. Within the next 50 to 100 years, that water will be gone. Plans are already being discussed to divert the Missouri, Mississippi, and Arkansas rivers so that their waters can be used to continue irrigation in America's breadbasket. This could have devistating effects on water supplies and ecosystems downstream.
The sad part is that most corporations are looking for the correct solution, but they want it at the quick and dirty pace. Where I work, everything goes fine as long as you do it quick and dirty and don't mention it to anyone. But as soon as it is found out you are doing it the quick and dirty way, management steps in and comes down hard. They don't really care that you were doing it quick and dirty, they are annoyed because someone found out about it. So after you get berated for doing things the quick and dirty way, you have to do things the correct way, but then you get berated again for not being as productive as before. Explainations fall on deaf ears or are called excuses. So it's back to the ole quick and dirty and the cycle starts again.
I didn't even know it existed. The only people who use Netscape are people who are out of touch with reality and they probably are still using Netscape Gold. Ahhh, Netscape Gold.
I'm not sure any manufacturer uses RDRAM. I know Dell dropped in on its high end comsumer desktop models. It is expensive and customers just don't want it.
Is anyone else tired of SCO news?
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As it has been stated many times before, SCO is clearly looking for a buyout here. I am sure that even SCO realizes that they aren't going to scare anyone into using their UNIX. If you are in the market for a free UNIX and are worried about the lawsuit, you're just going to use a BSD instead of Linux. And if I was in the market for a propietary UNIX I would definately stay away from SCO because they could potentially be crushed by IBM or if not, they will probably be bought out. The future of UNIX just is not in proprietary systems anymore. Even the name UNIX makes me think of old technology. Linux and BSD are the future of UNIX. SCO should get a clue.
I agree totally. I work for a computer manufacturer and people constantly ask me for recommendations on new computers. The first thing I want to know is what they will be using the computer for. If it is word processing and internet surfing is what they are going to use it for, I recommend a used P-II or P-III machine or a K6-2 500. My max would be a 1 GHz t-bird (the chip is about $30 now). I alway recommend that people spend more money on memory, storage, and other features they think they might need and not on processor power that is just overkill. And if you're just using it for light web surfing, watching television, or checking email, I have a Powermac 5400 I can sell you.
Whoever wrote this article must have just been making this crap up. They even posted as and AC so they can't be too credible. I am writing this on an iBook and while it isn't the fastest machine on the market, it is certainly adequate for my needs. It copies files with good speed, even over the network while performing other task simultaneously. It seems that every time someone posts a topic about Mac speed, some moron gets on here and talks about their 6 year old Mac and how slow it is at doing tasks they never would have asked it to do 6 years ago. All I have to say is stop it!
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Okay, the question first. Why does IE still not render png graphics with transparent backgrounds correctly? Are my png files malformed or is this a problem with IE?
Now the comments. I mostly used Safari on OS X and Firebird in XP. I like tabbed browsing and browsers that aren't resource hogs so these are obvious choices. I do occasionally have to drop into IE on the XP machine because of rendering problems with a (very) few sites. Between Camino and Safari I can view all the sites I need on my Mac. I think that the main reason people don't switch to alternative browsers is because IE is what most people use at work and school and it is difficult for them to transition between home and work. I know that many times I forget how to do something in IE or Word or some other thing we have at work because I use the alternative at home. For me it is not hard to figure out how to do something, but for other people it is very difficult to remember all these things and constantly switch back and forth.
Is this the next Ultimate Status Symbol for nerds??
How did this make the front page? Someone should tell CowboyNeal to update the catagories so we can opt out of OpenBSD song announcements.
Ummm, I just thought about the parent some more.. Where exactly does BJH's post fit in? Maybe he should add another catagory about offtopic posts, or /. rants.
When I say Free, I don't mean that this stuff isn't going to cost money because I realize that it will. Actually, the Free Software Foundation is a not for profit organization that helps support the development of Free software. There are many ways to donate and many people are already doing it. I have my employer automatically deduct a donation from my paycheck (and my employer pays the administrative fees). Some employers even match the donations of their employees. Check into it.
I think that the GNU project has brought software freedom to the masses and we have only seen the tip of the iceberg so far. For computers to truly be a great asset to society, the software must be free and unhindered by any one entity or small group of entities. Indeed, the software must be owned by no one and should be used freely by society so that information can be exchanged without the influence of some corporate monopoly or oppressive government. GNU isn't just about free software, it is about the free exchange of ideas.
KEEP IT UP!!
Check out the parent to my post here.. There's got to be a place for this in the FAQ.
While the element Fluorine is highly toxic, I seriously doubt that Fluoride is is toxic or millions of people would be dying of fluoride poisoning. This is like saying table salt is poisonous because it contains Chlorine. While Chlorine on its own is a deadly gas, sodium chloride (table salt) is not poisonous and is in fact necessary for human survival.
I was very disappointed to see that SCO had released a so called "open" letter to the public containing MY IP!!! Several words and phrases in the letter were used word for word in a History paper I wrote 5 years ago. Although I later released this paper to the public, I did not give up my rights to the IP and I will therefore be suing SCO, anyone who publishes the article or links to it, anyone who reads it, and the RIAA. Thank you for your time.
I do something like this on my Mac with applications. I just drop all my Apps in the Applications folder and then I created my own Applications folder in my home directory. I created aliases for all my apps and put them in catagories in my own personal Applications folder. It toold a while to set up, but now it runs great and is easy to maintain. When I download a new app I just create an alias and put it in my personal app folder and send to original to the main app folder. To update I just drop the updated app icon into the original app folder, no need to create a new alias. This technique is especially helpful with Apple's Software Update because sometimes it will not recognize an App unless it is in the Applications folder and not some sub-folder.
I'd say there is a fair amount of bribery going on on my former campus. I took a beginning CS course on C++ and the instructor only released assignments as Word documents. I asked him if he could use a more portable format (such as PDF, HTML, or RTF) for those of us who didn't have Word. He said that several students had requested this in the past, but that it would be too time consuming for him to go back and reformat the assignments. Under my breath I said BS! I talked to several students that had been in the department for a while and they all said that things were going strictly towards M$ and away from Unix/Linux/Mac. It seems that all they are concerned with now is whether or not you can copy and paste code in Visual Studio .Net
I'd still recommend SuSE to newbies regardless of this obvious corporate BS. In my opinion, SuSE is still a good distro. It has worked well for me. My only problem with SuSE is that they do not offer free ISO downloads (although they do have a Live evaluation CD and FTP installation). If they'd offer a free installable CD ISO I think more people would be willing to try their distro.
The Samba team might not want to mess with SCO too much. SCO might "find" some of their IP in Samba and sue them.
I declare SCO it be invalid.
There that should solve all our problems!
This could be very bad because the US government is notoriously stupid, so they might agree to go ahead and pay the fees which would lend a great deal of credibility to SCO's claims.
However, it might turn out great because the government is also notoriously greedy and they might come out against SCO in full force if SCO attempts to extort a large sum of money from them.
The Central US will be running out of water in the next 50 to 100 years because of irrigation. Right now, farmers from Texas to the Dakotas get their water from deep aquifers. The problem is that these aquifers were filled by meltwater from the last ice age and are no longer being replenished. Within the next 50 to 100 years, that water will be gone. Plans are already being discussed to divert the Missouri, Mississippi, and Arkansas rivers so that their waters can be used to continue irrigation in America's breadbasket. This could have devistating effects on water supplies and ecosystems downstream.
The sad part is that most corporations are looking for the correct solution, but they want it at the quick and dirty pace. Where I work, everything goes fine as long as you do it quick and dirty and don't mention it to anyone. But as soon as it is found out you are doing it the quick and dirty way, management steps in and comes down hard. They don't really care that you were doing it quick and dirty, they are annoyed because someone found out about it. So after you get berated for doing things the quick and dirty way, you have to do things the correct way, but then you get berated again for not being as productive as before. Explainations fall on deaf ears or are called excuses. So it's back to the ole quick and dirty and the cycle starts again.
I didn't even know it existed. The only people who use Netscape are people who are out of touch with reality and they probably are still using Netscape Gold. Ahhh, Netscape Gold.
I'm not sure any manufacturer uses RDRAM. I know Dell dropped in on its high end comsumer desktop models. It is expensive and customers just don't want it.
As it has been stated many times before, SCO is clearly looking for a buyout here. I am sure that even SCO realizes that they aren't going to scare anyone into using their UNIX. If you are in the market for a free UNIX and are worried about the lawsuit, you're just going to use a BSD instead of Linux. And if I was in the market for a propietary UNIX I would definately stay away from SCO because they could potentially be crushed by IBM or if not, they will probably be bought out. The future of UNIX just is not in proprietary systems anymore. Even the name UNIX makes me think of old technology. Linux and BSD are the future of UNIX. SCO should get a clue.
Unless your storage device is hit by a gamma ray and then a one may become a zero.
My grandmother calls this "shopping around." The only difference is that someone else is doing all the work.
I agree totally. I work for a computer manufacturer and people constantly ask me for recommendations on new computers. The first thing I want to know is what they will be using the computer for. If it is word processing and internet surfing is what they are going to use it for, I recommend a used P-II or P-III machine or a K6-2 500. My max would be a 1 GHz t-bird (the chip is about $30 now). I alway recommend that people spend more money on memory, storage, and other features they think they might need and not on processor power that is just overkill. And if you're just using it for light web surfing, watching television, or checking email, I have a Powermac 5400 I can sell you.
Whoever wrote this article must have just been making this crap up. They even posted as and AC so they can't be too credible. I am writing this on an iBook and while it isn't the fastest machine on the market, it is certainly adequate for my needs. It copies files with good speed, even over the network while performing other task simultaneously. It seems that every time someone posts a topic about Mac speed, some moron gets on here and talks about their 6 year old Mac and how slow it is at doing tasks they never would have asked it to do 6 years ago. All I have to say is stop it!