So they have their own system now, excellent. Autonomy is always a good thing. Don't get me wrong, I like the fact that the U.S. is healthy as hell, but no country should be dependent on it for satellite navigation (GPS) or software (Microsoft). I just wish Japan would get its act together to avoid a U.S. economic bailout...
Perhaps at some point in the future, both satellite systems will be merged into an internationally-run outfit. Good standardized functionality as well as a symbol of building what President Clinton referred to as an "integrated global community."
The moral of the story is that they're giving away something that costs them nothing to a market group that wouldn't have bought their stuff otherwise, and keeping Free software out.
How would they be doing that, unless they threw in a condition that forbade that group to use Free Software? I see nothing like that mentioned in the NY Times story.
I already hate people that bring their cells into theaters and classes and such. Now I might also have to deal with little toy cars running about? Are cell companies trying to get their customers shot?
These are never in their office, even during office hours. Occasionally they tape a piece of paper to their door politely explaining where they are, which is always nowhere within reach. They are likely to have a couple of chairs outside their office with boxes for delivering and picking up homework. They are never available immediately after class; the only way of contacting them is through e-mail, which they discourage for long-winded homework questions. On the rare occasion when one actually manages to catch one of these in person, there is nothing actually unpleasant about them, indeed they are often very amiable. They benignly take no notice at all of their unavailability, and gently manage to teach their students the art of complete reliance on textbooks and classmates.
The standards support in Opera 7 has been improved with added support for DOM level 2 and CSS2; improved ECMAScript and HTML 4.01 support; and complete WML 1.3 and 2.0 support. Opera 7 also handles non-standard pages using DHTML, giving Opera's millions of old and new users a hassle-free Internet experience.
That is what's important to me. What I ultimately want to hear is that Opera can render everything Internet Explorer 6.0 can, if not more. Most websites are designed with IE in mind--like it or not, the dominant browser drives website innovation, not the W3C. It's not right, but that's how it is.
The only way I would ever switch to Opera would be if I knew I was going to have the same, or better, viewing functionalty as IE. It looks as if they're finally making progress in this respect.
We set up special servers where cheaters could go all-out doing what they do best?
It could become an entirely different form of competition. Just because you can cheat doesn't mean you can do it well.
I know there'd always be some cheaters hell-bent on ruining the experience for legitimate players, but perhaps this would give a lot of them the chance to harmlessly work off whatever it is that drives them to cheat.
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So they have their own system now, excellent. Autonomy is always a good thing. Don't get me wrong, I like the fact that the U.S. is healthy as hell, but no country should be dependent on it for satellite navigation (GPS) or software (Microsoft). I just wish Japan would get its act together to avoid a U.S. economic bailout...
Perhaps at some point in the future, both satellite systems will be merged into an internationally-run outfit. Good standardized functionality as well as a symbol of building what President Clinton referred to as an "integrated global community."
The moral of the story is that they're giving away something that costs them nothing to a market group that wouldn't have bought their stuff otherwise, and keeping Free software out.
How would they be doing that, unless they threw in a condition that forbade that group to use Free Software? I see nothing like that mentioned in the NY Times story.
...how "free" undercuts "free"?
When both prices are nil, what's left to compare but individual merit and the availability of technical support?
Ok,just to stop silly pellet gun comments...
:)
Humor needs no basis in fact.
Wireless Surfer:
Hey... hey, my download speed's really getting quite good now... whoa, 5 MB/sec! Wow! This is unbelievable! This--hey, what's that? Hey, look out! Look--
Probably just an unstable orbit.
Linux to Mars before it's too late!
Red Hat for the Red Planet!
I already hate people that bring their cells into theaters and classes and such. Now I might also have to deal with little toy cars running about? Are cell companies trying to get their customers shot?
there are relatively close Martian approaches on a regular basis.
Tell me about it. The other day, there was this guy...
Try counterfeiting those.
Heck, try keeping them in circulation. They'd be eaten faster than they were spent.
They can't duplicate the time-worn faded near-illegibility of real currency. Just be on the lookout for crisp bills.
One foot by 3 inches thick and about 6 inches deep.
*opens mouth*
*closes mouth*
I'll still be able to kick the other person in the groin even with teleconferencing.
Even with? Dude, what sort of meetings does your company have?
I can't locate even 1 Very Fast Windows PC yet. I'd need 4 dozens here. Anyone seen such a PC yet?
. asp
http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_perf_results
a remote-controlled robot on one end,
I already teleconference with my boss.
Is there any reason why alcohol, so clean and so renewable, seems to always be overlooked as an alternative fuel?
These are never in their office, even during office hours. Occasionally they tape a piece of paper to their door politely explaining where they are, which is always nowhere within reach. They are likely to have a couple of chairs outside their office with boxes for delivering and picking up homework. They are never available immediately after class; the only way of contacting them is through e-mail, which they discourage for long-winded homework questions. On the rare occasion when one actually manages to catch one of these in person, there is nothing actually unpleasant about them, indeed they are often very amiable. They benignly take no notice at all of their unavailability, and gently manage to teach their students the art of complete reliance on textbooks and classmates.
...to show the history of when HTTP became MSIEHTTP.
When they eventually sizzle and explode there's bound to be lots of free electricity right there.
Cookie manager, password manager, skinning, fine, fine.
This is the part I actually care about:
The standards support in Opera 7 has been improved with added support for DOM level 2 and CSS2; improved ECMAScript and HTML 4.01 support; and complete WML 1.3 and 2.0 support. Opera 7 also handles non-standard pages using DHTML, giving Opera's millions of old and new users a hassle-free Internet experience.
That is what's important to me. What I ultimately want to hear is that Opera can render everything Internet Explorer 6.0 can, if not more. Most websites are designed with IE in mind--like it or not, the dominant browser drives website innovation, not the W3C. It's not right, but that's how it is.
The only way I would ever switch to Opera would be if I knew I was going to have the same, or better, viewing functionalty as IE. It looks as if they're finally making progress in this respect.
Must not be a terribly secure proxy server they have then.
...is that the evil computers are running Unix?! :)
Don't you remember the Jurassic Park computers?
"It's a yooooonix system... I know this..."
We set up special servers where cheaters could go all-out doing what they do best?
It could become an entirely different form of competition. Just because you can cheat doesn't mean you can do it well.
I know there'd always be some cheaters hell-bent on ruining the experience for legitimate players, but perhaps this would give a lot of them the chance to harmlessly work off whatever it is that drives them to cheat.
If I were them, I'd get Burt Rutan on board the design team. He seems to have his head on straight.
Right.
If we do it to get a date, it's good.
Right again.
Perhaps I'm missing something.
Nope, you've got it just fine!