you know a billion chinese are taught the moon landings were a fraud
and if you look at some of the evidence the people who claim teh moon landing was a hoax provide some of it is interesting at least...
personally teh most compelling evidence is the fact that the astronauts themselves won't talk publically about it and went from being party animals to recluses before/after the mission
i'm sure the assholes with teh tinfoil comments will start but not having an open mind to the possibilities that exist makes you dangerously narrowminded.
frankly even if they didn't go the boost in tech theyg ot developing shit to go was worth the money and the effort, and personally i'd like to see the same kinds of efforts expended on something like a mars colony, which people have plausible modular plans that would have bases there within 5-10 yeras starting right now instead of 20+ or whatever GWB's bullshit speech du jour said
Until about a week ago when i was introduced to Firefox. Here I'll give my opinions based on years of browsing and although I've used virtually every browser out there from lynx to safari I primarily use IE and have for the last several years so I will compare Firefox to it. As I've read other posts comparing speed, I find both of them render comparably fast, are compatible with roughly the same media and are basically equal at this level. People complain about the load times compared to IE but I really don't notice it that much, and there is none with tabs, they're very fast. I was skeptical at first and it still has a few annoying things I don't like but they're fewer than what I do so I'll list them first:
CONS 1.) you can't just press enter like in IE after entering information eg login/password, searches anything you have to press tab THEN enter.
2.) it doesn't pass off most wmv files to mplayer2 like it should and does with everything else fine
3.) why can't i run exes? must it not only second guess me but lock me into a forced download/install/delete cycle when IE lets me just execute after the download is complete trusting me to make the right choice?
PROS 1.) easily installed (ctrl-d, i like hte mimiced funcationality as it makes migrating easier for me and i'm lazy) highly functional bookmark toolbar buttons which even show the related website graphic with the associated website such as the green/. i'm looking at right now.
2.) multiple browser tabs easily opened (ctrl-t), i had heard about these before but i grossly underestimated just how useful these really are until i started using them, never again will i go hunt and peck for the right IE window at the bottom my ever cramped taskbar.
3.) beautiful and extremely functional themes with details only someone who made it with love would think to include like red/yellow/green status lights for if a tabbed page is loading and separate forward and back list box histories (i'm using nautipolis from the site i found simply by clicking on "get themes")
4.) extension plug-ins available that flawlessly install, notable examples include a tiny java vm compared to the huge sun download and resource hog, easily done macromedia flash without any bullshit of registering or clicking through 400 pages to install associated with a similar typical IE 3rd party install, these are all seamlessly integrated and the installs are smooth. My personal favorite and most important extension is the adblock extension, which allows me to block source sites for ads with a simple right click and a wildcard.
5.) built in search and popup blocking, you take these things for granted if you have the google toolbar installed as i did but this takes up less realestate (almost none, a tiny google search thumb in the right corner) and is more functional and the google news button is easily emulated as per the buttons mentioned above.
Overall Firefox is extremely impressive and I'm rarely impressed and not only is it a lesson to microsoft not to sit on their laurels, in regards to adding actual functionality instead of endless security patches but its really a testament to how free software should be, polished, easy to use, portable and easily added on to by others. It's software products like these that will undermine monopolies and I'm sure htey're not unaware of the threat.
It's a pity there isn't a few billion dollars to market Firefox with or they would dominate. Even so word of mouth is powerful and it generates a momentum that is difficult to turn back.
you're socializing... probably with most of the people who will show up
what does irony taste like?
and now for a little OT question, why can't these tournaments be run remotely so those of us without time or money to travel there can play, how about home vs away (lan/public) matches? i know that people don't trust anyone in the day of OGC but still there needs to be a middle ground
not to mention there are tons of bad parents with any number of various warped views on how to treat their employees, besides treating your workforce like children and condescending to them just makes them hate you, does anyone really want their boss to be like their parents? think about that
A SprintPCS store in cincinnati once, the man was picketing back and forth every day taht week with a giant sign that i can't remember exactly what it read but it was something about his bill and the message was clear. He was pissed enough to sit outside all day in the summer sun wiht a sign and his kids and yell about how shitty sprint was
they still owe me $300 and their blemish remains on my credit history even all these years later
i've tried talking to them like 15 separate times for hours and every time i'm told by some bitchy black woman that everything is taken care of
basically i moved 2x inside 6mos and they lost my deposit after telling me that theyw ould be taking money out of the deposit until it ran out on a month by month basis because i had already had service for an entire year without incident.
i've had multiple collection agencies, various bills ranging from $283 to $89 and even a check for $100 sent to me from them, tehy're totally clueless disorganized and basically if business infrastructure had to be inspected like building foundations do they would have been condemned a long time ago.
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half-life has more players than any other games by a huge margin, check out this if you need proof it has 9x the number of available servers as any other game on the list.
want me to use linux on my xp desktop? get half-life to run and run well (anyone remember when q2 finally game out for linux? i dont like the green tint and my sound Just Works in windows).
linux fan mod-troll disclaimer: i started with slack '95, i use linux every day but never ever as my desktop too much work to make it useable, lack of support for what i love most (porn and games, mplayer2 beats the fuck out of everything else).
i love it when the RIAA does shit like htis publically
they're like the evil villian in the top hat w/ the handlebar mustache trying to get the girl on the train tracks killed and every single time they do shit like this they cement that image into the minds of everyone they come in contact with...
the more hated the better, people wont' stand for not being able to play their music WITHOUT A FUCKING FINGERPRINT SCAN FIRST ahahaha hell they might as well have you verify every single song individually (fun while driving i'm sure) and have a lil webcam that broadcasts live spy video of you wehrever you are back to RIAA Headquarters so they can invidiually charge all the people within earshot (maybe they'll switch to retina scans/facial recognition to make this easily debited from your bank)
seriously, tv doesn't have enough decent CONTENT to use something like this, my roommate has a 36" hdtv and we cancelled the hdtv package from comcast becuase there is literally nothing to watch and it's pointless to pay an extra $35+ for hi res newscasts
the only place the hdtv shines so far is in showing cg scenes (return of the king is fucking amazing on the tv for example, much better than it was in the theater) but nothing else really improves so the question is begged why bother?
could it be that they're trying to outpace moore's law? how many people have multi-terrabyte beowulf clusters set up to manipulate video that massive?
Name a single OS that DOESN'T have random flakiness and bullshit associated with it?
even ATM machines need a reboot sometimes
not that things couldnt' be better but things have dramatically improved in windows stability since '98, i'm down to maybe 2 reboots a week with XP, sure its no 300+ day uptime like my obsd server, but then my obsd server doesn't play games
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those highschool kids are in
you know a billion chinese are taught the moon landings were a fraud
and if you look at some of the evidence the people who claim teh moon landing was a hoax provide some of it is interesting at least...
personally teh most compelling evidence is the fact that the astronauts themselves won't talk publically about it and went from being party animals to recluses before/after the mission
i'm sure the assholes with teh tinfoil comments will start but not having an open mind to the possibilities that exist makes you dangerously narrowminded.
frankly even if they didn't go the boost in tech theyg ot developing shit to go was worth the money and the effort, and personally i'd like to see the same kinds of efforts expended on something like a mars colony, which people have plausible modular plans that would have bases there within 5-10 yeras starting right now instead of 20+ or whatever GWB's bullshit speech du jour said
Until about a week ago when i was introduced to Firefox. Here I'll give my opinions based on years of browsing and although I've used virtually every browser out there from lynx to safari I primarily use IE and have for the last several years so I will compare Firefox to it. As I've read other posts comparing speed, I find both of them render comparably fast, are compatible with roughly the same media and are basically equal at this level. People complain about the load times compared to IE but I really don't notice it that much, and there is none with tabs, they're very fast. I was skeptical at first and it still has a few annoying things I don't like but they're fewer than what I do so I'll list them first:
/. i'm looking at right now.
CONS
1.) you can't just press enter like in IE after entering information eg login/password, searches anything you have to press tab THEN enter.
2.) it doesn't pass off most wmv files to mplayer2 like it should and does with everything else fine
3.) why can't i run exes? must it not only second guess me but lock me into a forced download/install/delete cycle when IE lets me just execute after the download is complete trusting me to make the right choice?
PROS
1.) easily installed (ctrl-d, i like hte mimiced funcationality as it makes migrating easier for me and i'm lazy) highly functional bookmark toolbar buttons which even show the related website graphic with the associated website such as the green
2.) multiple browser tabs easily opened (ctrl-t), i had heard about these before but i grossly underestimated just how useful these really are until i started using them, never again will i go hunt and peck for the right IE window at the bottom my ever cramped taskbar.
3.) beautiful and extremely functional themes with details only someone who made it with love would think to include like red/yellow/green status lights for if a tabbed page is loading and separate forward and back list box histories (i'm using nautipolis from the site i found simply by clicking on "get themes")
4.) extension plug-ins available that flawlessly install, notable examples include a tiny java vm compared to the huge sun download and resource hog, easily done macromedia flash without any bullshit of registering or clicking through 400 pages to install associated with a similar typical IE 3rd party install, these are all seamlessly integrated and the installs are smooth. My personal favorite and most important extension is the adblock extension, which allows me to block source sites for ads with a simple right click and a wildcard.
5.) built in search and popup blocking, you take these things for granted if you have the google toolbar installed as i did but this takes up less realestate (almost none, a tiny google search thumb in the right corner) and is more functional and the google news button is easily emulated as per the buttons mentioned above.
Overall Firefox is extremely impressive and I'm rarely impressed and not only is it a lesson to microsoft not to sit on their laurels, in regards to adding actual functionality instead of endless security patches but its really a testament to how free software should be, polished, easy to use, portable and easily added on to by others. It's software products like these that will undermine monopolies and I'm sure htey're not unaware of the threat.
It's a pity there isn't a few billion dollars to market Firefox with or they would dominate. Even so word of mouth is powerful and it generates a momentum that is difficult to turn back.
you're socializing... probably with most of the people who will show up
what does irony taste like?
and now for a little OT question, why can't these tournaments be run remotely so those of us without time or money to travel there can play, how about home vs away (lan/public) matches? i know that people don't trust anyone in the day of OGC but still there needs to be a middle ground
best buy doesn't support end users
it'll be you explaining the differences and doing the troubleshooting
enjoy
i'd hate for aliens to see MTV first and think the whole world is that way
soon you won't be able to leave either
not to mention there are tons of bad parents with any number of various warped views on how to treat their employees, besides treating your workforce like children and condescending to them just makes them hate you, does anyone really want their boss to be like their parents? think about that
or (un, refer to bill hicks for my view on men who want children)lucky
i wonder if this is a discrimination suit waiting to happen
"i told the interviewer i didn't have kids and he told me they'd let me know right there"
somewhere a lawyer has a hard-on
of the IT industry how exactly?
i realize that looking up the answers on google doesn't involve paper or your own memory so i guess i'll cover that one for you
annoying
i would imagine gates doesn't like answering questions in court
and you know all that anti-trust stuff about incorporating the browser they probably don't wanna sit through that again for anti-virus
microsoft will need all the extra space to ship longhorn and force upgrades
bleh that's bs everyone knows al gore likes movies about gladiators
A SprintPCS store in cincinnati once, the man was picketing back and forth every day taht week with a giant sign that i can't remember exactly what it read but it was something about his bill and the message was clear. He was pissed enough to sit outside all day in the summer sun wiht a sign and his kids and yell about how shitty sprint was
that was enough to keep me away from them forever
around here they were called cellularone first
they still owe me $300 and their blemish remains on my credit history even all these years later
i've tried talking to them like 15 separate times for hours and every time i'm told by some bitchy black woman that everything is taken care of
basically i moved 2x inside 6mos and they lost my deposit after telling me that theyw ould be taking money out of the deposit until it ran out on a month by month basis because i had already had service for an entire year without incident.
i've had multiple collection agencies, various bills ranging from $283 to $89 and even a check for $100 sent to me from them, tehy're totally clueless disorganized and basically if business infrastructure had to be inspected like building foundations do they would have been condemned a long time ago.
it'd be like getting a handjob from popeye
think about it
speak "friend" and enter
(one password for everyone)
half-life has more players than any other games by a huge margin, check out this if you need proof it has 9x the number of available servers as any other game on the list.
want me to use linux on my xp desktop? get half-life to run and run well (anyone remember when q2 finally game out for linux? i dont like the green tint and my sound Just Works in windows).
linux fan mod-troll disclaimer: i started with slack '95, i use linux every day but never ever as my desktop too much work to make it useable, lack of support for what i love most (porn and games, mplayer2 beats the fuck out of everything else).
you know what they say about another man's garbage
it takes to develop matrix/terminator style armageddon machines
something tells me the warchest at the heart of the beast is rather large
you never had any privacy
i love it when the RIAA does shit like htis publically
they're like the evil villian in the top hat w/ the handlebar mustache trying to get the girl on the train tracks killed and every single time they do shit like this they cement that image into the minds of everyone they come in contact with...
the more hated the better, people wont' stand for not being able to play their music WITHOUT A FUCKING FINGERPRINT SCAN FIRST ahahaha hell they might as well have you verify every single song individually (fun while driving i'm sure) and have a lil webcam that broadcasts live spy video of you wehrever you are back to RIAA Headquarters so they can invidiually charge all the people within earshot (maybe they'll switch to retina scans/facial recognition to make this easily debited from your bank)
to be stuck in traffic with every day
seriously, tv doesn't have enough decent CONTENT to use something like this, my roommate has a 36" hdtv and we cancelled the hdtv package from comcast becuase there is literally nothing to watch and it's pointless to pay an extra $35+ for hi res newscasts
the only place the hdtv shines so far is in showing cg scenes (return of the king is fucking amazing on the tv for example, much better than it was in the theater) but nothing else really improves so the question is begged why bother?
could it be that they're trying to outpace moore's law? how many people have multi-terrabyte beowulf clusters set up to manipulate video that massive?
rimshot
disclaimer: i'm a bum BUT making up nonsensical poetry is lame. unless it's set to music, then it's Beck, and beck is awesome.
airport traffic control system laying around to test it on?
Name a single OS that DOESN'T have random flakiness and bullshit associated with it?
even ATM machines need a reboot sometimes
not that things couldnt' be better but things have dramatically improved in windows stability since '98, i'm down to maybe 2 reboots a week with XP, sure its no 300+ day uptime like my obsd server, but then my obsd server doesn't play games