I'm not a Flash developer, so I'm asking very seriously: is there a compelling reason to keep using Flash in 2014? For the past several years, the only notable things associated with this technology have been major security holes.
Chrome 29 ignores the --disable-new-menu-style switch. Another strange choice made by the devs (remember the useless outcry when they cancelled the option to hide the download shelf?)...
Funny you should say that. I regularly use Firefox and Chrome on two very different machines: one, is an anemic laptop with a Pentium T4200, the other a desktop with 8 cores and lots of memory. On the weaker machine, Chrome is visibly snappier - and never slows down at the end of the day. Firefox seems quite spry in the beginning, but quickly becomes visibly slower - not its rendering, but its general reaction, the awful, XUL-based interface. By the end of the day, right-clicking on a page and/or opening a new tab has a very visible, very annoying lag and the overall reactivity has decreased greatly.
It's not a problem induced by some esoteric extensions (I only use Ghostery), I have enough memory (8GB, and the system memory load never goes beyond 50-52%), I only read text (lots of pages, though), no video, no games, flash is disabled via click-to-run.
The faster/newer machine exhibits the same behaviour, it only takes a while longer for the lag to be apparent (due, obviously, to the increased computing power).
I've always been a supporter of Firefox, I've been using it continuously since the 0.x era (in its Phoenix incarnation), but I'm not blind and statements like "FF is faster than Chrome" simply make no sense to me (and my browsing habits).
Quote from the actual paper: "[T]he underlying trend of increasing prices will reach the threshold of instability in July 2012 if we consider current prices [current when the paper was written]"
Or maybe the inflation was so rampant, that a correction was necessary, as in "April 2013 if we correct prices for reported inflation."
Alrighty.
The outcome of their actions is something positive: the exposed will have to reinforce their security, which is really good. I couldn't say the same about "Anonymous"; I strongly dislike (and, yes, "fear") lynching mobs, real or virtual. Today they happen to wipe out of existence something or someone you don't like. Is that just(ice)? what if tomorrow they decide they don't like someone or something you like? or even YOU?
Oh, and LulzSec are not teenagers. Keep this in mind for later.
I'm currently looking to buy one of those e-reader gizmos; I was hoping Apple would come up with something better than the Kindle - but it didn't happen - for me - because the Kindle still rules with free access to Wikipedia. Don't know about others, but I'm a very heavy user of Wikipedia (physicist, history nerd); a color screen, various apps etc - those are just niceties for me (BTW: I own two MacBooks which pretty much delight me, as I've been a Unix guy since the Eighties); I couldn't care less about additional data plans, 3G and stuff - the free access to Wikipedia weighs very heavily in favor of the Kindle, as maligned as it may be. Again: this is just me, your personal situation is certain to be different.
Usability? I meddle with my Firefox very rarely - usually, when I install it on a new system and I'm not able to import/transfer my previous settings. Why would I want some annoying buttons on steroids, stealing precious screen real estate (yes, I say "precious", although I'm using WUXGA, 1920x1200).
Slashdot Mirror
http://zenodo.org/record/8765/...
I'm not a Flash developer, so I'm asking very seriously: is there a compelling reason to keep using Flash in 2014? For the past several years, the only notable things associated with this technology have been major security holes.
http://breachattack.com/
Chrome 29 ignores the --disable-new-menu-style switch. Another strange choice made by the devs (remember the useless outcry when they cancelled the option to hide the download shelf?)...
It only eliminates the GUI option for disabling javascript. The javascript.enabled flag is still there, in about:config
Funny you should say that. I regularly use Firefox and Chrome on two very different machines: one, is an anemic laptop with a Pentium T4200, the other a desktop with 8 cores and lots of memory. On the weaker machine, Chrome is visibly snappier - and never slows down at the end of the day. Firefox seems quite spry in the beginning, but quickly becomes visibly slower - not its rendering, but its general reaction, the awful, XUL-based interface. By the end of the day, right-clicking on a page and/or opening a new tab has a very visible, very annoying lag and the overall reactivity has decreased greatly. It's not a problem induced by some esoteric extensions (I only use Ghostery), I have enough memory (8GB, and the system memory load never goes beyond 50-52%), I only read text (lots of pages, though), no video, no games, flash is disabled via click-to-run. The faster/newer machine exhibits the same behaviour, it only takes a while longer for the lag to be apparent (due, obviously, to the increased computing power). I've always been a supporter of Firefox, I've been using it continuously since the 0.x era (in its Phoenix incarnation), but I'm not blind and statements like "FF is faster than Chrome" simply make no sense to me (and my browsing habits).
Just when I was planning to go to work in my flying car!
Just remodulate the shields!
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110015936_2011016932.pdf Follow-up: http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/daydreaming-beyond-the-solar-system-with-warp-field-mechanics/
Quote from the actual paper: "[T]he underlying trend of increasing prices will reach the threshold of instability in July 2012 if we consider current prices [current when the paper was written]" Or maybe the inflation was so rampant, that a correction was necessary, as in "April 2013 if we correct prices for reported inflation." Alrighty.
https://d33ds.co/archive/yahoo-disclosure.txt The server is belly up, though, as I write this (7:15am PDT). Please mirror, if you can get your hands on the list. Another list of the compromised accounts (search enabled, no passwords), is here http://dazzlepod.com/yahoo/
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/09/upcoming-windows-milestones-shared-with-partners-at-wpc.aspx/
Not until April 5, 2063. Vulcans won't make First Contact with a pre-warp civilization!
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1102.5285.pdf
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Kadir beneath Mo Moteh!
"Like The Next Generation, the show affected a dialogue and acting style that was stiff and unrealistic" ...aaaand I'm outta here.
Ostrich eggs are not organisms.
"It hurts to think" 'nuff said.
The outcome of their actions is something positive: the exposed will have to reinforce their security, which is really good. I couldn't say the same about "Anonymous"; I strongly dislike (and, yes, "fear") lynching mobs, real or virtual. Today they happen to wipe out of existence something or someone you don't like. Is that just(ice)? what if tomorrow they decide they don't like someone or something you like? or even YOU?
Oh, and LulzSec are not teenagers. Keep this in mind for later.
Things will only get interesting when it's headed to Deep Space 9...
"BCC is dead"... because NeoSmart says so?! W(ho)TF is NeoSmart?
On their page, About gives a very meaningful result:
"Oh no! You're looking for something which just isn't here! [..]"
Oh, OK then. Trustworthy source.
You scary!
I'm currently looking to buy one of those e-reader gizmos; I was hoping Apple would come up with something better than the Kindle - but it didn't happen - for me - because the Kindle still rules with free access to Wikipedia. Don't know about others, but I'm a very heavy user of Wikipedia (physicist, history nerd); a color screen, various apps etc - those are just niceties for me (BTW: I own two MacBooks which pretty much delight me, as I've been a Unix guy since the Eighties); I couldn't care less about additional data plans, 3G and stuff - the free access to Wikipedia weighs very heavily in favor of the Kindle, as maligned as it may be. Again: this is just me, your personal situation is certain to be different.
Usability? I meddle with my Firefox very rarely - usually, when I install it on a new system and I'm not able to import/transfer my previous settings. Why would I want some annoying buttons on steroids, stealing precious screen real estate (yes, I say "precious", although I'm using WUXGA, 1920x1200).
My Hadron is fading away...