You're looking right at your "quote" function. By default, any reasonable newsreader will automatically quote the post you're replying to, beginning each line with a ">". It's then up to the poster to trim the quoted text to a reasonable amount, usually just enough to give readers an idea of what they're replying to.
Some newsreaders will provide color coding for different levels of quotes. My preferred newsreader, Microplanet Gravity (for Windows), lets me configure the color, font, style, of quoted text however I want to differentiate it from the new text. Mozilla's newsreader gives you even more control if you dig into userContent.css.
The best thing about Usenet is that it's plain vanilla text. It's up to the client software to display it according to the reader's preferences.
i'm an avid windows user, and i have no use for those keys, in fact, i find them to be annoying because i'll be doing something and hit the context menu key and i can't do anything until i get rid of the menu!
Disable them. I was never happier than I was the day I discovered how to do that.
I don't have an installation CD handy to double check, but I seem to recall that NT4, in addition to running on x86 and Alpha, could run on Power PC. I've never actually seen it doing so, for obvious reasons, but I'm pretty sure it could.
The experiment with "ants in space", as covered on Slashdot a couple weeks ago, led me to wonder, why don't we just ship a few dozen different insect colonies to Mars and let *them* terraform it?
Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over -- "conquered", if you will -- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
The form data is being sent over SSL to the script that does the processing. The empty form, as it's sent to you, does not need to be secured as long as the information you send back is.
But I agree, not having the form itself SSL secured is a bad move, as it's easy to assume your information will not be encrypted either.
Yes, but many Apple machines have Airport antennas built in. That's what they mean by "Airport ready". The benefit of this is that the Airport card can be installed internally. This means that a) you don't use up a PCMCIA slot (or a PCI slot, for desktops), and b) you don't have the antenna sticking out of the side the way my Orinoco card sticks out of my Dell laptop (and let me tell you, it's really a pain in the ass).
Apple doesnt care about the low-end market? Then why do they market there computers as quality at a low price so much?
Low price != low end quality. If you want the cheapest computer you can buy, go ahead and get one of those $500 thing, but don't expect anything more than marginal (at best) quality. Or pick up a quality Mac for not too much more.
On the other hand, by releasing it Friday evening you can be certain that a large number of infected machines will stay on-line until at least Monday morning. The longer they remain infected, the more other machines they can infect in turn.
The DLAPAPA (Designed Like A Picasso And Priced Accordingly) award goes to Apple Computer for the design of its latest iMac, the one that looks like half a round melon impaled with a bent easel. You have to shell out $1,499 to get one with a CD-RW drive, chugging along on a 700-megahertz processor.
Oh yeah, this iMac is a total rip off at $1,499.00... Wait, you mean the 700 MHz model is actually only $1,199.00 including CD-RW? Way to go, CNN.
Installing any new operating system is a hassle. Not just because $new_os might be difficult to install/set up, but because you've got to backup your data, find replacements for all your commonly used software, get used to doing things differently, and so on. I would find it a hassle to move from Win2000 to OS X, and no one is going to claim OS X is difficult to use. I don't even like reinstalling Windows because it means I'll have to reinstall all my applications and take the time to configure everything the way I like it all over again.
Most people are very comfortable in the computing environments they nomally use. This makes them naturally resistant to change and makes them uncomfortable with an unfamiliar system.
X.Org is the worldwide consortium empowered with the stewardship and collaborative development of the X Window System technology and standards.
OK, So we have X space windows, but space is a non printing character. They Dropped the S, but Capitalized the W Again. I'll grant you two whole letters.
Don't forget the entire word "System" immediately following "X Window". See the X man page for more.
Please note that the editor who posted the story didn't give an opinion one way or another on the subject. Did he post this because he thinks Apple patents are a good thing? Did he post it because he thinks Apple patents are a bad thing? I don't know and neither do you. Most likely, he posted the story because patents interest a good number of Slashdot posters. Simple, no?
Believe it or not, last names are not unique. In other words, no, there is no relation between Jakob Nielsen the self-proclaimed web usability expert and Nielsen Research the TV rating people.
Second, participation in the Nielsen TV research program is voluntary. Nothing is collected without the users' knowledge. In fact, you need a special set-top box to participate.
This is a fine way to screen out your honest spammers (which is an oxymoron), but does nothing to those who use false names and stolen credit cards to sign up accounts.
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You're looking right at your "quote" function. By default, any reasonable newsreader will automatically quote the post you're replying to, beginning each line with a ">". It's then up to the poster to trim the quoted text to a reasonable amount, usually just enough to give readers an idea of what they're replying to.
Some newsreaders will provide color coding for different levels of quotes. My preferred newsreader, Microplanet Gravity (for Windows), lets me configure the color, font, style, of quoted text however I want to differentiate it from the new text. Mozilla's newsreader gives you even more control if you dig into userContent.css.
The best thing about Usenet is that it's plain vanilla text. It's up to the client software to display it according to the reader's preferences.
i'm an avid windows user, and i have no use for those keys, in fact, i find them to be annoying because i'll be doing something and hit the context menu key and i can't do anything until i get rid of the menu!
Disable them. I was never happier than I was the day I discovered how to do that.
I don't have an installation CD handy to double check, but I seem to recall that NT4, in addition to running on x86 and Alpha, could run on Power PC. I've never actually seen it doing so, for obvious reasons, but I'm pretty sure it could.
The experiment with "ants in space", as covered on Slashdot a couple weeks ago, led me to wonder, why don't we just ship a few dozen different insect colonies to Mars and let *them* terraform it?
Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over -- "conquered", if you will -- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
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That's not true, Southern California has seasons! We have summer and...
That one week of rain we get every three years counts as a season, right?
But this is in relation to a topic, not just me rambling about what I had for breakfast
Someone rambling about what they had for breakfast is actually more interesting than you'd think.
But I agree, not having the form itself SSL secured is a bad move, as it's easy to assume your information will not be encrypted either.
Airport cards are options.
Yes, but many Apple machines have Airport antennas built in. That's what they mean by "Airport ready". The benefit of this is that the Airport card can be installed internally. This means that a) you don't use up a PCMCIA slot (or a PCI slot, for desktops), and b) you don't have the antenna sticking out of the side the way my Orinoco card sticks out of my Dell laptop (and let me tell you, it's really a pain in the ass).
Apple doesnt care about the low-end market? Then why do they market there computers as quality at a low price so much?
Low price != low end quality. If you want the cheapest computer you can buy, go ahead and get one of those $500 thing, but don't expect anything more than marginal (at best) quality. Or pick up a quality Mac for not too much more.
I think you're right, The Breakfast Club is the earliest mention of the Canadian Girlfriend that I know of.
The Onion has written a story about it as well.
Actually, I understand the Flower Power iMacs were huge in Japan. Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
So you ban #kiddyporn. A week later you ban #kiddy_porn. Then #kiddy-porn. Then #kiddyp0rn. Then #kiddypr0n. Lather, rinse, repeat.
See the problem?
On the other hand, by releasing it Friday evening you can be certain that a large number of infected machines will stay on-line until at least Monday morning. The longer they remain infected, the more other machines they can infect in turn.
Two penguins walk into a bar. One turns to the other and says, "Wow, you didn't see that either?"
Moderation Totals: -1 Not Funny, -2 Stupid
And this has what to do with copyright, exactly?
If your guests don't start to get naked, you're doing something wrong!
3.1 -> 95 -> 98 -> ME -> XP
NT3.51 -> NT4 -> 2000 -> XP -> ???
ITYM "nyet".
I say anyone who attaches an electrical grid or air traffic control system to the public internet deserves what they get.
The DLAPAPA (Designed Like A Picasso And Priced Accordingly) award goes to Apple Computer for the design of its latest iMac, the one that looks like half a round melon impaled with a bent easel. You have to shell out $1,499 to get one with a CD-RW drive, chugging along on a 700-megahertz processor.
Oh yeah, this iMac is a total rip off at $1,499.00... Wait, you mean the 700 MHz model is actually only $1,199.00 including CD-RW? Way to go, CNN.
Installing any new operating system is a hassle. Not just because $new_os might be difficult to install/set up, but because you've got to backup your data, find replacements for all your commonly used software, get used to doing things differently, and so on. I would find it a hassle to move from Win2000 to OS X, and no one is going to claim OS X is difficult to use. I don't even like reinstalling Windows because it means I'll have to reinstall all my applications and take the time to configure everything the way I like it all over again.
Most people are very comfortable in the computing environments they nomally use. This makes them naturally resistant to change and makes them uncomfortable with an unfamiliar system.
The internet? Is that thing still around?
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OK, So we have X space windows, but space is a non printing character. They Dropped the S, but Capitalized the W Again. I'll grant you two whole letters.
Don't forget the entire word "System" immediately following "X Window". See the X man page for more.
Please note that the editor who posted the story didn't give an opinion one way or another on the subject. Did he post this because he thinks Apple patents are a good thing? Did he post it because he thinks Apple patents are a bad thing? I don't know and neither do you. Most likely, he posted the story because patents interest a good number of Slashdot posters. Simple, no?
Believe it or not, last names are not unique. In other words, no, there is no relation between Jakob Nielsen the self-proclaimed web usability expert and Nielsen Research the TV rating people.
Second, participation in the Nielsen TV research program is voluntary. Nothing is collected without the users' knowledge. In fact, you need a special set-top box to participate.
You're forgetting rule number one: Spammers lie.
This is a fine way to screen out your honest spammers (which is an oxymoron), but does nothing to those who use false names and stolen credit cards to sign up accounts.