Puh-leeze. Robotic short-order cooks have been around ever since they dropped from space back in 1987 to help save a diner in a poor tenement area of some city.
Too bad they couldn't make a decent hamburger -- they kept putting the damn patty on top of the bun, like an olive on top of a sandwich.
The icon is different, but most users wouldn't notice. The default icon for a VBS file is a document with a picture of a scroll on it (perhaps an ancient Greek "script"?), whereas the default icon for a text file is a document with some lines of text on them. The script doesn't look identical, but most users won't know the difference.
I mean do we really need every application on our desktop to have the same style and widgets.
For the first, the second, and the last time, YES. Computer novices have enough trouble learning the difference between, say, checkboxes and radio buttons. It only makes matters worse when there are fifty different styles of checkboxes and radio buttons. Meanwhile, most Windows and Mac applications (knock on wood) have consistent fonts, dialogs, colors, and widgets. Obviously, things aren't perfect, but X apps still have a ways to go before they're as usable as those in other environments.
Kid: "Mommy, can I make a web page? Johnny showed me his -- it's really neato! It has all sorts of cool graphics and links and stuff!"
Mom: (flipping through file cabinet) "Oh, I'm sorry hon, you have to take your Internet Usage Authorization Test first! You'll get an Internet Authorization Learner's Permit, good until you turn 18. We'll call the Global Access International Association and ask them to send over the forms. You'll be up on the web in 8-10 years."
Please. If you're so concerned about what happens on the Internet, get yourself some software that blocks all sites except mainstream sources that you deem personally acceptable. After all, what you think is "racist hate" could be satire, research, or something else of value to others.
Besides, one of the principal reasons that the Internet has grown so quickly is that it is free and anonymous (for the most part, at least). People don't need to worry about things that social graces prevent in the real world. When's the last time you went to a store and were able to ask the salesperson for recommendations, features, and comparisons between hundreds of items without him/her getting pissed at you for not buying anything?
Regulating the 'Net always seems like a good idea, until you realize the sheer arrogance that its proponents always have.
I suppose I get some innate pleasure from entering 'Joe Smoe' '123 Main St.' 'Los Angeles, CA' '90210' Anyone else do this?
Personally, I get some innate pleasure from watching paranoid freaks believe that everyone on the Internet is out to get them. I mean, how important is your data anyway? If advertisers want to find your home address, they'll find it.
"Fighting those new Pocket PCs", uh Palm is the one with the monopoly.
Palm doesn't have a monopoly in the pocket-sized PDA market. With a market share of 70-80%, there's still plenty of room for competition. People have been buying Palms not because they're automagically bundled with their operating systems or computers, but because they actually like the product. Remember that Palm/USRobotics/3Com/Palm never even advertised in print or on television until last year, and they had sold several million units when the campaigns started running.
Imagine that. A good product is selling on its merits, and of course on the fact that Everyone Uses It, So It Must Be Good (tm). 'course, I don't want to compare the Palm with AOL any time soon, but hey, there are at least a couple of paralells.
It's called "Legend of Zelda" by The Rabbit Joint. MP3.com used to host it in their section dedicated to the Rabbit Joint, but it's gone now. (Maybe Nintendo saw a copyright violation?) Anyway, search on Napster for it -- you'll almost certainly find someone with it.
Did you check the web page? When a user downloaded one of the "temptingly titled" images, he was presented with one of the two pictures shown. They both say, quite simply, "you're busted" plus some extra text to add to the humiliation.
...what's a good site that reviews web site _hosts_? I already registered a domain name and have it bounce to a different host so the user doesn't see the domain name in the URL (and thus bookmarks the wrong URL). This summer, when that service runs out, I'm going to switch to a dedicated host. I have neither the equipment nor the desire to host it myself.
My site is fairly small -- less than 10MB all together, no cgi's or Java. It doesn't do a whole lot of traffic. E-mail forwarding is a definite plus, but I don't need a buttload of POP accounts. What's a good site to compare hosting plans? Anyone have some personal favorites? I'm looking for something preferably comfortably below $10/mo.
I use a Palm III for my organizing data, and have been considering getting a cellular phone for some time. The Qualcomm PDQ was just too big to combine useful PDA and cell-phone features, so it looks like we'll have to get to some sort of middle ground.
MP3 playback is nice, as long as Sony doesn't instead go to the ATRAXX playback that caused consumers and reviewers to largely pan their Vaio Music Clip device. Who wants to pay $3 per SONG to listen to music that can only be loaded three times?
PalmOS has been licensed for use in such devices as the HandSpring Visor, TRGPro, and others. Furthermore, you can run ucLinux on it.
With many WinCE devices, developers had to produce multiple versions of the same program to cope with different devices' displays, controls, and processors. Hardly an open standard.
While you're scrawling commands at a prompt or waiting as X groks away the last of your memory and rejoicing "Hooray for Open Source!" the Palm users will be -- get ready now -- using their PDA's for productive use.
The battery lives quoted are in hours of actual use, not "real time" required between battery changes or recharges. Using a program called BMonitor, I find that I get about 25-35 hours on a pair of AAA's in a Palm III. I change batteries every couple of months. YMMV, of course.
Still, it's better than any of the WinCE's or PocketPC's, but make sure that you draw comparisons along the same lines.
On a different note, why does a $99 Rio have 4x the memory of a $400 palm?
Well, why does a $400 Palm have 10x the display space as a $99 Rio? Obviously, the devices are designed to do different things. The Palm is much more versatile than a Rio.
Soundtracks never include all that crap. Because of copyright regulations, every copyrighted song must be mentioned in the end credits. So if some character gets drunk and belches the words to the "Three's Company" theme song, that song gets credited and royalties paid.
IANAL, so YMMV.:)
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(Sorry, I feel compelled to reply)
The set of natural numbers has always been countable, silly. I'm just waiting for the next AIM beta build (3.5.aleph_0, of course).
Flame me if you must.
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I'm thinking that they named it Netscape 6 to avoid losing the numerical edge to Microsoft, which already has version 5 of their browser out. Remember that Microsoft did a similar thing themselves when they went from Word 2.0 to Word 6.0 on the PC, to synchronize with their Mac product and of course WordPerfect.
I don't think there has ever been, nor will there be, an official "Netscape 5" product.
Goodwill has a store in Pittsburgh, too. It's much the same as the one you described. Pity they weren't willing to part with the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and Apple IIe on display.:)
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Too late.
Too bad they couldn't make a decent hamburger -- they kept putting the damn patty on top of the bun, like an olive on top of a sandwich.
The icon is different, but most users wouldn't notice. The default icon for a VBS file is a document with a picture of a scroll on it (perhaps an ancient Greek "script"?), whereas the default icon for a text file is a document with some lines of text on them. The script doesn't look identical, but most users won't know the difference.
I mean do we really need every application on our desktop to have the same style and widgets.
For the first, the second, and the last time, YES. Computer novices have enough trouble learning the difference between, say, checkboxes and radio buttons. It only makes matters worse when there are fifty different styles of checkboxes and radio buttons. Meanwhile, most Windows and Mac applications (knock on wood) have consistent fonts, dialogs, colors, and widgets. Obviously, things aren't perfect, but X apps still have a ways to go before they're as usable as those in other environments.
"alot" is a verb.
Dictionary.com doesn't even give it that much credit. It's an acronym.
Riiiiiiiight.
Kid: "Mommy, can I make a web page? Johnny showed me his -- it's really neato! It has all sorts of cool graphics and links and stuff!"
Mom: (flipping through file cabinet) "Oh, I'm sorry hon, you have to take your Internet Usage Authorization Test first! You'll get an Internet Authorization Learner's Permit, good until you turn 18. We'll call the Global Access International Association and ask them to send over the forms. You'll be up on the web in 8-10 years."
Please. If you're so concerned about what happens on the Internet, get yourself some software that blocks all sites except mainstream sources that you deem personally acceptable. After all, what you think is "racist hate" could be satire, research, or something else of value to others.
Besides, one of the principal reasons that the Internet has grown so quickly is that it is free and anonymous (for the most part, at least). People don't need to worry about things that social graces prevent in the real world. When's the last time you went to a store and were able to ask the salesperson for recommendations, features, and comparisons between hundreds of items without him/her getting pissed at you for not buying anything?
Regulating the 'Net always seems like a good idea, until you realize the sheer arrogance that its proponents always have.
I suppose I get some innate pleasure from entering 'Joe Smoe' '123 Main St.' 'Los Angeles, CA' '90210' Anyone else do this?
Personally, I get some innate pleasure from watching paranoid freaks believe that everyone on the Internet is out to get them. I mean, how important is your data anyway? If advertisers want to find your home address, they'll find it.
But hey, stick it to the man, right?
"Fighting those new Pocket PCs", uh Palm is the one with the monopoly.
Palm doesn't have a monopoly in the pocket-sized PDA market. With a market share of 70-80%, there's still plenty of room for competition. People have been buying Palms not because they're automagically bundled with their operating systems or computers, but because they actually like the product. Remember that Palm/USRobotics/3Com/Palm never even advertised in print or on television until last year, and they had sold several million units when the campaigns started running.
Imagine that. A good product is selling on its merits, and of course on the fact that Everyone Uses It, So It Must Be Good (tm). 'course, I don't want to compare the Palm with AOL any time soon, but hey, there are at least a couple of paralells.
It's called "Legend of Zelda" by The Rabbit Joint. MP3.com used to host it in their section dedicated to the Rabbit Joint, but it's gone now. (Maybe Nintendo saw a copyright violation?) Anyway, search on Napster for it -- you'll almost certainly find someone with it.
Did you check the web page? When a user downloaded one of the "temptingly titled" images, he was presented with one of the two pictures shown. They both say, quite simply, "you're busted" plus some extra text to add to the humiliation.
And of course, don't forget two horny females.
:)
Don't worry, I won't post your IP address if you're curious enough to take a look. It's a great way to piss off perverts on IRC, too.
That's funny. When Windows NT 5 was delayed until it was "ready," Linux zealots were laughing their asses off.
Yup, that's it. No wonder I ran out of money so fast in England. :)
One quid is about $0.64 US.
...what's a good site that reviews web site _hosts_? I already registered a domain name and have it bounce to a different host so the user doesn't see the domain name in the URL (and thus bookmarks the wrong URL). This summer, when that service runs out, I'm going to switch to a dedicated host. I have neither the equipment nor the desire to host it myself.
My site is fairly small -- less than 10MB all together, no cgi's or Java. It doesn't do a whole lot of traffic. E-mail forwarding is a definite plus, but I don't need a buttload of POP accounts. What's a good site to compare hosting plans? Anyone have some personal favorites? I'm looking for something preferably comfortably below $10/mo.
I use a Palm III for my organizing data, and have been considering getting a cellular phone for some time. The Qualcomm PDQ was just too big to combine useful PDA and cell-phone features, so it looks like we'll have to get to some sort of middle ground.
MP3 playback is nice, as long as Sony doesn't instead go to the ATRAXX playback that caused consumers and reviewers to largely pan their Vaio Music Clip device. Who wants to pay $3 per SONG to listen to music that can only be loaded three times?
PalmOS has been licensed for use in such devices as the HandSpring Visor, TRGPro, and others. Furthermore, you can run ucLinux on it.
With many WinCE devices, developers had to produce multiple versions of the same program to cope with different devices' displays, controls, and processors. Hardly an open standard.
While you're scrawling commands at a prompt or waiting as X groks away the last of your memory and rejoicing "Hooray for Open Source!" the Palm users will be -- get ready now -- using their PDA's for productive use.
The battery lives quoted are in hours of actual use, not "real time" required between battery changes or recharges. Using a program called BMonitor, I find that I get about 25-35 hours on a pair of AAA's in a Palm III. I change batteries every couple of months. YMMV, of course.
Still, it's better than any of the WinCE's or PocketPC's, but make sure that you draw comparisons along the same lines.
On a different note, why does a $99 Rio have 4x the memory of a $400 palm?
Well, why does a $400 Palm have 10x the display space as a $99 Rio? Obviously, the devices are designed to do different things. The Palm is much more versatile than a Rio.
Soundtracks never include all that crap. Because of copyright regulations, every copyrighted song must be mentioned in the end credits. So if some character gets drunk and belches the words to the "Three's Company" theme song, that song gets credited and royalties paid.
:)
IANAL, so YMMV.
(Sorry, I feel compelled to reply)
The set of natural numbers has always been countable, silly. I'm just waiting for the next AIM beta build (3.5.aleph_0, of course).
Flame me if you must.
I'm thinking that they named it Netscape 6 to avoid losing the numerical edge to Microsoft, which already has version 5 of their browser out. Remember that Microsoft did a similar thing themselves when they went from Word 2.0 to Word 6.0 on the PC, to synchronize with their Mac product and of course WordPerfect.
I don't think there has ever been, nor will there be, an official "Netscape 5" product.
I'm not behind a firewall, and I couldn't view the page either. I think the good people at dyndhs.org pulled the plug.
Goodwill has a store in Pittsburgh, too. It's much the same as the one you described. Pity they weren't willing to part with the Commodore PET, VIC-20, and Apple IIe on display. :)