I so wish that would happen, not that it will ever happen not in our life times anyway. If it did maybe things would work the first time out instead of 18 million patches later.
i personally like widescreen cause it just gives a more movie theater feel when watching. yes some formats cut the top off and it may or may not have been intended for us to see but what it comes down to is personal preference, either u want full or wide. the reason behind why u like it is mute.
I think this is a great idea, and if it works for these guys I bet all those old unused oil platforms could quickly turn into off shore software and/or manufacturing plants of various goods. As far as people getting sick cause of being on a boat, that completely depends on the person. I take boat trips regularly and have no problem reading or doing work on my laptop. The issue with visas is a non issue cause the only thing people on this tub will need to come to the US is a tourist visa which is easy to get if you got no criminal record in your own country. As far as the difficulty of running a ship these guys are retired navy and one was a tanker captain so I'm pretty sure they know what it takes to run a ship. I hope these guys succeed, this is the kind of entrepreneurial ship that makess this country great. So go ahead and flame me cause I support people with innovative ideas.
I thought it was pretty clear that I do see the cons of firefox. Did you read what I wrote I just start typing becuase I clearly stated both IE and FF have problems and I quote "I also don't believe open source is perfect I have spent many agonizing nights in my office trying to get Mandrake running properly after a crash for no apparent reason. My problem was your analogies and using sites that state possible security breaches not actual issues." So how is my opinion jaded here because I'm missing it. I only had a problem with the way this guy submitted the info not what he had too say. So you should read read before typing next time.
I don't think it's a security issue but a issue about proper reporting he doesn't give all the facts and his opening analogy is way off which has been pointed out at least once in the posts.
I sent langa a letter and refered him to this site to see how people were shooting holes in his article. I'm including my orginal letter to him his reply and my reply back. I have removed his e-mail address. But here is his web page where you can contact him if you like. www.langa.com
Langa Letter: The Pros And Cons Of Firefox - InformationWeek Inbox Me to Fred Langa
Just so you know that you have no real clue what you are talking about. Here are a few hundred others that agree with me.
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=146498&th re shold=-1&mode=thread&commentsort=1&op=Change
Fred Langa to me
>Just so you know that you have no real clue what you are talking about.
Gosh, you found me out. I've been faking it for 25 years in computer publishing, and the truth is finally out! I've been making it all up! Microsoft really *is* evil! Microsoft professional programmers are all a bunch or morons; Open Source programmers are flawless gods! Good for you; you've outed me!
Sigh.
My core assertion is in the last paragraph:
"It's great that there are open-source alternatives to try, and it's smart to proactively explore all your options. But go in with your eyes open: All software has flaws. There are no panaceas!"
If you see that as a slam on FireFox, or a defense of Microsoft, well, have a nice day.
============
Fred Langa
me to Fred Langa
I didn't believe the article was completely biased and I don't believe Microsoft to be evil, not completely anyway I run both IE and Firefox cause neither are fool proof as you stated. I also don't believe open source is perfect I have spent many agonizing nights in my office trying to get Mandrake running properly after a crash for no apparent reason. My problem was your analogies and using sites that state possible security breaches not actual issues. You know as well as I that the average reader well simply look at the listing and not the fine print. I don't want to repeat everything said in the posts which is why I sent you the link. Look at just the last ten to fifteen and some vary valid holes are shot in your reasoning.
Even if they have something workable which i doubt. If they release it here and it does "destroy already shared files on peer to peer networks". Can we say lawsuit, if I lose an important file beacuse I'm sharing say a disertation on the mating behavior of the madagascar hissing cockroach, yes something I'm actually working on and in my share folder, you better beleive I'm gonna sue the crap out out these guys. This will most likely never happen anyway but I can always cross my fingers and lie about my back up files and get rich sueing these assholes.
If you don't want to hear people whining why do you look at the comments? Well over half the comments on this site and hundreds like it are people complaining, b!tching and whining about topics that usually aren't that important. Just for you,
I hate microsoft becuase they suck and linux is better and anyone that says otherwise is one of the stupid corporate controlled masses. The only stable software is open source. wha wha wha
Not that any of the above statement is backed by fact or even my opinion, I'm just an a$$ and wanted to whine to bother those that don't like it.
Any piece of software has bugs thats life. The only thing I found irritating about the article is he seems to go out of his way to make mozilla and linux seem more unstable or insecure without giving all the facts. The very sight he refernced only listed possible issues not actual ones. But hey he's a microsoft lover so you can't expect anything real valuable to come from him
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I so wish that would happen, not that it will ever happen not in our life times anyway. If it did maybe things would work the first time out instead of 18 million patches later.
i personally like widescreen cause it just gives a more movie theater feel when watching. yes some formats cut the top off and it may or may not have been intended for us to see but what it comes down to is personal preference, either u want full or wide. the reason behind why u like it is mute.
I think this is a great idea, and if it works for these guys I bet all those old unused oil platforms could quickly turn into off shore software and/or manufacturing plants of various goods. As far as people getting sick cause of being on a boat, that completely depends on the person. I take boat trips regularly and have no problem reading or doing work on my laptop. The issue with visas is a non issue cause the only thing people on this tub will need to come to the US is a tourist visa which is easy to get if you got no criminal record in your own country. As far as the difficulty of running a ship these guys are retired navy and one was a tanker captain so I'm pretty sure they know what it takes to run a ship. I hope these guys succeed, this is the kind of entrepreneurial ship that makess this country great. So go ahead and flame me cause I support people with innovative ideas.
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I thought it was pretty clear that I do see the cons of firefox. Did you read what I wrote I just start typing becuase I clearly stated both IE and FF have problems and I quote "I also don't believe open source is perfect I have spent many agonizing nights in my office trying to get Mandrake running properly after a crash for no apparent reason. My problem was your analogies and using sites that state possible security breaches not actual issues." So how is my opinion jaded here because I'm missing it. I only had a problem with the way this guy submitted the info not what he had too say. So you should read read before typing next time.
I don't think it's a security issue but a issue about proper reporting he doesn't give all the facts and his opening analogy is way off which has been pointed out at least once in the posts.
I sent langa a letter and refered him to this site to see how people were shooting holes in his article. I'm including my orginal letter to him his reply and my reply back. I have removed his e-mail address. But here is his web page where you can contact him if you like. www.langa.com
h re shold=-1&mode=thread&commentsort=1&op=Change
Langa Letter: The Pros And Cons Of Firefox - InformationWeek Inbox
Me
to Fred Langa
Just so you know that you have no real clue what you are talking about. Here are a few hundred others that agree with me.
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=146498&t
Fred Langa
to me
>Just so you know that you have no real clue what you are talking about.
Gosh, you found me out. I've been faking it for 25 years in computer
publishing, and the truth is finally out! I've been making it all up!
Microsoft really *is* evil! Microsoft professional programmers are all a
bunch or morons; Open Source programmers are flawless gods! Good for you;
you've outed me!
Sigh.
My core assertion is in the last paragraph:
"It's great that there are open-source alternatives to try, and it's smart
to proactively explore all your options. But go in with your eyes open: All
software has flaws. There are no panaceas!"
If you see that as a slam on FireFox, or a defense of Microsoft, well, have
a nice day.
============
Fred Langa
me
to Fred Langa
I didn't believe the article was completely biased and I don't believe Microsoft to be evil, not completely anyway I run both IE and Firefox cause neither are fool proof as you stated. I also don't believe open source is perfect I have spent many agonizing nights in my office trying to get Mandrake running properly after a crash for no apparent reason. My problem was your analogies and using sites that state possible security breaches not actual issues. You know as well as I that the average reader well simply look at the listing and not the fine print. I don't want to repeat everything said in the posts which is why I sent you the link. Look at just the last ten to fifteen and some vary valid holes are shot in your reasoning.
Well there it is for your enjoyment.
Even if they have something workable which i doubt. If they release it here and it does "destroy already shared files on peer to peer networks". Can we say lawsuit, if I lose an important file beacuse I'm sharing say a disertation on the mating behavior of the madagascar hissing cockroach, yes something I'm actually working on and in my share folder, you better beleive I'm gonna sue the crap out out these guys. This will most likely never happen anyway but I can always cross my fingers and lie about my back up files and get rich sueing these assholes.
If you don't want to hear people whining why do you look at the comments? Well over half the comments on this site and hundreds like it are people complaining, b!tching and whining about topics that usually aren't that important. Just for you,
I hate microsoft becuase they suck and linux is better and anyone that says otherwise is one of the stupid corporate controlled masses. The only stable software is open source. wha wha wha
Not that any of the above statement is backed by fact or even my opinion, I'm just an a$$ and wanted to whine to bother those that don't like it.
Any piece of software has bugs thats life. The only thing I found irritating about the article is he seems to go out of his way to make mozilla and linux seem more unstable or insecure without giving all the facts. The very sight he refernced only listed possible issues not actual ones. But hey he's a microsoft lover so you can't expect anything real valuable to come from him