Build smarter mouse, someone builds a better mousetrap unfortunately.
Absolutely...except that I think that the mice are the mal/ad/spyware writers, and Firefox is the better mousetrap. Remember that update.mozilla.org is the only default place to get extensions from, and I know that Mozilla's not going to let *ware masquerade around as valid software on their site.
Rojo may just be the cat's meow, but my Apache logs indicate that, while they're grabbing my Atom feed consistently, they're also spidering through my blog entires. I'm considering blocking them access at all for doing that -- I output the entire blog post in Atom, and the comments are available in RSS (soon to be Atom as well).
There is absolutely no justification for ignoring my robots.txt. And to add insult to injury, they deny people like me, who apparently drive the content on their site, from getting an account without knowing someone who knows someone who has an account.
Absolutely. A friend of mine uses Gaim, OpenOffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird. He looked at me and said "...and these all run under Linux?" So now he dual-boots Ubuntu.
there are several things that server-based aggregators can do that desktop based aggregators can't do
I assume you're speaking of server-vs-desktop in the same relationship as webmail-vs-pop3. Yes, server-based aggregators can probably do a whole lot more because of the ability to network people together with common interests and watch usage statistics, etc.
That said, there's a reason I use RSS feeds (and preferably Atom, if available) over visiting my friends' Xangas (ugh) and Livejournals. Most of my friends have an inability to color-coordinate their blogs. One person I know has an awful background image that repeats poorly, and consistently has varying colors from yellow-on-white to purple-on-black. Thanks to my desktop aggregator, I'm able to view the content in a readable color scheme. I would assume that a server-side aggregator would impose its own color scheme on me.
I know that at Northwestern, students don't have admin privileges to install software. However, we're able to download programs in zip format, so long as they don't have to be installed. Whenever I go to my school's computer labs I download a Firefox zip and run it from there. I assume it's a similar restriction that prevents just installing the full version of OO.o.
Adblock will only kill the source of money for most sites
Adblock won't kill the money for the sites. Did you see the percentage of click-throughs? Only 5 in 1,000 IE users actually clicks on an ad. They don't have Adblock, but that's an extraordinarily low number. Meanwhile, in the Firefox camp, just a little over 10 in 10,000. I think it's clear that using Adblock won't have a significant impact for Firefox users -- they're not going to be clicking on the ads anyway, so why bother loading them?
dont be so selfish and shortsighted and switch Ablock off and click on a few ads from time to time and buy stuff
You know, you're right. Capitalist America wouldn't be where it is today if people like you and I hadn't patted it on the head and given it some cash because "they're trying so hard!" Meanwhile, I certainly hope you don't filter your spam. Or throw away junk mail without reading through it. Or use commerical breaks to raid the fridge.
But I'm not totally heartless. I'm participating in an offer, with the promise of a free LCD monitor. You can get a free LCD monitor too! Just complete an offer, and save Corporate America from certain doom.
I'm sure that a mature student such as yourself knows to use LaTeX for the advanced math formulas you're no-doubt creating. LaTeX is the only real answer for complicated math equations and such. Check out LaTeX: Math into LaTeX Short Course.
Why didn't they instead spend the $$$ improving rendering in FireFox so that all these IE only sites render properly?
Because the IE-only sites have no deterministicly correct rendering. They aren't created to adhere to standards, and they therefore aren't created to have any one right way of being displayed.
FTFA: 'If any valid vulnerability is found in Windows XP SP2, Microsoft said it will take "immediate and appropriate action to help protect customers."'
I think those customers will be dumbstruck when they get Microsoft's "appropriate action" in the mail: "What's this Ubuntu thing?"
First of all: I hate Microsoft's software. They purposefully don't use or support open standards. But the XBox doesn't need to support open standards, so who cares? And I use their keyboards and mice because I think they're good products.
Second: I like Halo 2. I already beat the game, and everything that the reviewers disliked about the campaign was true. It's short (~10 hours of playtime), repetitive, there are recurring graphical glitches, and the ending is flat-out awful. But I have found some problems with it being a little buggy in other areas. Like giving me a checkpoint as my warthog was flying off the side of a cliff. I had to restart the level because the checkpoint was just me and my partner dying over and over. Or when I respawned next to my partner, except I was placed off the side of the gondola thing we were on --- I fell into an abyss, and my partner was killed by the next wave of baddies.
Halo 2's a good single-player game. I have yet to see for myself whether it's a good multiplayer game, or if it's a great game overall.
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> I always thought it might be either radio singles or high pitch EM radiation
Sounds like you're suffering from Hindsight bias.
I think we both know that bursting into flames is reserved for the Microsoft software ON the CDs.
Ah, good, a fellow Gentoo ricer.
Java applet that streams Ogg Theora video: Fluendo.
Reported on Slashdot.
Absolutely...except that I think that the mice are the mal/ad/spyware writers, and Firefox is the better mousetrap. Remember that update.mozilla.org is the only default place to get extensions from, and I know that Mozilla's not going to let *ware masquerade around as valid software on their site.
There is absolutely no justification for ignoring my robots.txt. And to add insult to injury, they deny people like me, who apparently drive the content on their site, from getting an account without knowing someone who knows someone who has an account.
It's "yafoo" -- Yet Another foo
Absolutely. A friend of mine uses Gaim, OpenOffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird. He looked at me and said "...and these all run under Linux?" So now he dual-boots Ubuntu.
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there are several things that server-based aggregators can do that desktop based aggregators can't do
I assume you're speaking of server-vs-desktop in the same relationship as webmail-vs-pop3. Yes, server-based aggregators can probably do a whole lot more because of the ability to network people together with common interests and watch usage statistics, etc.
That said, there's a reason I use RSS feeds (and preferably Atom, if available) over visiting my friends' Xangas (ugh) and Livejournals. Most of my friends have an inability to color-coordinate their blogs. One person I know has an awful background image that repeats poorly, and consistently has varying colors from yellow-on-white to purple-on-black. Thanks to my desktop aggregator, I'm able to view the content in a readable color scheme. I would assume that a server-side aggregator would impose its own color scheme on me.
Just some thoughts from a POP3 user. *grin*
And as a suggestion: please make sure Bloglines validates properly against validator.w3.org.
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Sign up for a free flatscreen or LCD monitor
Interesting. On an unrelated note, did you know that the Slammer virus that crippled the internet exploited a flaw for which a patch had been available for nearly 6 months?
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Get a free LCD monitor!
I thought that was supposed to be "if-you-find-it,-they-will-block-it". *ducks*
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I'm getting an LCD monitor...what about you?
I know that at Northwestern, students don't have admin privileges to install software. However, we're able to download programs in zip format, so long as they don't have to be installed. Whenever I go to my school's computer labs I download a Firefox zip and run it from there. I assume it's a similar restriction that prevents just installing the full version of OO.o.
Sign up and help me get an LCD monitor!
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Adblock won't kill the money for the sites. Did you see the percentage of click-throughs? Only 5 in 1,000 IE users actually clicks on an ad. They don't have Adblock, but that's an extraordinarily low number. Meanwhile, in the Firefox camp, just a little over 10 in 10,000. I think it's clear that using Adblock won't have a significant impact for Firefox users -- they're not going to be clicking on the ads anyway, so why bother loading them?
dont be so selfish and shortsighted and switch Ablock off and click on a few ads from time to time and buy stuff
You know, you're right. Capitalist America wouldn't be where it is today if people like you and I hadn't patted it on the head and given it some cash because "they're trying so hard!" Meanwhile, I certainly hope you don't filter your spam. Or throw away junk mail without reading through it. Or use commerical breaks to raid the fridge.
But I'm not totally heartless. I'm participating in an offer, with the promise of a free LCD monitor. You can get a free LCD monitor too! Just complete an offer, and save Corporate America from certain doom.
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I'm sure that a mature student such as yourself knows to use LaTeX for the advanced math formulas you're no-doubt creating. LaTeX is the only real answer for complicated math equations and such. Check out LaTeX: Math into LaTeX Short Course.
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Because the IE-only sites have no deterministicly correct rendering. They aren't created to adhere to standards, and they therefore aren't created to have any one right way of being displayed.
I think it's Half-Life Two... ;)
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On an unrelated note, be sure to spell- and grammar-check.
And yes, I believe that dangling hyphen is considered correct, but I'm open to finding out I'm wrong.
I think those customers will be dumbstruck when they get Microsoft's "appropriate action" in the mail: "What's this Ubuntu thing?"
Halo and an XBox. I think that was the turning point in my development.
"Get up so I can kill you ag...AAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHH!!"
"SUH-WING batta batta batta ba...AAAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!11!oneone!!"
"Can't touch thi...AAAAUAUUUUUGUGUGGHGGHHH!H!!!"
First of all: I hate Microsoft's software. They purposefully don't use or support open standards. But the XBox doesn't need to support open standards, so who cares? And I use their keyboards and mice because I think they're good products.
Second: I like Halo 2. I already beat the game, and everything that the reviewers disliked about the campaign was true. It's short (~10 hours of playtime), repetitive, there are recurring graphical glitches, and the ending is flat-out awful. But I have found some problems with it being a little buggy in other areas. Like giving me a checkpoint as my warthog was flying off the side of a cliff. I had to restart the level because the checkpoint was just me and my partner dying over and over. Or when I respawned next to my partner, except I was placed off the side of the gondola thing we were on --- I fell into an abyss, and my partner was killed by the next wave of baddies.
Halo 2's a good single-player game. I have yet to see for myself whether it's a good multiplayer game, or if it's a great game overall.
Looks unintentional, but good choice of words, considering this is a Halo story.