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The only problems I've seen firefox cause are not the fault of firefox, but of poor web design. Those web designers who don't bother to test their work on anything but IE. IMHO, if you are going to be doing web design for anything more then your own personal page, you need to have numerous browsers installed on your machine, and either physical boxes or VMware session to other OSes to test, test,test. But I suppose that is lost to many.
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Thats all well and good for those lucky enough to have someone like us in their lives. I also do the same for the likes of my mother in law, sister in law, etc. However, how many more of them are out there that don't know one of us, or are unwilling to try something new? I say many. Too many.
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They don't need to learn. At least that's their take on it. They include the browser with the OS. How many people who arent geeks like us will spend the time to download another browser and learn how to integrate it with their os - cuz we all know MS does not make that an easy task.. "Internet Explorer is no longer your default browser? Should I notify the FBI?!?!" etc.
Policy also probably says that you can't use your work computer for anything but work, and unless you happen to be the finance person checking the company account, you shouldnt be doing your banking at work, sure everyone does it, but in a contract/liabilty sense - you werent supposed to.
Obviously there is more to the service then just a directory - How else are they deleting your pay per view movies, or restricting what football games you can record? To give some company that much control over what I can record is rediculous.
I always thought the idea of tivo was stupid anyway. I mean, why should I pay someone a service charge to allow me to "record" the programming that I already pay my cable company for. I can do that, even with this old device called a "VCR". Sure digital is much cooler, but there is no need for any service to have to interact with it. I say screw tivo and it's brethren. Build your own system.
In related technology, there is a very cool piece of software out there (free download) called Usa Photo Maps - This allows you to use Microsoft's terraserver photo maps as a base for your GPS tracks and numerous other GPS functions. Very cool for overlaying your tracks after a day of hiking or skiing, or even just out driving. Downsides are that it's windows only, and terraserver data is very old.
haha. i bet it's at least 10x more. At least if you judge by my dog. Runs up to just about where I can't see him anymore, then I whistle him back, and he comes running back. Repeat.
Now how do we go about profitting from this. I like my job and I don't want to go to another company, but in my company raises are done at performance review time. between 0-5% based on your review. I need about 25% to be on par with the rest of the world, including my coworker. I'm getting the shaft here it's very clear - but can anyone give me some good advice on how to handle it?
So now you have a "get out of lexmark-hell free" card. Return your old printer for the recall and get the new one fresh in the box. Sell the new printer as "brand new in box" on ebay or in local papers. Then go out to the store and get a decent printer.
The big thing here is that he wasn't "busted" he was simply "asked" not to. If he were actually busted we'd get a chance for this to come across a judge and have a ruling.
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The only problems I've seen firefox cause are not the fault of firefox, but of poor web design. Those web designers who don't bother to test their work on anything but IE. IMHO, if you are going to be doing web design for anything more then your own personal page, you need to have numerous browsers installed on your machine, and either physical boxes or VMware session to other OSes to test, test ,test. But I suppose that is lost to many.
Thats all well and good for those lucky enough to have someone like us in their lives. I also do the same for the likes of my mother in law, sister in law, etc. However, how many more of them are out there that don't know one of us, or are unwilling to try something new? I say many. Too many.
I'm just glad they havent stooped to the typical version number subterfuge, and didnt just instantly release FireFox 7.0!
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They don't need to learn. At least that's their take on it. They include the browser with the OS. How many people who arent geeks like us will spend the time to download another browser and learn how to integrate it with their os - cuz we all know MS does not make that an easy task.. "Internet Explorer is no longer your default browser? Should I notify the FBI?!?!" etc.
Policy also probably says that you can't use your work computer for anything but work, and unless you happen to be the finance person checking the company account, you shouldnt be doing your banking at work, sure everyone does it, but in a contract/liabilty sense - you werent supposed to.
Obviously there is more to the service then just a directory - How else are they deleting your pay per view movies, or restricting what football games you can record? To give some company that much control over what I can record is rediculous.
I always thought the idea of tivo was stupid anyway. I mean, why should I pay someone a service charge to allow me to "record" the programming that I already pay my cable company for. I can do that, even with this old device called a "VCR". Sure digital is much cooler, but there is no need for any service to have to interact with it. I say screw tivo and it's brethren. Build your own system.
In related technology, there is a very cool piece of software out there (free download) called Usa Photo Maps - This allows you to use Microsoft's terraserver photo maps as a base for your GPS tracks and numerous other GPS functions. Very cool for overlaying your tracks after a day of hiking or skiing, or even just out driving. Downsides are that it's windows only, and terraserver data is very old.
I bet it would be really easy to solve...
No. I was just being sarcastic. There's no way you'd be able to download porn. I mean, Think of the Children!
WHOA WHOA! You mean to tell me there is pirated software on the internet!?!? Next you'll be telling me I can download Music and Pornography.
haha. i bet it's at least 10x more. At least if you judge by my dog. Runs up to just about where I can't see him anymore, then I whistle him back, and he comes running back. Repeat.
I always wanted to attach my GPS to my dog just to see where he goes. Probably around in circles chasing squirells and such, but might be interesting.
I knew there was a reason I didn't post as anonymous. Thanks, that gave me a chuckle.
Now how do we go about profitting from this. I like my job and I don't want to go to another company, but in my company raises are done at performance review time. between 0-5% based on your review. I need about 25% to be on par with the rest of the world, including my coworker. I'm getting the shaft here it's very clear - but can anyone give me some good advice on how to handle it?
How are we going to get people to realize it's not just a two party system, and some of our greatest presidents were neither Republican or Democrat?
So now you have a "get out of lexmark-hell free" card. Return your old printer for the recall and get the new one fresh in the box. Sell the new printer as "brand new in box" on ebay or in local papers. Then go out to the store and get a decent printer.
The big thing here is that he wasn't "busted" he was simply "asked" not to. If he were actually busted we'd get a chance for this to come across a judge and have a ruling.
With the success of the Mozilla project, I fail to see why anyone would bother running Netscape anymore....
Say it frenchy - CHOWDA
so put it behind your firewall and only accept incoming from your provider.
This would be hilarious. Of course it would be VIAG-A-KRA though.
Heh.. now wouldnt MICRO SOFT be a /bad/ thing for porn? I'd think maybe go with Macro Hard and you'd be on to something ;)
Just means the windows guys don't know how to setup their servers ;)
Actually, it appears to me that both may actually be run by the same people. Although it would be easy to check up on that, I didnt do it yet.