Re:And in some other online forum, far far away.
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WinXP Security Flaw
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and computer stores also "recommend": extended warranties, the software of the month, the accessory of the month, the computer book of the month, and the biggest baddest fastest machine to play solitaire...
...isnt selling as well as expected either. Average users, unlike corporations arent as willing or likely to change ANYTHING, be it over to Linux, or "up" to XP.
The article was on MSNBC, but has mysteriously vanished...
if you try and open an.exe that is named as a text file, the file associations within windows will launch notepad (or associated program) and NOT fire off the renamed application, ditto with.html and.wav files (or any other associated file), are they sure they arent talking about a file named something.txt.exe?
thanks to government regulations:
Houses cost more than they need to
Medical Insurance/Proceedures/Drugs cost more than they need to
Automobiles cost more than they need to
we have the DMCA
on my home computer? that sure as hell aint worth no 10 cents a song, I want to listen to the music on my 500 watt surround sound system with its 15" woofers, not on my 4" computer speakers and sub woofer. I want to listen to them in my car, while I jog, where I work, I cant bring my desktop with me to listen to the songs...
this is, as has been pointed out, designed to fail...
Thank God for alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.bootlegs, Used CD shops and pawn shops...
around 90% of the computing world runs M$ software, what service is this school providing by giving these children something that will do them little good in the "real world"
again its just Apple trying to muscle into the market by going through the school system...
heres a hint apple, open up your hardware and reduce your price, THEN you can compete...
I have the best beta testers out there
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If they can figure out the site then its ok... of those people, only one has a web site.
the most common sense thing to do is run it by people who will give constructive critisism
though the suggestions might be usefull...
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Homepage Usability
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most of the time people who determine what is and what is not good for web design dont have a clue, or are obsessed with old standards and old browsers. (ie you shouldnt use frames)
I will say the suggestions mentioned here however are not bad.
Currently, Google's proprietary system ranks sites primarily by words listed on the page, terms used in a page's title or similar factors. It also ranks a page's popularity, determined by the number--and importance--of sites linking to a page. For example, a page that is linked to 100 times from a reputable newspaper's Web site would rank higher than a page linked to 500 times from a porn site.
I do like this feature, it truly shows the worth of a web page in other peoples eyes, not just the eyes of the webmaster who created the thing...
that is all that will happen, how are they going to stop multiple "votes"? by a cookie (that the voter can erase)? By tracking IPs (they wont put the resources into that large and complex of a system?
I wish it would work, but it will be an abismal failure... in fact it wouldnt suprise me if some corperations hire people just to "vote" for their sites...
just look at ANY top 50/100 voting sites and you know what I am talking about
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and computer stores also "recommend": extended warranties, the software of the month, the accessory of the month, the computer book of the month, and the biggest baddest fastest machine to play solitaire...
I find it interesting that NT and 2000 are not listed... so just what is XPs code base?
about the same amount of time that MicroSoft said that installing XP would save?
"Anyone with any kind of "always on" connection would have to be an idiot to not engage some kind of firewall for their connection."
what about those "idiots" that aren't computer literate and that dont know what a firewall even is?
...isnt selling as well as expected either. Average users, unlike corporations arent as willing or likely to change ANYTHING, be it over to Linux, or "up" to XP.
The article was on MSNBC, but has mysteriously vanished...
I didnt even knew this site existed, and now Im looking for the Alice Cooper pitching the Marriot Hotel commercial... any place else to look?
Implementing Microsofts Passport on Microsofts Zone... oh the travesty!
as soon as EBAY requires you to use passport, then it will be noteworthy...
if you try and open an .exe that is named as a text file, the file associations within windows will launch notepad (or associated program) and NOT fire off the renamed application, ditto with .html and .wav files (or any other associated file), are they sure they arent talking about a file named something.txt.exe?
for things that "may" or "may not" be bad for a child's psychi, maybe these parents should spend that time WITH their children...
and why does their opinion matter? anyone can put up a webpage and say "this sucks" or "this is bad for you" that doesnt make it newsworthy...
as soon as the CDC makes a stand THEN it becomes news.
2001-12-07 15:00:14 M$ Office for Linux? (articles,news) (rejected)
I do not have a gaming adic... oooooh... Return To Castle Wolfienstein...
but I have to get back to unreal tournament...
90% of computers run M$ products.
90% of hack attempts, Worms and Viruses target M$ products.
String Up Bill!
thanks to government regulations:
Houses cost more than they need to
Medical Insurance/Proceedures/Drugs cost more than they need to
Automobiles cost more than they need to
we have the DMCA
no I dont think we need any more of their "help"
as to who gets the name....
well they should be completely independent, and funded by a fee tacked onto the purchase, renewal, and transfer of domain names...
There be only ONE organization to settle these things, and that ONE organization should be a fair one... ok, Ill wake up from my dream now...
on my home computer? that sure as hell aint worth no 10 cents a song, I want to listen to the music on my 500 watt surround sound system with its 15" woofers, not on my 4" computer speakers and sub woofer. I want to listen to them in my car, while I jog, where I work, I cant bring my desktop with me to listen to the songs...
this is, as has been pointed out, designed to fail...
Thank God for alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.bootlegs, Used CD shops and pawn shops...
around 90% of the computing world runs M$ software, what service is this school providing by giving these children something that will do them little good in the "real world"
again its just Apple trying to muscle into the market by going through the school system...
heres a hint apple, open up your hardware and reduce your price, THEN you can compete...
If they can figure out the site then its ok... of those people, only one has a web site.
the most common sense thing to do is run it by people who will give constructive critisism
most of the time people who determine what is and what is not good for web design dont have a clue, or are obsessed with old standards and old browsers. (ie you shouldnt use frames)
I will say the suggestions mentioned here however are not bad.
JavaScript pop up windows have been used to increase a sites ranking in top 50/100 sites for a while now... (as well as to exagerate site hits)
Currently, Google's proprietary system ranks sites primarily by words listed on the page, terms used in a page's title or similar factors. It also ranks a page's popularity, determined by the number--and importance--of sites linking to a page. For example, a page that is linked to 100 times from a reputable newspaper's Web site would rank higher than a page linked to 500 times from a porn site.
I do like this feature, it truly shows the worth of a web page in other peoples eyes, not just the eyes of the webmaster who created the thing...
that is all that will happen, how are they going to stop multiple "votes"? by a cookie (that the voter can erase)? By tracking IPs (they wont put the resources into that large and complex of a system?
I wish it would work, but it will be an abismal failure... in fact it wouldnt suprise me if some corperations hire people just to "vote" for their sites...
just look at ANY top 50/100 voting sites and you know what I am talking about