Go back and read it again. What they said was that the military does NOT use Windows and that Quantum has built some drivers for other operating systems like "VXWorks."
Don't believe the hype. On a rather busy website that I run, I have gathered my own statistics regarding Flash and screen resolution and such.
Approximately 70% of my userbase has Flash. I (and my clients) do not wish to block 30% of our users from the site and possible sales. DHTML and PHP templates are our preferred technologies. Getting DHTML to work across all major browsers, including Moz/N6, is not easy...but once it's done, it's done. We even have a rather barren text mode for Lynx.
We do not force our users to install anything to use our site. Any "professional" web design that does require Flash (or any other plugin) is not professional...
...users demand convenience, and this would be convenient.
"Convenience" and "security" can't really be used when describing something such as this. How many people use their/their kids/their usernames as passwords? IMO, there is nothing secure about something like that...
Join the club. One of the problems with Ebay is all the newbies and the people that will hide behind a computer screen. I had a laptop up for auction a few months ago and someone bid $3,000 for it. It was not worth that. When I did a search for all the bids from this person, I saw that he was overbidding on about 25 electronic items just making a nuisance of himself. His account was shutdown a few days later.
The biggest problem is the lack of accountability. These people aren't going to go to a live auction in their towns, bid up on a bunch of auctions and walk out the door without paying. But they'll happily do the same thing on Ebay? Of course. What's the worse that could happen? Their account/email address will get banned. And 5 minutes later, they have a new Hotmail/Yahoo account and a new Ebay account to continue to cause problems. Ebay themselves are so slack when it comes to handling abuse that it's almost as if they condone it.
The only solution I've come up with is to ban people with feedback ratings less than five or ten. It's not easy on legitimate new users trying to get a start, but I handle that by telling them to email me and discuss the problem. Also, Ebay doesn't allow you to automate it...so you have to watch your auctions like a hawk, especially towards the end. Best solution to deal with scumbags...
I wish I could get paid weekly to sit on my ass and churn out stupid little articles like this...
What in the hell is Katz's salary anyways? I'll do it for half...and people won't hate me as much! Not even the anti-globalism, post 9/11 terrorists who code open source software to avoid another Columbine.
"Pirates seek to profit off the enormous popularity of DVDs by using the latest in technology to illegally manufacture DVD copies of Hollywood films, and again dupe consumers into purchasing a wholly inferior product," MPAA Chief Executive Jack Valenti said in a statement.
Could someone please explain to me how a digital copy could be "wholly inferior" to the original media?
Not that I condone the actions of these people, but honestly...it's not like we're talking (S|X)VCDs...
Still, I do agree that MS should probably distribute "lite" versions of their language products, gratis, with their OS's, which would certainly increase their user base.
Since when does Microsoft need to increase their user base?
Actually, over in Europe, drunk driving doesn't happen anywhere near as much as it happens in the US. I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe they just respect the law. Or perhaps their laws entail more than a slap on the wrist for that shit.
This movie is a piece of shit. This surprises you, how? It's just another turd that Hollywood has tried to shove down our throats instead of making a truly intellectual movie that's worth watching.
Yet another point: get the ISPs to actually *do* something about abuse complaints [when they are reasonable].
Preach on, brother. This has been my biggest problem with spammers to date. You (or a newsgroup) gets spammed, you do the right thing and send an email to abuse@domain.com (headers et al) and they do NOTHING.
When they don't follow their own TOS and AUP, why should they expect the scumbags on their network to do so?
I really don't see how it can be any more distracting. It's ludicrous.
That's because you don't seem to be what 90% of the people in this country are: idiots. These are the same people that don't know how to merge, drive 50mph in the left lane and read books/newspapers while rolling down the road at a high rate of speed. Should they have licenses? Probably not...but what are we gonna do about it?
All the government departments do that. It's NOT a $10 hammer...it's how they hide those "black projects." How else do you think they hide those billions of dollars from the general public for KeyHole satellite development and the Aurora project? They were hoping no one would dig down deep enough to see the "$10,000 hammer."
Stephen King will still have a large fanbase. A lot of people think that his writing is nothing but horror, but all of his stories have real DEPTH. They don't just scoot past character development or something that could be a plot point at 65MPH and scream, "Nothing to see here."
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Mozilla makes me moist. I think it's that sexy green lizard...but it might be the ability to turn off pop-under ads.
Mozilla is your friend.
Edit > Preferences > Advanced (Scripts & Windows) > Unclick "Open unrequested windows"...and any other shit that irritates you.
it sounds like the state government there needs a complete overhaul
You say this as if CA is the only state where this applies...and don't forget the federal govt either.
they mention running windows in the article.
You get an F for the day.
Go back and read it again. What they said was that the military does NOT use Windows and that Quantum has built some drivers for other operating systems like "VXWorks."
Next lesson: Using the circumference of a Pepsi can to disprove the theory of relativity.
You know, I'd kinda like to see that one!
Oh, yes...
"Just because you can doesn't mean you should..."
Pretty interesting, none the less...
Don't believe the hype. On a rather busy website that I run, I have gathered my own statistics regarding Flash and screen resolution and such.
Approximately 70% of my userbase has Flash. I (and my clients) do not wish to block 30% of our users from the site and possible sales. DHTML and PHP templates are our preferred technologies. Getting DHTML to work across all major browsers, including Moz/N6, is not easy...but once it's done, it's done. We even have a rather barren text mode for Lynx.
We do not force our users to install anything to use our site. Any "professional" web design that does require Flash (or any other plugin) is not professional...
...users demand convenience, and this would be convenient.
"Convenience" and "security" can't really be used when describing something such as this. How many people use their/their kids/their usernames as passwords? IMO, there is nothing secure about something like that...
Dealing with idiots is not worth the $$$.
Join the club. One of the problems with Ebay is all the newbies and the people that will hide behind a computer screen. I had a laptop up for auction a few months ago and someone bid $3,000 for it. It was not worth that. When I did a search for all the bids from this person, I saw that he was overbidding on about 25 electronic items just making a nuisance of himself. His account was shutdown a few days later.
The biggest problem is the lack of accountability. These people aren't going to go to a live auction in their towns, bid up on a bunch of auctions and walk out the door without paying. But they'll happily do the same thing on Ebay? Of course. What's the worse that could happen? Their account/email address will get banned. And 5 minutes later, they have a new Hotmail/Yahoo account and a new Ebay account to continue to cause problems. Ebay themselves are so slack when it comes to handling abuse that it's almost as if they condone it.
The only solution I've come up with is to ban people with feedback ratings less than five or ten. It's not easy on legitimate new users trying to get a start, but I handle that by telling them to email me and discuss the problem. Also, Ebay doesn't allow you to automate it...so you have to watch your auctions like a hawk, especially towards the end. Best solution to deal with scumbags...
I wish I could get paid weekly to sit on my ass and churn out stupid little articles like this...
;)
What in the hell is Katz's salary anyways? I'll do it for half...and people won't hate me as much! Not even the anti-globalism, post 9/11 terrorists who code open source software to avoid another Columbine.
Check, check, check, check.
Scientology is to the private sector what the lottery is to the public sector--a way to tax stupidity.
I need to get involved with those guys. If they can tax stupidity, I want a cut...there's a lot of stupid people out there.
Because they were probably filmed by someone sitting in a theater with a camcorder.
Ah...an excellent point that I did not consider. How else could you get someone to pay $10-20 for a movie that is commonly available in any store?
"Pirates seek to profit off the enormous popularity of DVDs by using the latest in technology to illegally manufacture DVD copies of Hollywood films, and again dupe consumers into purchasing a wholly inferior product," MPAA Chief Executive Jack Valenti said in a statement.
Could someone please explain to me how a digital copy could be "wholly inferior" to the original media?
Not that I condone the actions of these people, but honestly...it's not like we're talking (S|X)VCDs...
Still, I do agree that MS should probably distribute "lite" versions of their language products, gratis, with their OS's, which would certainly increase their user base.
Since when does Microsoft need to increase their user base?
Yeah! Just like Kevin Mitnick and Dmitry Sklyarov!
Land of the free, baby!
Actually, over in Europe, drunk driving doesn't happen anywhere near as much as it happens in the US. I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe they just respect the law. Or perhaps their laws entail more than a slap on the wrist for that shit.
Any Germans care to elaborate?
This movie is a piece of shit. This surprises you, how? It's just another turd that Hollywood has tried to shove down our throats instead of making a truly intellectual movie that's worth watching.
Fuck them.
Yet another point: get the ISPs to actually *do* something about abuse complaints [when they are reasonable].
Preach on, brother. This has been my biggest problem with spammers to date. You (or a newsgroup) gets spammed, you do the right thing and send an email to abuse@domain.com (headers et al) and they do NOTHING.
When they don't follow their own TOS and AUP, why should they expect the scumbags on their network to do so?
I really don't see how it can be any more distracting. It's ludicrous.
That's because you don't seem to be what 90% of the people in this country are: idiots. These are the same people that don't know how to merge, drive 50mph in the left lane and read books/newspapers while rolling down the road at a high rate of speed. Should they have licenses? Probably not...but what are we gonna do about it?
What's the matter, Taco? Don't you believe in self expression?
I wanted to take Friday off too, but the boss said I couldn't.
Guess you'll have to do your own homework.
...orgy of violence?
Ah...a GWAR fan?
Hm. Perhaps you should actually READ the article...this situation is covered.
All the government departments do that. It's NOT a $10 hammer...it's how they hide those "black projects." How else do you think they hide those billions of dollars from the general public for KeyHole satellite development and the Aurora project? They were hoping no one would dig down deep enough to see the "$10,000 hammer."
Or the "$600 toilet seat".
etc.
etc.
Stephen King will still have a large fanbase. A lot of people think that his writing is nothing but horror, but all of his stories have real DEPTH. They don't just scoot past character development or something that could be a plot point at 65MPH and scream, "Nothing to see here."