I don't want the headers of replies and forwards being turned into little graphics. I don't want symbols like;) being turned into little smiley faces. I want to type in courier just like I can in Pine, or netscape messenger.
Go to the URL about:config and tweak your browser settings there. In particular, you'd be interested in the mail.display_glyph and
mail.html_compose
properties (yea, set them to false). This works with 1.3.
It should look nice and have a cool GUI. Blech. I hate the interfaces in most IM clients. They look like crap. ICQ has too many useless features to navigate through, Yahoo looks even uglier than a GTK program, and... well... let's not even touch AIM or MSN, which actually have ADS embedded in the client! Argh. Talk about user hostile!
AFAIK IM was invented by Mirabilis with ICQ. ICQ until sometime back had a huge user community but that has been changing. AOL only later acquired ICQ (in 1998?). So, AOL doesn't/shouldn't get credit for innovation in IM.
For those of you who're going to read all these comments here and decide to move to some j* editor, hold on! Vim is still the best choice IMHO. It has Java syntax highlighting and with the help of JTags you can also navigate through the sources very easily. You'll miss the intellisense (or, really?) but there's a whole lot of common editor features that you simply can't find in other java-only editors.
I'm speaking from experience -- I worked on a java project for a year and was able to beat the shit out of any of my co-developers using jedit/textpad/jext/jblah. At the end of it, I had 3-4 vim converts in my team.
I think this guy is bluffing. I've found a flaw in his accident theory. The fact that his name is Larry "Page" proves that this whole thing was well-planned.
If my manager knows we're all going to die sometime soon, he's going to make me spend my last few days documenting all the code!:( I mean, UML diagrams and all! You know that sucks, don't you?
What's worse -- the code has already been badly hit and damaged (heck, fubarred!) by this ass-terroid, that's me.
I think I don't absolutely agree with Linus - it depends from
case to case. He's talking about operating systems, which are
easier to build than, say, accounting packages (see Tao of
Programming - http://www.users.cloud9.net/~hennessy/tao.html).
When you have to confirm to someone else's requirements (rather
than your own creative instincts) design is a must. Of course,
many of us suffer from over-design, but it's still required.
Then again, I don't care because I'll take each project as it
comes and learn from my experiences. Linus had UNIX as a base,
but many a time (esp. in the world of proprietary software)
there's no base to start with.
Basically Linus has the freedom which a lot of project managers,
software architects and developers don't have. Every project
has overall goals (one universal being to make money (the
*biggest* hurdle to good products and one absent in the case of
Linux), in addition to other project-specific goals). Yes, we
have a boss/client/both to please.
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People can't believe that I still use Pine, but it is light, fast, and easy.
Then I think you're in very bad company. I've been using Pine for 2+ years now and no one ever laughed at me.
On second thoughts, are you using Pine efficiently :) (no?, is that why they laught at you :P)
I don't want the headers of replies and forwards being turned into little graphics. I don't want symbols like ;) being turned into little smiley faces. I want to type in courier just like I can in Pine, or netscape messenger.
Go to the URL about:config and tweak your browser settings there. In particular, you'd be interested in the mail.display_glyph and mail.html_compose properties (yea, set them to false). This works with 1.3.
For a moment, I thought so. :-) And then I said to myself, e-commerce has come a loooonng way!
He doesn't ask people to use the term GNU\Linux out of ego
Hey, man! Careful with the slash! It's GNU/Linux.
(I have to admit, I'm anal retentive... but not as much as RMS)
Ah, what a pity! Not a single comment rated Funny?! I didn't think the topic of databases was that boring. ;-)
It should look nice and have a cool GUI. Blech. I hate the interfaces in most IM clients. They look like crap. ICQ has too many useless features to navigate through, Yahoo looks even uglier than a GTK program, and... well... let's not even touch AIM or MSN, which actually have ADS embedded in the client! Argh. Talk about user hostile!
So what IM are you using? This?
AFAIK IM was invented by Mirabilis with ICQ. ICQ until sometime back had a huge user community but that has been changing. AOL only later acquired ICQ (in 1998?). So, AOL doesn't/shouldn't get credit for innovation in IM.
BTW AOL also has secured a patent.
For those of you who're going to read all these comments here and decide to move to some j* editor, hold on! Vim is still the best choice IMHO. It has Java syntax highlighting and with the help of JTags you can also navigate through the sources very easily. You'll miss the intellisense (or, really?) but there's a whole lot of common editor features that you simply can't find in other java-only editors.
I'm speaking from experience -- I worked on a java project for a year and was able to beat the shit out of any of my co-developers using jedit/textpad/jext/jblah. At the end of it, I had 3-4 vim converts in my team.
Lead by example.
What strikes me is that it's one of those "This is the only article in this thread". No one seemed interested?
I think this guy is bluffing. I've found a flaw in his accident theory. The fact that his name is Larry "Page" proves that this whole thing was well-planned.
(What a smart boy I am.)
If my manager knows we're all going to die sometime soon, he's going to make me spend my last few days documenting all the code! :( I mean, UML diagrams and all! You know that sucks, don't you?
What's worse -- the code has already been badly hit and damaged (heck, fubarred!) by this ass-terroid, that's me.
Net surfers use the back button more than any other key.
You mean the backspace key, don't you? Well I think all f^Hcomputr^Her ^Husers use the back ^Hspace key more than any other key/^H.
Q: Who invented the Internet?
A: Bull Gates.
I think I don't absolutely agree with Linus - it depends from
case to case. He's talking about operating systems, which are
easier to build than, say, accounting packages (see Tao of
Programming - http://www.users.cloud9.net/~hennessy/tao.html).
When you have to confirm to someone else's requirements (rather
than your own creative instincts) design is a must. Of course,
many of us suffer from over-design, but it's still required.
Then again, I don't care because I'll take each project as it
comes and learn from my experiences. Linus had UNIX as a base,
but many a time (esp. in the world of proprietary software)
there's no base to start with.
Basically Linus has the freedom which a lot of project managers,
software architects and developers don't have. Every project
has overall goals (one universal being to make money (the
*biggest* hurdle to good products and one absent in the case of
Linux), in addition to other project-specific goals). Yes, we
have a boss/client/both to please.
Manish