"We, um, will have NO tollerance for... these dangerous and mendicial[sic], uh, TERRORISTS, digital or, if they're not digital, if they're terrorists...we'll pay them back, because...TERRORISM is bad, and it is with great RESOLVE that we, err, eliminate these TERRORISTS and restore the, uh, inalienable justice...that the United States grants to every citizen of, erm, TERRORISM, because it is with great resolve that we push forward. Thank you."
Or with identical-looking ones that DO work as advertized, but also happen to include the handy "feature" of sending all your clicks both in and on the browser (you know, for "quality control")? Some might argue that Comet Cursor already did this, but it could get much worse -- at least from the eyes of sites that try to keep advertisements to nil or just above nil. I mean, think about some site setting a window to pop-up some 10 minutes after you'd left their site, thereby exposing the user to unauthorized advertising AND placing the blame on whatever other site the unsuspecting user was browsing? Personally, I'd LOVE to see a small utility that kept track of javascript setTimeouts and also window actions and asked you to always allow, allow, deny, or always deny them (specifically or by wildcard); it'd also be nice if it allowed you to kill Javascript processes. (I find that on certain sites Mozilla doesn't allow windows to open even if I want them to because the sites use some cocked up postdata return method (oh, coded in ASP, of course), at which point I have to deal with preferences and that's messy AND risking a horrible number of popups. *pant,pant* Long sentence.) Just my $0.03 (inflation kills).
What about AOL Time Warner? Having AT&T diversifying like this is nice, but AOL is the largest provider (and also the only people I can get cable service from). I'd like to see some diversification from them to show that they aren't complete fuckoffs.
Gold toilets aren't practical -- they don't run any better than regular porceline toilets. 100Mbps internet access, however, works much better and faster and is therefore practical to subsidize.
NASA is reporting that physicists at Harvard University have managed to stop light altogether.
And in other news, lawyers at Harvard University did the same thing by gathering together and being nice. Their explanation? Undecypherable legal jargon. (There's a good way for making ultra-secure communiques.)
The Geequalizer, a tension-adjustable pair of bike petals that can be put under the desk to work out while you work! (Note: Should only be used on casual Friday.)
The Hold-a-phone, a system designed to allow people that are in a holding queue on the phone to help each-other with problems (a-la an AOL support channel -- "oh yeah, I had that problem, just type Alt+F4").
and, of course, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a comprehensive thesaurus, dictionary, encyclopedia, map, and astral guide (for those sudden horoscopal urges), with optional PDA, MP3, Vorbis, digital camera, digital microphone, and tamagochi accessories.
Now, I pride myself on coding to >99% compliancy with W3C standards, but there are some arguments -- such as this -- that are completely rediculous. CSS was made SPECIFICALLY to control style and layout! As such, CSS should be able to control EVERY ASPECT of a site. The nice thing about CSS is that if you don't want someone fucking with a certain setting, you can tell your web browser to not change it. I think that the scrollbar extension is a great thing to have -- instead of seeing big gray bars running through iframes you can see colours that blend in with the site and don't stick out like a sore thumb.
Honestly, before you start lecturing about how scrollbar-* is a Bad Thing(tm) and bla bla, why not first try getting sites that preach the gospel to conform to defined standards?
If they're bringing two units down, why are they still filming in 2D? This makes little sense, especially with some of the new developments in 3D technology. Being able to store photorealistic 3D environments and navigating them virtually could would be an extremely useful thing to be able to do. The only problem is that the newest 3D cameras use SONAR as a means of depth perception, and since this is a main form of communication underwater, there may be a Z-axis distortion problem. Still, it would be worth testing.
IBM doesn't charge outrageous prices for their products, their stuff doesn't CRASH three times a day, and they aren't trying to use their influence to force themselves into new fields. Well, they might be doing the last thing, but if they are, they're doing it much more quietly and humbly than Microsoft, which says SOMETHING about their upper corporate intelligence, right?
I still don't understand why so few people use PGP. If someone wanted to present a legally binding contract, to confirm it was from them, PGP would probably be the way to go.
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Drunk people can't be trusted to handle glass period. I think Barney Gumpbell's bartab just went up 5-fold with the invent of THIS little device.
I recall that Time Warner set up a relay of NY1 on their national system... why would this be legal? Just because it's a "cable" channel and not OTA?
Could've sworn the quote was as follows:
"We, um, will have NO tollerance for... these dangerous and mendicial[sic], uh, TERRORISTS, digital or, if they're not digital, if they're terrorists...we'll pay them back, because...TERRORISM is bad, and it is with great RESOLVE that we, err, eliminate these TERRORISTS and restore the, uh, inalienable justice...that the United States grants to every citizen of, erm, TERRORISM, because it is with great resolve that we push forward. Thank you."
Or with identical-looking ones that DO work as advertized, but also happen to include the handy "feature" of sending all your clicks both in and on the browser (you know, for "quality control")? Some might argue that Comet Cursor already did this, but it could get much worse -- at least from the eyes of sites that try to keep advertisements to nil or just above nil. I mean, think about some site setting a window to pop-up some 10 minutes after you'd left their site, thereby exposing the user to unauthorized advertising AND placing the blame on whatever other site the unsuspecting user was browsing?
Personally, I'd LOVE to see a small utility that kept track of javascript setTimeouts and also window actions and asked you to always allow, allow, deny, or always deny them (specifically or by wildcard); it'd also be nice if it allowed you to kill Javascript processes. (I find that on certain sites Mozilla doesn't allow windows to open even if I want them to because the sites use some cocked up postdata return method (oh, coded in ASP, of course), at which point I have to deal with preferences and that's messy AND risking a horrible number of popups. *pant,pant* Long sentence.) Just my $0.03 (inflation kills).
Military-grade encryption has its weaknesses, too. Especially considering it uses "only" 80-bit keys. And ooh dose pesky cwackews!
Dude, boo, you SO stole my joke.
What about AOL Time Warner? Having AT&T diversifying like this is nice, but AOL is the largest provider (and also the only people I can get cable service from). I'd like to see some diversification from them to show that they aren't complete fuckoffs.
If cold fusion is impossible (or at least highly improbable), let's use COOL FUSION! YEAH!
Gold toilets aren't practical -- they don't run any better than regular porceline toilets. 100Mbps internet access, however, works much better and faster and is therefore practical to subsidize.
Where the heck is the "Alert me when Yahoo! changes its Privacy Policy" option? No. Seriously.
Guess who'll be the last to set their P3P, too?
The Geequalizer, a tension-adjustable pair of bike petals that can be put under the desk to work out while you work! (Note: Should only be used on casual Friday.)
The Hold-a-phone, a system designed to allow people that are in a holding queue on the phone to help each-other with problems (a-la an AOL support channel -- "oh yeah, I had that problem, just type Alt+F4").
and, of course, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a comprehensive thesaurus, dictionary, encyclopedia, map, and astral guide (for those sudden horoscopal urges), with optional PDA, MP3, Vorbis, digital camera, digital microphone, and tamagochi accessories.
Now, I pride myself on coding to >99% compliancy with W3C standards, but there are some arguments -- such as this -- that are completely rediculous. CSS was made SPECIFICALLY to control style and layout! As such, CSS should be able to control EVERY ASPECT of a site. The nice thing about CSS is that if you don't want someone fucking with a certain setting, you can tell your web browser to not change it. I think that the scrollbar extension is a great thing to have -- instead of seeing big gray bars running through iframes you can see colours that blend in with the site and don't stick out like a sore thumb.
Honestly, before you start lecturing about how scrollbar-* is a Bad Thing(tm) and bla bla, why not first try getting sites that preach the gospel to conform to defined standards?
If they're bringing two units down, why are they still filming in 2D? This makes little sense, especially with some of the new developments in 3D technology. Being able to store photorealistic 3D environments and navigating them virtually could would be an extremely useful thing to be able to do. The only problem is that the newest 3D cameras use SONAR as a means of depth perception, and since this is a main form of communication underwater, there may be a Z-axis distortion problem. Still, it would be worth testing.
SSSCA
Security Systems Standards and Certification Act
CBDTPA
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act
HOLLINGS(SUCKERS)
Hollywood Offering Lots of Lingo and Illegal Gold to Senators (So that Universal Can Knock Everyone's Rights to a Stop)
I don't know about dotslash, but on slashdot, very probably, yes.
It probably wouldn't be worth $5000 if they used low-quality components, now would it?
VII. USAGE
...This book may not be reverse-engineered...
that'd be nice.
"Um, Mrs. Johnson, by making us analyze this book you're violating the end-user license agreement!"
IBM doesn't charge outrageous prices for their products, their stuff doesn't CRASH three times a day, and they aren't trying to use their influence to force themselves into new fields. Well, they might be doing the last thing, but if they are, they're doing it much more quietly and humbly than Microsoft, which says SOMETHING about their upper corporate intelligence, right?
I still don't understand why so few people use PGP. If someone wanted to present a legally binding contract, to confirm it was from them, PGP would probably be the way to go.