Indeed, I was just looking at this yesterday after taking over responsibility of a client's NT4 -> 2000 Active Directory migrated network, as the client machines are a mix of 98, 2000 Pro, and XP Pro.
Yeah, and innovation for the book died when they created the index, the table contents, and page numbering. As long as the glue that binds the book holds and the ink doesn't run when it gets wet, I'm happy.
Actually, not quite, there's still plenty of room for redesign, certainly at a physical level. For instance, I'd recommend you read Cradle to Crade: Remaking the Way We Make Things (ISBN 0-86547-587-3). The book itself is made of plastic and is durable, waterproof, and recycleable (not downcycleable - where the quality of the material deteriorates with each cycle), while the ink is easy to strip from the pages via a chemical/hot wash and can also be reused. It's argueably a lot better than your average bleached paper+toxic ink book, and better than your average thin paper+soy-based ink book, while having the added bonus of being remarkably environmentally friendly. Oh, and I'm sure "art" (read: pr0n) publishers like Taschen are interested in the possibilities of a "waterproof" book too;)
While they've not quite perfected this process/design for this book they're certainly on track, and have shown that there's plenty of scope for the fundamental redesign of something as simple as a book.
What, you mean like a petition to Instead, round up as many people as you can to petition Microsoft to get them to support the PNG format as well as Mozilla does.
Have you tried a Logitech iFeel mouse? Just wondering, 'cause I think their implementation's pretty good, and the effect doesn't make the cursor move at all. Worked well with Black and White and Half Life/Counterstrike (but the "always on" for the desktop option sucked):)
It's not meant to be 100% convincing, but equally I'm sure shops have been charging like this for a long time, certainly since before credit or debit cards existed, and it still applies as a large percentage of shoppers that use paper & coin money - hence the topic of the Slashdot story;)
I'd agree that the more sensible explanation is indeed that it makes the product sound cheap though.
Uh, you want a receipt for a 99 cents bag of ChessyPoofs?:)
Seriously though, I agree that there's plenty of times when a receipt is necessary, then the arguement falls down and the "cashier must use the till" & "makes the price look cheaper" reasonings take over, but there's also plenty of times when you don't, then it makes certainly a little sense.
I'll agree with most and say it's pretty much down to marketing though.
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I think it also had something to do with the way a transaction works at your average store.
Consider the following typical purchase:
You walk into the store.
You find yourself a bag of CheesyPoofs, which cost $0.99USD (hey, they're that expensive thanks to the constant free advertising the get on SouthPark!), and head over to the counter.
The cashier looks up from their magazine (sneers) then rings up the price on the till, and asks for 99 cents.
You hand over a dollar, and grab your bag of CheesyPoofs
The cashier opens the register, puts the dollar in, grabs a cent and hands it to you, then says, "Have a nice day!" (sarcastically)
You then leave the store
Now think how different this'd be if everything matched the common notes. You'd hand over a dollar, but then as you've paid in full you've got no reason to hang around anymore so might just walk out with the goods. This kinda 'breaks' the transaction - you may've made a mistake and under or overpaid, or maybe you have something in your hands which you forgot to pay for, but the cashier can't correct this 'cause you've already left. Equally, they don't get to check you out, or say "Have a nice day!", which, as much as people hate it, is a typical part of customer service/interaction and may encourage you to shop at the same store again ('cause that cute chick behind the counter smiled at you as she gave you your change). It's also a signal that the transaction is complete and you can leave.
So, without having to wait for some token amount of change, an essential part of completing a monetary transaction is removed, and things become a lot more difficult. I think *that* is why prices are always XX.99 (as well as the obvious marketing "looks cheaper" aspect).
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Did you actually read what I said, or indeed what you yourself refer to? I said:
A few complaints from the Firebird database crew (and a few seemingly hollow threats of legal action, which they'd have been much better off not saying at all), but most are happy with the outcome <snip/>
And from the page you quoted:
There would not be a conflict if Mozilla were to use the actual trademark "Mozilla Firebird".
Which is exactly what the Mozilla Branding Strategy document clarifies that Mozilla.org'll do (see rule 5.3), right up until they switch to the name "Mozilla Browser" (5.4). End of problem. Do I need to clarify this any further for you, seeing as you seem to be exactly the kind of ill-informed Slashdot zealot (AC, no less!) that I lambasted in my original post?
Personally I think Firebird should've made efforts to legally define their trademark long ago (even though they've been trading as "Firebird" unimpinged for the past few years, which may also establish it, and also assuming that a court would see fit to grant it), then perhaps this whole incident would never have got as far as it did. But then I should've registered sex.com long ago too; hindsight is 20/20. Nevermind, I'll just forge a letter and send it to Network Solutions;)
It still kicks ass though, esp. the layout tools tab, I particularly love the "disable styles" option, and the ability to quickly outline block elements (very useful when coding CSS):)
Can you give this a rest so they can sort it out?
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Oh my God, I can't believe this is still being posted to Slashdot, can people not see how detrimental posting articles like this is to the resolution of this issue on both sides?
Condensed version of events:
Mozilla is forced to change the name of their Phoenix browser due to threat of litigation from Phoenix BIOS corp.
Mozilla devs decide amongst themselves, with very little (if any) public consultation, to change the name to Firebird. They ARE aware of the Firebird database project, but collectively (between about ten to twenty of them) "can't see any naming conflict", and can't be arsed to even e-mail any of the Firebird database project admins to ask if it'd piss them off.
Asa announces on MozillaZine that Mozilla's changed its name to Firebird(TM), and this is final, full stop, quit your whining bitches, we've asked our lawyers and they say it's fine.
Public dismay from the Firebird database admins, developers and users, who feel that the Mozilla organisation has just "pissed on their chips", and insulted them by taking their name (read Ann Harrison's interview and you may understand why they acted the way they did, wrong as it was) - regardless of whether they actually have a claim to trademark "Firebird" or not.
Firebird database admins post a "rallying call" on their website, along with far too many Mozilla developer e-mail addresses. Stupid move.
Firebird DB devs and users e-mail these addresses, some maybe with the misguided opinion that this'll help, followed by a whole deluge of idiots and trolls (who probably don't use either projects' software) who start mailbombing these addresses.
Story gets posted to Slashdot (with author bias towards Mozilla as the author probably likes Moz/Phoenix but hasn't heard of Firebird), fanning the flames further and resulting in tons more mailbombing to both sides.
Both sides get really pissed off with each other due to the mailbombings. Mozilla ppl dig their heels in because of ridiculous amounts of spam they've been getting, and the Firebird database people are taken aback by the scale of the response and the (really) stupid mistake of posting all the Moz team's addresses, while still feeling helpless that a big project's just stomped on them pretty firmly.
MozillaZine continue their biased reporting (fair enough, they are MOZILLAZine after all!), and Moz team members "shut the f*ck up" posts in response to any wails of dismay forum posts from Firebird DB admins make sure that this continues for weeks. Lots of users without any knowledge of either project chip in with tons of stupid names, lots of IANAL but I'm with whichever side I'm biased towards, even more "but Firebird stole it from the Firebird car so they can STFU" posts, plenty of "not going to be confusing" and "Mozilla you b*st*rds, give the name back - if Microsoft did this we'd all go round and kick them in the nuts!" and general ranting ensues.
Several more online news sites post up stories, practically all with extreme bias one way or the other.
MozillaZine's forums get hammered, MySQL falls over - ironic;) Their bandwith bills have gone sky-high so the forums stay down. Lots of complaints from MozillaZine people blaming this on the Firebird database camp, yet more friction.
A non-biased mediator (Jonathan Walther, a contributor to Debian) gets briefly involved to try and find some common ground between the warring parties, resulting in a very frank and honest interview with Ann Harrison posted up on MozillaZine. Other than this Jonathan does really play much of a part, but he makes for a good character to slot into any news reporting that goes on. More ranting on both sides.
LOTS more ranting on both sides.
Mozilla.org responds by posting the Mozilla Firebird Branding Strategy, which clarifies that the new name is "Mozilla Firebird" NOT "Firebird(TM)", and that it's just a codename like SeaMonkey is a codename
Personally I liked the fact that you could only save at the start of the level in AVP; it really added to the challenge and the atmosphere. Instead of quicksaving continually, you were forced to play tactically and learn to stay alive, which increased the tension and made the gameplay much more fun.
Just my opinion, but I was disappointed they added the save facility. Sure it was frustrating to die 30 minutes into a level, and it was annoying when you were interrupted and couldn't save, but the game was definitely better for it. Imagine if Doom 3 has a quicksave facility, do you not think that'll destroy any tension the player feels, when he knows he can quicksave, walk round the corner and get killed, then immediately try that all again instantly without any penalty? That's just boring!
Oh, and yes, I did complete AVP;) (As all three characters.)
Basically they add quick references into the sidebar for a variety of official standards as CSS2, CSS2.1, HTML 4.01, DOM 2, XSLT 1.0 Reference, and the Gecko DOM Reference.
Now I've installed them I use them all the time; and to think for ages I thought Mozilla's Sidebar was useless! Very handy, it is.
A single keypress (F10) will then open the validators of your choice (e.g. the W3C HTML & CSS validators, Bobby, HTMLTidy, URL checker, etc.) in seperate tabs, or windows if you prefer.
Just a quick addition to this (which I know doesn't really apply to really heavily IT-dependent companies such as software development firms or co-lo companies, but is relevant for a large majority of companies) -
(after checking your backups actually restore) it may be worth keeping your contingency plans minimal, e.g. just covering critical systems with a few spare workstations, and considering this option: how much would it cost to run the office the good ol' fastioned manual paper way for say up to a week (in which time you can rebuilt the resources), as opposed to the cost of implementing a full disaster recovery plan?
You may find it's almost as efficient and a hell of a lot cheaper?
sitting on top of our generator's huge power transformer
Uh, maybe I'm being clueless (Hey, I've just come back from the pub so I'm a bit fuzzy!), but don't transformers tend to have really big f*ckoff magnets in them?
If so I'd imagine your tapes might well be very safe, but they'll also be very blank...;)
Actually it shouldn't be that expensive; the typical price I've heard quoted is around the same as residential ADSL here (approx. 40-50 GBP) - indeed it's offered as an alternative for those that are too far from an exchange.
Note that it is charged by the megabyte though, so running Kazaa all day will definitely hurt your wallet;) Last I heard the breakdown was £25GBP per month for 20MB, plus £1 GBP per additional MB.
3) I find that by and large the colour problems cause by using PCs are form Mac people that don't really understand the way colour spaces work. First, PCs normally operate with a 9300k temperatore, Macs are normally 6500k. You either need to switch the mode on the monitor, or compensate for that. Then there's the gamma difference. PCs are 2.2, Macs are 1.8 (I think).
Actually, it's more like 6500K (D65) for PCs, and 5000K (D50) for Macs, but these are by no means hard and fast, it's however the user wants to set up his monitor. Anyway, the PC & Mac world both seem to be converging now on D65 as the standard.
Personally I'd think someone was crazy to use 9300K for ANYTHING, there's very little industry support for it: it's just too "cool" (ie. too blue) and "contrasty". Support for D50 & D65 is much better however. You can find D50 & D65 lightboxes for viewing trannies just about anywhere, and equivalent lighting sources for your desk so you can be sure that what you're viewing in your hand is as close as possible to the output f, which will help you set up your working environment to have a balanced colour workflow.
Oh, it's worth pointing out that most of the above doesn't mean squat unless you profile your monitor correctly. And I don't mean using the Adobe Gamma Control Panel, I mean a hardware colorimeter (or spider as they're commonly called). See the review of OptiCAL over at Computer Darkroom for a good idea of what's best. Monaco Systems also make some fantastic equipment.
As for TFTs, well they're a bit of a non-starter. Compared with a good CRT they're useless - vastly lower contrast ratio, poor viewing angle, variable colour temperature, less sharp, etc. Give me a decent 21" Trintron/Diamondtron anyday.
You got the gamma values right though: 1.8 for the Mac, and 2.2 for the PC.
As for it not being hard to set up a (closed, or open-loop for that matter) colour workflow, well I wouldn't say it's easy, but it's certainly not that different for a Mac or a PC, and Macs don't have ANY automatic advantage that I've seen. Just a subtle bit of uneducated Mac zealotist trolling by the parent post you replied to;)
I'll agree that it's a big pain to have yet another browser with a different level of support for CSS (especially since Tantek et al actually did a really good job with Mac IE5's CSS handling), but it is still a beta, and I'm sure that both the KHTML core and Safari teams will work really hard to get bugs ironed out and the standards support increased, so that it'll behave much better on its final release.
Fingers-crossed anyway;)
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It is absolutely vital to
the continued existence of the internet as a medium of free speech that
large corporations are NOT allowed to squelch opinions that do not cast
them in a favorable light.
In that case, can anyone tell me why this story doesn't seem to have got any press in the US, and limited coverage in the UK?:
US wrecks cheap drugs deal- Cheney's intervention blocks pact to help poor countries after pharmaceutical firms lobby White House.
"When pushed to do so, the
Bush administration will feign concern for the world's poor. But its
actions speak louder than its words. The intervention by vice-president
Dick Cheney last week to torpedo a deal to get cheap drugs into poor
countries whose populaces have been consumed by epidemics was a
cold-hearted piece of realpolitik. Forget the honey-coated pledges of
support for development and warm declarations that global prosperity
must be shared. The United States was the only country out of 144 to
oppose an agreement that would have relaxed global patent rules on
treatments. The richest nation on the earth backed the arguments of the
drug lobby over the cries of the weak and wasted. In doing so the US
has emptied the current round of trade talks of a meaningful and
substantial proof that globalisation could help the poor." (read more)
And then Americans wonder why a vast proportion of the rest of the
world hates their Government? Maybe it's because they continually
let their large corporations get away with murder...
A corporation has no soul to damn; no body to kick.
Dino: I'm Danny the Dino and I don't like you.
Homer: Heh heh heh heh.
Dino: I'm Danny the Dino and I'm going to *kill* you!
Homer: Hee hee hee. Didn't even pull the string that time.
Dino: I said I was going to kill you! [points with dino foot] YOU! Homer Simpson!
cue lots of Terminator-inspired mayhem, followed by a classic tech support call)...
Disney Animatronic Tech: Ahh, see here's the problem - Someone set this thing to 'Evil'.
Slashdot Mirror
Indeed, I was just looking at this yesterday after taking over responsibility of a client's NT4 -> 2000 Active Directory migrated network, as the client machines are a mix of 98, 2000 Pro, and XP Pro.
This URL may be of some use?:
Active Directory Client Extensions for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0
I've yet to have time to check whether it's actually on the 2000 Server CD, but I hope so... (I still want to get rid of the 9x clients though)
Speaking of hardening Windows networks, I'd recommend checking out a few of the following:
:) Cheers,
Berkeley Labs Computer Protection Program: Windows Security (including guides on how to harden 2000 & XP)
Some interesting Windows password quirks
Ten Windows Password Myths
Securing Windows 2000: First Steps
That should be enough to get started
Stef
While they've not quite perfected this process/design for this book they're certainly on track, and have shown that there's plenty of scope for the fundamental redesign of something as simple as a book.
What, you mean like a petition to Instead, round up as many people as you can to petition Microsoft to get them to support the PNG format as well as Mozilla does.
;)
What, you mean a petition like Aaron Adam's petition for Proper PNG Support in Internet Explorer for Windows, as endorsed by the likes of Zeldman (designer extraordinaire), A List Apart (who have an article describing various workarounds, which are simple but ultimately impractical), Eric Meyer (CSS guru - excellent books BTW), Owen Briggs (the Noodle Incident), and the like? I'd highly recommend that you take the time to sign it, it'll only take a few seconds...
I'd also encourage you to give Microsoft some product feedback (no registration or e-mail required) on IE/win's crappy PNG support
As for resources describing each browser's level of support, check out this excellent listing of each web browsers' PNG support over at Gregg Roelofses LibPNG site.
Cheers,
ManxStef
Yeah, you only use the term "in (the back of) a Volkswagen" when you're talking about screwing someone some place uncomfortable!
Snoogins!
Have you tried a Logitech iFeel mouse? Just wondering, 'cause I think their implementation's pretty good, and the effect doesn't make the cursor move at all. Worked well with Black and White and Half Life/Counterstrike (but the "always on" for the desktop option sucked) :)
It's not meant to be 100% convincing, but equally I'm sure shops have been charging like this for a long time, certainly since before credit or debit cards existed, and it still applies as a large percentage of shoppers that use paper & coin money - hence the topic of the Slashdot story ;)
I'd agree that the more sensible explanation is indeed that it makes the product sound cheap though.
Uh, you want a receipt for a 99 cents bag of ChessyPoofs? :)
Seriously though, I agree that there's plenty of times when a receipt is necessary, then the arguement falls down and the "cashier must use the till" & "makes the price look cheaper" reasonings take over, but there's also plenty of times when you don't, then it makes certainly a little sense.
I'll agree with most and say it's pretty much down to marketing though.
Consider the following typical purchase:
- You walk into the store.
- You find yourself a bag of CheesyPoofs, which cost $0.99USD (hey, they're that expensive thanks to the constant free advertising the get on SouthPark!), and head over to the counter.
- The cashier looks up from their magazine (sneers) then rings up the price on the till, and asks for 99 cents.
- You hand over a dollar, and grab your bag of CheesyPoofs
- The cashier opens the register, puts the dollar in, grabs a cent and hands it to you, then says, "Have a nice day!" (sarcastically)
- You then leave the store
Now think how different this'd be if everything matched the common notes. You'd hand over a dollar, but then as you've paid in full you've got no reason to hang around anymore so might just walk out with the goods. This kinda 'breaks' the transaction - you may've made a mistake and under or overpaid, or maybe you have something in your hands which you forgot to pay for, but the cashier can't correct this 'cause you've already left. Equally, they don't get to check you out, or say "Have a nice day!", which, as much as people hate it, is a typical part of customer service/interaction and may encourage you to shop at the same store again ('cause that cute chick behind the counter smiled at you as she gave you your change). It's also a signal that the transaction is complete and you can leave.So, without having to wait for some token amount of change, an essential part of completing a monetary transaction is removed, and things become a lot more difficult. I think *that* is why prices are always XX.99 (as well as the obvious marketing "looks cheaper" aspect).
Personally I think Firebird should've made efforts to legally define their trademark long ago (even though they've been trading as "Firebird" unimpinged for the past few years, which may also establish it, and also assuming that a court would see fit to grant it), then perhaps this whole incident would never have got as far as it did. But then I should've registered sex.com long ago too; hindsight is 20/20. Nevermind, I'll just forge a letter and send it to Network Solutions
Duh, make that the PNH Toolbar.
:)
It still kicks ass though, esp. the layout tools tab, I particularly love the "disable styles" option, and the ability to quickly outline block elements (very useful when coding CSS)
Condensed version of events:
Personally I liked the fact that you could only save at the start of the level in AVP; it really added to the challenge and the atmosphere. Instead of quicksaving continually, you were forced to play tactically and learn to stay alive, which increased the tension and made the gameplay much more fun.
;) (As all three characters.)
Just my opinion, but I was disappointed they added the save facility. Sure it was frustrating to die 30 minutes into a level, and it was annoying when you were interrupted and couldn't save, but the game was definitely better for it. Imagine if Doom 3 has a quicksave facility, do you not think that'll destroy any tension the player feels, when he knows he can quicksave, walk round the corner and get killed, then immediately try that all again instantly without any penalty? That's just boring!
Oh, and yes, I did complete AVP
Another cool set of tools are the Mozilla Sidebars available over at Netscape's DevEdge.
Basically they add quick references into the sidebar for a variety of official standards as CSS2, CSS2.1, HTML 4.01, DOM 2, XSLT 1.0 Reference, and the Gecko DOM Reference.
Now I've installed them I use them all the time; and to think for ages I thought Mozilla's Sidebar was useless! Very handy, it is.
I know just the Mozilla plugin for you:
Checky
A single keypress (F10) will then open the validators of your choice (e.g. the W3C HTML & CSS validators, Bobby, HTMLTidy, URL checker, etc.) in seperate tabs, or windows if you prefer.
Fantastic!
Just a quick addition to this (which I know doesn't really apply to really heavily IT-dependent companies such as software development firms or co-lo companies, but is relevant for a large majority of companies) -
(after checking your backups actually restore) it may be worth keeping your contingency plans minimal, e.g. just covering critical systems with a few spare workstations, and considering this option:
how much would it cost to run the office the good ol' fastioned manual paper way for say up to a week (in which time you can rebuilt the resources), as opposed to the cost of implementing a full disaster recovery plan?
You may find it's almost as efficient and a hell of a lot cheaper?
Uh, maybe I'm being clueless (Hey, I've just come back from the pub so I'm a bit fuzzy!), but don't transformers tend to have really big f*ckoff magnets in them?
;)
If so I'd imagine your tapes might well be very safe, but they'll also be very blank...
Please don't hit this, use the Google cached page:
Computer bus latest news
Otherwise you'll deprive all the kids of this webserver - imagine the teacher explaining to all the sobbing children what a "slashdotting" is!
Actually it shouldn't be that expensive; the typical price I've heard quoted is around the same as residential ADSL here (approx. 40-50 GBP) - indeed it's offered as an alternative for those that are too far from an exchange.
;) Last I heard the breakdown was £25GBP per month for 20MB, plus £1 GBP per additional MB.
Note that it is charged by the megabyte though, so running Kazaa all day will definitely hurt your wallet
Cheers,
ManxStef
(I'm on the Isle of Man BTW)
Oh wait, you said optimization...
Thank you, thank you, I'm performing here all week - unless they find me and take me back to the asylum, that is *twitch*
Personally I'd think someone was crazy to use 9300K for ANYTHING, there's very little industry support for it: it's just too "cool" (ie. too blue) and "contrasty". Support for D50 & D65 is much better however. You can find D50 & D65 lightboxes for viewing trannies just about anywhere, and equivalent lighting sources for your desk so you can be sure that what you're viewing in your hand is as close as possible to the output f, which will help you set up your working environment to have a balanced colour workflow.
Oh, it's worth pointing out that most of the above doesn't mean squat unless you profile your monitor correctly. And I don't mean using the Adobe Gamma Control Panel, I mean a hardware colorimeter (or spider as they're commonly called). See the review of OptiCAL over at Computer Darkroom for a good idea of what's best. Monaco Systems also make some fantastic equipment.
As for TFTs, well they're a bit of a non-starter. Compared with a good CRT they're useless - vastly lower contrast ratio, poor viewing angle, variable colour temperature, less sharp, etc. Give me a decent 21" Trintron/Diamondtron anyday.
You got the gamma values right though: 1.8 for the Mac, and 2.2 for the PC.
As for it not being hard to set up a (closed, or open-loop for that matter) colour workflow, well I wouldn't say it's easy, but it's certainly not that different for a Mac or a PC, and Macs don't have ANY automatic advantage that I've seen. Just a subtle bit of uneducated Mac zealotist trolling by the parent post you replied to
LOL!
Only one thing: you forgot to say like, "like", a million times, or something.
Mark Pilgrim has done an excellent review of Safari and its handling of CSS - I'd suggest you check out if you're having problems, and submit (specific, reproduceable) test cases to Dave Hyatt.
;)
I'll agree that it's a big pain to have yet another browser with a different level of support for CSS (especially since Tantek et al actually did a really good job with Mac IE5's CSS handling), but it is still a beta, and I'm sure that both the KHTML core and Safari teams will work really hard to get bugs ironed out and the standards support increased, so that it'll behave much better on its final release.
Fingers-crossed anyway
US wrecks cheap drugs deal - Cheney's intervention blocks pact to help poor countries after pharmaceutical firms lobby White House.
This story also draws comment in the Guardian's Leaders column:
"When pushed to do so, the Bush administration will feign concern for the world's poor. But its actions speak louder than its words. The intervention by vice-president Dick Cheney last week to torpedo a deal to get cheap drugs into poor countries whose populaces have been consumed by epidemics was a cold-hearted piece of realpolitik. Forget the honey-coated pledges of support for development and warm declarations that global prosperity must be shared. The United States was the only country out of 144 to oppose an agreement that would have relaxed global patent rules on treatments. The richest nation on the earth backed the arguments of the drug lobby over the cries of the weak and wasted. In doing so the US has emptied the current round of trade talks of a meaningful and substantial proof that globalisation could help the poor." (read more)
And then Americans wonder why a vast proportion of the rest of the world hates their Government? Maybe it's because they continually let their large corporations get away with murder
A corporation has no soul to damn; no body to kick.
Yeah, I can see it now:
Dino: I'm Danny the Dino and I don't like you.
Homer: Heh heh heh heh.
Dino: I'm Danny the Dino and I'm going to *kill* you!
Homer: Hee hee hee. Didn't even pull the string that time.
Dino: I said I was going to kill you! [points with dino foot] YOU! Homer Simpson!
cue lots of Terminator-inspired mayhem, followed by a classic tech support call)...
Disney Animatronic Tech: Ahh, see here's the problem - Someone set this thing to 'Evil'.
Actually, much to my surprise I found that IE6 can change the font size easily, without going to View, Text Size (as long as you've got a wheelmouse).
How? - Hold down CTRL and then scroll with your mouse wheel. Surprised?
I was, they sure could've documented this feature better! Still, I much prefer Mozilla.