I have an IQ of 156 [...] This is why I only view DVDs on my computer, faaar easier, don't have to switch around audio and video inputs until hell freezes over, then select the proper audio decompression scheme, then select the proper surround sound scheme, and THEN sit down and 'enjoy' the movie, and then have the honor of switching all that shit BACK to watch regular TV.
Here is my question: Since you're so smart, why is it such a difficult task for you to use a console DVD player? I mean, it's not that hard really. 5 to 10 seconds tops, insert DVD, push play, that's it. I simply can't see how you would prefer sitting hunched over your computer to watch a DVD than using a TV.
With Trey Parker and Matt Stone from South Park? Remember the scene where Orgazmo and Choda Boy walked around town making all sorts of people (the old lady for instance) orgasm on command by remote control? See the connection? Um, never mind...
But you don't have any of the programs you normally use, or the latest or even updated versions of drivers.
I get Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, and I'd say I use those on a pretty regular basis. Plus there's Wordpad, which honestly is up to par with Linux "word processors."
Have you ever tried installing XP from scratch? Compared to SuSE 8.0 (FTP install), XP took three times as long, needed user intervention every 10 minutes, needed seperate drivers from the manufacturer for half my peripherals as well as rebooting at least 4 times until i had all the lates security patches installed.. SuSE was up and running in 30 minutes by essentially choosing "standard system" left my windows install intact, included it in the boot manager, found graphics, sound, printer...
That is such bullcrap. XP install takes ~35 minutes, no user intervention after the initial screens. After it boots into graphical setup mode, go get some lunch. More Linux FUD.
Linux still has all of its security advantages over NT though, such as not using IIS, Outlook*.*, IE, Commerce Server, MS SQL, et al, all of which have had some big nasties recently
If these applications are set up and maintained by intelligent administrators, there are no "nasties" that will give you any problems that you speak of. Most problems are caused by morons that leave the default settings the way they are -- OPEN. I think I'm starting to repeat myself...
I believe Windows XP's Universal Plug and Play is similar to this... it auto-discovers network components, such as gateways, etc and allows the OS to determine the external IP address, for example, which is useful in some applications. But this seems a whole lot cooler... and now that it's open source, hopefully we'll see it get integrated into a lot more OSes. Apple is really good when it comes to the "innovation" and "ease-of-use" way of doing things.
Hey man, consider her lucky... she could have been killed. I mean, what do you think would have happened if she, say, was hiding out in Flanders' bomb shelter?
The reason Windows patches take so long to be released is not that no one cares -- it's that it has to go through extensive quality control, managerial approval, etc. If say the Linux folk release their 10 minutes-later patch, and something breaks, what are you going to do? Nothing, it's your tough luck. If Microsoft messes up, and since they have a much greater market share, they'd be in a deep pile of doo-doo. (Yes, I know this has happened before, and there was an uprising against the MS camp).
Depending on the school he attends, he may be elegible to get MS Office Professional for $5. If not, he is elegible for their academic version, which runs $150 methinks.
This was actually directed to the parent article, not necessarily to you in vain -- it was the first post that remotely related to what I was going to say, so I replied. As for the presentation, it didn't just casually mention "van der Waals forces" --- it had two slides that were specifically talking about the gecko... in fact, it had the exact same picture that is on CNN (the Gecko hanging upside down).
Oh wait, here it is. Last page, slides 17 and 18, check it out (in MSWord format w/ embedded pictures). This was written 8 months ago.
Like I said, this doesn't seem to be much of a "revolutionary discovery" any more, does it?:-)
I see absolutely zero value in this article's "discovery" -- this is EXACTLY what I was told by my chemistry professor last January. This is not new news, or perhaps maybe my professor could forecast the future or something. If Slashcode had a file attachment feature I'd even attach the PowerPoint slide specifically describing the intermolecular forces involved in Gecko feet.
Strange, I just tried this on Mozilla 1.1 and IE6 on my XP machine and Mozilla worked perfectly, I could click and drag(or swipe if you wish) from the left or the right and it would only highlight that part.
IE however I had to click then click and drag to select just a portion of a URL as clicking and dragging caused no different behaviour than simply clicking.
Wow, I seriously hope you're not trolling, but the truth is the exact opposite. Swapping the words "IE" and "Mozilla" in the above post would yield the exact behaviour that is exhibited.
I'll ignore them unless a man in blue happens to be watching...
Yeah next thing you know they'll be trying to pass a law for the RIAA to crack into our personal computers to see if we have MP3 files on them... oh wait...
Say http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/162624 1&mode=nested&tid=155&threshold=-1 is in the addr bar of IE and Moz and I want to drag and delete everything after ".org/". In IE, I click once to highlight, then drag from comments.pl over right, and it highlights. In Moz, you click to highlight, but if you click again and swipe over, you envoke "edit mode" in Mozilla's custom combo box control. Mozilla requires an extra click in between -- this, again, is different from all standard Windows controls. This I believe is one of the longest standing problems with Linux (note the similarity) -- lack of consistency among programs. Linux needs a standard set of controls -- not a mishmash of GTK+, qt, and Yo Mamma's toolkit controls. I think Mozilla should stick to the standards --- use GTK if appropriate, but reference Windows' common controls objects under Windows. The same thing should apply under MacOS.
With all the transients, interference, noise, et cetera that are on power lines, this is going to be a big flop, mark my words. I've seen research on power-line data transport protocols before -- it's unreliable at best. They're better off going wireless, something long range. Perhaps stationary 802.11a with repeaters?
If you want to edit the URL, swiping from the left, the behavior of the Mozilla text box is atypical to 99% of other Windows programs. For example, in IE, I can just click and swipe anywhere in the URL from left to right and it will highlight only what you intended to select. Mozilla uses a custom control for this with odd behavior -- you have to click multiple times to get the selection just right, and might even end up "editing" it -- clicking and dragging when it doesn't want you to will "pick up" and "move" select portions of the URL to other places in the box.
Of course that was modded as Flamebait... this is Slashdot, remember, we can only talk trash about non-Open-Source software, cause Open Source is totally 100% problem-free software. Jeez, no one has ever heard of "constructive criticism" have they?
I wish there was a way to open a tab that does not steal focus, i.e., middle clicking will open a background tab, where you don't have to switch to it till the page is finished loading.
When Mozilla uses standard Windows form controls for items such as the browser location drop down list that handle an initial mouse swipe focus like every other browser and text box behaves in any other Windows program, then I'll consider switching.
Don't forget the argument between Vincent and Jules in Pulp Fiction:
-"Want some bacon?" -"Nah, man, I don't eat pork." -"Are you Jewish?" -"Nah, I ain't Jewish. I just don't dig on swine, that's all." -"Why not?" -"Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals." -"Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good." -"Hey. Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know cuz I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfuckers. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eatin' nothin' that ain't got sense enough to disreguard it's own feces." -"What about a dog? A dog eat's it's own feces." -"I don't eat dog either." -"Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?" -"I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're definately dirty. But, a dog's got personality, personality goes a long way." -"Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he'd cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?" -"Well, we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfucking pig. I mean, he'd have to be ten times more charming than that Arnold on Green Acres."
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This is why I only view DVDs on my computer, faaar easier, don't have to switch around audio and video inputs until hell freezes over, then select the proper audio decompression scheme, then select the proper surround sound scheme, and THEN sit down and 'enjoy' the movie, and then have the honor of switching all that shit BACK to watch regular TV.
Here is my question: Since you're so smart, why is it such a difficult task for you to use a console DVD player? I mean, it's not that hard really. 5 to 10 seconds tops, insert DVD, push play, that's it. I simply can't see how you would prefer sitting hunched over your computer to watch a DVD than using a TV.
Knowing Java, if you wanted to watch Seinfeld at 7:30 on channel 6 you'd have to tap "0 6" on your remote at approximately 7:19.
What else would y'all recommend?
A girlfriend to share the house perhaps? About 5'8", blonde, blu... uhh what was this message about again?
Wasn't Plug N Power just a brand name for generic X10 products? I believe they work over the same protocol, IIRC.
With Trey Parker and Matt Stone from South Park? Remember the scene where Orgazmo and Choda Boy walked around town making all sorts of people (the old lady for instance) orgasm on command by remote control? See the connection? Um, never mind...
But you don't have any of the programs you normally use, or the latest or even updated versions of drivers.
I get Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, and I'd say I use those on a pretty regular basis. Plus there's Wordpad, which honestly is up to par with Linux "word processors."
Have you ever tried installing XP from scratch? Compared to SuSE 8.0 (FTP install), XP took three times as long, needed user intervention every 10 minutes, needed seperate drivers from the manufacturer for half my peripherals as well as rebooting at least 4 times until i had all the lates security patches installed.. SuSE was up and running in 30 minutes by essentially choosing "standard system" left my windows install intact, included it in the boot manager, found graphics, sound, printer ...
That is such bullcrap. XP install takes ~35 minutes, no user intervention after the initial screens. After it boots into graphical setup mode, go get some lunch. More Linux FUD.
Linux still has all of its security advantages over NT though, such as not using IIS, Outlook*.*, IE, Commerce Server, MS SQL, et al, all of which have had some big nasties recently
If these applications are set up and maintained by intelligent administrators, there are no "nasties" that will give you any problems that you speak of. Most problems are caused by morons that leave the default settings the way they are -- OPEN. I think I'm starting to repeat myself...
I believe Windows XP's Universal Plug and Play is similar to this... it auto-discovers network components, such as gateways, etc and allows the OS to determine the external IP address, for example, which is useful in some applications. But this seems a whole lot cooler... and now that it's open source, hopefully we'll see it get integrated into a lot more OSes. Apple is really good when it comes to the "innovation" and "ease-of-use" way of doing things.
You forgot that Adobe owns a patent on tabs (see here) so that may be a no-no ;)
Hey man, consider her lucky... she could have been killed. I mean, what do you think would have happened if she, say, was hiding out in Flanders' bomb shelter?
Good point, I'm actually starting to like this!
The reason Windows patches take so long to be released is not that no one cares -- it's that it has to go through extensive quality control, managerial approval, etc. If say the Linux folk release their 10 minutes-later patch, and something breaks, what are you going to do? Nothing, it's your tough luck. If Microsoft messes up, and since they have a much greater market share, they'd be in a deep pile of doo-doo. (Yes, I know this has happened before, and there was an uprising against the MS camp).
Depending on the school he attends, he may be elegible to get MS Office Professional for $5. If not, he is elegible for their academic version, which runs $150 methinks.
This was actually directed to the parent article, not necessarily to you in vain -- it was the first post that remotely related to what I was going to say, so I replied. As for the presentation, it didn't just casually mention "van der Waals forces" --- it had two slides that were specifically talking about the gecko... in fact, it had the exact same picture that is on CNN (the Gecko hanging upside down).
:-)
Oh wait, here it is. Last page, slides 17 and 18, check it out (in MSWord format w/ embedded pictures). This was written 8 months ago.
Like I said, this doesn't seem to be much of a "revolutionary discovery" any more, does it?
I see absolutely zero value in this article's "discovery" -- this is EXACTLY what I was told by my chemistry professor last January. This is not new news, or perhaps maybe my professor could forecast the future or something. If Slashcode had a file attachment feature I'd even attach the PowerPoint slide specifically describing the intermolecular forces involved in Gecko feet.
Strange, I just tried this on Mozilla 1.1 and IE6 on my XP machine and Mozilla worked perfectly, I could click and drag(or swipe if you wish) from the left or the right and it would only highlight that part.
IE however I had to click then click and drag to select just a portion of a URL as clicking and dragging caused no different behaviour than simply clicking.
Wow, I seriously hope you're not trolling, but the truth is the exact opposite. Swapping the words "IE" and "Mozilla" in the above post would yield the exact behaviour that is exhibited.
I'll ignore them unless a man in blue happens to be watching...
Yeah next thing you know they'll be trying to pass a law for the RIAA to crack into our personal computers to see if we have MP3 files on them... oh wait...
Nope. It still uses Moz' custom controls...
4 1&mode=nested&tid=155&threshold=-1 is in the addr bar of IE and Moz and I want to drag and delete everything after ".org/". In IE, I click once to highlight, then drag from comments.pl over right, and it highlights. In Moz, you click to highlight, but if you click again and swipe over, you envoke "edit mode" in Mozilla's custom combo box control. Mozilla requires an extra click in between -- this, again, is different from all standard Windows controls. This I believe is one of the longest standing problems with Linux (note the similarity) -- lack of consistency among programs. Linux needs a standard set of controls -- not a mishmash of GTK+, qt, and Yo Mamma's toolkit controls. I think Mozilla should stick to the standards --- use GTK if appropriate, but reference Windows' common controls objects under Windows. The same thing should apply under MacOS.
Here's how it goes:
Say http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/16262
With all the transients, interference, noise, et cetera that are on power lines, this is going to be a big flop, mark my words. I've seen research on power-line data transport protocols before -- it's unreliable at best. They're better off going wireless, something long range. Perhaps stationary 802.11a with repeaters?
If you want to edit the URL, swiping from the left, the behavior of the Mozilla text box is atypical to 99% of other Windows programs. For example, in IE, I can just click and swipe anywhere in the URL from left to right and it will highlight only what you intended to select. Mozilla uses a custom control for this with odd behavior -- you have to click multiple times to get the selection just right, and might even end up "editing" it -- clicking and dragging when it doesn't want you to will "pick up" and "move" select portions of the URL to other places in the box.
Of course that was modded as Flamebait... this is Slashdot, remember, we can only talk trash about non-Open-Source software, cause Open Source is totally 100% problem-free software. Jeez, no one has ever heard of "constructive criticism" have they?
LOL, that was too easy. I *swear* I've looked for this once before, maybe it was an old version of Mozilla, or maybe I was drunk.
I wish there was a way to open a tab that does not steal focus, i.e., middle clicking will open a background tab, where you don't have to switch to it till the page is finished loading.
When Mozilla uses standard Windows form controls for items such as the browser location drop down list that handle an initial mouse swipe focus like every other browser and text box behaves in any other Windows program, then I'll consider switching.
Don't forget the argument between Vincent and Jules in Pulp Fiction:
-"Want some bacon?"
-"Nah, man, I don't eat pork."
-"Are you Jewish?"
-"Nah, I ain't Jewish. I just don't dig on swine, that's all."
-"Why not?"
-"Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals."
-"Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good."
-"Hey. Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know cuz I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfuckers. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eatin' nothin' that ain't got sense enough to disreguard it's own feces."
-"What about a dog? A dog eat's it's own feces."
-"I don't eat dog either."
-"Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?"
-"I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're definately dirty. But, a dog's got personality, personality goes a long way."
-"Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he'd cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?"
-"Well, we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfucking pig. I mean, he'd have to be ten times more charming than that Arnold on Green Acres."