question: can javascript change my default search in the address bar? (e.g., Search for "chocolate cupcakes")Because I have it set for google every that i know of (registry, tweakxp, etc.) and i can't figure why i now go to http://eps.new.search.new.net. whoever did this to my copmuter, i hope they die.
As long as AdAware (www.lavasoftusa.com) is aware of it,
AdAware is the bomb. But will it help me get rid of that Kazaa thing? I installed Kazaa once, have since deleted it, and now I wonder if I have some weird p2p trojan lurking somewhere.
Basically, a lot of people have put out good webservers. Microsoft just isn't one of them.
imho, even IIS has its uses. i wouldn't use it on a public website, but it's fine and easy to maintain for corporate intranet sites, etc., where security and scalability aren't as important. there are plenty of advantages to IIS, such as dynamic generation of Office docs, etc. and if you're vigilant and hardworking, it can be pretty stable, too.
That said, I think the entire "browser bundling" issue is blown way out of proportion. I don't believe that Microsoft is doing anything wrong by packaging IE with Windows, giving away free upgrades, and insisting that OEMs have IE installed on their Windows based systems.
Amen. It's about time someone brought this up. As a web designer and developer, I think IE 6 is far and away the best browser. I believe this because it is fast, gives you excellent control over privacy, and, most importantly, renders pages as you expect them to look. I don't want to hear about open standards compliance, either. The fact is, Mozilla/Netscape does all sorts of weird little things to your designs, such as arbitrarily changing the width of textboxes, frames, etc. I also think the IE 5 object model is great. I would have no problem w/ other browsers if they were just predictable.
That said, I do believe IE caught up to Netscape because they basically could outspend them. IANAL, so I have no opinion on whether giving a product away for free is illegal.
OTOH, boy am I glad I don't have to pay Netscape money in order to view web pages.
Most studies of information flow seem to suggest that open-plan environments facilitate the free flow of information - it is easy to ask anyone a question, and someone walking by might be able to chip-in with some useful advice. Cubicles are generally ranked next, followed by shared offices then private offices. If private/shared offices are used, then an open-door policy should be urged.
there was an interesting article in the NYT a couple months ago about how Mayor Bloomberg is all about open work spaces; he has his desk in the middle of an open floor near his assistants, and everyone is encouraged to keep the info flowing. unfortunately, you have to pay to read it online now.
IMVHO and experience, problems have developed when I've been working with/near non-technical people. the constant barrage of computer question can drive me crazy. no offense, but middle-aged women are the WORST about this. as a result of annoying questions, i have turned into a total asshole at work, and i am much happier for it.
Places like Amazon, NY Times, even slashdot who need trust in their customers to keep them coming back.
...except that the NY Times has notoriously PoS security, has been hacked numerous times, and despite widespread knowledge that it's cross-scriptable (e.g. you can put some SQL queries into URLs and do some damage), hasn't dealt with its issues. It's not really big-name places that we have to worry about; it's dishonest people who take advantage of lapses in the big-name places' security.
I also recommend using Ad-Aware to wipe evil spyware off your computer. It's amazing what you'll find.
Just suppose that this transaction went through -- given the millions if not billions that AOLTW could piss away on legal fees, would this pose a serious challenge to the GPL?
I think AOL is going to give whatever OS comes out of this away for free, like they've always done with each version of AOL. And I think they'll have it keep it open source not only to meet legal requirements but also to keep the RedHat team on board. Those guys will bolt otherwise.
I think the larger strategy here may be to use Linux in network devices like set-top boxes, etc. Let's not all jump for joy, however. I think AOL has just as bad a track record as MSFT at releasing bloated, buggy, hole-filled code.
Currently there are only two large computer-sellers that make a profit, Dell and Apple. I'm sure that with you at the helm they would not be able to boast about that.
a)From Time: But Apple's annual revenues have dropped from $8 billion to less than $6 billion, and the company continues to lose market share to the Microsoft-Intel-dominated world. A little more than 4% of new PCs sold in the U.S. are Macs. (Don't ask about worldwide sales, where Apple has actually slipped to less than 3% of the market, from 5.2% five years ago.) So just because they have high profit margins doesn't mean they're where they want to be. growing is better than shrinking, no?
b)ummm, ouch. never claimed to be CEO-material, though.
Your last statement is reeking of troll.
sorry if it came off that way--i do think apple has been innovative in many ways, and i obviously don't think that they owe everything to PARC. my main point was that while they may have revolutionized the PC, they have never revolutionized the way PCs are sold.
I doubt you even know that Apple has the lowest inventory in the industry, a clear business-innovation (saving a lot of money and allowing for a quick transition to new systems).
I bet that was handy during the cube debacle.
Apple does have a web strategy. The online Apple store is very succesful.
again, i should have been more clear about what i meant. why didn't apple become a bigger player in the server market? why didn't they ever make a scalable web server? (please don't refute this by pointing to problems in IIS. I'm not a Microsoft ditto-head).
Apple has always been able to achieve that because they innovated. A clone-builder like Dell can't go too high in the price as there is little to differentiate them from their competitors.
see, i view the apple story as sort of tragic because, while they have innovated on the product side from time to time (i don't think this new iMac is a real innovation, but the iPod is definitely a big step forward), they haven't been innovative in a business sense. Which is where they could learn from someone like Dell, I think, who revolutionized the selling of PCs.
Think about what kind of business strategy Apple has had:
-don't aim for the large business market
-don't have a web strategy
-price your machines out of the market
-aim for the miniscule graphic design market
-sell your machines at a heavy discount to schools and universities
-don't license your OS until it's too late to have an impact, and then change your mind
-don't make a decent OS until it's too late
-don't have a strong inroad into the big box retail stores like CompUSA, Circuit City, etc., but then start these ill-concieved Apple Stores when Gateway has already tried and is pulling back from the same strategy
-spend too much on industrial design and advertising--this thing is a computer, not a car
so it makes me sad because all of the great innovations out of the Mac camp (many of which were lifted from Xerox, btw) get wasted because of stupid management
Not until voice control technology gets richer and broader.
i think this could be a huge area--developing intuitive AUIs (aural user interfaces). i guess "tell me"'s voice-xml thing is one potential model, but it seems like there's got to be a better way to navigate out there somewhere. imagine trying to do some of your common tasks by using only your voice. this is difficult.
I would guess that there are a lot of 'communities' hidden within Slashdot.
i think there are lots of groups, broken down by:
-OS
-version of Linux
-web/non-web developers
-technologies/programming languages
then again, these are basically the same as topics. so it might be a lot of work for nothing.
No, [iPod] wouldn't be easy to port. The software is heavily tuned for MacOS.
that's too bad, because I think iTunes is pretty sweet, especially when compared to what the PC has to offer. MusicMatch is a piece of #@$#@, WinAmp has an annoying interface, and the new M$ Media Player has a pretty good data structure but has annoying little bugs like playing the wrong song, categorizing album and artist names too strictly, etc.
I don't think the $25 price they could ask for iTunes would compensate for the lost sales of hardware.
why is it that in gaming systems like XBox, all the money is in software, but yet when it comes to Apple, their revenue stream is in hardware? isn't software inherently more profitable? or does Apple jack up the prices on their machines so much that they're able to make hardware work well for them?
have you seen www.launch.com? It's yahoo's new music site, and i think it's pretty good because:
-you make a "radio station" by rating groups/songs/albums that you like.
-there are preprogrammed stations if you want
-you don't need to store mp3s, because it streams
-the sound quality is very good
-the licensing is legit and taken car of already
-you can listen to your "station" from any computer
drawbacks:
-sometimes their audio server gets choked up
-you can't pick just one song very easily
-you can't copy the files
-it's probably linked somehow to evil marketing schemes
-their selection is pretty extensive, but if you listen to any station a lot, you do hear repeats
that said, it's better than pain-in-the-tucus, not to mention shady downloading sites like audiogalaxy or kazaa.
why doesn't apple write software for windows? couldn't they sell some of their stuff on the windows platform. How difficult would it be to port things like iTunes?
My only quibble is that I'll still need to get an FM radio - it would have been great had an FM radio been included.
Or better yet, if it included XMRadio or that Sirius thing. I think satellite radio could be huge and a model for better satellite tv, among other things. What they need, though, is the ability for users to create their own radio station online somehow, which they can listen to from anywhere in the country/world.
i use photoshop for windows and mac. in the old days, you just didn't run photoshop on a pc. but nowadays, i would argue that photoshop on pc is equal if not better. macs have some built-in features that come in handy, like using RAM for you scratch disks. but in general, i prefer pcs.
first, you get the new releases earlier on a pc. i'm a big adobe fan, and i'm always the first kid on my block to have a new version of photoshop.
second, a few small but useful features didn't make it into mac versions right away--such as wysiwyg vector text, which wasn't part of MAC Photoshop 5.5.
third, it annoys me how there's no "maximize" button in mac os. my eyes get visually confused if my windows don't take up the whole screen, and it's a pain to stretch them manually. (i don't like to use photoshop's different viewing modes, because they shrink the menus).
fourth, alt-tab-bing between apps is key for looking at your work as go. i hate that damn finder menu thing.
that said, i want one of those cinema screens. also, i don't do print, so i don't worry about colorsync issues.
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question: can javascript change my default search in the address bar? (e.g., Search for "chocolate cupcakes")Because I have it set for google every that i know of (registry, tweakxp, etc.) and i can't figure why i now go to http://eps.new.search.new.net. whoever did this to my copmuter, i hope they die.
AdAware is the bomb. But will it help me get rid of that Kazaa thing? I installed Kazaa once, have since deleted it, and now I wonder if I have some weird p2p trojan lurking somewhere.
this can be changed in the registry to anything you want. just go the the internet explorer/main section, and it should be pretty straightforward.
imho, even IIS has its uses. i wouldn't use it on a public website, but it's fine and easy to maintain for corporate intranet sites, etc., where security and scalability aren't as important. there are plenty of advantages to IIS, such as dynamic generation of Office docs, etc. and if you're vigilant and hardworking, it can be pretty stable, too.
otoh, if you search for "teoma" on google, you get teoma.com right off the bat.
searching for "google" on teoma seems to get you every single page on the google domain, which seems to be of dubious value
Amen. It's about time someone brought this up. As a web designer and developer, I think IE 6 is far and away the best browser. I believe this because it is fast, gives you excellent control over privacy, and, most importantly, renders pages as you expect them to look. I don't want to hear about open standards compliance, either. The fact is, Mozilla/Netscape does all sorts of weird little things to your designs, such as arbitrarily changing the width of textboxes, frames, etc. I also think the IE 5 object model is great. I would have no problem w/ other browsers if they were just predictable.
That said, I do believe IE caught up to Netscape because they basically could outspend them. IANAL, so I have no opinion on whether giving a product away for free is illegal.
OTOH, boy am I glad I don't have to pay Netscape money in order to view web pages.
there was an interesting article in the NYT a couple months ago about how Mayor Bloomberg is all about open work spaces; he has his desk in the middle of an open floor near his assistants, and everyone is encouraged to keep the info flowing. unfortunately, you have to pay to read it online now.
IMVHO and experience, problems have developed when I've been working with/near non-technical people. the constant barrage of computer question can drive me crazy. no offense, but middle-aged women are the WORST about this. as a result of annoying questions, i have turned into a total asshole at work, and i am much happier for it.
dude, you can turn that off. what i hope is that someone (e.g the gov't) forces microsoft to make the UID off by default.
anyone know how to turn off the uid in realplayer and quicktime?
I also recommend using Ad-Aware to wipe evil spyware off your computer. It's amazing what you'll find.
I think AOL is going to give whatever OS comes out of this away for free, like they've always done with each version of AOL. And I think they'll have it keep it open source not only to meet legal requirements but also to keep the RedHat team on board. Those guys will bolt otherwise.
I think the larger strategy here may be to use Linux in network devices like set-top boxes, etc. Let's not all jump for joy, however. I think AOL has just as bad a track record as MSFT at releasing bloated, buggy, hole-filled code.
i personally am waiting for the pda/cell package w/ a 10-gig hard-drive and voice/email integration. where's that one?
a)From Time: But Apple's annual revenues have dropped from $8 billion to less than $6 billion, and the company continues to lose market share to the Microsoft-Intel-dominated world. A little more than 4% of new PCs sold in the U.S. are Macs. (Don't ask about worldwide sales, where Apple has actually slipped to less than 3% of the market, from 5.2% five years ago.) So just because they have high profit margins doesn't mean they're where they want to be. growing is better than shrinking, no?
b)ummm, ouch. never claimed to be CEO-material, though.
Your last statement is reeking of troll.
sorry if it came off that way--i do think apple has been innovative in many ways, and i obviously don't think that they owe everything to PARC. my main point was that while they may have revolutionized the PC, they have never revolutionized the way PCs are sold.
I doubt you even know that Apple has the lowest inventory in the industry, a clear business-innovation (saving a lot of money and allowing for a quick transition to new systems).
I bet that was handy during the cube debacle.
Apple does have a web strategy. The online Apple store is very succesful.
again, i should have been more clear about what i meant. why didn't apple become a bigger player in the server market? why didn't they ever make a scalable web server? (please don't refute this by pointing to problems in IIS. I'm not a Microsoft ditto-head).
see, i view the apple story as sort of tragic because, while they have innovated on the product side from time to time (i don't think this new iMac is a real innovation, but the iPod is definitely a big step forward), they haven't been innovative in a business sense. Which is where they could learn from someone like Dell, I think, who revolutionized the selling of PCs.
Think about what kind of business strategy Apple has had: -don't aim for the large business market -don't have a web strategy -price your machines out of the market -aim for the miniscule graphic design market -sell your machines at a heavy discount to schools and universities -don't license your OS until it's too late to have an impact, and then change your mind -don't make a decent OS until it's too late -don't have a strong inroad into the big box retail stores like CompUSA, Circuit City, etc., but then start these ill-concieved Apple Stores when Gateway has already tried and is pulling back from the same strategy -spend too much on industrial design and advertising--this thing is a computer, not a car
so it makes me sad because all of the great innovations out of the Mac camp (many of which were lifted from Xerox, btw) get wasted because of stupid management
i think this could be a huge area--developing intuitive AUIs (aural user interfaces). i guess "tell me"'s voice-xml thing is one potential model, but it seems like there's got to be a better way to navigate out there somewhere. imagine trying to do some of your common tasks by using only your voice. this is difficult.
i think there are lots of groups, broken down by: -OS -version of Linux -web/non-web developers -technologies/programming languages then again, these are basically the same as topics. so it might be a lot of work for nothing.
that's too bad, because I think iTunes is pretty sweet, especially when compared to what the PC has to offer. MusicMatch is a piece of #@$#@, WinAmp has an annoying interface, and the new M$ Media Player has a pretty good data structure but has annoying little bugs like playing the wrong song, categorizing album and artist names too strictly, etc.
I don't think the $25 price they could ask for iTunes would compensate for the lost sales of hardware.
why is it that in gaming systems like XBox, all the money is in software, but yet when it comes to Apple, their revenue stream is in hardware? isn't software inherently more profitable? or does Apple jack up the prices on their machines so much that they're able to make hardware work well for them?
(this is not a troll)
have you seen www.launch.com? It's yahoo's new music site, and i think it's pretty good because:
-you make a "radio station" by rating groups/songs/albums that you like.
-there are preprogrammed stations if you want
-you don't need to store mp3s, because it streams
-the sound quality is very good
-the licensing is legit and taken car of already
-you can listen to your "station" from any computer
drawbacks:
-sometimes their audio server gets choked up
-you can't pick just one song very easily
-you can't copy the files
-it's probably linked somehow to evil marketing schemes
-their selection is pretty extensive, but if you listen to any station a lot, you do hear repeats
that said, it's better than pain-in-the-tucus, not to mention shady downloading sites like audiogalaxy or kazaa.
why doesn't apple write software for windows? couldn't they sell some of their stuff on the windows platform. How difficult would it be to port things like iTunes?
this exists, it's on amazon at Digisette DUO-ARIA 64 MB E-Cassette. The reviews seem to be pretty negative, on the whole.
how does apple make money off quicktime? is there some kind of server that they sell?
i've met a couple yale alums who knew gwb, and one of them told me "i never saw him without a beer in his hand. he wsa always drunk or f@ck%ng."
Or better yet, if it included XMRadio or that Sirius thing. I think satellite radio could be huge and a model for better satellite tv, among other things. What they need, though, is the ability for users to create their own radio station online somehow, which they can listen to from anywhere in the country/world.
it seems to me like all of this upgrading to a different system is a lot like the sugar pill/placebo effect: you believe what you want to believe.
first, you get the new releases earlier on a pc. i'm a big adobe fan, and i'm always the first kid on my block to have a new version of photoshop.
second, a few small but useful features didn't make it into mac versions right away--such as wysiwyg vector text, which wasn't part of MAC Photoshop 5.5.
third, it annoys me how there's no "maximize" button in mac os. my eyes get visually confused if my windows don't take up the whole screen, and it's a pain to stretch them manually. (i don't like to use photoshop's different viewing modes, because they shrink the menus).
fourth, alt-tab-bing between apps is key for looking at your work as go. i hate that damn finder menu thing.
that said, i want one of those cinema screens. also, i don't do print, so i don't worry about colorsync issues.
tell the folks at tweak to fix their javascript. it's buggier than a lousiana swamp.