why not make better ads that aren't intrusive, don't piss off your users and don't get blocked by Ad Block ?
Because Ad Block blocks all ads, not just the intrusive ones. Most adblock lists even filter out adsense. Not only that, but ad block also blocks pages that are critical of adblock... if I were an adblock user, I'd stop using it just for that fact alone.
Heh, I remember having SLIRP installed on my shell account, disguised as "mail" (we weren't allowed to run slip/ppp). I'm sure the admins were wondering why I spent hours and hours running mail.
Actually, it's being used improperly there. Penny Arcade draws their comic in photoshop (not illustrator), and as a result, they draw their comic and lay out the type at 100x scale. Then they use photoshop to shrink it down. As a result, the hinting for comic sans is completely wrong for the point size.
I don't think the patent system is necessarily broken.
I think it is. Not because of how the system works, but because the system exists at all.
Getting a government granted monopoly to protect your business from a competitor who is capable of building a better product than you is the opposite of capitalism.
Feel free to flame away...about how right-clicking is a broken (and ill-advised) UI paradigm...and implies something wrong with the balance of the UI design...but frankly, I disagree...and so do many others.
It's a little ironic that so many OS X users claim that context menus are broken, when Fitts Law (you know, that law they use to justify the menubar at the top) specifically states that context menus are the easiest to hit.
Verizon cripples the Bluetooth on all its phones so you can only use them with earpieces and not to transfer files.
Apple does too. At least Verizon got sued for it and no longer locks down bluetooth.. the iPhone, however, can't talk bluetooth to anything other than a headset.
- technical: after more than 10 years, cannot view a real Web page
Considering that windows mobile is an OS, and not a web browser, this shouldn't be surprising. However, Opera Mobile is a browser that runs on Windows Mobile, and it can view a real web page.. full internet even, just like in Apple's commercials.
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Even if they were, you'd still be blocking them.. because adblockplus blocks everything, not just the stuff you find obnoxious.
Because Ad Block blocks all ads, not just the intrusive ones. Most adblock lists even filter out adsense. Not only that, but ad block also blocks pages that are critical of adblock... if I were an adblock user, I'd stop using it just for that fact alone.
Heh, I remember having SLIRP installed on my shell account, disguised as "mail" (we weren't allowed to run slip/ppp). I'm sure the admins were wondering why I spent hours and hours running mail.
In fact, a switch in Java gets compiled into a computed goto in jasmin.
arg, I meant everything can be replaced with
<div class="table"> <div class="h1"> <div class="href">
Seriously. Using the GP's logic, all of html can be replaced with
Yeah and the iphone is just so open. what?
GMails pop interface is useless. It ignores your filters, and for some reason it pops sent mail as new incoming mail.
The web interface can't interface with your phone. Like having the option of calling someone who just sent you an email.
That's why people use the gmail java app.. it's gmail designed specifically for phones.
I'd say lack of voice dialing is a compromise on the phone experience.
Exactly. I can't imagine a programmer, even one still in college, who doesn't program pet projects in his own time.
If you aren't writing code for fun on the weekends, you're not the type of person I want to work with.
Actually, it's being used improperly there. Penny Arcade draws their comic in photoshop (not illustrator), and as a result, they draw their comic and lay out the type at 100x scale. Then they use photoshop to shrink it down. As a result, the hinting for comic sans is completely wrong for the point size.
That article's main problem with Arial seems to be "it's a helvetica clone". i.e. their issue with Arial more moral than technical.
It's actually Apple crap.
Same reason the entire web isn't SSL by default. It takes a considerable amount of CPU compared with unencrypted web traffic.
I think it is. Not because of how the system works, but because the system exists at all.
Getting a government granted monopoly to protect your business from a competitor who is capable of building a better product than you is the opposite of capitalism.
Apple just said the system wasn't broken. Apple supports a system that you, yourself, just called evil. Apple is evil because they support evil.
It's a little ironic that so many OS X users claim that context menus are broken, when Fitts Law (you know, that law they use to justify the menubar at the top) specifically states that context menus are the easiest to hit.
And smartphones have been running Windows for 7 years now... no vulnerabilities. I fail to see how that is anything but a huge win for Microsoft.
The iPhone is 320x480
The DS is 256x384. So yes, it will fit. But you miss out on the hardware buttons. Not every DS game can be played with only the touch screen.
Apple takes a percentage of AT&T's subscription fees. In fact, Apple has included the income for that in their latest 10Q, marked as "subscription".
Even if he returns it the day he bought it, they charge a 10% restocking fee. (Note, this is not the same as the $175 cancellation fee)
Apple does too. At least Verizon got sued for it and no longer locks down bluetooth.. the iPhone, however, can't talk bluetooth to anything other than a headset.
You're saying IM, which has practically no spam, is more annoying than 80% spam infested email?
I wish email would die. Spoofing the from address is the most braindead "feature" ever.
The protocol is what's broken. Put an email-like interface on Jabber and you have a great solution.
Yup.. and considering your entire
Considering that windows mobile is an OS, and not a web browser, this shouldn't be surprising. However, Opera Mobile is a browser that runs on Windows Mobile, and it can view a real web page.. full internet even, just like in Apple's commercials.