As far as I know, every browser I've ever used (except Epiphany) uses the space bar to advance exactly one screenful at a time. I've been using this since someone pointed it out to me in the early 90s.
There really needs to be a -1 "incoherent" rating.
I could probably use "overrated" but that just seems like cheating, but there are lots of posts that I read that make me sit back and ask myself, "wtf did he say?"
I'd mod you up for that if I had mod points right now. Metamoderation is incomprehensible. I've tried it a couple of times since it changed, and both times I bailed before I finished. It just doesn't make any sense.
This is true. It does. But it works more poorly without javascript than it use to work without with or without javascript. And the non-javascript version has always been easier to use than the then-current javascript version.
Each new "upgrade" degrades the usability, and the javascript version has always been buggier than the "plain" version.
The current non-javascript version is a real pain to moderate, so mostly I don't. You can mark all kinds of posts at once, but you have to scroll all the way to the bottom and click "moderate" before it takes. It's possible that the javascript version eliminates this, but you'd then have to live with the bugginess.
Flickr doesn't, with a "Pro" membership. With the free account, yeah, the original is not available to you. They actually store the originals, even with the free account, and if you add "Pro" later they're there.
A fireproof safe will keep papers safe in case of a fire. Well, maybe not *safe*, but readable.
Other media, not so much. It's not *heat* proof, only heat resistant. Paper won't burn without oxygen, and those safes keep air out, other than what's already there. Paper can handle higher heat than plastics as long as the air is kept out. Media which include plastic won't do well.
Multiple copies in various places is a good idea, just don't count on "fireproof."
My first hard drive separate from a computer clocked in at, hmm, would have been $4500 per GB. Of course it wasn't that much, it was only $900, but it was a 200MB disk. It was worth it, though. There was no way I was ever going to fill that puppy up. It was huge! I had to decide whether to go with an ESDI drive or IDE. Fortunately I chose IDE, even though it seemed like a risky bet at the time.
That's a pretty significant advantage. Even the "classic" interface kind of sucks (it's really not like the interface used to be) but it's better than the one you're stuck with if you're anonymous.
Nope, I wasn't talking about the drivers, but the cases.
Last time I looked at new speakers (admittedly a decade or so ago) even "high end" speakers were in plastic boxes. I concluded at the time that new speakers would be a step down and just got the speaker surrounds replaced on the Dahlquists.
It's possible that there might be new materials that might be stiffer and lighter, but a lot of that was being used in 1975 when I bought these. They were in pricier speakers than what I was willing to spend (Magnapan, Quad Electrostatic, etc.) but they were available.
Do we have to bring up "correlation does not imply causation" again? What else happened in 2000?
The bottom dropped out of the economy. Record companies reduced their catalogs (fewer things released.) Radio stations reduced their playlists, partly as a result of the above item, but also related to increasing consolidation of radio station ownership and thus "scientificly" targeted demographics.
There are lots of things that correlate. Which is the cause?
Because touchscreens have the habit of *doing* things when you touch them. I like to be able to handle my book reader without unintended things happening. I use a PocketBook 360 ebook reader. Some people complain that the page turn buttons are hard to push (they are!) I *like* that about it. I don't like touchpads on laptops that click when you touch them either.
When Barnes and Noble announced the new touchscreen Nook, one of my objections on various forums was about the reduction in clarity that came with touchscreens. A number of people told me that, while that was a problem with the 1st gen Sony touchscreens, the newer Pearl touchscreens used a different process and there was no optical penalty for the touchscreen part.
You'd still have to deal with the fact that it's a touchscreen, and I'm not too enthusiastic about that, but it seems that clarity is no longer the problem it was.
With the new plan, $16 a month gets me 3 DVDs at a time. No streaming, but I don't want streaming. I'm pretty happy with the new plan, it dropped my cost by $4 a month for the same thing I was actually using.
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DOS 5 wasn't bad. :) Especially if you replaced the shell with 4dos.
Win2k was the best version of Windows ever. That's a fairly low bar, but there you have it.
Sort of. Regs to regulate industries are written by those industries who give them to their future employees to enact into law.
As far as I know, every browser I've ever used (except Epiphany) uses the space bar to advance exactly one screenful at a time. I've been using this since someone pointed it out to me in the early 90s.
Yes they have.
And webmasters that do that really need to be dragged naked through cactus.
Tabs are fine. User scripts are fine. The rest, yup, really bad ideas.
There really needs to be a -1 "incoherent" rating.
I could probably use "overrated" but that just seems like cheating, but there are lots of posts that I read that make me sit back and ask myself, "wtf did he say?"
Let me comment on your sig.
I'd mod you up for that if I had mod points right now. Metamoderation is incomprehensible. I've tried it a couple of times since it changed, and both times I bailed before I finished. It just doesn't make any sense.
This is true. It does. But it works more poorly without javascript than it use to work without with or without javascript. And the non-javascript version has always been easier to use than the then-current javascript version.
Each new "upgrade" degrades the usability, and the javascript version has always been buggier than the "plain" version.
The current non-javascript version is a real pain to moderate, so mostly I don't. You can mark all kinds of posts at once, but you have to scroll all the way to the bottom and click "moderate" before it takes. It's possible that the javascript version eliminates this, but you'd then have to live with the bugginess.
I thought you were responding to a comment about Google's Picasa.
Google does degrade your pictures, or at least caps their quality. Flickr does not.
Flickr doesn't, with a "Pro" membership. With the free account, yeah, the original is not available to you. They actually store the originals, even with the free account, and if you add "Pro" later they're there.
A fireproof safe will keep papers safe in case of a fire. Well, maybe not *safe*, but readable.
Other media, not so much. It's not *heat* proof, only heat resistant. Paper won't burn without oxygen, and those safes keep air out, other than what's already there. Paper can handle higher heat than plastics as long as the air is kept out. Media which include plastic won't do well.
Multiple copies in various places is a good idea, just don't count on "fireproof."
My first hard drive separate from a computer clocked in at, hmm, would have been $4500 per GB. Of course it wasn't that much, it was only $900, but it was a 200MB disk. It was worth it, though. There was no way I was ever going to fill that puppy up. It was huge!
I had to decide whether to go with an ESDI drive or IDE. Fortunately I chose IDE, even though it seemed like a risky bet at the time.
Amazon doesn't particularly care if you buy a Kindle. At the prices they're charging, it's doubtful that their profit margin is very high.
They want you to *have* an Kindle, or Kindle software, so that you will buy Kindle books. *That* they care about.
That's a pretty significant advantage. Even the "classic" interface kind of sucks (it's really not like the interface used to be) but it's better than the one you're stuck with if you're anonymous.
Which laptop can you buy now that has a 1920x1200 screen?
Since HDTV has taken over the monitor market, Hi-res displays have become almost impossible to find, especially in laptops.
We have the odd situation that older laptops are actually better than newer ones, at least as far as their displays go.
Nope, I wasn't talking about the drivers, but the cases.
Last time I looked at new speakers (admittedly a decade or so ago) even "high end" speakers were in plastic boxes. I concluded at the time that new speakers would be a step down and just got the speaker surrounds replaced on the Dahlquists.
It's possible that there might be new materials that might be stiffer and lighter, but a lot of that was being used in 1975 when I bought these. They were in pricier speakers than what I was willing to spend (Magnapan, Quad Electrostatic, etc.) but they were available.
Um. This isn't new.
My parents compalined about all the bass in my music. This was in 1974 or so.
But yeah, I always liked the highs too.
Older speakers also sound better because they're *denser*. They are made of heavier materials, so the speaker body doesn't flex like newer ones.
Sorry not true.
*My* 30 year old stereo sounds better than yours.
Guess so.
1991 counts as recent in my book.
I ran into problems in 1987 trying to run games that I bought in 1982. I'd agree that *those* aren't recent.
Do we have to bring up "correlation does not imply causation" again?
What else happened in 2000?
The bottom dropped out of the economy.
Record companies reduced their catalogs (fewer things released.)
Radio stations reduced their playlists, partly as a result of the above item, but also related to increasing consolidation of radio station ownership and thus "scientificly" targeted demographics.
There are lots of things that correlate. Which is the cause?
Oh, for mod points...
Because touchscreens have the habit of *doing* things when you touch them. I like to be able to handle my book reader without unintended things happening.
I use a PocketBook 360 ebook reader. Some people complain that the page turn buttons are hard to push (they are!) I *like* that about it.
I don't like touchpads on laptops that click when you touch them either.
When Barnes and Noble announced the new touchscreen Nook, one of my objections on various forums was about the reduction in clarity that came with touchscreens. A number of people told me that, while that was a problem with the 1st gen Sony touchscreens, the newer Pearl touchscreens used a different process and there was no optical penalty for the touchscreen part.
You'd still have to deal with the fact that it's a touchscreen, and I'm not too enthusiastic about that, but it seems that clarity is no longer the problem it was.
You're not the only one. I was interested in the new Nook until I found it was a touchscreen.
With the new plan, $16 a month gets me 3 DVDs at a time. No streaming, but I don't want streaming. I'm pretty happy with the new plan, it dropped my cost by $4 a month for the same thing I was actually using.