That really pisses me off. Why do videos have to be saved in Real Media format? What's wrong with MPEG? Perhaps I don't want to install RealPlayer on my system?
I know it might make sense if you're encoding and streaming, but think of your public. I won't let RealPlayer anywhere near my Win32 system (hey, I'm at work...:-P) because it screws up all the file associations...
I wouldn't want to try doing this, firstly because branding is inhumane, and secondly, 'cos Tux'd probably give you a slap with a wet fish..:-P
What's the problem with Cookies
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You never enter any data into Google that allows them to associate the cookie with your name, or whatever, so what's the problem?
They don't carry adverts on their web site, so they're not trying to market anything to you, so what's the problem?
I think people have got to realise that not ALL cookies are bad. I'm not making this point because I like Google, I'm making the point because people associate cookies with evil intentions regardless.
When I first read the subject line, I thought "woah, someone actually got wasted by an intergalatic rock". Then I find out some 14 year-old got hit by a rock the size of a peanut and we're all supposed to find that interesting?
I don't know about the rest of you, but when I hear the words "Drag" and "Net" together, all I can imagine is Dan Akroyd as Det. Joe Friday doing the Can Can in Goatskin trousers..
In the eyes of a business (or its PHB, at least), cost is seen as directly proportional to the quality of a product.
This isn't just true in terms of software, but extends to all industries and products. Take a regular cup of coffee as an example:
You walk into a shop and pay $3.00 for a cup of coffee. You'd expect it to be a pretty decent cup of coffee, right? What if you bought a cup of coffee for $1.00? Would you expect it to be more or less good than the $3.00 cup of coffee? The majority of people would expect the $3.00 cup of coffee to be nicer than the $1.00 cup of coffee, but until they taste them both, they don't know.
If a business asks for quotes for a project, and someone is outbidding you 3:1, then they are likely to perceive your project as being underdeveloped, whether or not this is true.:-(
If a project needs to be completed within a certain timescale, it stands to reason that the company will pay over the odds, rather than going with the cheaper option and running the risk of having to pay for someone to take over a project if it goes tits-up, along with the added time that situation implies.
You can simulate the MS experience (this is a platform-independent tip, BTW) by closing down your browser half way through an important task. I recommend halfway through online banking (works for me). Also, try altering your firewall to allow some moderate security breaches. You'll soon feel right at home.
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O'Reilly also makes an interesting point that UNIX/Linux users, rather than Windows users, would be the best target niche for Apple's 'switch' campaign."
O'Reilly also notes that the poll is not accurate due to the nature of the sample group. Proposing Apple target *nix users instead of Windows users is ridiculous on the basis of this admittedly unreliable data (skewed towards *nix users).
Surely Apple are the people to ask about this, especially as they ask people to write in if they make the switch. And since there has been no significant shift in advertising, it would seem that those switching from Windows is greater than the proportion switching from *nix.
I agree -- nobody has a right to tell you what you can do with your property. I was taking issue with the original poster's misrepresentation of the article, which gives the impression that the music was blocked permanently.
If you read the article fully, it can be seen that the music can be migratted across using a few simple steps. It's not as if the music was lost for good...
AOL is indirectly using Gecko under Compuserve 7.0 on Win32 already.
Since Compuserve is part of AOL, it would seem logical that AOL will follow where Compuserve has been. Whilst there is no evidence per se, it seems that this announcement would pave the way for such a move.
... when most people hear the word JavaScript they immediately think of how annoying window.open() is.
I've enjoyed using JavaScript for almost as long as I've been using HTML (4/5 years), and believe it can genuinely help to reduce server load (think of all those validation scripts), yet JavaScript is steadily becoming less applicable due to the ability to disable it in the client.
A lot of ordinary web users, in an effort to block pop-ups, have disabled JavaScript in their browsers, and all other applications which could easily make use of this technology suffer as a result. Personally, I couldn't blame them for this, as I find pop-ups as irritating as the next person.
Until ordinary web-users come to trust web sites not to thrust adverts down their throats using pop-ups, pop-unders or whatever, then this valuable technology will remain unusable on the vast proportion of (mainstream) web sites.
Of course, the odds of marketing-types not pressing developers to use any technology in an immoral way are extremely remote.
Well, it looks they'll have plenty of people to sue if this is possible. Analog also extracts the server's likely country of origin by parsing a resolved IP address, as do hundreds of other applications.
It's hardly a big deal to equate a TLD to a country, and whilst it may take a little longer to map IP addresses to geographic locations, this data is already in the public domain!
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That really pisses me off. Why do videos have to be saved in Real Media format? What's wrong with MPEG? Perhaps I don't want to install RealPlayer on my system?
I know it might make sense if you're encoding and streaming, but think of your public. I won't let RealPlayer anywhere near my Win32 system (hey, I'm at work... :-P) because it screws up all the file associations...
Try this article from Reuters instead!
I wouldn't want to try doing this, firstly because branding is inhumane, and secondly, 'cos Tux'd probably give you a slap with a wet fish.. :-P
You never enter any data into Google that allows them to associate the cookie with your name, or whatever, so what's the problem?
They don't carry adverts on their web site, so they're not trying to market anything to you, so what's the problem?
I think people have got to realise that not ALL cookies are bad. I'm not making this point because I like Google, I'm making the point because people associate cookies with evil intentions regardless.
When I first read the subject line, I thought "woah, someone actually got wasted by an intergalatic rock". Then I find out some 14 year-old got hit by a rock the size of a peanut and we're all supposed to find that interesting?
Where's the interesting news?
I don't know about the rest of you, but when I hear the words "Drag" and "Net" together, all I can imagine is Dan Akroyd as Det. Joe Friday doing the Can Can in Goatskin trousers..
In the eyes of a business (or its PHB, at least), cost is seen as directly proportional to the quality of a product.
This isn't just true in terms of software, but extends to all industries and products. Take a regular cup of coffee as an example:
You walk into a shop and pay $3.00 for a cup of coffee. You'd expect it to be a pretty decent cup of coffee, right? What if you bought a cup of coffee for $1.00? Would you expect it to be more or less good than the $3.00 cup of coffee? The majority of people would expect the $3.00 cup of coffee to be nicer than the $1.00 cup of coffee, but until they taste them both, they don't know.
If a business asks for quotes for a project, and someone is outbidding you 3:1, then they are likely to perceive your project as being underdeveloped, whether or not this is true. :-(
If a project needs to be completed within a certain timescale, it stands to reason that the company will pay over the odds, rather than going with the cheaper option and running the risk of having to pay for someone to take over a project if it goes tits-up, along with the added time that situation implies.
Presumably [in a Internet Cafe] in Downtown Tokyo?
You can simulate the MS experience (this is a platform-independent tip, BTW) by closing down your browser half way through an important task. I recommend halfway through online banking (works for me). Also, try altering your firewall to allow some moderate security breaches. You'll soon feel right at home.
Moderation Totals: Flamebait=2, Total=2
O'Reilly also notes that the poll is not accurate due to the nature of the sample group. Proposing Apple target *nix users instead of Windows users is ridiculous on the basis of this admittedly unreliable data (skewed towards *nix users).
Surely Apple are the people to ask about this, especially as they ask people to write in if they make the switch. And since there has been no significant shift in advertising, it would seem that those switching from Windows is greater than the proportion switching from *nix.
Close your eyes and hit your numeric keypad 5 times. You might be close then..
Interestingly enough, there is an option to hide the large square-ish ad you have probably passed on this page.. It's the fourth option down.. :-)
I agree -- nobody has a right to tell you what you can do with your property. I was taking issue with the original poster's misrepresentation of the article, which gives the impression that the music was blocked permanently.
If you read the article fully, it can be seen that the music can be migratted across using a few simple steps. It's not as if the music was lost for good...
Cool.. Can someone import this into a 3D shooter? Perhaps id could include this map with Doom 3? :-P
It could even be used in a driving game. I've always though it'd be cool to race around you local area with an accurate level of detail...
What about Super Mario Allstars? That included Super Mario Bros. 3, and was only released on the SNES..
What we really need right now is Matthew Broderick..
AOL is indirectly using Gecko under Compuserve 7.0 on Win32 already.
Since Compuserve is part of AOL, it would seem logical that AOL will follow where Compuserve has been. Whilst there is no evidence per se, it seems that this announcement would pave the way for such a move.
...and why only Windows and RedHat, why not lump in MacOS 10.2, to get a broader picture?
The only problem with JavaScript is as you cite:
I've enjoyed using JavaScript for almost as long as I've been using HTML (4/5 years), and believe it can genuinely help to reduce server load (think of all those validation scripts), yet JavaScript is steadily becoming less applicable due to the ability to disable it in the client.
A lot of ordinary web users, in an effort to block pop-ups, have disabled JavaScript in their browsers, and all other applications which could easily make use of this technology suffer as a result. Personally, I couldn't blame them for this, as I find pop-ups as irritating as the next person.
Until ordinary web-users come to trust web sites not to thrust adverts down their throats using pop-ups, pop-unders or whatever, then this valuable technology will remain unusable on the vast proportion of (mainstream) web sites.
Of course, the odds of marketing-types not pressing developers to use any technology in an immoral way are extremely remote.
Galadriel's Gif-Giving Scene
I hope she's got a license...
Related Link: NetWorldMap, a n interesting project to map IP addresses and physical locations (within 3-4 hours drive).
Well, it looks they'll have plenty of people to sue if this is possible. Analog also extracts the server's likely country of origin by parsing a resolved IP address, as do hundreds of other applications.
It's hardly a big deal to equate a TLD to a country, and whilst it may take a little longer to map IP addresses to geographic locations, this data is already in the public domain!
Big Brother rules *UK*!/p.