This is going to sound horribly un-geek-like - but what's the easiest way to revert back? I've been having problems with lots of my extentions, and the new "this page won't display" screen is seriously cramping my style - I use an adblocker that sends known ad servers to localhost, so it places meant for ads used to just come up blank - but now they come up with that error, which is more annoying...any help to revert would be apprecited.
A friend of mine has family in New Orleans, and while the phones were down, they were able to keep contact by text messaging eachother from their cell phones. Not sure why this worked, but it did...
Possible MAJOR Problem - not Privacy
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Google Web Accelerator
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So, after using Mike's Ad-Blocker for the past year or so, I am kind of used to not seeing any ads on the web when I surf. One of the first thing I noticed right after I began surfing with the web accelerator was that all of those annoying ads were back (or at least most of them, especially the Flash ads - and I hate the flash ads...)
So, after a quick experiment, the Google web accelerator is making its exit from my install of Firefox. Nice idea, but with Google acting as your proxy, you get the ads again...
Oh, and I'm pretty sure that loading all the ads I'm not used to is actually slowing my web experience.
This would utterly decemate our non-profit organizations which rely on donations from people (who give partially *because* they get a deduction for giving). Giving to every sector (homeless shelters, hospitals, education, advocacy) would slow considerably.
The reason why we give deducations for donations to non-profits is because our government does relatively little to help solve social problems (compared to every other "Western" industrialized country, our government spends far less than almost any other on welfare, healthcare, etc - we tend to pour money into the defense industry instead). Our government recognized that we were lacking in this field, and decided that it would let the people decide what to help financially. In order to get people to do this, it gave them a tax deducation on these donations.
What you are proposing is short-sighted, and selfish. While "flat tax" sounds sexy, it's implications go further than many realize at first.
I just can't believe this quote: "Microsoft attorneys said that breaking Windows into pieces will just force PC makers to stitch the units back together or force software writers to make hundreds of versions of their programs--moves that will ultimately cost consumers.
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Sounds like they're trying to convince us that if they make Windows without IE, that somehow the OS will be so different that we may have to buy different versions of the same software in order for it to work on the IEWindows, and the NonIEWindows. Seriously, what does that say about Windows as an OS?
Pretty sad. Hope Microsoft gets whipped. Lord knows they need it!
"The Compuware suit says Armonk, New York-based IBM uses its massive Global Services arm, the world's largest computer consultancy, to steer customers to its own products even when products made by other software vendors may be more suitable."
How is this somehow wrong? This is called "sales" in the real world. Sales people specialize in getting potential customers to use their product even "when products made by other software vendors may be more suitable", it's what they're paid to do. Yes, IBM may have a large sales department, and yes, maybe they do try to get people to buy their products even when a competitor's products might work better, but this the nature of sales, and is hardly anti-competitive.
I've written my representatives
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Have you? It takes just a couple of minutes, and might mean a lot. This law scares the bejesus out of me, and I hope it does the same to you. Let your Senators and Representatives know.
Could be really boring...
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Could be really boring if your playing against a masochist. ("Oh, the pain!" - "dude, quit losing on purpose!")
after playing GTA3 for 2-3 hours, my driving does tend to be a bit erratic (not worrying about other cars, forgetting about curbs). Usually goes away after my first miss;)
I was curious about this myself, and went through their Powerpoint tour (forgive me, but that's what we had in the computer lab). On page 13 of the tour it states: "Because the paper in question is the intellectual property of its author, we do not have permission to share its contents without his or her expressed consent". This is in reference to a function whereby an instructor can view older submitted papers that contain matches to the paper in question. They admit that it is not their property. No need to freak out.
On a related note, they also use an extensive internet search for matching phrases. Crazy.
Doesn't it seem just a bit pretentious to say that plain text files will always be readable? Yes, they have been readable for many years, and we do have reason to believe that they will be readable for the forseeable future, but there is the possibility that technology will change, and leave plain text files unreadable.
Very few things will *always* work.
Slashdot Mirror
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-did-not-launch-a-free-vpn-120827/ Just sayin....
ditto ditto!
This is going to sound horribly un-geek-like - but what's the easiest way to revert back? I've been having problems with lots of my extentions, and the new "this page won't display" screen is seriously cramping my style - I use an adblocker that sends known ad servers to localhost, so it places meant for ads used to just come up blank - but now they come up with that error, which is more annoying...any help to revert would be apprecited.
A friend of mine has family in New Orleans, and while the phones were down, they were able to keep contact by text messaging eachother from their cell phones. Not sure why this worked, but it did...
So, after using Mike's Ad-Blocker for the past year or so, I am kind of used to not seeing any ads on the web when I surf. One of the first thing I noticed right after I began surfing with the web accelerator was that all of those annoying ads were back (or at least most of them, especially the Flash ads - and I hate the flash ads...) So, after a quick experiment, the Google web accelerator is making its exit from my install of Firefox. Nice idea, but with Google acting as your proxy, you get the ads again... Oh, and I'm pretty sure that loading all the ads I'm not used to is actually slowing my web experience.
Exactly! It's perfect for the Slashdot crowd!
I thought it was "in Soviet Russia, Pepsi drinks you"?
The reason why we give deducations for donations to non-profits is because our government does relatively little to help solve social problems (compared to every other "Western" industrialized country, our government spends far less than almost any other on welfare, healthcare, etc - we tend to pour money into the defense industry instead). Our government recognized that we were lacking in this field, and decided that it would let the people decide what to help financially. In order to get people to do this, it gave them a tax deducation on these donations.
What you are proposing is short-sighted, and selfish. While "flat tax" sounds sexy, it's implications go further than many realize at first.
Solvent? When I'm old, I'd be happy to be continent!
That can't be right. According to xe.com, 5000 Yen would be equal to $41.62. Must have missed a zero.
you can piss of both the MPAA and RIAA at the same time. Simply beautiful!
Sounds like they're trying to convince us that if they make Windows without IE, that somehow the OS will be so different that we may have to buy different versions of the same software in order for it to work on the IEWindows, and the NonIEWindows. Seriously, what does that say about Windows as an OS?
Pretty sad. Hope Microsoft gets whipped. Lord knows they need it!
This article is from Sept. 1997. More than 4 years old. Not that it isn't important....but it's not exactly timely.
Is this what the author in the previous Slashdot article meant when he talked about how flexable and liquid digital music was?
"The Compuware suit says Armonk, New York-based IBM uses its massive Global Services arm, the world's largest computer consultancy, to steer customers to its own products even when products made by other software vendors may be more suitable."
How is this somehow wrong? This is called "sales" in the real world. Sales people specialize in getting potential customers to use their product even "when products made by other software vendors may be more suitable", it's what they're paid to do. Yes, IBM may have a large sales department, and yes, maybe they do try to get people to buy their products even when a competitor's products might work better, but this the nature of sales, and is hardly anti-competitive.
Have you? It takes just a couple of minutes, and might mean a lot. This law scares the bejesus out of me, and I hope it does the same to you. Let your Senators and Representatives know.
Could be really boring if your playing against a masochist. ("Oh, the pain!" - "dude, quit losing on purpose!")
...the poor bastard that searches for pr0n on this search engine. Holy Jesus, can you imagine the links?!?
after playing GTA3 for 2-3 hours, my driving does tend to be a bit erratic (not worrying about other cars, forgetting about curbs). Usually goes away after my first miss ;)
Somehow it's funny to watch Steve Balmer on Realplayer. Just seems kinda funny.
A million college students all sitting at their computers might eventually type out the source code for Windows.....
On a related note, they also use an extensive internet search for matching phrases. Crazy.
Doesn't it seem just a bit pretentious to say that plain text files will always be readable? Yes, they have been readable for many years, and we do have reason to believe that they will be readable for the forseeable future, but there is the possibility that technology will change, and leave plain text files unreadable. Very few things will *always* work.