Because of the way tables are written in HTML, the Lynx way comes just by
ignoring the table-formatting tags. So it's not really revolutionary or
innovative. I bet there are plenty of other tags which are silently
ignored in Lynx (and similar browsers). Of course, leaving something out
is not necessarily a bad thing.
It's faster than Galeon but less featureful. Works for me though. I think
Galeon is getting too big for its original ideology of lightness and
simplicity. Interestingly, Phoenix uses XUL which many people blame for
Mozilla's slowness...
Who needs a scrollwheel or scrollbar when there are arrow keys on the keyboard?
IMHO the best combination is to use the left hand for the mouse, and the right for keyboard. The keyboard and the mouse both have their advantages, so why not enjoy them at the same time?
<rant>
Adding lots of bells and whistles to the mouse seems like an evil M$ plan. They want you to do everything with the mouse, it's so fun an easy just to click your way through the computing experience. Now if you really think it's so great to use the mouse, why don't you ditch the fscking keyboard and get a virtual, clickable keyb instead?
</rant>
> In my opinion, everyone should watch this movie once a year. It really puts things in perspective.
> It takes the us out of our routine life, up into a wider viewpoint, where individuality loses its meaning and we can see our lives as closer to what they are. Individual movements blend grossly to show the patterns of life. We are not unique. We follow the same routine. We swarm.
This is much more true for an LSD trip. Everyone should do it once a year.
> Achieve super high speeds for super short durations to impress the spectators.
I remember when AMD was demoed a 1 GHz Athlon, even if it was for a short period (They used Cryotech cooling). The point was that they were the first to do a 1 GHz x86, even if nobody needed one at the time. In the same way, dragster cars are a testing field for fancy technology, even if it takes time for the innovations to propagate into common use. But eventually they will, and now it's quite common to have 1+GHz processors.
> Do we start broadcasting TV signals in black and white again because
a similar portion of viewers use b&w tv's?
Not a fair comparison, since BW TVs are perfectly compatible with RGB
broadcast. Similarly, "proper" HTML (i.e. not even pure w3c standard
compliant) works perfectly on w3m. My point is that you don't have to
trade off kewl looks or anything to retain some compatibility, because the
whole idea of HTML is to adapt the same content for different user agents.
If everyone had similar monitors, browsers, and high bandwitth, they could
all just be images. But for good reasons they are not.
MP3 has one digit and no vowels. It looks like a 1337 h4X0r word, especially when written in lowercase. Therefore it has negative connotations, relating to online piracy and cracking.
The MP3 format has a bad reputation, even though we at/. know that technical formats have nothing to do with social problems as such. In this sense, Ogg Vorbis (sic) is quite free from these negative associations.
People are already tired of TLAs. Real Names just sound better and are more easily pronounced.
GPRS is not exactly high-speed. Theoretically it's up to 115kbps but in
practice it's no better than POTS modem. GPRS is a packet-based protocol
on top of GSM and means a much more economical usage of bandwidth
(compared to GSM data and POTS modem, which use the entire band regardless
of actual data transmission).
> Incidentally, the recording system for stereo LPs is called "45-45 Westrex", because there are two perpendicular tracks recorded 90 degrees apart (at +45 and -45 from vertical). Mono records, which have no vertical component, are thus backwards compatible. If all you can read is the horizontal component, you get a valid mono signal.
In fact, the horizontal component is the sum of left and right channels, and the vertical component is the difference. For useful backwards compatibility, you really want the mono signal to be the sum.
The FM radio has mono compatibility in the same way. The signal contains L+R as an ordinary modulation, where mono receivers can pick it up, and L-R at a high frequency offset. The stereo receiver can combine these to reconstruct L and R.
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Because of the way tables are written in HTML, the Lynx way comes just by ignoring the table-formatting tags. So it's not really revolutionary or innovative. I bet there are plenty of other tags which are silently ignored in Lynx (and similar browsers). Of course, leaving something out is not necessarily a bad thing.
What does this have to do with BSD, as opposed to other Unixen?
Especially if you're using the One and Only Linux distro.
no one can be told what MorphOS is. You have to see it for yourself.
Um, that's Godel's Theorem.
> Wish I was a Physics Genius
I think that just about sums it up. ;-)
it's a Microsoft Windows virus, not a computer virus.
It's faster than Galeon but less featureful. Works for me though. I think Galeon is getting too big for its original ideology of lightness and simplicity. Interestingly, Phoenix uses XUL which many people blame for Mozilla's slowness...
What is it with these oldskool unix freaks and their Lynx fetish? W3M and Links are smaller and faster.
FYI, software is an essential part of a Crusoe.
IMHO the best combination is to use the left hand for the mouse, and the right for keyboard. The keyboard and the mouse both have their advantages, so why not enjoy them at the same time?
<rant>
Adding lots of bells and whistles to the mouse seems like an evil M$ plan. They want you to do everything with the mouse, it's so fun an easy just to click your way through the computing experience. Now if you really think it's so great to use the mouse, why don't you ditch the fscking keyboard and get a virtual, clickable keyb instead?
</rant>
Studies show that, studies showing that video games cause violence in children, are what actually causes violence in children.
"information superhighway" = anagram("a rough whimper of insanity")
Ergo: Berkeley Saure Diethylamide.
> It takes the us out of our routine life, up into a wider viewpoint, where individuality loses its meaning and we can see our lives as closer to what they are. Individual movements blend grossly to show the patterns of life. We are not unique. We follow the same routine. We swarm.
This is much more true for an LSD trip. Everyone should do it once a year.
I remember when AMD was demoed a 1 GHz Athlon, even if it was for a short period (They used Cryotech cooling). The point was that they were the first to do a 1 GHz x86, even if nobody needed one at the time. In the same way, dragster cars are a testing field for fancy technology, even if it takes time for the innovations to propagate into common use. But eventually they will, and now it's quite common to have 1+GHz processors.
Meanwhile, the suits who 'get it' have their servers go from XP to :).
Go check the Galeon manifesto. It does not use XUL. In fact one of the reasons Galeon was started is because they don't like the bloat of XUL.
AFAIK Kmeleon is the 'Galeon of Windoze'.
Hey kids, don't try and /. that site. You'd only get tens of kilovolts into your 'pute thru the net.
Not a fair comparison, since BW TVs are perfectly compatible with RGB broadcast. Similarly, "proper" HTML (i.e. not even pure w3c standard compliant) works perfectly on w3m. My point is that you don't have to trade off kewl looks or anything to retain some compatibility, because the whole idea of HTML is to adapt the same content for different user agents. If everyone had similar monitors, browsers, and high bandwitth, they could all just be images. But for good reasons they are not.
Are you saying that MP3 does?
GPRS is not exactly high-speed. Theoretically it's up to 115kbps but in practice it's no better than POTS modem. GPRS is a packet-based protocol on top of GSM and means a much more economical usage of bandwidth (compared to GSM data and POTS modem, which use the entire band regardless of actual data transmission).
In fact, the horizontal component is the sum of left and right channels, and the vertical component is the difference. For useful backwards compatibility, you really want the mono signal to be the sum.
The FM radio has mono compatibility in the same way. The signal contains L+R as an ordinary modulation, where mono receivers can pick it up, and L-R at a high frequency offset. The stereo receiver can combine these to reconstruct L and R.
I guess, the longer you stay awake, the more viscous your thinking gets.