I loved the Job #4704 routine. The times really change. I can't imagine mainstream papers these days getting away with having the reporter typing how much he wanted to rush out to "really bang-up look at" some woman.
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I run a little site for translations of a somewhat obscure series of Japanese text adventure games. It kind of skirts the border of being techie in that it's computer related, but I get around 1 in 12 hits from mozilla. I think it's a tad skewed from average though, in that I mention mozilla on occasion and the reasons I use it amid my occasional little speechs after the normal progress reports. Even if only a couple normal users take a look, it's quite likley they'll enjoy it and tell some of their friends, and on and on.
Because with Internet Explorer it's a constant process of terrible bug after terrible bug after terrible bug, with large lags in time found to time fixed. All the while with Microsoft proclaiming that they're not only the most secure way to do things, but in fact the only way. Not to mention Konqurer isn't likley to sneak in changes during a security patch to remove or alter it's functionality to deter developers from making cross browser plugins.
I'd bet that the users who still codes for the
DC is the same one that Sony is trying to reach with the Linux kit.
I've been slowly moving along writing a little rpg for the dreamcast for a
while now, and at first I was really interested in the ps2 linux. Heck, I
was planning on buying a ps2 just for that fact. What killed any interest
for me is the inability to actually share your work with others. Of my friends,
only one actually likes video games. I somehow doubt she'd fork out the $200
it'd take to allow her to play mine, and unfourtunatly playing single player
video rpgs as a group isn't very entertaining. So what's left is the fun of
sharing your creation over the internet. For me much of the point of writing
games is to get feedback, find out what people like and don't like, and know
that people are enjoying your work. With the ps2 linux the audience is so
small as to be pointless to me.
As much as I see why they did it, since allowing someone to boot off a linux
cd to a game included on it would have probaly led rather quickly to quite
a bit of piracy, untill it is possible to have someone actually 'play' a game
I code without buying the linux kit first I'm sticking with the good ol'
dreamcast.
Could somone enlighten me on why someone would ever want to use Netscape
again?
As strange as it seems to me, there are a large amount of people that believe
with every fiber in their being the 'evils of open source' rants Microsoft
puts out. I've actually heard especially big microsoft fans say that
while they might take a look at what Netscape does with Mozilla, they'd be
terrified to let Mozilla itself on their computers.
In fact, all leadership roles on Star Trek, old and new, are white males.
I'm not even a huge star trek fan and even I know the captin in Voyager was
a woman. Not to mention in Enterprise of the three most cerebral people
on the ship, two are female.
No, I don't belive it. The idea of someone watching Voyager is just a tad too far fetched for me.
I liked the show, and I doubt I saw more than a couple episodes a season thanks to a really horrible upn station.
Very true. I always get a little annoyed reading stories like this, when they turn to harrasing the telemarketers.
It's not like anyone sets out in life with the goal of telemarketing. Yes, I find it annoying getting telemarketing calls. But I imagine as agrivating as it is for me to get a call, every moment of their lives at work, every day, over and over again has to be far far worse.
If somone can't have a little compassion for people in this kind of bad situation I think getting bugged by telemarketers is a pretty just payback.
I hate to say it, but I think you're right. On occasion microsoft does become out best buddies to get people using the alternitives.
I know three people myself who stopped using outlook due to the whole klez thing, and with the lure of how pretty a lot of the KDE themes have been getting I've even gotten a couple questions about linux distros.
Yep, it was fixed in RC2. I've been stuck working on a windows program since a little before that release, and when I came back to linux and fired up mozilla RC1 the default start page even mentioned that bug and said it was urgent that I install rc2 to fix it.
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The term innovation seems to becoming more and more overused. As much as I'm sure that code will be created through this that will be very interesting to see and see run, isn't innovation something rare enough to not be expected? What's so wrong nowadays with being proud to have simply made something of quality, even if it's not some earth shattering revelation.
Sometimes it just seems to me Microsoft's proclamations of their so called 'innovations' have lowered the bar considerably. I'm about to go make a bowl of ramen noodles, and I'll be throwing in some pieces of broccoli. By todays standards would that be considered an innovation in the world of everyday nutrition?
>Err, CmdrTaco mentioned on GIS ages ago that the majority of hits come from IE.
I read slashdot at work. And unfourtunatly we're stuck with internet explorer there. While I use Linux at home, I'd say the majority of my loading slashdot happens sitting at work waiting for other people to finish their work so we can continue on.
I expect quite a few people are in the same situation and combined with opera misidentification and the normal IE users, that'd create a pretty inaccurate representation of what people are really using when given a choice.
I really wish this were the opinion of the majority of the movie watching public. It came as rather a shock to me when I moved out of a smallish college town into generic town USA and found that most everyone here ranks who is in the movie as, or even more important than what the movie is about.
People here are just as likley to say "Hey, you going to see that new (fill in the blank with popular actor) movie", as to actually say the movies name or premise.
I think it's the same attitude of familiarity over quality in the general public that's kept microsoft on top for so long.
I recently moved, and when started up a new bank account didn't notice they had a lot of online backing stuff set up. After not using it for a few months, someone actually called me up to see if I wasn't using it due to not having a computer, or some problem with the site.
I mentioned that I'd check it out, but that I was in linux so couldn't use internet explorer. Bad experiences in the past with banks pages had made me just assume there would be problems. But not only was he familier enough with linux to know what a user would have on there, he quickly mentioned that mozilla should have no problem with it. A tiny thing like that, and they easily scored a customer for awhile.
>monopolies can exist only as temporary aberrations.
Could you explain to me how the situation can change?
Companies won't develop for an unpopular platform. A platform won't become popular with the average user without companies developing for it. To me it seems like an endless circle that will continue unless the monopoly goes under somehow by pure chance. Say, Bill Gates the 15th trades pieces of it for magic beans or something. I think it's been seen that no matter how inferior microsofts products are at any one time, people will keep on using it.
I mean look at BE, they had a faster and more stable operating system than microsoft at the time, they 'gave' the operating system away for free, and still almost no one bothered to try it.
It's heartwarming to find out that we're being so carefully worried about for the future. Hey, the unlucky could even find their hearts literally warmed, whee!
I can't think of any links off hand, but mozilla hopefully should direct you to download sites for the appropriate plug-in if it encounters something it can't handle.
Usually it's going to be a netscape plug in, and you might have to point it to mozilla's plugin directory yourself. I've been very happy with the behavior of those I've had installed with RC1, so hopefully things should go well.
You might want to take a look at mozdev.org
for some mozilla specific stuff. The spellchecker is my favorite of the projects
there. I think it's fun though even just browsing through them all. I mean a rpg engine made with my favorite web browser is just plain nifty.
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I loved the Job #4704 routine. The times really change. I can't imagine mainstream papers these days getting away with having the reporter typing how much he wanted to rush out to "really bang-up look at" some woman.
I run a little site for translations of a somewhat obscure series of Japanese text adventure games. It kind of skirts the border of being techie in that it's computer related, but I get around 1 in 12 hits from mozilla. I think it's a tad skewed from average though, in that I mention mozilla on occasion and the reasons I use it amid my occasional little speechs after the normal progress reports. Even if only a couple normal users take a look, it's quite likley they'll enjoy it and tell some of their friends, and on and on.
Funny, I read the book first and thought the movie was a big disapointment.
Because with Internet Explorer it's a constant process of terrible bug after terrible bug after terrible bug, with large lags in time found to time fixed. All the while with Microsoft proclaiming that they're not only the most secure way to do things, but in fact the only way. Not to mention Konqurer isn't likley to sneak in changes during a security patch to remove or alter it's functionality to deter developers from making cross browser plugins.
I'd bet that the users who still codes for the DC is the same one that Sony is trying to reach with the Linux kit.
I've been slowly moving along writing a little rpg for the dreamcast for a while now, and at first I was really interested in the ps2 linux. Heck, I was planning on buying a ps2 just for that fact. What killed any interest for me is the inability to actually share your work with others. Of my friends, only one actually likes video games. I somehow doubt she'd fork out the $200 it'd take to allow her to play mine, and unfourtunatly playing single player video rpgs as a group isn't very entertaining. So what's left is the fun of sharing your creation over the internet. For me much of the point of writing games is to get feedback, find out what people like and don't like, and know that people are enjoying your work. With the ps2 linux the audience is so small as to be pointless to me.
As much as I see why they did it, since allowing someone to boot off a linux cd to a game included on it would have probaly led rather quickly to quite a bit of piracy, untill it is possible to have someone actually 'play' a game I code without buying the linux kit first I'm sticking with the good ol' dreamcast.
Could somone enlighten me on why someone would ever want to use Netscape again?
As strange as it seems to me, there are a large amount of people that believe with every fiber in their being the 'evils of open source' rants Microsoft puts out. I've actually heard especially big microsoft fans say that while they might take a look at what Netscape does with Mozilla, they'd be terrified to let Mozilla itself on their computers.
In fact, all leadership roles on Star Trek, old and new, are white males.
I'm not even a huge star trek fan and even I know the captin in Voyager was a woman. Not to mention in Enterprise of the three most cerebral people on the ship, two are female.
No, I don't belive it. The idea of someone watching Voyager is just a tad too far fetched for me. I liked the show, and I doubt I saw more than a couple episodes a season thanks to a really horrible upn station.
I heard C3PO is Luke's brother!
Now I feel less bad about it not working, and only bad about my coding ability not being up to the level where I'd be any help.
Thanks for the link!
Very true. I always get a little annoyed reading stories like this, when they turn to harrasing the telemarketers. It's not like anyone sets out in life with the goal of telemarketing. Yes, I find it annoying getting telemarketing calls. But I imagine as agrivating as it is for me to get a call, every moment of their lives at work, every day, over and over again has to be far far worse. If somone can't have a little compassion for people in this kind of bad situation I think getting bugged by telemarketers is a pretty just payback.
Try going to the view menu, then messing around in the character coding menu.
Darn right. I didn't realise it though, till time cube showed me the truth!
I hate to say it, but I think you're right. On occasion microsoft does become out best buddies to get people using the alternitives.
I know three people myself who stopped using outlook due to the whole klez thing, and with the lure of how pretty a lot of the KDE themes have been getting I've even gotten a couple questions about linux distros.
So...um...yay microsoft?
Yep, it was fixed in RC2. I've been stuck working on a windows program since a little before that release, and when I came back to linux and fired up mozilla RC1 the default start page even mentioned that bug and said it was urgent that I install rc2 to fix it.
The term innovation seems to becoming more and more overused. As much as I'm
sure that code will be created through this that will be very interesting to see
and see run, isn't innovation something rare enough to not be expected? What's so wrong nowadays with being proud to have simply made something of quality, even if it's not some earth shattering revelation.
Sometimes it just seems to me Microsoft's proclamations of their so called
'innovations' have lowered the bar considerably. I'm about to go make a bowl of
ramen noodles, and I'll be throwing in some pieces of broccoli. By todays
standards would that be considered an innovation in the world of everyday
nutrition?
>Err, CmdrTaco mentioned on GIS ages ago that the majority of hits come from IE.
I read slashdot at work. And unfourtunatly we're stuck with internet explorer there. While I use Linux at home, I'd say the majority of my loading slashdot happens sitting at work waiting for other people to finish their work so we can continue on.
I expect quite a few people are in the same situation and combined with opera misidentification and the normal IE users, that'd create a pretty inaccurate representation of what people are really using when given a choice.
Thanks for both putting it up, and for putting up this geek related movie file in a format friendly towards operating systems of a similar nature!
I really wish this were the opinion of the majority of the movie watching public. It came as rather a shock to me when I moved out of a smallish college town into generic town USA and found that most everyone here ranks who is in the movie as, or even more important than what the movie is about.
People here are just as likley to say "Hey, you going to see that new (fill in the blank with popular actor) movie", as to actually say the movies name or premise.
I think it's the same attitude of familiarity over quality in the general public that's kept microsoft on top for so long.
I recently moved, and when started up a new bank account didn't notice they had a lot of online backing stuff set up. After not using it for a few months, someone actually called me up to see if I wasn't using it due to not having a computer, or some problem with the site. I mentioned that I'd check it out, but that I was in linux so couldn't use internet explorer. Bad experiences in the past with banks pages had made me just assume there would be problems. But not only was he familier enough with linux to know what a user would have on there, he quickly mentioned that mozilla should have no problem with it. A tiny thing like that, and they easily scored a customer for awhile.
> > No Towlie!
To misquote comic book guy, "Oh Towlie, everyone hates you but me.".
>monopolies can exist only as temporary aberrations.
Could you explain to me how the situation can change?
Companies won't develop for an unpopular platform. A platform won't become popular with the average user without companies developing for it. To me it seems like an endless circle that will continue unless the monopoly goes under somehow by pure chance. Say, Bill Gates the 15th trades pieces of it for magic beans or something. I think it's been seen that no matter how inferior microsofts products are at any one time, people will keep on using it.
I mean look at BE, they had a faster and more stable operating system than microsoft at the time, they 'gave' the operating system away for free, and still almost no one bothered to try it.
It's heartwarming to find out that we're being so carefully worried about for the future. Hey, the unlucky could even find their hearts literally warmed, whee!
I can't think of any links off hand, but mozilla hopefully should direct you to download sites for the appropriate plug-in if it encounters something it can't handle. Usually it's going to be a netscape plug in, and you might have to point it to mozilla's plugin directory yourself. I've been very happy with the behavior of those I've had installed with RC1, so hopefully things should go well. You might want to take a look at mozdev.org for some mozilla specific stuff. The spellchecker is my favorite of the projects there. I think it's fun though even just browsing through them all. I mean a rpg engine made with my favorite web browser is just plain nifty.
Having a choice betwean lugging a dolly of books around, or having all my reference books stored on a PDA in my pocket, I'd sure choose the latter.