While I sympathize with all those who do real tech support (both for pay and for family) the tech support side isn't without it's clueless support people.
Take the responce I got moments ago from a Clearwire support person in response to a question about blocking of inbound ports 80 and 25. "Oh we don't block port 80, after all it's the 'Internet'"
After explaining the problem once again I get the "I can't answer that, you will have to call tech support" reply.
Your phone doesn't stay on until the battery dies, it stays on until the software determines the battery is getting too low, unregisters itself, then shuts down.
But when many have large high resolutions screens it's ridiculous to expect users to have a window that only covers a quarter of their screen.
I haven't had a screen smaller than 1600x1200 for years and it's not like web developers can't create a site the sizes to match my window, they just have arcane ideas about what's 'right'. There's nothing like going to a website that pops up and uses half of my window to display nothing. Do that and unless forced to I won't be coming back.
* text is too wide, 66 characters is said to be the ideal. At my resolution, I got lines with >150 chars, That's not a bug, that's a feature.
I absolutely loathe sites that don't expand to match the width of my browser.
On a 1920x1200 screen any site that only lets me see 66 characters will earn my wrath forever.
And I couldn't agree more. I've been on that particular soapbox for years and it ticks me off when I give someone a url without www and they insist on adding it, then telling me the site is broken.
All that chimney does is provide a standard way for windows to offload the tcp-stack to a seperate processor running on the NIC.
From the white paper: "TCP Chimney offloads the TCP protocol stack to a Network Interface Card (NIC) "
This has been available for high-end systems for a decade or more.
A quick google search for "linux tcp/ip accelerated" will find numerous examples of Linux cards that offload the stack.
> * Offline messages (how the heck did they manage to be that stupid?
Could they may be concerned about the amount of storage required to hang on to all those messages until someone gets around to logging in?
> * Gateways to MSN, ICQ, Y!M, AIM, IRC...
What do you think their "federation" program is all about? They're not about to set up transports to everyone else and get summarily cut off like lots of other jabber servers. Instead they announce a program and make the other guys look bad for not cooperating.
> * Group chats
Again I suspect their may be a reluctance to implement group chats because of the legal implications. To many people associated Group chats/chat rooms with luring children into evil ways.
"crappy mainstreamed business journals" Started in the mid 70's and originally called "Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia" subtitled "Running Light without OverByte" it's one of the best and longest running technical computer journals out there. Here's a link to help further your education. http://webreview.com/ddj/history.htm
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>>Heck I bet an executive chair with Darl's buttprint on it might be a collectible item someday.
>Hmmm, I wonder if Lysol will hurt the leather?
Considering whats been on it, nothing could hurt it anymore.
"t's a great promo"
No, it's a classic example of bad site design. It may be a pretty flash demo, but as soon as I see that the root site page is flash, I'm gone.
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Take the responce I got moments ago from a Clearwire support person in response to a question about blocking of inbound ports 80 and 25. "Oh we don't block port 80, after all it's the 'Internet'"
After explaining the problem once again I get the "I can't answer that, you will have to call tech support" reply.
Listen!
"whilst"?
Seriously?
Srsly
Then when the NSA reports that they can't crack it would you believe them?
Ha, Real men stand outside in a thunderstorm waiting for the lightning strike.
Your phone doesn't stay on until the battery dies, it stays on until the software determines the battery is getting too low, unregisters itself, then shuts down.
Just call it "The W.C."
/pedant mode on
A potentiometer is a variable resistor.
An e-meter is just an ohmmeter, a device that measures resistance.
/pedant mode off
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I don't maximize it.
But when many have large high resolutions screens it's ridiculous to expect users to have a window that only covers a quarter of their screen.
I haven't had a screen smaller than 1600x1200 for years and it's not like web developers can't create a site the sizes to match my window, they just have arcane ideas about what's 'right'. There's nothing like going to a website that pops up and uses half of my window to display nothing. Do that and unless forced to I won't be coming back.
At least Slashdot gets it right.
I absolutely loathe sites that don't expand to match the width of my browser.
On a 1920x1200 screen any site that only lets me see 66 characters will earn my wrath forever.
My, you're awfully literate for a six year old.
And I couldn't agree more.
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I've been on that particular soapbox for years and it ticks me off when I give someone a url without www and they insist on adding it, then telling me the site is broken.
grumble grumble grumble
4. All of the above
'Jar-Jar the Next Generation' ?
Is not the 30 second commercials, but the fact there are so many of them in a row.
They're obviously caused by editors from the future trolling in the past.
Secretary channel=Typecasting
All that chimney does is provide a standard way for windows to offload the tcp-stack to a seperate processor running on the NIC.
From the white paper: "TCP Chimney offloads the TCP protocol stack to a Network Interface Card (NIC) "This has been available for high-end systems for a decade or more.
A quick google search for "linux tcp/ip accelerated" will find numerous examples of Linux cards that offload the stack.
> * File transferts
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I suspect legal had something to say about this.
> * Offline messages (how the heck did they manage to be that stupid?
Could they may be concerned about the amount of storage required to hang on to all those messages until someone gets around to logging in?
> * Gateways to MSN, ICQ, Y!M, AIM, IRC
What do you think their "federation" program is all about? They're not about to set up transports to everyone else and get summarily cut off like lots of other jabber servers. Instead they announce a program and make the other guys look bad for not cooperating.
> * Group chats
Again I suspect their may be a reluctance to implement group chats because of the legal implications. To many people associated Group chats/chat rooms with luring children into evil ways.
> * Jabber User Directory and vCards
Agreed on this one, where the heck is it?
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"crappy mainstreamed business journals"
Started in the mid 70's and originally called "Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia" subtitled "Running Light without OverByte" it's one of the best and longest running technical computer journals out there. Here's a link to help further your education.
http://webreview.com/ddj/history.htm
AMD 2400+cpu, 128M ram, 40gig HD, Case, Power Supply,
Motherboard (with serial,parallel, video,usb,ethernet, sound, 56k modem),
Keyboard, mouse, speakers, Linspire OS (SuSE 9.2 installs just fine)
$179 @ Fry's on sale every couple of weeks.
I have two.
>>Heck I bet an executive chair with Darl's buttprint on it might be a collectible item someday.
>Hmmm, I wonder if Lysol will hurt the leather? Considering whats been on it, nothing could hurt it anymore.
"t's a great promo" No, it's a classic example of bad site design. It may be a pretty flash demo, but as soon as I see that the root site page is flash, I'm gone.