More important! Is it likely that a student (a single person) with no Tennis experience, without any use of written Tennis rules, could build a functioning Pong game in six months?:-)
That was not my point. What is sad is the fact that most people will remain completely oblivious to the existance of superior browser alternatives. To them Internet == Internet Explorer (the blue 'e').
And let's take a technology like ActiveX. I can't tell you how much it irritates me that most banks in my country bought into that. It makes it hard for me to do my homebanking without Microsoft Internet Explorer. But they're getting message, and some of them are now providing solutions that can even be accessed with completely free (as in speech) programs. It's a start.
I played Maniac Mansion on my old pc back in the good ol' 80's. I remember it as being the absolute most difficult adventure game to complete. Did anyone succeed?
I've been thinking about playing the original again with the help of the DosBox project. I just completed Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry: Enhanced. Pretty cool! Nothing beats nostalgia!
Don't forget the "Overlay flash" feature that comes with AdBlock: Hit CTRL+SHIFT+F and both flash and java applets will be covered with a nice box.
It's great for those sites you chance visit to read an linked article, but don't want to bother with adding blocking filters, because you probably won't be back.
In some way, I think a lot of us may unconsciously be using this method already.
I once knew my 4-digit PIN for my creditcard by the pattern I would press on a keypad. At the time I wasn't consciously aware of the fact that I didn't know the actual sequence of numbers. One day I had to memorize the PIN for my Mom's creditcard (yeah, I know, the PIN is personal!) as I was to run an errand for her - just once. That was enough for me to forget my own PIN when I was to use my own creditcard the next time.
Today I memorize my PIN by reference, so I won't forget it. I believe this will serve me better in the long run, on so many different levels. If I was mugged back when I didn't consciously know my PIN, I'm sure the muggers wouldn't believe me (*). Also, we're getting new creditcard terminals in my country where the keypad layout is reversed.
(*) Take your pick: a reorganized face or an empty bank account.
Is that what we're calling it these days? Openmindedness, eh? Ecchi!
Sorry, I forgot the hyphen! My bad!
In written form, I use the hyphenated adjective more frequently than the noun. According to dictionary.com, both open-minded and openminded are legal, but not openmindedness (not yet anyway). It should be open-mindedness, of course.
I'm sure me using it here - without the hyphen, that is - will make it mainstream sooner. You'll be seeing it in the dictionary any day now.:-)
If you don't know the adjective, then I guess you're just close-minded/closeminded.:-)
Well, for one thing, that which gets censored outside of Japan.
Meaning besides the beautiful artwork, the openmindedness the Japanese culture permits the artists to express. You won't see that much anywhere else than in Anime.
Alternatively, you need a couple of good ones to recognize a bad one for what it is and get out before you sustain too much Damage.
Reminds me of Ferris' talk about Cameron at the end of "Ferris Beuller's Day Off".
Ferris:Cameron's never been in love. At least no one's ever been in love with him. He's gonna marry the first girl he lays. And she's gonna treat him like shit because he's gonna kiss her ass for giving him what he's built-up in his mind as the end-all, be-all of human existance. She won't respect him because you can't respect someone who kisses your ass. It just doesn't work.
They showed that (for the tasks they studied, of course) in IIRC all casees, the GUI was faster, however the command line users thought they were faster. [my emphasis]
And that's exactly it. It really depends on the task at hand, and how well you know your tools.
If you're a sysadmin and need to add a couple of hundred URLs or usernames to a blacklist, or if you're adding a large amount of filters to a firewall configuration, command line tools will certainly be faster than clicking like a madman in any GUI. That's assuming your programs uses actual configuration files, of course
If you see the muggers, yell out that they are spies here to overthrow the government and draw attention to them. They might just run away once they see how crazy you are.
Of course this only works if you're NOT the average Police Academy Sweetchuck type of geek.:-)
Over 500 posts so far and still growing quickly, still the first entry on the front page... A new hall of fame entry?
I found that interesting too. It was up around 1300 posts when I got here, and apparently not a single post about religion yet (not that I've spotted).:-)
Don't stare at people, but return their look if given one.
Be careful. I live in Denmark, and returning looks will get you in trouble with some particular minorities that happen to roam in groups. Not necesserily because they wanna mug you, maybe they might just wanna pick a fight. Don't get within arms reach - we all know the shoulder hitting trick. It's like a troll, and they're waiting for you to bite.
It's really, really sad. I've been close twice. The last time was just a few months ago on the main pedestrian street in Copenhagen.
"IBM has taken a religious view. Their message is Linux, Linux, Linux. Microsoft understands HP is not running a religious jihad," says Martin Fink, vice president of Linux at HP. [my emphasis]
Am I the only one who is concerned about this bad analogy? What a truly unfortunate choice of words on Mr. Fink's part. Shame on him for mixing these issues.:-(
They feared (rightly) that if true system independence were to come about due to people using a browser as their portal to software, that their windows monopoly would be threatened in some way.
And quite brilliantly they handled that threat too!
Put in a purposely broken implementation of Java (MS Java VM) and instead promote your own proprietary ActiveX technology with even deeper ties to Windows, no security sandbox, etc.
So finally Microsoft is being forced (or are they still?) to bundle Sun Java instead, but too late. They've stopped development of MS Java VM. It doesn't matter, it's no longer a threat to them.
And now look where we are. I can't do my homebanking without having to boot up in Windows thanks to ActiveX. And I'm having a hell of a great time trying to help friends get rid of the CoolWebSearch spyware variants, thanks to a critical vulnerability in the MS Java VM.
MSN serving broken CSS, and IE still having longstanding unfixed CSS bugs is history repeating itself.
With respects to your point about restoring immune system functions. The !HIV virus might stop HIV from doing any further damage to your immune system, but I'd imagine a person with a critically damaged immune system (late stage of AIDS) might already have suffered irreparable damage to some organs due to various secondary non-HIV infections.
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More important! Is it likely that a student (a single person) with no Tennis experience, without any use of written Tennis rules, could build a functioning Pong game in six months? :-)
z"Here comes /."
No kidding! :-)
zYeah, it was just after I posted the "All your base ..." message. :-)
Neat!
zThat was not my point. What is sad is the fact that most people will remain completely oblivious to the existance of superior browser alternatives. To them Internet == Internet Explorer (the blue 'e').
And let's take a technology like ActiveX. I can't tell you how much it irritates me that most banks in my country bought into that. It makes it hard for me to do my homebanking without Microsoft Internet Explorer. But they're getting message, and some of them are now providing solutions that can even be accessed with completely free (as in speech) programs. It's a start.
zI played Maniac Mansion on my old pc back in the good ol' 80's. I remember it as being the absolute most difficult adventure game to complete. Did anyone succeed?
I've been thinking about playing the original again with the help of the DosBox project. I just completed Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry: Enhanced. Pretty cool! Nothing beats nostalgia!
I miss the 80's.
zWell said!
The more people who are aware that "web browser" does not equal "the blue 'e' icon", the better...
Recently I've encountered individuals who believe "the Internet" is "the blue 'e' icon". They don't even know what a browser is? Sad.
zAdBlock is wonderful!
Don't forget the "Overlay flash" feature that comes with AdBlock: Hit CTRL+SHIFT+F and both flash and java applets will be covered with a nice box.
It's great for those sites you chance visit to read an linked article, but don't want to bother with adding blocking filters, because you probably won't be back.
zIn some way, I think a lot of us may unconsciously be using this method already.
I once knew my 4-digit PIN for my creditcard by the pattern I would press on a keypad. At the time I wasn't consciously aware of the fact that I didn't know the actual sequence of numbers. One day I had to memorize the PIN for my Mom's creditcard (yeah, I know, the PIN is personal!) as I was to run an errand for her - just once. That was enough for me to forget my own PIN when I was to use my own creditcard the next time.
Today I memorize my PIN by reference, so I won't forget it. I believe this will serve me better in the long run, on so many different levels. If I was mugged back when I didn't consciously know my PIN, I'm sure the muggers wouldn't believe me (*). Also, we're getting new creditcard terminals in my country where the keypad layout is reversed.
(*) Take your pick: a reorganized face or an empty bank account.z
I like thinkgeek's version:
$ man woman
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
Much funnier! :-)
zIs that what we're calling it these days? Openmindedness, eh? Ecchi!
Sorry, I forgot the hyphen! My bad!
In written form, I use the hyphenated adjective more frequently than the noun. According to dictionary.com, both open-minded and openminded are legal, but not openmindedness (not yet anyway). It should be open-mindedness, of course.
I'm sure me using it here - without the hyphen, that is - will make it mainstream sooner. You'll be seeing it in the dictionary any day now. :-)
If you don't know the adjective, then I guess you're just close-minded/closeminded. :-)
zI just don't get it -- what am I missing?
Well, for one thing, that which gets censored outside of Japan.
Meaning besides the beautiful artwork, the openmindedness the Japanese culture permits the artists to express. You won't see that much anywhere else than in Anime.
zAlternatively, you need a couple of good ones to recognize a bad one for what it is and get out before you sustain too much Damage.
Reminds me of Ferris' talk about Cameron at the end of "Ferris Beuller's Day Off".
Ferris: Cameron's never been in love. At least no one's ever been in love with him. He's gonna marry the first girl he lays. And she's gonna treat him like shit because he's gonna kiss her ass for giving him what he's built-up in his mind as the end-all, be-all of human existance. She won't respect him because you can't respect someone who kisses your ass. It just doesn't work.
A little wisdom from John Hughes. :-)
zThey showed that (for the tasks they studied, of course) in IIRC all casees, the GUI was faster, however the command line users thought they were faster. [my emphasis]
And that's exactly it. It really depends on the task at hand, and how well you know your tools.
If you're a sysadmin and need to add a couple of hundred URLs or usernames to a blacklist, or if you're adding a large amount of filters to a firewall configuration, command line tools will certainly be faster than clicking like a madman in any GUI. That's assuming your programs uses actual configuration files, of course
zIf you see the muggers, yell out that they are spies here to overthrow the government and draw attention to them. They might just run away once they see how crazy you are.
Of course this only works if you're NOT the average Police Academy Sweetchuck type of geek. :-)
zOver 500 posts so far and still growing quickly, still the first entry on the front page... A new hall of fame entry?
I found that interesting too. It was up around 1300 posts when I got here, and apparently not a single post about religion yet (not that I've spotted). :-)
Things are looking good.
zDon't stare at people, but return their look if given one.
Be careful. I live in Denmark, and returning looks will get you in trouble with some particular minorities that happen to roam in groups. Not necesserily because they wanna mug you, maybe they might just wanna pick a fight. Don't get within arms reach - we all know the shoulder hitting trick. It's like a troll, and they're waiting for you to bite.
It's really, really sad. I've been close twice. The last time was just a few months ago on the main pedestrian street in Copenhagen.
zIt's a suburb of Malmo, isn't it? I believe there's a bridge...
You've got it backwards! Malmoe was a Danish province a couple of hundred years ago.
Actually, most of Scandinavia plus surrounding extra countries were united under the Danish crown back in the 14th century. Those were the days. :-)
z'You think you're a superpower, and everyone else thinks your capital is copenhagen'.
Heh, that's funny, Copenhagen being the capital of my country: Denmark. But then again, most people think Denmark is a city in Sweden. :-)
zBuild their helmets with solar panels
Yeah, solar panels will come in handy when powering those night vision goggles. :-)
z"IBM has taken a religious view. Their message is Linux, Linux, Linux. Microsoft understands HP is not running a religious jihad," says Martin Fink, vice president of Linux at HP. [my emphasis]
Am I the only one who is concerned about this bad analogy? What a truly unfortunate choice of words on Mr. Fink's part. Shame on him for mixing these issues. :-(
zThey feared (rightly) that if true system independence were to come about due to people using a browser as their portal to software, that their windows monopoly would be threatened in some way.
And quite brilliantly they handled that threat too!
Put in a purposely broken implementation of Java (MS Java VM) and instead promote your own proprietary ActiveX technology with even deeper ties to Windows, no security sandbox, etc.
So finally Microsoft is being forced (or are they still?) to bundle Sun Java instead, but too late. They've stopped development of MS Java VM. It doesn't matter, it's no longer a threat to them.
And now look where we are. I can't do my homebanking without having to boot up in Windows thanks to ActiveX. And I'm having a hell of a great time trying to help friends get rid of the CoolWebSearch spyware variants, thanks to a critical vulnerability in the MS Java VM.
MSN serving broken CSS, and IE still having longstanding unfixed CSS bugs is history repeating itself.
sigh
zTip the server??? Do you know how much these rackmounts cost!!!
You should have bought blades, dude! Already tipped. :-)
zWith respects to your point about restoring immune system functions. The !HIV virus might stop HIV from doing any further damage to your immune system, but I'd imagine a person with a critically damaged immune system (late stage of AIDS) might already have suffered irreparable damage to some organs due to various secondary non-HIV infections.
I'm not a doctor, though.
zI think some people don't understand that AIDS is a syndrome
Not many people do. It's not that difficult to understand when you spell out the acronyms:
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Just remember V for virus and S for syndrome.
zUnlike the text ones, they're blockable, too, for those who aren't interested.
If a page serves the texts ads within an IFRAME or a SCRIPT element, you can easily block it with Firefox's AdBlock extension.
(Usually this is the case for ads that a fetched from remote sites.)
z