Somewhat offtopic, but what does Mozilla Mail do that Thunderbird does differently regarding IMAP? I ask because I currently use Thunderbird for my IMAP mail and havn't really noticed a problem, though it could be better in some areas.
"There is no market for 'artistic' games. Only fun ones."
I have to disagree. Take Shenmue for the Dreamcast. Beautifuly artistic, and I don't regret buying it-- definately got my moneys worth -- but really, it was nothing more than a real life sim. It wasn't anywhere as 'fun' as it was artistic, and yet it was on most peoples must buy lists..
Another good example for you: instant messangers. I'm real bad about closing old convos, so I tend to have a bunch of them open at once. The taskbar becomes useless with >10 im windows, don't even think of >20 (max I've tried is >40, and thats even useless with grouping as it has to scroll). Don't even try to alttab with that much.. Whats really needed is proper virtual desktop support, or some more real desktop innovation (sun lookingglass looks nice).
Something I'd like to see to help save screen real estate is something like X11's virtual desktop resolution feature, where you can scroll around the real resolution while only displaying a smaller chunk of it -- But modify that concept -- Instead, I'd like to see the entire desktop displayed at like, 50% zoom. Now have maybe 800x600 or whatever around your cursor be zoomed to 100%. That way people that are stuck with 1024x max rez can escape a LOT of desktop clutter/overlap. From what I know of the apple os x PDF stuff, It would be pretty easy for them to do.
You can set adblock to download the image but not display it. If you never clicked on banner ads anyways, this is the exact same as downloading banner ads but not displaying them as far as the sites concerned. Its still counted as a banner view and thus the site is still credited.
Kind of makes you wonder whats going through his head. Surely there are 13 year olds in his state/city, especially those of which he could easily have sex with (the whole authority figure thing is bound to work on one of them) But instead he opts to spend the time and money to have sex with a specific 13 year old that lives in another state, meaning there might be some mental connection to her above just her being a minor and him being a pedo.
"There is a winner: the consumer. The breakup of such an anticompetitive relationship is an example of the "invisible hand" of the marketplace restoring free-market capitalism to where it belongs."
I somewhat disagree, amazons anticompetitive behavior is great for the consumer. I was searching for a movie (Waking Life) and due to a deal with borders, I was able to reserve a copy of the movie at any of the local borders stores (with addresses listed, along with how far away it is).
These kind of features are what makes amazon successful, sure we'd be better off with an open system so prices stay competitive, but until someone (pricewatch? pricegrabber? froogle?) steps up and opens up a system that actually has the whole process bundled in one easy to use page, don't expect amazon to stop dominating any time soon.
re: your sig ("Girls are like Internet domain names, the ones I like are already taken. ") Theres an addendum to that -- You can still get a good forign one.
I live in austin, tx. $15/hr isn't super, but its well above minimum wage. Again, I'm still 17 -- I'm not having to support some family (the opposite, infact, but I could afford to get an appartment and live the kind of life I'd be perfectly happy living with this much) As for income growth, as I become more useful(generally adapt to the enviroment), my income can double or tripple over a few years. As for job stability.. maybe I should stop posting to slashdot when I should be working.
Its all perspective. Having this on a resume would be great. Its also only 1800 for the first 3 months(where its a lot of training)- after that I should be making $2300 a month($27k/yr) -- Beats flipping burgers. Having a job like this puts my foot in the door for future jobs, in addition to all the experience and training I'm getting (I've spent most of today playing with junipers for example). While I am obviously starting with a lower sallary than most(even due to the lack of schooling), I still got a 'good' job where I can work with things I enjoy, and have a real decent future in it.
My intent wasn't to brag, just to disprove the theory that you need a huge list of certs and diplomas to get a job-- its all luck and who you know (and being able to get the job done)
Thats a nice change. I remember registering a hotmail account when I was 16, forgot the login by now, but it wasn't something a wordlist would have. Started getting spam within a week even though I hadn't even sent a message from it (I just wanted to use msn messanger). I had opted out of all 'list me in directory' features. Makes you think MS might of been selling userlists, which is ironic considering I was 16 and getting all the porn spam you can think of, with the only way for that address to get out being microsofts fault.
Debating whether to post anonymously or not.. not that I care what slashdotters think, just that my friends all know this name by now-
I never attended college. Or highschool. Or a full year of middleschool. I dropped out near the end of 6th grade (about 80% through if you want to get technical.)
I'm currently 17, employed by a euro internet exchange(I'm in the US), making ~$1800/mo, with huge room to grow. I didn't get this job under any false pretenses-- no lying or denying, I even brought it up. I'm sure income wise I'm far from the top of slashdot, but I'd say I'm doing pretty well off.
Life is just a stream of luck, both good and bad. All the biggest and most influential events are usually the ones you didn't plan. (car crash, meeting people, etc). The only caveat to this is that luck is preperation meeting opertunity, but it doesn't change it.
"Some of us would definitely prefer to play computer games all day (and get paid for it!) rather than sitting through another English class.:P"
You'd think that, but eh. Playing competitively really took all the fun out of it. I'll still be competing in the CPL(big counterstrike competition) this year, but after that, I really don't know.
You remember that little pi icon that would take you to a random webpage, potentially past security authorization from the movie The Net? Imagine if google had a button to send you to a random webpage out of their cache. Considering a lot of sites use no authentication beyond hoping noone knows the url (that google then spiders its way to), you could end up in a similar situation. Would be a fun use of googles database.
There isn't if you don't have a cd burner and you live out in the middle of nowhere (as she does now). I'm going to end up having to mail her a patch cd, which is really pretty stupid when you think about it.
You'll be infected far before zone alarm finishes downloading over a dialup link. I honestly wasn't sure what the fuss was about over this until talking to a friend over the phone as she tried to get her new computer online. As soon as I finished talking her through getting her isp(earthlinks) crap working, she mentions something about the computer saying it needs to shut down.
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Somewhat offtopic, but what does Mozilla Mail do that Thunderbird does differently regarding IMAP? I ask because I currently use Thunderbird for my IMAP mail and havn't really noticed a problem, though it could be better in some areas.
Try getting your domain back when its stolen.
"There is no market for 'artistic' games. Only fun ones."
I have to disagree. Take Shenmue for the Dreamcast. Beautifuly artistic, and I don't regret buying it-- definately got my moneys worth -- but really, it was nothing more than a real life sim. It wasn't anywhere as 'fun' as it was artistic, and yet it was on most peoples must buy lists..
Or point the domain to someone you don't like.
Mine tells me the speed its running at, unless its running at the right speed in which case it says the name.
" I found a company that makes awesome tube amplifiers."
I've been getting emails about those for ages..
You're thinking of ones that arn't made by idiots.
If it relies on popup windows to start the real download and other stupidity, it will now break.
If it relies on just counting actual downloads (access_logs, or just making a cgi/php script spit out the file after counting) it should be fine
note to self - hit preview. Started typing that and got sidetracked, continued sentance with broken train of thought. HEH.
I of course meant exact same as viewing ads but not clicking them.
Another good example for you: instant messangers.
I'm real bad about closing old convos, so I tend to have a bunch of them open at once.
The taskbar becomes useless with >10 im windows, don't even think of >20 (max I've tried is >40, and thats even useless with grouping as it has to scroll). Don't even try to alttab with that much..
Whats really needed is proper virtual desktop support, or some more real desktop innovation (sun lookingglass looks nice).
Something I'd like to see to help save screen real estate is something like X11's virtual desktop resolution feature, where you can scroll around the real resolution while only displaying a smaller chunk of it -- But modify that concept -- Instead, I'd like to see the entire desktop displayed at like, 50% zoom. Now have maybe 800x600 or whatever around your cursor be zoomed to 100%. That way people that are stuck with 1024x max rez can escape a LOT of desktop clutter/overlap. From what I know of the apple os x PDF stuff, It would be pretty easy for them to do.
You can set adblock to download the image but not display it. If you never clicked on banner ads anyways, this is the exact same as downloading banner ads but not displaying them as far as the sites concerned. Its still counted as a banner view and thus the site is still credited.
Kind of makes you wonder whats going through his head. Surely there are 13 year olds in his state/city, especially those of which he could easily have sex with (the whole authority figure thing is bound to work on one of them)
But instead he opts to spend the time and money to have sex with a specific 13 year old that lives in another state, meaning there might be some mental connection to her above just her being a minor and him being a pedo.
"There is a winner: the consumer. The breakup of such an anticompetitive relationship is an example of the "invisible hand" of the marketplace restoring free-market capitalism to where it belongs."
I somewhat disagree, amazons anticompetitive behavior is great for the consumer. I was searching for a movie (Waking Life) and due to a deal with borders, I was able to reserve a copy of the movie at any of the local borders stores (with addresses listed, along with how far away it is).
These kind of features are what makes amazon successful, sure we'd be better off with an open system so prices stay competitive, but until someone (pricewatch? pricegrabber? froogle?) steps up and opens up a system that actually has the whole process bundled in one easy to use page, don't expect amazon to stop dominating any time soon.
re: your sig ("Girls are like Internet domain names, the ones I like are already taken. ") Theres an addendum to that -- You can still get a good forign one.
Slashdot without mods on crack would be like fark without boobies.
I live in austin, tx. $15/hr isn't super, but its well above minimum wage. Again, I'm still 17 -- I'm not having to support some family (the opposite, infact, but I could afford to get an appartment and live the kind of life I'd be perfectly happy living with this much)
As for income growth, as I become more useful(generally adapt to the enviroment), my income can double or tripple over a few years. As for job stability.. maybe I should stop posting to slashdot when I should be working.
Its all perspective. Having this on a resume would be great. Its also only 1800 for the first 3 months(where its a lot of training)- after that I should be making $2300 a month($27k/yr) -- Beats flipping burgers. Having a job like this puts my foot in the door for future jobs, in addition to all the experience and training I'm getting (I've spent most of today playing with junipers for example). While I am obviously starting with a lower sallary than most(even due to the lack of schooling), I still got a 'good' job where I can work with things I enjoy, and have a real decent future in it.
My intent wasn't to brag, just to disprove the theory that you need a huge list of certs and diplomas to get a job-- its all luck and who you know (and being able to get the job done)
Thats a nice change. I remember registering a hotmail account when I was 16, forgot the login by now, but it wasn't something a wordlist would have. Started getting spam within a week even though I hadn't even sent a message from it (I just wanted to use msn messanger). I had opted out of all 'list me in directory' features. Makes you think MS might of been selling userlists, which is ironic considering I was 16 and getting all the porn spam you can think of, with the only way for that address to get out being microsofts fault.
Debating whether to post anonymously or not.. not that I care what slashdotters think, just that my friends all know this name by now-
:P"
I never attended college. Or highschool. Or a full year of middleschool. I dropped out near the end of 6th grade (about 80% through if you want to get technical.)
I'm currently 17, employed by a euro internet exchange(I'm in the US), making ~$1800/mo, with huge room to grow. I didn't get this job under any false pretenses-- no lying or denying, I even brought it up. I'm sure income wise I'm far from the top of slashdot, but I'd say I'm doing pretty well off.
Life is just a stream of luck, both good and bad. All the biggest and most influential events are usually the ones you didn't plan. (car crash, meeting people, etc). The only caveat to this is that luck is preperation meeting opertunity, but it doesn't change it.
"Some of us would definitely prefer to play computer games all day (and get paid for it!) rather than sitting through another English class.
You'd think that, but eh. Playing competitively really took all the fun out of it. I'll still be competing in the CPL(big counterstrike competition) this year, but after that, I really don't know.
You remember that little pi icon that would take you to a random webpage, potentially past security authorization from the movie The Net?
Imagine if google had a button to send you to a random webpage out of their cache. Considering a lot of sites use no authentication beyond hoping noone knows the url (that google then spiders its way to), you could end up in a similar situation. Would be a fun use of googles database.
There isn't if you don't have a cd burner and you live out in the middle of nowhere (as she does now).
I'm going to end up having to mail her a patch cd, which is really pretty stupid when you think about it.
You'll be infected far before zone alarm finishes downloading over a dialup link.
I honestly wasn't sure what the fuss was about over this until talking to a friend over the phone as she tried to get her new computer online. As soon as I finished talking her through getting her isp(earthlinks) crap working, she mentions something about the computer saying it needs to shut down.
"Never thought I'd have to steal a peak at someone else's library card before..."
Neither has anyone else, so I doubt they'd treat it securely.
Or he could turn any office into an office with a view. Really not much technical advancement..