Reading the claims all the way through, it seems like it's a way of:
Letting the user pre-specify "preferences" on the client for one or more of: news, sports, financial matters, entertainment, science and technology, life, and weather.
Sending a customised web page back based on these preferences, even if it's their first visit
So it's not exactly going to affect the traditional cookie-based preference setting (which occurrs after the first visit).
Sounds like some misguided "My preferences" panel in Internet Explorer. Considering they haven't implemented it in seven years suggests that it never got past user testing....
It seems from most of the wailing here is from people who think the idea of Mono is to let.NET applications run on unmodified on Un*x.
Get real. If that's the case, then Mono is doomed from the start. And Miguel isn't stupid.
What this is about is making the Java dream of "write once, run anywhere" come true. Let's look at.NET/Mono rationally:
Widely deployed, solid runtime environment? Check. (This is where Mono *builds* on the Microsoft monopoly, instead of trying to attack it like Sun)
The last one is why Java has sadly ended up confined to enterprise servers. The reality is that Microsoft control everything else.
Mono recognises this, and is using it to deliver a kick-ass cross-platform development platform.
What more could you want? Looks like a killer solution to me...
Yup, makes sense, you only need to subscribe for a month at a time.
I would have thought they would prefer to have my money coming in regularly every month, but if that's how they wanna play it...
Music companies are so clueless. I'd actually be happy to continue subscribing *if* they let unused downloads roll over into the next month (average of 40 tracks/month is OK for me but some months there's nothing worth getting, other times you're spoiled for choice).
For me, the biggest disappointment is that I'll no longer download stuff "to see what it's like" - I've discovered so many new bands this way (yeah, I know you can preview the song, but like many people I don't get to *really* like stuff until after a few listens in the car...)
Another great thing about the web just went "phbbttt".:-(
Close, but not quite.
Free (OK, free-ish in this case) markets just accelerate the process of "givin' the peeps what they want..."
Blaming privatisation/liberalisation/corporate greed is getting rather old and explains nothing. The article is just a recylcing of the same dumb arguments. ("If only everything was centralised, we wouldn't have these problems..."). Yeah, right.
Stop blaming everybody else and get to the real causes:
Everybody wants cheap electricity, ideally non-polluting but definitely cheap. Oh, and as much as we want. Whenever we want it. And make it cheap, please.
Nobody wants an ugly power station or (horror!) a honking great big electricity line next to where they live.
Fortunately (or unfortunately?) the ol' electricity grid was so overconstructed that people have got used to the idea that they can keep on using more and more electricity without having ugly pylons spring up in their back yard. And they can have those big, ugly, polluting power stations built "somewhere else" where nobody cares about these things. {ahem}Ohio?{cough}
Eventually, something's got to give. You can't have it all ways. Here are the choices:
a) Use less electricity.
- OR -
b) Let them build power stations near your house.
- OR -
c) Let them build big inter-state electricity lines.
These days a lot of power plants are *completely* unmanned. They are also often in the middle of nowhere.
It's far easier to manage a group of them from a central control location. And what's the cheapest way to do the communications? That's right: over the internet...
It's not so bad - these systems usually use secure vpn tunnels (which should reduce the hackability somewhat).
Why yes. Yes, there is!
Just put this in your user.js file in the profile folder:
// Check for new mail in ALL imap folders
user_pref("mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new", true);
Note that the prefs file can be tricky to find. On XP, it's usually in C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\default\%random%.slt
Information for other operating systems here
Remember to quit Thunderbird first, otherwise it'll overwrite your changes.
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- Letting the user pre-specify "preferences" on the client for one or more of: news, sports, financial matters, entertainment, science and technology, life, and weather.
- Sending a customised web page back based on these preferences, even if it's their first visit
So it's not exactly going to affect the traditional cookie-based preference setting (which occurrs after the first visit).Sounds like some misguided "My preferences" panel in Internet Explorer. Considering they haven't implemented it in seven years suggests that it never got past user testing....
Get real. If that's the case, then Mono is doomed from the start. And Miguel isn't stupid. .NET/Mono rationally:
What this is about is making the Java dream of "write once, run anywhere" come true. Let's look at
- Nice, powerful development environment? Check.
- Half-decent programming language? Check. (Thank you, Microsoft)
- Widely deployed, solid runtime environment? Check. (This is where Mono *builds* on the Microsoft monopoly, instead of trying to attack it like Sun)
The last one is why Java has sadly ended up confined to enterprise servers. The reality is that Microsoft control everything else.Mono recognises this, and is using it to deliver a kick-ass cross-platform development platform.
What more could you want? Looks like a killer solution to me...
I would have thought they would prefer to have my money coming in regularly every month, but if that's how they wanna play it...
Music companies are so clueless. I'd actually be happy to continue subscribing *if* they let unused downloads roll over into the next month (average of 40 tracks/month is OK for me but some months there's nothing worth getting, other times you're spoiled for choice).
For me, the biggest disappointment is that I'll no longer download stuff "to see what it's like" - I've discovered so many new bands this way (yeah, I know you can preview the song, but like many people I don't get to *really* like stuff until after a few listens in the car...)
Another great thing about the web just went "phbbttt". :-(
Free (OK, free-ish in this case) markets just accelerate the process of "givin' the peeps what they want..."
Blaming privatisation/liberalisation/corporate greed is getting rather old and explains nothing. The article is just a recylcing of the same dumb arguments. ("If only everything was centralised, we wouldn't have these problems..."). Yeah, right.
Stop blaming everybody else and get to the real causes:
- Everybody wants cheap electricity, ideally non-polluting but definitely cheap. Oh, and as much as we want. Whenever we want it. And make it cheap, please.
- Nobody wants an ugly power station or (horror!) a honking great big electricity line next to where they live.
Fortunately (or unfortunately?) the ol' electricity grid was so overconstructed that people have got used to the idea that they can keep on using more and more electricity without having ugly pylons spring up in their back yard. And they can have those big, ugly, polluting power stations built "somewhere else" where nobody cares about these things. {ahem}Ohio?{cough}Eventually, something's got to give. You can't have it all ways. Here are the choices:
a) Use less electricity.
- OR -
b) Let them build power stations near your house.
- OR -
c) Let them build big inter-state electricity lines.
Choose your poison. It's your call.
These days a lot of power plants are *completely* unmanned. They are also often in the middle of nowhere.
It's far easier to manage a group of them from a central control location. And what's the cheapest way to do the communications? That's right: over the internet...
It's not so bad - these systems usually use secure vpn tunnels (which should reduce the hackability somewhat).
Well, I'll be: there's an extension plugin that makes editing the prefs (slightly) easier:# ChromEdit
http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/extensions.html
You deserve get 5:Insightful (with 5:Funny thrown in for good measure...)
Editing obscure settings has been like this in Mozilla for so long that I had forgotten how monumentally lame it is.
:-P
Why yes. Yes, there is!
Just put this in your user.js file in the profile folder:
user_pref("mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new", true);
Note that the prefs file can be tricky to find. On XP, it's usually in
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\default\%random%.slt
Information for other operating systems here
Remember to quit Thunderbird first, otherwise it'll overwrite your changes.
If you haven't done this, try building a new kernel with:
options CPU_DISABLE_CMPXCHG
There's a thread here.
Try searching for "shayler" on the BBC news site...
Looks like public interest in this story officially expired back in March.
Even stranger, the Financial Times [subscription required] reports "No matches" for the same search.
At least The Guardian are on the case, although even they have had some articles censored.
Of course, they can't actually report that this censorship occurred.
Scary.