Whatever version of FireFox you're running that crashes, I suggest you update to at least 1.5, if not 2 (oh yeah, and clean out your plug-ins). I've never had either version crash on me. Then again, if you spend all your time browsing with IE, then the reason FF crashes is probably because your system already is chock-full of viruses and malware.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not, but...
I'll stick with FireFox, thanks. The idea of browsing the internet with a piece of software that is integral to my operating system, exposing its shoddy code to whatever exploits may be out there in the wild wild web, is frightening. If there's a hole in IE, then it leads RIGHT INTO WINDOWS (read: you're fucked). The obvious response is, of course, to use antivirus software, but why should I have to run TWO programs on my computer to browse the web in a semi-secure manner when I could just use ONE and be much safer? If there's a hole in FireFox, your odds of being compromised are significantly lower - and you don't have to wait 'till 3 "patch Tuesdays" down the line to get a fix for it, since the FF dev team's turnaround time is much lower.
Oh yeah - don't forget that there are those out there who don't use MS OS's. IE7 isn't available to them.
Math and Science teachers getting higher pay would be a wonderful thing - but could we not also include Language teachers? I mean, being able to understand and use math and science is one thing, but the ability to take the ideas from those areas and properly communicate them seems to be a dying art. If we can't get these teachers higher pay, then can we at least give them some teeth in the classroom and the ability to enforce stricter standards of written and spoken language?
What do you mean "nothing we can do"? I'm certain we can find a rowdy-yet-lovable bunch of oil drillers to send up there on a suicidal mission to blow up the asteroids from the inside with some nuclear weapons, all set to an Aerosmith soundtrack. What's so hard about that?
Please note the difference between evolution and evolutionary theory. Evolution is a process that we know happens - we can observe it in labs. Its a fact. Evolutionary Theory is our current best understanding of the what's, why's, and how's of process by which evolution (the fact) occurs. People can (and often do) dispute evolutionary theory all day long without disputing the fact that evolution itself happens - and that's fine, that's science in progress. Its the people who debate on whether or not evolution itself actually happens that frighten me.
So do the music execs *WANT* DRM, or do they *NOT* want it? They can't have it both ways. They should just be happy that people are buying music at all lately, what with the production-grade excrement coming out of most labels lately.
And thus, Microsoft continues its grand tradition of being late to the scene, introducing technologies we've been seeing for years in a new and annoying format, and generally maintaining the status quo in the fashion to which we have become accustomed. Mediocrity, ho!
I wonder how the Muslim and Jewish communities would react to this technology, as it involves materials taken from an animal that those religions traditionally view as "unclean". Would they reject it on those grounds?
Well, during the discussion of RFID chips in passports, people were frequently suggesting that we throw our passports in the microwave for a few seconds to kill the chips. I'd imagine the same solution is applicable here, but for some reason I just don't think it'll fry- er, I mean fly.
Not really - the range on RFID chips is pretty small, you'd have to have readers installed everywhere, and privacy groups would be up in arms about that (not that they aren't already up in arms about the issue of RFID slowly pervading many aspects of daily life).
Ok, let me get this straight. Your online service, which you claim to test rigorously, fails to charge me. We (myself and your system) agree on a price for these goods ($0.00), you charge me for it, send me my merchandise, and now you're trying to make me give it back or pay more for it? IANAL but the legality of this seems rather dubious.
The rest of your statement aside, I agree that too many Americans are spouting off about how they live in the greatest country on earth, especially since so few of them have actually left the country! Lewis Black had a great piece on this very issue, so I'll paraphrase him.
If you've never been to any other country, how do you know the one you're in is the greatest? Other countries could be giving shit away every day! Canada is one of those countries. You know what they give away? HEALTH INSURANCE!!! How do you think the rest of the world feels about us constantly claiming we're the best? It'd be like if every day you went to work, someone there shouted, "I'm the best sunuvabitch in here, and the rests of you sniveling shits would DIE without me! MUAHAHAHA!!!" I can guarantee you that if you had that happen to you every day, by the end of the week you would have killed him. And eaten him, just to try to possess his power.
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Whatever version of FireFox you're running that crashes, I suggest you update to at least 1.5, if not 2 (oh yeah, and clean out your plug-ins). I've never had either version crash on me. Then again, if you spend all your time browsing with IE, then the reason FF crashes is probably because your system already is chock-full of viruses and malware.
It doesn't matter how old the LED gets, if you ask it it will always tell you its 40.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not, but...
I'll stick with FireFox, thanks. The idea of browsing the internet with a piece of software that is integral to my operating system, exposing its shoddy code to whatever exploits may be out there in the wild wild web, is frightening. If there's a hole in IE, then it leads RIGHT INTO WINDOWS (read: you're fucked). The obvious response is, of course, to use antivirus software, but why should I have to run TWO programs on my computer to browse the web in a semi-secure manner when I could just use ONE and be much safer? If there's a hole in FireFox, your odds of being compromised are significantly lower - and you don't have to wait 'till 3 "patch Tuesdays" down the line to get a fix for it, since the FF dev team's turnaround time is much lower.
Oh yeah - don't forget that there are those out there who don't use MS OS's. IE7 isn't available to them.
Um, have you seen JT's litigation record?
Math and Science teachers getting higher pay would be a wonderful thing - but could we not also include Language teachers? I mean, being able to understand and use math and science is one thing, but the ability to take the ideas from those areas and properly communicate them seems to be a dying art. If we can't get these teachers higher pay, then can we at least give them some teeth in the classroom and the ability to enforce stricter standards of written and spoken language?
What do you mean "nothing we can do"? I'm certain we can find a rowdy-yet-lovable bunch of oil drillers to send up there on a suicidal mission to blow up the asteroids from the inside with some nuclear weapons, all set to an Aerosmith soundtrack. What's so hard about that?
Please note the difference between evolution and evolutionary theory. Evolution is a process that we know happens - we can observe it in labs. Its a fact. Evolutionary Theory is our current best understanding of the what's, why's, and how's of process by which evolution (the fact) occurs. People can (and often do) dispute evolutionary theory all day long without disputing the fact that evolution itself happens - and that's fine, that's science in progress. Its the people who debate on whether or not evolution itself actually happens that frighten me.
So do the music execs *WANT* DRM, or do they *NOT* want it? They can't have it both ways. They should just be happy that people are buying music at all lately, what with the production-grade excrement coming out of most labels lately.
I'll be harder to burn this one down though. Firewalls and all that...
Cry Havoc, and let slip the chairs of war!
And thus, Microsoft continues its grand tradition of being late to the scene, introducing technologies we've been seeing for years in a new and annoying format, and generally maintaining the status quo in the fashion to which we have become accustomed. Mediocrity, ho!
So like I said... ninja.
So I guess the new categories are:
1. Not a pirate
2. Pirate
3. Ninja
I know your above statement was made in jest, but the solutions to the problems posed by your above "advances" have been around for years.
Older hardware running Linux, Tor, and encryption. A firewall wouldn't be a terrible idea either.
That would make sense, except for the fact that Balmer doesn't really work on their products*, so they don't lose anything by having him be a windbag.
*He's not one of the software developers, developers, developers, developers...
I wonder how the Muslim and Jewish communities would react to this technology, as it involves materials taken from an animal that those religions traditionally view as "unclean". Would they reject it on those grounds?
So, now that we have seen "common sense" used in a court case, can we use this as precedent for all future rulings?
Alter their behavior? Like installing Peer Guardian? Or maybe a Tor client? Or perhaps just opening up a WAP?
What do these US lobby groups (note: not law enforcement agencies) think they can do against Canadian citizens?
Well, during the discussion of RFID chips in passports, people were frequently suggesting that we throw our passports in the microwave for a few seconds to kill the chips. I'd imagine the same solution is applicable here, but for some reason I just don't think it'll fry- er, I mean fly.
Not really - the range on RFID chips is pretty small, you'd have to have readers installed everywhere, and privacy groups would be up in arms about that (not that they aren't already up in arms about the issue of RFID slowly pervading many aspects of daily life).
Yeah, because the bandwidth from all these interweb pages is clogging the tubes. I mean, just yesterday, my staff sent me an internet...
Damn! You beat me to it! I was gonna post something like this myself, but the flood-protection was telling me to wait.
Ok, let me get this straight. Your online service, which you claim to test rigorously, fails to charge me. We (myself and your system) agree on a price for these goods ($0.00), you charge me for it, send me my merchandise, and now you're trying to make me give it back or pay more for it? IANAL but the legality of this seems rather dubious.
The rest of your statement aside, I agree that too many Americans are spouting off about how they live in the greatest country on earth, especially since so few of them have actually left the country! Lewis Black had a great piece on this very issue, so I'll paraphrase him.
If you've never been to any other country, how do you know the one you're in is the greatest? Other countries could be giving shit away every day! Canada is one of those countries. You know what they give away? HEALTH INSURANCE!!!
How do you think the rest of the world feels about us constantly claiming we're the best? It'd be like if every day you went to work, someone there shouted, "I'm the best sunuvabitch in here, and the rests of you sniveling shits would DIE without me! MUAHAHAHA!!!" I can guarantee you that if you had that happen to you every day, by the end of the week you would have killed him. And eaten him, just to try to possess his power.
Fiber transmits using light, which is part of the electromagnetic spectrum, so yeah, it counts.