Did it ever occur to you that maybe not everyone has the skills, or even (gasp!) the desire, to be a computer programmer?
Of course it did. But those people without the skills or desire should not complain about the *FREE* software.
There are many things people could contribute, however. Beta testing. Documentation. Money. Resources. Bandwidth. Artwork. Not every aspect of open source is the code...
Beggars shouldn't be picky.
It is one thing to complain about a product you have PAID FOR. Other than that, understand - THESE GUYS ARE MAKING STUFF FOR YOU - FOR FREE! Please stop saying their stuff is no good when they are improving it every day... It takes time and effort, and they have lives and stuff too...
Maybe I am being a little harsh. I even find myself thinking, MAN, when will the Adium team release that patch they have been talking about... Then I realize, oh geez! It's thanksgiving... Maybe they are eating with their family... Maybe I should just wait a few weeks.
We all want the Mac to have the best and greatest stuff. Me too. But at least if you have criticism, make it constructive and try and help how ever you can. Not just "The interface sucks". That helps no one.
It absolutely has a right to be of lower quality. Would you expect a free meal at a homeless shelter to be the same quality as a $75 steak meal at Ruth's Chris? (ObNote: I am not a big fan of Ruth's Chris, but it is a national enough chain that most people have heard of it. Here in Portland I would say "Portland City Grill" or "Ringside")
The WHOLE POINT of PAYING for software is that it is supposed to be good. If it is NOT, people won't pay for it. Now having said that, Microsoft has the advantage in that they can be a little less good and people still pay because they *have* to have the compatibility.
But developers have to eat too, and so until the software is paying for their food - expect it to take a long time to improve. I would LOVE OO products to be faster and better than the Microsoft versions. And maybe it will happen.
Actually, I had a little trouble with it myself yesterday. It conflicts with Java Embedding Plugin for OSX. I need my Java more than I need the Flashblock.
Adblock seems to do a good job of plain old blocking flash, but doesn't allow you to "click to play" either... There is also a user CSS solution to this as well, but wasn't as elegant as it could be....
I don't know if these are your personal views, or if you are simply explaining the phenomenon. So don't take this as a personal attack.:)
I worked on like a 3 page response, and decided to scrap it all.
Lets just leave it at this: I have a family, and I am American - and I disagree 100%. Monogamy is a product of religion. I know many people who enjoy casual sex and still have wonderful relationships, much like I know married monogomous people who can't maintain a relationship worth a darn.
Violence ALWAYS hurts someone, by definition. (But I am not for censorship(ever), merely pointing out the fact that we pick what we censor strangely)
Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla and Firefox browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves a placeholder on the page that allows you to click to view the Flash content.
What is wrong with a 14 year old kid seeing Nudity? Sex and Nudity are two completely natural things. But we let them see alll sorts of crap footage about wars for oil with real people dying. Thats Patriotic. Naked women? Evil Evil Dirty Dirty.
I know some kids who can handle so called "adult" material better than most adults...
It looks like some people are at risk and some are not. Reading through the comments people swear their browsers are not affected...
But I ran the tests, and here are my results:
Mac OSX 10.3.6
Safari 1.2.4 (v125.12) - Not affected according to test. FireFox 1.0 (G4 optimized build) - Affected according to test Camino 0.8.2+ - Affected according to test
All browsers have pop-up blocking enabled, and some sort of ad filtering (Pith Helmet, Ad Block, etc).
How about Rampage World Tour for the GameCube (also originally on the N64)? No "remembering" needed.....
As a side note there have been "Rampage" titles for:
Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Sega Master System, GameBoy Color, Sony Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, Sega Saturn, Atari Lynx, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and Arcade. (I may have missed one or two)
Additionally there have been spin-offs, like Rampage puzzle games, and Jurassic Park-Rampage Edition....
Why do I have to be godless or not have children - if I believe that we all have different morals and I don't want other people pushing their morals onto my children?
My TV has an off button. And I am teaching my children the truth about the whole picture - not just one narrow sanitized one. My children are learning things like - there is nothing inherantly evil in the word "fuck", however there are times and places where using the word "fuck" is inappropriate. Or they are learning that a naked breast can be a beautiful thing, but a War is always a terrible thing.
But I must be a terrible parent, and godless heathan because I don't want your morals legislated onto me and my own...
(disclaimer: naked breasts' beauty are dependant on the owner of the breasts and the eye of the beholder)
The Utility Notification Center. Of course, if you are concerned about covering them all - almost all utilities and cable companies and phone companies will happily mark lines for you if you just call them...
An unpretentious, egalitarian demeanor, however, did little to offset the severity of the national and international problems that Carter inherited. In 1973 the Arab oil producing nations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had sharply reduced oil production, driving up prices and creating selective gasoline shortages. In addition to higher fuel costs, escalating health and food prices spurred a tenacious inflationary surge. The combination of rising prices, persistent unemployment, and a stagnant economy had by 1977, when Carter took office, been dubbed "stagflation." The Carter administration sought to slow inflation by raising interest rates and restraining federal spending.
Along with other measures, the program of federal fiscal austerity that Carter followed eventually brought inflation under control but at considerable political cost. Wage workers, a core Democratic Party constituency, fared poorly under Carter's economic prescriptions. In the battle to control inflation, administration policies encouraged reduced employment, and for those employed, it advocated pay restraints that had the effect of decreasing real wages. Disillusioned, many traditional Democratic supporters either deserted the party or abandoned politics altogether.
Carter was a better president than he gets credit for in conversation statistics. Not one of the best, for sure. But not terrible by any standards. It is probably his mediocrity that make it so hard to pinpoint many serious good OR bad things about Carter's presidency.....
Don't mix "logic" with "reality". Remember what happened in 2000, and ask why people are destroying voter registrations, minority voters are being told they can vote over the phone, and we ALREADY have missing votes in Florida....
The GOP doesn't play fair. Voting for 3rd party candidates helps them subvert the electoral process.
Heck, it's one less ballot they have to shred. [wink wink]
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Ossama is in your basement
While he's there, think I could get him to clean it up a bit? Maybe he can dig out and sell all my old VHS tapes on eBay...
WE (people) don't do anywhere near the damage to this planet than the planet does to itself!
So because Hitler killed millions, it makes it OK for me to kill 1 since it is not anywhere near the damage?
Damn. I ended my own argument.
There you go, the impact of the shorter days being felt already...
Did it ever occur to you that maybe not everyone has the skills, or even (gasp!) the desire, to be a computer programmer?
Of course it did. But those people without the skills or desire should not complain about the *FREE* software.
There are many things people could contribute, however. Beta testing. Documentation. Money. Resources. Bandwidth. Artwork. Not every aspect of open source is the code...
Beggars shouldn't be picky.
It is one thing to complain about a product you have PAID FOR. Other than that, understand - THESE GUYS ARE MAKING STUFF FOR YOU - FOR FREE! Please stop saying their stuff is no good when they are improving it every day... It takes time and effort, and they have lives and stuff too...
Maybe I am being a little harsh. I even find myself thinking, MAN, when will the Adium team release that patch they have been talking about... Then I realize, oh geez! It's thanksgiving... Maybe they are eating with their family... Maybe I should just wait a few weeks.
We all want the Mac to have the best and greatest stuff. Me too. But at least if you have criticism, make it constructive and try and help how ever you can. Not just "The interface sucks". That helps no one.
It absolutely has a right to be of lower quality. Would you expect a free meal at a homeless shelter to be the same quality as a $75 steak meal at Ruth's Chris? (ObNote: I am not a big fan of Ruth's Chris, but it is a national enough chain that most people have heard of it. Here in Portland I would say "Portland City Grill" or "Ringside")
The WHOLE POINT of PAYING for software is that it is supposed to be good. If it is NOT, people won't pay for it. Now having said that, Microsoft has the advantage in that they can be a little less good and people still pay because they *have* to have the compatibility.
But developers have to eat too, and so until the software is paying for their food - expect it to take a long time to improve. I would LOVE OO products to be faster and better than the Microsoft versions. And maybe it will happen.
I would suggest that since this application is FREE and that OfficeX is like $400, that the developers HAVE, in essence, given you a free Gig DIMM. :)
it still looks like shit compared to OfficeX or any other native OS X application. Hint: Use native wiggets.
Hint: It's FREE.
Of course, you could VOLUNTEER to jump in and write the code to implement the "native widgets" if it is that important to you.
I for one, think they are doing a GREAT job, and I can't wait to see how it comes along. This is hard work, seriously.
Damn it. Now everyone (who reads several levels down in /. ) knows...
Actually, I had a little trouble with it myself yesterday. It conflicts with Java Embedding Plugin for OSX. I need my Java more than I need the Flashblock.
Adblock seems to do a good job of plain old blocking flash, but doesn't allow you to "click to play" either... There is also a user CSS solution to this as well, but wasn't as elegant as it could be....
True. I never said it wasn't. But I would rather my kids see nudity than death. What is best is when the reporters reporting on the dying are nude. :)
I don't know if these are your personal views, or if you are simply explaining the phenomenon. So don't take this as a personal attack. :)
I worked on like a 3 page response, and decided to scrap it all.
Lets just leave it at this: I have a family, and I am American - and I disagree 100%. Monogamy is a product of religion. I know many people who enjoy casual sex and still have wonderful relationships, much like I know married monogomous people who can't maintain a relationship worth a darn.
Violence ALWAYS hurts someone, by definition. (But I am not for censorship(ever), merely pointing out the fact that we pick what we censor strangely)
Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla and Firefox browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves a placeholder on the page that allows you to click to view the Flash content.
The ad was built on a Pentium...
What is wrong with a 14 year old kid seeing Nudity? Sex and Nudity are two completely natural things. But we let them see alll sorts of crap footage about wars for oil with real people dying. Thats Patriotic. Naked women? Evil Evil Dirty Dirty.
I know some kids who can handle so called "adult" material better than most adults...
So in the USA: WAR=good SEX=bad
It looks like some people are at risk and some are not. Reading through the comments people swear their browsers are not affected...
But I ran the tests, and here are my results:
Mac OSX 10.3.6
Safari 1.2.4 (v125.12) - Not affected according to test.
FireFox 1.0 (G4 optimized build) - Affected according to test
Camino 0.8.2+ - Affected according to test
All browsers have pop-up blocking enabled, and some sort of ad filtering (Pith Helmet, Ad Block, etc).
Your mileage WILL vary.
Market != installed base.
Other than that I fundamentally agree with you... This is a place, that Apple could step in, and help significantly....
So 20 now classifies as "Massively Multiplayer".
:)
How about Rampage World Tour for the GameCube (also originally on the N64)? No "remembering" needed.....
As a side note there have been "Rampage" titles for:
Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Sega Master System, GameBoy Color, Sony Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, Sega Saturn, Atari Lynx, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and Arcade. (I may have missed one or two)
Additionally there have been spin-offs, like Rampage puzzle games, and Jurassic Park-Rampage Edition....
But a great rampage style game in a modern context is Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
Why do I have to be godless or not have children - if I believe that we all have different morals and I don't want other people pushing their morals onto my children?
My TV has an off button. And I am teaching my children the truth about the whole picture - not just one narrow sanitized one. My children are learning things like - there is nothing inherantly evil in the word "fuck", however there are times and places where using the word "fuck" is inappropriate. Or they are learning that a naked breast can be a beautiful thing, but a War is always a terrible thing.
But I must be a terrible parent, and godless heathan because I don't want your morals legislated onto me and my own...
(disclaimer: naked breasts' beauty are dependant on the owner of the breasts and the eye of the beholder)
I'm pretty certain the FTC, however, is U.S. centric.
Does that include Iraq and Afghanistan?
Except in areas that get snowfall that needs to be plowed... :)
Oregon, Washington, Montana:
The Utility Notification Center. Of course, if you are concerned about covering them all - almost all utilities and cable companies and phone companies will happily mark lines for you if you just call them...
Actually, I'm thinking of Angelina Jolie... But what does this have to do with Doom3 on the Mac?
New Georgia Encyclopedia (emphasis mine)
Carter was a better president than he gets credit for in conversation statistics. Not one of the best, for sure. But not terrible by any standards. It is probably his mediocrity that make it so hard to pinpoint many serious good OR bad things about Carter's presidency.....
Don't mix "logic" with "reality". Remember what happened in 2000, and ask why people are destroying voter registrations, minority voters are being told they can vote over the phone, and we ALREADY have missing votes in Florida....
The GOP doesn't play fair. Voting for 3rd party candidates helps them subvert the electoral process.
Heck, it's one less ballot they have to shred. [wink wink]