These odd little problems that crop up with browsers other than IE are very intriguing. Perhaps Microsoft, with each update that ostensibly is distributed to "close security vulnerabilities" is slipping in code that sabotages the proper execution of competing products.
I use Mozilla, and prior to that Netscape, and both of these products have stability issues on my W2K work box. I tend to doubt those stability issues are solely the browsers' faults.
Perhaps that could explain your Opera issues! Microsoft has no qualms about using proprietary hooks in their apps (just this morning I was unable to stop a locked-up Outlook via stopping the process, but non-MS apps never have this problem), so why could they not be doing the converse to their competitors?
I think you hit the nail on the head inadvertanltly as to why this is a problem. Since Linux has already been legitimized, and since Linux's reach into the world of the consumer is increasing every day, more and more non-geeks / average users will be visiting pro-Linux sites.
When that happens, the advertising will be reaching the likes of those who are not zealots and will be susceptible from advertising from a competitor. If Microsoft is able to make its case against Linux in those ads, those are potential converts that will be adversely swayed in their decision.
Two sides to this coin - the trick is determining which side has more weight.
What you're not accounting for is where those pollutants will be ending up.
During the creation of modern cars, manufacturing plants are able to dispose of many pollutants in an environmentally sound manner or render the byproducts into less toxic compounds, instead of just releasing them wholesale into the air.
That classic car that continues to pollute, however, is dumping all its pollutants directly into the atmosphere, worsening air quality and impacting the climate and those around it directly and immediately.
That a trojan such as this came along is irrelevant - like others have said, it can and will happen.
What's relevant here is now that this has exposure (and we all know that/. == exposure to those who matter), how quickly will Apple respond and rectify this by issuing a patch?
Here's wagering that they don't sit on it like M$ has been known to do, if not for any other reason that M$ has a far greater volume of virsus/trojan horses/etc. to deal with!
Sounds likely. Given that the B2 is highly dependent upon its on-board flight management systems to even fly straight and level, I can also imagine that reaching a full stall could be far more devastating than doing the same in a Cessna C172.
This is a common alert mechanism in both military aircraft and commercial aircraft, although even without any such warning mechanisms (of which simple older aircraft will have none), when an aircraft approaches a stall the disruption of airflow across the wing that precedes the stall causes the whole aircraft to shake and buffet.
You'll know if you're stalling.
But who needs to worry about pilots? The training required for piloting an aircraft ensures that a pilot understands how much danger he/she is in and gives him/her the skills to bring the aircraft back in one piece. Wish the same could be said about driver training.
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I use Mozilla, and prior to that Netscape, and both of these products have stability issues on my W2K work box. I tend to doubt those stability issues are solely the browsers' faults.
Perhaps that could explain your Opera issues! Microsoft has no qualms about using proprietary hooks in their apps (just this morning I was unable to stop a locked-up Outlook via stopping the process, but non-MS apps never have this problem), so why could they not be doing the converse to their competitors?
When that happens, the advertising will be reaching the likes of those who are not zealots and will be susceptible from advertising from a competitor. If Microsoft is able to make its case against Linux in those ads, those are potential converts that will be adversely swayed in their decision.
Two sides to this coin - the trick is determining which side has more weight.
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Looks like they're probably for their purses...
I'm sorry, it's MOOPS!
During the creation of modern cars, manufacturing plants are able to dispose of many pollutants in an environmentally sound manner or render the byproducts into less toxic compounds, instead of just releasing them wholesale into the air.
That classic car that continues to pollute, however, is dumping all its pollutants directly into the atmosphere, worsening air quality and impacting the climate and those around it directly and immediately.
-Nanter
FairPlay is Apple's DRM. You mean PlayFair, which this article is referencing.
What's relevant here is now that this has exposure (and we all know that /. == exposure to those who matter), how quickly will Apple respond and rectify this by issuing a patch?
Here's wagering that they don't sit on it like M$ has been known to do, if not for any other reason that M$ has a far greater volume of virsus/trojan horses/etc. to deal with!
-Nanter
More speculation, though, of course.
This is a common alert mechanism in both military aircraft and commercial aircraft, although even without any such warning mechanisms (of which simple older aircraft will have none), when an aircraft approaches a stall the disruption of airflow across the wing that precedes the stall causes the whole aircraft to shake and buffet.
You'll know if you're stalling.
But who needs to worry about pilots? The training required for piloting an aircraft ensures that a pilot understands how much danger he/she is in and gives him/her the skills to bring the aircraft back in one piece. Wish the same could be said about driver training.
-Nanter