It's sad that this isn't on by default, since my mom doesn't want to have to mess around with about:config to keep her machine alive.
Yes. How about this for an idea - a slider in Firefox advanced options with 'Memory usage' or one end and 'Performance' on the other? It could have 5 positions and default to the middle one, and each time you moved it it would modify prefs such as these accordingly? I might even submit an RFE for it. It'll probably get dismissed though; Ben the moron (I'm sorry, I think he really is sometimes) will think it's too difficult for plebs to understand. *sigh*
No. It's often easier to say things in a text message than it is in a voice conversation. Just something about the human psyche, I guess. In addition, with text chat, you're much less distracted and immediate responses are not expected, as they are in a voice chat. You have more time to think and multitask.
This is to track a certain portion of your population that, let's say, doesn't like cartoons.
What? They already know who they are. They were standing at protests holding hateful, borderline illegal plaques. The police decided to leave them alone and/or protect them.
In fact, vote in and have a look at the poll on BBC News right now. Seems 80 of the public think this is a shit idea. So-called 'MPs' only voted for it because the ones that voted were Labour MPs under a three-line whip and too ready to kiss Blair's ass.
Countries like the USA are requiring biometric passports for foreign citizens to get in.:-\ Doesn't seem to apply to US residents, though, so McVeigh could get in no problem.
I (and my dad) distinctly remember me having a device called a 'Commadore Plus 4', that loaded games on tape very slowly while the screen went funny colours. Could someone in the know confirm whether this really did exist or not? I dunno if it was unique to the UK or something. It's so rare I even seem to have trouble finding info about it on the net. I have a feeling it was a precursor to the C64.
I'd rather be a newspaper. You seem to be forgetting that they too can compete on the net and just drop the physical paper when/if it gets too unprofitable. Not sure why you're thinking internet-only news operations have an advantage there.
Yeah, I agree. It only really made me chuckle a few times throughout the episode, and there was far too much shouting throughout that made everything looks rather forced and wooden.
Richard Ayoade (the black guy, Moss) is an apalling actor. I know he's meant to look awkward and have a nerdy voice, but he comes across as some kind of robot. He was in a very weird show on Channel 4 a while back called Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, and he was presumably in that because all the acting was *meant* to be terrible.
The other 2 are unconvincing. The Irish guy is just a cad, and the woman is way too cute to be in a basement with them; she'd be out of there in 5 seconds in real life.
What's weird is the enormous amount of effort channel 4 seem to have put into advertising this very average work - I've seen billboard and TV ads around.
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No, there's something about the USA that causes its people to become overweight.
While influencing change in China isn't something that happens quickly, Google has made a slight difference by increasing China's involvement with the West through their company. As long as China remains as isolated as they are, change will happen slowly. By opening up the exchange between China and the West, that process is sped up, if only slightly.
Aren't you assuming it is we who will change China? It's a pretty big heavyweight in world politics, and if anything I'd say our societies are getting less free faster than theirs is getting freer.
Opponents of the law said it would severely restrict the ability of U.S. companies to compete in many countries where bribery was part of the commercial fabric.
But what about all those people in China and other countries that can't afford to pay for Windows, and all the corporations that mass-install technically illegal versions? They're gonna carry on being infected, and cause potential problems for the net if a WMF worm gets out.
I'm slow; is there a way to install MS's WMF fix without using Windows Update? If not, aren't MS being pretty negligent knowing full well how many warezed versions of Windows are out there, in not allowing it to be freely downloaded?
Mind telling me what make/model of keyboard you have there? Looks like something nice and simple although it probably has a load of stupid annoying internet keys along the top...
...and in the interview, one of the engineers (the Irish-sounding guy) quotes Bill Gates as saying that "if you throw away compatibility, you're throwing out an asset". Yeah, or perhaps a liability.
It doesn't work well for all apps. Sometimes you don't want the complexity of being able to have different settings for different users, but do want to be able to take your settings with you wherever you copy the app. In that case, the registry is a damn nuisance and it's much easier if the app uses something like an.ini file in its app directory so you can just copy the whole app dir wherever and keep your settings.
However, the fact that the Libertarians et al can't get into government in any shape or form, even when they get 5%+ of the vote, means that they stay as very small parties with few resources and a tiny voice, drowned out by the big two. This means that they have far less influence than they would otherwise have and get less funding to purvey their messages.
You're either trolling or you've fundamentally failed to understand the problem.
The US system creates a vicious cycle like so: Unable to get 51% of vote -> No seats -> No power -> No voice -> Less or no funding -> Less or no ability to influence more voters -> Unable to get 51% of vote...
The fact that, for the last 100 or so years, there have been a total of 2 parties that have ever gotten a representative, senator or president elected, rather illustrates this. Parties like the Green party and the Libertarian party DO have a complete platform, if you don't think they do you're just dumb. Yet they get absolutely no influence at all in US politics.
I spent quite a bit of time researching whether to get an Athlon XP or a Sempron, and made sure I got an Athlon XP even though that line was being discontinued, Why? It wasn't just a name change, they halved the onboard level 2 cache in the Semprons, so they're actually slower.
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I can't think of any time in history when a majority of any population has been out in the streets demonstrating about something
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Maybe not but it's gotten pretty close. As in, millions upon millions upon millions. And look how much effect they had.
It's sad that this isn't on by default, since my mom doesn't want to have to mess around with about:config to keep her machine alive.
Yes. How about this for an idea - a slider in Firefox advanced options with 'Memory usage' or one end and 'Performance' on the other? It could have 5 positions and default to the middle one, and each time you moved it it would modify prefs such as these accordingly? I might even submit an RFE for it. It'll probably get dismissed though; Ben the moron (I'm sorry, I think he really is sometimes) will think it's too difficult for plebs to understand. *sigh*
Actually, the phrase "wardrobe malfunction" is laughed at in the UK even more heartily.
No. It's often easier to say things in a text message than it is in a voice conversation. Just something about the human psyche, I guess. In addition, with text chat, you're much less distracted and immediate responses are not expected, as they are in a voice chat. You have more time to think and multitask.
This is to track a certain portion of your population that, let's say, doesn't like cartoons.
What? They already know who they are. They were standing at protests holding hateful, borderline illegal plaques. The police decided to leave them alone and/or protect them.
In fact, vote in and have a look at the poll on BBC News right now. Seems 80 of the public think this is a shit idea. So-called 'MPs' only voted for it because the ones that voted were Labour MPs under a three-line whip and too ready to kiss Blair's ass.
Countries like the USA are requiring biometric passports for foreign citizens to get in. :-\ Doesn't seem to apply to US residents, though, so McVeigh could get in no problem.
I (and my dad) distinctly remember me having a device called a 'Commadore Plus 4', that loaded games on tape very slowly while the screen went funny colours. Could someone in the know confirm whether this really did exist or not? I dunno if it was unique to the UK or something. It's so rare I even seem to have trouble finding info about it on the net. I have a feeling it was a precursor to the C64.
I'd rather be a newspaper. You seem to be forgetting that they too can compete on the net and just drop the physical paper when/if it gets too unprofitable. Not sure why you're thinking internet-only news operations have an advantage there.
Yeah, I agree. It only really made me chuckle a few times throughout the episode, and there was far too much shouting throughout that made everything looks rather forced and wooden.
Richard Ayoade (the black guy, Moss) is an apalling actor. I know he's meant to look awkward and have a nerdy voice, but he comes across as some kind of robot. He was in a very weird show on Channel 4 a while back called Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, and he was presumably in that because all the acting was *meant* to be terrible.
The other 2 are unconvincing. The Irish guy is just a cad, and the woman is way too cute to be in a basement with them; she'd be out of there in 5 seconds in real life.
What's weird is the enormous amount of effort channel 4 seem to have put into advertising this very average work - I've seen billboard and TV ads around.
No, there's something about the USA that causes its people to become overweight.
While influencing change in China isn't something that happens quickly, Google has made a slight difference by increasing China's involvement with the West through their company. As long as China remains as isolated as they are, change will happen slowly. By opening up the exchange between China and the West, that process is sped up, if only slightly.
Aren't you assuming it is we who will change China? It's a pretty big heavyweight in world politics, and if anything I'd say our societies are getting less free faster than theirs is getting freer.
Opponents of the law said it would severely restrict the ability of U.S. companies to compete in many countries where bribery was part of the commercial fabric.
Yep, the US is a pretty bad market to lose.
So what sense does it make to ban them from using the manual Windows Update?
But what about all those people in China and other countries that can't afford to pay for Windows, and all the corporations that mass-install technically illegal versions? They're gonna carry on being infected, and cause potential problems for the net if a WMF worm gets out.
Furthermore, if Gibson is so sure of himself, why isn't his own test utility available to everyone?
Eh? I just downloaded it, it's linked to from here.
I'm slow; is there a way to install MS's WMF fix without using Windows Update? If not, aren't MS being pretty negligent knowing full well how many warezed versions of Windows are out there, in not allowing it to be freely downloaded?
Mind telling me what make/model of keyboard you have there? Looks like something nice and simple although it probably has a load of stupid annoying internet keys along the top...
My God, that plan paper looks tedious. No wonder no one paid an attention to it. Can't they put a synopsis of it somewhere that's easier to digest?
...and in the interview, one of the engineers (the Irish-sounding guy) quotes Bill Gates as saying that "if you throw away compatibility, you're throwing out an asset". Yeah, or perhaps a liability.
It doesn't work well for all apps. Sometimes you don't want the complexity of being able to have different settings for different users, but do want to be able to take your settings with you wherever you copy the app. In that case, the registry is a damn nuisance and it's much easier if the app uses something like an .ini file in its app directory so you can just copy the whole app dir wherever and keep your settings.
IE is not the problem. It's not an IE bug, its a Windows kernel bug.
What's the difference?
However, the fact that the Libertarians et al can't get into government in any shape or form, even when they get 5%+ of the vote, means that they stay as very small parties with few resources and a tiny voice, drowned out by the big two. This means that they have far less influence than they would otherwise have and get less funding to purvey their messages.
You're either trolling or you've fundamentally failed to understand the problem.
The US system creates a vicious cycle like so:
Unable to get 51% of vote ->
No seats ->
No power ->
No voice ->
Less or no funding ->
Less or no ability to influence more voters ->
Unable to get 51% of vote...
The fact that, for the last 100 or so years, there have been a total of 2 parties that have ever gotten a representative, senator or president elected, rather illustrates this. Parties like the Green party and the Libertarian party DO have a complete platform, if you don't think they do you're just dumb. Yet they get absolutely no influence at all in US politics.
I spent quite a bit of time researching whether to get an Athlon XP or a Sempron, and made sure I got an Athlon XP even though that line was being discontinued, Why? It wasn't just a name change, they halved the onboard level 2 cache in the Semprons, so they're actually slower.