I am so sick of those arguments. Sure, Windows has a problem with security. That's not a surprise. But blaming problems on Windows, and not people's ignorance, is just a bad way to go. If this guy was unable to handle virii and pop-ups on Windows, what makes you think this guy would be able to find his way around a Linux box?
Eh, I never really put the typing I learned to school to use - I was self-taught at 70 wpm, mainly thanks to the Internet - you'd be surprised how fast you can learn to type with 5 fingers while in a chatroom.
"There have always been patent lawsuits, stretching back to the undocumented but likely stone-age fracas over the wheel."
"Ugg just invent wheel. Come see, Ogg." "Ugg do good. Can Ogg try?" "Ugg have patent on wheel. File proper papers and submit proper licensing fees." "But paper not invented yet, and Igg has patent on money!" "So? That Ogg problem, not mine..."
...but I'll be perfectly honest, is anyone really buying this (no pun intended)? The only things I've ever bought were because it was too huge to download on my dial-up connection, or the file(s) I got were damaged or of such a poor quality that it wasn't really worth it. If the RIAA wants to stay alive, they're going to have to lower prices to the point where it becomes pointless to download songs, as quality versions exist for mere pennies. As for the MPAA, they still have the advantage of the theatre release, since digital camera versions are a bit shoddy and aren't really in competition with the MPAA (although they like to think it is, as an excuse for why all of their movies suck).
I'm running Firefox 9.2, and nothing happens. Guess I was smart in limiting what permissions Javascript has. Why exactly would you let Javascript do all the things it can do, when you have the option to disable the most pesky ones in Firefox? All I'm saying is, people are making a bigger deal out of this than it really is. Just make all releases have minimal Javascript settings by default, and then make the user activate the more spoofable settings (alter window size, hide status bar).
The money doesn't lie in tech support - it lies in programmers working for companies who use the software to manage their business. Selling code as a business isn't a business at all, because what you're selling has a limitless supply, and if there ever is a shortage on any supply of a certain program or such, an open-source alternative will creep up around the corner. All I'm saying is, software companies are dead unless they can branch out into services involving the real world, and not just endlessly releasing revisions of something they wrote five years ago, because eventually something better -will- come along, and they -will- be out of a job.
The original purpose? Are you telling me that technology hasn't changed since the early 90's? Sure, the ease of use helped it grow - but it's over ten years old now, it's time for it to mature and grow up like the rest of the world. Listen, no one is forcing you to learn every little use of XHTML ever possible - that's like saying a person who wants to write a "Hello World" program has to learn how to program drivers for the various hardware components first - you can if you want, but there's no real need.
I'll be honest - it has gotten a bit harder since it's inception. But it's really not as hard as you're claiming - I have friends who are still in Middle School, and have mastered XHTML/CSS. The only real argument here is that people don't want to learn new skills for something they self-taught themselves five or so years ago. Just change with the times, that's all there is to say about it.
What exactly counts for gameplay, anyway? Running down the road endlessly? Replaying levels? Leaving the game running while you go for piss breaks? Can we at least agree on a standard before we begin to flaunt whatever the hell this Holy Grail of marketing?
"When I get an unexpected e-mail, I'm sure it's from some identity theft villain full of virtual lock picks just dying to snatch all my private information."
Nonsense. Just decent, hard-working Nigerians who believe in the virtues of charity. Silly paranoids.
Sounds good to me. Unlike that whole.porn incident, I doubt anyone is going to be forcing a site under by moving it to a kids.us domain. Just keep a track on the sites, because the first sight of a suggestive picture, and I predict this will fly in the face of the whole program.
One thing I think would be an interesting extension to Firefox is that of a way to deal with numerically-indexed pages, images, etc. Let's say you have three pages, 0001.html, 0002.html, and 0004.html. You start on 0002.html, and have no real reference to the other pages. However, anyone with a bit of sense will realize that if there exists a page two, then a page one must be there somewhere, not to mention perhaps a page three or four. A numerical look-ahead would check if any pages within a certain numerial range (say, 10) existed, and if so, it would pop-up a toolbar with each page found. The reason for such a look-ahead is in case a page is missing, such as in the example, you can still continue browsing up or down the tree. Of course this would be more useful in certain cases (images and such) than others (where the numerical value has nothing to do with content, and are randomly assigned). But I still think it would be an interesting extension.
Do animations even have a place online anymore? Flash handles all of the large animations with better quality, sound, etc, so the only real use for animated images is probably just attention-grabbing icons, since it'd be a bit practical, albeit not impossible in the least, to make a flash animation under 30x30. Still, it's a bit of a limited market, and really not worth it in the long run - if you want attention grabbing icons, you don't need a lot of frames in such an image, so javascript can probably handle it much more effectively.
The problem is, Internet Explorer is a freely-available application, and Windows is not. Microsoft isn't stupid - they really have nothing to lose by letting this little upstart get some breathing room - it'll make their massive changes in Longhorn seem more "revolutionary" for those who have been away for awhile, such as "basic features which IE should have had 7 years ago" and "latest extension which prevents a horrible security risk". You know, fun stuff.
Bullshit. I grew up on porn and boobies, and I really have to thank it - while my friends went out and made complete fools of themselves when it came to sex, I had a general idea of what to do, how to do it, et cetera. And no, I didn't have unrealistic expectations - there are more people discussing sex online than just the guy who writes those "Do you like BIG BOOBS?" headlines. I literally owe a lot of my sexual education to the internet, as opposed to my parents, who said "use a condom", and that was that, and my school, which simply told me something along the lines of "wait, because these children in this video we're going to show you all had sex daily, and look at them now!". Just disgusting things like that.
Besides, sexual problems have been around since long before the internet - if people think they can actually "stop" this kind of stuff, they're mistaken. Better they get off in this fantasy world, than being repressed to the point where they have awkward events involving friends and neighbors.
"1) the people who put porn up on the net aren't trying to "trap" or "trick" anyone into looking at it. Why would they? It'll just cause problems for them in the long run, and their target audience is willing to make a minimum effort to get to them anyways."
Funny, so the porn toolbar that just installed itself on my PC wasn't a trick/trap? I guess I should thank them for installing this valuable resource that I may use with the rest of my family and friends for hours of enjoyment, then.
The problem with the.porn domain is, since it has a legal domain for anything it may see as "unfit", the government can literally just order any site moved to a.porn domain, literally causing it to be blocked overnight by the inevitable blocking software that will be placed on pretty much all public computers, since now they have an easy-to-spot target to do so. And besides, it's not like half of these porn sites are going to move - they would just use non-porn redirects on their old.com domains to their.porn sites, or just wouldn't move at all (if no one was complaining, why switch?).
People always say "leave it to the parents", and yet then go ahead and bash any filtering software as "censorship", somehow affirming that the rationale that "Hey, your parents should be watching you at all hours while your under 18 - otherwise you'll end up tainted" is the best situation, while it obviously isn't. What we need is just some cultural acceptance of what's on the internet, but at the same time, a good understand of what's a bit wrong. Say, a refined version of "the chat", only this one covers horse porn.
"The net result was a backlash that delayed adoption of the metric system here by decades. Instead of the in-your-face road signs, they should have just quietly started converting smaller things over and let the old system fade away gradually."
And what makes you think they aren't? Look around the house sometime - you'll notice that a lot of things are slowly being changed peice by peice, and in the very small manner in which you state. It really isn't a pipe dream for the US to switch to the Metric system - more likely, though, we'll end up like Britian, using a combination of our older, more average measurements for everyday uses, while more speciality measurements will be in complete Metrics.
In a way, they really have nothing to lose. I mean, although there might be a bit moaning at first, if your Windows software doesn't plan to update after the new Windows OS, then odds are it's time to upgrade. My only real question is how much of an image problem this might leave - how can you advertise on one hand how secure your operating system is as of right now, and on the other completely redesign it a few years later, creating such a drastic change that even an application you had used just the other day no longer works?
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What if the aliens just don't give a damn, and aren't looking for life? Then what?
Finally, we can finally recover those lost plans to the Pig De-Greaser and the Rake Sharpener. Society is saved yet again by our forefathers.
" So, Slashdot readers, what systems can you recommend?"
A desktop computer and a midget to carry it around?
I am so sick of those arguments. Sure, Windows has a problem with security. That's not a surprise. But blaming problems on Windows, and not people's ignorance, is just a bad way to go. If this guy was unable to handle virii and pop-ups on Windows, what makes you think this guy would be able to find his way around a Linux box?
Eh, I never really put the typing I learned to school to use - I was self-taught at 70 wpm, mainly thanks to the Internet - you'd be surprised how fast you can learn to type with 5 fingers while in a chatroom.
"There have always been patent lawsuits, stretching back to the undocumented but likely stone-age fracas over the wheel."
"Ugg just invent wheel. Come see, Ogg."
"Ugg do good. Can Ogg try?"
"Ugg have patent on wheel. File proper papers and submit proper licensing fees."
"But paper not invented yet, and Igg has patent on money!"
"So? That Ogg problem, not mine..."
...but I'll be perfectly honest, is anyone really buying this (no pun intended)? The only things I've ever bought were because it was too huge to download on my dial-up connection, or the file(s) I got were damaged or of such a poor quality that it wasn't really worth it. If the RIAA wants to stay alive, they're going to have to lower prices to the point where it becomes pointless to download songs, as quality versions exist for mere pennies. As for the MPAA, they still have the advantage of the theatre release, since digital camera versions are a bit shoddy and aren't really in competition with the MPAA (although they like to think it is, as an excuse for why all of their movies suck).
I'm running Firefox 9.2, and nothing happens. Guess I was smart in limiting what permissions Javascript has. Why exactly would you let Javascript do all the things it can do, when you have the option to disable the most pesky ones in Firefox? All I'm saying is, people are making a bigger deal out of this than it really is. Just make all releases have minimal Javascript settings by default, and then make the user activate the more spoofable settings (alter window size, hide status bar).
I should mention there's a firefox extension that blocks ads based on regular expressions. Yet another reason to drop IE.
The money doesn't lie in tech support - it lies in programmers working for companies who use the software to manage their business. Selling code as a business isn't a business at all, because what you're selling has a limitless supply, and if there ever is a shortage on any supply of a certain program or such, an open-source alternative will creep up around the corner. All I'm saying is, software companies are dead unless they can branch out into services involving the real world, and not just endlessly releasing revisions of something they wrote five years ago, because eventually something better -will- come along, and they -will- be out of a job.
The original purpose? Are you telling me that technology hasn't changed since the early 90's? Sure, the ease of use helped it grow - but it's over ten years old now, it's time for it to mature and grow up like the rest of the world. Listen, no one is forcing you to learn every little use of XHTML ever possible - that's like saying a person who wants to write a "Hello World" program has to learn how to program drivers for the various hardware components first - you can if you want, but there's no real need.
I'll be honest - it has gotten a bit harder since it's inception. But it's really not as hard as you're claiming - I have friends who are still in Middle School, and have mastered XHTML/CSS. The only real argument here is that people don't want to learn new skills for something they self-taught themselves five or so years ago. Just change with the times, that's all there is to say about it.
What exactly counts for gameplay, anyway? Running down the road endlessly? Replaying levels? Leaving the game running while you go for piss breaks? Can we at least agree on a standard before we begin to flaunt whatever the hell this Holy Grail of marketing?
"When I get an unexpected e-mail, I'm sure it's from some identity theft villain full of virtual lock picks just dying to snatch all my private information."
Nonsense. Just decent, hard-working Nigerians who believe in the virtues of charity. Silly paranoids.
`"We own them now," said police Superintendent Robert Dunford. "We're certainly not going to put them in a closet."`
They mean the cameras...right?
Sounds good to me. Unlike that whole .porn incident, I doubt anyone is going to be forcing a site under by moving it to a kids.us domain. Just keep a track on the sites, because the first sight of a suggestive picture, and I predict this will fly in the face of the whole program.
One thing I think would be an interesting extension to Firefox is that of a way to deal with numerically-indexed pages, images, etc. Let's say you have three pages, 0001.html, 0002.html, and 0004.html. You start on 0002.html, and have no real reference to the other pages. However, anyone with a bit of sense will realize that if there exists a page two, then a page one must be there somewhere, not to mention perhaps a page three or four. A numerical look-ahead would check if any pages within a certain numerial range (say, 10) existed, and if so, it would pop-up a toolbar with each page found. The reason for such a look-ahead is in case a page is missing, such as in the example, you can still continue browsing up or down the tree. Of course this would be more useful in certain cases (images and such) than others (where the numerical value has nothing to do with content, and are randomly assigned). But I still think it would be an interesting extension.
Do animations even have a place online anymore? Flash handles all of the large animations with better quality, sound, etc, so the only real use for animated images is probably just attention-grabbing icons, since it'd be a bit practical, albeit not impossible in the least, to make a flash animation under 30x30. Still, it's a bit of a limited market, and really not worth it in the long run - if you want attention grabbing icons, you don't need a lot of frames in such an image, so javascript can probably handle it much more effectively.
The problem is, Internet Explorer is a freely-available application, and Windows is not. Microsoft isn't stupid - they really have nothing to lose by letting this little upstart get some breathing room - it'll make their massive changes in Longhorn seem more "revolutionary" for those who have been away for awhile, such as "basic features which IE should have had 7 years ago" and "latest extension which prevents a horrible security risk". You know, fun stuff.
Bullshit. I grew up on porn and boobies, and I really have to thank it - while my friends went out and made complete fools of themselves when it came to sex, I had a general idea of what to do, how to do it, et cetera. And no, I didn't have unrealistic expectations - there are more people discussing sex online than just the guy who writes those "Do you like BIG BOOBS?" headlines. I literally owe a lot of my sexual education to the internet, as opposed to my parents, who said "use a condom", and that was that, and my school, which simply told me something along the lines of "wait, because these children in this video we're going to show you all had sex daily, and look at them now!". Just disgusting things like that.
Besides, sexual problems have been around since long before the internet - if people think they can actually "stop" this kind of stuff, they're mistaken. Better they get off in this fantasy world, than being repressed to the point where they have awkward events involving friends and neighbors.
"1) the people who put porn up on the net aren't trying to "trap" or "trick" anyone into looking at it. Why would they? It'll just cause problems for them in the long run, and their target audience is willing to make a minimum effort to get to them anyways."
Funny, so the porn toolbar that just installed itself on my PC wasn't a trick/trap? I guess I should thank them for installing this valuable resource that I may use with the rest of my family and friends for hours of enjoyment, then.
The problem with the .porn domain is, since it has a legal domain for anything it may see as "unfit", the government can literally just order any site moved to a .porn domain, literally causing it to be blocked overnight by the inevitable blocking software that will be placed on pretty much all public computers, since now they have an easy-to-spot target to do so. And besides, it's not like half of these porn sites are going to move - they would just use non-porn redirects on their old .com domains to their .porn sites, or just wouldn't move at all (if no one was complaining, why switch?).
People always say "leave it to the parents", and yet then go ahead and bash any filtering software as "censorship", somehow affirming that the rationale that "Hey, your parents should be watching you at all hours while your under 18 - otherwise you'll end up tainted" is the best situation, while it obviously isn't. What we need is just some cultural acceptance of what's on the internet, but at the same time, a good understand of what's a bit wrong. Say, a refined version of "the chat", only this one covers horse porn.
"The net result was a backlash that delayed adoption of the metric system here by decades. Instead of the in-your-face road signs, they should have just quietly started converting smaller things over and let the old system fade away gradually."
And what makes you think they aren't? Look around the house sometime - you'll notice that a lot of things are slowly being changed peice by peice, and in the very small manner in which you state. It really isn't a pipe dream for the US to switch to the Metric system - more likely, though, we'll end up like Britian, using a combination of our older, more average measurements for everyday uses, while more speciality measurements will be in complete Metrics.
In a way, they really have nothing to lose. I mean, although there might be a bit moaning at first, if your Windows software doesn't plan to update after the new Windows OS, then odds are it's time to upgrade. My only real question is how much of an image problem this might leave - how can you advertise on one hand how secure your operating system is as of right now, and on the other completely redesign it a few years later, creating such a drastic change that even an application you had used just the other day no longer works?
I think SuperScopes are going to make a comeback...