The headline says Firefox 59 is the "biggest update since Firefox 1". But it is Firefox Quantum which is described that way, not 59. Could someone please RTFA.
The article says 59 builds on quantum. Did you skim the article?
I'm pretty sure that's the entire reason that Google was rolled up under Alphabet. The larger entity can take chances, while allowing Google to entrench itself in safe business decisions. As long as that cash keeps flowing in, they can invest it in many dangerous ideas separate from the Google brand.
Sounds like this individual made a good sound decision. They aren't a good fit for the culture anymore.
Are you blind? It's one thing to compare DirectX 9 versus 11 video games, where either API lets you create highly detailed, high performance graphics.
It's another to compare the gigantic difference in picture quality between 1080p/720p and craptacular 480p (at most)
The difference between high def and standard is pretty darn immediate and obvious for new content such as TV shows that were made using the right digital cameras. Film, not so much, because the darn camera and lenses in movies is often set to blur hard edges and details, and of course is a craptacular 24fps.
You must work for sony, have stock in sony, or have spent thousands of dollars on the equipment you're talking about.
Honestly this is a brilliant solution, and exactly what a lot of us do in the military, too. The Army is constantly pushing people to get promoted into managerial slots they can barely manage, but a lot of people just hang around in the lower ranks for years and years.
The bonus? You get severance pay if you don't try to get promoted, hit the ten year mark, and they force you out because of it. And I'm talking upwards of $23,000 for the lower ranks.
Of course Bing has overtaken Yahoo. They just flipped the Live search over to Bing, and the media hype machine filled in the rest.
At work, where our security settings prevent changing the homepage or default search engine, any mistyped URL automatically rolls over to Bing now, without any prompting from our IT staff.
You say business or otherwise, but then say this is based on a lack of knowledge of alternatives? So you're saying that businesses are getting windows on their mass purchases of computers, and then investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into volume license copies of corporate versions of Windows just because they didn't realize that ubuntu.com offered free live cd images?
Enough with the 2.0 bullshit! This isn't City 2.0! this is City 11,050,523.6.15 RC4.
Unfortunately, this is exactly like when they used to call shit "So and So 2000" or "So and So Xtra". I guess the 2.0 will stop whenever they have a new futuristic-sounding moniker.
I hope this game isn't brought down by bullshit polarized moral choices too. Kill woman in house, don't lose karma. Steal her toaster though, lose karma. Post about it on slashdot, regain karma.
- Step one: Find the RIAA's ISP. They probably have a big T3 line or something.
- Step two: Tape yourself singing in the shower. The worse the better.
- Step three: Rename the recordings. Britney Spears - Toxic, Metallica - Until it Sleeps, etc. The more popular and highly prosecuted the better.
- Step four: Copy files to a VM and install every virus-encrusted file sharing program you have on there. TRY to get caught.
- Step five: Await lawsuit. Counterclaim for piracy.
- Step six: Repeat three times. Three strikes, RIAA's out!... wait. I forgot that laws only really apply to people, not massive media conglomerates. Oh well, time to come up with another cunning plan...
- Step seven: You cut a hole in the box.
- Step eight: You put your junk in that box.
I think the problem isn't your safety features. It's that you folks over on that side of the water drive at ONLY 70 mph.
I CHOOSE to drive 70mph because driving on our autobahns at 130mph just wastes too much gas. But darn if I don't floor it sometimes just to feel better about not living in America anymore.;)
Anyways, what you just said actually emphasizes what I was saying, more than it dismisses it. The military has specific areas that it needs support in, and it needs technical people who can work within the hierarchy to fix their problems. If you've ever scoured the regulations, which I know you haven't (ooo I just said you ig'nant!), you would know that the Army has plenty of proper policies and procedures in place to prevent attacks. Your example of casino computer systems being more secure is laughable when you consider they have handfuls of employees accessing their physical systems, while the military has hundreds of thousands of meat-puppet entry points for hackers to exploit.
The military doesn't need a bunch of computer nerds to run around with Google's 60/40 (or whatever percentage) development time where they spend like half their time working on personal projects. They don't need computer nerds who can't follow orders either.
And there's plenty of recognition available in the military for tech-savvy people, assuming they are intelligent enough to learn how to find the rewards. Sure they won't get it easy like the gym buffs who max their PT tests and get days off for it, but if that's the reward you're looking for, the military shouldn't have even been a career CONSIDERATION, let alone the final decision.
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The headline says Firefox 59 is the "biggest update since Firefox 1". But it is Firefox Quantum which is described that way, not 59. Could someone please RTFA.
The article says 59 builds on quantum. Did you skim the article?
I'm pretty sure that's the entire reason that Google was rolled up under Alphabet. The larger entity can take chances, while allowing Google to entrench itself in safe business decisions. As long as that cash keeps flowing in, they can invest it in many dangerous ideas separate from the Google brand. Sounds like this individual made a good sound decision. They aren't a good fit for the culture anymore.
Does it all magically disappear?
TFA says you can skim the gunk off, then throw it back into the water to do it's work again, "hundreds of times".
Hopefully they will see this while browsing /. during work and straighten their ways.
I mean, that happens all the time, doesn't it?
Well, this anonymous Ask Slashdot could really be any office with any noob who's complaining that they're the new bitch.
So here's hoping that several hundred office noobs take shit for this article today.
Way to spread the wealth buddy!
Are you blind? It's one thing to compare DirectX 9 versus 11 video games, where either API lets you create highly detailed, high performance graphics.
It's another to compare the gigantic difference in picture quality between 1080p/720p and craptacular 480p (at most)
The difference between high def and standard is pretty darn immediate and obvious for new content such as TV shows that were made using the right digital cameras. Film, not so much, because the darn camera and lenses in movies is often set to blur hard edges and details, and of course is a craptacular 24fps.
You must work for sony, have stock in sony, or have spent thousands of dollars on the equipment you're talking about.
There's that word again... "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
This time I'll count using Binary on my fingers.
I never considered that before. Thanks!
Honestly this is a brilliant solution, and exactly what a lot of us do in the military, too. The Army is constantly pushing people to get promoted into managerial slots they can barely manage, but a lot of people just hang around in the lower ranks for years and years.
The bonus? You get severance pay if you don't try to get promoted, hit the ten year mark, and they force you out because of it. And I'm talking upwards of $23,000 for the lower ranks.
Of course Bing has overtaken Yahoo. They just flipped the Live search over to Bing, and the media hype machine filled in the rest.
At work, where our security settings prevent changing the homepage or default search engine, any mistyped URL automatically rolls over to Bing now, without any prompting from our IT staff.
You say business or otherwise, but then say this is based on a lack of knowledge of alternatives? So you're saying that businesses are getting windows on their mass purchases of computers, and then investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into volume license copies of corporate versions of Windows just because they didn't realize that ubuntu.com offered free live cd images?
Doubtful.
Enough with the 2.0 bullshit! This isn't City 2.0! this is City 11,050,523.6.15 RC4.
Unfortunately, this is exactly like when they used to call shit "So and So 2000" or "So and So Xtra". I guess the 2.0 will stop whenever they have a new futuristic-sounding moniker.
They just put the fear of god into srjc_p1mp69.
I hope this game isn't brought down by bullshit polarized moral choices too. Kill woman in house, don't lose karma. Steal her toaster though, lose karma. Post about it on slashdot, regain karma.
Sweet! When can I start expecting royalty checks for this post?
You can start with Google too! ;)
I blame the Flying Spaghetti Monster. His noodley appendages have a way of getting into everything.
I think I saw that on a hentai once.
I would rather call it Workplace Internet Browsing for Leisure, otherwise known as WIBL.
"Hey Tony, I need you to collate those TPS reports."
"Yeah sure boss. Right after I get done wibbling a bit."
Yeah, that'll sure stop all those pesky computers from watching hulu! Maybe now they can get back to work!
Too bad we still can't get to youtube from within the .mil domain.
Ain't it great when lobbyists work in our favor?
- Step one: Find the RIAA's ISP. They probably have a big T3 line or something. ... wait. I forgot that laws only really apply to people, not massive media conglomerates. Oh well, time to come up with another cunning plan...
- Step two: Tape yourself singing in the shower. The worse the better.
- Step three: Rename the recordings. Britney Spears - Toxic, Metallica - Until it Sleeps, etc. The more popular and highly prosecuted the better.
- Step four: Copy files to a VM and install every virus-encrusted file sharing program you have on there. TRY to get caught.
- Step five: Await lawsuit. Counterclaim for piracy.
- Step six: Repeat three times. Three strikes, RIAA's out!
- Step seven: You cut a hole in the box.
- Step eight: You put your junk in that box.
I think the problem isn't your safety features. It's that you folks over on that side of the water drive at ONLY 70 mph.
I CHOOSE to drive 70mph because driving on our autobahns at 130mph just wastes too much gas. But darn if I don't floor it sometimes just to feel better about not living in America anymore. ;)
And they all hide behind a lot of ink.
Wait a minute... that's MY IP ADDRESS! Don't send him after me! I'm innocent!!!1
GTA XV is getting a bit old, Doom IX is too dark (I mean even in 3D, black is still black).
I played Doom9 a few times. But DVD Fab turned out to be a better tool than most of what hey had to offer.
Insert snarky "No, YOU!" comment here.
Anyways, what you just said actually emphasizes what I was saying, more than it dismisses it. The military has specific areas that it needs support in, and it needs technical people who can work within the hierarchy to fix their problems. If you've ever scoured the regulations, which I know you haven't (ooo I just said you ig'nant!), you would know that the Army has plenty of proper policies and procedures in place to prevent attacks. Your example of casino computer systems being more secure is laughable when you consider they have handfuls of employees accessing their physical systems, while the military has hundreds of thousands of meat-puppet entry points for hackers to exploit.
The military doesn't need a bunch of computer nerds to run around with Google's 60/40 (or whatever percentage) development time where they spend like half their time working on personal projects. They don't need computer nerds who can't follow orders either.
And there's plenty of recognition available in the military for tech-savvy people, assuming they are intelligent enough to learn how to find the rewards. Sure they won't get it easy like the gym buffs who max their PT tests and get days off for it, but if that's the reward you're looking for, the military shouldn't have even been a career CONSIDERATION, let alone the final decision.