Definitely a "just search the web" opinion here
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However, unless you have RSS feeds to every Mozilla development site, and maintain an encyclopedic knowledge of every configurable doo-dad and Extension, you'll likely find many good tips and best practices for enhancing your browsing experience.
Well, I don't have any Mozilla RSS feeds and I'm sure not familiar with the majority of available extensions, but any search engine will quickly point you toward something useful if you have some idea as to the nature of the problem you want to solve. For example, after giving in and buying a LCD monitor (ooooh shiny!) the menu/tab/statusbar/etc. fonts looked huge in Firefox. Changing my KDE settings did nothing to fix this. A fast Google search on "firefox font size menu tab" produces this page as the second result (was the first a few days back). Instant fix.
I guess the book might be good for "uber-n00bs", but aren't the majority of Slashdot readers outside of this category?
For example, a user might use "good customers" and "bad customers" as keywords on contract files. If such a contract is sent to the customer with the keyword still attached, it could cause embarrassment or even loss of business, the analysts wrote.
How is this different than naming your file "Invoice for Asshole Larry.doc" and mailing it to the client? Simple solution: don't put potentially embarassing stuff in the metadata fields.
Do people really need an analysis to tell them this?
Some dictionaries here in Canuckistan have had swear words in them for some time now. What I don't like is what will likely be a small avalanche of variations on a traditional word. Consider this entry:
multicolorful (adjective) : to have many colors, e.g. "that butterfly is multicolorful"
Call me a purist, but what's wrong with the traditional "multicolored" anyway? Do a good number of people other than the AC who posted that one actually use "multicolorful"?
Then, of course, there's simple pandering to the TV crowd:
kwyjibo (noun): a fanciful word invented by a character on 'The Simpsons' in order to maximize the value of available letters in a game of Scrabble and purported to have the meaning: "A fat, dumb, balding North American ape with no chin. And a short temper."
punk'd (verb) : When something weird happens and Ashton Kutcher jumps out and says, "You've just been punk'd!"
So instead they pay a few cents for you to hold on their 800 lines?
I'm just guessing here, but I suspect that there's some price-break on 1-800 numbers that makes it cheaper for Joe Average to hold for 5-10 minutes before his 6 minute problem-solving session, than to call him at home for those same 6 minutes.
I have no monetary details, just some brief info here.
We whine when they delay and push back release dates of their OS over and over again but when they finally do come out with something "on time" (whatever that means) and it's not up to par we give them shit. So they can't win.
Sure they can. Release something on time that's up to par.
PNG is way better for high traffic sites actually. Its lossless so it looks good but compressed at the same time using gzip I believe. So, you get smaller files and higher quality, plus an alpha channel which jpeg does not have.
PNGs are great replacements for GIFs, and usually perform well for small images or for images with well-defined blocks of colour. However, PNGs are usually substantially larger than JPGs (due to the loseless compression to which you refer), so implementing them on a high-traffic site might eat up your bandwidth pretty quickly.
And make sure they update comments if changes necessitate it. There's nothing worse than reading through a function's description, complete with well-documented inputs/outputs/conditions/etc. and finding out that those things no longer apply because somebody changed a 1 to a 2.
They actually got the Department of Homeland Security to denounce them.
If I recall correctly, the DoHS also blasted Microsoft about Internet Explorers' vulnerabilities, and IE still has an 80-90% usage rate. Depending on which poll you read, of course.
The one difference in this case, though, is that it's not a "mystical magical computer-thingy" issue. It's a CD issue. The public might actually respond to this one.
This year, we've seen a variety of initiatives by companies that "donated" patents to "protect" open source, and organizations like the OSDL and the Open Invention Network now try to pool such patent pledges.
Wouldn't it be more effective, then, to divert our focus away from spreading publicity for these pro-OSS patent groups, and to try to persuade these companies to release their patents into the public domain for all to use (or in the case where the corporation does not wish for commercial reuse of their patents, to license them under a GPL-style license)? Like the poster, I'd be wary of trusting anyone that simply said "we promise we won't sue".
Of course, this assumes that the PTO/courts/etc. agree that the public domain release constitutes prior art.
For me what matters is disk capacity. The more the better.
While this is usually the main desire for most people, I'd personally be just as interested in a slightly more durable material. I try to take good care of my DVDs, but invariably one will get a nick or a scratch on it, and then it's a hit-or-miss game of trying to repair it.
If you could store 100TB on a disc, only to have one scratch render half of it unreadable... that would suck.
Yep, looks like I've been horribly misinformed, lied-to, and deviously fed moutfuls of propoganda surrounding OS X. Good to know.
You are also aware the standard compiler is gcc on the mac, right?
That I *did* know, having read through the wx docs. Like I said, it's a preference, simply because I try to keep all of my code cross-platform to begin with.
I suspect (note: *suspect*) that there was pressure (applied or implied) to go with RH, given that they'd donated all that cash.
Of course, but even though the OS is RedHat-branded, it's still pretty "open" and "free". I guess choice-of-vendor should factor into it too.
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"How many bra patents can you possibly have?"
I'm guessing it's some multiple of two.
However, unless you have RSS feeds to every Mozilla development site, and maintain an encyclopedic knowledge of every configurable doo-dad and Extension, you'll likely find many good tips and best practices for enhancing your browsing experience.
Well, I don't have any Mozilla RSS feeds and I'm sure not familiar with the majority of available extensions, but any search engine will quickly point you toward something useful if you have some idea as to the nature of the problem you want to solve. For example, after giving in and buying a LCD monitor (ooooh shiny!) the menu/tab/statusbar/etc. fonts looked huge in Firefox. Changing my KDE settings did nothing to fix this. A fast Google search on "firefox font size menu tab" produces this page as the second result (was the first a few days back). Instant fix.
I guess the book might be good for "uber-n00bs", but aren't the majority of Slashdot readers outside of this category?
How is this different than naming your file "Invoice for Asshole Larry.doc" and mailing it to the client? Simple solution: don't put potentially embarassing stuff in the metadata fields.
Do people really need an analysis to tell them this?
...destagnate? It's a perfectly cromulent word.
Google will partner with Gator
Gatoooooooooooooooor?
Interesting that a "guy who used to do PR" is publically advertising that he discriminates against engaged women.
And ironic. Check out the yellow/orange banner at the top of the site.
let me add my idea
Here's an even easier idea that the editors can try out, patent-free:
I'd prefer it if they went with Safari's blue rectangle with "RSS" written in white on it.
I prefer non-written icons, simply because there are no issues when translating into other (non-English) languages.
Granted, most people will probably end up calling it "RSS" anyway, even if they don't understand what "Really Simple Syndication" means.
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McProfit?
Some dictionaries here in Canuckistan have had swear words in them for some time now. What I don't like is what will likely be a small avalanche of variations on a traditional word. Consider this entry:
multicolorful (adjective) : to have many colors, e.g. "that butterfly is multicolorful"
Call me a purist, but what's wrong with the traditional "multicolored" anyway? Do a good number of people other than the AC who posted that one actually use "multicolorful"?
Then, of course, there's simple pandering to the TV crowd:
kwyjibo (noun): a fanciful word invented by a character on 'The Simpsons' in order to maximize the value of available letters in a game of Scrabble and purported to have the meaning: "A fat, dumb, balding North American ape with no chin. And a short temper."
punk'd (verb) : When something weird happens and Ashton Kutcher jumps out and says, "You've just been punk'd!"
Gee, thanks for the insight.
Apples and Oranges I say.
Hey now, let's not start another flamefest by dragging the Mac fanboys in here!
So instead they pay a few cents for you to hold on their 800 lines?
I'm just guessing here, but I suspect that there's some price-break on 1-800 numbers that makes it cheaper for Joe Average to hold for 5-10 minutes before his 6 minute problem-solving session, than to call him at home for those same 6 minutes.
I have no monetary details, just some brief info here.
It's so simple, why isn't this more common?
Because the corporations don't want to pay the few cents to call you back. Yes, it's that simple.
Hmmm. Pilgrims... Plymouth... I guess that explains the real reason why Massachusetts is gunning for OpenDocument.
We whine when they delay and push back release dates of their OS over and over again but when they finally do come out with something "on time" (whatever that means) and it's not up to par we give them shit. So they can't win.
Sure they can. Release something on time that's up to par.
Or are you saying that's impossible?
Anyone knows a solution to this (besides turning off Flash and Javascript)?
I think I've seen only one popup-ad in the last 3 months.
PNG is way better for high traffic sites actually. Its lossless so it looks good but compressed at the same time using gzip I believe. So, you get smaller files and higher quality, plus an alpha channel which jpeg does not have.
PNGs are great replacements for GIFs, and usually perform well for small images or for images with well-defined blocks of colour. However, PNGs are usually substantially larger than JPGs (due to the loseless compression to which you refer), so implementing them on a high-traffic site might eat up your bandwidth pretty quickly.
They haven't even apologized yet.
Well, they sort of apologized. Rather half-assed, IMO.
And make sure they update comments if changes necessitate it. There's nothing worse than reading through a function's description, complete with well-documented inputs/outputs/conditions/etc. and finding out that those things no longer apply because somebody changed a 1 to a 2.
Whats next - write it on Charmin and have it installed inside the stalls of every public school bathroom?
To pee or not to pee?
I guess Dostoevsky's The Idiot will be appropriately titled.
They actually got the Department of Homeland Security to denounce them.
If I recall correctly, the DoHS also blasted Microsoft about Internet Explorers' vulnerabilities, and IE still has an 80-90% usage rate. Depending on which poll you read, of course.
The one difference in this case, though, is that it's not a "mystical magical computer-thingy" issue. It's a CD issue. The public might actually respond to this one.
This year, we've seen a variety of initiatives by companies that "donated" patents to "protect" open source, and organizations like the OSDL and the Open Invention Network now try to pool such patent pledges.
Wouldn't it be more effective, then, to divert our focus away from spreading publicity for these pro-OSS patent groups, and to try to persuade these companies to release their patents into the public domain for all to use (or in the case where the corporation does not wish for commercial reuse of their patents, to license them under a GPL-style license)? Like the poster, I'd be wary of trusting anyone that simply said "we promise we won't sue".
Of course, this assumes that the PTO/courts/etc. agree that the public domain release constitutes prior art.
For me what matters is disk capacity. The more the better.
While this is usually the main desire for most people, I'd personally be just as interested in a slightly more durable material. I try to take good care of my DVDs, but invariably one will get a nick or a scratch on it, and then it's a hit-or-miss game of trying to repair it.
If you could store 100TB on a disc, only to have one scratch render half of it unreadable... that would suck.
I do know you're wrong on a fair few points...
Yep, looks like I've been horribly misinformed, lied-to, and deviously fed moutfuls of propoganda surrounding OS X. Good to know.
You are also aware the standard compiler is gcc on the mac, right?
That I *did* know, having read through the wx docs. Like I said, it's a preference, simply because I try to keep all of my code cross-platform to begin with.
I suspect (note: *suspect*) that there was pressure (applied or implied) to go with RH, given that they'd donated all that cash.
Of course, but even though the OS is RedHat-branded, it's still pretty "open" and "free". I guess choice-of-vendor should factor into it too.