I've found that you can utilize these advantages in firefox just by overwriting firefox's.so files with flock's. So far I've yet to run into any problems.
You will, as soon as the next Firefox update comes down the pipe. But then again, if you're the kind of guy who thought up something like this, you probably won't mind updating "fireflox" by hand in the future.
I'm considering installing it as dual-boot on my personal computer, which currently runs Linux. Every once in a while I get a craving for a game that won't run under any kind of emulation (such as Re-Volt) and when that happens I go to my brother's computer.
But recently I came across this dusty old Windows 98 install CD, I remembered I own it, legally, so what the hell. Most games probably still run on it, Re-Volt definitely does. I'm behind NAT and I don't plan on running Explorer so I should be fairly safe even with a buck naked install. And even if something should happen I can reinstall without a worry (format and untar a copy of the clean install, actually).
Yeah, OK, granted: I should probably get myself a console.:) But it's cheaper like this, and I already payed for quite a few pieces of hardware and games.
The only way to stop this crap is fighting it now.
I see that the Swedes resorted to street manifestations to show their support for Pirate Bay and freedom to download for personal use:
On Saturday, hundreds of demonstrators with pirate flags gathered in downtown Stockholm. In Göteborg, the country's second largest city, another 200 protesters took the streets. They demanded that The Pirate Bay's servers, which were seized on Wednesday, are given back and the investigation against the site's operators closed.
I imagine manufacturers would be more inclined to make the effort delivering "drivers on CD" if they didn't have to worry about every different minor kernel revision breaking them.
What I'd like to know is how would a 2D version of the Rubik "cube" look like. A square with each side made up of three different segments, and each segment swaps with the opposite one? Somehow that doesn't seem right...
Using a few simple, easy-to-learn algorithms, and with a few weeks practice it is possible for pretty much anyone to solve the 3D cube in just 2 or 3 minutes. Using a layer-by-layer method you can solve each piece one at a time in the first two layers, then learn 4 algorithms to fix the last layer (not necessarily in this order):
So what you're saying is that the GP is slow, just not in so many words.:)
Ok. In windows, grandma just double clicks a setup.exe which does all the work for her. If a similar application doesn't exist in the default Ubuntu repositories as a.deb package, then she's out of luck unless she knows how to./configure ; make install.
At least she can do that. Try doing that on Windows.
I agree with your other two suggestions, but you can't "block executables" unless you know for sure what is an executable. And since IM protocols are used cross-platform...
Sun is endorsing Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system. There isn't anything indicating that they are favouring any particular software packaging system.
You mean, other than the fact that Ubuntu's using dpkg? If they're endorsing Ubuntu, doesn't it mean they are therefore endorsing its strong points? Do you really think dpkg didn't play a role in the matter?
And since we've touched on the matter, I don't think Sun picked Ubuntu to make servers out of it. The following quote doesn't make any sense:
While Ubuntu has been many people's desktop Linux choice for a few years now, with its Debian heritage, you can see what kind of server it could be.
A desktop system, you can see what server it would make. Huh? No, I can't. What does that have to do with anything? Ubuntu improves the desktop presentation of Debian. How is that useful for Sun in the server market?
Let me rephrase that in a less retarded manner: Sun wants a cut of the desktop market AND a Linux of its own, also get a cut of the lower end server market. They picked Ubuntu because it was the only "Linux on the desktop" still available for the picking, AND it's been enjoying great success so far AND it's practically Debian so it will also make a good server. They're quite likely to try to buy it from Mark in the near future. Which I would enjoy, because it means a hell of a backing.
A link's tooltip will show both the title of the link and the URL it links to. That's the way Opera's been doing it for ages.
Technically, they shouldn't do that. There are clear uses for stuff like that in the specifications. The writer of the HTML will use a title attribute if they feel they need to describe the link. Opera and Firefox shouldn't muck about with title attributes anymore than IE should've rendered alt attributes as tooltips.
Otherwise, Opera is just trying to get rid of the status bar, methinks. Noticed how the loading stats have also been moved by default into the address bar in version 9?
Also, Oprera has a shitload of functionality not available on FF or not needing extensions (gesture browsing, searches in the url bar, etc...). Those are the reasons it has been my main browser of choice for years now.
That's a rather bold statement. You do realize it can't compete in terms of functionality with an entire community allowed to implement thousands of extensions freely. They didn't implement the widgets for nothing.
Firefox is essentially its own virtual XUL machine. I don't expect it will ever be as fast as a natively coded application such as Opera. Even the fact that it manages to come close to Opera is a remarcable feat. Perhaps, one day, if the virtual machine will be shared with Thunderbird and optimized separately...
The fact that it is about equal to Explorer is a shame for Explorer -- IE runs on its own operating system, for god's sake, with part of it preloaded.
Opera's JavaScript engine has been acknowledged as being an order of magnitude faster than Firefox in certain aspects. Firefox caught up in 1.5, 1.0 was slower.
I think it's also a very clever thing that Opera uses small tricks to confort the user into [i]feeling[/i] it's faster. Its back and forward are truly instant, and it has the status bar which creates a psychological effect that diverts the user's attention off the actual loading and rendering time (which otherwise is comparable with Firefox).
Why not ship him off to Russia to face their computer laws? Its not pick and choose... he broke into a US military computer, he needs to face US law. It was not the UK that was harmed by his actions, it was the US.
So if an US citizen accesses a website with no password on it, by somehow inferring the URL, and it turns out to be a Chinese government webpage with a bunch of passwords to their Army networks...
You probably see what I'm getting at. I suppose it would be alright then to be sent right away to China for imprisonment, awaiting trial and possibly conviction?
Mod parent up. He hit the nail right on. MPAA picked a random day at FedEX, picked a bunch of packages with DVD's and found nothing.
I'd have kept my mouth shut in their place until I found something. Would've made much better propaganda. This way it just sounds idiotic. "We have this new great way of detecting recordable DVD's in shipping. It turns out it's useless, but we have it."...unless it's just a form of power-play. "See, you peons, we can stick our noses in your luggage and shipments just like the FBI can. We're all-powerful. Bow to us."
You disqualified yourself from having an in any way relevant opinion about information security if you really believe that.
Yes, absolute security can exist. It is more easily attainable the simpler the security system, and the less security systems involved. As they grow more complex and interact with each other, unforeseen consequences are more likely to appear.
But I can see where you come from. It's "not possible" to build a perfectly secure system, so why even try, right? No wonder we have security failure.
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Stop right there. You accepted the figures fed to you by them and that's the first mistake.
Sometimes I wish there was a -1 Humor Impaired.
You will, as soon as the next Firefox update comes down the pipe. But then again, if you're the kind of guy who thought up something like this, you probably won't mind updating "fireflox" by hand in the future.
"I RTFA and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
Ough-kay... let's hope we never get to the point that leaving CD's in an unlocked car is the only alternative to file-sharing.
I think you mean a full-blown desktop. You can have a full-blown OS taking much less space.
I'm considering installing it as dual-boot on my personal computer, which currently runs Linux. Every once in a while I get a craving for a game that won't run under any kind of emulation (such as Re-Volt) and when that happens I go to my brother's computer.
But recently I came across this dusty old Windows 98 install CD, I remembered I own it, legally, so what the hell. Most games probably still run on it, Re-Volt definitely does. I'm behind NAT and I don't plan on running Explorer so I should be fairly safe even with a buck naked install. And even if something should happen I can reinstall without a worry (format and untar a copy of the clean install, actually).
Yeah, OK, granted: I should probably get myself a console.
I see that the Swedes resorted to street manifestations to show their support for Pirate Bay and freedom to download for personal use:
You might think that this is useless to you. However simply memorize those quotes and you can be prepared for any situation.
My Boss replies with a frown and an "Are you bullshitting me?" to anything he can't understand.
The consequences of trying to pull a fast one like this on the missus are too gruesome to detail here.
I imagine manufacturers would be more inclined to make the effort delivering "drivers on CD" if they didn't have to worry about every different minor kernel revision breaking them.
Hopefully, that's being taken care of.
The Geek converting his relatives to Linux (not always by choice) counts for little in the larger scheme of things.
All that shall change, mark my words. It is written that the geek shall inherit the Earth, is it not?
What I'd like to know is how would a 2D version of the Rubik "cube" look like. A square with each side made up of three different segments, and each segment swaps with the opposite one? Somehow that doesn't seem right...
Using a few simple, easy-to-learn algorithms, and with a few weeks practice it is possible for pretty much anyone to solve the 3D cube in just 2 or 3 minutes. Using a layer-by-layer method you can solve each piece one at a time in the first two layers, then learn 4 algorithms to fix the last layer (not necessarily in this order):
:)
So what you're saying is that the GP is slow, just not in so many words.
I'll be curious to meet the guys who solved the 5D cube, make sure they have two eyes, two hand and lags like the rest of us mortals.
They probably do. It's their brains that are probably a strange color, possibly glowing faintly in the dark.
Ok. In windows, grandma just double clicks a setup.exe which does all the work for her. If a similar application doesn't exist in the default Ubuntu repositories as a .deb package, then she's out of luck unless she knows how to ./configure ; make install.
At least she can do that. Try doing that on Windows.
The only downside is that I continuously have 'VB 666' staring at me in the face.
Fer goodness' sake, turn that book to face the other way. It'll make you go blind.
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(Not my idea, seen here on Slashdot before.)
I agree with your other two suggestions, but you can't "block executables" unless you know for sure what is an executable. And since IM protocols are used cross-platform...
Sun is endorsing Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system. There isn't anything indicating that they are favouring any particular software packaging system.
You mean, other than the fact that Ubuntu's using dpkg? If they're endorsing Ubuntu, doesn't it mean they are therefore endorsing its strong points? Do you really think dpkg didn't play a role in the matter?
And since we've touched on the matter, I don't think Sun picked Ubuntu to make servers out of it. The following quote doesn't make any sense:
While Ubuntu has been many people's desktop Linux choice for a few years now, with its Debian heritage, you can see what kind of server it could be.
A desktop system, you can see what server it would make. Huh? No, I can't. What does that have to do with anything? Ubuntu improves the desktop presentation of Debian. How is that useful for Sun in the server market?
Let me rephrase that in a less retarded manner: Sun wants a cut of the desktop market AND a Linux of its own, also get a cut of the lower end server market. They picked Ubuntu because it was the only "Linux on the desktop" still available for the picking, AND it's been enjoying great success so far AND it's practically Debian so it will also make a good server. They're quite likely to try to buy it from Mark in the near future. Which I would enjoy, because it means a hell of a backing.
A link's tooltip will show both the title of the link and the URL it links to. That's the way Opera's been doing it for ages.
Technically, they shouldn't do that. There are clear uses for stuff like that in the specifications. The writer of the HTML will use a title attribute if they feel they need to describe the link. Opera and Firefox shouldn't muck about with title attributes anymore than IE should've rendered alt attributes as tooltips.
Otherwise, Opera is just trying to get rid of the status bar, methinks. Noticed how the loading stats have also been moved by default into the address bar in version 9?
Also, Oprera has a shitload of functionality not available on FF or not needing extensions (gesture browsing, searches in the url bar, etc...). Those are the reasons it has been my main browser of choice for years now.
That's a rather bold statement. You do realize it can't compete in terms of functionality with an entire community allowed to implement thousands of extensions freely. They didn't implement the widgets for nothing.
Firefox is essentially its own virtual XUL machine. I don't expect it will ever be as fast as a natively coded application such as Opera. Even the fact that it manages to come close to Opera is a remarcable feat. Perhaps, one day, if the virtual machine will be shared with Thunderbird and optimized separately...
The fact that it is about equal to Explorer is a shame for Explorer -- IE runs on its own operating system, for god's sake, with part of it preloaded.
Opera's JavaScript engine has been acknowledged as being an order of magnitude faster than Firefox in certain aspects. Firefox caught up in 1.5, 1.0 was slower.
I think it's also a very clever thing that Opera uses small tricks to confort the user into [i]feeling[/i] it's faster. Its back and forward are truly instant, and it has the status bar which creates a psychological effect that diverts the user's attention off the actual loading and rendering time (which otherwise is comparable with Firefox).
Why not ship him off to Russia to face their computer laws? Its not pick and choose... he broke into a US military computer, he needs to face US law. It was not the UK that was harmed by his actions, it was the US.
So if an US citizen accesses a website with no password on it, by somehow inferring the URL, and it turns out to be a Chinese government webpage with a bunch of passwords to their Army networks...
You probably see what I'm getting at. I suppose it would be alright then to be sent right away to China for imprisonment, awaiting trial and possibly conviction?
While all were legitimate shipments on the day
...unless it's just a form of power-play. "See, you peons, we can stick our noses in your luggage and shipments just like the FBI can. We're all-powerful. Bow to us."
Translation: physical piracy really doesn't happen much.
Mod parent up. He hit the nail right on. MPAA picked a random day at FedEX, picked a bunch of packages with DVD's and found nothing.
I'd have kept my mouth shut in their place until I found something. Would've made much better propaganda. This way it just sounds idiotic. "We have this new great way of detecting recordable DVD's in shipping. It turns out it's useless, but we have it."
Ah.. absolute security exists you believe?
You disqualified yourself from having an in any way relevant opinion about information security if you really believe that.
Yes, absolute security can exist. It is more easily attainable the simpler the security system, and the less security systems involved. As they grow more complex and interact with each other, unforeseen consequences are more likely to appear.
But I can see where you come from. It's "not possible" to build a perfectly secure system, so why even try, right? No wonder we have security failure.