I would guess he meant routing your packages through other users of the P2P network which means they must download and re-upload your download-traffic.
It is kind of funny. Selling a wireless replacement for perfectly secure (for home use) wired networks and then selling counter-measures to the insecurity.
Old people that lived the main part of their live in a world where scam was the exception rather than the rule are most vulnerable to these schemes. They should not have to deal with it.
It just lists some Advantages of Opera 7 which is still the current version (which doesn't mean no features have been added in between; 7.5 was almost a major version)
You might be interested to read this: http://nontroppo.org/wiki/WhyOpera
You should try Opera for a week or two and have a look at http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/7/01/. That might change your opinion about the relative quality of Firefox and Opera.
The idea of extensions is good (see e.g. Fvwm or Emacs-implementations of that idea) but Firefox's implementation of it sucks. They should use an API that almost never changes (due to being feature-complete in the beginning) or even better some kind of integrated scripting language (preferably an existing one like python, ruby,...) that implements all features except the core.
I think Opera has a very good strategy that should be copied by more proprietary software vendors:
Make High Quality Software, give away an unlimited (no time limit, no features deativated) trial version and charge a reasonable price from those who want to pay. Less than 40 Euros isn't that much for a piece of Software you use daily (often for several hours per day).
I never had this problem (freezing) although I often keep the same Opera open for several days (neither in Windows nor in Linux). Is this a new problem with the Beta or did you have this before? Perhaps you should go to the Forum on their Website and look for a solution there.
If there were another word for Free as in Speech in the English language it would be so much easier to find this kind of software in Google instead of having things like "Free Porn" (for members, membership only $29.95/month) all over your search results.
I don't think Firefox has the Potential to do that (kill Opera, I don't know about Safari). It is still too much Patchwork compared to the highly integrated (and faster) Opera. Opera also has additional income from the embedded devices market (Opera on phones,...).
It is also a good thing because more people might discover Opera Show which is a viable alternative to Powerpoint (if you don't use Animations) and uses HTML/CSS (Open Standards) as a format.
More info here: http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/operashow/
I agree with you about Opera. However I want to try to answer your question:
I don't understand the position many of you on this board take that all software should be free.
Most people on this board think Microsoft or Oracle or Adobe when they read about selling software. These take unreasonably high prices and/or reduce software quality to a point where it is almost impossible to use the software. Opera is the exception and not the rule. They produce high quality for a reasonable price for a daily used program. Free Software Advocates (or call them zealots if you like) prefer Free Software because the motives of the typical writers of Free Software are different then the Motives of the typical Writers/Decision Makers of Closed Source Software.
I am a Student and I use Opera for years (and paid for it a few months ago to get rid of the ads)simply because I have yet to find a better Browser.
And No, Mozilla/Firefox does not qualify as a better Browser. Everytime I try it there are still literally dozens of things (when I say try I mean try for several days, switching back to Opera before would be biased because of infamiliarity with the new Browser) that are better in Opera. I won't make a list here because as soon as I would name specific things some Firefox Zealot would claim that it can be done with this or that extension but perhaps you might want to look at http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/7/01/.
Integrated Support for certain Features and Extensions are two totally different things (especially if they break at every update) and the Performance with Mozilla/Firefox could be better too.
I use Free Software for almost everything else but at the current point in time there is no Open Source or Free Software Browser that is good enough (or near) to get me to switch Browsers.
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It wouldn't be the worst idea to make open sourcing the reference implementation from their patent application mandatory when the patent expires.
I would guess he meant routing your packages through other users of the P2P network which means they must download and re-upload your download-traffic.
I don't think it would be illegal if they own the copyright (as long as the movie is really their movie)
The only difference being that almost nobody uses these things in day-to-day work. With Windows you would be forced to do exactly that.
It is kind of funny. Selling a wireless replacement for perfectly secure (for home use) wired networks and then selling counter-measures to the insecurity.
Like complexity that is orders of magnitude higher than any given physical object we built to date?
Try the ones in Opera, they are properly implemented and used frequently by many users.
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Old people that lived the main part of their live in a world where scam was the exception rather than the rule are most vulnerable to these schemes. They should not have to deal with it.
Reminds me of http://www.bash.org/?1660
It just lists some Advantages of Opera 7 which is still the current version (which doesn't mean no features have been added in between; 7.5 was almost a major version)
You might be interested to read this: http://nontroppo.org/wiki/WhyOpera
I found another Link listing the Advantages of Opera in the Opera7 Wiki:
http://nontroppo.org/wiki/WhyOpera
Isn't Sun Java the reference implementation of Java. Shouldn't you fix your Java Code if you administer a site that doesn't work with the Sun JRE?
Not specific to Firefox but here are some of the key advantages of Opera: http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/7/01/
You should try Opera for a week or two and have a look at http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/7/01/. That might change your opinion about the relative quality of Firefox and Opera.
You might want to have a look at http://my.opera.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumi d=28. I only recently discovered it myself after having used Opera for years. You can change a lot more in Opera than you might think.
The idea of extensions is good (see e.g. Fvwm or Emacs-implementations of that idea) but Firefox's implementation of it sucks. They should use an API that almost never changes (due to being feature-complete in the beginning) or even better some kind of integrated scripting language (preferably an existing one like python, ruby,...) that implements all features except the core.
With Opera it is file://localhost/ but AFAIK it only works when used in the address bar, not as links from arbitary web pages.
I think Opera has a very good strategy that should be copied by more proprietary software vendors:
Make High Quality Software, give away an unlimited (no time limit, no features deativated) trial version and charge a reasonable price from those who want to pay. Less than 40 Euros isn't that much for a piece of Software you use daily (often for several hours per day).
1. I don't think they will fade away
2. Who says that they won't open up the source in case the company would cease to exist?
I never had this problem (freezing) although I often keep the same Opera open for several days (neither in Windows nor in Linux). Is this a new problem with the Beta or did you have this before? Perhaps you should go to the Forum on their Website and look for a solution there.
If there were another word for Free as in Speech in the English language it would be so much easier to find this kind of software in Google instead of having things like "Free Porn" (for members, membership only $29.95/month) all over your search results.
I don't think Firefox has the Potential to do that (kill Opera, I don't know about Safari). It is still too much Patchwork compared to the highly integrated (and faster) Opera. Opera also has additional income from the embedded devices market (Opera on phones,...).
It is also a good thing because more people might discover Opera Show which is a viable alternative to Powerpoint (if you don't use Animations) and uses HTML/CSS (Open Standards) as a format.
More info here: http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/operashow/
I am a Student and I use Opera for years (and paid for it a few months ago to get rid of the ads)simply because I have yet to find a better Browser.
And No, Mozilla/Firefox does not qualify as a better Browser. Everytime I try it there are still literally dozens of things (when I say try I mean try for several days, switching back to Opera before would be biased because of infamiliarity with the new Browser) that are better in Opera. I won't make a list here because as soon as I would name specific things some Firefox Zealot would claim that it can be done with this or that extension but perhaps you might want to look at http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/7/01/.
Integrated Support for certain Features and Extensions are two totally different things (especially if they break at every update) and the Performance with Mozilla/Firefox could be better too.
I use Free Software for almost everything else but at the current point in time there is no Open Source or Free Software Browser that is good enough (or near) to get me to switch Browsers.