This is still not nearly as flexible as Netscape's bookmark manager. Netscape has a column view with URL, creation date, and last visit columns. It also has a simple and convenient one-pane tree view. You can use Windows Explorer to browse your IE bookmarks, but it isn't nearly as flexible.
Ctrl-f opens the find dialog. F3 opens the find files dialog. Why would you want a browser to overload a key that you can conveniently use to find files with its own?
Because F3 is the standard shortcut for the Find Next command. Microsoft themselves uses that shortcut in nearly everything. IIRC, even IE4 had this shortcut implemented. Now, I would still complain if they just changed the shortcut, but they have also removed the command.
...if you can afford the expensive Springboard modules, you should buy a IIIxe with that money instead.
There are very few things that Springboard modules can do that software can't. And if you want removable storage, nothing can beat a TRGpro, which is like a Palm IIIxe with a CF slot. A camera is also available for Palm devices.
The speedup of the HotSync time by using USB instead of serial is negligible. My serial sync takes about 1.5 minutes, downloading of four fairly large AvantGo channels over dialup included. On the other hand, USB synchronizing is not supported under Windows 2000, and may be flakey elsewhere. The serial cradles are extra.
The case is pretty, but also a bit thicker and bulkier. The cover isn't attached to the unit, which isn't very convenient at all.
Don't get me wrong. I respect Palm's remembering Apple's mistake and allowing others to compete with them, and I applaud Handspring for building such a huge customer base so quickly. I hope that Handspring continues to grow, and that a few other competitors appear.
I just fail to see any advantage to buying a Visor for the same price as a similar Palm.
The only thing IE is good with is the rendering engine. Everything else absolutely sucks. Granted, that is probably the most important part of the browser, but I'll continue to use Opera for now. My main complaints:
Each bookmark is stored as a separate file. This means that I cannot have a bookmark with a colon in it, and I cannot manage them easily -- no sorting, no nice tree dialog like in Netscape. Opera is somewhat better in this area, but I still like Netscape's approach the most.
Virtually no control over cookies. Accept, deny, confirm. That's about it. At least Netscape lets me deny cookies from another server.
The history interface sucks. Again, every item is stored as a separate file. There is virtually no provision for sorting. Netscape rules this area.
Crappy Find dialog. No "Find Next" command without first opening the Find dialog and keeping it open. F3 illogically opens the search-for-files dialog. So much for browser and file manager integration...
Hmm... I've been meaning to put this into some kind of comparison table for a while. Maybe this will get me started.
We need hot-swappable hard drives for the TiVo, so that we can trade them or store them, etc. Either that, or the ability to dump a piece of the movie on a CD in some (open) format that everyone can read.
if RIAA was some benevolent organization and most of the money went to the artists and they allowed all kinds of fair-use copying, etc. that people would still be doing all of this.
If the RIAA companies were benevolent organizations, CDs would cost the consumer $5, not $15-25. If CDs cost $5, I would buy them. Currently, I have no interest in paying $15 for a CD, especially if it only contains one or two pieces that I like.
It might make you sleep easier at night to fool yourself, but the truth is that it's the moral equivalent of looting during the LA riots
I fail to see a similarity. Please explain further.
As the subject implies, this has already been done, and continues to be done... on AOL. Surprised? AOL's email system is perfectly suited for warez. When you send someone an email with an attached file, the file is stored on AOL's servers and the email that you send contains an internal link to that file. When you click the Download button, the file is requested from AOL's servers.
When you forward the email, all that is forwarded is the text and the link to the file. The file itself remains in the same one spot -- so you can forward the email to 100 different people (and BCC it as well). It's like a huge warez FTP, only you're forced to use a horrible interface.
When I was on AOL in 1996 (yes, there was such a time) there were automated "mail server" programs that would use the WinAPI to simulate clicks on AOL's buttons and forward lists of available files and the files themselves to anyone who asked for them in a chat room.
I'm considering designing a simple one-page flyer that can inform people about the issue. Something along the lines of, "This isn't a solicitation for you to vote for anyone. Just a reminder that democracy is a responsibility, and you have to watch what's going on in Washington." It can address various related issues, such as facts about the Napster lawsuit and about the Copyright Law being amended, extending the length of copyrights.
Does anyone think that such a thing is worthwhile? If I released a PDF of it, would anyone print it out and hand it out to people? Am I crazy?
I loaded the Word version into Word 2000 and it spat out a bastardized HTML version. I have slightly fixed it up. It was viewable with Netscape 4.08 and Opera 4.01 (though Opera didn't like the non-standard character set much).
The HTML file is here and the zipped HTML file is here.
About 90% of the sites most of us browse are hosted on servers in the U.S. Heck, the name servers and the administration website for the Christmas Island domain system (.cx) is hosted in the U.S.!
On the other hand, this sort of makes sense. This is, after all, where the Internet was born. And it has only been ten years since it became popular.
If you're using Windows, Windows Commander can already do all of the things you've mentioned. Currently, it only applies to the file label's color and not the icon, but that may change in the future.
Maybe some other OFM for Unix has similar features available...
That, my friend, is why moderation is a good thing. In life, there are very few things that are black and white.
That is why, although the Constitution explicitly states that people have the right to bear arms, there are gun control laws. And that is why, although information should be reasonably free, what you're saying is not very reasonable.
There is information, and there is private information. They are two very different things. A fictional book and my home address are not the same thing!
Sorry, I was under the impression that this was the Carnivore thread. I see nothing wrong with archiving IRC conversations, as long as it isn't done on +p (private) or +s (secret) channels. And, of course, as long as people are told that this is being done in the server's MOTD.
When a person posts something on a webpage that isn't password-protected, that person has to be a fool to expect the information on it to remain private. Email, on the other hand, is usually password-protected, and most people expect it to be private.
It is OK for people to know what I said to my friend while I was at a restaurant or another public meeting place. But if it was said while we were inside my house, we should be able to expect that our conversation would remain private.
After all, what would differentiate Carnivore and the FBI opening, reading, and archiving every piece of mail sent through the USPS? Only the ease of execution and cost.
All versions of Outlook are vulnerable, including Outlook 97-2000 and Outlook Express 4.0-5.5. Linkety- link (click the different buttons on the top, too).
I don't think the AC was talking about religion at all. He was, IMNSHO, talking about the attitude of parents towards their children. Some view their children as something special and actually listen to what they're saying. They interact with their children and love them very much. Others view them as merely a nuisance, a necessary downside to having sex. They dismiss everything they say as silliness and patiently wait until they grow up and move the fuck out.
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You can use a folder view.
This is still not nearly as flexible as Netscape's bookmark manager. Netscape has a column view with URL, creation date, and last visit columns. It also has a simple and convenient one-pane tree view. You can use Windows Explorer to browse your IE bookmarks, but it isn't nearly as flexible.
Ctrl-f opens the find dialog. F3 opens the find files dialog. Why would you want a browser to overload a key that you can conveniently use to find files with its own?
Because F3 is the standard shortcut for the Find Next command. Microsoft themselves uses that shortcut in nearly everything. IIRC, even IE4 had this shortcut implemented. Now, I would still complain if they just changed the shortcut, but they have also removed the command.
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- There are very few things that Springboard modules can do that software can't. And if you want removable storage, nothing can beat a TRGpro, which is like a Palm IIIxe with a CF slot. A camera is also available for Palm devices.
- The speedup of the HotSync time by using USB instead of serial is negligible. My serial sync takes about 1.5 minutes, downloading of four fairly large AvantGo channels over dialup included. On the other hand, USB synchronizing is not supported under Windows 2000, and may be flakey elsewhere. The serial cradles are extra.
- The case is pretty, but also a bit thicker and bulkier. The cover isn't attached to the unit, which isn't very convenient at all.
Don't get me wrong. I respect Palm's remembering Apple's mistake and allowing others to compete with them, and I applaud Handspring for building such a huge customer base so quickly. I hope that Handspring continues to grow, and that a few other competitors appear.I just fail to see any advantage to buying a Visor for the same price as a similar Palm.
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- Each bookmark is stored as a separate file. This means that I cannot have a bookmark with a colon in it, and I cannot manage them easily -- no sorting, no nice tree dialog like in Netscape. Opera is somewhat better in this area, but I still like Netscape's approach the most.
- Virtually no control over cookies. Accept, deny, confirm. That's about it. At least Netscape lets me deny cookies from another server.
- The history interface sucks. Again, every item is stored as a separate file. There is virtually no provision for sorting. Netscape rules this area.
- Crappy Find dialog. No "Find Next" command without first opening the Find dialog and keeping it open. F3 illogically opens the search-for-files dialog. So much for browser and file manager integration...
Hmm... I've been meaning to put this into some kind of comparison table for a while. Maybe this will get me started.--
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If the RIAA companies were benevolent organizations, CDs would cost the consumer $5, not $15-25. If CDs cost $5, I would buy them. Currently, I have no interest in paying $15 for a CD, especially if it only contains one or two pieces that I like.
It might make you sleep easier at night to fool yourself, but the truth is that it's the moral equivalent of looting during the LA riots
I fail to see a similarity. Please explain further.
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When you forward the email, all that is forwarded is the text and the link to the file. The file itself remains in the same one spot -- so you can forward the email to 100 different people (and BCC it as well). It's like a huge warez FTP, only you're forced to use a horrible interface.
When I was on AOL in 1996 (yes, there was such a time) there were automated "mail server" programs that would use the WinAPI to simulate clicks on AOL's buttons and forward lists of available files and the files themselves to anyone who asked for them in a chat room.
I'd wager that this hasn't changed much today.
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I'm considering designing a simple one-page flyer that can inform people about the issue. Something along the lines of, "This isn't a solicitation for you to vote for anyone. Just a reminder that democracy is a responsibility, and you have to watch what's going on in Washington." It can address various related issues, such as facts about the Napster lawsuit and about the Copyright Law being amended, extending the length of copyrights.
Does anyone think that such a thing is worthwhile? If I released a PDF of it, would anyone print it out and hand it out to people? Am I crazy?
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The HTML file is here and the zipped HTML file is here.
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On the other hand, this sort of makes sense. This is, after all, where the Internet was born. And it has only been ten years since it became popular.
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You mean like this? How about RAM encryption while you're there?
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Maybe some other OFM for Unix has similar features available...
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That is why, although the Constitution explicitly states that people have the right to bear arms, there are gun control laws. And that is why, although information should be reasonably free, what you're saying is not very reasonable.
There is information, and there is private information. They are two very different things. A fictional book and my home address are not the same thing!
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It is OK for people to know what I said to my friend while I was at a restaurant or another public meeting place. But if it was said while we were inside my house, we should be able to expect that our conversation would remain private.
After all, what would differentiate Carnivore and the FBI opening, reading, and archiving every piece of mail sent through the USPS? Only the ease of execution and cost.
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Anyone know where I can get a warez version of Linux 6.0?
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Correct me if I'm wrong.
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