The problem I have is that most games these days seem to be targeted at kids and lack real depth. Games such as GTA may have R-ratings, but I doubt that many older gamers find such titles appealing.
No, it's not just you. I'm pretty sure it's a dupe. Later on somebody will make a post about Soviet Russia, then some East vs West war will break out, a few people will make some tenuous geek jokes and I vaguely remember there being one or two posts that actually discussed the subject matter (although they clearly hadn't RTFA)
>end users don't give a fuck about the codebase or the developers' names. They're just a couple mail clients from Microsoft, one with more functionality than the other.
Correct. However, that's not at all relevant to the issue being discussed.
The poster was trying to argue a point about Outlook, by usining Outlook Express as an example.
Fair enough. Not having a good day today, I din't intend for it to sound quite so offensive. I apologise.
>Anyway, they do have a little in common. If you uninstall OLE you'll kill Outlook. I've done it before, heh.
You've managed to uninstall it?!:p
>It's not that different
I guess it's all a matter of opinion. From what I remember of the last version I tried, the UI appeared to have changed quite a bit. The chrome was very different and they seemed to have taken up a lot more screen real estate by default with various different viewing areas.
> at least in the sense that somebody who was used to an earlier version of Outlook wouldn't have to spend very long to adjust.
I'd argue that virtually all GUI email clients are the same if you use that criteria for measuring differences. You have your mailboxes/folders on the left and your message on the right, it doesn't take much to adjust from one to the other.
Outlook has changed considerably more than Express has in the same time period, in my opinion.
>What I meant to type was "Outlook / Outlook Express".
Well, you're an idiot then. Outlook Express is a completely different program to Outlook. They don't share a common codebase, they're programmed by different developers. Other than the name, they have nothing at all in common.
>I've used Outlook (full) for the last 6 years. The UI *has not* changed significantly over that time. Fact.
How many times have you upgraded in that time? The UI has changed considerably from Outlook 2000 to Outlook XP.
Nothing. It's like Atari. It's like any name which can be traded long after the people responsible for the name have been sacked, resigned, died etc.
Not necessariliy. In some cases, a new company may want to identify with a disused brand because their own philosophies are similar to those represented by the brand. A company will find it easier to covey those philosophies if they adopt a brand that is already associated with them.
Although as you mention, it's not always the case.
Even if teenagers had credit cards, I think teenagers would still more likely opt to illegally download mp3s just because it's "illegal", therefore it's cool to do so.
When I last used OD2, I'm pretty sure you could pay for tunes with text messages, not credit cards.
I suspect the reason they don't buy the tunes is for the same reason that the rest of us don't, awful sound quality, awful DRM, and awful software interfaces.
So let's get this straight... An Ice Breaker was sent to the North Pole a few years ago and now we discover there's a break in the ice leading to the North Pole? Coincidence?
I wonder how long it'll be before capitalistic-minded individuals realise the substantial implications of this; they can make money selling boat cruises to the North Pole!
I believe, in a true and open democratic system, people should be able to open ballot boxes and change the votes freely without fear of prejudice or reprisal.
My Windows Laptop is full of "useful", "productive", "time-saving" "software" but the bloody thing takes forever to do anything and don't get me started on the "undocumented features"!
>I would use something like that, and of course after the sender has passed the CAPTCHA test, it would be added to a white list. I thik it is a great way to remove spam once and for all. Does anyone know of a web mail provided that does that?
You won't be removing spam, you'll be passing the load on to someone else.
If you implement this, you'll likely find your mail server blocked by some of the blacklists. These kinds of bounce messages are increasingly being regarded as spam themselves by the blacklists. For each CAPTCHA that you send out to a genuine sender, you'll be sending out quite a lot more to people who have had their email address included as a spammer's forged "from" address.
Also, consider this...
You send your CAPTCHA message out to someone who's mailed you. What if they have implemented the same solution as you. They won't get your CAPTCHA until you respond to theirs, which of course you won't get because you don't read email that hasn't been verified.
>Sharing files is almost a capitcal crime in the U.S.A.
But for those of us that don't live in the Land of the Free, this is a great idea!
It could help to legitimize bitTorrent. It makes it far easier for the average webmaster to utilise bitTorrent downloads. I'm sick of servers that just don't have the bandwidth to provide large files (eg Game Demos, Video files), but do so anyway. It's very rare that I get speeds faster than 200KB/sec from a web server. If those servers provided bitTorrent downloads, it'd be better for the users.
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The problem I have is that most games these days seem to be targeted at kids and lack real depth. Games such as GTA may have R-ratings, but I doubt that many older gamers find such titles appealing.
If copyright was outlawed, only outlaws would have copyright, right?
Is anyone else getting a feeling of Deja Vu?
No, it's not just you. I'm pretty sure it's a dupe. Later on somebody will make a post about Soviet Russia, then some East vs West war will break out, a few people will make some tenuous geek jokes and I vaguely remember there being one or two posts that actually discussed the subject matter (although they clearly hadn't RTFA)
We need to simplify these definitions for the greater good of humanity...
Here's my suggestion...
satellite = thing
planet = thing+
star = thing ++
comet/asteroid = thing-
spacedust = thing--
>end users don't give a fuck about the codebase or the developers' names. They're just a couple mail clients from Microsoft, one with more functionality than the other.
Correct. However, that's not at all relevant to the issue being discussed.
The poster was trying to argue a point about Outlook, by usining Outlook Express as an example.
>No need to name call. Yeesh.
:p
Fair enough. Not having a good day today, I din't intend for it to sound quite so offensive. I apologise.
>Anyway, they do have a little in common. If you uninstall OLE you'll kill Outlook. I've done it before, heh.
You've managed to uninstall it?!
>It's not that different
I guess it's all a matter of opinion. From what I remember of the last version I tried, the UI appeared to have changed quite a bit. The chrome was very different and they seemed to have taken up a lot more screen real estate by default with various different viewing areas.
> at least in the sense that somebody who was used to an earlier version of Outlook wouldn't have to spend very long to adjust.
I'd argue that virtually all GUI email clients are the same if you use that criteria for measuring differences. You have your mailboxes/folders on the left and your message on the right, it doesn't take much to adjust from one to the other.
Outlook has changed considerably more than Express has in the same time period, in my opinion.
>What I meant to type was "Outlook / Outlook Express".
Well, you're an idiot then. Outlook Express is a completely different program to Outlook. They don't share a common codebase, they're programmed by different developers. Other than the name, they have nothing at all in common.
>I've used Outlook (full) for the last 6 years. The UI *has not* changed significantly over that time. Fact.
How many times have you upgraded in that time? The UI has changed considerably from Outlook 2000 to Outlook XP.
Not necessariliy. In some cases, a new company may want to identify with a disused brand because their own philosophies are similar to those represented by the brand. A company will find it easier to covey those philosophies if they adopt a brand that is already associated with them.
Although as you mention, it's not always the case.
> An ice breaker fount its way to the North Pole in 2000. There was no ice on the spot at that time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/888235.stm
So let's get this straight... An Ice Breaker was sent to the North Pole a few years ago and now we discover there's a break in the ice leading to the North Pole? Coincidence?
I wonder how long it'll be before capitalistic-minded individuals realise the substantial implications of this; they can make money selling boat cruises to the North Pole!
I've haddock up to here with terrorists and their shellfish behaviour.
I believe, in a true and open democratic system, people should be able to open ballot boxes and change the votes freely without fear of prejudice or reprisal.
Surely Microsoft is constantly redefining words.
My Windows Laptop is full of "useful", "productive", "time-saving" "software" but the bloody thing takes forever to do anything and don't get me started on the "undocumented features"!
Surely if you live under an oppresive regeime and your life depends on it, it's worth the hassle?
Can business cards be classed as private? Surely the idea of giving them out is so they get spread far and wide?
>Is it just me, or does the default binding and replacement of standard apps with C# apps a concern?
Not at all. I think this is a good strategy for GNU. First they embrace c#, after that they should extend it and then extinguish it!
I hope it'll be for Drake. I must say the last update was a step backwards in my opinion, but hey, I'm getting used to running Lynx.
You won't be removing spam, you'll be passing the load on to someone else.
If you implement this, you'll likely find your mail server blocked by some of the blacklists. These kinds of bounce messages are increasingly being regarded as spam themselves by the blacklists. For each CAPTCHA that you send out to a genuine sender, you'll be sending out quite a lot more to people who have had their email address included as a spammer's forged "from" address.
Also, consider this...
You send your CAPTCHA message out to someone who's mailed you. What if they have implemented the same solution as you. They won't get your CAPTCHA until you respond to theirs, which of course you won't get because you don't read email that hasn't been verified.
Right click on offending image. Select 'Block images from [name of server]' - and that's it. Now, if Firefox just had this for Flash files. . .
The images are unlikely to be on a remote server, they're usually attached to the message.
As for Firefox, there's an extention called FlashBlock
OCR is a ridiculous solution. It can be easily combatted by spammers in the same way the CAPTCHA images defeat OCR techniques.
My solution:
For email addresses that are on spam databases, I block all emails that contain images at the MTA level.
Anyone who has good reason to be sending me images will know my non spam-infested address.
"new web browser designed to protect users privacy..."
Sounds Good
"...automatically deletes Internet caches, histories, cookies and auto-complete forms..."
Sounds Good
"...The 264kb application..."
Nice!
"is the brainchild of Ajaz Ahmen, [creator of] Freeserve."
D'oh!
>Sharing files is almost a capitcal crime in the U.S.A.
But for those of us that don't live in the Land of the Free, this is a great idea!
It could help to legitimize bitTorrent. It makes it far easier for the average webmaster to utilise bitTorrent downloads. I'm sick of servers that just don't have the bandwidth to provide large files (eg Game Demos, Video files), but do so anyway. It's very rare that I get speeds faster than 200KB/sec from a web server. If those servers provided bitTorrent downloads, it'd be better for the users.
Eeeeh, When I were a lad, we had wires coming in to our houses, and down those wires they pumped cheap TV. Nothing but rubbish it were.
That were in the days before bitTorrent and MythTV mind, things were very different back then.