But people also don't want to see the ad at all if they're not interested! That's the problem I have (had) with pop-ups is that I'm not interested in a wireless camera and therefore I don't want to see the ad.
This is why Google's AdWords are actually helpful because I'm looking for something that's probably related to the ad when they show up.
It's not so much of an issue of me being a novice as the fact that I'm driving right now as I post this message. Oops, gotta remember to keep at least one finger on the steering wheel at all times.
Uh oh... so you're saying I shouldn't that after a baby clown that I bought wore out its welcome I shouldn't have flushed it down the toliet? Oh well, let's see if he likes Drain-O...
Reminds me of the good ol' days of horrible games: Extreme Rodeo, Yoot Tower ("Yoot Tower explode onto PC with maximum fun goodness for extreme simulation gamer"), SimPimp, SimSim, and I could go on...
But if there is some sort of problem with broadband-over-powerline systems deployed in third-world countries and people started dying (even if indirectly, like interference prevented radio-requested aid from ariving), the conspiracy theorists would never be silenced. So I would say for the sake of any country's image that they make sure there are not harmful side effects of broadband-over-powerlines
I think I read a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip about "verbing" words (such as strange the adjective to strange the verb). The conclusion was (paraphrasing) that verbing stranges language.
While I would agree that these projects deserve these awards, I think the top-level poster was trying to make a point that the projects aren't very user-oriented and are therefore boring to the average non-developer user.
I mean, the user doesn't see Pango's markup, libdvdcss calls, or the development of Mozilla actually occurring, so as far as the user can see, these are obscure projects.
Either way, I think these awards are for the Open Source communities which include mostly developers (and developers love these projects). Otherwise They'd be something like the Open Source User's Choice Awards or something.
Of course, if the US tries to do anything to overthrow the Saudi government, half the Internet will whine about what a horrible and useless war it is and later make references to how the President who OKed the war was just after the oil. See the campaign against the Iraqi government for more information.
Large Perl applications can be very maintainable so long as you have decent coding standards and actually use the features that are available in the language.
But with a slogan like "There's more than one way to do it," it's like the people behind PERL are just asking for developers to write unreadable code. So you don't interpret this as a troll, I've talked to PERL developers and the slogan is very truthful. One of them made the comment that he could barely read anyone else's code because it was so much different.
Well, to get the money, you could whore yourself out to 14 chicks for $100. Or 2 fat chicks for $1000. What? Fat chicks need love too--but they've gotta pay!
Blame Family Guy for that quote (by Quagmire). "Does this look like a 'Q' to you?"
Do game publishers remind anyone else of the RIAA? They keep releasing rehashes of popular concepts, they go after pirates (well, they pay others to do so), nobody likes them, they impose a rating system that apparently no one pays attention to, their mothers smell of elderberries, etc.
You do realize that they just witheld this episode so that the demand for new material would go up. Once it got to an acceptable level, they release a single episode with more media coverage than a series finale. Kind of like Star Wars Episode 1, only it might not suck.
Well, I guess that would be a valid reason. But the next time you're coding, I'd suggest you take a look at XUL. It's a very attractive toolkit. Just a thin layer on top of native widgets. The resulting dialogs are often sleek and sexy. You know you want it.
I can't believe that development is still chugging along with Mozilla despite the fairly recent dismemberment of Netscape's Mozilla team.
I just hope that can get XUL to become a cross-platform standard for web applications. Some people don't mind using web interfaces, but I would prefer an application that looks like a real application (native widgets and all) wherever possible.
Are you a web coder? What are you waiting for? Start using XUL!
Also interesting is how net users watch less television than their offline counterparts.
I don't know about everyone else, but thanks to my handy TV tuner, I have a tendency to watch TV (or pre-recorded shows) while chatting and surfing the net. I'm three time as efficient at wasting time than most!
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But people also don't want to see the ad at all if they're not interested! That's the problem I have (had) with pop-ups is that I'm not interested in a wireless camera and therefore I don't want to see the ad.
This is why Google's AdWords are actually helpful because I'm looking for something that's probably related to the ad when they show up.
It's not so much of an issue of me being a novice as the fact that I'm driving right now as I post this message. Oops, gotta remember to keep at least one finger on the steering wheel at all times.
Uh oh... so you're saying I shouldn't that after a baby clown that I bought wore out its welcome I shouldn't have flushed it down the toliet? Oh well, let's see if he likes Drain-O...
You too are a tomato
Reminds me of the good ol' days of horrible games: Extreme Rodeo, Yoot Tower ("Yoot Tower explode onto PC with maximum fun goodness for extreme simulation gamer"), SimPimp, SimSim, and I could go on...
But if there is some sort of problem with broadband-over-powerline systems deployed in third-world countries and people started dying (even if indirectly, like interference prevented radio-requested aid from ariving), the conspiracy theorists would never be silenced. So I would say for the sake of any country's image that they make sure there are not harmful side effects of broadband-over-powerlines
I think I read a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip about "verbing" words (such as strange the adjective to strange the verb). The conclusion was (paraphrasing) that verbing stranges language.
While I would agree that these projects deserve these awards, I think the top-level poster was trying to make a point that the projects aren't very user-oriented and are therefore boring to the average non-developer user.
I mean, the user doesn't see Pango's markup, libdvdcss calls, or the development of Mozilla actually occurring, so as far as the user can see, these are obscure projects.
Either way, I think these awards are for the Open Source communities which include mostly developers (and developers love these projects). Otherwise They'd be something like the Open Source User's Choice Awards or something.
Better make that "RMS Presents the GNUbel Prizes for Free Software, Written in Emacs."
Of course, if the US tries to do anything to overthrow the Saudi government, half the Internet will whine about what a horrible and useless war it is and later make references to how the President who OKed the war was just after the oil. See the campaign against the Iraqi government for more information.
Man, I wish I hadn't used up all my mod points already... that was hilarious.
But with a slogan like "There's more than one way to do it," it's like the people behind PERL are just asking for developers to write unreadable code. So you don't interpret this as a troll, I've talked to PERL developers and the slogan is very truthful. One of them made the comment that he could barely read anyone else's code because it was so much different.
Well, to get the money, you could whore yourself out to 14 chicks for $100. Or 2 fat chicks for $1000. What? Fat chicks need love too--but they've gotta pay!
Blame Family Guy for that quote (by Quagmire). "Does this look like a 'Q' to you?"
Do game publishers remind anyone else of the RIAA? They keep releasing rehashes of popular concepts, they go after pirates (well, they pay others to do so), nobody likes them, they impose a rating system that apparently no one pays attention to, their mothers smell of elderberries, etc.
Zombie nerds, eh?
Best. Joke. Ever.
You do realize that they just witheld this episode so that the demand for new material would go up. Once it got to an acceptable level, they release a single episode with more media coverage than a series finale. Kind of like Star Wars Episode 1, only it might not suck.
Well, I guess that would be a valid reason. But the next time you're coding, I'd suggest you take a look at XUL. It's a very attractive toolkit. Just a thin layer on top of native widgets. The resulting dialogs are often sleek and sexy. You know you want it.
The name "Firebird" was probably suggested during a flame war.
And yes, I know this is not true =)
Or the Turkish ones that I see on all those European travlling shows on TV.
I was really taking a jab at RMS more than anything else =)
I can't believe that development is still chugging along with Mozilla despite the fairly recent dismemberment of Netscape's Mozilla team.
I just hope that can get XUL to become a cross-platform standard for web applications. Some people don't mind using web interfaces, but I would prefer an application that looks like a real application (native widgets and all) wherever possible.
Are you a web coder? What are you waiting for? Start using XUL!
I'd be more interested if trolling counts as social. Seems pretty anti-social to me, but how could such a study account for this?
Oh, and, uh, ignore my sig.
I don't know about everyone else, but thanks to my handy TV tuner, I have a tendency to watch TV (or pre-recorded shows) while chatting and surfing the net. I'm three time as efficient at wasting time than most!
I don't think you have to worry about that...
Social != Taking showers