I havent read past the a.b.c bit, but this needed to be said. Sorry if it offends anyone. but
He does it for (a) ego, (b) feeling of accomplishment and (c) warm fuzzy feeling (d)??? (e) PROFIT!!!
I'm not wanting to sound ignorant. But whats your actually download speed? I bet its not 768Kbits. Thats most likely why its slow to load. Either find a way to get verizon to make the connection 768Kbits or change to a better provider. But my connection 2.5Mbit (9Mbit advertised www.cablesurf.com) download worked perfectly on it. The 20min video was downloaded in about 1min for me.
mod parent up. My house has 4 people (at the moment, norm 6ppl) and 4 tvs, 2dvd, 3 radios, 2pcs, 1 laptop. I'm by no means rich, most of this stuff has been gathered over the years. So what is there to stop people buying multiple pcs? What I think it might be is that companies want to sell them individually to make more profit.
I have one of them 5pound coins. they're for the millenium, and have the queen on them. Anyways I'm irish and got it as a millenium present from my uk godmother. There's only a limited number of them so they'll be worth more than a fiver in years to come.
When we (the EU), were converting to the Euro, my dad (who is blind) recieved a moulded guide that would slide to the size of the note, and he could read in braille what the note was. And a plastic "scale" mould for the coins as well as cardboard cut-outs. He was also given a electronic converter to convert between irl Punt and Euro. It would tell him the conversion (1Punt - 1.27Euro (not sure what the corect conversion is)).
ATM's and other money handling machines would have trouble using them. Same way that when trying to insert notes into pay machines (eg for parking charges,..) you must make sure the note isn't wrinkled with sellotape holding it together.
People limit their communication and opportunities by the language they use
No they don't. I would find it the opposite. That other people (that don't know certain slang) are limited by not understanding others (that speak the slang). This is just my point of view. I for one like learning new slang. Your just stating that people are either unwilling or incapable of learning.
I remember not knowing how to get win3.11 to boot back in 95 (just before win95). My family spent an hour on xmas morning figuring it out. All we had to do was type "win [ret]".
I realise your comparing Opera to Firefox, but I just wanted to compare it to IE, based on your points.
Larger Footprint: Opera is currently using 34,080Kb with 4tabs and mail open. IE is using 15,484Kb just displaying www.google.ie (multiply that by 4 and open Outlook and I'm sure that number way outdoes Opera. 61,936Kb + Outlook) I geuss Opera wins that one.
Less CSS support: How about it has Proper CSS support, and not modified/lessened/proprietry CSS support? I'd go with Opera on that one.
not Free: I find nothing annoying about google adds. Opera on my setup has more screenspace than IE does (and I have the addbar.) IE just has massive Icons which I never use. Oh yeah Opera has tabs unlike IE.
Buggier: Not sure how it compares to Firefox on this one as I don't use Firefox (only at Uni), but compared to IE it's as stable as the noble gasses.
Less Support: ????? What ????? Last time I tryed looking for Firefox help I came accross so many different places telling me different things I gave up. Last time I had problems with Opera I went into their website and found it imediatly from people who knew the browser off by heart. As for IE support,,, you dont need it, just restart and it works again.
Dictatorship: I hate downloading Apps just so I can go downloading/installing/setting up/learning. I prefer to have it ready to go straight away. You might say don't I still need to learn how to use it? well yes, but not at once, Opera notifies you on how to use something once it detects your accessing that part of it.
this is just a vage comparison mainly between Opera and IE on my system (2.6Ghz Cel (laptop), 512meg, intel graphs, 15"scrn, Xp home.) If anyone wants to make a comparison between Firefox and Opera based on these points, giving references to their system backing those points up, please do. I'd be most interested to see them.
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It's not exactly hard to get the camera to stop long enough to take a few pictures? just use a good camera with a fast shutter.
yeah, and then theres those dyslexic people....
I havent read past the a.b.c bit, but this needed to be said. Sorry if it offends anyone. but
He does it for (a) ego, (b) feeling of accomplishment and (c) warm fuzzy feeling (d)??? (e) PROFIT!!!
I'm not wanting to sound ignorant. But whats your actually download speed? I bet its not 768Kbits. Thats most likely why its slow to load. Either find a way to get verizon to make the connection 768Kbits or change to a better provider. But my connection 2.5Mbit (9Mbit advertised www.cablesurf.com) download worked perfectly on it. The 20min video was downloaded in about 1min for me.
broadband link is grand for me.
sorry for the double post. but the reason i listed that stuff was to say that there are no fights over who wants to do what.
mod parent up. My house has 4 people (at the moment, norm 6ppl) and 4 tvs, 2dvd, 3 radios, 2pcs, 1 laptop. I'm by no means rich, most of this stuff has been gathered over the years. So what is there to stop people buying multiple pcs? What I think it might be is that companies want to sell them individually to make more profit.
Or maybe you could get realPlayer and a proper broadband connection.
You spelled "spelling" incorectly. You have, "speling", instead.
I have one of them 5pound coins. they're for the millenium, and have the queen on them. Anyways I'm irish and got it as a millenium present from my uk godmother. There's only a limited number of them so they'll be worth more than a fiver in years to come.
Dam hell i love opera. How the heck is anyone supposed to read that article with that background?
When we (the EU), were converting to the Euro, my dad (who is blind) recieved a moulded guide that would slide to the size of the note, and he could read in braille what the note was. And a plastic "scale" mould for the coins as well as cardboard cut-outs. He was also given a electronic converter to convert between irl Punt and Euro. It would tell him the conversion (1Punt - 1.27Euro (not sure what the corect conversion is)).
ATM's and other money handling machines would have trouble using them. Same way that when trying to insert notes into pay machines (eg for parking charges,..) you must make sure the note isn't wrinkled with sellotape holding it together.
I wouldn't like to shop here then... http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1867.html (note lower rating)
I'm sure their still trying to get enough disk space to cope with gmail. Then they might focus on buying disks for storing the video.
Dublin City University are working on fischlar. It's similar. http://www.cdvp.dcu.ie/
People limit their communication and opportunities by the language they use
No they don't. I would find it the opposite. That other people (that don't know certain slang) are limited by not understanding others (that speak the slang). This is just my point of view. I for one like learning new slang. Your just stating that people are either unwilling or incapable of learning.
I remember not knowing how to get win3.11 to boot back in 95 (just before win95). My family spent an hour on xmas morning figuring it out. All we had to do was type "win [ret]".
No, M$ made up the term PC.
I get 9Mbps from my isp www.cablesurf.com for 40 a month.
why is this flamebait?
1/3 sleep, 2/3 life, you listen to all you've recorded. Crap I've only lived 1/3 of my life!!
How did they manage to spell spears correctly all the time?
I realise your comparing Opera to Firefox, but I just wanted to compare it to IE, based on your points.
Larger Footprint: Opera is currently using 34,080Kb with 4tabs and mail open. IE is using 15,484Kb just displaying www.google.ie (multiply that by 4 and open Outlook and I'm sure that number way outdoes Opera. 61,936Kb + Outlook) I geuss Opera wins that one.
Less CSS support: How about it has Proper CSS support, and not modified/lessened/proprietry CSS support? I'd go with Opera on that one.
not Free: I find nothing annoying about google adds. Opera on my setup has more screenspace than IE does (and I have the addbar.) IE just has massive Icons which I never use. Oh yeah Opera has tabs unlike IE.
Buggier: Not sure how it compares to Firefox on this one as I don't use Firefox (only at Uni), but compared to IE it's as stable as the noble gasses.
Less Support: ????? What ????? Last time I tryed looking for Firefox help I came accross so many different places telling me different things I gave up. Last time I had problems with Opera I went into their website and found it imediatly from people who knew the browser off by heart. As for IE support,,, you dont need it, just restart and it works again.
Dictatorship: I hate downloading Apps just so I can go downloading/installing/setting up/learning. I prefer to have it ready to go straight away. You might say don't I still need to learn how to use it? well yes, but not at once, Opera notifies you on how to use something once it detects your accessing that part of it.
this is just a vage comparison mainly between Opera and IE on my system (2.6Ghz Cel (laptop), 512meg, intel graphs, 15"scrn, Xp home.)
If anyone wants to make a comparison between Firefox and Opera based on these points, giving references to their system backing those points up, please do. I'd be most interested to see them.
I new there was a plus side to turning off speakers unless you want to listen to music.