I'd been wondering about this recently. Now that they have gmail, a messaging service is one of the few things that they lack that AOL/MSN/Yahoo posess. And its something that people (lots of normal, nongeeky people) actually use.
Something based on jabber would be interesting. I can't figure out how they'd make money off it, but google seems to be good at that.:)
After having problems using trillian and gaim over an http proxy, I eventually realised that jabber was the best solution for me. I haven't had any problems getting Psi (a jabber client) to work for me; and once I'm connected to a jabber server the gateways handle connections to MSN, AOL, Yahoo and so on.
are you really going to go elsewhere when finding an elsewhere could take some time.
Yes.
When I see these "floaters" and really have to stick around, I normally use the Nuke Anything extension to get rid of them... since I won't revisit the site, it's a waste of time blacklisting them.
Has anyone checked to see if this exploit is possible in the recent 1.0.1 builds? Presumably they contain security fixes... perhaps for this issue among whatever others exist.
Come on, it's all a matter of when/where/how you grew up.:) I've read a pretty large number of Hugo and Nebula award winners; Before I got to high school I'd devoured the "science fiction canon" from Asimov to Le Guin to Zelazny. And I called it sci-fi, because that's how it was shelved in the local library.
To you, maybe there is a difference, a cultural context that makes distinguishing the two abbreviations important. But to me, there is absolutely none, and you shouldn't assume that this reflects my taste in literature.:)
This would be like me forking GCC then when 100 developers get a cool release out of my fork I take credit for it.
No, it would be like you forking GCC then, when 100 developers get a cool release out of your fork, the media writes simplistic articles giving you credit for it.:P
Blake Ross readily admits that he gets too much credit from the media. Read his comments on this blog post if you want to see his take.
Note that each release of Firefox, Mozilla, Thunderbird or whatever is built off a particular branch of the main codebase. So Firefox 1.0 and the most recent Mozilla version don't share all the same features/bugs. But by firefox 1.1, the underlying Gecko engine will be the same as that to be used for Moz 1.8.
One of the more visually obvious bugs this will fix in Firefox is the infamous "slashdot bug" where the left column isn't laid out correctly. This was fixed quite a while ago in the trunk, but didn't make it into the branch Firefox 1.0 is built from.
>>Half-Life 2 is not a learning experience. How Stuff Works can be.
I don't know. I transitioned from C to C++ by messing around with the HL1 source code.
Yeah, I used to work at the Fine Arts Computer lab at University of Kentucky, and they had a slide scanner which anyone could come in and use... (even if you weren't a student.) This was several years ago, they might be much more draconian now. (Printing was free then too, which was amazing. I really don't think they do that anymore.)
Presumably it's only a matter of time until we just have our operating systems and data all on a portable drive of some sort. (Yeah, you can do that now, but it's not the norm.)
Schools and libraries could just provide a basic machine w/o a hard drive or operating system... granted the school I went to in 7th grade did this, but USB drives are a lot handier than floppies.:)
You seem to be confusing the director with the writer(s) here... I've never seen the movie, but it is based on a novel, so the plot can't really be the director's fault.
People far too often talk of the director as if they wrote the frikkin movie...
Slashdot Mirror
Or try the HTML version. (Much nicer formatting.)
the more you focus on studying something, generally the less experience and up-to-date knowledge you have on it.
Ah, I see, the only people you can trust on a subject are those who have barely studied it at all...
It's like a theory of homeopathic expertise, or something
Google Chat
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Google IM
I'd been wondering about this recently. Now that they have gmail, a messaging service is one of the few things that they lack that AOL/MSN/Yahoo posess. And its something that people (lots of normal, nongeeky people) actually use.
Something based on jabber would be interesting. I can't figure out how they'd make money off it, but google seems to be good at that.
Flashblock is a good extension to get rid of this problem; as long as you don't mind clicking on those flash driven plugins you actually want.
After having problems using trillian and gaim over an http proxy, I eventually realised that jabber was the best solution for me. I haven't had any problems getting Psi (a jabber client) to work for me; and once I'm connected to a jabber server the gateways handle connections to MSN, AOL, Yahoo and so on.
are you really going to go elsewhere when finding an elsewhere could take some time.
Yes.
When I see these "floaters" and really have to stick around, I normally use the Nuke Anything extension to get rid of them... since I won't revisit the site, it's a waste of time blacklisting them.
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She probably wouldn't like that one any better.
It's always possible Google's just trying to do something nice
If only there was an incentive for being charitable... oh.
No, you only thought that was the case. Weren't you paying attention to his defenitions? :P
Has anyone checked to see if this exploit is possible in the recent 1.0.1 builds? Presumably they contain security fixes... perhaps for this issue among whatever others exist.
I've found that most cars come with windows already. Sometimes you have to reinstall them after the car crashes, though. :(
Come on, it's all a matter of when/where/how you grew up. :) I've read a pretty large number of Hugo and Nebula award winners; Before I got to high school I'd devoured the "science fiction canon" from Asimov to Le Guin to Zelazny. And I called it sci-fi, because that's how it was shelved in the local library.
:)
To you, maybe there is a difference, a cultural context that makes distinguishing the two abbreviations important. But to me, there is absolutely none, and you shouldn't assume that this reflects my taste in literature.
Well, theres this: OOofF. There seems to be a slight markup in the price of both products though. :)
Unlike private corporations governments have incredible methods of ignoring laws and worse writing new ones that control access and content.
And yet libraries seem to be doing ok. In fact, librarians are a voice against exactly what you suggest the goverment wants.
For what it's worth, using the arrow keys is apparantly a limitation of flash. It's supposed to use the left/right mouse buttons for zoom.
I wasn't really impressed with it, though...
This would be like me forking GCC then when 100 developers get a cool release out of my fork I take credit for it.
:P
No, it would be like you forking GCC then, when 100 developers get a cool release out of your fork, the media writes simplistic articles giving you credit for it.
Blake Ross readily admits that he gets too much credit from the media. Read his comments on this blog post if you want to see his take.
Gaiman's already experienced that, and then written a short story about it... "The goldfish pool and other stories" from Smoke and Mirrors
Since obviously no one gets it, in england (and probably other places) a mac is a type of waterproof raincoat.
Note that each release of Firefox, Mozilla, Thunderbird or whatever is built off a particular branch of the main codebase. So Firefox 1.0 and the most recent Mozilla version don't share all the same features/bugs. But by firefox 1.1, the underlying Gecko engine will be the same as that to be used for Moz 1.8.
One of the more visually obvious bugs this will fix in Firefox is the infamous "slashdot bug" where the left column isn't laid out correctly. This was fixed quite a while ago in the trunk, but didn't make it into the branch Firefox 1.0 is built from.
The half-billion dollars is the price tag on a complete rehaul of the FBI's computer system... this program is only a part of that overhaul
Gecko's recent support for per-site stylesheets could go quite a long way in improving the readability for specific sites.
>>Half-Life 2 is not a learning experience. How Stuff Works can be. I don't know. I transitioned from C to C++ by messing around with the HL1 source code.
Yeah, I used to work at the Fine Arts Computer lab at University of Kentucky, and they had a slide scanner which anyone could come in and use... (even if you weren't a student.) This was several years ago, they might be much more draconian now.
(Printing was free then too, which was amazing. I really don't think they do that anymore.)
Presumably it's only a matter of time until we just have our operating systems and data all on a portable drive of some sort. (Yeah, you can do that now, but it's not the norm.)
:)
Schools and libraries could just provide a basic machine w/o a hard drive or operating system... granted the school I went to in 7th grade did this, but USB drives are a lot handier than floppies.
You seem to be confusing the director with the writer(s) here... I've never seen the movie, but it is based on a novel, so the plot can't really be the director's fault.
People far too often talk of the director as if they wrote the frikkin movie...