I'm surprised to read that so many people are having problems. Then again,/. has thousands of readers, and a "FireFox Problem" story is going to get some responses, so...
Anyways, I haven't run into a single problem with it yet, and this is on three machines; One at work, two at home. I find it to be faster and more usable than 1.5. All the plugins that I use work fine, too (then again, I only use three). Maybe I'm just one of the lucky ones.
funwithBSD:
I saw your tagline, "Give a man a password, he'll log in for a day. Teach him to code, and he will hack his way in..." That's pretty clever. Did you come up with that yourself? If not, can you tell me who did? I like to keep a short list of programming quotes and, if at all possible, attribute the quote to the right person. (o:
Thanks!
I'd have to agree. It also shows how little they have to offer in terms of ideas. If they had something good to offer then maybe they would be busy promoting their good ideas instead of attempting to flood a search engine with negative crap.
There just might be a connection between a suspected decline in male fertility and increased cell phone use, but experts say much more research is needed to confirm an association.
So, there might be a connection? A suspected decline? They don't even know if the decline is real? This is an article about nothing.
One, make sure you have a strong foundation in OO programming. Yes, I know; PHP isn't strictly OO, but the structure and discipline it takes to write code in an OO language will help you out immensely since you can apply a lot of the same principles.
PHP isn't a great first language. It is extremely loose and it is easy to form bad habits early. But, if you are disciplined, you can rapidly produce good, reusable code.
Second, learn some database theory - especially normalization. A great book that I still refer to is "Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management" by Thomas Connolly and Carolyn Begg.
So, ultimately, the best advice to a person just starting with PHP/MySQL is to get a good foundation in the fundamentals of programming and database systems.
Once you have that, it doesn't matter what language or DBMS you use.
Splash pages in general turn me off. When I go to a website I don't want to have an extra page with a link to click in order to get to the content. Don't make me waste my time and bandwidth on junk like:
But it is not possible to say if the 300-millionth American was a new-born or crossed one of the US borders.
Just crossing the border doesn't make you an American. It makes you an alien, and if you cross the way a lot of people do, an illegal one. Let's not let ourselves be fooled here.
I, too, have had similar problems with a few of my posts. I tend to agree with the Liberatarian philosophy more than anything else - which means I get attacked by both Conservatives (who see me as liberal) and Liberals (who see me as conservative), depending on the issue. It is very frustrating to have a post that is +3 insightful, informative one moment, then the next is flooded with flamebait and overrated mod points until it disappears completely.
It's too bad, really. *I* make an effort to read opposing viewpoints, and if they make some good observations then they get my mod points. It doesn't mean that I have to agree with them. I guess I'm a rare case.
Getting back more on topic with the OP, I suppose that if you want to have a moderation system you have to trust the moderators. Hey, that's not such a bad idea, actually... A trust-based moderation system. People can moderate posts as they see fit. However, people whose moderation you trust have a greater impact for you than everyone else.
I suppose that SlashDot has this to a degree, in that trusted moderators are choosen on a community scale; ie, moderators that is meta-moderated as appropriate are more likely to get moderation points, and as such, they have a greater capability to affect future moderation.
The more I think about the moderation system here the more I realize that it is pretty good. Open to abuse, sure - like my experience above - but pretty good. I'm guessing that the people who Troll-modded my posts will get their meta-moderated karma backlash in good time.
Aw, come on. This is News for Nerds. Being able to recite 100,000 digits of Pi is pretty nerdy-sounding to me. I, personally, think it's pretty darn cool. No, it isn't about lasers, it isn't about fusion, it isn't about some new computer chip, but still something that I (and a lot of other people, considering the amount of comments here) find interesting and fun. Lighten up a bit!
hope one day someone will make an online game that doesn't rack scores, or give a fuck about them.
I remember some of the earlier betas of CounterStrike that allowed server admins to turn off points on the scoreboard, and for a period of time I think that the scores were off be default. During this time I found that there was more teamwork and fewer lamers on the servers. It was a nice change. Too bad it didn't last.
Heh. Sucks to be you. You should try looking for a job you enjoy.
I used to enjoy working as a programmer. That lasted about six months before I realized that I spend almost all my time fixing someone else's crappy mistakes, dealing with red tape, wasting away in meetings, and in general hating what I do.
I wake up every morning wondering if I can make it through the day.
I know that if I WANT to do something, then I can do it, and very well. I am a capable person. The problem I Have at this point is that I don't want to do anything. I just don't care anymore. People ask me, "Well, if money wasn't an issue, what would you do all day?" I would sit on my ass, eat doritos, play video games and watch stupid movies on TV. Seriously. I'm fed up with everything.
Anyone have recommendations? Help, please? Someone? Just a nudge in the right direction.
The poster says that GameTap's business model is bad. Well, what can I say. It seems to be working well for them, so it can't be all THAT bad. He also has this fatalist view that GameTap is going to take over the world somehow and force the brick and mortar shops to disappear.
Let's say that is does. Is this a bad thing? I feel that buying a game directly from the game company, say through Steam or one of those download services, is GREAT. The company that makes the game gets more money for what they worked for, instead of the publisher taking a big ass cut. Sounds good to me.
He also seems to feel, somehow, that game companies are all going to be releasing their new games under a GameTap subscription service, only getting a marginal amount of money from the monthly subscription fee. That's a bit insane. What company would release, say, Doom 3 under a subscription service like GameTap when they can make a buttload more money selling it as a single product?
When demand falls and they're not making much THEN they might move their product to a subscription service.
No, I'm just so disillusioned by society that I don't think anything is done honestly anymore.
I would have to agree with this. A lot of 'scientific' reports are funded by political organizations that want to push an agenda. I find it hypocritical that SlashDot will rip apart and condemn a MS SQL benchmark article (for example) that has some MS funding but completely believe a scientific report on a political issue like global climate change - and yes, these days, it is a political issue. It is sad when science is influenced by politics. I feel like I have to disbelieve almost anything (from all sides) regarding this particular issue because I always feel like someone is pushing their agenda.
I never knew that Bush not signing the Kyoto Treaty would have such an effect that it would raise temperatures in the past as well!
Oh, wait, you mean that's not what happened? Okay. So that means the temperatures were that high before manufacturing and automobiles? Gee, imagine that.
Seriously, though. This is the kind of information that I try to show to the 'OMG WORLD IS GOING TO END IN TEN YEARS' crowd, but they never seem to want to look at it objectively. The earth has had some really hot periods - it hs also had some really cold periods - all BEFORE mankind started to add their marginal extra amount of pollutants into the air.
I'm not saying that pollution is okay, but I do think that it has less to do with long term global climate shifts than others would have you believe.
Buy, drop, buy, drop, buy, drop. Before you know it, the AWP is completely impossible to afford, no matter what server you're on.
I'm sure that they would be able to filter out server that are acting strangely, having buying activity outside of a 'normal' threshold. Take the buying activity from all the servers, create a profile of buying behavior based on all servers, then toss out anything that is in an extreme before doing the rest of the calculations. Statisticians do this all the time.
Stewart, and colleague Stephen Colbert are seen as smart, funny, credible and relentlessly sticking it to the man.
These guys are comedians and entertainers. That isn't to say that they don't cover the news, but their real job is to entertain - not necessarily inform. They do twist words, take things out of context, and leave out large parts of stories. I do watch them, I think that both are hillarious, but credible? Sorry. If I want the real news with in depth information I'll go somewhere else.
You are completely correct. As far as I'm concerned, Microsoft is allowed to add any feature they choose to add. It is THEIR operating system. If they want built in virus protection for example, then so be it. Why shouldn't they be allowed to add it in? Because it might hurt the sales of another company? Sorry, but that's called competition. The world is like that. It is irresponsible to use the legal system to keep your business afloat if it is no longer relevant.
Business is a game where the playing field, not just the players, change over time. You can't use the same strategy forever and expect to win. Learn to adapt or you lose.
Erlich is a Republican -- the party often maligned for exploiting flaws in electronic systems
It's easier to make accusations of cheating when you lose instead of accepting responsibility. This is one of the reasons I hate politicians so much. "Oh, we lost... So the other guys MUST be cheating!" Go home to your mommies.
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I'm surprised to read that so many people are having problems. Then again, /. has thousands of readers, and a "FireFox Problem" story is going to get some responses, so...
Anyways, I haven't run into a single problem with it yet, and this is on three machines; One at work, two at home. I find it to be faster and more usable than 1.5. All the plugins that I use work fine, too (then again, I only use three). Maybe I'm just one of the lucky ones.
funwithBSD: I saw your tagline, "Give a man a password, he'll log in for a day. Teach him to code, and he will hack his way in..." That's pretty clever. Did you come up with that yourself? If not, can you tell me who did? I like to keep a short list of programming quotes and, if at all possible, attribute the quote to the right person. (o: Thanks!
I think it is because of the Wii and the PS3 coming out soon, so there is a lot more interest now than usual.
I'd have to agree. It also shows how little they have to offer in terms of ideas. If they had something good to offer then maybe they would be busy promoting their good ideas instead of attempting to flood a search engine with negative crap.
So, there might be a connection? A suspected decline? They don't even know if the decline is real? This is an article about nothing.
The link above is to the English-GB version. For your convenience: US English installer, Win32.
This reminds me, in a sick twisted way, of the Illuminati card game by Steve Jackson Games.
The MPAA attacks to control the Boy Spouts of America and succeeds...
Two things.
One, make sure you have a strong foundation in OO programming. Yes, I know; PHP isn't strictly OO, but the structure and discipline it takes to write code in an OO language will help you out immensely since you can apply a lot of the same principles.
PHP isn't a great first language. It is extremely loose and it is easy to form bad habits early. But, if you are disciplined, you can rapidly produce good, reusable code.
Second, learn some database theory - especially normalization. A great book that I still refer to is "Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management" by Thomas Connolly and Carolyn Begg.
So, ultimately, the best advice to a person just starting with PHP/MySQL is to get a good foundation in the fundamentals of programming and database systems.
Once you have that, it doesn't matter what language or DBMS you use.
Splash pages in general turn me off. When I go to a website I don't want to have an extra page with a link to click in order to get to the content. Don't make me waste my time and bandwidth on junk like:
"Welcome to My Web Site! Click to Continue!"
I, too, have had similar problems with a few of my posts. I tend to agree with the Liberatarian philosophy more than anything else - which means I get attacked by both Conservatives (who see me as liberal) and Liberals (who see me as conservative), depending on the issue. It is very frustrating to have a post that is +3 insightful, informative one moment, then the next is flooded with flamebait and overrated mod points until it disappears completely.
It's too bad, really. *I* make an effort to read opposing viewpoints, and if they make some good observations then they get my mod points. It doesn't mean that I have to agree with them. I guess I'm a rare case.
Getting back more on topic with the OP, I suppose that if you want to have a moderation system you have to trust the moderators. Hey, that's not such a bad idea, actually... A trust-based moderation system. People can moderate posts as they see fit. However, people whose moderation you trust have a greater impact for you than everyone else.
I suppose that SlashDot has this to a degree, in that trusted moderators are choosen on a community scale; ie, moderators that is meta-moderated as appropriate are more likely to get moderation points, and as such, they have a greater capability to affect future moderation.
The more I think about the moderation system here the more I realize that it is pretty good. Open to abuse, sure - like my experience above - but pretty good. I'm guessing that the people who Troll-modded my posts will get their meta-moderated karma backlash in good time.
And soon it will be like a CounterStrike server:
Socaillisign FTW!!!111!11!oneone!1!!!!eleven!1111
Aw, come on. This is News for Nerds. Being able to recite 100,000 digits of Pi is pretty nerdy-sounding to me. I, personally, think it's pretty darn cool. No, it isn't about lasers, it isn't about fusion, it isn't about some new computer chip, but still something that I (and a lot of other people, considering the amount of comments here) find interesting and fun. Lighten up a bit!
I wake up every morning wondering if I can make it through the day.
I know that if I WANT to do something, then I can do it, and very well. I am a capable person. The problem I Have at this point is that I don't want to do anything. I just don't care anymore. People ask me, "Well, if money wasn't an issue, what would you do all day?" I would sit on my ass, eat doritos, play video games and watch stupid movies on TV. Seriously. I'm fed up with everything.
Anyone have recommendations? Help, please? Someone? Just a nudge in the right direction.
I may have indeed missed the point. Thanks for setting me straight.
The poster says that GameTap's business model is bad. Well, what can I say. It seems to be working well for them, so it can't be all THAT bad. He also has this fatalist view that GameTap is going to take over the world somehow and force the brick and mortar shops to disappear.
Let's say that is does. Is this a bad thing? I feel that buying a game directly from the game company, say through Steam or one of those download services, is GREAT. The company that makes the game gets more money for what they worked for, instead of the publisher taking a big ass cut. Sounds good to me.
He also seems to feel, somehow, that game companies are all going to be releasing their new games under a GameTap subscription service, only getting a marginal amount of money from the monthly subscription fee. That's a bit insane. What company would release, say, Doom 3 under a subscription service like GameTap when they can make a buttload more money selling it as a single product?
When demand falls and they're not making much THEN they might move their product to a subscription service.
This whole article, AFAIC, is a bunch of FUD.
I never knew that Bush not signing the Kyoto Treaty would have such an effect that it would raise temperatures in the past as well!
Oh, wait, you mean that's not what happened? Okay. So that means the temperatures were that high before manufacturing and automobiles? Gee, imagine that.
Seriously, though. This is the kind of information that I try to show to the 'OMG WORLD IS GOING TO END IN TEN YEARS' crowd, but they never seem to want to look at it objectively. The earth has had some really hot periods - it hs also had some really cold periods - all BEFORE mankind started to add their marginal extra amount of pollutants into the air.
I'm not saying that pollution is okay, but I do think that it has less to do with long term global climate shifts than others would have you believe.
FireFox is constantly adding new features. When you add new features then you open yourself up to bugs.
IE 5/6 have been stagnant for years. Of course the number of bugs isn't going to be as large.
That said, I know which one will issue a bug fix more quickly when something IS found...
You are completely correct. As far as I'm concerned, Microsoft is allowed to add any feature they choose to add. It is THEIR operating system. If they want built in virus protection for example, then so be it. Why shouldn't they be allowed to add it in? Because it might hurt the sales of another company? Sorry, but that's called competition. The world is like that. It is irresponsible to use the legal system to keep your business afloat if it is no longer relevant.
Business is a game where the playing field, not just the players, change over time. You can't use the same strategy forever and expect to win. Learn to adapt or you lose.
It's easier to make accusations of cheating when you lose instead of accepting responsibility. This is one of the reasons I hate politicians so much. "Oh, we lost... So the other guys MUST be cheating!" Go home to your mommies.