Most of those users may not even realise they're blocking ads, some popular firewall packages such as the all-in-one Norton Internet Security block ads, as do several shareware third-party applications now. I quoted adblock not for its ease of use but because it's free (OSS) and it's what I use.
I suspect the amount of problems facing IE/Windows users now is going to force a degree of evolution - yes, most users aren't capable of it, but those aren't the people who take their laptops to a free wifi hotspot. FreeFi are targeting their service at a section of the online community which has already moved far beyond newbie-status
Pay-to-surf was a British attempt to pay people to watch advertising online - it failed, partly because a lot of users found a way to move the advertising off-screen using virtual desktops
Now we are in the age of pop-up blocking and adblock, a few REGEXP filters and a bit of custom config will probably let a lot of users very easily remove the advertising content... unless, that is, they intend to use a dedicated client instead of open standards for their wifi hotspots, in which case mac and linux laptops probably won't work with it anyway.
The thing about WinRAR that really bugs me is the context items it insists on adding to my shell right-click menu. Oh, that and being shareware so they expect to be paid for annoying me...
However if you only have USB 1.1 (12mpbs) and Mini-PCI, an 802.11G (54mpbs) USB device is about as much use as a chocolate teapot.
I take an interest as one of my machines is a 2000-built designer PC (AST Century City) which only has mini-PCI and USB 1.1... hoping Intel BIOS from the time doesnt have whitelisting!
Isuzu is GM-linked, they work together to build Daewoos (1980s Vauxhall body put back into production with Isuzu running gear, sold as cheap cars in the UK and Europe)
Of course, you can put a Linksys 54mpbs wifi PCI card in any Apple Powermac and it'll detect and work as an Airport card. Likewise most USB and firewire cards will work in a G3 or G4 to extend what isn't supplied by default (this is only way to get 802.11G on a G3)
Windows XP or earlier can't open RAR files natively as far as I'm aware, and since the software needed to do so ia a nightmare from 90s compression hell - I'm not sure why this is a major concern
The problems scanning them will be fixed within days, probably
Well I apologise for the slight to M.Bellard's ego caused by my not knowing who he is. I often come across binary-only applications that promise to speed up my PC one way or another.. usually they're some sort of scam, or adware, spyware, or just plain and simple warez
It is only a matter of time - remember this - before Liux users will face as many hazardous closed-source apps as Windows users have to deal with.
Opening the source - even if under a restrictive licence - is a good way to encourage peer audit and safety
You'll notice if you look that the download/torrent sites are packed with.... Father Ted. Black Books. Blackadder. Mr.Bean. Space Odyssey. Red Dwarf. Big Brother.
yes, there's a lot of American sci-fi which appears on Torrents before it is shown on UK terrestrial TV, but I'd say a large proportion of Brits are downloading domestic content. Nobody here wants to watch Fear Factor, Survivor or jeopardy..... that glitz doesn't appeal to us Brits, it just looks appallingly tacky and vulgar.
If what you need is a cheap, low-current x86 workstation, consider putting a Slot-1 Pentium 3 processor into a Pentium-2 motherboard and underclocking it by say 30%
Add a bootable PCI ATA133/SATA controller (P2 mobo's have 66/100mhz drive controllers) and a USB2.0 or firewire card and away you go. Instant cheapo mediabox or server.
Total cost would be ridiculously low - probably less than £100 (GBP - my currency) or say $160 US?
There was a 70s adventure novel - I believe by Hammond Innes although the title eludes my memory) in which a bomb-scientist who had promised to do no further research when he left government service is kidnapped
Investigators found that he had a large model railway which was controlled by a computer and the answers to calculations were reported by numbered wagons being arranged in certain orders and locations.....
Software firewalls and security software are inherently pervertible - some even have programmatic interfaces to open ports!
The only good system security comes in part from sitting behind a hardware firewall router - something Cisco, with its subsidiary Linksys, is in a position to sell
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Adblock can also kill the floater by preventing it loading. (I prefer "floater" as its alternative meaning in British is that of a turd in water)
No!
This was back in the days when USB 1.1 was regarded as high-tech...
Most of those users may not even realise they're blocking ads, some popular firewall packages such as the all-in-one Norton Internet Security block ads, as do several shareware third-party applications now. I quoted adblock not for its ease of use but because it's free (OSS) and it's what I use.
I suspect the amount of problems facing IE/Windows users now is going to force a degree of evolution - yes, most users aren't capable of it, but those aren't the people who take their laptops to a free wifi hotspot. FreeFi are targeting their service at a section of the online community which has already moved far beyond newbie-status
Pay-to-surf was a British attempt to pay people to watch advertising online - it failed, partly because a lot of users found a way to move the advertising off-screen using virtual desktops
Now we are in the age of pop-up blocking and adblock, a few REGEXP filters and a bit of custom config will probably let a lot of users very easily remove the advertising content... unless, that is, they intend to use a dedicated client instead of open standards for their wifi hotspots, in which case mac and linux laptops probably won't work with it anyway.
The thing about WinRAR that really bugs me is the context items it insists on adding to my shell right-click menu. Oh, that and being shareware so they expect to be paid for annoying me...
However if you only have USB 1.1 (12mpbs) and Mini-PCI, an 802.11G (54mpbs) USB device is about as much use as a chocolate teapot.
I take an interest as one of my machines is a 2000-built designer PC (AST Century City) which only has mini-PCI and USB 1.1... hoping Intel BIOS from the time doesnt have whitelisting!
Isuzu is GM-linked, they work together to build Daewoos (1980s Vauxhall body put back into production with Isuzu running gear, sold as cheap cars in the UK and Europe)
Of course, you can put a Linksys 54mpbs wifi PCI card in any Apple Powermac and it'll detect and work as an Airport card. Likewise most USB and firewire cards will work in a G3 or G4 to extend what isn't supplied by default (this is only way to get 802.11G on a G3)
Apple at least support third-party cards
Windows XP or earlier can't open RAR files natively as far as I'm aware, and since the software needed to do so ia a nightmare from 90s compression hell - I'm not sure why this is a major concern
The problems scanning them will be fixed within days, probably
whit ye talking aboot?
but I need to know before I buy - is the record DRM-laden ?
no. Jehovah's Witnesses don't come back after you kill them. Despite the example set by the big JC.
well done - you've actually slashdotted it with firefox users testing their pop-up blockers !
Well I apologise for the slight to M.Bellard's ego caused by my not knowing who he is. I often come across binary-only applications that promise to speed up my PC one way or another.. usually they're some sort of scam, or adware, spyware, or just plain and simple warez
It is only a matter of time - remember this - before Liux users will face as many hazardous closed-source apps as Windows users have to deal with.
Opening the source - even if under a restrictive licence - is a good way to encourage peer audit and safety
don't - or every other .sig will be a link to freeiGods.com soon
A closed-source module could contain stolen proprietary code (unlikely, I know, but the risk exists)
I hope this will be treated with caution until it can be ascertained to be fully legitimate...
I do not envy the person who gets to tell the tsunami survivors: "You should have saw it coming"
Logically, the survivors are the ones who did see it coming
Drink some more tea...
You'll notice if you look that the download/torrent sites are packed with.... Father Ted. Black Books. Blackadder. Mr.Bean. Space Odyssey. Red Dwarf. Big Brother.
yes, there's a lot of American sci-fi which appears on Torrents before it is shown on UK terrestrial TV, but I'd say a large proportion of Brits are downloading domestic content. Nobody here wants to watch Fear Factor, Survivor or jeopardy..... that glitz doesn't appeal to us Brits, it just looks appallingly tacky and vulgar.
No, American girls are ridiculously underwight with grotesquely fake-looking skin. No, actually, that's not true either
"beautiful" american girls are as above. the majority are McDonalds-stuffed rhinos
Or shall we just stop with the stereotypes?
If what you need is a cheap, low-current x86 workstation, consider putting a Slot-1 Pentium 3 processor into a Pentium-2 motherboard and underclocking it by say 30%
Add a bootable PCI ATA133/SATA controller (P2 mobo's have 66/100mhz drive controllers) and a USB2.0 or firewire card and away you go. Instant cheapo mediabox or server.
Total cost would be ridiculously low - probably less than £100 (GBP - my currency) or say $160 US?
Bomb them, of course!
Sorry, I've been watching too much C-Span.
There was a 70s adventure novel - I believe by Hammond Innes although the title eludes my memory) in which a bomb-scientist who had promised to do no further research when he left government service is kidnapped
Investigators found that he had a large model railway which was controlled by a computer and the answers to calculations were reported by numbered wagons being arranged in certain orders and locations.....
It wasn't a very good book, actually.
Software firewalls and security software are inherently pervertible - some even have programmatic interfaces to open ports!
The only good system security comes in part from sitting behind a hardware firewall router - something Cisco, with its subsidiary Linksys, is in a position to sell
GSV... You're a Culture fan as well huh?