Most of the advertising agencies I've worked with beleive that banner ads and intrusive advertising simply do not work. The craze over exposure (how many eyeballs can I get in front of, regardless of the experience) has been replaced with an emphasis on targetted and uesful advertising.
The thing advertisers don't seem to get is that you don't sell products by annoying the hell out of people.
Unfortunately, this is not true. Rest assured that if it wasn't profitable, advertisers wouldn't spend the money on creating annoying and intrusive popups etc.
While the spyware makers may initially try to target Firefox... the fact is, Firefox is written to prevent just these sort of things. Is it possible there will be bugs that allow unauthorized code to run? Yeah... but they will be patched, and patche (sic) quickly.
How quickly would a Firefox security hole be patched compared to a similar hole in IE? Not trying to troll, just genuinely curious if someone in the know could give an insight into the patching/debugging procedures for IE and FF, and compare the two.
...here is a Gloklaw story about a patent (U.S. Patent number 6,836,883, titled "Method and system for compiling multiple languages", described as a method or "process involving the parsing and analyzing of more than one source language to produce a common language file that may then be read by the same or another front end system.") that was awarded to Microsoft. Says PJ, "The patent cites the Free Software Foundation's GCC in the prior art section." Microsoft's motivation for applying for this patent is: "The protection and licensing of intellectual property allows companies and individuals to obtain a return on investment, sustaining business and encouraging future rounds of research and investment in the IT industry."
This depends on the definition of "love". If "love" is considered to be a certain pattern of electrical signals in the brain or various concentrations of certain chemical compounds, also in the brain, it would be possible to scientifically prove that your parents love you by measuring the presence of these signal patterns and compounds when they think of you, see you, etc.
Love as a feeling, state of mind, yes, I think is impossible to prove or disprove scientifically, and I don't think you can (nor should) use science for that purpose.
A first post would change properties of Slashdot on a quantum level, so that the next person reading the article would have a different view of it. Besides, you can't measure both quality and quantity of a Slashdot post at the same time, without affecting the property not being measured.
Tja! Blitt klent med det:( Sist var 2001 när syrran gifte sig. Har planer på nästa år eller 2006 kanske. Måste ju ta frugan och svärisarna på en riktig skotertur!
Mmmm, glögg is the stuff dreams are made of. Loaded with sugar and spices. The alcohol free version is very good, and excellent at warming you up, as you're sitting around a bonfire in the sub arctic winter night (I was born and raised in northern Sweden). The alcohol version is more fun!
And yes, glögg is reminiscent of glühwein.
Incompentent admins can turn any minor upgrade to a catastrophic failure. Don't blame M$ for this one unless there are irrefutable proof that the admins did everything by the numbers.
Wow, Weird Al would be in trouble. I mean, he does make a lot of songs himself, but must be most well-known for his parodies. The Amish Paradise skirmish with Coolio being one example of a deal gone sour. Then there's all the artists who say they haven't made it big until Weird Al makes a parody of one of their songs.
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I try to think of time as a combination of cycles and arns. Same arn, different dren.
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...or install lynx or Mosaic :D
A couple of plugins you may want to consider is adblock and flashblock. The combination seems to work very well to prevent pesky popup problems.
THAT is good news. I hope it spreads.
Unfortunately, this is not true. Rest assured that if it wasn't profitable, advertisers wouldn't spend the money on creating annoying and intrusive popups etc.
Oh you mean as in git'r done?
Parent was 4'33". Grandparent was 1'3". Bring on the lawsuits.
I wonder if IKEA will carry them.
Nono, that's "nucular". "Nuclear" stuff is good - "nucular" stuff is bad.
How quickly would a Firefox security hole be patched compared to a similar hole in IE? Not trying to troll, just genuinely curious if someone in the know could give an insight into the patching/debugging procedures for IE and FF, and compare the two.
...here is a Gloklaw story about a patent (U.S. Patent number 6,836,883, titled "Method and system for compiling multiple languages", described as a method or "process involving the parsing and analyzing of more than one source language to produce a common language file that may then be read by the same or another front end system.") that was awarded to Microsoft. Says PJ, "The patent cites the Free Software Foundation's GCC in the prior art section." Microsoft's motivation for applying for this patent is: "The protection and licensing of intellectual property allows companies and individuals to obtain a return on investment, sustaining business and encouraging future rounds of research and investment in the IT industry."
Suddenly I don't feel so bad about living in Missouri.
Love as a feeling, state of mind, yes, I think is impossible to prove or disprove scientifically, and I don't think you can (nor should) use science for that purpose.
A first post would change properties of Slashdot on a quantum level, so that the next person reading the article would have a different view of it. Besides, you can't measure both quality and quantity of a Slashdot post at the same time, without affecting the property not being measured.
Tja! Blitt klent med det :( Sist var 2001 när syrran gifte sig. Har planer på nästa år eller 2006 kanske. Måste ju ta frugan och svärisarna på en riktig skotertur!
Mmmm, glögg is the stuff dreams are made of. Loaded with sugar and spices. The alcohol free version is very good, and excellent at warming you up, as you're sitting around a bonfire in the sub arctic winter night (I was born and raised in northern Sweden). The alcohol version is more fun! And yes, glögg is reminiscent of glühwein.
I thought it a pretty clever construction - Sauron and Saruman in one.
So, People killing themselves in the traffic is the responsibility of the guy that provided the cars, too?
Bringing down an organization by mis-clicking checkboxes is responsability of the guy that provided the checkboxes, too.
So is it GM's fault if someone crashes and kills themselves (and others) by pushing the gas instead of the brake pedal by mistake?
Incompentent admins can turn any minor upgrade to a catastrophic failure. Don't blame M$ for this one unless there are irrefutable proof that the admins did everything by the numbers.
A lot - over and over again, constantly. Us open-source bandits must defend our way of life, too!
Wow, Weird Al would be in trouble. I mean, he does make a lot of songs himself, but must be most well-known for his parodies. The Amish Paradise skirmish with Coolio being one example of a deal gone sour. Then there's all the artists who say they haven't made it big until Weird Al makes a parody of one of their songs.
Maybe a better title would be "Your Rights, Online".
Just goes to show you - all you need to do to defeat Microsoft is to release something better. And release it for free.