I've seen it happen on a couple of sites. One I think is just using an onclick event for the entire page. The one thing I see in common among the popups is that the address bar is always grayed out in the new window. Anyone know what that means?
"You can do a marvelous job at implementing someone else's ideas, but that doesn't make you an innovator."
I think it does. If you improve on someone's idea and make it better than they could, that's still innovation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Netscape pretty much invented Javascript, although they never seemed to implement it as well as Microsoft. Navigator 4.7 is widely regarded as the crappiest browser of modern times, but for some reason schools and businesses seem to love it. And you can't tell me that MS's CSS filters aren't just plain cool.
I realize that it's the plug-ins that slow Acrobat down, but the real question is why does Adobe have them all enabled by default? It makes everyone hate.pdf files and generally makes their product seem like shit.
It's simply a way for companies to save bandwidth. I've tried BitTorrent for various things and never understood why anyone liked it. For demos, places like FilePlanet are faster, for Linux.iso's, FTP is faster, and for everything p2p or the web has much more variety.
Exactly. Were they supposed to sit around taking screenshots of players until they found a good one? They're sueing the people who made the game, not the people who play it. Why would it matter who created the characters when the crux of the accusation is just that it's possible?
If you read the comments in the linked article, He seems to be known for reviewing primarily pirated games and even posting download links on the site.
What you call convenience, some would call clutter. Does the average user really need 3 instant messaging clients installed by default?
And "the horror of Windows drivers"? If I want to install drivers for my ancient printer under XP, I just select the make and model. I don't even want to think about the problems I'd have to deal with to get it working under Linux. I still have a headache from trying to compile my wireless card drivers.
And the problem with playing video on Linux is the same as trying to use Video Lan Client on Windows: It's great when it works, but from my experience, the success rate is closer to 75%.
"John Gilmour's main point, though, is that secret law is an abomination."
True. However, I'm guessing that the guard simply misspoke and it's just the airline's policy. What's the point of a secret law? It can't be secret and still be enforced. It could still actually be a law though. Who feels like digging through those huge volumes of legalese to know for sure?
So don't even get a driver's license. Don't let the government get ahold of a single piece of information about you. Live in a cabin in the woods. Just don't complain when I can have all the comforts of modern technology and you have to stuff your money under your mattress.
So I'm a sheep because I'd rather spend two seconds doing something that won't inconvenience me in any way rather than fight for who knows how long for no discernible benefit?
New definition: Sheep are nature's efficient, sane children.
Maybe a lot's changed, but I'm a linux newbie with 10.1 community edition on my laptop. I was able to choose in great detail what I wanted to install and I've even managed to compile a couple things. I thought Mandrake was known for the quality of it's installation system.
"Like "reading trough a web browser", "no threads" and "you remember what you have read, not your computer"?"
First, why does being read through a web browser count as a negative? Second, I know at least some software has a threaded mode (ezboard does, for Christ's sake). While perhaps not as automatic as a newsreader, most forums I've seen also mark unread posts.
I actually had an argument on a newsgroup about this same topic. When posters were asked why they still used it, the top responses were that it's more anonymous (i.e. you can download whatever illegal stuff you want), and that they've been there for many years already.
...it's the documentation that's important. Look at all the great stuff made by the bf1942 community, and then realize that until the release of Battlecraft 42 (which was actually created by a modder, who was then hired by DICE, which delayed his tool for months), there was absolutely no help from the developers.
If you read some of the first posts on the modding forums, it's mainly people trying to figure out the format of the level archives and then write a program to extract them.
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I've seen it happen on a couple of sites. One I think is just using an onclick event for the entire page. The one thing I see in common among the popups is that the address bar is always grayed out in the new window. Anyone know what that means?
that you've never seen THX-1138.
To paraphrase Freud, "Sometimes a trash compactor is just a trash compactor."
Add the pay-per-click search sites frequently used by domain squatters and you pretty much have a list of everything that's wrong with Google.
Minidisc beat cd-r? I could've sworn that minidiscs were a pretty large failure.
"I want to know exactly what is going on in my code. I do not want it generated for me."
So do you go over every library you use before using them or do you just write everything from scratch?
"You can do a marvelous job at implementing someone else's ideas, but that doesn't make you an innovator."
I think it does. If you improve on someone's idea and make it better than they could, that's still innovation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Netscape pretty much invented Javascript, although they never seemed to implement it as well as Microsoft. Navigator 4.7 is widely regarded as the crappiest browser of modern times, but for some reason schools and businesses seem to love it. And you can't tell me that MS's CSS filters aren't just plain cool.
I realize that it's the plug-ins that slow Acrobat down, but the real question is why does Adobe have them all enabled by default? It makes everyone hate .pdf files and generally makes their product seem like shit.
It's simply a way for companies to save bandwidth. I've tried BitTorrent for various things and never understood why anyone liked it. For demos, places like FilePlanet are faster, for Linux .iso's, FTP is faster, and for everything p2p or the web has much more variety.
Exactly. Were they supposed to sit around taking screenshots of players until they found a good one? They're sueing the people who made the game, not the people who play it. Why would it matter who created the characters when the crux of the accusation is just that it's possible?
If you read the comments in the linked article, He seems to be known for reviewing primarily pirated games and even posting download links on the site.
Did it strike anyone else as odd that the only apparent value of these sites is as a legal defense?
What you call convenience, some would call clutter. Does the average user really need 3 instant messaging clients installed by default?
And "the horror of Windows drivers"? If I want to install drivers for my ancient printer under XP, I just select the make and model. I don't even want to think about the problems I'd have to deal with to get it working under Linux. I still have a headache from trying to compile my wireless card drivers.
And the problem with playing video on Linux is the same as trying to use Video Lan Client on Windows: It's great when it works, but from my experience, the success rate is closer to 75%.
"suggested her for rui^H^Hnning the World Bank"
rnning? Careful with that backspace key, son.
I agree wholeheartedly about the subsidies. On the other hand, maybe they just want to make sure you contributed with your tax dollars.
Do you have a Social Security Number? How about a bank account? Do you pay taxes? All of these are privacy invasions by your definition.
"John Gilmour's main point, though, is that secret law is an abomination."
True. However, I'm guessing that the guard simply misspoke and it's just the airline's policy. What's the point of a secret law? It can't be secret and still be enforced. It could still actually be a law though. Who feels like digging through those huge volumes of legalese to know for sure?
So don't even get a driver's license. Don't let the government get ahold of a single piece of information about you. Live in a cabin in the woods. Just don't complain when I can have all the comforts of modern technology and you have to stuff your money under your mattress.
So I'm a sheep because I'd rather spend two seconds doing something that won't inconvenience me in any way rather than fight for who knows how long for no discernible benefit?
New definition: Sheep are nature's efficient, sane children.
Exactly. If I want to actually learn something, I buy a book and learn it on my own time. College is only good for getting a degree.
I've actually managed to outbid myself several times. It's very annoying.
Maybe a lot's changed, but I'm a linux newbie with 10.1 community edition on my laptop. I was able to choose in great detail what I wanted to install and I've even managed to compile a couple things. I thought Mandrake was known for the quality of it's installation system.
"Thanks anyway. You kids have fun. My browser will ignore your site(s) until I'm literally forced to use them."
I guess you won't be responding again, once I point out that there are three sections of Javascript in this very page.
It always bothers me when people complain about word choice. It seems like a substitute for a real argument.
I agree about the FSF, too. Most people think about price when they hear the word "free"", not about the information being free to learn from.
"Like "reading trough a web browser", "no threads" and "you remember what you have read, not your computer"?"
First, why does being read through a web browser count as a negative? Second, I know at least some software has a threaded mode (ezboard does, for Christ's sake). While perhaps not as automatic as a newsreader, most forums I've seen also mark unread posts.
I actually had an argument on a newsgroup about this same topic. When posters were asked why they still used it, the top responses were that it's more anonymous (i.e. you can download whatever illegal stuff you want), and that they've been there for many years already.
...it's the documentation that's important. Look at all the great stuff made by the bf1942 community, and then realize that until the release of Battlecraft 42 (which was actually created by a modder, who was then hired by DICE, which delayed his tool for months), there was absolutely no help from the developers.
If you read some of the first posts on the modding forums, it's mainly people trying to figure out the format of the level archives and then write a program to extract them.