More average joes who have used computers for the past years would most likely know more about Netscape than Firfox. A few reasons I can come up with is that websites of various companies will state in the bottom "Compatible with IE x.x and Netscape x.x". Also, I remember the installation cds of some ISP's like videotron and Bell Sympatico would provide Netscape.
It may be a theme fully bloated without extensions support but the Netscape name and logo have been more around than Firefox.
Silly marketing strategy but it seems to work from time to time.
On a side note who else agrees that the theme might somehow remind you of Neoplanet:o
Trebek: And the categories are: Potents Potable, Sharp Things, Navigators that end with "etscape navigator", A Petit Dejeuner, Animal Sounds, Condiments and finally Your Ass or a Hole in The Ground. Reynolds: Yeah I'll take the alien thing for 8000. Trebek: That's etscape... for 400.
How this is troll? Seriously. I'm still in the C.S program but when I go around helping friends with their programs and that I see this exact same thing, the use of short variables, I tell em "it makes your life a shitload easier if you gave every variable a meaningful name".
This is because for now our programs are like a few hundread lines so it's not bad but my english teacher said on day one that we have to develop good habits so I figure that since we're in school doing programming, we mind as well start getting good habits when it comes the time to plan and code. If you ask me, the style you choose when writing programs is "friggin" important.
Short variable names indeed. Some book authors make me laugh.
A few books of programming that I've used, they all use the infamous i counter name in their for loops and then, they come up and say that you have to give variable names that make sense, and then you see again the for int i...
Why some think that going 3D for anything will just be better than the original 2D product?
Contra was better in 2D, as well as Metroid, maybe King of Fighters (3d version comming up I believe) and many other games where remakes in 3d sort of ruin it because companies spend so much effort on the visual aspect that the game ends up lacking in gameplay or features. But you're right, that's not the case with Doom3 seeing how id Soft. somewhat reached their goal =)
I know I'm a bit off topic with these examples but it's the easiest way to show that the 2D->3D transition isn't always the best next thing.
I'd go berserk in a "3D" desktop. Some might find it cute but you'd lose the efficiency that you've had in a 2D environment, at least I think..
We're still apparently not too sure what the point of these stones is but it seems credible to think that it certainly has something to do with lunar and solar alignments. Right?
Who needs Dance Dance Rev. when we have our patented "one hand" navigational system when locked up in our room? My right arm is almost as pumped up as Tyson's =)
Unless the end-user (or average joe) has friends that know what Linux is, theres some good chances that they have no clue that something other than Windows exists.
That being said, regardless of how "bad" Linspire seems compared to other open distros, it's these kind of products that people see and hear about because they'll market it if they want to have "some" success.
Linux will never grow if it's never heard of outside the net.
Not every programmer out there works alone. When your code has to be viewed and worked on by other people, you better have comments explaining the things that aren't self-explanatory. (sorry if I didn't make that clear).
Your code can be really clear using proper variables like iNumber, proper syntax and the works! But when you programming, you're putting in what you have in mind or on your plan. You don't want other programmers to "guess" what you were trying to do in "x-y" lines.
When it's not self explanatory, you should have proper comments. The best way to test this is show your friends or fellow programming teammates and see see if they can guess right and I'm not talking about a "Hello World" kind of program.
Every _GOOD_ programming book (at least the O'Reilly's) stress the fact that bad coding with good comments is better than clever coding without comments.
We're talking about Microsoft here. I'd expect from them standards a bit higher than the average. What gives?
"Shawn started a lively discussion. Certainly there are people inside of Microsoft discussing the pros and cons of doing this, but as far as I know, today, we have no plans to share the Windows Forms code," With the given possibility I'm not surprised, show to the world how serious the company really is.
I'm not surprised that PSU related problems is on top seeing how it's the most important component of the computer but the one that people seem to pay the least attention.
What people must understand is that they need a PSU that have the most stable rails (such as the +5 & +12 rails) and that isn't made by Mr. Bingo Bongo. Sure you can save around $20-30 going with a cheaper PSU but that action is a gamble. Are you a gambler? My friend sure was. Bought some power supply made by some unknown manufacturer and he's still surprised that it was the cause of his exploding CD-Rom.
People in general should take power supply reviews more seriously and consider to spend the extra bucks to hafve something that will work for years as you want it to.
Homer: I'd like to answer any questions regarding the alien, any questions at all. Dr Hibbert: Yes. Is the doctor carbon based or silicon based? Homer: Uhhh, the second one, Zillifone.
Scientifically, stars are defined as self-gravitating spheres of plasma in hydrostatic equilibrium, which generate their own energy through the process of nuclear fusion.
Using this simple definition, it seems to apply to most stars out there? Correct me if I'm wrong or if the definition provided isn't accurate enough.
It's not like Bill, the man behind MSFT to go in an interview and say "yeah, Linux distributors who are our competitors manage to update security updates faster than us that's the reality!"
Make the company look good, that's all he did. Ridiculious for us, impressive for average joes.
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More average joes who have used computers for the past years would most likely know more about Netscape than Firfox. A few reasons I can come up with is that websites of various companies will state in the bottom "Compatible with IE x.x and Netscape x.x". Also, I remember the installation cds of some ISP's like videotron and Bell Sympatico would provide Netscape.
:o
It may be a theme fully bloated without extensions support but the Netscape name and logo have been more around than Firefox.
Silly marketing strategy but it seems to work from time to time.
On a side note who else agrees that the theme might somehow remind you of Neoplanet
Trebek: And the categories are: Potents Potable, Sharp Things, Navigators that end with "etscape navigator", A Petit Dejeuner, Animal Sounds, Condiments and finally Your Ass or a Hole in The Ground.
Reynolds: Yeah I'll take the alien thing for 8000.
Trebek: That's etscape... for 400.
- Krusty: Here are the names of some funny places: Walla Walla, Keokuk, Kookamunga, Seattle!
- Homer: Bhahahhahaha! Seattle
How this is troll? Seriously. I'm still in the C.S program but when I go around helping friends with their programs and that I see this exact same thing, the use of short variables, I tell em "it makes your life a shitload easier if you gave every variable a meaningful name".
This is because for now our programs are like a few hundread lines so it's not bad but my english teacher said on day one that we have to develop good habits so I figure that since we're in school doing programming, we mind as well start getting good habits when it comes the time to plan and code. If you ask me, the style you choose when writing programs is "friggin" important.
Short variable names indeed. Some book authors make me laugh.
A few books of programming that I've used, they all use the infamous i counter name in their for loops and then, they come up and say that you have to give variable names that make sense, and then you see again the for int i...
And Senor Spielbergo is a red giant =O
Wikimedia/pedia don't run after Homer
Homer: Me Homer, I'm running from PBS.
if I kick you out of my house, stay there, please.
So Popup Ads are like Jehovah Witnesses?
I second that.
My popup feature is on but I still get those annoying "Free Smilies" bullshit ads and such.
Disabling Java and Javascript seemed to reduce but some still manage to appear outta nowhere.
"Hello I'm Clippy. You'll go where I go, eat who I eat and bother who I bother" =)
From the article
One calculation has the giant flare on SGR 1806-20 unleashing about 10,000 trillion trillion trillion watts.
Very impressive but as reading those consecutive huge "units", I just had to:
Dr Evil: I'll hold the world ransom for.....
1 Hundread, Billion, Trillion TRiLLion TRILLION Dollars! *pinky*
Why some think that going 3D for anything will just be better than the original 2D product?
Contra was better in 2D, as well as Metroid, maybe King of Fighters (3d version comming up I believe) and many other games where remakes in 3d sort of ruin it because companies spend so much effort on the visual aspect that the game ends up lacking in gameplay or features. But you're right, that's not the case with Doom3 seeing how id Soft. somewhat reached their goal =)
I know I'm a bit off topic with these examples but it's the easiest way to show that the 2D->3D transition isn't always the best next thing.
I'd go berserk in a "3D" desktop. Some might find it cute but you'd lose the efficiency that you've had in a 2D environment, at least I think..
right here under Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge
We're still apparently not too sure what the point of these stones is but it seems credible to think that it certainly has something to do with lunar and solar alignments. Right?
Who needs Dance Dance Rev. when we have our patented "one hand" navigational system when locked up in our room? My right arm is almost as pumped up as Tyson's =)
Sorry for that last sentence. I mean "Linux" will never reach the end-user/average joe
Unless the end-user (or average joe) has friends that know what Linux is, theres some good chances that they have no clue that something other than Windows exists.
That being said, regardless of how "bad" Linspire seems compared to other open distros, it's these kind of products that people see and hear about because they'll market it if they want to have "some" success.
Linux will never grow if it's never heard of outside the net.
Not every programmer out there works alone. When your code has to be viewed and worked on by other people, you better have comments explaining the things that aren't self-explanatory. (sorry if I didn't make that clear).
Your code can be really clear using proper variables like iNumber, proper syntax and the works! But when you programming, you're putting in what you have in mind or on your plan. You don't want other programmers to "guess" what you were trying to do in "x-y" lines.
When it's not self explanatory, you should have proper comments. The best way to test this is show your friends or fellow programming teammates and see see if they can guess right and I'm not talking about a "Hello World" kind of program.
Every _GOOD_ programming book (at least the O'Reilly's) stress the fact that bad coding with good comments is better than clever coding without comments.
We're talking about Microsoft here. I'd expect from them standards a bit higher than the average. What gives?
"Shawn started a lively discussion. Certainly there are people inside of Microsoft discussing the pros and cons of doing this, but as far as I know, today, we have no plans to share the Windows Forms code,"
With the given possibility I'm not surprised, show to the world how serious the company really is.
check it out
This makes the message pretty clear huh!
I'm not surprised that PSU related problems is on top seeing how it's the most important component of the computer but the one that people seem to pay the least attention.
What people must understand is that they need a PSU that have the most stable rails (such as the +5 & +12 rails) and that isn't made by Mr. Bingo Bongo. Sure you can save around $20-30 going with a cheaper PSU but that action is a gamble. Are you a gambler? My friend sure was. Bought some power supply made by some unknown manufacturer and he's still surprised that it was the cause of his exploding CD-Rom.
People in general should take power supply reviews more seriously and consider to spend the extra bucks to hafve something that will work for years as you want it to.
Homer: I'd like to answer any questions regarding the alien, any questions at all.
Dr Hibbert: Yes. Is the doctor carbon based or silicon based?
Homer: Uhhh, the second one, Zillifone.
At least according to Wikipedia
Scientifically, stars are defined as self-gravitating spheres of plasma in hydrostatic equilibrium, which generate their own energy through the process of nuclear fusion.
Using this simple definition, it seems to apply to most stars out there? Correct me if I'm wrong or if the definition provided isn't accurate enough.
Norris SuperKicks on a Mac!
It's not like Bill, the man behind MSFT to go in an interview and say "yeah, Linux distributors who are our competitors manage to update security updates faster than us that's the reality!" Make the company look good, that's all he did. Ridiculious for us, impressive for average joes.
Suprnova had no tracker. It was just a listing of torrents from multiple trackers all over the net.
You compared Suprnova to LokiTorrent as if it was slower when you mentionned the "much better transfer rates".