Until recently, GIFs were [sorta] banned. Remember Unisys?
Anyway, I think that the idea (though I disagree with their policy) is that much of what is banned is inciting hatred. Not sure how well it works to ban it, but...
It comes from a well-known poem called "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". The albatross was a sign of good luck, and a sailor shoots it (in a story one of the characters tells another). As punishment, his comrades make him wear it around his neck. The other sailors die from the curse, but he survives after seeing visions and praying. Basically, it's considered a curse, or a deadweight. More explanation can be found here:
Maybe it's less efficient (as in your chess example), but the amount available may be able to compensate for it. If your grid is only 60% as efficient as your supercomputer, but you have three times the power (#'s pulled out of the air), then grid is still beneficial.
Sites that try to take revenge? Could I get a link? Oh, and I too have unblocked certain sites' ads (not popups, but banners) to support their maintainers.
You missed my point. Flash is great - but for web forms much of the time it's like using a power screwdriver to tighten your glasses. Now, you could say, "well, if I have it anyway, why not use it?" (sunk cost argument). The counter is that there is a better tool for the job - and one that you can count on being able to use even if you lose access to Flash.
I agree that you often can't find an OSS product that matches a closed product. But if I have an OSS product that does what I want and has some advantages over the closed product (in my example, bandwidth, etc), then it would be foolish to use the closed product.
Spending money to make money is fine. Using an overly complex or expensive tool for a job, especially one that locks people out (for example: what if I have 3 Flash developers and 3 web devs doing forms, should I buy 6 copies because one of the Flash guys wanted to help out, or should I tell him to learn XHTML/Javascript if he wants to help?) is stupid.
I do web dev for local businesses to pay for college. Not big jobs, just small stuff. If I spent $700 to buy Flash, that would eat up the money for at least one job. So while you may want to use Flash because you have it, I don't have that luxury - and the same is true for many web developers.
Well... I tried something like that once, and my neighbor reacted badly. I apologized once I realized that the offer sounded a bit too Mafia-esque: "hey... nice LAN. Be a shame if it were to be hacked".
Not that I doubt it exists, but... I browse with Javascript on, using FF 1.0 and.9.3 on Windows, and I haven't seen any popups. I do use Adblock, but I haven't added a new domain in a long time (except when I had to move my list from.9.3 to 1.0, or whenever the extensions changed). The only ads I see are on a few small forum sites run by people I know whose living comes from those sites - i.e., I'm willing to do 'em a favor, since they've done me one by running the site.
I know you said you can't find a Darwin binary for elinks, and don't have dev tools installed, but I think it would solve your problem. It works for me on my (Linksys) router, which didn't work on links, lynx, or w3m. Perhaps knowing in advance that it will probably work will be the incentive to install the dev tools?
Maybe people should quit trying to screw in a nail with a hammer.
Aside from concerns regarding accessibility, bandwidth demands, etc., Flash has one major flaw. It costs way too much - I don't have $500 to spend for Flash MX, much less $700 for Flash MX Pro.
I'm generally not an open-source-is-better-than-closed zealot, but in this case, open standards that people can use regardless of whether they can afford a several hundred dollar development application are far superior. Particularly when the task at hand (building forms) is not something that requires a program as complex as Photoshop (yeah, there's Gimp, but...) or Maya (or 3D Studio Max, etc.).
Right, but is that, "(make CDs) with (hundreds of thousands of songs that are free)", or is it "make (CDs with hundreds of thousands of songs) [and the making is free"?;-)
Also, Gulf War Syndrome != uranium inhalation poisoning. Not that uranium inhalation from depleted uranium munitions isn't dangerous (I don't know one way or another), but the two are different. IIRC, GWS is a combination of psych damage and some of the medicines, vaccines, etc., soldiers were given.
How would antibiotics be dangerous to a mono patient? I have had mono (twice, I think, although not tested the 2nd time), so the EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) is still in my body, yet I use antibiotics relatively frequently. I don't understand what you mean, unless you're talking about allergies, in which case it's not specific to mono patients.
My gut reaction was that it would be in English. It's used worldwide for development (I have worked with German software companies since the 80s, so this isn't just pulled out of thin air). Then I realized: this is Quebec we're talking about. The odds of it being in English suddenly went down:-)
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Until recently, GIFs were [sorta] banned. Remember Unisys?
...
Anyway, I think that the idea (though I disagree with their policy) is that much of what is banned is inciting hatred. Not sure how well it works to ban it, but
But, uh ... couldn't you just make 256 bigger?
It comes from a well-known poem called "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". The albatross was a sign of good luck, and a sailor shoots it (in a story one of the characters tells another). As punishment, his comrades make him wear it around his neck. The other sailors die from the curse, but he survives after seeing visions and praying. Basically, it's considered a curse, or a deadweight. More explanation can be found here:
Some of us don't have many privileges on the computers we use at work/school.
Maybe it's less efficient (as in your chess example), but the amount available may be able to compensate for it. If your grid is only 60% as efficient as your supercomputer, but you have three times the power (#'s pulled out of the air), then grid is still beneficial.
Stop whining and go with Centos. You can get support (if you want it) in several irc channels. My favorites are #centos and #rhel on irc.freenode.net.
Sites that try to take revenge? Could I get a link? Oh, and I too have unblocked certain sites' ads (not popups, but banners) to support their maintainers.
You missed my point. Flash is great - but for web forms much of the time it's like using a power screwdriver to tighten your glasses. Now, you could say, "well, if I have it anyway, why not use it?" (sunk cost argument). The counter is that there is a better tool for the job - and one that you can count on being able to use even if you lose access to Flash.
I agree that you often can't find an OSS product that matches a closed product. But if I have an OSS product that does what I want and has some advantages over the closed product (in my example, bandwidth, etc), then it would be foolish to use the closed product.
Spending money to make money is fine. Using an overly complex or expensive tool for a job, especially one that locks people out (for example: what if I have 3 Flash developers and 3 web devs doing forms, should I buy 6 copies because one of the Flash guys wanted to help out, or should I tell him to learn XHTML/Javascript if he wants to help?) is stupid.
I do web dev for local businesses to pay for college. Not big jobs, just small stuff. If I spent $700 to buy Flash, that would eat up the money for at least one job. So while you may want to use Flash because you have it, I don't have that luxury - and the same is true for many web developers.
Well ... I tried something like that once, and my neighbor reacted badly. I apologized once I realized that the offer sounded a bit too Mafia-esque: "hey ... nice LAN. Be a shame if it were to be hacked".
Not that I doubt it exists, but ... I browse with Javascript on, using FF 1.0 and .9.3 on Windows, and I haven't seen any popups. I do use Adblock, but I haven't added a new domain in a long time (except when I had to move my list from .9.3 to 1.0, or whenever the extensions changed). The only ads I see are on a few small forum sites run by people I know whose living comes from those sites - i.e., I'm willing to do 'em a favor, since they've done me one by running the site.
I know you said you can't find a Darwin binary for elinks, and don't have dev tools installed, but I think it would solve your problem. It works for me on my (Linksys) router, which didn't work on links, lynx, or w3m. Perhaps knowing in advance that it will probably work will be the incentive to install the dev tools?
Maybe people should quit trying to screw in a nail with a hammer.
...) or Maya (or 3D Studio Max, etc.).
Aside from concerns regarding accessibility, bandwidth demands, etc., Flash has one major flaw. It costs way too much - I don't have $500 to spend for Flash MX, much less $700 for Flash MX Pro.
I'm generally not an open-source-is-better-than-closed zealot, but in this case, open standards that people can use regardless of whether they can afford a several hundred dollar development application are far superior. Particularly when the task at hand (building forms) is not something that requires a program as complex as Photoshop (yeah, there's Gimp, but
Y'know, it's possible to give point bonuses ... i.e., in your case, give a -1 or -2 (or more, up to -5 or -6, IIRC) to comments moderated "Funny".
Right, but is that, "(make CDs) with (hundreds of thousands of songs that are free)", or is it "make (CDs with hundreds of thousands of songs) [and the making is free"? ;-)
Thompson isn't working for the teen - he's working for the next-of-kin of two of the cops that were killed.
Woot! Hundreds of thousands of songs on a CD. What kind of new laser are we using - it's gotta be better than BluRay, with that kind of performance.
I'm an American, but MMDDYY is *not* a logically hierarchal date format. YYYYMMDD, OTOH, is. Duh!
Hmm ... what was that game that simulated the JFK assassination?
Replying to self, I know, but I found a copy of a November 1996 executive order in Clinton's Presidential Library site that contradicts the GP. http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/111596-exe cutive-order-13026-on-crypto-export-controls.htm
Nice reference. Mod parent up.
I'd be interested to see a citation if you have one.
Also, Gulf War Syndrome != uranium inhalation poisoning. Not that uranium inhalation from depleted uranium munitions isn't dangerous (I don't know one way or another), but the two are different. IIRC, GWS is a combination of psych damage and some of the medicines, vaccines, etc., soldiers were given.
1.7 Eurocents, or .017 euro. Not 1.7 Euro.
How would antibiotics be dangerous to a mono patient? I have had mono (twice, I think, although not tested the 2nd time), so the EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) is still in my body, yet I use antibiotics relatively frequently. I don't understand what you mean, unless you're talking about allergies, in which case it's not specific to mono patients.
My gut reaction was that it would be in English. It's used worldwide for development (I have worked with German software companies since the 80s, so this isn't just pulled out of thin air). Then I realized: this is Quebec we're talking about. The odds of it being in English suddenly went down :-)