I pay approximately 17 USD a month for an unlimited 10/10 Mbit/s up/downstream
I wish I could get that kind of pricing here in the greater Madison, WI area. I'm overpaying Verizon about $35USD/mo right now for 3M/768K DSL. But I'm not going to do cable -- Charter can FOAD, ugh.
(Disclaimer: I'm talking about using my XP laptop at work, not any *nix OS/apps)
I guess the point I'm making is that the new design would result in slightly decreased functionality because it's not as easy to target the title bar as with other apps. I understand your mouse-fu (just teasing you here) but the way I see it now is that I don't have to really even *look* to place my cursor -- It's easy to slam my cursor to top-center and know that I can double-click and it will work. In Chrome that won't work unless I hit one of the tiny blue triangles of real estate between tabs or the blank area to the right of the last tab.
In your current installation of FireFox, double-click your title bar.
Now go to Chrome, open enough tabs to fill up the row from left-to-right, and try to double-click the title bar.
For me, double-clicking an app's title bar (same function as "Restore Down" or "Maximize") is especially useful when I want to restore a maximized window so I can drag the app from my primary display to a secondary, or vice versa. I suspect many people do the same.
Years back (about 1995 or so) I configured my MTA to provide "president@whitehouse.gov" as the "From" address when I sent an obvious prank to a co-worker. He replied (!) cussing me out and joking, "I'm going to kill you". You can imagine he quickly realized what he'd done and sent another email explaining himself. Who knows if he managed to get himself on an FBI watchlist or not.;)
My wife told me a story about her girlfriend who took on some debt agreement (for a washer/dryer set) with a questionable company. When they were 3 days behind on a payment (yep, just 3 days) a guy drove to their home and parked his car across the end of their driveway demanding money. They were, at that moment, getting in the car to go someplace and he was physically preventing them from doing so, demanding his company be paid.
It's clear there are some ruthless d-bags out there working for finance/collection companies. How I would have loved to be there when he'd shown up. I sure would have made an effort to scare him out of his shorts for EVER pulling that kind of crap. I wonder how he likes police and lawyers (and an unspoken but all-too-clear threat of violence)?
You're not understanding. What I mean, by example: My wife's sister has an account at First National Bank, and writes a check to my wife. So she (my wife) goes to a branch office of FNB, the bank upon which the check is drawn (not some random bank). She should be able to get cash straight away by presenting ID.
Do you mean to say that people should not be permmitted to cash checks unless they also have a checking account?
Checks are still a good way for two individuals to exchange money. Neither the payer or the payee has to pay any service fees...
Well, that seems to be changing in some cases. In recent months, my wife has attempted to cash personal checks at the bank from which they were drawn. Since she does not also have an account there, they not only charge her a $1.50USD fee, but they insist on taking her thumbprint! It's definitely eliminated that bank from future services. Way to alienate your potential customers -- soak them with fees and make them feel like a criminal. Nice!
I find that the most important dimension when it comes to whether or not a computer is comfortable or is awkward and annoying when I'm carrying it loose is thickness, not length or width.
Oh-ho! A computer, you say? Is that what the kids are calling it these days? I can read between the lines, mister.
I was also wondering about the "island" suggestion. I listened to a recent Science Friday podcast where it was explained that the average density is a thumbnail-sized piece of plastic per cubic meter. That's pretty much invisible to the eye, yet still a high density.
Just because a domain exists doesn't mean it's the one you wanted. Think of all those properly registered phishing sites out there, just waiting for a user typo. What's the difference between them and a DNS search redirect? If anything, this highlights the broken behavior of using the (non-)existence of a domain name for anything useful. You really care about whether you got the RIGHT site, not just *a* site.
Oh, I see... so then Bell can decide for me whether I'm about to see the "right" site? Yeah, that WOULD be helpful. Thankfully it will be easy to agree on what's the "right" and "wrong" sites. No problem there.
No kidding. I'm a bit of a news hound, watching all forms of Internet coverage as well as the occasional national newscast. This news is fully THREE DAYS OLD, and the very day they said it was out of money, they pumped more into it, just like you said.
It's too bad the editors aren't a little more news-savvy, too. But I suppose you can wish in one hand...
Sometime last week I replied to a slashdot thread in which I began, "Dude...". The hostile reply from the OP was, "Get it right. I'm a dyke!" Many follow-ups suggested that this individual was a bit too hung up on both her gender AND orientation (I'd happen to agree).
I think if you try, you might find that the complaining parties can't be satisfied. OR some groups may see problems where there are none (Jar Jar Binks was CLEARLY racial stereotype!)
Slashdot Mirror
... they eventually found out that the Onion wasn't as reality based as Fox News...
That would be splitting hairs, good sir.
I pay approximately 17 USD a month for an unlimited 10/10 Mbit/s up/downstream
I wish I could get that kind of pricing here in the greater Madison, WI area. I'm overpaying Verizon about $35USD/mo right now for 3M/768K DSL. But I'm not going to do cable -- Charter can FOAD, ugh.
(Disclaimer: I'm talking about using my XP laptop at work, not any *nix OS/apps)
I guess the point I'm making is that the new design would result in slightly decreased functionality because it's not as easy to target the title bar as with other apps. I understand your mouse-fu (just teasing you here) but the way I see it now is that I don't have to really even *look* to place my cursor -- It's easy to slam my cursor to top-center and know that I can double-click and it will work. In Chrome that won't work unless I hit one of the tiny blue triangles of real estate between tabs or the blank area to the right of the last tab.
In your current installation of FireFox, double-click your title bar.
Now go to Chrome, open enough tabs to fill up the row from left-to-right, and try to double-click the title bar.
For me, double-clicking an app's title bar (same function as "Restore Down" or "Maximize") is especially useful when I want to restore a maximized window so I can drag the app from my primary display to a secondary, or vice versa. I suspect many people do the same.
If I play the chimes but transposed to a different key, is it the same (protected)?
Dianetics junior much better than Krishna. Dianetics junior much better, indeed.
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All the Spanish I know is basically ordering a beer ...
"El queso está viejo y pútrido. Dónde está el sanitario?" [/obscure]
Yep, trivial.
Years back (about 1995 or so) I configured my MTA to provide "president@whitehouse.gov" as the "From" address when I sent an obvious prank to a co-worker. He replied (!) cussing me out and joking, "I'm going to kill you". You can imagine he quickly realized what he'd done and sent another email explaining himself. Who knows if he managed to get himself on an FBI watchlist or not. ;)
My wife told me a story about her girlfriend who took on some debt agreement (for a washer/dryer set) with a questionable company. When they were 3 days behind on a payment (yep, just 3 days) a guy drove to their home and parked his car across the end of their driveway demanding money. They were, at that moment, getting in the car to go someplace and he was physically preventing them from doing so, demanding his company be paid.
It's clear there are some ruthless d-bags out there working for finance/collection companies. How I would have loved to be there when he'd shown up. I sure would have made an effort to scare him out of his shorts for EVER pulling that kind of crap. I wonder how he likes police and lawyers (and an unspoken but all-too-clear threat of violence)?
Jesus must be in a bad mood. According to insurance companies, tornadoes are acts of god.
Clearly I need to drink the coffee in front of me. I read that as "tomatoes are acts of god". I mean, they're pretty good, but... Oh.
You're not understanding. What I mean, by example:
My wife's sister has an account at First National Bank, and writes a check to my wife. So she (my wife) goes to a branch office of FNB, the bank upon which the check is drawn (not some random bank). She should be able to get cash straight away by presenting ID.
Do you mean to say that people should not be permmitted to cash checks unless they also have a checking account?
Checks are still a good way for two individuals to exchange money. Neither the payer or the payee has to pay any service fees ...
Well, that seems to be changing in some cases. In recent months, my wife has attempted to cash personal checks at the bank from which they were drawn. Since she does not also have an account there, they not only charge her a $1.50USD fee, but they insist on taking her thumbprint! It's definitely eliminated that bank from future services. Way to alienate your potential customers -- soak them with fees and make them feel like a criminal. Nice!
Since in America you are innocent until proven guilty, and they were not proven guilty...
OJ Simpson will be so relieved to hear that.
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I find that the most important dimension when it comes to whether or not a computer is comfortable or is awkward and annoying when I'm carrying it loose is thickness, not length or width.
Oh-ho! A computer, you say? Is that what the kids are calling it these days? I can read between the lines, mister.
You can't really blame Comcast for denying access to hulu.com or tnt.com or scifi.com.....
Don't you mean Siffy? Err, SyFy?
I foresee a black market for these stickers.
I was also wondering about the "island" suggestion. I listened to a recent Science Friday podcast where it was explained that the average density is a thumbnail-sized piece of plastic per cubic meter. That's pretty much invisible to the eye, yet still a high density.
DNS doctoring is bad for many reason.
Just because a domain exists doesn't mean it's the one you wanted. Think of all those properly registered phishing sites out there, just waiting for a user typo. What's the difference between them and a DNS search redirect? If anything, this highlights the broken behavior of using the (non-)existence of a domain name for anything useful. You really care about whether you got the RIGHT site, not just *a* site.
Oh, I see... so then Bell can decide for me whether I'm about to see the "right" site? Yeah, that WOULD be helpful. Thankfully it will be easy to agree on what's the "right" and "wrong" sites. No problem there.
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Somehow the fact that you refer to pirated music as "warez" makes me somewhat skeptical that you have ever actually done so.
I bet he also pronounces similar to the Mexican city of Juarez. (Dammit people, it's just like "wares" but with a "z"!)
No kidding. I'm a bit of a news hound, watching all forms of Internet coverage as well as the occasional national newscast. This news is fully THREE DAYS OLD, and the very day they said it was out of money, they pumped more into it, just like you said.
It's too bad the editors aren't a little more news-savvy, too. But I suppose you can wish in one hand...
No problem. My company supplies me with all the post-it notes I need!
Sometime last week I replied to a slashdot thread in which I began, "Dude...". The hostile reply from the OP was, "Get it right. I'm a dyke!" Many follow-ups suggested that this individual was a bit too hung up on both her gender AND orientation (I'd happen to agree).
I think if you try, you might find that the complaining parties can't be satisfied. OR some groups may see problems where there are none (Jar Jar Binks was CLEARLY racial stereotype!)
The two things that came to mind were "you can't unring a bell" and "it's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission."
And you also are anticipating new scientific research stating that audible frequencies have corresponding colors?
Gesundheit.