This is a conundrum I recently solved (for myself anyway, I'm sure many have come upon the same solution).
I do believe that everyone has the equal right to any belief they so desire. However everyone isn't given the equal right to do anything they want. The right to do something, well, it's fought by having the biggest guns. I wish I could say it wasn't, but the truth is, it is. In a better society it wouldn't be necessary. But we don't live in that society.
So yes, the Chinese government might believe otherwise to us. They are welcome to their belief. However when they enact their belief into action, that's when I think it's time to step in.
However America going around overthrowing every government it didn't agree with would result in a very dangerous world. I don't know what the solution is, but the Chinese government doesn't have the right to rule it's people. I'm sure there are many Chinese people who disagree, but there are also those who don't. If those could be withdrawn without having to overthrow the entire government, then I'd say let the rest live under whatever system they want. But the Chinese government isn't going to allow that, are they?
Good to see someone who finally gets it. The news articles always miss the real problem, companies doing business in countries that have morally bankrupt governments, and focus on the consequences of their bad actions (having to comply with local law). It might stir up some anger, but it hand delivers the companies with the perfect defence.
I wonder why the news companies never criticize Yahoo, Nike, etc for doing business in a country with terrible and unjust laws.
I browse at 0 and mod anything that has a moderation (including underrated and overrated) +1 and moderate ACs -6. This way I get to read every post (regardless of moderation) except ACs (again regardless of moderation). No more do I see GNAA posts, and while I might occasionally get the occasional race troll (their post has nothing to do with the topic and is normally one of the first posts), a foe rating (which get modded to -6) fixes that.
I've used it a little, and came across a "customised buttons" page which helped. I was able to replicate my menu from Firefox, although I'm still unable to reposition menus so they're ordered in a way I'm not use to.
However the feeds work exactly like a stand-alone program I use works (although unfortunately bittorrent isn't as complicated, but I rarely use it to care enough) which can be intergrated into my e-mail (something I've wanted I've wanted for a while). I would like for the simpler feeds that Firefox has as well, but can't have everything. The e-mail reader works great, can easily be configured to work mostly like Gmail, except without gmail's long load times. And it also has notes (something I've wanted for sometime now in Firefox. Every extension in FF I've tried is buggy).
So thanks for replying, I'm enjoying it so far. Hopefully I'll stop noticing the annoyances, rather then them become annoying enough for me to switch.
Yeah I eventually found the personal bar, thanks. As for the menu, This is what I meant. As opposed to this. Comparing how much is showing, I will admit the difference is minimal. But it is a pain nonetheless.
The tabs thing and not being able to reposition tabs IS annoying. But I will admit, it is more of a nuisance because I'm use to one over the other.
Having said that, I am willing to give it a go. But I'm not seeing any compelling features to make me want to. The speed is actually quite a bit faster though, I will give it that.
Actually it's got everything to do with features, and I just downloaded Opera to find it lacking. It doesn't have a bookmark toolbar, doesn't allow me to put buttons next to the "File, Edit, View" menu (to cut down on wasted space) and doesn't support Feeds like Firefox does, so I can't put a bunch of bookmarks on del.icio.us and subscribe to the feed to make it appear like a folder in my bookmarks (so I can have the same bookmarks on multiple computers). I also found it's "find in page" feature to be non-obvious as to whether or not it's found the word I'm typing (the no matches isn't as apparent as the red toolbar).
So can these be overcome by settings or extensions? If not, then there's really no competition for which browser I use.
People can't seem to write a XUL application that doesn't break when there's a new Mozilla release, so it's doesn't seem like much of a standard.
I believe this is a "feature" (as in, something spefically designed into the browser) so that extensions have to be tested by their creator (or whoever's distributing it) every time there's a firefox update. Instead of having the default be all extensions work with the new update. The default is that all extensions break under a new update.
Me, I'd prefer backwards compatibility being a big part of Firefox, or at the very least, stateful disabling of broken extensions. The current "solution" is the one that requires least effort on the Firefox development team. But causes the most work for users and extension writers.
How is it Opera's fault that websites don't conform to standards and instead use workarounds to be viewable under the popular browsers? If Opera's problems are because it renders the standards closer to the actual standard then anyone else, I think Opera should be commended.
The reason I moved to Firefox wasn't for a "new browser" feeling, but was for privacy (the rest of the family used IE), and tabs as well as the extensions. If I went to Opera, I'd be doing it for... tab preview. Not enough to get me to move.
As I said, great for IE users to move to Opera. Not so great for your typical Firefox user (now your typical slashdot user, sure).
Exactly. But with IE not getting updated for quite some time (although Longhorn will bring an end to that), the other browsers have been able to draw people away with features lacking in IE.
Now if IE starts getting updated more regularly, people will stick with it. And why not? If it has all the features you want (want enough to move anyway), why change?
To be honest, none of these features are enough to get me to try it out. I've got Firefox installed on my computer, inertia will keep me using it, until another browser has some amazing feature. Bittorrent is probably a big draw for plenty of slashdotters (I personally don't use it enough), with the only features I don't have being tab preview and content blocking (although I'm pretty sure any content blocking features Opera has natively, I can find as an extension if I wanted them). While the tab preview is interesting, it isn't enough to get me to download and install a new program.
Now for those migrating from IE (which is where either company SHOULD be focused on drawing users from) this would definitely be a good enough reason to try Opera first over Firefox. But I doubt it will draw many Firefox users away (discounting the rabid, zealous Firefox users who will use Firefox until judgement day comes).
I say we treat patents as if it was rotten meat. Toss it away and go have chicken instead. Now I'm just hoping chicken is freedom in this analogy, because I'm not quite sure to be honest.
I agree. They moved to another state. That isn't halfway across the world. Now I know to some Americans, the concept of The World != America is a novel one. But being able to navigate to another state in America, doesn't constitute being able to navigate the world.
But it would merely be trading one evil for another (Google aids in the censoring of the Chinese populace for profit). While Google might be the lesser of the evil, it certainly isn't the holy grail of online transactions that is needed.
And when every employer in the country does it, how will you feed your kids? "Well kids, daddy doesn't want to be tracked, but us workers have no rights. So I'll be feeding you lost dreams and frayed hope for dinner tonight."
That doesn't mean that the dark matter can block out the sun, does it? It means that the light passes through it? Would it cause the light to slow down though (I'm pretty sure glass causes it to slow down)?
I thought the fact that dark matter has mass (and therefore substance?) was why galaxies hold together when they shouldn't. But how is that possible, if dark matter doesn't interact with normal matter in any observable way? And if it does interact with normal matter, where's it all hiding?
If you mean turbulence, as in what planes experience when flying, wouldn't that be a case of too many variables? We're unable to predict the weather with 100% certainty because of the too many variable problem. Wouldn't turbulence be the same? Sure there'd be less variables, but surely there'd still be too many for current maths/computers at the present?
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This is a conundrum I recently solved (for myself anyway, I'm sure many have come upon the same solution).
I do believe that everyone has the equal right to any belief they so desire. However everyone isn't given the equal right to do anything they want. The right to do something, well, it's fought by having the biggest guns. I wish I could say it wasn't, but the truth is, it is. In a better society it wouldn't be necessary. But we don't live in that society.
So yes, the Chinese government might believe otherwise to us. They are welcome to their belief. However when they enact their belief into action, that's when I think it's time to step in.
However America going around overthrowing every government it didn't agree with would result in a very dangerous world. I don't know what the solution is, but the Chinese government doesn't have the right to rule it's people. I'm sure there are many Chinese people who disagree, but there are also those who don't. If those could be withdrawn without having to overthrow the entire government, then I'd say let the rest live under whatever system they want. But the Chinese government isn't going to allow that, are they?
Good to see someone who finally gets it. The news articles always miss the real problem, companies doing business in countries that have morally bankrupt governments, and focus on the consequences of their bad actions (having to comply with local law). It might stir up some anger, but it hand delivers the companies with the perfect defence.
I wonder why the news companies never criticize Yahoo, Nike, etc for doing business in a country with terrible and unjust laws.
I browse at 0 and mod anything that has a moderation (including underrated and overrated) +1 and moderate ACs -6. This way I get to read every post (regardless of moderation) except ACs (again regardless of moderation). No more do I see GNAA posts, and while I might occasionally get the occasional race troll (their post has nothing to do with the topic and is normally one of the first posts), a foe rating (which get modded to -6) fixes that.
Just an idea if you want to read quality posts.
I've used it a little, and came across a "customised buttons" page which helped. I was able to replicate my menu from Firefox, although I'm still unable to reposition menus so they're ordered in a way I'm not use to.
However the feeds work exactly like a stand-alone program I use works (although unfortunately bittorrent isn't as complicated, but I rarely use it to care enough) which can be intergrated into my e-mail (something I've wanted I've wanted for a while). I would like for the simpler feeds that Firefox has as well, but can't have everything. The e-mail reader works great, can easily be configured to work mostly like Gmail, except without gmail's long load times. And it also has notes (something I've wanted for sometime now in Firefox. Every extension in FF I've tried is buggy).
So thanks for replying, I'm enjoying it so far. Hopefully I'll stop noticing the annoyances, rather then them become annoying enough for me to switch.
Aaah. But what about people who correct those that say "maths" and tell them it is actually "math"? I reckon they should be shot in the head.
Yeah I eventually found the personal bar, thanks. As for the menu, This is what I meant. As opposed to this. Comparing how much is showing, I will admit the difference is minimal. But it is a pain nonetheless.
The tabs thing and not being able to reposition tabs IS annoying. But I will admit, it is more of a nuisance because I'm use to one over the other.
Having said that, I am willing to give it a go. But I'm not seeing any compelling features to make me want to. The speed is actually quite a bit faster though, I will give it that.
Actually it's got everything to do with features, and I just downloaded Opera to find it lacking. It doesn't have a bookmark toolbar, doesn't allow me to put buttons next to the "File, Edit, View" menu (to cut down on wasted space) and doesn't support Feeds like Firefox does, so I can't put a bunch of bookmarks on del.icio.us and subscribe to the feed to make it appear like a folder in my bookmarks (so I can have the same bookmarks on multiple computers). I also found it's "find in page" feature to be non-obvious as to whether or not it's found the word I'm typing (the no matches isn't as apparent as the red toolbar).
So can these be overcome by settings or extensions? If not, then there's really no competition for which browser I use.
To be honest, most people don't care about any of that though. Or at least, not enough to find out about IE and it's many problems.
People can't seem to write a XUL application that doesn't break when there's a new Mozilla release, so it's doesn't seem like much of a standard.
I believe this is a "feature" (as in, something spefically designed into the browser) so that extensions have to be tested by their creator (or whoever's distributing it) every time there's a firefox update. Instead of having the default be all extensions work with the new update. The default is that all extensions break under a new update.
Me, I'd prefer backwards compatibility being a big part of Firefox, or at the very least, stateful disabling of broken extensions. The current "solution" is the one that requires least effort on the Firefox development team. But causes the most work for users and extension writers.
How is it Opera's fault that websites don't conform to standards and instead use workarounds to be viewable under the popular browsers? If Opera's problems are because it renders the standards closer to the actual standard then anyone else, I think Opera should be commended.
The reason I moved to Firefox wasn't for a "new browser" feeling, but was for privacy (the rest of the family used IE), and tabs as well as the extensions. If I went to Opera, I'd be doing it for... tab preview. Not enough to get me to move.
As I said, great for IE users to move to Opera. Not so great for your typical Firefox user (now your typical slashdot user, sure).
Exactly. But with IE not getting updated for quite some time (although Longhorn will bring an end to that), the other browsers have been able to draw people away with features lacking in IE.
Now if IE starts getting updated more regularly, people will stick with it. And why not? If it has all the features you want (want enough to move anyway), why change?
To be honest, none of these features are enough to get me to try it out. I've got Firefox installed on my computer, inertia will keep me using it, until another browser has some amazing feature. Bittorrent is probably a big draw for plenty of slashdotters (I personally don't use it enough), with the only features I don't have being tab preview and content blocking (although I'm pretty sure any content blocking features Opera has natively, I can find as an extension if I wanted them). While the tab preview is interesting, it isn't enough to get me to download and install a new program.
Now for those migrating from IE (which is where either company SHOULD be focused on drawing users from) this would definitely be a good enough reason to try Opera first over Firefox. But I doubt it will draw many Firefox users away (discounting the rabid, zealous Firefox users who will use Firefox until judgement day comes).
I predict that Firefox's numbers will soar even further once it's made illegal for us to download Opera in Australia.
Funny +1
I say we treat patents as if it was rotten meat. Toss it away and go have chicken instead. Now I'm just hoping chicken is freedom in this analogy, because I'm not quite sure to be honest.
I'd say when someone can die for their country, they can drink alcohol. But y'know, that's just crazy old me.
I'd say the Professional part is pretty damn hilarious.
ability to navigate the world my ass
I agree. They moved to another state. That isn't halfway across the world. Now I know to some Americans, the concept of The World != America is a novel one. But being able to navigate to another state in America, doesn't constitute being able to navigate the world.
Had I known sooner, I would have taken up smoking pot a long time ago.
But it would merely be trading one evil for another (Google aids in the censoring of the Chinese populace for profit). While Google might be the lesser of the evil, it certainly isn't the holy grail of online transactions that is needed.
How can it only interact through gravitation? Is there ANY matter that does this, besides dark matter?
And when every employer in the country does it, how will you feed your kids? "Well kids, daddy doesn't want to be tracked, but us workers have no rights. So I'll be feeding you lost dreams and frayed hope for dinner tonight."
That doesn't mean that the dark matter can block out the sun, does it? It means that the light passes through it? Would it cause the light to slow down though (I'm pretty sure glass causes it to slow down)?
I thought the fact that dark matter has mass (and therefore substance?) was why galaxies hold together when they shouldn't. But how is that possible, if dark matter doesn't interact with normal matter in any observable way? And if it does interact with normal matter, where's it all hiding?
If you mean turbulence, as in what planes experience when flying, wouldn't that be a case of too many variables? We're unable to predict the weather with 100% certainty because of the too many variable problem. Wouldn't turbulence be the same? Sure there'd be less variables, but surely there'd still be too many for current maths/computers at the present?