I probably see a half dozen accidents a year avoided by someone taking the shoulder because the car in front stopped too fast.
You mean "by someone taking the shoulder because they were driving too damn close to the car in front", I think...
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Pale Moon has a 64-bit version.
Well, Pale Moon has a 64-bit Windows version. It doesn't have versions for 64-bit OS X or Linux. Or 32-bit, for that matter.
Given there's a fair number of non-Windows users on Slashdot — assuming Beta hasn't driven them all off, that is — it might have helped to mention Pale Moon is Windows-only.
Imagine a world where after 3 years the applications can't even run on your old system and you have to replace it to get new applications.
As a Mac user, I have to say that I don't need to imagine very hard.
Most users upgrade to a new version of OS X within the first month or so. App developers target the new version pretty much from the start, with old OS versions becoming unsupported fairly quickly.
And Apple's not afraid to cut off old hardware with a new OS X release, in order to avoid having to keep a load of legacy support code around. You generally get a bit longer than 3 years, though; 5 or 6 is more like it. And once you're cut off from new OS X versions, you're cut off from new versions of a lot of other software.
Since you're on slashdot, zero tolerance by an anonymous coward means you're getting fed ads.
Unless you're logged in with the "Disable ads" box checked and you also checked the "Post anonymously" box, of course:)
As for content providers having the right to display on my computer when I request their site: when I go to example.com, I'm requesting content from example.com. If that page has an include from doubleclick.net, I'm not the one requesting doubleclick.net — example.com is. They have no right to agree to that on my behalf, and I'm quite happy to take whatever action is necessary to enforce that.
Your last two paragraphs get to the point of the whole matter, of course: somebody who's deliberately blocking ads is not going to sit there and view them rather than look at a blank page — they're going to go somewhere else.
Perhaps if a large number of sites start requiring ads we'll see something like the piracy scene, where someone downloads the page with ads, copies the actual content out of it, and republishes that somewhere on the darker side of the net.
Why don't they just give you a NAT'ed address and be done with it forever.
This is probably one of the reasons for server ban clauses these days — if they do decide to go to carrier-grade NAT rather than, say, actually getting IPv6 working, then they can dismiss complaints of breakage with "you shouldn't have been running a server anyway"...
But what about the incomplete keyboard on the Macs?
On the laptops, yes — but just about every laptop seems to be the same, sadly.
On the desktop, you get a full keyboard if you spec your Mac with the wired keyboard. The wireless one is only available in the incomplete laptop style. (Why Apple can't make a wireless version is beyond me)
You may need to order direct from Apple, or buy through an Apple Store to do that, as anybody else selling Macs is likely to only have the standard configs, and I think only the Mac Pro specifies the wired keyboard as standard these days.
You're nuts. I've been driving a manual transmission for my entire life and was *never* told to put the hand brake on at a red light. In fact, I was specifically told not to, because it takes time to disengage and can impede traffic if you have it on when the signal turns to green.
I was taught to use the hand brake at a red light; mind you, I'm in the UK where the light goes from red to green via red and amber shown simultaneously, as a "get ready to go" warning.
Keeping your foot on the brake at traffic lights might have been OK before high-level brake lights were a common thing, but these days it's just a great way to annoy the guy behind you — especially at night.
(Aside: wow, I had to type — rather than just typing an em dash. It's only 2013 — who needs UTF-8 support?)
nowadays though, a read the manual copyprotection would be a refreshing change
Nowadays, getting a printed manual would be a refreshing change.
Even with console games, you're lucky to get a list of controls, with the rest of the docs appearing as in-game tutorials. Most of the booklet is dire warnings about copyright infringement, health warnings and other legal CYA.
I backed Pebble on Kickstarter and my grey one's only recently moved to the "processing shipment" stage. So you might want to not hold your breath if you want to order right now:)
The last Kickstarter update was sent out at the end of May, but that might only go to backers; the update list you signed up to might not fire up until all the Kickstarter watches are sent out.
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I have no idea if beta is similarly broken, but I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised.
Yes. It's for transporting the cat from one side of the room to the other.
I thought they did that for you?
As is not at least linking to the single-page view.
(And who breaks pages in the middle of a sentence?)
You mean "by someone taking the shoulder because they were driving too damn close to the car in front", I think...
Well, Pale Moon has a 64-bit Windows version. It doesn't have versions for 64-bit OS X or Linux. Or 32-bit, for that matter.
Given there's a fair number of non-Windows users on Slashdot — assuming Beta hasn't driven them all off, that is — it might have helped to mention Pale Moon is Windows-only.
So, how about FreedomSSL, then?
make: *** No rule to make target `me!'. Stop.
I vote for the return of OMG!!! Ponies!!!
As a Mac user, I have to say that I don't need to imagine very hard.
Most users upgrade to a new version of OS X within the first month or so. App developers target the new version pretty much from the start, with old OS versions becoming unsupported fairly quickly.
And Apple's not afraid to cut off old hardware with a new OS X release, in order to avoid having to keep a load of legacy support code around. You generally get a bit longer than 3 years, though; 5 or 6 is more like it. And once you're cut off from new OS X versions, you're cut off from new versions of a lot of other software.
Unless you're logged in with the "Disable ads" box checked and you also checked the "Post anonymously" box, of course :)
As for content providers having the right to display on my computer when I request their site: when I go to example.com, I'm requesting content from example.com. If that page has an include from doubleclick.net, I'm not the one requesting doubleclick.net — example.com is. They have no right to agree to that on my behalf, and I'm quite happy to take whatever action is necessary to enforce that.
Your last two paragraphs get to the point of the whole matter, of course: somebody who's deliberately blocking ads is not going to sit there and view them rather than look at a blank page — they're going to go somewhere else.
Perhaps if a large number of sites start requiring ads we'll see something like the piracy scene, where someone downloads the page with ads, copies the actual content out of it, and republishes that somewhere on the darker side of the net.
"git bisect start nopoop poop"?
Some days it feels like it came from /dev/urandom...
This is probably one of the reasons for server ban clauses these days — if they do decide to go to carrier-grade NAT rather than, say, actually getting IPv6 working, then they can dismiss complaints of breakage with "you shouldn't have been running a server anyway"...
You could get an amphibious vehicle.
They don't always catch fire.
On the laptops, yes — but just about every laptop seems to be the same, sadly.
On the desktop, you get a full keyboard if you spec your Mac with the wired keyboard. The wireless one is only available in the incomplete laptop style. (Why Apple can't make a wireless version is beyond me)
You may need to order direct from Apple, or buy through an Apple Store to do that, as anybody else selling Macs is likely to only have the standard configs, and I think only the Mac Pro specifies the wired keyboard as standard these days.
I was taught to use the hand brake at a red light; mind you, I'm in the UK where the light goes from red to green via red and amber shown simultaneously, as a "get ready to go" warning.
Keeping your foot on the brake at traffic lights might have been OK before high-level brake lights were a common thing, but these days it's just a great way to annoy the guy behind you — especially at night.
(Aside: wow, I had to type — rather than just typing an em dash. It's only 2013 — who needs UTF-8 support?)
Well, it certainly has rounded corners...
Just looked at my Nexus 7, running the production version of 4.3. That option is present, though it defaults to off.
At this point you throw them to a pinball game and check their high score.
Nowadays, getting a printed manual would be a refreshing change.
Even with console games, you're lucky to get a list of controls, with the rest of the docs appearing as in-game tutorials. Most of the booklet is dire warnings about copyright infringement, health warnings and other legal CYA.
I backed Pebble on Kickstarter and my grey one's only recently moved to the "processing shipment" stage. So you might want to not hold your breath if you want to order right now :)
The last Kickstarter update was sent out at the end of May, but that might only go to backers; the update list you signed up to might not fire up until all the Kickstarter watches are sent out.
*cough* MobileMe *cough*
Having looked at the Xbox One page on Amazon UK, all I can say is this:
NINETY QUID for a ****ing GAME?
At that price, they can keep it.
Actually, the download link is just the URL of the "please wait" page â" if you reload it after you get the email, there's the download button.
So all an attacker would have to do is not navigate away from the page and reload it every 10 minutes until the download's ready.