And this is something I will never understand. So he complained about a dupe story, but now you, instead of just ignoring the 15 seconds it took to look at the post, have decided to waste two minutes posting your reply about how it was a waste of time to post a reply. But now I've wasted MY time posting a reply about how you wasted your time posting a reply about how the original poster wasted his time posting a reply. OH NO!
Isn't it irrelevant to have things that weren't true this time last year on the list, like that (#1) the first cell phone call was made twenty years ago. It wasn't true last year at this time, so you couldn't really "know" it, although you would be able to know that it would eventually be a twenty year time span since the first cell phone call.
And then there are things like #76, the day when most suicides occurred in the UK between 1993 and 2002 was 1 January, 2000. How could this not have been determined at this time last year? I'm pretty sure that last year was 2005, which was three years after 2002.
And I guess #99, The Japanese word "chokuegambo" describes the wish that there were more designer-brand shops on a given street, assumes that before now, nobody knew Japanese...
Nobody really cares enough (I hope) to waste their time recompiling a list for you.
We'll see about that!
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Tabbed browsing:
Surf the Web easier and faster by opening multiple Web pages within the same application window.
Integrated search:
Search Google, eBay, Amazon and more with Opera's integrated search. You can also search directly in the address field using shortcuts (e.g. "g" for Google).
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Fast Forward:
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When we were in the 1960s, a family of 4 paid about 20% of their income to government at every level. 1 parent could afford to stay home. In 2005, a family of 4 pays over 50% of their income to government at every level. This is 250% higher, causing both parents to have to work just to get by. Don't blame the parents for what you voted for.
Actually, it's 250%, not 250% higher. 250% higher of 20% would be 70%.
Nothing was taught by Y2K. All it did was scare people who were to stupid to switch the date on their computer to see what would happen, which was nothing.
NOTHING!
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I guess it does take a rocket scientist to figure that out!
Not if you want to use Firefox extensions, it isn't.
Actually, when people accept bets, they traditionally take the opposite side of the bet.
Flash and Java support are NOT minor bugs.
Flash and Java support are MAJOR bugs.
which is the same overhead you get with any runtime such as Java.
Because NOTHING says speed like Java!
And this is something I will never understand. So he complained about a dupe story, but now you, instead of just ignoring the 15 seconds it took to look at the post, have decided to waste two minutes posting your reply about how it was a waste of time to post a reply. But now I've wasted MY time posting a reply about how you wasted your time posting a reply about how the original poster wasted his time posting a reply. OH NO!
Isn't it irrelevant to have things that weren't true this time last year on the list, like that (#1) the first cell phone call was made twenty years ago. It wasn't true last year at this time, so you couldn't really "know" it, although you would be able to know that it would eventually be a twenty year time span since the first cell phone call.
And then there are things like #76, the day when most suicides occurred in the UK between 1993 and 2002 was 1 January, 2000. How could this not have been determined at this time last year? I'm pretty sure that last year was 2005, which was three years after 2002.
And I guess #99, The Japanese word "chokuegambo" describes the wish that there were more designer-brand shops on a given street, assumes that before now, nobody knew Japanese...
It's Mickey Mao! http://www.hoopla.org/KenBrown/Notes/Humor/images/ N-120.jpg
I think that's what he was trying to say.
As long as a new third party keeps gaining power every couple of decades, that could actually work out pretty well.
(unless people leave their computers on 24/7... which I guess is possible)
Nah. NO ONE leaves their computer on 24/7!
Nobody really cares enough (I hope) to waste their time recompiling a list for you.
We'll see about that!
Opera features
Efficient surfing
Tabbed browsing: Surf the Web easier and faster by opening multiple Web pages within the same application window.
Integrated search: Search Google, eBay, Amazon and more with Opera's integrated search. You can also search directly in the address field using shortcuts (e.g. "g" for Google).
Pop-up blocking: Opera lets you control whether to block all pop-ups, or open only the ones that you have requested.
Fast Forward: Fast Forward will detect the most likely "next page" link and greatly simplify navigation in multi-page documents.
Password manager: Opera's password manager remembers your usernames and passwords so you will not have to.
Sessions: Save a collection of open pages as a session, for later retrieval, or start with the pages you had open when Opera was last closed.
Mouse gestures: Opera supports mouse gestures, allowing you to perform certain movements with the mouse in order to access commonly used features.
Quick preferences: Pressing F12 displays Opera's 'Quick preferences' menu to easily switch settings such as browser authentication, pop-up and cookie preferences.
Notes: Notes can be kept in conjunction with a Web site you want to refer to later, to remind you of any particular information you may like to review again.
Voice: The voice feature allows you to control Opera's interface by talking and to have documents read aloud. Voice is currently offered in English and runs on Windows 2000 and XP.
Security and privacy
Security bar: Opera displays security information inside the address bar, located next to the padlock icon that indicates the level of security present on a site.
Encryption: Opera supports Secure Socket Layer (SSL) versions 2 and 3, and TLS. Opera offers automatic 128-bit encryption, the highest available security of any Web browser.
Delete private data: Opera can be configured to clear the history and cache when exiting, to protect your privacy. Any kind of private data can easily be erased at any time.
Cookie control: Opera gives you detailed control of what cookies to accept and reject, such as allowing for different set-ups for different servers.
Mail and Chat
Opera mail: Opera's built-in POP/IMAP E-mail client is a combined e-mail program, news reader, mailing list organizer and RSS/Atom newsfeed reader.
IRC chat: Communicate with people all over the world using Opera's IRC chat client. Chat privately or in rooms, or share files with your friends and family.
Customization
Drag and drop: Using the 'appearance' dialog you can make Opera look almost any way you want. Move buttons and search fields, add and remove toolbars, and so forth.
Skins: Opera skins can give your browser the look you want. Make the browser your own by giving it the icons and buttons of your choice.
Language: Opera's user interface is translated into a multitude of languages, and the language can be changed on the fly.
Accessibility
Zoom: With Opera you can zoom the contents of any Web page from 20%-1000% using the zoom dropdown or the + and - keys.
Text size and colors: Text size and link styling can be changed using Opera. Text color and background color can also be customized.
User style sheets: Opera comes with a set of ready-made style sheets, including accessibility style, that can be used to override a Web site's style set completely.
Web development
Standards support: Opera prides itself in supporting all major Web standards currently in use, including CSS 2.1, XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01, WML 2.0, ECMAScript, DOM 2 and SVG 1.1 tiny.
Small-screen mode: When displaying a page in small-screen mode (Shift+F11) you can see how it will look on a mobile phone or other small-scre
Nope. Phase 3 would be ???. Phase 4 would be profit.
When we were in the 1960s, a family of 4 paid about 20% of their income to government at every level. 1 parent could afford to stay home. In 2005, a family of 4 pays over 50% of their income to government at every level. This is 250% higher, causing both parents to have to work just to get by. Don't blame the parents for what you voted for.
Actually, it's 250%, not 250% higher. 250% higher of 20% would be 70%.
You must mean There is something about discussing grammar which seems to bring out the worst writers in us all.
Ajax was never as good as Achilles!
Flying cars are nice but.. Can it run Linux?
Your post is funny because it explains why the second post wasn't funny, by telling the poster that humor is ruined when it is explained.
Yes. Yes I am.
Play once == Read once Read once == Rip once Rip once == Play forever Therefor, Play once == Play forever, so, once == forever!
Why is it that naive, idealistic comments get modded up, but harsh realistic comments get modded down?
Because if we all work together, we can make the world a better place!
Nothing was taught by Y2K. All it did was scare people who were to stupid to switch the date on their computer to see what would happen, which was nothing. NOTHING!
You must be new here.
But 10% of 33.6 million is 3.36 million, which is around 3 million...
That is absolutely brilliant!
You are awesome!
But...
YOUR SIG SUCKS!!!
Why you ask? Because IT IS NOT SPACE EFFICIENT.
YOUR SIG SUCKS!!!